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Evening star., 1934-02-11
De Valera's Role
As Irish Dictator
BY A. G.. GARDINER.

LONDON, February 10.-If De VAL
era does not bulk as big in the imagi-
nation Of Europe as Hitler, Mussolini,
Stain and the other dictators whom
the aftermath of the war has thrown
up, the fact is not due to the stature
of the man. 1t is due to the small
stage on which his extraordinary per-
sonality plays it's part. Within the
limits Of that stage he is engaged in
as vast an adventure as that Of Hitler,
and In quality of will and intensity he
is certainly not inferior to the German
dictator.
De Valera has set out to make a
new Ireland, as Hitler has set out to
make new Germany, and however
mistaken and impracticable his vision
may seem, no one can question the
passionate sincerity of the man or
the inflexible courage with which he
is driving to his goal. His object is
to cut the British connection poll
tically and economically, to destroy
the partition of Ireland and to make
united Ireland. isolated, self-gov-
erned and self-suffcient.
Nothing that happens either within
or without Ireland diverts him hairs
breadth from his path. He avoids all
civilities Of intercourse and dismisses
all friendly overtures with cold and
adamantine indifference.
4 \
The latest example Of this icy aloof-
ness is his repulsion of the gesture
of j. H. Thomas at Birmingham.
Speaking at dinner of the Jewellers
and Silversmiths' Association, the
colonial secretary said that the British
government would not allow bitterness
or prejudice of any sort to blind 1t
to the fact that geographically the
ties between the Irish Free State and
England are such that ought to make
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Proposals to Make American Navy
As Powerful as Any in the World

built or appriated for are 80 destroy
ers, 6 submarines, II cruisers and 3
aircraft carriers.
It is possible that one Of the cruisers
to be built will have what is called a
flying deck" to accommodate air.
planes. The ordinary cruiser can
take care of eight planes, while this
new type could accommodate "a.
AS the Navy grows in size, more
men and officers are required to man
it. Navy personnel, which now is
around 10000, will be enlarged to
80 500 If Congress agrees. as expected,
and later to 100000 if the Navy rec
concentrations are accepted.
The United States intends to go
into the next naval limitation con-
ference with its program Of construc-
ton in full swing. Congressman Vim
son says in this regard:
Delegates from the British Empire,
Japan and the United States must
convene next year TO revise, continue
or abandon the London treaty OF
1880. If our delegation goes into that
conference without definite decla-
ration Of this Nations naval policy
its prestige will be almost nil.
THE British Empire has such a
policy. Japan has such a policy.
Their delegations will go to the con-
ference firm in the knowledge of
those policies and secure in the fact
that their respective governments
have kept up their naval strength to
the limit of their agreement. Now
the United States intends to have a
policy and to be able to say:
We are as strong as you. We will
willingly reduce out armament If you
will do the same proportionately. But
If you will not. we will match you
ship for ship and gun for gun. Our
negligence in the past is not prophe-
cy of the future"
X X r
The whole point Of the next con-
ference is expected to revolve around
whether or not Japan is to get a
higher ratio of ships to the United
States and Great Britain. Back in
1921, when dreadnaughts were limited
and building stopped, Japan accepted
ratio of three tons to each five
tons for the United States and Great
Britain. At London she demanded
and got a ratio of seven tons to each
10 for the leading naval powers. Now
she is demanding equal tonnage with
America and England.
There are indications in Washing
ton that the American Government is
far from ready to agree to any fur
ther increase in the japanese ratio.
If Japan insists, the groundwork
might be laid for a naval building
race. Right now the country is
getting ready for any such eventu-
ality.
President Roosevelt is more friend
ly to the Navy than any President
since Theodore Roosevelt. He is a
former Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and has its welfare at heart.
He is described as very much inter-
ested in seeing that a permanent
policy Of naval construction be under
taken so that this country can be
sure that its first line of defense is
as strong as that of any other nation.
(Copyright, 1934D
Evening star., 1934-02-11
THE NEED OF DETACHMENT
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D. L. d. D. L,
Bishop OF Washington

