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Evening star., 1932-11-20
History of War Debts Is Characterized
By High Demands and Low Receipts

against Germany II we compare what
was due to us under the 5 per cent
agreement and what was subsequently
accepted by us under the negotiated
''fundings." we find that through the
"fundings" we Cancelled 81 $40 per
cent Of the total Of our claimed moral
right"
We accordingly are now Grating firmly
regarding only 497 per cent of our
original moral right" And even this
49.7 per cent is somewhat impaired,
somewhat clouded, somewhat diminished
In luster, by the fact that last year we
suspended it for IL months period
IN the name OF the depression. We re-
duced our interest charges in homage
to the idea OF the capacity to pay" Of
our debtors. We suspended the pay
ment OF those interest charges ana the
payment of principal for IL months in
homage to the idea of the demoralized
and destitute condition Of the world.
We now, therefore, have two serpents
that bite at our heels as we run toward
the goal OF "the sacred execution of
international engagements" One Is
that We already have made a vast
concession to pleas Of European pow
erty. The other is that we already have
made q vast concession to pleas Of
world depression. In both instances
we have assumed the truth Of the
proposition that a reduction o; inter-
national debt payments would stimu-
late economic recovery and would
hasten the return to prosperity.
In these circumstances this writer Is
not impressed, either one way or the
other, by the declarations Of statesmen
Six months before the termination of
rnnQFafinnc of ;kn,,
listened to multitudinous members of
the French Chamber Of Deputies de-
claring that reparations would never
be relinquished and that collections
from Germany would continue. Those
French deputies were perfectly sincere
SO are our members OF Congress today.
1t Is possible to imagine, however, that
the momentum of the reparations and
debts process will be as much beyond
their personal control in the future
as 1t has been in the past.
The views thereupon OF the Presi-
dent-elect deserve a summary review
They were expressed most amply in an
address Of his to the New York State
Grange on February 2, last. Mr.. Roose-
velt has shown himself to be an ac-
complished political character. In speak
ing to the New York State Grange he
strongly affirmed our right to collect
the debts. and he called them debts
OF honor" That display Of resoluteness
accomplished, he remarked:
I'VE should call a meeting Of our
debtors. We should not call it in
Europe. We should call it here We
should demand an understanding"
Another understanding! Every sue
cessive understanding regarding repa-
rations and regarding debts has shrunk
them to a leaner figure. Will the new
Roosevelt understanding be an excep-
ton? This writer willingly leaves the
answer to any reader.
(Copyright, 1e32)
Evening star., 1932-11-20
oord,an knoA 1nsrs are to Be- no more

0Ord1Au knok xheTe hss W - 10 nso1s
round tables.
London dispatches foreshadow that
the present conference will be held In
chillier, but more businesslike, condi-
tions. The frigidity will spring from
the fact that Gandhi, who was present
at the 1891 round table, still languishss
in Jail, ut Poona, and his Indian Con-
gress party Is not represented. The
British Labor party, too, declines to
participate at the present stage"
Among the Indian delegates who will
pow-wow with Mr.. Macdonald are
leading moderates, who recently were
accusing the government Of "betraying'
them.
Gandhi and his Nationalists to the
contrary Notwithstanding, the British
are in mood to press forward with the
new constitution and the proposed po-
litical reforms In India. The biggest
issue remaining to be adjusted is the
communal problem, involving ticklish
caste controversies between the high
born Hindus and the Moslems, The re-
cent Midsummer agreement looking to
peace between the Hindus and the un-
touehables seemingly removed from the
path OF Indian unity the main OBJ
stacle to its achievement. 1t was
thought to pave the way to results at
the November round table. which in
their turn would lead TO something re-
sembling peace in India. But as the
incalculable and determined Gandhi
still breaches the gospel Of complete
Independence or nothing, the situation
cannot yet be described as having
reached the stage Of final settlement.
A truce Is at the moment the most to
be hoped for.
Evening star., 1932-11-20

