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Standing Pat on Russia.

with Russia engrossing more and
more public attention, there is timeliness
In the restatement of the United States
attitude last night by the solicitor OF
the State Department. Acting unques-
tionably with the full authority OF
Secretary Stimson, Solicitor Hackworth
reafirmed before the American Society
of international Lava particularly
annropriate forun,-this Governments
position toward the Soviet. 1t remains
as when first defined by Secretary Colby
in 1920 and supported consistently by
his successors In turn-Secretaries
Hughes. kellogg and Stinlson.
II was Mr.. Hughes who put Americas
case for denying recognition to the
"world revolutionists" in q nutshell. 1t
Is withheld, the Hughes doctrine" lays
DOWN:
4 Because the Soviet fails to accord
10 the persons and property Of foreigners
within It's Jurisdiction that degree OF
respect required by international law.
2. Because the Soviet fails to respect
the international obligations OF preced-
ing Russian governments; and
3. Because the Soviet refuses to re-
spect the rights Of other nations to
develop their institutions and to conduct
their internal affairs without interfer-
ence or control by other states
our non-recognition cclors are re-
nailed to the mast on the eve OF next
weeks annual meeting Of the Chamber
of Commerce Of the United States in
Atlantic City. The world problem
OF Russia will doubtless arouse discus
sion there. big business" favors Amer
lean recognition Of Russia, as well as
American trade with the Soviet. 1t Is
to be hoped that influential voices Will
be raised In Atlantic City to remind
American business that 1t may be dig
ging It's own grave by building up the
Communist industrial state. A little
teamwork between big business" and
the United States Government in con-
nection with Russia would not be amiSs.
Thu Soviet makes notorious capital out
Of It's non-existence. Moscow claims.
not without reason. that America Is a
house divided against itself on the
question Of recognition.
Perhaps It win occur to some mighty
captain Of industry in Atlantic City to
suggest that as big business" Is never
backward about seeking its Uncle Sans
protection when in trouble. 1t ought TO
have equally little reluctance in sup
porting foreign policy which has been
sustained by successive washington ad-
ministrations, irrespective Of party, over
Of period Of eleven years.
Four Presidents and four Secretaries
Of state cannot all be wrong.
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The resources Of our free Informa-
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Q. When will the National Air Races
be held2-J. II.
A. The 1891 National Air Races will
be held in Cleveland, Ohio, from August
20 to September 6.
@. How many balls are used In q
major league base ball game?--A. r.
A. About six dozen.
@. How large Is an atom?-F. Fl.
A. An atom Is about one-hundred-
millionth Of an inch in diameter 1t is
estimate that a drop of water contains
several thousand million million million
atoms.
@. What lie the average fall of the
Mississippi River per mile?--G. Mem.
A. The source of the Mississippi
River is 1870 feet above sea level. Just
above the junction with the Leech River
the Mississippi falls 20 feet in one-sixth
of q mile. At the Falls of st. Anthony
1t deScends about IS feet in three GUAR
ters OF mile. From the Falls of ST.
Anthony to the mouth of the Ohio, the
inches TO the mile, while below that
point to the Gulf the average Is approx
imately inches to the mile.
Q. When gangsters kill an enemy of
their kind, why do they place a nickel
or dime in his hand?-D. M.
A. The small coin placed in this way
Is the gangsters symbol Of how cheaply
they estimate their victim.
@. What is a fixed trust?-C. q.
A. In fixed trust, the trustees have
no leeway in managing the trust. Ger
tain definite specifications must be fol-
lowed. In management trust. the trust
may be managed according TO the dis
erection Of the trustee.
Q. What Is the lowest recorded baro-
metric reading?-I. H. e.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
the lowest pressure Of which 1t has rec
ord Is IA millimeters, or .291 inch. This
pressure was recorded in q sounding bal
loon ascent at Avalon, Calf, on July
80. 1913, at a height of 80, SAB meters, or
lO7,095 feet, or approximately 20.3 miles.
Q. How much do all kinds Of gov
eminent in the United States cost
year and how does present cost COM
pare with before-the-war years?-
r, H. II.
A. The National Industrial Confer
ence Board says: Gross expenditures
OF all governmental divisions in the
United States, including payments for
interest and debt redemption, amounted
to more than $12,609, 000, 900 for the
fiscal year ended in 1928. This was an
increase of $430,000 900, or about SIS
per cent, over the preceding year and
Of $e,690. 900 900, or more than 800 per
cent. for the I5-year period from 1918
to 1922
@. How long Is It moonlight at the
Pole?-J. p.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
at the Pole itself the moon Is above
the horizon continuously during one
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Character Slurring.