As we observe the Life Of some out
standing man or woman we have a
natural curiosity to discover what it
Is that constitutes the secret of their
genius and the source of their power,
and frequently we find it difficult to
satisfy our curiosity. The incident of
the young man in Phillips Brooks
study, waiting for the great preacher,
studying with care the titles of the
books in his library is a case in point.
Quietly entering the room, the great
preacher inquired of the young man
Are you looking for some special
book?" to which the youth responded:
cret Of your genius" He did not dis
cover 1t In the books on the great
preachers shelves.
Some years ago a clever American
writer penned a series of brief articles
entitled, Little journeys to the homes
of the good and the great" In these
he sought to disclose the environing
conditions under which these notable
men and women lived and worked,
but he did not reveal in his fascinat-
ing studies the sources Of their genius
and power.
A striking passage occurs in the
gospel of st. John, wherein 1t is said:
Every man went unto his own house;
Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives
It Is not only brief passage, but 1t
Is revealing in that 1t Is descriptive
Of the habit and practice Of the great
Master. He had been engaged in a
controversy with some of the leaders
Of the people. When, at length. the
discussion had reached its climax
those whom He addressed returned to
their homes, but He to a place OF
quiet for uninterrupted contemplation
on the Mount of Olives Repeatedly
in His intense ministry He withdrew
Himself from the crowded ways oi
the cities and villages, and in these
hours of silence and solitude He found
refreshment and renewal They were
indispensable to the mighty cause tc
which He had committed himself
What was true Of Him is true of all
those who seek intellectual and spirit
ual development. 1t is universally
true, we do not come to the place o1
attainment without frequent and LONG
periods Of detachment from the har.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Although motor cars had not been
invented, traffic dangers In the streets
Of Washington were
heckIess grave enough SO years
Driving ago TO call for the
following in The Star
Of February IA, 1884:
Are the Commissioners doing any
thing-or anything in earnest-to put
stop to reckless driving? II not it
is high time they should. Within
few days one person has been killed
and three manned for life through
being run over on street crossings.
Washington has doubtless the best
pavements for driving purposes of any
city in the world. but in no other city,
not even in st. Petersburg. where
people on foot have not much show.
is there so much peril to life and
limb for pedestrians as in Washington
1t is partly because our streets are so
wide and smooth that they are so
dangerous. They offer great tempts-
tions for fast driving and carriages
slip over them so noiselessly and
rapidly that pedestrians get no warn
ing of their approach before the
horses are upon them. In other cities
the narrow, stone-paved streets COM
pei drivers to 60 slow. and the clatter
of the vehicles over the rough pave
ments gives seasonable alarm to the
pedestrians,
"The danger from reckless driving
has been greatly increased of late by
the introduction Of the various new
lines Of public conveyances. What
with the rushing competition between
the hacks, herdics and hansons. We
hicles are now shooting through the
streets like so many rockets, and woe
be to the unfortunate pedestrian who
ventures to cross their course But
for stolid. brutal indifference to the
safety of the public the liveried drivers
OF swell private carriages probably
take the lead. They seem to have a
supreme contempt for people who 60
on foot, and it IS their delight to make
the pedestrian rabble scatter in a
hurry. especially at crowded crossings.
And when they succeed in running
| down somebody they pursue their
| course without thought of what be-
comes Of their victim and regard as a
great violation of their rights when
| called to account for their actions.
1T has come to such a pass now
| that many people do not dare to risk
crossing the streets. especially at times
when the places of amusement are
letting out and vehicles are rushing
in all directions at racing speed.
Now, this usurpation of the streets
by the carriage people is in direct
violation Of the law, which, In all
cases tested In the courts. gives the
right of way to pedestrians. It Is
high time, therefore, that the author
tiles should exert themselves to give
the foot public the benefit Of their
rights"
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Starting" Civilization.

