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Evening star., 1934-04-24

reason to suspect that Polish devo-
ton to the alliance has withered in
recent times. Not only did Poland
resent the four-power Italo-Franco-
Anglo-German pact, engineered by
Premier Mussolini, on the ground
that she had been ignored as-a a great
power, but she OWNED in it a certain
sacrifice of Polish interests by the
French ally. At the end of last year
the Poles entered into a non-aggres-
sion pact with Nazi Germany, an act
at which the French on their part
looked askance and with some anxiety.
1t is to survey the entire Franco
Polish situation as 1t has been af-
fected by these various developments
that the French foreign minister has
wended his way to Warsaw. His hope
is to revitalize the alliance in con-
formity with changed political condi-
tions. Germany's rearmament plans
on the face Of things, should mate
rally enter into the situation. The
improved relationship that both
France and Poland have established
with the Soviet Union is another
factor designed to solidify Franco
Polish union.
From Poland M. Barthou plans to
proceed to Czechoslovakia, Frances
chief Little Entente ally. Polish
Czechoslovakian relations have lately
been strained, but are on the eve of
improvement. M. Barthou is quail
fed to act as an honest broker In
connection with the differences be-
tween the Warsaw and Prague gov
errments. But his main purpose in
comforting with the Czechoslovakian
authorities Is to galvanize them with
revived enthusiasm for France and
the European viewpoint which she
personifies. As in the case of Poland,
there have been some disquieting in
dications that Czechoslovakia was
slipping in its devotion to the Franco
Little Entente alliance.
Altogether, the present travels of
NJ. Barthou are fraught with vast i'm
portance for France. Partisan states
men are conscious that any serious
shrinkage Of the republics interna-
tional prestige could have domestic
repercussions at moment when con-
ditions at home are already gravely
disturbed.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
Credit of Nation Reflected
In Bond Demand, Says Public

yet willing to trust their funds to
private business or industry. Thus
there Is both measure of encourage
ment and discouragement in the sit
uation. There Is good reason to be-
lieve, however, that an amendment Of
the present securities act would lead
to the immediate floating Of more
securities by private concerns. bet
ter type of securities than those now
being offered"
Most important significance Is In
the apparent assurance that the ad-
ministration will not find it neces-
sary, and indicates no inclination. to
resort to radical imitation measures
to clear its problem" states the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. The
opinion Of the Baltimore Sun Is ex-
pressed in the statement: with
this evidence of returning confidence
in the administrations financial poll
cies in hand it is not surprising that
Mr.. Morgenthau has decided to call
another block of Fourth Liberty Loan
bonds on October Is next. Some
81 200, 900, 900 in bonds are involved
in the latest call, the refunding Of
NiAACii dI d IOWcT IdCe Oh interest VIII
appreciably reduce the annual interest
charge on the public debt. Terms of
the new bonds to replace those that
are called remain to be announced.
but If the refunding bonds carry the
3A per cent interest rate which fig
ured IN the operation just completed
there will be a saving in interest of
some sl2,000,000 year."
Similar transactions abroad are re-
called by the Alliance (Ohio) Review:
when Great Britain. In June. 1882.
called its f2,086, ,977, 900 outstanding 8
per cents Of 1917, it offered a new 3h
per cent bond in exchange, and more
than 80 per cent Of the old bonds were
so exchanged. France, in September
Of the same year. offered q new Al
per cent loan in exchange for 85.-
500 900 900 francs, or 1851 .000. 900. Of
outstanding callable SIS, IS and Is,
95 per cent of the old bonds had been
turned in few weeks later"
Evening star., 1934-04-24
Capitol Sign Held
Disappointing Lure
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor OF The Star:
wish to express herewith a strong
protest against the management of
the Capitol Building for the utter dis
regard of the health of the thousands
Of visitors in Turing" them by the
sign ITO the Dome," to take the most
exhausting climb over more than a
dozen winding flights of stairs, of
which they cannot have any idea
beforehand, in order to get to the
top merely to sec what can be seen
from the roof of any tall building in
Washington by means of an elevator
A lady that went up there with me
felt Every ill' when she finally landed
To avoid possible serious acci-
dent I would suggest that the sign
ITO the Dome" be amended to read
as follows: ITO the Dome over more
than a dozen flights of winding
stairs-to be undertaken only by those
who are training to scale the Alps
otherwise 1t is safer and more enjoy
able to get the same view from the
top of the Washington Monument
via the elevator"
would also register a protest
against the open exhibition Of boys
in short pants and long pants Ito
hide their real age) working on the
floor of Congress as pages" at SAL
aries that many an unemployed man
would be glad to draw at the very
time that Congress is passing bills
prohibiting child labor. These boys
belong in school along with others
who are compelled" by law to be
there, regardless of whether their
parents can afford it or not. Why
the exception here?
PHILIP BERNHARDT,
Evening star., 1934-04-24
Japan's Statement as to China Is
Not Contribution to World Peace

