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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11

Expectations that the question OF the
foreign debts would forge to the front
as soon as the American elections were
over have been promptly realized. Yes
terday two days after election day,
both British and French Ambassadors
called at the State Department. Sir
Ronald Lindsays business. it was an
nounced In the House of Commons last
night was TO present to Secretary Slim
son the British governments note con-
corning the s95,5Oo,O0O due December
IS as an installment on account of prin-
cipal and interest The exact nature of
NJ. Claudel's call at the State Depart
ment has not been officially disclosed,
but there is little doubt that it related
to the $ls,26l,342 interest payment
falling due on December Is from
France.
That the European war debtors are
looking for further leniency from the
United States is now plainly indicated
The rider" to last Summers Lausanne
agreement, whereby Germany's creditors
agreed practically to wipe out repara-
tions If this country correspondingly
cleaned the debt slate. foreshadoWeo
current events at Washington. While
the presidential and congressional cam
paigns were pending, Europe realized
the futility of even broaching the sub
ject of debt revision. Now that a new
deal" has been ordered by the sovereign
will of the American people, Europe
apparently hugs to its bosom the hope
that the deal may extend to recon
sideration of the debts, looking to thell
revision downward.
Both parties in the recent nationa
contest we're squarely on record agains
CANCELLATION. But neither went thu
/ length of opro1,rG revision ~ wa!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11

as mayor. He rejoiced in receiving
notables from abroad and homecoming
Americans of distinction. He presided
at meetings and banquets and corner
stone layings with grace and glibness
of witty eloquence. He created a ira
dition of intense activity by his habit
of chronic hardness. He dazzled the
town with his sartorial Splendor. He
made many ardent friends whose gen.
erosity in his behalf eventually brought
him grievous sorrow. His personal in
discretions became a by-word in the
big town and finally in the country at
large. When accused of official i'm
prophecies he fought fiercely for his
office and on the eve of an expected
conviction he resigned it in order to
appeal his case to the people. The
higher powers of the political organiza-
ton that gave him his great chance
in Office finally rated him as Liability,
and in the most gracious manner pos
sible gave him his cue to quit the stage.
Truly pathetic spectacle of wasted
and perverted talents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
Tampa's Traffic Laws
Better Than Districts

To the Editor Of The Sta.
A month ago l came here to live.
from Tampa. Fla After beng here q
month I inquired if this city did not
have a traffic director. I was told
Yes" I cannot tell YOU of any city
where I ever lived that has as many
signs On streets regarding traffic rules
as Washington has Tampa Fla. is
about onefou-th the size of Washing
ton in population. If any one leaves
car parked on the street after -
at night the Police Department will
have the car hauled into a garage or
upon lot and the party is fined So
After u at night all the streets are
well cleaned
Not only do I think this all-night
parking of cars on the streets of such
large city is a menace TO the Fire
Department. but l 90 not see how the
streets can be kept clean. And I surely
do think that the streets are kept vorr
poorly mere, and perhaps if they WoIc
not used for garages it would be easier
10 keep them clean and our Capital
would not look Ike a one horse town.
but a regular city.
JOHN J. LEDECKER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
New YorRs Parking Not
Easier Tk,n 1t is Here

To the Editor of The StaA
have been very mIN n interested ana
amused at the letters ah 1earlng IN your
paper anent all-night pa ing IN wash
ington. I do not use thA' hospitality,
nor do any of my friends, \ as lar as l
know, SO feel that 1 can spA olSpaS-
sionately on the subject. Tie letter
from E. N La Motto about friA nj VINO
goes to New York to shop becaN'e lhe
parking regulations make shopping SO
difficult here arouses the question, es
she shop in New York from her ovNh >
Self-driVen car or walk or go in taxi;
II she uses and drives her own car there
l cannot see how it could be any easier
to park while shopping in New York
than here. If she goes by taxi or walks
there surely the same method would be
equally easy here. l agree that an auto
mobile downtown is a nuisance but not
more so here than in any other city.
have friends who always shop with their
automobile and. with a degree of wait
ing. secure parking space for during
shopping hours there is a limit Are no
cars allowed to be parked in New York
anywhere among the shops while the
driver goes in to make a purchase? If
So to take a taxi or walk would be nee
essary. which would not help the mer-
chants in my estimation.
AS for night parking it seems to me
that if there is a time when the incon-
vcnience would be as near nil as pos
sble it would be at night The trend of
all laws seems to make life. which is
already much too complicated. unon-
durable. I feel that all legislation should
be undertaken to tighten the peoples
burdens, not increase them All of this
propaganda is. in my opinion. to benn-
w ~ oil
wish to have public garages as sources
Ct income. It would be great for them.
but what Of the ether fellow?
3 GOODWIN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11

