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Evening star., 1932-03-26

try's finances last Fall or to the value
Of the pound Despite his present
weakened position politically, the former
premier threatens to keep British poll
tics from growing dull in the next few
years. and that he may build up a
formidable opposition to the present
government is by no means an improb-
ability"
He has shown that he still Is a
past master of invective." remarks the
Springfield (Mass.l Union, recognizing
that with much of his old-time vitriolic
vehemence he is attempting to stage
another comeback on the free-trade
issue" The Springfield (Mass.) Repub-
lican adds the comment: "A working
union Of the nearly wrecked Labor party
and the Lloyd George Liberals would
be far from having votes enough to
scare the Conservatives, yet as the start
ing point for a new crusade against
protective tariffs it would have signifi-
cance, and it might by degrees draw
support from other quarters. 1t is held
by many students of British politics
that the free-trade ideal is by no means
so thoroughly dead and buried as the
Conservative landslide in the last cleo
tion might suggest. The tradition of
nearly century is not so easily
scrapped as that. and Great Britain's
exceptional economic relation to the
world remains strong argument
against tariff walls. If the dismounted
Liberal leader succeeds in finding a
horse that will carry his weight he
may be trusted to make dashing and
interesting campaign"
Evidently the little Welshman has
recovered" 4" thinks the DaVenr1rt DEM
ocrat, while the Dallas Journal expects
something to tease the palate of a
jaded world" from 'his sharp tongue" "
and the Lincoln State Journal offers
the estimate of the situation that IN
vites him: "At the last election the
English went British The great Mac
Donald dropped the banner of Labor.
and he. together with a few prominent
men from his own party and the Con-
servative group, put on a campaign
from which England has not vet fully
recovered. The English people went
crazy. They voted for England, the
King, the army and navy and the
Union Jack, with the result that Mac
Donald and the whoopee campaigners
who combined with him were thrust
back into power and exactly nothing
was accomplished except the almost
complete disintegration of the Laborites
and severe damage to the Liberals
Now that the spree Is long since over
and nothing fingers but the headache
the Britishers are beginning to realize
what fools they have been What was
all the fuss over? Exactly nothing"
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Higghlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

light was again against me- made up
my mind to be quick next time, but no
sooner had lifted my foot when with
deafening roar couple of motor
cycles dashed past 1t is easy to tell
the pedestrian not to walk against the
red light, but what chance is there for
the pedestrian to have free walk?
Juvenile Probation
Force Needed in Jerusalem.
Palestine Bulletin, Jerusalem
The need of probation officers in Pales-
tine in connection with the care Of
juvenile offenders was stressed recently
by Mr.. Cressall, the British magistrate,
IN sentencing Shimon Nisaulti, aged
about Is, to IL strokes with a pliable
cane for stealing iron pipes and at
tempting to sell them. Tohal Feinberg,
aged II, was acquitted Of the same
charge
In passing sentence, Mr. CressaIl re-
marked that probation ordinance did
exist in Palestine, but no officer had
been appointed in accordance with the
the hope that in the interest of juvenile
offenders such officers would be ap-
pointed in the near future.
Census Reveals
Growth for Lima.
La Razon, La PaZ.-The census
of Lima and Callao, taken on the 18th
of November, in 1881, shows that the
province of Lima has a total population
Of 373,500,. divided between an urban
population Of 340,260 and a rural pop
ulation of 33,240. The province of
Callao possesses SO, 800 inhabitants, di-
vided between an urban population Of
67,635, rural population of 853, an
island Gin the harbor) population of 446,
and total of 848 living on board the
boats. The previous census, that Of
1920. enumerated the urban and rural
dwellers in the province of Lima as
223,800, and in the province of Callao
as 25,258.
Evening star., 1932-03-26
West Provides Tools
For Killings i'm Orient