nature We have aided and succored
her people with money and other
forms OF assistance. We sympathized
with her in her struggle with Russia
IN 1905, and 1t was President Theo-
dore Roosevelt who saved her from
ultimate destruction by calling the
portsmouth Conference in the nick
OF time and bringing the war to a
close, for Japan was growing weaker
each day, whereas Russia was gath
ering strength and mobilizing her re-
sources for the final defeat, and prob
able destruction Of Japan as a great
power.
1t may be said that the future re-
latlons between Japan and the United
States, whether of peace or war. lie
entirely in the hands Of the people
OF Japan. The United States will
insist upon justice and equality of
opportunity in the trade of the Far
East, but beyond this she desires only
goodwill, understanding and CO.
operation with Japan for the advance
ment Of the welfare of the peoples Of
the Orient and the maintenance of
the peace Of the world.
Ao"S'ei' 0dPdA nOSI recent pro-
nunciamento regarding her purposes
towards China, especially her declared
intention to determine and control the
relations of China with other powers.
Is most assuredly no contribution to
the peace Of the world, for it is hardly
likely the Western powers will supinely
submit to being excluded from trading
with China, or to the cavalier abro-
CATION Of their treaty rights with her
so long as she Is an independent, SOW
ereign nation, as she is supposed to be.
In her ambitious ventures it would
be well for Japan to remember the
fact that history Is filled with the
melancholy recitals Of how empires
founded by armed forces fell to pieces
with extreme rapidity.
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
Evening star., 1934-04-24

Exchanges of fourth Liberty loan
bonds for new Government securities.
at a lower rate of interest, are viewed
as a demonstration that the Treasury
maintains the confidence of the pub
lie, and the results are emphasized
by the newspapers. One conclusion
from the ease with which the trans
actions were handled is that 1t an
swers the inf1ationists by proving that
the country has plenty of money.
The volume of exchanges Of bonds
was extremely gratifying" in the
opinion of the Lowell Courier-Citizen,
while the Harrisburg (Pa) Patriot
feels that ''the advantage and COM
mon sense of the exchange is obvious !"
The st. Louis Post Dispatch declares
that Secretary Morgenthau of the
Treasury could not have been other
than encouraged by the response of
bondholders to the conversion oper-
ation." The Erie (Pa) Daily Times
holds that lit proves that beyond any
question Of doubt this country has an
abundance of money"
Despite the fact that the Govern
ment debt is mounting constantly, and
that 1t is likely to reach the estimated
81 billions mentioned by President
Roosevelt" says the Butte (Mont)
Standard, "Uncle Sans commitments
are all being met and in very many
cases are being anticipated. Bonds
are being called at the first legal op-
portunity in order that advantage may
be taken of present lowered interest
rates through refunding. Last weeks
experience proves that the public is
IN sympathy with the Government s
fiscal program and Is cooperating
thoroughly with the Treasury. Opera
tions during this year will tighten the
Governments debt-carrying charges
substantially though the debt itself
and the aggregate of interest must
necessarily increase. Present esti-
mates are that the peak of debt and
interest will be reached in 1886"
There is no question:" thinks the
Wall Street Journal, "but that in this
refunding offer the Treasury has dealt
fairly with the bondholders concerned.
1t made them somewhat more favor
able offer last September, which hold
CLIO VI q Attlc ulOTe tIldn One-nalI OF
the called bonds refused. They had
a perfect right to take their chances
oi better offer or to rely upon the
option OF accepting the face value in
cash this month. Likewise, when
Secretary Morgenthau last week found
himself in q position to make them
take-it-or-leave-it proposal, lie had
perfect right to offer on behalf of
the Government the terms he did,"
These operations" AYERS the Hous-
ton Chronicle. give evidence that
there is plenty Of capital in the
country and that it Is seeking invest
ment in Government securities. The
conversion of the fourth Liberty AZ
per cent bonds, now callable, into new
3k per cents demonstrates quite
clearly that investors are willing to
make quite sacrifice in order to
retain their funds in Federal securi-
ties. New York State bonds have Just
sold at a lower figure, 2.80 per cent.
Two things are evidenced by this,
first, that investors still retain their
confidence in the value Of Federal Sc
curities, that they do not believe there
will be any drastic irliationary meas
ures, and, secondly, that they are not
Evening star., 1934-04-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Mysteries.