consistently the policy of the United
States throughout the negotiations
which led to the existing debt agree
neutrality-suspicious. which in nearly
every case except that of Great Britain
resulted in substantial remission of the
original obligation-to bear in mind the
debtor nations respective capacity to
pay" Uncle Sam did not in any way
shape or form seek to extort blood from
a turnip. He asked for as much of
the money they hired" in Calvin
Coolidge's New England idiom, as the
borrowing countries could afford to re-
pay, and no more. The funding set
Elements finally made w-re formulated
on that basis.
Conditions have changed since they
were effected. Depression set in
throughout the world after capacity to
pay" was originally established. The
debtors financial ability today is not
what it was then. This, unquestionably,
is the burden Of the plea which the
British and French governments are
now uttering at Washington 1t will
not rest with either President Hoover or
President-elect Roosevelt to crafty
Europes desire for a new deal" on
debts. Congress alone is the arbiter.
The debtors could let tie December Is
payment date go by without default ng.
as the funding agreements provide auto
matically fer a temporary moratorium
But the time is fastening on when
Congress and public opinion VIII have
to decide what is bcst in Americas own
nterosts-collectio in full, another re-
vision or cancellation
Perhaps the idea Of lump sum SCI
Element, now widely but unoffcially
discussed in Europe NAV be the way
cut. II has been proposed that the
United States be Offered a round ST.
00000000O in full settlement Of the
$11 900 100000 due it. OF that sum
Great Britain and France would each
contribute 100000 600, leaving the hal
ance CT 100000 900 to be supplied by
It2-y, Belgium and the lesser debtors
Such an accounting would represent
a settlement Of less than ten cents on
the dollar But its benefits in a hun
dred ways might be vastly more advan-
taCeGuS to America il terms Of trade
end good will than standing on the
letter of its bond, At any rate, this
particular chicken does not need to be
counted until it is Matched
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
Following the sun.

from the New YORK Herald tribune
With the approaching Vt turn Of Win
ter the call of the ships that follow the
sun on its way toward Capricorn is
heard again This year they summon
us with a special inSistenCe. and dOubly
fortunate will be those who can yield
to the lure of their lavish itineraries.
Many cruises are already announced 10
the lotus LANDS of nOnchalance. where
those harassed BY the claims and bur-
dens of reality can look back for spell
with indifference on the worries and
troubles that beset them a. home. They
can visit paradoxlcal places. where
there Is neither employment nor unem-
ployment and where there are no taxes
to pay. TO salaries to be cut. no morn
ing train to catch. no coal to buy, no
stock market to grieve over.
Never before has there been such a
choice of destinations nor has i re-
quired so little to reach them. Besides
those old standbys Of the Winter-wcary
the West Indies and South America
and the Med;terranean-m places in
the South Seas and the East Indies
archipelsgoeS and on the east coast of
Africa. that hitherto have lain of The
beaten tracks of travel. are now ports
of call for the ships Of this new yaga-
DOIlCdSe. one may 90 10 1dIlIl4 dHL
Raratonga. to SOembaWa and Samarang.
or to Mombasa and Zanzibar, as he
goes to Ha ana or Honolulu, to Rio or
the Riviera. He may sample all the
sins of the seven seas in Sandakhan or
SAVIOR what is left of the primitive In
nocence of Polynesia. He may even set
foot on Bali the newest Eden, where
the old Adam in civilized man has not
vet done its work
For those who cannot go so far as
Bali and the antipodes. there remain
Bermuda and the Antilles. If they lack
the novelty ana naivete of the newer
lands. yet nature there is still as fair
and kindly as in fa--off seas. And
wherever one may book his passage.
even though his adventure ends on
drab North River pier. amid the bang
ing of trunks and the unrOmantlc
searchings Of customs inspectors. he has
refreshed his body and stored his spirit
with memorieG for whose possession he
will be much the richer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
Education Week.

