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Evening star., 1933-06-22
San Marines Troubles.

An amazing plot to overthrow the
government of the oldest and smallest
republic in the world has been discov-
cred. Reports from Rome indicate that
political exiles had planned to seize the
territory. A band of desperadoes. 1t is
said, had been hired to execute the coup.
BY accident the nefarious scheme came
to the attention of the Italian police,
and prompt measures have been taken
to arrest the conspirators. Two of the
principals already have been appre-
hended, and the others are being
trailed.
More than ten centuries old, the little
republic is governed by two Captains
Regent. In the hands of these au-
thorities are the destinies of popula-
tion approximating ten thousand. An
army and police force of five hundred
men are responsible for the mainte-
nance of law and order. Ordinarily
there is peace and harmony in the
community. Larger countries have ex-
perienced wars and revolutions, but San
Marino, confirmed In its independence
by its location on Mount Titano,
twenty-six hundred feet above sea level,
hitherto has been immune to serious
disturbances. However, as current dis
patches indicate, there is no such thing
as complete isolation from the troubles
of the times. In common with its big
ger neighbors, San Marino feels the
blight of international stress and
strain.
The story of the difficulties of the
most diminutive and most obscure of
European nations, 1t would seem, has
the significance of a parable. Certain
philosophic individuals now and again
have attempted to stand aside from the
confusion Of the world. Hermits, in
effect, they have sought to escape to the
serenity of voluntary exile. But their
effort has been largely vain. Hide
themselves as they might, they still re-
manned within reach of the quarrels
and controversies, the civic mistakes
and social errors of the race to which
they belonged. Perforce, they returned
to the arena they had fled. Their sur
render was inevitable. It Is practically
impossible to evade participation In the
everlasting struggle. But perhaps the
millennium one day may dawn, and
new Eden be established on the earth.
The socially minded individual does not
decline to contribute his share toward
that end.
San Marino, certainly, will solve its
problems, survive its difnculties, work
out of its troubles. Its status as q
hermit may have broken down. but that
experience is general, not particular.
Other republics have made the same
discovery Of the fallacy of isolation.
Evening star., 1933-06-22
Longevity Credits.

The merited criticism against the
Presidents executive order, issued at
the instance of personnel officers, cut
ting down credits heretofore given for
length of service and facilitating the
compulsory retirement of thirty-year
employees. is its inconsistency with pre-
vious policy. 1t is not to be said that
President Coolidge's executive order al
lowing these credits was above critf-
cism in the first place. 1t is true that
what one executive order does to the
rules of the classified civil service can
be undone by another executive order.
But there is unfortunate inconsistency
when a policy is established III the
Federal service for the protection OF
class of workers and on which they
have come to rely, and then removed,
with all its protection, to accomplish
some expedient purpose.
The desired end, in this case, is to
make it easier to remove, by compul-
sorry retirement, those workers Of thirty
years service whose previous credits for
length of service would place them high
on the rating lists. The basic idea, in
this connection, is that if somebody
must lose his job. it is better that those
who are removed be turned loose with
retirement pay at least, rather than
that they be thrown out with no fur
ther compensation from the Govern
ment or anybody else. But unless there
Is extreme wisdom and tmpartiality
shown by administrative officials, their
authority to recommend retirement of
thirty-year workers will result not only
In injustice but in severe losses to the
efficiency of the Government establish
ment. The fact that an employe has
been working for the Government for
thirty years will be used as something
against him; another lever to hoist him
out of the service. While length of
service is still regarded as matter of
credit, the amount of credit has been
arbitrarily reduced.
It Is sound theory that the eff
Ol 0IIlplOyc III
creases with the experience which
comes from length of service. As such,
it should justly be considered as part
OF the efficiency rating. But the eff
cheney rating has in other respects been
jumbled by the introduction of foreign
elements that nave nothing in the
world to do with efficiency. An en-
ploye's marital status, the number Of
his dependents, his service in the wars
and what part of the country he came
from all play part now in governing
his retention, or dismissal, from the
service. The next step, of course, will
be to consider the color of his eyes, the
way he parts his hair and his religious
and fraternal, not to say political,
Affiliations in determining whether he
Is worth his salt to the public service.
The man who entered civil service
as a career and nodded his life accord
ingly is finding some of the cards Of
the new deal stacked against him.
Evening star., 1933-06-22
Boundary Decision.