From the Chattanooga Times.
The Sino-Japanese War. being in the
Far-off East, is looked upon as an
Oriental drama In reality it is Oriental
in little more than its setting and the
participating characters.
What is regarded as the normal set-up
as between China and Japan is an ar
rangement by the West, concurred in
by the two powers, and it is in accord
ance with Western ideas 1t is set forth
in the ntne-power treaty, the pact Of
Paris and the covenant Of the League
Of Nations
The railroads and ships used for the
movement of troops came out of the
West as ideas or as well-nigh finished
products. The Japanese warships are
largely the embodiment Of Western
ideas. So are Japanese naval guns. The
neld pieces machine guns, rifles, pistols,
tanks. mines. airplanes. bombs and
depth charges of both sides have been
contributed by the West, either as ideas
or as manufactures
The same Is true Of their automobiles,
trucks, ambulances, hospital methods
and medical practices. Even the set-up,
uniforms, methods of communication
and tactics of the opposing Oriental
armies are derived from the West. It
is probable that neither side would be
able to continue the struggle long il
Western munitions and raw materials
were not available.
Western diplomacy is there. too, striv-
ing to induce Orientals to desist from
overriding with Western implements of
war treaties enbodying Western ideas.
1t is not a very pleasing picture-this
contribution of the West to the East,
this figure the Occident Is cutting in
the Orient
Evening star., 1932-03-26

ington in the making, as it were, for
they will note and, it is to be hoped,
will have explained to them the build
ing works now in progress in the heart
Of the city, now unlovely excavations
and scenes of clamorous construction
activity, but inspiring in their promise
of magnificent Capital within a very
few years.
To these thousands Of young Ameri-
cans Washington extends greetings and
congratulations upon their good for
tune in having this chance to view the
seat of Government. 1t hopes that
they will gain much pleasure and profit
from their visit and be the better citi-
zens for their contact with the COM
munity which is the perennial scene of
national administration.
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Chinese Politics Blocks Peace.

A break in the peace negotiations al
Shanghai is reported, the Chinese with
drawing from the conference on the
ground that Japan is not proceeding il,
good faith to withdraw troops from,
the area to be evacuated under the
initial agreement preceding the dis
cussions Hope remains, however, that
the meetings will be resumed and car
ried through to a conclusion in terms
of an adjustment which will prevent
resumption of hostilities.
! The recalcitrance of the Chinese rep
resentatives at the conference may not
Japan is slow in withdrawing troops
Evidence appears in dispatches from
dependable sources that the Chinese
domestic politics is playing mischie
vous part in the case. The Cantonese
| faction is demanding that the Marking
government, now located at Loyang, fight
Japan. A telegram has been sent from
Canton, signed by twenty-five members
of the Executive Committee of that
branch ofsthe Kuomintang, or National
Peoples party, charging that the terms
Of the peace proposals relating to
Shanghai specify fntolerable conditions.
declaring unalterable opposition to ac-
ceptance of any of those terms and
asserting that military defeat is pref
cradle to such acceptance. If Loyang
does not accede to these proposals the
Canton group will send circular tele-
gram to the entire nation demanding
united front on the policies favored
by the opposition to Chang Kai Shek.
This, it is stated, is regarded as the
first step toward declaring secession
unless Loyang yields.
A sinister fact, suggestive of addi-
tional trouble for the Chang Kai Shek
government, is that Gen. Feng Yu-
Hsiang, his bitter foe has refused to
obey summons to proceed to Nanking,
going instead to Taian, in Southern
Shangtung, offering as an excuse that
a recent attack of diphtheria has left him
with an asthma. for which the noun
tain air of Taian is essential. This
diplomatic illness" has heretofore de-
veloped on the eve of resumption of
active hostilities between Chang and
Feng.
The truth is that China is so far
from being united, even in the face of
japanese aggression, that civil war is
quite to be expected within few weeks.
The schism between the Cantonese and
the Marking organization is a bitter
one, while the traditional enmity be-
tween Chang Kai Shek and Feng Yu-
Hsiang is a perennial menace The
Nineteenth Route Army, which has
been holding the line at Shanghai, is
Cantonese organization, over which
Chang Kai Shek has no assured au-
thority, fact that must enter into the
calculations regarding the prospect of a
definite clearance of the immediate in
ternational issue.
Evening star., 1932-03-26
An Anglo. Russian Deal.