As an author, Anthony Fokker turns
out to be one Of the worlds foremost
airplane designers. One thing must
be said. however. for Mr.. Fokker as .
writer. He knows exactly how TO get
publicity for his book even if 1t does
mean besmirching the names of some
of Americas most noted flyers. Ad-
miral Byrd, for instance, in Fokker's
new book, is severely chided for his
delay in taking-of on the Atlantic
flight and for permitting the "unscien-
tinc Lindbergh" to beat him across the
ocean. And then. as q final gesture to
Admiral Byrd, Fokker describes him
as completely lost" when the America
finally reached the French coast. No
vile, the radio man on the ship, Fokker
almost ignores. except to say that "he
destroyed his sole usefulness to the ex-
petition by allowing the radio to get
out Of order" Acosta, the alternate
pilot. Is characterized as "a physical
wreck" The only one on that historic
trip that Mr. Fokker thinks well Of ap-
parently Is Bernt Balchen. Balchen
he says. was the one who saved the
expedition from disaster.
Mr.. Fokker did great work in the
war, for the Germans, although In
fairness It must be said that he offered
his plans first to the allies. When his
ships, piloted by crack German flyers
appeared Syer the lines, they swept
everything eefore them. He has
since been the builder of many fine
airplanes and deservedly enjoys the dis
tinction Of being one Of the worlds
outstanding designers. Naturally, there
must be some reason for his attack or
the flight Of the America beside hi'
desire TO praise Balchen. He could have
done that just as well without slurrini
the other occupants Of the plane. Per.
haps Fokker thinks that despite ths
fact that Admiral Byrd used his planes
on both the North Pole and the Atlantic
flights he did not receive enough credit
Admiral Byrd did name his North Pol'
ship the Josephine Ford" which might
have concealed its identity as FOX
keg product. And then Byrd allowed
Iindbergh 10 blaze the trail TO Paris
when Fokker naturally would have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
That Kiosk.

Some of our good citizens have re-
viyed the proposal TO do away with the
Weather Bureau kiosk, just because II
tells lies about how hot 1t Is. The rea-
soning behind the abolition movement
is that in the Summer, when it IL hot
In Washington-though no hotter than
many other fair cities OF this fair land
avid newspaper reporters quote the
kjosk's misleading temperature statistics
and broadcast them over the country.
Visitors pause in front OF the kiosk,
mop their brows and write home about
1t. Dogs look at the kiosk and 60 mad
Starlings study the kiosk and fly North
Tourists in far of places, preparing for
the long-delayed trip to their Capital,
read or hear about the kiosk and the
hot weather and Immediately cancel
the trip and book reservations for
Alaska.
And all the while the light that lies
in the kiosk's statistics lies and lies and
lies and lies. For 1t Is not nearly as hot
as ell that. The kiosk's temperature Is
recorded at q spot where the Summer
heat is reflected and strengthened by
concrete pavements, steel tracks and
other such things. 1t Is not nearly so
hot Is the kiosk says 1t Is. It merely
seems that hot, and the Thermometer,
the braggart, works itself up over
nothing,
Abolishing the kiosk might serve to
soften the actual facts about Washing
tons Summer heat. Somebody who
/. wants TO come to Warrington might not
come. after reading what the kiosk says
But there are few joys left In this
life and one should be careful before
striking them OF the books and con-
signing them TO oblivion. One OF these
joys Is TO get 30 hot In Washington that
the next breath. one feels, viii be the
last and then to 80 10 the kiosk and by
study Of the temperature chart dis
cover that one was not wrong. that 1t IL
every bit IS hot - one thought u was,
Such sympathetic agreement On the
part Of the kiosk Is like cooling breeze
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
Highlights on the Wide World
-- {.
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