Prom the Rutland Daily Herald.
1t is proper to note that the long
expected decision on the Vermont New
Hampshire boundary is not total vic
tcry for Vermont.
The original contention Of this State
was that the boundary between the two
States was properly the thread Of the
stream" or point midway between the
east and west bank.
New Hampshire claimed the proper
boundary was high-water mark on the
Vermont side, which had it been
allowed, would have deprived Vermont
Of millions In taxable property and con-
siderably upset values.
Neither side won its contention In full,
now that the Supreme Court has
affirmed the finding of the Trabue re-
port. Vermont retains her property and
taxation rights en- this side of the
stream, but New Hampshire comes
across the stream to low-water mark
which may cause complications in case
OF power users whose dams extend from
bank to bank and now may be taxed
very largely in New Hampshire.
The settlement of this long and costly
dispute, however, is a matter for con-
graduation. Now we know where the
boundary really is and both States may
hee0oG0i6nG1 n0o0nAia> - -(F-SseA1a~NR
Evening star., 1933-06-22
Urges Renovizing
For Home for Nurses
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In connection with the current Rem
ovize Washington campaign" I have
been wondering If something could be
done to improve the building at the
rear of the Columbia Hospital used as
q nurses home. and counterpart Of
the shack" removed from that loca-
ton to the triangle at Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue for renova-
ton and exhibition.
In advertising for such q building,
recall that 1t was specifically stated
the building must be one badly in
need of repair, paint, etc. both inside
and out, and should think the nurses
home a most excellent example of the
possibilities of renovation. OF course,
the committee probably is unable TO
attempt anything of the sort and, if it
is true that Congress appropriates the
funds for such institutions, then some
one should work on their sympathies.
One does not need to experience a
confinement to a hospital to realize the
arduous duties and long hours Of the
nurses, and it was difficult, indeed, for
me to believe this dilapidated old
building was being used to house them,
surely q disgrace to the National Cap
ital. MARGARET M. STEVENS.
Evening star., 1933-06-22
@ ''Juju.' y

Those who read books OF travel or
romantic novels Of adventure must be
familiar with the word "juju" To
others 1t may be explained that 1t sig
nifles a primitive variety of magic, a
savage philosophy of fetichism. AS a
phenomenon of immature psychological
and social development 1t is universal
1t represents the apotheosis Of barbar-
Gus superstition. But 1t has to be
taken SERIOUSLY. There are large areas
Of the earth where it would be the
height Of folly TO mock at It. The re-
ligion Of millions. it has the power to
punish those who ignore or reject its
claims.
A story comes to the New York
Herald Tribune from Trinidad to illus
trate the point. A rationalistic Hindu
newspaper reporter, one Seepersad Mai
paul. It seems, not long ago undertook
TO discuss in his paper the folk prac-
tees employed by Hindu farmers in
the Chaguanas district Of the island to
combat cattle disease His campaign
Of education against their customs
aroused the resentment Of those he de-
sired to benefit. They informed him
that he had offended the goddess Kali
and they demanded that he sacrifice a
goat to the dark deity of destruction
In reply he told them to retire to the
place where overcoats are not needed
But the farmers we're not to be st
easily disposed of. On the contrary
they called to the journalists attention
the fate Of Sanitary Inspector Thomp
son, who had inspired the Objectionable
articles. Thompson. they said had dice
for his mistake, a victim Of the Kal
variety of vengesnce-"poison on Sat
urday, death on Sunday, burial on Mon
day" Still Seepersad refused to b,
persuaded "Juju buncombe," was hi
comment.
However, it happens that the re
porter has a pretty little wife. and sh
has been pleading with him to max
the goat sacrifice for the sake of he
children and herself. And now tn
sd1lQE & his papes has Joined " th
Evening star., 1933-06-22
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands
fortunes by taking . hand In the ece
nomic development Of Greece.