she may be in the market for some
10000, 900 bushels-not much, it is true,
in the face Of our enormous production,
but enough to provide q small, unex-
pected cash return to our corn growers.
Our consuls and other trade repre-
sentattyes in Germany have been cabling
to Washington that, If prices for our
corn remain as they are, we can prob
ably sell lot Of 1t to the Germans.
Farmers in Germany at present have
comparatively little cash resources
They must have corn for their live
stock, however, and with our large out
put forcing down prices to q point be-
low that at which Argentine growers
can sell, there is q chance to supply the
German market with American grain.
The large volume Of corn going into
Canada during recent weeks will prob
ably find its way eventually to the mar
kets Of Europe, although part may be
retained for use in the Dominion. Cheap
water transportation through the Great
Lakes and the st. Lawrence River ac-
counts for this movement into Canada
for re-exportation. Rates would be
higher II the corn were moved from
American ports.
Government figures on grain exports
show that the amount Of corn actually
sent from this country to foreign coun-
tries direct during the past few weeks
has not been very large. Checking up,
however, with Chicago experts on the
unusual heavy shipments to Canada, the
Government Is informed that the heavy
outflow got under way late in October
and much Of 1t went by way of Buffalo
and Kingston. destined for Europe. A
great deal, however, has gone to Mon
treal and thence across the Atlantic.
There is no duty to be paid on corn
sent this way.
Our Canadian friends are apparently
awake to the fact that this transit busi-
ness is likely to prove profitable TO
them. Anticipating q large outflow Of
American corn by the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence route, and In order to pro-
mote the freer now Of grain through
the port Of Montreal, the harbor COM
missioners Of that city have just an
nounced that they will absorb the cost
Of insurance on grain stored In their
elevators. Grain shipments last month
through Montreal were the largest on
record.
American railroad authorities, how
ever, are not so sure that the present
export furry in corn will prove OF any
longtime value. Replying to q request
of the Grain and Feed Dealers National
Association for reduction Of so Per
cent in railway export rates on ccrn to
Lake and, North Atlantic ports, the
TRAFFIC Executives Association declined
to take such action, claiming that 1t
would "depress. world prices By about
the concession in the rail- rate"
Copyright. lea2A
Evening star., 1932-11-20
The India Dilemma.

There has just been inaugurated at
London what Is described as the Pc
nultimate stage in the process OF
fashioning a democratic federal consti-
tuition for India. This latest effort TO
bury the almost ineradicable differences
between Britannia and the crown
Jewel Of the empire" takes the form
Of q, third round table conference as
sesnbled by Prime Minister Macdonald
for the purpose Of discussing number
OF vital questions left unsettled by the
two previous conferences.
The plan In TO have ready before
Christmas a proposed draft constitution
for. submission to joint committee OF
Parliament. The Houses Of Lords and
Commons will then have the right TO
alter. the governments proposals and
10 call Indian witnesses into consulta-
hon before the new constitution be-
comes. law. That. apparently. Is to
n ;1zitain's last effort 10 cut the
Evening star., 1932-11-20
Wesley L. Jones.

Washington, the National Capital
will join with Washington. the State
and with the Nation in mourning tbs
death Of Senator Wesley L. Jones. Foi
nearly 81 years Senator Jones has beer
q familiar figure here. For q great
part of that time the Washington
Senator gave unstintedly Of his time t1
beneht the City Of Warrington and its
people. He was q foremost advocate
Of the enfranchisement of the people oi
the District Of Columbia, 20 that they
might exercise with other citizens OF
the United States the right Of voting
for Representatives In the Congress and
for President and Vice President. In
the consideration Of the many problems
that arose for the Capital during the
last quarter century Senator Jones
showed himself always sympathetic
and kindly friend of the people here.
As far as possible. he became q Senator
Of the City Of Washington as well as q
Senator Of the State Of Washington.
- The country was just emerging from
the war with Spain when Senator
Jones, q comparatively young man,
came to washington az Representa-
tive at large from the State Of his adop-
ton. He was O native Of Illinois. He
made his mark In the House and ten
years later he was elected to the Senate,
where he has served with honor until the
hour Of his death. II he had concluded
his present term Of ONCE he would have
been q Senator for a full twenty -four
years, q generation in which the coun-
try has made tremendous advances and
in which many complex problems have
been thrown into the National Legisla-
ture for solution.
wesley L. Jones was always n pro-
gressive. He was no radical IN govern
mental affairs. unless his uncompromis-
ing stand on the prohibition issue is
regarded in the light of radicalism. He
was always . consistent foe of the
liquor trafic. About q year ago the
Washington Senator announced he
would abide by the decision Of his own
people in the matter of resubmission Of
the eighteenth amendment. But he de-
clared himself free to fight repeal II
the question should be submitted to the
States.
Unostentatious. with simplicity that
sat well on his broad shoulders, the
Senator from Washington went his
kindly way through the tortuous paths
that beset our national legislators. In
debate he was strong. with q sledge-
hammer sort Of frankness that beat
down opposition. He had native COM
mon sense that stood him in good stead
and a command Of language that made
1t possible for him to express his
thoughts logically and pleasingly. His
worth was recognized by his colleagues
In recent years he served sx chairman
Of the Committee on Appropriations
and wrestled with the pressing problem
Of retrenchment in governmental ex-
penditures
The passing of Senator Jones, ct q
time when the Congress is facing ques-
tions as important as at any time in
the Nations history, Is real blow
His steadfastness. his capacity for hard
work and his sense of justice made
him worthy Of the proud title-a SEN
ator Of the United States.
Evening star., 1932-11-20
Culture and Democracy.

