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Evening star., 1934-04-06
Seventeen Years Ago.

Seventeen years is the equivalent OF
half generation, and it follows that
there are approximately nifty million
people in the United States who have
no memories Of the events of April 6,
1917. To the other seventy millions
the date has a significance which they
never will forget. They have learned
its meaning in terms of suffering.
But the verdict of the ultimate
historian probably will be that no
other decision was feasible in the cir
cumstances-for more than a thou
sand days tide Of events had been
flowing; it was inevitable that at last
1t would sweep the American Republic
into the maelstrom of the world con-
flict. President Wilson had tried to
resist the stream, but destiny was
stronger than his determination, and
he was overwhelmed by the flood.
Some there were, Of course, who
sincerely and honorably opposed
American support for the allies, but
a still larger number only later
acquired wisdom in the matter. Even
in 1884 a majority of the Nation S
citizens remain convinced that it
was imperative that the United States
should have done what in fact 1t
did-insure the victory Of the allied
arms.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
A Pitiable Figure.

Truly the plight of Samuel insult,
whatever the feelings toward him on
the part Of the people who suffered
from his unwise If not criminally un-
sound financial manipulations, is one
to evoke pity. He is fugitive from
justice. fleeing hither and thither in
search of a land of refuge. He has
literally no place to lay his head in
peace and security. Pursued to
Greece by agents of the Government
OF this country, he managed to re-
main immune there for some months,
doubtless by dint of largess, which
gained for him a measure of protec-
1on. Even there he wore out his well
come and was about to be evicted,
perhaps into the hands of the Amer
lean law, when he fled to the sea on
. Greek vessel. Greek officials re-
called the ship to Piraeus, the port Of
Athens, and there ensued more mys-
terious negotiations before the ship
Evening star., 1934-04-06
Still Waiting for
Good Car Service

To the Editor OF The Star:
Some time ago I wrote to you about
our street car transportation under
the new regime, and I thank you
for bringing same to the riding public.
The same system is now operating
four months with very poor results
as far as the public Is concerned. and
very good results to the company
from the sale of passes. but we are
still standing on the corner waiting
for better service. The street cars
are still on parade, owing to so many
plows being pulled and no one seems
to know the cause.
would like to know what the great
brains of the company are doing
about it. So far they are still passing
the buck from the mechanical to the
transportation and then on to the
track and roadway departments, but
that is not bringing the solution any
nearer to being solved. They blamed
everything in general, but Old Man
Winter in particular, for conditions.
We have had some very good weather
here in the past month and they are
still pulling plows and we are not
getting anywhere.
It Is true that we have some nice
new busses which are very welcome
and help a lot, but what about The
new street cars? We don't care
whether they are old or new, just SO
they are clean and moving. notice
they are scrapping lot Of the old
equipment which they ought to have
done several months ago In order to
be prepared. JOHN j. Cliff.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
Change Not Wanted in
immigration Policy
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t Is always amusing to read re-
ports Of special committees" such as
that appointed by Secretary of Labor
Perkins to study the immigration
statutes. The report contains exactly
the recommendation which q person
would expect. Since President Roose-
welt in one Of his political speeches
during the last presidential election
campaign stated that he favored i'm
migration restriction, but favored
'humanizing" it, and since Miss
Perkins announced that she intended
to follow humane" policy in such
matters, one would expect this special
committee to advocate immigration
restriction, but also advocate a hu-
manizing Of it. And this Is what
the committee has done.
To understand the reasons for the
recommendations contained in this
report one must 90 back to the be-
ginning Of the fght for immigration
restriction. In those days the issue
was sharply drawn between the
forces Of those who believed in pre-
serving America for Americans and
those who wanted to keep our gates
open for the benefit of other people
who wanted to come here. The SEN
timent of the American people was so
Overwhelmingly in favor Of immi-
grafton restriction that Congress
yielded to it and enacted the immi-
grafton law. Sentiment Of the
American people still favors immi-
grafton restriction and the tendency
has been to make our immigration
laws more rather than less drastic.
