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Evening star., 1941-02-15
Over the Horizon

Limited indeed must be the vision
of any American who can look with
complacency upon the military de-
velopments and threats of the past
few days.
Down in Southeastern Europe the
remnants of the Balkans are being
chained to the Nazi chariot. Yugo-
slavia and Bulgaria seem ready to
open their frontiers to the German
troops maSSed in Rumania, thus
enabling the Fuehrer to safeguard
his rear to rob the Greeks of their
victory and perhaps even to challenge
Britains mastery of the Inner Sea
by a thrust at Salonika. Elsewhere
on the continent there are confer
ences between Mussolini and General
Franco. and possibly Marshal Petain.
These discussions can have but one
obiect-the opening up of another
potential line of attack upon the out
posts of Britain.
From the West the dispatches are
hardly less disquieting. Once again
the Island of Samoa, pinpoint Of
land in the Southwestern Pacific,
assumes prominence in the news as
the Navy revives plans for military
defenses on this most remote Of
American way stations on the sea
route to Australia Within the short
space of a week a Dutch steamer
in the Far East returns hastily to
It's home port, the Australian gov
ernment warns of the greatest i'm
pending crisis of the war as the
cruiser Sydney returns Unexpectedly
from the Mediterranean theater to
the port from which it takes its
name, the land. naval and air forces
of Japan engage in maneuvers in
the China Sea region which may
presage drive against Singapore or
the East Indies, and the American
President announces in a seemingly
casual fashion that war in the Pacific
would not cripple our aid to England.
Is all this just another war of
nerves" or is it carefully synchro-
nized prelude to the final, devastating
phase of that literally worldwide
conflict which has been taking shape
since the first japanese army
marched into Manchuria in 1892?
Whatever the answer to that ques-
tion-and time alone can give tit
is clear beyond any possibility of
doubt that the United States cannot
hope to escape the spreading storm
by retiring behind its own frontiers.
For us to blind ourselves to the
probability that spring will be &C
companied by concerted assault on
the British citadel of democracy in
every quarter of the globe is to invite
our own ultimate destruction. Now,
If ever we must look beyond our
immediate horizons so we may grasp
the fact that clash which has every
appearance of being the decisive
struggle between tyranny and free
dom is taking shape. For that clash
we must be prepared, both psyche
logically and physically, for a maxi
mum contribution to the democratic
cause. When the battle comes, it
will be one in which half measures
will be the essence of futility.
Evening star., 1941-02-15
For Better Tax Laws

In his address last Saturday at the
tax clinic sponsored by the American
Bar Association, Mr.. Robert N. Miller
chairman of the associations Excess
Profits Tax Committee, offered
constructive program for improving
the Nations revenue laws. Pointing
out that people get as good a form
of government as their abilities and
attitudes deserve" he stressed the
advantages both to the Government.
and the taxpayers, of removing from
revenue laws such defects as unfair
ness, overcomplication and Nack of
common sense"
Among Mr.. Miller's specific pro-
posals, three in particular merit
commendation First, that a we'll
paid career service be built up in the
Treasury, stated by men of courage
and demonstrated constructive abil-
ity, having a much stronger inde-
pendent influence, both as to new
legislation and as to administration,
than is now allowed" Second, that
these experts be given the right,
without jeopardizing their Jobs,
frankly to express their views on
revenue measures, and the enforce
ment of tax laws, even if their views
differ from those of the administra-
ton. And third, that Congress ex-
anime carefully the recommended
tions received from the Treasury,
and that Representatives and sena-
tors having q natural aptitude for
tax legislation be assigned to the
appropriate committees, and be
kept sufficiently free from entangle-
ments with other congressional du-
ties so as to understand fully from
moment to moment the proposals
and counterproposals which de-
velop."
To finance rearmament and aid to
Evening star., 1941-02-15
The Plains, Va.
Observer Tells of "Intellectuals"
In Youth Parade.