Everett Dean Martin, director OF the
Peoples Institute, New York, has said
Never before has there been such q
tremendous gap between the educated
and the uneducated-and this Ia the
age of democracy"
His thought suggests q danger. 80
ciety theoretically enforces q policy OF
compulsory schooling. Every child 4,
obliged to attend an approved educa-
tional institution Of one kind or another
The Nation in this way Is supposed To
be defended against the perils Of Hitter
acy. But Is that enough?
Possibly, 1t Is. Granted that q little
knowledge Is q dangerous thing. nc
knowledge at all may be presumed te
be even more risky. But better, GER.
tainN. than a little knowledge woult
be a degree of cultivation SUFFICIENT t<
raise life above the dead-level Of medi.
ocrity. That. In any case, is the thought
that stimulates parents 10 desire 70,
their children greater cultural advan.
tages than their own.
Undoubtedly, there Is Q democracy oi
elementary culture In the United states
The average citi1en has been through
the grammar school machine. He \
familiar with the rudiments Of learning
as they are taught In "the iittA rec
school house on the hill" But, leaving
that primitive shelter, he applies him.
self 10 attaining proficiency in SOM
single line OF business, some single srt
craft or science, and his concentration
isolates him from contact with ans
interest in everything else. He becomes
specialist, and the iapsins Of year
confirms him in the rut.
The exceptional man OF woman BRO
Evening star., 1932-11-20

If the President and President ELECT
do not care to make known the detail.
Of their discussion, the public will not
expect to be informed. The old "execu-
tive session" fiction vanished from
affairs years ago. 1t has been demon.
strated that secrets can be kept, even
among statesmen.
Evening star., 1932-11-20

Unemployment marchers should be
persuaded to consider the homely fable
OF the man who did not have five cents
to pay the ferryman and was told that
without nickel he was Just as well
on on this side az he would be over
yondeg.
Evening star., 1932-11-20

Any discourtesy to the Prince Of
Wales during his visit to Belfast would
be the height Of indiscretion. The
Prince is rare example Of good fellow
ship In high position and Is the kind of
man distinctly TO be encouraged in pub
Lie affairs.
Evening star., 1932-11-20

An American novelist taught lecturer
q number Of the toughest words OF
Broadway slang on their way across the
ocean to this country. The lecturer
used them freely in his FIRST interview.
None can deny that the American sense
Of humor survives, even If it does occa-
sionally take the form Of q practical
joke.
Evening star., 1932-11-20

Canada has received q conscience
contribution of over $4,000. represent
ing payment with interest Of an evaded
duty on importation. II Uncle Sam
could collect all the money due on un-
declared articles, 1t would help i'm
mensely toward balancing the budget.
Evening star., 1932-11-20

The dropping of proceedings against
q number Of men involved in financial
conspiracy will be in one respect Q re-
lief The immediate interest Is to find
means Of relief for the Impoverished
rather than to investigate the circum-
stances under which some Of them got
that way.
Evening star., 1932-11-20

There ts naturally difference OF
opinion n TO whether a change from
bootleg liquor to light wine and beer
will completely balance the budget Or
enly make It seem q little less tipsy.
Evening star., 1932-11-20

Old Joe Miller's joke book has been
mentioned many years as = historic
collection Of puns and riddles. 1t has
been much edited and revised A mod
ern Interpolation might be: when is
a debt not q debt? Answer; When It's
moratorium"
Evening star., 1932-11-20

As victim Of amnesia. dry leader
Raymond Robins would be entitled to
more political sympathy II there are not
moments in campaigning when q man
Is happiest when he can forget
Evening star., 1932-11-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDgR JOHNSON.
Celebration.