One Of the most colossal trade deals
yet completed by Soviet Russia has Just
been brought of in London. A British
corporation. Timber Distributors. Limi-
ted. has concluded contract with the
Soviet authorities for the purchase Of
$50. 900 standards OF Russian timber at
an approximate cost Of sl7.S0o. 900.
Although the British under theit pres
snt National government maintain In
Evening star., 1932-03-26

until 1882, when, having been detected
in stealing the crown Jewels, he stole
ship and turned pirate. He stopped at
Charlotte Harbor and built fort, where
he kept many men prisoners. In 1921
the United States broke up his pirate
kingdom, and the booty of $50 000, 900
was divided. He tried 10 sail away and
to save his life he wound piece OF an
chor chain about his waist and Jumped
overheard, but was drowned.
@. Is the song ''Funicun. Funicula"
from an opera "A K. 60
A. 1t is not. 1t is an old Italian
street song.
@. When was Cincinnati the pop,lla-
ton center of the United States2-
D. W.
A. The center of population was
slightly southwest Of Cincinnati in 1890
Q. How many of the gasoline filing
stations are operated by chains7-
N. L. K '-
A. OF the total number. l24,o0o fn-
ing stations, 30,033 are operated by
chains. including those chains con-
trolled by oil companies
9. Who built the Palace of ver4
sailles?-G. S. -,t
A. The palace is mostly the work
OF Louis XIV. 1t consists Of a central
olock surrounding the three sides of a
large court and Of two immense wings,
each mcloslng two or more courts. The
total length OF the building with its de-
pendencieS is nearly one-nalf mile. 1t
houses a picture gallery, upon which
alone Louis XIV spent $5.ooo,0o0. ~;
O How iS hannork y,adao IN ~
A. Hunter Trader -Trapper saws that
no cooks make it alike. Originally it
was an old European or Scottish thick
bread made of peas meal, oatmeal or
barley A modification is made as fol-
lows: Oatmeal with some wheat -four,
cupful to spoonful of baking pow
der, salt to taste and water. II is
cooked in a covered frying pan over
slow fire.
@. Is the value of coffee imported
greater than that Of tea?-O. p.
A. In 1881 coffee to the value Of
SITS 100000 was imported while the
tea was valued at $4,000 =
@. How much does the Post once
Department pay for the wax paper used
in books of stamps?-S. B. c.
A. The Bureau of Engraving and
lAlCiAs says LLldI IL pays dppTOXlmaLely
II cents per pound for the wax paper
that is used to separate the stamps In
the stamp books. The bureau uses
about $4,000 reams per year and the
number of pounds in ream varies from
6 to pounds.
@. Was the money loaned to the
allies during the World War spent here
or abroad?-W N.
A. 1t was stipulated that all of the
money should be spent in the United
States.
@. Which Of the large animals get
up with their forefeet firstP-E. T. G.
A. All of the rtnninants or cud.
chewers, namely cattle, sheep goats,
deer, antelope and camels, invariably
get up with their hind legs first, while
other large quadrupeds use the oppo-
site procedure, with forelegs first.
O. Is Count Zeppelin living or dead9
w. B.
A. He died at Charlottenburg, Ger
many, on March 8, 1917.
@. What is the speed record for lay
ing bricks?-C. j.
A. James Garfield Brown, an Oneida
Indian, has averaged around IS 900
paving bricks a day and in a speed test
averaged bricks second for a period
of minutes.
Evening star., 1932-03-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.