This is National Education week, but
the fact has been overlooked in the
confusion and excitement of the cleo
ton. Perhaps no serious loss has re-
suited from the neglect. for every week
is education week, and setting aside
special period for consideration of the
subject is hardly necessary Conscious
preparation for success in lie requires
no stimulated propaganda. If the world
has not learned the value of education
by this time, it may be doubted if it
ever will learn it.
But the occasion may be utilized for
discussion of the problem which schools
face in a period of depression. Super
flcially it would seem that men and
women, boys and girls, would be obliged
to forego cultural opportunities il a
time Of economic stress. Actually, this
does not appear to be the case. The
more expensive and fashionable irsti-
tutlonS of learning may have smaller
classes. but other universities. colleges
and high schools have attracted crowds
Public libraries report vastly increased
demand for books. Unemployment has
driven thousands into deliberate en-
dcavor to educate themselves along par
ticular lines of interest Thus. the net
result of the slump may be a cultural
gain rather than a cultural loss
However from the angle of the execu-
tivcS Of the schools and libraries, an
enlarged clientele Of students ard read
ers constitutes very difficult problem
They do not have the means to supple
ment their STATS. They are unable to
add to their equipment. They are
asked to perform greater service with
less money. That is a hardship. but to
date there has been no drastic failure.
Both schools and Libraries have car
ried on. They have been the educa-
tonal Red Cross of the period of dis
treSs.
A word may be said for the teachers
OF independent status, the isolated men
or women who have no connection with
organized institutions of learning. but
who do contribute toward cultural
progress in one useful way or another.
They also, have done their best under
dlscouraging conditions and deserve
credit for their achievement.
National Education week reminds the
public Of at least one important truth.
namely, that education is lifelong
business In the modern world constant
and continuing preparation is necessary.
and preparation for life must last as
long as life itself. Individuals lacking
the power to live fully and effectively
are really not living at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
The Misunderstanding
Nation.

From the Forth Worth S-ar-Tcleeram.
If the President of the United States
were privileged to insert an amendment
Of his very own into the Constitution
it would be che against the wish, habit
and distribution of handShahing. Il
is the bugeboo of all Presidents and
has grown to such an alarming extent
rs to threaten hand and arm injury to
the target Of the hsndshaking ARM
Some statistiCian should figure the
power concealed within the American
habit Of shaking hands and reckon it
back 10 us in kilowatt hours or what
ever We should be given some hing
Of an idea Of the power we are wasting
When We concentrate that Nation
wide habit on Presidents and Governors
we are practicing smiling inouiSition
on them. 1t doesn't mean a thing to
us. but it means stark torture to them
But they don't dare to break up the
silly practice and We refuse to show
the least compassion.
President Hoover was compelled to
wear a bandage for several days recently
because he must needs permit 4 lOng
line of handshakerS to pass him as
by given point" and squeeze at his
right hand in passing. The professional
handshaker is a gripper. He shuts
down on the misguided hand that
reaches out temeraricusly in response
to the habit of thought No doubt about
the sincerity in his clamping down proc
ess. Three thousand such in a row
should nearly guarantee an amputation.
And there are millions of them at large
An easy 4l7.5l29 92 daily handshakes
out of each 417,513,O0O could be elm
mated without any harm to anybody
and without the loss of 00000l7 per
cent of the aggregate friendliness in
volved.
Perhaps. if we could realize the fu-
tility of the general practice. We could
bring ourselves into a national frame
of mind that would have a heart in
the direction of Presidents ct al. who
need relief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
Mr.. La Motto Can Give
No S. Garage Addresses
To the Editor of The Star.

l the EDITOR Of The Star.
Alas. I cannot give Mrs. Evans tn,
address Of any IS garage - the neigh
borhood she speaks of-Sl2 a month
seems too high. Her delightful and
whimsical letter raises another point.
which l should like TO see discussed III
the columns you have so kindly thrown
open to this debate, Are there enough
garages To go rourd2 Both private ones
and the big ones holding many cars?
II so. are the cars kept out Of them
through prohibitlve prices? No one likes
10 see his pet Ford exposed to the Gle
ments-tO wind and wave and all the
vicissitudcs 81 weather mines a pet
Chcv. and I have a great tenderness
for it,. but are our little cars forced
out because of eXorbitant rents? How
much of the outdoor garaging IS made
necessary through shortage of garages
or high rents-Or both? IF the former.
then any police regulations to Clear the
streets will simply mean even higher
rents. The one answer would seem to be
communal or municipal garages
Another question: When one has a
car, one budgets accordingly. So much
for gas, oil. repairs. tires and garage.
Or does one not budget for garage?
E N LA MOTTE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
Exit Jimmy Walker.