Celebration.
Old Mr.. Winter he Is comm round the
- bend,
But the Autumn leaves are glorious as
welcome we extend,
And the stars that shine 30 brightly
in the Heavens far away
Are fairer than the blossoms In the
merry month Of May.
Old Mr.. Winter will come ridin' 'crost
the land.
The north wind will keep BLOWN IKE
It thought 1t was Q band.
The snowflake will come floating down,
20 delicstely made
Wen use them for confetti 10 salute
the big parade.
Evening star., 1932-11-20

mediate enforcement Of the reo,,ire.
ments specified along the surface reads
Viz: the. fencing in Of the tracks the
placing OF automatic gates at street
crossings and the cessation Of the prac-
llce OF making = freight depot and car
yard on the avenues"
Evening star., 1932-11-20

When the beer racket is disposed OF
the drug racket will remain. which is
the deadliest racket Of all.
Evening star., 1932-11-20
Member o, the Assoeiatsd Press.

The Associated Press IS exclusively entitled
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper End also me iSesi ,s new W
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Evening star., 1932-11-20

Debts In always hard 10 pay" said
Uncle Eben, ssoh folks. high or low.
dat insists on taikin' BOUT EN- sted
o. tzyin' 10 earn de money
Evening star., 1932-11-20
rheerIenn Ar;thmstte

Cherries Arithmetic.
do you think we Americans have o
sense Of humor7"
"of course" answered Senator
Sorghum. But most Of the ideas We
have now pertain to statistics. You
can't expect Us to keep laughing i'm
moderately ut one row Of figures after
another"
Jud Tunkins said big words don't
always explain. But they may get more
respect because they make you guess
what q mans thinking about.
Reformed Beverage.
To beer well owe deep gratitude
And welcome 1t should IL tntrude,
II 1t ut work cur men can keep
Where once 1t made them 70 to sleep.
"An ideal system Of finance would be
one In which one dollar Ii worth %
much as another" remarked the studi-
Oo@ PSAn0As
There can't be any such system. /"
answered Mr.. Dustin stax Fifty cents
IL worth more In the hands Of O thrifty
housewife than ten dollars entrusted
to n bad pinochle player"
People are easily led" said Hi Ho,
ths sage Of Chinatown, IF you take
the trouble to ascertain the road they
choose to travel"
True AYisteerst.
We have no aristocracy, at least that's
what we claim,
And yet we bow our heads in saluta-
ton Of q name
A surtax is made payable 20 promptly
on demand
We salute and okfer tribute when sir
Tax goes through the land.
Debts In always hard 10 pay" said
Uncle Eben, sfoh folks. high or low,
dat insists on taikin' beut EN- sted
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Evening star., 1932-11-20

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Reformed Beverage.

TO beer well owe deep gratitude
And welcome 1t should 1t intrude,
II 1t at work cur men can keep
Where oncs it made them 70 to sleep
Evening star., 1932-11-20
Finance

People are easily led" said Hi Ho
ths sage Of Chinatown, III you take
the trouble to ascertain the road they
choose to travel"
Evening star., 1932-11-20