ficiai, some individual, and they all had
the same deep thankfulness for the
courtesies, hospitality and co-operation
extended by the people of the u. Is.
=. II. found Their fesearch work and
laboratories the equal Of any in West
ern Europe or America, except their
SEED control laboratories. There Is n
science and applied science that
should be decreased, but Russians real
ne this and It win be decreased as time
goes ON. ~---As
Il found all the people Of the Soviet
Union much awakened and alive. and
rom their new consciousness, Especially
agriculture, feel sure real progress has
peen and will continue to be made.
especially with the assistance Of the i'm
mense purchases OF farm machinery
ana equipment in the last year"
Merit Held
Better Than Popularity.
FL TELEGRAPH. Observation-Disclosures
Is iran edifice erected upon delicate
Sollmns elaborated by merit. Merit
user Is an incorporeal thing; no one
Knows s just how or when it originates.
Then suddenly manifests itself before
ele eyes or men as q Colossus, The
good applaud It; the bad Condemn A.
some cherish, others prosecute It. vet
intrinsic merit has its influence over All
"netner they are good or bad.
An the auStere days of the country
tneSe amlable human qualities which
are called virtues, and the sum of theno
merlt, speak with low and rnofiest
voice, but they are always heardI
Xet popularity is not always built nm
merit. Sometimes men and wone,
are popular whose moral merit is nil
ana sometimes there is q merit. which
enougn derived from all the virtues. a.
noC only not popular, but hardly recor-
th seo' Nevertheless, merit Is better
ships Find Powdered Coal
wore Efficient Than Lump TYNE.
Ell Mercurio, Santiago. - Chilasr
steamers are using over $50. Cr1f1 Tons
OF powdered coal annually, all of which
Is derived from the mines of the ren,,h-
nc. ms type of fuel represents q an
per cent increase In efficiency over the
lump coal formerly used. Unfort1,nafe-
~, as yet all Chilean Steamships have
!Iot tne necessary installations for burn
me pulVerazed fuel. AS more and noora
u tnem, however, adopt the reolIired
equip1nent, The consumption of Chilean
CoaI prepared in this way will he in
creased, with corresponding dement's tn
Cne mining industry and to the countru
81 large. TWO of the most Important
Vessels OF Chtle's merchant marine. ths
Ell Leio ana the Aconcagua, in service be.
Tween valparaiso and New York. sre
no" using this type of fuel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
Vote to Retain Name
Of WESLEYAN u. Hailed

From the New York HsraId-Tribune.
Old names, fortunately, have friends
to resist the innovators. A committee
Of the Wesleyan University trustees
finds no good reason for changing a
college name borne honorably for nearly
hundred years. The trustees confirm
the sentiment of the undergraduates
who voted five to one for Wesleyan
against any Of the substitutes proposed.
There are many WeSleyans with local
qualifying descriptions, but the college
at Middletown, Conn. is the original
Wesleyan; it is the Wesleyan. the first
of the clan. Any number of younger
relatives can only emphasize that dis
tinction. In this part Of the country
the name Wesleyan has no more
ambiguity than Amherst, Williams,
Brown, Dartmouth or Bowdoin, and 1t
is estimable in tradition as are those.
The old name should 60 on with the
college that has worn it so well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

II IL almost e. satisfactory - having Q
doctor say you have been working too
hard and need rest. There is balm
in IL that passes understanding. And
with Congress away, with the ball team
away, with the President gone fishing
end nothing left to talk about except
the weather, there would be real dan
ger in removing the kiosk. There would
be no outlet for honest emotions. Peo-
pie would probably shoot each other.
It would be like undergoing an opera
ton for appendicitis and not being al
lowed to talk about 1t.
Muzzle the presSl Shoot the re-
portersl Jail the editors! Conscript the
touristsl Order an eclipse! But the
kiosk-long MAJ she wave!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
SHOOTING STARS.


No Mind for Trifies.
My friend old Joe struthers,
Like various others,
Discusses the Nations affairs.
With rhetoric booming,
He's always assuming
It's numerous burdensome cares.
He loves an grafton.
A big celebration
Is something that gladdens his heart.
OF tariffs he'll tell you
And deity compel you
To own he's peculiarly smart.
His fences are shaky.
His old barn Is quaky.
HIS crops very frequently fail.
My friend old Joe Struthers,
Like various others,
Has 10 think on . very large scale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

preferred 10 have the trip accomplished
first In one of his planes. Regardless
Of all this, however, there IS entirely
too much slurring Of character by those
who wish to sell their memoirs to the
public. Mr.. FokkeF, with the reputation
that he has achieved through brilliant
work in the still infant airplane in
dustxy, should not stoop to such tactics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

Springs bareback into Winter has at
least given the Daughters attending the
convention here q perfectly good rea-
son for wearing their furs without
seeming to defy the seasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