Mysteries.
I look across the sea 50 deep:
I look across the hills.
The mysteries which they closely keep
My heart with wonder fills.
= glance on high I pause to fling
Where starry depths expand,
Repeating here's another thing
I do not understand.
The tickle winds that round us blow,
The earthquakes fearful stress,
As more Of these seek to know
I comprehend them less.
A fragile wild flower in the Spring
I touched with reverent hand
And said, Thou art another thing
I do not understand"
Evening star., 1934-04-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The formal handwriting Of mos
persons is bad enough, but theil
scribbling Is often impossible.
Letters poorly formed, or not formed
at all; no cross bars where these
should be, no dots where dots ought
to go, abbreviations known only to the
writer
These are but a few of the failure.
Of what is usually known as "scrib-
bling" the haSty personal handwrit-
ing which takes the place of short.
hand with the majority of persons.
May 1t not be possible that thi:
habit, so universal, has far-reachine
bad effects?
Can it be possible. in other words
for human beings to daily set them
selves poor examples in one thing
without the i'll effects carrying over
to other matters?
II any one feels that this is toe
severe let him critically examine q
sample of his own handwriting o1
the sort instanced.
He will be amazed at the failure
of it to live up to the best that its
maker knows.
If the outlines of thought are there
that Is enough, eh?
Scarcely enough, and surely would
not be enough in any other endeavor
II 1t were not for the fact that such
poor handwriting becomes habitual II
would not matter in the least; maybe
it does not matter, anyway, but still
one may choose to think 1t does.
Every one scribbles every day, il nc
more than telephone message, per-
haps, or maybe an idea about some
thing or other, every now and then
1t may be that If one took care
to make these notes completely legible
the good effect of such pains would
tend to carry over into all the en-
deavors of life.
1t Is impossible to put ones finger
exactly on such things and declare
THE good started here, and continued
here, and goes thus"
1t is impossible, Of course, to be
definite in such matters but that they
invariably have their effects, for good
or bad. every one knows.
1t Is no doubt true that habitua,
actions are the most far-reaching in
character effects.
Let no one be hasty, therefore. in
asserting that this is making a noun
tain out of hole hill.
Unfortunately, mole hills can cause
a great deal Of trouble in lawns. much
more than the nollntains oaparoIlv do
1t is much easier to see the noun
tains, but sometimes more essentia
that we look at smaller elevations.
The point about handwriting. We
believe. is that it may be corrected
bit by bit, day by day, and something
OF this self-effort toward betterment
undoubtedly will "carry over" into
more weighty matters.
Not all things which demand will
power are easy. but this one is.
ANY one, Seizing a pencil to iot
down few notes, can remind him
self 1orcibly and Immediately that he
may as we'll be more careful in form
ing his letters.
A very good plan, II one has time
Is to go back over what has beer
written and note particularly lust
where mistakes have been made
Then correct them as they stand
That Is. make the 20" that is moi
closed come together as it should
make the st." which is only half as
long as 1t ought to be, extend for its
full length; instead of leaving the 81
without its tail. add the appendage.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
To the Editor OF The Star:

1O Tic EulIOI Ol lie SIdI.
To one who has lived In the Far
East the activities and policies OF
Japan can be easily understood, for
they find much justification upon the
ground Of national necessity.
1t Is my opinion that the Western
powers do not object to the occupa-
ton Of Manchuria and Jehol per Sc by
Japan, but only to the use she is
making Of that occupation. namely,
her determination to close the "open
door," not only to the territory she
occupies, but to the whole Of China,
and thus to monopolize the trade Of
the Orient, in violation of the treaty
rights of the Western powers with
China. to which these powers will
never consent.
Japan can be assured that the
United States covets the territory of
no nation, and that she desires above
all things peaceful relations with all
nations and peoples. All she asks.
and that she will insist upon, Is the
observance Of treaty obligations, which
she regards as essential to world
peace, and fair treatment and equal
opportunity in the trade of the Orient
and the world at large. She has no
aggressive or hostile intentions towards
Japan or any other nation, nor will
she ever take the initiative by any
acts that could in reason and justice
provoke Japan or any other nation
to make war upon her. We have
shown our friendship for and kindly
interest in Japan ever since Perry
brought our nations into contact. We
sent her teachers and technicians to
aid her in her early and unprecedented
development, and have watched her
progress in the arts and sciences,
and her rise to first-class power
with an almost paternal interest
When she has been overtaken by
earthquakes and other calamities Of
Evening star., 1934-04-24

third fourteen choirs, total Of nve
hundred singers. The works to be
offered have been chosen from the
masterpieces Of the truly great COM
posers, past and present.
Perhaps 1t was something like this
that the poet Walt Whitman had In
his heart when he said. "I hear
America singing" and 1t may be that
his vision is coming true. In any
event, the festival is certain to be an
occasion Of distinction and the pur-
pose it will serve Is abundantly
meritorious.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
All-Night Parking
Held Traffic Evil
To the Editor of The Star:

AZ Tic EOitOT OI i NE SJArs
Your correspondence anent the traf-
f1c situation Of Washington is un-
doubtedly a problem, and I hesitate
to add to it, but there seems to be
one phase Of the question which has
not been stressed sufficiently:
Washington Is the only city Of any
size, at least to my personal knowl-
edge, In which the pernicious practice
Of all-night parking Is tolerated.
If drastic measures were taken to
end this nuisance, there would be
several beneficial results: Many peo-
pie who could not afford private garage
space would undoubtedly have to give
up the cars they now maintain, thus
lessening to some extent the number
of privately operated cars in the city;
the streets in all sections of the city
would be cleared for legitimate park
ing to great extent; undesirable back
alleys would necessarily be improved
as garages were constructed; taxes
on what is now waste space would
realize quite an additional income to
the District by reason of the construc-
ton Of garage facilities.
Other cities have successfully ended
all-night parking and have benefited
thereby. There was certainly oppo-
sition at the beginning Of such cam
paigns, but surely there has been sat
isfaction with the results. What is
needed is an organized drive by some
agency with the stamina and intestinal
fortitude to see such reform through.
Hasn't Washington such an agency?
The accomplishment Of the goal
would have to be through unceasing
energy by the Police Department.
Tagging of all cars for several nights
at, say, 8 to S am, and then the
towing Of defiant automobiles to
precinct stations, with q substantial
fine before allowing them to be re-
claimed, would be effective At any
rate, cannot help submitting the sug-
gestion.
PAUL BRADBURY WALTER.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
Literal Minded.

II tell you," said the indignant citi-
zen. there's too much red tape used
in the Government"
Eyes. yes" responded Senator Sor-
ghum, rousing himself from profound
meditation. by the way, do you
know what firms hold the contracts
form supplying tape?"
Evening star., 1934-04-24