To the Editor of The Star:
A large section of the American Youth
Parade in Washington mustered in front
of our apartment building on Saturday
last. The weather was wintry, with
biting damp wind, and, as the paraders
gathered, they stamped their feet. danced
and beat their arms to ward off the cold.
They were motley throng-young,
bsre-headed boys and many sprightly,
pretty girls. They presented strange
spectacle with their signs and banners
as they danced in the street. A spec
tacle of youthful immaturity, of ebulli-
ent spirits, of undeveloped mentality
struggling to reach the surface of things.
They were young Americans, and no
assembly could have typified the melt
ing pot more than they. There was not
a blond girl in the crowd, all were
brunettes, and closer scrutiny revealed
Russian, Polish, italian, Slavonic and
Jewish origins. They were the young
"intelligentsia," not yet intellectual.
Budding politicians, future saviors of
their country demanding freedom to ex-
cess. freedom devoid of restriction.
The organization Of the parade must
have been faulty because for almost two
hours they jumped and stamped in the
street before they began to march.
Yet. there was something truly Amer
lean in this sight. Imagine such
gathering in the Unter den Linden!
How many wounded and dead would be
lying in the street?
Do these young people really realize
where they are? And what they are2
To them, perchance, years will bring
wisdom and they will understand that
they are citizens of the only Land of
Liberty that at present exists, because
Great Britain. that other stronghold of
democracy is, for the time being, under
martial law Further, they will learn
that the United States is the only place
Evening star., 1941-02-15
Admiral Nomuro's Task

Seldom has a foreign Ambassador
assumed his duties at Washington
amid graver conditions than those
confronting the new envoy of Japan,
Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, who
presented his credentials to President
Roosevelt yesterday. Relations be-
tween the two countries, chronically
strained throughout the three and a
half years of attempted japanese
conquest of China, have been aggra-
waited by the island empires adhesion
to the German-Italian axis and by
the unconcealed purpose to exploit
that triple alliance for establishment
of "a new order" in the world, includ-
ing japanese expansion in the Far
East. AS to the United States, the
pact was depicted as having an even
more pointed objective, for the con-
tracing parties allowed it to be
understood that it could be utilized
to compel this country to modify it's
policy Of aid to Britain. The trucu-
lent intimation was that Japan might
create a diversion" that would
neceSSitate restriction of American
efforts on Britains behalf.
AS soon as it developed that the
United States was not impressed by
the extension of the axis to Asia,
Japans attitude underwent con-
ciliatory change. Admiral Nomura,
a statesman of avowed "pro-Ameri-
can" sentiment, was appointed Am
bassador to Washington. He had
served here as naval attache during
the World War and as a technical
adviser at the arms conference. He
had known Mr. Roosevelt during the
latters Navy Department days and
had other American friendships. Ad-
miral Nomura had also functioned as
Foreign Minister in the Shortlived
Abe cabinet at Toxic, having been
named to that post in 1889, in the
hope that his former Washington
contacts would qualify him to make
Japan's ambitions more palatable to
the United States. At the White
House yesterday, the Ambassador
emphasized his desire to do all he
could to bring about better under
standing" between Japan and Amer
lea and to preserve peace in the
Pacific"
Admiral Nomura expressed similar
sentiments at San Francisco a week
ago, but since then events in the
Pacific have moved menacingly.
They are such, as both the Ambassa-
dor and the President admitted in
their formal exchange of greetings
at the White House, as to cause con-
Germ" 1t is in this anxious atmoS-
phere that Admiral Nomura shoul-
ders his task. Japan's semi-occupa-
ton of French 1ndo-C China, with its
threat to the Dutch East Indies,
Singapore and Australia, contem-
plates an alteration in the status quo
in the Pacific which Secretary Hull
has described as inimical to American
interests and one to which we could
not close our eyes.
If Admiral Nomura, personally es-
timable and welcome as he Is, has
come here to promote Japan's new
order" program-that is, policy of
overlordship in Asia and the Pacific,
with axis support-he cannot hope to
enlist American sympathy. Such a
policy involves species of aggression
which runs counter to principles to
which the United States is firmly
welded, including Chinas right to
live her own life and the inalienable
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Evening star., 1941-02-15
The Monarchy in Spain