fortunes by taking . hand In the eco
nomic development Of Greece.
Women Endure
Unemployment Best
Morning Post, London.-Replies to
uuestionnaire circulated among a wide
variety of organizations by the Liberal
Women's Unemployment Group lead to
the conclusions that:
Women endure unemployment better
than men.
The unemployed youth deteriorates
more quickly than his elders.
Betting and attendance at cinemas
and foot ball matches increase in dis
tressed areas.
Unemployment centers are unpopu-
lar and are called dole schools"
When the unemployed father OF a
family becomes to some extent depend
ent on his family there is marked de-
clension in his authority. it is stated.
Dealing with the effect on the family,
the report states that mother Is the
first to suffer and the children are the
last
From all over the country it is noted
that nervous and mental troubles are
likely to be uncovered. The father con-
tinually at home infects the family with
his own encouragement. Similarly
there Is much evidence that the chill
dren OF unemployed homes are apa-
thetic, listless and lacking in conf
dence. This is mental, and not physi-
cal, In origin"
Evening star., 1933-06-22
Macdonald Debt Statement
Inspires Varying Comments

they really are in earnest about break
ing the international economic jam,
must recognize the possible frictions
and bad tempers that may be de-
veloped unless they are willing at the
outset to display spirit Of give-and-
take"
Indignation against the European
demands impresses the Oklahoma City
Times as unlikely to prove helpful"
and the Salt Lake Deseret News argues:
IF debt and interest are endangering
our social structure they should be cor
rected IN reasonable way, for they
nomic system. General reputation Is
certainly not the correction we desire.
Consequently, it scarcely seems wise
for us to allow a situation to develop
through which our own inhexibility de-
termines the great nations of the world
to refuse to pay, thus setting their
peoples the example Of reputation"
IF the conference were really to
eschew all consideration of the debts
its delegates might as well have re-
mained at home" in the judgment Of
the Fort Worth Star Telegram, while
the Portland (Oreg) Journal argues:
The MacDonold utterance, reduced to
Its elements, contained one of the SIM
FACot oAAo O1OCct NO man uVeS
to himself. No modern nation lives to
itself. Politically, said he. a nation
may be self-contained. Economically,
we cannot be aloof and prosper. The
Economic Conference confronts ter
ribly complex situation. Yet the only
solvent is the application of simple
and fundamental square deal in its
intangible as well as its tangible ele-
ments."
Necessity for ultimate action on the
debts is maintained by the Des Moines
Tribune, the Providence Journal, the
Houston Chronicle, the Jersey City
journal, the Newark Evening News and
the Dayton Daily News. The Charleston
Is. c. Evening Post holds that at Is
just as well that Mr.. Macdonald
brought the subject into the forefront
OF the whole economic situation" and
the Morgantown Dominion News ad-
vises that rigid insistence upon the
letter OF the bond will gain no ma
terial benefit, and will cause a great
loss In that thing of intangible but
no less certain value, friendliness."
Evening star., 1933-06-22
Puerto RicAn Bishops
Fight Birth Control.

Diario de Panama. Panama.-The two
Catholic bishops Of Puerto Rico have
taken part in the debates before the
Legislative Assembly at San Juan upon
a project which had in view the estab-
lishment of clinics for the restriction
of births. Both prelates supplied the
press as well with the complete text of
their remonstrances, which properly re-
fiected the stand of the church against
the conversion of the matrimonial estate
into a species Of conveniently barren
concubinage. The Bishop of San Juan
and the Bishop Of Ponce concurred in
protestations that the church had re-
peatedly in all ages frowned upon any
interference with natural law and
pointed out that no civilized country as
yet, with the exception of Russia, has
ever approved or legalized such de-
liberate program of infanticide in the
hope of securing a material advantage
by the practice of a sensual modernity
which fatuously hopes to perpetuate the
state by destroying the home and
family!
Evening star., 1933-06-22