However, those who want us to keep
our gates open have never discon-
tinued the fight, although they have
shifted their tactics. At first they
opposed immigration restriction out
right. but finally. realizing that SEN
timent Overwhelmingly favored i'm
migration restriction. they ceased to
oppose restriction but began to at
tempt to bring about minor relaxa-
tions. This they attempt to do under
the theory that our immigration laws
are inhumane in some respects and
that they should be modified. But
1t seems that those who now favor
modification originally opposed re-
striction.
The report Of this committee con-
tains nothing which would justify q
change in our immigration policy.
The subject Of immigration has been
thoroughly studied by scholars and
far-seeing statesmen for many years
The American people really do not
need any special committee" to tell
them how they ought to regulate
immigration. Our Congress is ca
pable Of handling this question for
the American people, especially in
view Of the fact that Congress is
more likely to reflect the sentiment
of the people than is this committee.
G. w. BUTT.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
President of Nicaragua
Is Not Held Prisoner
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In Wednesdays edition Of your
valuable newspaper I read with some
surprise Q headline to certain state
ments, regarding the present situa-
tion In Nicaragua, made by DR.. Pedro
j. Zepeda, in Mexico City, as follows:
"Nicaraguan President Held Pris-
oner by Army Leader"
I regret that must call your at
tention to the fact that this headline
Is misleading to the public, inasmuch
as 1t not only does not properly inter-
pref the text. but, on the contrary,
conveys q far different meaning to
the reader as you will observe by
comparing the headline with the article
in question.
With reference to the statements
themselves, I wish to say that the
opinions Of DR.. Zepeda, who has been
absent from Nicaragua for some time
previous to February 21-the date of
the assassination Of Gen. Sandino-
are his own, and I do not intend
to discuss them. However, I feel it
desirable that the readers Of your
important newspaper should be ac-
quainted with certain actual facts,
according to authentic information,
which give as follows:
Immediately after the regrettable
occurrences of February 81 President
Sacasa issued an appeal to the people
Of Nicaragua, urging upon them the
necessity of maintaining the calm
judgment and serenity that real pa
triotism imposes in such dificult
moments. The people responded al
most unanimously, offering him spon-
taneously their unequivocal support
and confidence. It has been due only
to the unimpeachable integrity of
President Sacasa, to his civic virtues,
which are recognized even by his po-
litical enemies, to his discretion and
cool judgment, that he was able to
avert the possibility Of civil war.
Almost directly, the Nicaraguan Con-
gress, composed of representatives Of
both the political parties into which
Nicaragua is divided-the Liberals and
COnServativeS-gave vote Of conf
dence, approval and support to the
President. who Immediately assumed
the direction and control of the Ma
tional Guard, as commander in chief,
having received from the chief OF the
National Guard and from the entire
body OF officers a renewed pledge of
allegiance. loyalty and obedience to
the constitutional government Of Presi-
dent Sacasa.
Under such circumstances 1t can
hardly be said that President Sacasa
Is prisoner in any sense Of the word.
have taken the liberty Of writing
to you on this subject because, know
ing the reputation for accuracy en-
joyed by The Evening Star. I feel
certain you will be glad to have this
information. HENRI DE BAYLE,
Charge d'Adaires.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
The Leveling Process.

The leveling process. for which
there has been a clamor in some
quarters, seems to have entered the
sacred precincts Of the Senate. The
level of the debate yesterday was that
of SANDER and innuendo, started by
Senator Huey Long Of Louisiana. who,
since he became member of the Up
per House. has on various occasions
ssought to delve into the private affairs
of the men with whom he was serving,
and in debate to retail these affairs
in a manner to cast suspicion and
discredit on fellow Senators.