lcClllilCdlly, OpdllI eUlll ID d ulUll~
archy. Alfonso XIII, born q king,
even now remains q sovereign. The
proclamation which he signed on
January IS is merely an offer of
reAunciation. 1t is issued by its
author in his royal character. The
language of the document is regal.
Among its stipulations Is one to the
effect that "the incarnate person of
the institution of the Spanish mon
archy" is motivated mot by my will
but due to the inexorable law of
circumstances" This compulsion,
acknowledged and obeyed, suggests a
proposal and intention to
disappear for the good of Spain"
But King Alfonso does not alto
gether surrender the claims to the
throne which, quite naturally, he re-
CARDS as being Of dynastic value. "On
April IA, 1884," he says, Il addressed
myself to the Spanish people, an
nouncing my decision to remove
myself from Spain and deliberately
suspending the exercise Of my royal
power without, however, renouncing
thereby any of the sacred rights
which history had placed in me as
custodian and depository" He real
lied in the hour of his departure
from my fatherland" that some day
shall have to render strict account"
The pronouncement published at
Rome on Thursday cautiously desig-
mates my son, Prince Don Juan, who
holds the monarchist institution in
carnate in his person and who will
be tomorrow, when Spain judges it
to be opportune, the King of all the
Spaniards."
Just why such development
should be permitted to occur at this
particular moment may be a matter
Of mystery. Alfonso's proclamation
obviously was circulated with the
tolerance Of the Fascist government
of Italy. Presumably, 1t likewise was
approved by the Spanish dictator,
General Franco. Yet in the dis
patches from Lisbon there is a hint
that Reichsfuehrer Hitler was San
gered by the naming of Juan, (who)
was educated In England and
might work against Germany's war
time interests" Moreover there is
supposed to be opposition to the
restoration of the monarchy within
the ranks of the Falange Espanola.
On the other hand, it long has
been an open secret that the present
regime in Spain is royalistic. General
Franco as soon as he could do so,
returned King AlfonSo's private prop
erty which had been confscated by
the republic. The trend of his mind
similarly was disclosed when he de-
clined to allow Prince Juan to serve
in his army in 1895 on the ground
that his life might be too precious
to Spain for US to risk its loss on the
battlefield"
The Importance. of the eventual
decision is plain to the whole world,
the United States and all Spanish
speaking countries of the Western
Hemisphere included. Even when it
is conceded that the Spanish mon
archy traditionally has been imper-
feet and again might be faulty, there
is a certain incontrovertible logic
in the contention that among the
people of Spain all classes, all groups,
recognize the historic validity of the
institutional monarchy to which
Alfonso, still faithful to his concep-
tion of his duty, refers.
Evening star., 1941-02-15

privileges Of equal opportunity in
the Far East, guaranteed by treaties
to which Japan herself solemnly
pledged allegiance. Japan must un-
derstand that only deeds, not words
or fair promises, can bring about
improved relations with the United
States.
Evening star., 1941-02-15

American men did not kick as long
as the fashion artists drew civilian
males with teeth that made them
look like a magician disgorging a
mouthful of ping-pong balls. Artists
have started the same thing now
with figures In uniform, which is an
outrage on American manhood and
perhaps a chortle for the Nazi
propaganda machine.
Evening star., 1941-02-15