The Prince of Wales is supposed to
have said, Civilization is good idea,
Somebody ought to start it." But the
implication that the heir apparent ex-
pected to be taken seriously is un-
justified. He knows quite well that
somebody" always is starting
civilization. 1t is a privilege as we'll
as a duty so to do, and it probably
would not be too much to suggest
that "civilizing" of one kind or an
other is the particular business of
practically everybody alive.
Clergymen, for example. are "civil-
izers" by profession. The function
of Christianity has been that of sup
planting fear by faith. darkness by
light. The celebrated teachers and
preachers of past and present have
had no other objective than the
bringing In Of the Kingdom, q
4OI C1EA4LdIAOl1
Lawyers, also, may be regarded as
"civilizing" forces. striving as they do
to replace the "law" of talon and
claw by the principles of justice and
mercy, the doctrine of IAN eye for an
eye" by the philosophy of fellowship,
peace and order.
Soldiers, surely. consider themselves
"civilizers" when they offer their lives
for the preservation of freedom, and
sailors are similarly motivated when
they brave the storm to link nations
In cultural or commercial fraternity
Statesmen, likewise, have excuse to
believe that they labor for the devel-
opment Of civilized ideals when they
seek to guide earths children into
paths of orderly progress and amity
prosperity and harmony.
Industrialists, traders, bankers anc
f1nanciers, it follows, have civil
ling function in the circumstances
and the forgotten men who merely
match their thought and theil
strength against nature in daily toi
strive toward the same goal of in
creased social wealth and more gen.
eral distribution of material advan.
tage.
And what of the artists, the poets
the singers, the philosophers, the
dreamers-are they savages? Truth
answers in the negative. On the con-
trary, they are the especially illumi-
mated souls who lead the march. II
is their duty to keep the fires OF
hope burning when the night Is dark
and they do not fail.
One day humanity will emerge from
the jungle and disease and war and
famine will disappear from the planet
in which the new Eden will be built
In that glad time a majestic monu-
ment should be raised to the pioneers
who have b1azed the trail. On Its
face there should be engraved the
names Of Jesus, Confucius, Buddha
Mencius, Lycurgus, solon. Socrates
Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Dante
Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Erasmus
Luther. Cromwell. Milton, Goethe
Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Lin
coin, Fulton, Morse, Bell, Edison
Pasteur, all the noble army O.
starters" of whom the Prince o.
Wales pretends not to know. 1t may
be that he, too, Is destined to be re.
membered in that glorious scroll o.
fame.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Numerous rare historic papers and
documents Of the First Congress which
were hidden for more than q century
in the files OF the Senate are now
being restored by skilled bookbinders
Of the Government Printing Office and
made available to public view. Under
the direction Of Col. Edwin A. Halsey,
secretary of the Senate, James D.
Preston, its librarian, has assembled
and arranged the original records OF
the beginning of the Government for
preservation in suitable display cases
at the Capitol. Among the treasures
thus far restored from their crowded
and dingy cubbyholes is President
Washington's first inaugural address
In his own handwriting. 1t has been
bound in appropriate and permanent
form with the most enduring mate
rials. The original manuscript Of
President Monroe's message to Con-
gress announcing his famous American
doctrine was preserved in similar
! manner.
BY a most interesting coincidence,
Public Printer Carter points out,
| about the same time that Washing
tons manuscript of his first inaugural
address was being bound at the Gov
eminent Printing Office, the White
House intrusted to the public printer
the original manuscript and typewrit-
ten copy Of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's inaugural address, which
likewise have been mounted on per-
manent paper and artistically bound
| in full morocco
Among the other Senate records
that have recently been similarly pre-
| served by skillful repair and restora-
ton are the electoral certificates Of
the first presidential election and the
mileage certificates for the members
| of the First Congress. One appro-
priately bound book contains President
Washington's messages to the First
Congress. In another have been pre-
served the resolutions Of the several
State Legislatures ratifying the first
| 10 amendments (the bill of rights OF
the Federal Constitution.
In the Senate collection Of historic
papers are also to be preserved, by
the skill of Government bookbinders
various printed bills and joint resolu-
tions which created the Department
OF the Treasury, the Department Of
War. the Department Of Foreign Al
fairs (afterward renamed the Depart
rnent Of State) and other records Of
similar Importance. Part OF this work
Is being done by a branch bindery oi
the Government Printing Office, To-
Gated in the Senate Library. The
branch bindery in the Library of Con.
gress has bound in morocco Washing
tons manuscript diary in nine volume.
and the following presidential papers:
Jefferson's in 293 volumes, Madison's
in 81 volumes, William Henry Harri-
sons in volumes. Tyler's in / volume
and Cleveland's in go volumes Work
is still in progress on the Madison
papers.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Modern Magic.

Modern Magic.
Sleeping in earth's dark recesses,
Leaping upward to the day.
Tempted by the suns caresses
Forth in silent glee to stray,
Like a mighty melted jewel
Swift and silently it flows;
Next, a fiery monster cruel,
1t augments a nations woes
Deeply bubblingl
Light as air,
Cheering, troubling
Everywhere!
Rushing Ger the world below US
Hurting madly through the sky
At the call Of men who show us
That they do not fear to die,
Levers leap and wheels are grinding
In the great, mysterious change.
Now force beyond all binding:
Now an odor faint and strange
Necromancer
Weird, I weenl
What's the answer?
Gasoline.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

be some impatience with the laxity
with which this offender was watched
In prison, for undoubtedly there pre-
walls q spirit Of vengeance, demand
ing the death penalty for all who thus
traffic in life for gain. Sankey meted
out the death penalty to himself.
There will be no appeal from his self
conviction. and the final effect is like
ly to be decided disbursement to
the gangsters who seek riches at the
expense Of the relatives Of their VIC
Tins.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

crease in stocks of European coun.
tries in recent years was attributable.
he said, as much to declining CON-
sumption as to overproduction. For
this decline he blamed the low quail
ity and high prices Of bread On the
continent.
Under the international wheat
agreement concluded at London last
Summer the four major EXPORTING
countries-Australia, Argentina. Cam
ada and the United States-promised
to reduce production by is per cent
during the second year Of the pact.
The principal importing countries.
for their part, undertook not to take
any governmental measures which
would tend to increase the domestic
production Of wheat, but to increase
consumption in every way possible
to lower import tariffs and to help
in other ways. The international
Wheat Advisory Committee Is watch.
ing over the working and application
OF this agreement.
(copyrisht. io8A.)
Evening star., 1934-02-11