There is q certain degree Of encour-
agement in the fact that whenever the
stock market falters In bearish move
ment the optimism chorus Of the
prophets Of good times swells TO a dia-
pason volume.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

Circumstances alter opinions. In mo-
tor matters as In others. The driver
who protests against the new parking
regulations Is apt to be a hearty sup
porter Of them while he is enjoying the
greater freedom Of street space afforded
by them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

How dee-lighted Teddy" would have
been with such an exchange Of epithets
as that now in progress between the re-
spective representatives OF the two Old
partiesi
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An abdication calls for funds to meet
expenses Of foreign travel or soiourn.
Alfonso may well envy Germany's for
mer Kaiser who, whatever his political
disappointments may be, has managed
his private finances admirably.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

IAborites In British Commons ask
rude questions about Alfonso with evi-
dent confidence that he viii not be re-
called to the throne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
Reelection Of Q ReformeF.

For centuries men have addressed
Their minds to problems that they
met.
And, frankly, let II be confessed,
They haven't found the answers yet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

The FesS-Shouse You're snother!"
exchange cannot truly be regarded as .
particularly valuable contribution to the
political enlightenment Of the American
people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

After all, the 1882 political campaign,
already started between the two party
stage managers. shows no signs Of shar-
ing In the great depression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

1t looks IS though soon no careful
doctor will respond to any suburban
night call without q couple Of well
armed bodyguaYds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

For an accomplished v1se-cracker,
Mayor Jimmie Walker took altogether
too many words to reply TO the charges
brought against him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
Expadient Democracy.

4po YOU think the custom OF shaking
hands with the masses will ever be
abandoned2" asked one statesman.
1T may be-" replied the other. But
IL II Is, It will be abandoned just after
an election and never Just before"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
All Unionists.

From the Haverhill oazetts.
Secretary Doak has Joined the Federal
Employees Union; his boss, we presume,
belongs to the cabinstmakers' union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
While Rome Burned.


Nero had Just completed his historic
solo.
There's no use Of trying to uplift
the public" he said. Think Of crowd
that would rather run to look ut FIRE
than hear me play the violin!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

which do you think appeals more
generally, art or hterature?"
Art. Almost anybody would rather
send a picture post card than write a
letter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
Elevation.

IT am quite convinced that our re-
mote ancestors lived In trees"
I'VE have climbed some since then.
What is o tree compared to sky
scraper apartment building?"
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The PrimA Donna.

HE EkEfA8 DUMHas
Her song was like an angels
As we heard II there that night;
II charmed the painted CupidS
On the ceiling in It's flight.
II quite entranced the goddess
On our coin. with wondrous trills,
And It hypnotized the statesmen
On our twenty-dollar bills.
"FIattery hab great power" remarked
Uncle Eben. de man dat 'grees VIII
ebrybody dat talks ter i'm gifts er reppi-
tation fob bein' monst'ous wise"
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4 + X
Henry James, son of william James
and nephew Of the novelist Henry
James, has written the biography OF
"Charles w. Eliot, President OF Harvard
University, l869-1909." One OF the
most interesting anecdotes in the biog-
raphy Is connected with the early days
OF the young president In once. Inc
Harvard Medical School was good for its
time, but President Eliot thought that 1t
was not good enough and began imme-
diately planning changes, which OF
course the old faculty resented. One OF
their number inquired truculently, How
Is it that this faculty has gone on in the
same orderly path for 80 years, and now,
within three or four months, 1t Is pro-
posed to change all our modes for carry
ing on the school?" The gauntlet was
promptly picked up by the serious
young man who presided. He said: II
can answer the question very easily.
There Is o new president"
~
A Dutch duck and a Dutch mouse
find a gulden stuck in the mud and
rush off to Op-Zoom to see what they
can buy. The mouse acquires q plump
golden cheese and the duck selects q
tasty small Ash, which he swallows &C.
cidentally before he reaches home. The
cheese rolls away from the mouse and
arrives home first, where 1t Is sitting
on the doorstep awaiting its owner.
Such Is the merry tale told In ITO
Markell To Market" by Emma L..
Brock, for children from to z years
of age.
X X
Again burrowing among old legends,
John Erskine has brought forth Cinder-
ella, Griselda. Beauty and the Beast.
Lady Godiva, the Sleeping Beauty and
Jack and the Beanstalk In his volume
"Cinderella's Daughter" collection of
tales. The stories are amusing in spots,
and realism and illustrate the strained
satire which Mr.. Erskine has chosen IS
his typical style.
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