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi
and Senator Bennett Clark of Missouri
were the objects of this kind of tactics
on the part of Senator Long during
the debate yesterday on the revenue
bill. The unfortunate part of such
attacks is that they are likely to
draw retorts in kind, and to lower
the whole level of the Senate. After
Mr.. Long had sought to convey to
the Senate the impression that Sen
ator Harrison was mixed up in busi-
ness with a man whom Long charged
was guilty of double dealing in Louisi-
ana, and that the Mississippi Senator
had been a traitor to the late Senator
Vardaman of that State, it was to
be expected that the reply to Long
would be sharp. 1t was. Probably
the most cutting thing was the state
ment by Senator Harrison that II
know that there is no other Senator
here who would so forget the niceties
of his office as to try to juggle in
upon this floor the personal affairs
OF another Senator
The day of the Senate yesterday
was given over almost entirely to
listening to Senator Long in attack
upon his Democratic colleagues and
to their replies. During the course of
the debate Mr.. Long asserted that he
hired a sound truck to 90 into Mis-
souri, to help Senator Clark campaign
for election in 1882, and paid $500
for it. Mr.. Clark retorted that Mr..
Long had hid under the bed" in order
to escape going to war. although the
Louisiana Senator today wears the
button of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. 1t was all very Illuminating.
The unfortunate part is that there is
no likelihood that the Senate will be
free from such spectacles for some
time to come.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
was allowed to depart with it, sole

was allowed to depart with it, sole
passenger. She cruised around the
eastern end Of the Mediterranean.
not venturing to pass into the Suez
Canal lest Egypt arrest the fugitive.
Finally she turned up in the
Bosphorus, on the way, 1t is believed,
to a port In Rumania, and at Istan-
bull was halted. and the Turkish
government ordered insults arrest.
Greece protested on the ground that
insult was on Greek SOIL" being on
a vessel flying the Grecian nag. Tur-
key denied this claim and held the
fugitive for delivery to the American
authorities, in recognition Of treaty
of extradition which is about to be
given final ratification by the Turkish
government. So the net at last closes
upon the former magnate Of an "em-
pire" of financial scheming.
These maneuvers have doubtless cost
insult heavily. 1t has been esti-
mated that his stay in Greece added
more than 100000 to the currency
in circulation in that country.
The spectacle of this elderly man,
broken in health, the victim Of his
own ambitious and, 1t would seem,
unscrupulous financial enterprise, flee
ing hither and thither in alien lands
where sympathy must be bought at
heavy price, his very flight in effect a
confession of guilt, is truly one to
evoke sympathy from even those
whose money he has been spending
in his vain search for assured
asylum. Yet If he had remained at
home. yielded to the law. stood his
trial and. if convicted, gone to prison
for his offenses, he would have had at
least the respect that is usually felt
for those who bravely meet and pay
the penalty for their misdeeds.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
The Soviet's Western Front.

If the Soviet Union in 1884, or at
any time during the next eleven years.
is to find itself at war in the Far East,
it intends as far as possible that all
shall be quiet on its western front.
That is the plain purpose of the Mos
COW government in signing this week
new non-aggression pacts with three
neighborhing Baltic states-Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania.
The treaties extend the fve-year
pacts negotiated three and a half
years ago. They will now run until
l945. Not the least remarkable aspect
of the agreements is the language
used by Foreign Commissar Litvinof
when afixing the Soviet's signature
to them. "Our mutual action" he
said, "has been undertaken and COM
pleted at time when international
tension is increasing day by day. The
threat of war which is hanging over
every quarter of the world is being
emphasized in writings and speeches
every day, whereas almost nothing is
heard of the possibilities of avoiding
the coming catastrophe for humanity.
The attitude of governments and
statesmen toward this situation is q
sort Of fatalism."
So the Soviet, peacefully inclined as
it processes to be, is not going to be
so purely idealistic as to lay itself
open to attack at vulnerable points
should the q. S. S. r. suddenly find
itself at war. Secure from attack on
its western boundaries, the Soviet cal
culates that it would be able to con-
centrate its energies in the East,
should Japan be the enemy. 1t Is
with that contingency in mind that
Moscow has been hoping to bring
Germany within the scope Of the
Soviet's non-aggression pacts. Mr..