CHARLES H. MOORE.
Finds Wendell Willkie Changeable
And Questions His Present Purpose.
To the Editor of The Star:
The Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee has accepted for weighty con-
sideration the testimony on the lease
lend bill of national leader who has
proven by his own words that he will
change his political views depending
upon the way the wind is blowing Wen
dell Willkie indicated by his own words
that he has betrayed the trust which the
Republican party and the large minority
which it represents placed in him last
fall
In october Mr.. Willkie asserted: "On
the basis Of the Presidents pledges. you
may expect that we will be at war by
April Questioned in the Senate COM
nittee by Senator Nye on his apparent
reversal of opinion, Mr. Willkie replied:
"Oh, well, that was just campaign ora
tory" Senator Clark asked the former
Democrat if he, Mr.. Willkie, had not de-
nounCed President RooSeveltS foreign
policy as dangerous" had not declared
that Mr.. Roosevelt had "unScrupulously
encouraged other nations Ito war on
Germany and had not accused the
President of leading the Nation down
the road to war" Mr.. Wiilkie replied
unblushingly: Il tried to beat Franklin
Roosevelt in the campaign. He was
elected He's my President now"
In other words. Mr. Willkie says that
since he lost to Mr.. Roosevelt. he must
model his views upon those of his Presi-
dent. If American democracy means
that man must change his beliefs to
represent exactly what the majority
party thinks, then We had better admit
that our Government and our country
are already totalitarian
After MIR Willkie has openly admitted
that he does not hold to what he said
during the presidential campaign. it is
logical to assume that the testimony he
delivered before the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee equally may be for
effect only DAVID c. STEPHENSON.
Evening star., 1941-02-15

Russia has just sent us two elegant
meteorites in return for specimens
OF the same already sent the Soviet
by us. This may prove the begin
ming of another beautiful trade
agreement.
Evening star., 1941-02-15

Add American fables: Once there
was a glove manufacturer who en-
ployed a cutter so skillful that a
man could buy himself a pair to At
his hand size and yet find the middle
finger long enough.
Evening star., 1941-02-15
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the ,Drtter, although the use OF
a pSeudOnynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the night to edit all letters NTH
a UtelU to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-02-15

Q. What is the oldest newspaper m
the World?-J. T. r.
A. The Peiping Gazette, which has
been published in China continuously for
1923 years, is the oldest paper.
Evening star., 1941-02-15

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Evening star., 1941-02-15
Huskin's S Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSktr.

A reader can get the dnstDer to rsy
question OF fact By Drtting The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin. director, Washington,
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Evening star., 1941-02-15

@. Where is Sitting Bull buried7-B.
L. M
A. He is buried in Standing Rock
Agency, at Fort Yates. N Oak.
@. Why is Delaware called the Blue
Hens Chickens State?-H M.P
A. The name originated during the
Revolutionary War, when Capt Caldwell
of Col Hasletls regiment from Kent
County, took with his company two
game cocks Of the breed of blue hen.
When put in the ring. these cocks fought
so gamely that a soldier cried. We're
sons Of the old blue hen and were game
to the end"
G. What is another name for a young
beaver?-E. C.
A. Young beavers are called kits.
@. When was the seal of the United
States Supreme Court adOpted?-R. L. G.
A. on February 3, 1870, the court
adopted an order by which it was de-
clared that the seal of the court shall
be the arms of the United States en-
graved on a piece of steel, the size of
dollar with the words in the margin The
Seal of the Supreme Court of the United
States"
q. What is the origin of the expression
"even Steven"?-V. s.
A. II is probably from one of Swifts
letters to Stella which says: Now we
are even. quoth Steven when he gave
his wife six blows to one"
@. Do railroads furnish free transport
tation to guides for the blind?-L. B.
A. The Interstate Commerce Act,
which governs all carriers operating in
interstate commerce, permits a blind per-
son accompanied by a guide to be car
ried for the price of an ordinary fare.
This is a permissive order in the Inter-
state Commerce Act. It is not conlpuI-
sorry. but is left to the discretion of the
particular railroads.
@. What is the export Icense?-C.
D. H.
A. The export license is a license to
permit one to export articles essential
for national defense Such licenses IRE
issued by the State Department and
must be presented to the collector of GUS
toms at the port before shipment ts
made. The purpose is to limit the export
OF strategic materials so that we Will
have a sufficient amount left for our own
needs.
Evening star., 1941-02-15