How do you talk to people hard to
talk tor"
That Is the question asked by a cor
respondent, and it Is a pretty question,
indeed.
It is one which has to do with the
past, however, more than with the fu
ture. therefore can be answered with
more certainty.
So many persons want to be told
what Is going to happen, but prophecy
Is notoriously uncertain.
To diagram futurity requires knowl-
edge no one possesses, although a great
many would have us believe that they
do.
When it comes to the question OF
how to enter into conversation with
those who are hard to talk TO-" one
Is on safe ground.
1t Is a question Of the past and the
present, in the main, with the future
entering in only in likelihood, for there
Is no telling whether one will be able
to utilize advice, after all.
The best that can be done here is to
discuss the matter in general terms
with few hints on the side. We sup
pose that cur correspondent is not one
Of these talkative persons who speaks
no trouble with the difficult conver-
sationalist, because he does all the talk
ing, anyway.
It Is the serious speaker, the man or
woman who finds the world and life
interesting, and who wants to make
words count for something, If not for
very much, who is nonplussed by the
associate who is chary with words.
X X
Even the best disposed persons at
times fall within this category.
A headache, or a quarrel at home,
or an oncoming cold, may cause nor
mally entertaining human being to be-
come extremely silent in company. The
pressure Of the daily work, at times and
in certain emergencies, has the same
effect.
Remember, when talking to another,
that you are, after all, confronting the
greatest enigma in the world. The
famed Sphinx of Egypt is no more i'm
penetrable than the average human
mind. Perhaps it would never do to
know what is being thought in yonder
brain. The immobile features conceal
a great deal, much Of it which ought
to be concealed, no doubt.
y \
This almost silent person, whom one
fain would engage in normal, easy con-
versation, seems determined to think
Of nothing to say.
Thus the burden Is thrust entirely
upon the shoulders of the other, who
ordinarily is never given half enough
credit for his achievement.
Usually the small blame OF such q
situation is put upon one, when it ought
to be shared by two, and usually upon
the wrong party.
The person hard to talk to Is q
ready enough talker if he is interested.
The question of his interest, there
fore, Is paramount.
Alexander Pope, in one Of his famous
couplets, assured his readers that II
they desired to find the key to any
mans character, they should seek his
ruling interest"
One need not 60 as far as that In
this effort to make conversation more
pleasant.
All one has to do Is to discover some
one interest.
One good topic, deftly touched upon,
will be enough, but the fellow must be
permitted to believe that he has hit
upon it himself
This Is essential.
He is timid, almost boorish, IN his
approach to it, so fearful Is he that ne
will be led into conversation against
his will.
Evening star., 1933-06-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Thousands Of Government experts
are working constantly for the benefit
of all citizens of the United States.
They will work directly for you II you
will use our Washington Bureau. This
newspaper employs Mr.. Haskins to act
take your matter to the proper au-
thority. State your inquiry briefly. write
clearly, and inclose a three-cent stamp
for a personal letter In reply. Do not
use postcards Address The Evening
Star Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C.
air in the United States?-G. M.
A. In 1882 there were 1,600.s2l
pounds of air express carried COM
pared with 1,181 ,34s pounds in 1881.
A wide variety Of merchandise Is
handled. 212 different commodities
being included in one months ship
ments over one line.
@. Where was Dennis King born and
how long has he been on the stase7-
c. B.
A. Mr.. King was born in Birming-
ham. England, and went on the stage
when he was Is.
@. Is Helen Keller unique In having
conquered her defects Of sight and
hearng?-A. r.
a Hundreds Of other persons have
been as successful. but as Miss Keller
was the first example to become well
known her fame Is the widest.
@. Who first practiced anti-typhoid
incubation "A. c.
A. The method was initiated in 1895
by Sir Almroth Wright, who first used
broth cultures sterilized at 90 de-
grees C.
@. Are there many visitors to the
Shrine of Sainte Therese at Lisieux,
France?-F. Y.
A. During 1882 more than q million
pilgrims visited the shrine.
@. What is meant by . tree mar
riage?-J. O'D.
A. In Chota Nagpur. the tribes who
speak languages Of the Munda group.
and in Bengal, low castes such as the
Rautias, Bagdis and Murmis, perform
the rite Of tree marriage as an integral
part of the marriage service. The nup-
| tial pair are fastened to trees by thread.
Trees of such economic importance as
| the mahua, the mango, the jhand and
| the fig are selected as essentially fer
| tile. Tree marriage Is part Of series
| of rites by means Of which the con-
tinuity of the group life Is secured.
@. Is there caffeine in tea as well
| as coffee?-J. A. L.
| A. It Is generally accepted that an
ordinary cup Of either tea or coffee
| contains on the average approximately
| 1.50 grains of caffeine.
@. Who is the new Ambassador to
| Germany?-H. P.
A. william Edward Dodd, professor
Of American history at the University
Of Chicago, has been appointed to this
| position.
@. What does it cost the Govern
ment to collect income tax?-C. G. M.
A. For the fiscal year 1882 the Fed
eral Government spent 333, ,870, ,903 In
administering the internal revenue tax
laws. The cost Of collecting each 500
Of revenue was $2l7.
@. Please give information in regard
to pronunciation Of japanese words
| A. Our reply Is based upon notes
found in Awakening Japan" by Dr..
Erwin Baelz: "Consonants as In Eng
lish. Vowels as in Italian. Stress or
tonic accent-practically none Y after
k Is consonantal. Thus, Tokyo must
not be pronounced as q trtsyllable
| (To-ki-yo) but as q dissyllable-
Tokyo. Similarly, the name Of the
old capital-Kyo-to."
@. Where was Nancy Hanks born?
r. W, s.
Evening star., 1933-06-22
almost Afraid to Go Home