Litvinoff on Tuesday specifically
voiced the hope that "other nations
in this part Of the world"-a veiled
reference to Germany-would sooner
Evening star., 1934-04-06
President Wins Applause
Despite Pay Bill Passage

slightest satisfaction in that outcome
or to look forward with any pleasure
to its proable effects upon the .ulti-
mate fortunes of their party"
Responsibility for failure to bal
once the budget and for any increase
in taxes must rest on Congress"
argues the Scranton Times. and the
Salt Lake Deseret News thinks that
when President Roosevelt found
fault with Congress in his veto mes
sage for not supplying new revenues
to meet this amount ne showed sober
and courageous thinking" The Mus
kegon Chronicle points out that ''the
taxpayers will pay because Of the
power OF organized minorities as
against the incoherent majority. even
il budgets are wrecked and public
credit destroyed while the San An
tonic Expresss declares that the
Government has been exceedingly
generous to former service men-but
Congress has gone beyond the bounds
Of reason and set policy which, car
ried to its logical conclusion. would
impose a staggering burden upon the
citizens"
From the basis of sound economy
the Presidents veto is doubtless justi-
fed contends the Santa Monica
Evening Outlook, but it is unfortu-
nate that the other policies of his
administration have created a feeling
OF inconsistency and discrimination"
and the Chicago Tribune holds that
when tentative public debt of IS
or 40 billion dollars is in view as the
consequences of abnormal expendi-
for public relief, the authority and
credibility of economy are lost" The
Buffalo Evening News and the Rut-
land Herald likewise charge the Presi-
dent with Inconsistency in his plea
Tor economy, but the CHATTANOOGA
Times expresses the following opin-
ion: "It is true that Congress has in
the course Of the administration an
example Of great spending. But ad-
ministration spending is different
from congressional spending in these
respects: That it has been and is for
definite purpose-recovery from the
depression-and is not recurring,
whereas congressional spending is
largely political and recurring"
"As between catering to a bloc
whose power at the polls can only he
guessed and incurring the necessity
of taxing the whole people in the in
terest of the bloc" states the Newport
News Times-Herald, 1.-The much mag
MED defiance OF the President may do
the majority of members Of Congress-
more harm than good"
Evening star., 1934-04-06

declined to commit himself when the
democratic State Committee, headed
by Representative Mary T. Norton.
acting chairman. presented a resol,I,
.ion urging MS candidacy, though it's
belived he will eventually succumb to
the party's Establishments. The Demo-
Gratis claim their prospects of un-
seating the Jersey Republican in
cumoent. Senator Hamilton F. Kean.
amount to lead-pipe cinch. "Prin-
cess Alice apart from her inhibitions
ABOUT entering Congress, may. as A
shrewd politician, also recognize that
the OHIO senatorial race this wear.
IKE the one in New Jersey. is ac-
counted pretty good bet for the
Democrats.
Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the See.
retary OF State. contributes to the
current American Foreign Service
Journal an article on "Our Foreion
Service Wives" She pays eloouent
tribute to "the splendid manner in
which they are assisting their hus-
bands to carry out official duties and
take care of the interests of the
United States in foreign lands" Ex-
planning that foreign service wives
have quite as many hard problems
to work out as have the officers them
selves, In establishing and maintain
ing homes in alien climes. Mrs. Hull
says she wishes foreign service wives
TO know that there is wholehearted
appreciation Of their efforts by those
OF us who we'll understand the diff
culties under which they are doing
their part"
There's former Ambassador of the
United States now in WASHINGTON
who contends that Uncle Sans in
sistence upon delivery of Samuel In.
sull to the Turkish authorities from
ABOARD a Greek vessel means that I'VE
fought the War of 1912 in vain. I"
The ex-diplomat thinks a maritime
law precedent has been set at Istan-
BUN. which runs counter to ancient
American traditions and which we
may have cause some day to rue.
y y X
politicians are wondering whether
the Roosevelt administration is going
to bestow its benediction upon the re-
election candidacy of Senator Henrik
Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, of Minne-
sofa. The tall sycamore of Minne-
tonka sits on the Republican side of
the chamber and on innumerable oc-
casions in the past has lined up with
the g. o. p. in Senate votes, but he
has to his credit a substantial record
OF support of new deal legislation and
corresponding claim on Roosevelt
Farley favor. But so has Bob" La
Toilette.