Have we had the pleasure of serving
Won through our Washington Informa- :
tion Bureau? Can't We be Of some help
to YOU in your problems? Our buSi-
ness is to furnish you with authoritative
information, and we invite you to ask
I, us any question of fact in which you
are interested. Send your inquiry to
The Star Information Bureau. Frederic
j. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. c.
Inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for
return postage.
@. How fast did bobsleds take the
curves on the Lake Placid run?-C. F.
A. Bobsleds attained a speed OF
from 10 to rs miles an hour on the
curves.
O. Is the cabin in which Thomas
Lincoln and Nancy Hanks we're married
still in existence?-B. @. G.
A. This cabin was discovered about
20 years ago in remote section Of
Washington County, KY. 1t was dis
mantled and removed to Harrodsburg,
KY. where 1t was stored for several
years. 1t has now been reconstructed
and was dedicated as a national shrine
June IL, 1881.
c. Are Negro spirituals always Of a
religious character?-W D. N
A. They are not. While Southern
Negroes are intensely religious. many
| of the songs Of Negro origin do not deal
with religious subjects.
@. Are there such things as trained
| f1eas?-O. D.
draw chariots throw objects many
times their weight, and perform sim
liar feats. The first trained feas in
America were exhibited by a man
named Ruhl in 1921.
Q. Please give a list of flowers that
| might be found in an old-fashioned
| garden.-L. K.
"A Some of the old-fashioned flowers
are: Larkspur, iris, hollyhock, phlox,
peony. columbine, spiraea, poppy, even
ing primrose, rocket, lupine. fox glove,
| anemone, bluebell, pink n1ignonette.
stock, bleeding heart, verbena, candy
tuft, tiger lily and lily of the valley.
@. Has Sir Harry Lauder an estate
in Scotland where he makes his home?
C. L. K.
A He has 1t is LauderdaIe, Du-
noon, Scotland.
@. Are Sundays counted in the 10
days that the President has to sign a
bill?-P. T. N.
A. The Constitution says: IF any
! bill shall not be returned by the Pres
| ident within 10 days (Sundays except
| ed after it shall have been presented
! to him, the same shall be a law, in like
! manner as if he had signed it, unless
| the Congress by their adjournment pre-
vent its return, in which case it shall
| not be law"
@. What is a vaticide?-N. c.
A. 1t is the murder of a prophet or
person perpetrating such murder.
@. At what age may an alien apply
| for citizenship papers?-S. S.
| A. If he has been in the United States
two years, he may apply at the age of
| l8. His final papers cannot be secured
until he reaches the age of 81.
@. How often should the water be
changed in hot-water heating plant?-
| c. S. M.
| A. The Bureau of Mines saws it is
best not to change the water in a boiler,
pipes and radiators periodically. Fresh
water that is added contains oxygen,
which rustS the inner surfaces and has
! tens corrosion.
@. Who was Gasparilla?-W. B. j.
| A. Gasparalios Gasparilla was an off,
Ger Of high rank in the Spanish Navy
Evening star., 1932-03-26

1t has often been remarked that a
practical joker has no sense of humor.
The practical joke is usually destruc-
tive and mischievous impulse seeking
expression without danger of penalty.
If the average practical joker had a
little more courage. he would probably
be even more harmful
Evening star., 1932-03-26

Five months ago Mussolini predicted
q hard Winter He says the Fascist
will weather another hard Winter with
equal success. With all difference to the
weather prophecy which Mussolini
adds to his other accomplishments, it
may be mentioned that it is warm
weather that favors outdoor gatherings
for purposes of public agitation. A hard
Summer may make a demand for con-
sideration In the dictatorial chronology
Evening star., 1932-03-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Admirable Obscure.

The Admirable Obscure.
Where are Jim Smith or Thomas Jones
And others of their kind?
Fame does not lift her trumpet tones
In calling them to mind.
They earn and spend. They save a bit
Against rainy day,
And hold that life for work Is fit
For all, no less than play.
Their photographs are not displayed
Upon the printed page,
Where startling portraits are arrayed
Attention to engage.
They prompt no literary pens
= To scatter thrills or tears.
They're honest, useful citizens
Instead of rscketeers.
Evening star., 1932-03-26

To the person who does not under
stand base ball or radio. it appears re-
markable that such complex subjects
should be readily understood, while tax
alton, which at first sounds so easy,
should battle the intellectually Of a
Nation
Evening star., 1932-03-26

Transportation facilities and methods
of communication have improved to an
extent that makes the world compare
lively small. This fact does not make
it any easier for criminals to escape
and hide
Evening star., 1932-03-26

A box Office tax had to be decreased
from 8 per cent to l per cent to keep
the Paris theaters going. There has
never peen much excuse for sanguine
expectations of revenue from taxing
arnusements
Evening star., 1932-03-26

Spring poets are showing greater ac-
tivity than ever before. A penchant for
Spring poetry insures against unem-
ployment, regardless of the absence Of
liberal wage scale
Evening star., 1932-03-26

The request of Ireland for the omis-
sion of certain formalities is met by
England with the reminder that respect
for various formahties is regarded as
essential to government as an assurance
of reliable support.
Evening star., 1932-03-26

Conflicting taxation theories have en-
abled Congress to offer readers one of
the greatest mystery stories ever print
ed, with some installments too abstruse
to be popularity appreciated.
Evening star., 1932-03-26

Sometimes, said Uncle Eben, "dar
gifts to be so much trouble in de world
dat you dasn't try to smile and act
cheerful, for fear Of seemin' unsympa-
thetic."
Evening star., 1932-03-26
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Evening star., 1932-03-26
MISnlafRd

From the Columbus Ohio state Journal
There are women In this old vale OF
economic readjustments who have dis
covered that they are married to dollar
a-year men.
Evening star., 1932-03-26
An American Precedent.