RAISING and distracting cares OF the
world. Even the things Of nature it
self come to their finest development
and greatest beauty in the stillnesses.
Possibly no age has been so tense,
hurried and distracted as the one In
which we live. A wise English OBJ
server when the World War broke af-
firmed that modern England had seen
few geniuses in art, literature and
music, and he maintained that this
poverty of mind was due to the hur-
ried and mechanical life that men
pursued. When 1t comes to the cul-
tivation of the finer things of our
nature, the things that we desire
most and that constitute life's chief
adornments, it is indispensable that
we have defined periods for contem-
plation and the proper recognition Of
life's best values.
Down through the long years the
season Of Lent has presented to us
the opportunity for a protracted period
of detachment from the common con-
Germs of life and the opportunity for
more or reflection and the cultivation
of the deeper and finer things of the
spirit. The value of such a season Is
unchallenged. The consistent observ-
ance of 1t is Of practical value. Too
frequently it Is observed in a lippant
way by the suspension Of certain petty
and inconsequential habits and the
giving up of practices that involve
nothing of sacrifice. There is unques-
toned value in withdrawal from So
cial occupations and from those things
that are both diverting and enervat-
ing. For physical reasons we fire.
quently suspend habits and occupa-
tions and gain profit in so doing
Lent is not designed for a cult or a
group. 1t is not season where stern
ly imposed penances are laid upon US
nor is it a season in which the church
seeks to claim our every waking hour
it Is q season that emphasizes the
value of detachment from the dis
tracing occupations and enervating
cares of social life, a season for
more of reflection, contemplation and
prayer, the design of which Is to give
us better understanding Of our
selves, Of the real values Of life and
of the purposes Of God concerning us
Let us observe 1t and rediscovel
life's real meaning and purpose.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

There are ironies almost too OBJ
viouS to be worth mentioning. One OF
them is the amount of tumult aroused
by the loss of s4o,0o0,O0O in a local.
lied pawnshop transaction as COM
pared with the philosophic calm at.
tempted in connection with a colossa.
debt default which might easily jeop-
ardize something so precious q;
friendships between nations.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

A reference by Gen. johnson to
code complexities brings up an in
stance when word of four syllables
is preferable to word of three. If
he had said complex" he would surely
have walked up the psychoanalysts,
which would only have added to the
complications.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

Dogs and horses have been beloved
by men since they first became COM
panions under circumstances of mutual
need 1t Is true that there are mean"
dogs. But 1t is also true that there are
some pretty mean men.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Retroactive Treason in Japan.

Japanese veneration for the vener-
able Is proverbial. But 1t has Just
taken a brand-new form in Toxic and
established In connection with the
crime Of treason precedent that
must be without parallel in any coun-
try. Baron Kumakichi Nakaj jima,
since 1882 minister Of commerce and
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Foresight.

"Jiggs always gets the best Of .
job," said Bill the Burglar. Last
night him an me trimmed provision
store"
Did he get all the money!"
"No. He let me take the cash while
he slipped around and gathered in
all the sirloin steaks"
Evening star., 1934-02-11

A system of bank deposit guarantees
will be welcomed by the average
citizen. So will a system forbidding
foreign loans on a simple I Q U. with
no precaution as to responsible in
dorsement.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

1t would be manifestly unfair to
judge all the college professors now
conspicuously in action by the essays
they may have written in the earlier
stages of a collegiate career.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

When asked how he would deal with
recalcitrants Al Smith said: IT would
talk to them" Several Senators have
tried this method, but without much
success.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
An Exodus.

''what would happen" said the ap-
prehensive citizen, "if it became
known that an unfriendly airship was
lowering over the city with q load
Of dynamite?"
"The information man at the Union
Station would have the busiest day
Of his life"
Evening star., 1934-02-11
No Television Yet.
From the Miami Daily News.

From the Miami Daily News.
Magician Thurston says he suffered
his first stage fright when he went on
the air. Probably afraid some Of the
radio audience would see what he had
up his sleeve.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Woe in Indiana.

From the Indianapolis News.
One of the great tragedies about this
time Of the year is that there are
more influential Democrats than there
are low auto license numbers.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

Aviation Is fortunate In the fact
that the pilots, however daring. have
not been as reckless as the flnanciers.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Getting Back to Earth.

UeGtI1z DdCK 70 L1IIM
The heights by great men reached
today
May be attained by sudden fight.
The real problem is. they say.
Just how they're going to alight.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Just to Be Contrary.

Don't forget" said the ready
made philosopher, that there is al
ways room at the top"
I'm working the other way" re-
piled Mr.. Growcher. What I'm in
terested In is a mining proposition. NJ
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Signs.

Hal" exclaimed the Mexican scout
IT see signs of another revolution!' !''
What are they?"
three men with seven-shooterl
and q jug Of pulQue."
Evening star., 1934-02-11
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