II and when Senator Joe Robinson
some day is transferred to fill q va
cancy on the Supreme Court bench,
the battle for the Democratic Sen
ate majority leadership is going to
be hot and merry. Names most con-
spicuously mentioned as his heir
are those of Pat Harrison of Mis-
sissippi and Jim Byrnes of South
Carolina. Harrison's seniority and
boundless popularity among his Demo-
cratic colleagues ordinarily would
stand him in almost invincible stead,
but in Senator Byrnes he would face
the man widely considered to be
President Roosevelts personal spokes-
man and who would presumably carry
White House colors in the leadership
contest, although r. D. r. yields to
Evening star., 1934-04-06
! ANSWERS TO. QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. When was the last yellow fever
epidemic in the United States?-A. J.
A. The last outbreak in the United
States of yellow fever occurred In 1905,
principally in Louisiana, Mississippi
and Texas.
Q. How does Spanish moss propa-
gate on trees?-W. z.
A. The soft hair seeds Of the Span
ish moss are carried by the wind to
the rough bark of tree branches, where
they lodge and germinate.
@. Has the wrecked airship Akron
been recovered?-T. H.
| A. Only q small portion Of the
wreck Of the U. s. 8. Akron was re-
covered.
Q. Is tomato juice healthful rs .
daily morning breakfast drink7-
J. B. Y.
A. Tomato juice is low In food calo-
ries, but we'll supplied with vitamins
and contains some mineral matter. It
may be served at any meal.
Q. Upon what vote in the House Of
Representatives can a Federal ONCE
holder be impeached?-H
A. Impeachment proceedings must
originate in the House, and only q ma
jority vote is necessary. Federal i'm
peachment trials are conducted by the
Senate and two-thirds vote is neces-
sary for conviction.
@. Are there accounts Of the life of
Jesus Christ which were made in the
early days, other than those in the
Bible?-P. N. H.
A. Flavius Josephus. Jewish his
torian, devotes part OF a chapter in
his antiquities of the Jews" to a de-
scription OF the life and works of Jesus
Christ. This has been declared spuri-
Gus by later historians, and is not in
conformity with the style OF other
parts Of Josephus' works. The most
reliable historical reference to Christ
is found in the Annals OF Tacitus"
Roman historian, although this simply
has paragraph describing the sect
known as Christians, followers OF one
Jesus Christ, who was executed by
command Of Pontius PLATE.
Q. Where is Old Ironsides to be ex-
hibited permanently?-F. M.
A. About May l the Constitution
will reach the Boston Navy Yard.
where she will be retained permanent
ly as a naval relic.
Q. How many midgets are there in
the world?-M. B.
A. 1t is estimated that there are
about 10000. OF these, $50 are in
Hungary and have organized them
selves into a union.
C. C F. nc nurses increasing In ''iue'
A. For the first time in the history
Of the country there is a shortage of
horses and mules and prices are rising.
@. Do electric railways operate
many busses?-H w.
A. Latest figures show 4es COM
panies operating busses over 1885
miles. They carried 1902 ,3l84s6 pas
sengers in 1882
@. Who were the people referred to
in Whittier's ''Snowbound"?-w.C c.
A. The following is Whittiers own
comment: THE inmates of the family
at the Whittier homestead who are
referred to we're my father, mother.
my brother, my two sisters, and my
uncle and aunt. The not unfeared,
half welcome guest was Harriet Liver
more, daughter of Judge Livermore of
New Hampshire"
@. What county in the United
States leads in the acreage planted to
watermelons?-L.S S.
A. Atascosa County in Texas.