Pity the sorrows Of the unfortunate
Democratic members Of Congress who
are unable to get jobs for members of
their party! Representative McClintic
of Oklahoma, who has been named
chairman of q special committee of the
Democratic Congressional Committee
charged with the duty Of finding places
on the Government pay roll for the
faithful ones, declares that many men,
bers of the House Of Representatives
are almost afraid to go home because
they haven't been able to get any jobs
for deserving Democrats in their dis
tricts"
Surely this wall will stir the SYM
pathy of Chief Dispenser Farley. If
many of the House members are still
waiting in Washington for handouts
from the pie counter they are not
adding to the comfort Of the manager
of that important branch Of the party
organization, and he should be relieved
by a hegira to the home precincts.
Almost afraid to go home" Is a
poignant phrase. 1t has heretofore been
heard after the final fall Of the gavel
Of the session Of Congress. There are
so many explanations to be made on
arrival And they are so hard to put
across. Did not the party triumph in
November? What price victory If there
/ is TO be no compensation in the form OF
appointments to collectorships and
postmasterships district attorneyships
and inspectorships, doorkeeperships and
common or garden clerkships?
Depression, economy, budget balanc-
ing? Civil service. merit system, eff
cheney? What have these to do with
the case? What is a congressman Of
the dominant political party good for
anyway after an election success If not
to get something for the deserving?
Must he go back home and tell his
clients or constituents, or what not,
that the patronage powers at Washing
ton are inhibited from cooperation by
some silly rule or other or by a re-
trenchment program or by feeling OF
mercy for competent veterans Of the
administrative service?
Well, 1t Is just too bad. And yet
there is some comfort for these timid
souls who are shrinking from the
homeward hike lest they be toe
roughly received On arrival in theil
, district capitals. II they are con.
demned by their fears to stay here un-
til the leaves have turned in the
, Autumn and the snow has come in De.
; cember and the gavels fall for tn.
+ opening Of the second session Of thu
= Seventy-third Congress, they will find
} Washipston As eomtortahle D. place a
Evening star., 1933-06-22

residence as any other, and they Will
have have opportunity. furthermore, to
get better acquainted with the system
of government, and perhaps by keeping
close to the dispensary during the next
six months they will get more Of their
share Of the largess than If they were
back home face to face with their con-
stituents.