James J. Walker made his exit from
the Manhattan stage yesterday, without
cue fer re-entrarcc. He sailed for
Italy planning to proceed from there
for an extended sojourn in lndla,
vh.rc he will be the guest of a maha-
raiah who a few years ago was an
honored visitor to New York. AS to his
plans after his visit with the maharaJah
has ended there is only the intimatlon
that he may 60 to Paris fer an indefl-
mite period. 1t is expected that these
two calls, in India and in France, will
extend over the coming year, so that 1t
will be impossible for the former mayor
of Greater New York to participate in
the campaign of 1888 fer the full
maycralty term of four years.
The bare truth of the matter is that
BroadWay's playboy is quite definite
out of the political picture. His Cnce
loyal Tammany admirers and support
ers are now admitting that the radio
gram sent to him on the high sees on
the eve of the emergency maycralty
convention in October, asking him if he
would accept nomination for the short
term. was merely a gesture and that his
declination was quite definitely expect
ed and perhaps even privately solicited
At all events, when his defamation was
received and was read to the convention
the delegates, at the instance Ct the
big chiefs Of Manhattan and Brook
Ign, proceeded to nominate Surrogate
O'Brien, who had already been selected
fcr this emergency.
So passes a lively, colorful, clever
figure from the Manhattan po,itica
picture. Jimmy had a wor''-' ~ TIM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

colony likes the general run Of pictures,
such as are shown in the United States,
but the native population insists upon
outdoor thrillers. Jazz music is pop
ular.
O. Are lepers from the United States
sent to MolOkai?-D. A. L.
A. There is large loper colony 10
Gated on the Island Molokai of the Ha-
waiian group This colony is only for
HaWaiians, but IS managed by the
United States Government.
O. When was the Greater Washing
ton metropolitan area designated
C. R.
A. No Greater Washington metro
pohtan area" has been established by
Law, but the act OF April 80, 1926. as
amended. establishing the National Cap
itGl Park and Planning Commission.
authorized a plan for Washington and
its envirOns, without specifying the
boundaries. Therefore this commits
sion has selected the four counties sur
rounding the District Of Columbia l. e.
Arlington and Fairfax counties in Viz
ginia and Montgomery and Prince
Georges in Maryland.
O. What kind of rice is paddy
T NJ.
A PADDY is unhusked rice. whether
growing or gathered.
Q How serious did the depression Of
1873 seem 70 the people living through
it?-L. T
A. Nearly $4,000 commercial houses
failed between 1873 and 1875 BY No
vember, 1873. pig ircn could hardly be
Add al any price. and BY December !
II ho % mil &c in, op
t~v\ had shut down. SIX months later
there were $4,000 men idle in that
indush.v alone. Rhodes thus described
the sithEtion in those five years "A
lGnc. dish al tale Of declining markets,
Cyheust.9lr Of capital a lowering IN
value of all binds of property, including
real estate: constant bankruptcies. close
economy in bla mess and grinding 1ru-
oalItv in living. 1dle mills. furnaces and
factories; former proht-earning iron
mills reduced TO the value OF scrap
heap lab0rers out d employment. re-
ductions of wages. STRIKES and lockouts,
icrlng Of the unemployed depression
and despair Recovery was fairy
rapid.
@. Should the word between" be
used when more than two persons are
beng COu-lCFrrd2- j
A. Between" should not be confused
with among " Between is used Of
TWO persons or things; among is used
Of more than two.
Q Was the red flag an emblem Of
anarchy IN ancient POm"2-B. T.
A. In the Ponan Empire il signlhed
war. and when displayed on the capitol
was a call for the assembl!ng OF the
military for active service.
O. What is the origin OF the term
"sE0ari.e" "A V.
A. Sybaris wcs an ancient Greek
colony and city OF Lower Italy. IN Lu-
cana Tradition asC-lbss its building
TO a colony Of AChaeans and TrOeze-
mans about 72O Be Il rose 10 a high
degree Of prosperity. but, becoming
ercryatcd by the n..dresS Of the eli
mate. the richness Ct the soil and Their
crca, wealth. tie inhabitants soon were
no.ed fJr their luxury and yOlupruous-
ross The CITY Was destroyed by the
Croton.ans in $40 &c.
@. How much Is rupee WORTH
A. This IS the monetary unit Of
BRUSH India and is worth about IS
cents.
@ wh.ch is oldcg-s,, Ausaa.ne OF
Santa re-. B.
a s.. Auecv a2c is generally believed
70 b. tt cll-s, CITY II The In"ed
S,a-oz / va settled b" The Scao.a~da
in 1865. Santa Te was founded b. the
6panlards in 1908.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
Urges Enfranclisement
OF Neutrality-suspicious.