From the Detroit News.
The Marking spokesman who says
no one can lose a war that hasn't
started just never saw the Cincinnati
Reds in Spring training.
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Best Way to Stop Wars.

From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Probably the best way to stop world
wars would be to stage them as battles
Of the centuries, erect pavilions, cut out
patriotism, hire managers and press
agents and call it the manly art of self
defense
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Tickets. Please!

From the Dayton Daily News.
Senator Brookhart wants the movies
Investigated and the movie folk are
perfectly content, provided the investi-
gators pay their way in.
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Takers Hold Up Profits.

From the st. Louis Times.
Americas greatest corporation, the
telephone company, more than earned
its dividend last year. statistical proof
that most of us continued to talk
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Politicians at Disadvantage.

From the Florence tAla1 Herald
1t is said that grashoppers have ears
on their legs. If politicians were built
like that they would have less difficulty
in keeping their ears to the ground" !"
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Spring Heat.

From the Schenectady Gazette.
Another sign of Spring is the bloom
ing idiot who thinks your room toe
warm because he Is wearing an over
coat.
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Japan Easily Understood.

From the Charleston ts CO. Evening Post
Having won battle, Japan a. riatur-
ally desirous Of having the League Of
Nations get II out Of the mess before
1t has q chance to lose one.
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Grim Hum0r.

What the public needs" said the
professor. "is more study; more en-
lightenment We are drifting into a
mournful situation"
Or" suggested Miss Cayenne Ito
make it sound as bad as possible, you
might say, a moronful situation"
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Who Is the Judge?

From the Lynchburg News
But what we want to know Is how
anybody knows how far a dollar goes.
Evening star., 1932-03-26

Jud TunkinS says, owing to the rag
time racketeers, what used to be re-
garded as scandal is now valued as so
much free advertising
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Research.

Research.
THE public is very tickle" COM
mented Senator Sorghum, as he laid
down his hometown paper.
You believe in trying to give the
public what it wants, don't you?"
"Oh, yes-h you can ascertain posi-
lively what it is
Evening star., 1932-03-26

Patience is good" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, "if you remain
alert and ready, but not if you only
doZe and dream"
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Ignorance.

From the DAYTON Daily News.
Melvin Traylor says that he is not in
the race for the presidency, and neither
are good many others whose names
have been mentioned. only they don't
realize it.
Evening star., 1932-03-26
PLAYING the Game.

There's many a different kind of game
We keep our cards we'll hidden.
And play with skilI-but just the same
All cheating is forbidden.
That competition is the life
OF trade we keep repeating
But to have honor in the strife
There can't be any cheating
Evening star., 1932-03-26

Determined opposition prevented the
sales tax even to get far enough along
to be referred to as a noble experiment.
Evening star., 1932-03-26
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The Evening and Sunday Star
when Sundays ........ soc per month
The Evening and Sunday Star
when SundayO ......... .65c per month
The Sunday Star .............5c SC per copy
Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone
National 5000
Evening star., 1932-03-26
Reduction to the Absurd

If all the budgets misbehave
And debtors lack protectors.
There may be scant employment save
For busy bill collectors.
Evening star., 1932-03-26

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business once:
11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave
New York Once: 110 East 42nd st.
chicago once: Lake Michigan Building.
European once Il Regent 81, London,
England.
Evening star., 1932-03-26

@. Is the value of coffee imported
greater than that Of tea?-O. p.
A. In 1881 coffee to the value Of
Sl75,OOO'OOo was imported, while the
Evening star., 1932-03-26

@. Are there such things as trained
f1eas?-O. D.
A. F1eas can be trained to dance,
draw chariots, throw objects many
times their weight, and perform sim
liar feats. The first trained fleas in
America were exhibited by a man
named Ruhl in 1921.
Evening star., 1932-03-26

@. Are Negro spirituals always OF a
religious character?-W. D. N.
A They are not. While Southern
Negroes are intensely religious. many
of the songs Of Negro origin do not deal
with religious subjects.
Evening star., 1932-03-26

@. Has Sir Harry Lauder an estate
in Scotland where he makes his home?
C. L. K.
A He has. 1t is Lauderdale. Du-
noon, Scotland.