Here is a capital ~" without the
right side on its upper part: put 1t
on, at once, and do 1t carefully.
Thus, by going back over what has
been written in haste, one Is able to
correct it at leisure.
Often this process is compulsory
that is, the writer himself cannot make
out exactly what he has written until
he has pieced the message together.
He will find it particularly helpful,
in such q case, to visibly correct faulty
letters and make the writing. as writ
ing, read exactly as it should read.
y X *
Especially Is there blame to the in
dividual in leaving notes for another
to read in a scribble which the reader
will find difficult to understand.
Such notes might as well be legible
and are a great deal more courteous
that way. Not every one thinks Of
the matter from that standpoint, but
it might as well be kept in mind. If
one leaves a note, one intends to do a
service, and there is not much service,
after all, in a note which the receiver
is at loss to understand.
Not every scribbler is as bad as that,
it must be confessed, but some people s
best hand" Is quite as bad, In the
main, the hastily, scribbled note is
difficult to read and often is open to
plain misinterpretation, especially as
to telephone numbers and the like.
From the everyday correction of
the scribble one may go on to bet
terment Of the more formal penman-
ship
Right here one should not make
the mistake of attempting to correct
what Is characteristic in the individ-
ual handwriting.
One ought to be proud of this part
o. the handwriting, even If a slight
illegibility results. This 1t is which
makes ones own handwriting one s
own.
There Is no real reason, however,
for such miserable penmanship as one
often sees.
Signatures of some great men, for
instance, have been nothing more
than q series Of hen scratches.
Such faulty penmanship is toler-
ated on account Of the great mans
greatness. 1t does not add a jot to
his stature. Rather it signifies a
failing, a certain mental laziness, or
indifference to others.
The plain road between individu-
ality and legibility is not hard to
find, and no doubt the majority of
persons find it easily after school
days.
One very interesting exercise, in
handwriting, may be achieved by
writing ones name and the date in
every book purchased.
Then, years later, in coming across
them, one may write the same again
below, and compare the two.
There will be a surprising diver
gence, often enough, in the matter of
strokes, but, all the same, the two sig
natures will be by one and the same
hand, bringing out the fact that
somehow what trickles off the point
OF the pen, as manipulated by the
fingers and the brain, is individually
the work Of one and the same per-
Sonality.
In this sense. even a scribble has
personality, and need not be ruth
lessly uprooted, or reformed. We do
not mean that. All one would advo-
cate is betterment of hopelessly i'll
formed letters and the like, in the
belief that such betterments will have
good effect, necessarily, all along
the lines Of life.
Evening star., 1934-04-24

Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Tugwell says social change in America
cannot 90 any faster than the people
who are affected want it to 60. It
may require new methods Of impart-
ing wisdom to prevent a speed mania
that will call for one electoral land
slide after another.
Evening star., 1934-04-24

Senator Pat Harrison finds at least
one point of encouragement in. his ad-
vocacy of silver. No agricultural ad-
justors are going to suggest bringing
out the steam shovels and putting the
metal back in the ground whence it
came.
Evening star., 1934-04-24

A backward Spring does not fully
account for the extraordinary congress
sional effort advised in order to thaw
frozen assets. Some frozen assets
merely returned to normalcy after a
treatment Of hot-air salesmanship.
Evening star., 1934-04-24

A Rockefeller heir is said to be learn
ing the oil business from the ground
up in Texas. He may on his return
to New York show those Wall Street
boys some new tricks If he can tempt
them into a game of California Jack
or Sancho Pedro.
Evening star., 1934-04-24

ITO have money and lose it," said
Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, "is no
great calamity, provided you did not
lose with 1t the ability and reputation
on which it was originally grown. In
our book OF Ancestral Agricultural
Apothegms it is recorded that q we'll
made garden cannot be Useless by q
single season OF drought"
Evening star., 1934-04-24

In a wage dispute a fact-finding
commission may afford assistance.
Something may always be gained if a
controversy can be suspended long
enough to ascertain precisely what it
is all about.
Evening star., 1934-04-24

When the stock tickers report
profit taking" there are manifesto
tions Of undisguised satisfaction in
noting that there are at reasonable
intervals any profits to be taken.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
The Inenable Grin.

In Dillinger a jest we trace,
And 50 is war-and every crime.
A deaths head is the only face
That keeps on grinning all the time
Evening star., 1934-04-24
Russia's Bulky Budget.
ON the Boston Transcrip'

From the Boston Transcript.
Russia has Just launched $780,
000, ,000-ruble bond issue. When they
run into figures that big we don't see
how the bond issue even pays the cost
Of bookkeeping.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
Thrift.

rrOm the W1ChUa Eagle.
Ella Wendel's estate, New York, has
been appraised at s36,606.000. The
family saved for rainy day a hun
dred years and never had anything
but dry weather.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
Women's Rule.

Prom the San Antonio EXpresS.
Women are reactionaries and don't
crave any emancipation" asserts Fan
ME Hurst. They have found out that
they ruled their men better when they
didn't seem to rule.
Evening star., 1934-04-24
When Computation Ce

When Computation Ceases.
A better day will come, no doubt.
When We'll count coin or bills
Without so much to say about
Dimes, cents or even mills.
And when the times are not 50 rough
With problems that are strange,
Sometimes We may feel rich enough
To say, "Just keep the change"
Evening star., 1934-04-24

Jud Tunkins says arguments are
getting to be endurance tests. like pole
sitting or marathon dancing.