Jud Tlnkins said big words don't
always explain. But they may get more
respect because they make you guess
what . mans thinking about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-07

thrilling romance. Fl
 Sketched vividly against the glitter and intrigue of Washington diplomacy, this picture proveds to be of extraordinary interest to last nights audience. The story, ftbm Denison Gifts novel, deals vath the lifelong friendship of modern Damon and Pythias-the one a Secret Service official, the othep gambler and former members of the. Service. Their friendship. IS indestructible until a girl appears on the horizon. Her coming. brings about an exciting conflict between the two, men, with the plans eE a foreign spy, the trapping of a racket" king and other elements providing additional thrills toHhe tale. .rs
 Warner Baxter. Karen Mobey and Conway Tearle form the three points of the triangle. With he |assistance or such competent play CTS as Leni Stengel, Lawrence Grant, Alan Mowbray, Lillian Bond and Haiiiweff Hobbes, they turn in Ia splendidly, acted piece of filmsen- The comnanion feature "Yeing A1nerich' 6 is tale of the youth of to-day that provides ,delightfuT en- tertainment for kids from 6 to 60. Spencer- Tracy and Ralph BelIany, the two friendly enemies of Dis orderly Conduct" are at 1t again ih this splendid picture. 4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-07
JOE E. BROWN IN 1.-THE TEN- DERFOOT' AND SOCIETY GIRL" AT NEW GARDEN.

Joe E. Brown, affectionately re- garded as the current king of comedians, follows up his Fire man, Save My Child" success with "The Tenderfoot," a First Na- tional picture coming to the New Garden theater to-day for a two days showing. In his latest, wide mouthed Joe portrays a Texas rancher who comes to New York with the last of his money, which he intends to invest profitably so he can lift the mortgage on his ranch. He had too many shootin' irons in the ire. But he was look Ing for a city gal to brand. They couldn't make q monkey out of this wildcat. But he was a jelly-fish in a smart gals hands. He hitched his wagon to a Broadway star but forgot to take his parachute. Joe's been savin' his strength for his greatest comedy round.up laugh, town, laugh.
 The battle of the classes--typi- fled by q unique romance between an uiiiettered boy and . thrill. seeking social butterfly forms the theme of Society oiPl." the Fox Aim which is the companion feas ture. James Dunn and Peggy Shannon, making her Fox debut in the title role. have the leading roles, with Spencer Tracy said Co add another of hls brilliant char- aetsrisations as Dnnn's manager. Also on the programme ere enter. tMininR short subjects.
 Coming Saturday for one dag is "fafzan the Ape Sian" and "xeuHg America"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-07
Missing Since They
 Had Left Berlin
(Continued from Page 1)

rooms. Mattern borrowed 8 razor and shaved. The men inspected the airport, studied charts. admired some of the big commercial planes at the field, and were ready to shove off again.
 They were in fine spirits and de- clared they were not tired. They explained that the dual controls on the plane enabled them to take turns working and resting. They left Berlin in ideal flying weather and with a 30-mile-an-hour tai! wind to help them along.
 Mattern and Griffin intended to fly over Koenigsberg, Kovno, and Smollensk enroute to Moscow, and to continue from Moscow to Omsk, They had 300 gallons of fuel in their tanks.
 The flyers overshot their mark before they landed at Berlin, as they had done coming into Harbor Grace, Md, on the first leg of their flight from New York. Clouds over Berlin, and fog and rain over Newfoundland, were responsible. Mattern said they picked up the town of Solen. which they recog- nized from the sign on the railway station, and headed back to Tenn pelhof.
 : eff we hadn't missed Tempelhof we would have been an hour earlier" he said.
 Moscow Watching.
 Moscow, July 7-(UP)-James Mattern aud-Bennet7Griffin, speed ing around the world on a record breaking flight, had disappeared today over Northern Europe.
 No word had been received from the flyers since they left Berlin at g p. m. yesterday l39p. m E. $. ID for Moscow. although a plane which might have been theirs was reported over the Polish-Ldthuan- ian frontier.
 They carried 300 gallons of gas- oline in their plane, Century of Progress, which Berlin experts figured would keep them in the air 20 hours. The 20 hours expired at 6 p. m. Moscow time today (11 a. m., E. S. ID
 Aviation officials here began to have grave fears for the safety of the flyers, in view of the orninous lack of news. It was believed they may have been forced down in some remote section, or wandered north of their course into the Ball tic sea.
 There was possibility they might have flown past Moscow to- wards the Urals and Siberia, and civil and aviation officials, includ- ing the Russian Aviation society, Ossoviakhim. made every effort to obtain information from all parts of Russia.
 Relief planes were ready to fly to the rescue if the flyers were re- ported down in this country.