To The Editor OF The Star
II was my sweet dream when in my
old home. Russia. to come to the great
United States of America End lie
where the people rule. whe-e the rcoD' .
elect their President Nov. coming from
the polls where l enjoyed the high
privilege given to free people my
heart ached for my fellow Washing
tonians. for the fine citizens of the
District of Columbia who &c left cut.
like stepchildren. Of the God-given
right and pride. I hope your contin-
uous effort will bring good results in
the near future. SIMON POLLOCK.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
November s.

November s.
Without trace Of dread we stand
When We, were timorous Of yore.
And all throughout this peaceful land
Are happy warriors once more.
For we are children of the past,
AS generations onward run.
Each little wiser than the last,
Makes the old plumbers, one by one.
For other days we sadly yearn,
And suddenly hope conquers fear
One page in lifes great book we turn
And To- The other days are here.
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Armistice Day.

Fourteen years after the event 1t is
difficult to say any hing new about
Armi5tice day The story has been told
so often and all of It's Obvious values
discussed 50 many times The people
Of the world still feel the war of which
it was supposed to be the termination !;
its tragic influence still COlors their
lives. They need no reminder of its
significance as an al.egcdly final episode
in universal carnage They do not
require TO be instructed on the subject.
Above all, they do not need to be told
that the strife b2tween nations has
persisted and that the threat of a
further resort to arms hangs over man
kind today just IS it did in the hys-
ter.cal Summer Of 1914.
True. the slaughter OF men by men
abated after Ncv~mSer II, 1918, but it
did not cease. Revolution and famine
continued the assassination of the in
noccnt populations begun at Sera jcvo.
Even now, Wlon time has cast a kindly
veil o"er bitter passions of a decade
and half ago, humanity suffers from
the economic disorder which the con-
f1ict brought about. The horrible price
OF the cataclysm is being paid day by
day by its survivors. Seen in this light.
the armistice was an empty, delusive
truce and nothing mere.
But hope prompts the thought that
the peoples have not suffered in vain
Scores of conferences have been held
Hundreds Of pledges have been made
Devoted leaders have labored together
to make a genuine and permanent
peace. If they have failed in part, there
has been this gain at least: That no
responsible statesman dares to apollo
gize for the processes of war. A world
of armed conflict and of the inutilitv
of any Judgment of arms prevails. 1t
would be a monstrous thing if it were
not true that the nations hate mass
murder
AImistice day. of course. is day
of mourning That has been said on
each anniversary of the original oc-
casion But it is worthy of repetition
that it is also a day of dedication, a
day for the renewing Of the common
cause Of peace, in which the children
Of the earth are enlisted. Mankind
remembers the fallen heroes OF 1914
1918 as victims of a madness nimical
to civilization, and pays homage to
them in terms of unfaltering adherence
to the IDEAL of international harmony
and justice.
Nothing new can be said. But the
old pledge can be readirmed, mat Is
the purpose of Armistice day.
Possibility of another unemployment
x.,o,oI, 70 uyoSi1iDotOD n G. is beng
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Sliding Matrimonial Scale.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles mortality tables show
that on a recent day 81 marriage Ii
censes were issued, so divorces granted
and 45 divorces filed. The parson does
not seem able to keep up with the
Judge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11

AS a patriot Mr. Norman Thomas
should be cheered by the smallness of
the vote for him. 1t serves to show
that the Americans are not in as ser,-
Gus state of confusion and uncertainty
as he feared