Q. When was the first Marconi wire
less message sent from the United
States?-L. T. H.
A. On January 10, 1903, Theodore
Roosevelt sent the first wireless MAR
conf message from Wellfeet on Cape
Cod Mass, to King Edward VII of Eng
land
Evening star., 1941-02-15


O. Was President Woodrow Wilson
ever in partnership with Bainbridge
Colby?-A. NJ
A. President Wilson formed a law
partnership with Bainbridge Colby i'm
mediately after March 4, 1921.
O. Is there a Panhandle in both Texas
and Oklahoma?-J D.
A. The Panhandle of Oklahoma H a
long strip about Is miles wide living
between Texas on the south and Colo
RADIO and Kansas on the north. The
Panhandle Of Texas is a long. nearly
square. area including the northern por-
tion of the State.
@ What was the national income Ia
1920. B. L.
A The national income in 1929 was
s82, SOL ,0O0O 900.
G. When is Pan-American Day7-w.
W NJ.
A. April IA will be observed as Pam
American Day.
@. Is there any difference IN the
weight of anthracite and bituminous
cOal?-F. M. w.
A. Anthracite weighs from so TO SO
pounds per cubic foot and bitumirous
from Al to 55 pounds per cubic foot.
Evening star., 1941-02-15

where youthful eXuberance is permitted
to blow of steam.
CHARLES H MOORE.
Evening star., 1941-02-15

G. What is another name for a young
beaver?-E. C.
A. Young beavers are called kits.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
AUCTION SALES.
DAM A wEsCHLER & son. AUctIOneeTs
TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED REAL
TOMORROW


/ TRUSTEES, SALE OF IMPROVED REAL
AND iii EYE sTREFT NoRTHWEsT
in fy ID31 yr%s Me- o sa q 'Fn sea Tes2Taeq o3g Of
the land records Of the District OF Coum-
bla and at the, request of party secured
for sale by public auction. ia from, nf
premises. on THURSDAY. THE NINE
IEENIH DAY OF JUNE, Ia4i At FOUR
property in the District OF Columbia to-
VII Parts Of grlEn2l LOT ~ o '2l in square
three hundred and seventeen '3I1y de-
1-BeginninE for the ~ame at thn southeast
corner Of SAD iot two - and running
west twenty t2Ol fee-. thence north four
/ a. feet. thence west thirty 900 feet one
- inch, 10 a public alley and west line
Of sstd lot. thence south along said pub
nc alley and west line four (4) feet thence
rast 'wenty-fiye '25l feet. thence south
seyenty-hve C15l fec TO Eve street and
thence east on Eye street twenty-five c25I
feat one - lrch 70 tho point cf beGn-
ming. PARCEL 2-BegnninG for the same
five 90 feet one % inch from the south
sast corner Of SAD snuare. and running
thence west on said --reet twelve G2) feet
Sl% ~ inches. thence north Seventy-ilye
C151 feet thence east twelve G2) feet six
fhU inches and tEf"re south Sr"0ItT-tVe
10 feet 70 the point Of begln3nns.
money be paid in cash. balance in equal
-nSta44nents refrfsentsc bv promlsory
. IbIfN OF DulC.la.f| JtHdD4t lU l"J anu
three wears with interest al Siv per cent
ser snnum from day of sale, payable semi
annually, secured bv first deed Of trust
UDOl property sold. or all each az option
of purchaser A deposit Of $500 required
Of 7urCha ser al sale Examination Of title,
. convey arcIng reCJTdlug revenue lamps
. and norarlal fees A. cost OF purchaser.
+ Terms 10 be cOr2plied with within thirty
days from dav OF sale. otherwise trustee
reserves The rIFht 20 resell property at risk
and cost Of defaulting purchaser, after
five days advertisement Of such resale IN
some newspaper published in Washington.
D. c. or deposit NAV be forfeited. or
without foTfeIting deposit trustee NAV ayall
itself OF any Legal or equitable rights
against Gefsulting purchaser
The WASHINGTON LOAN
AND TRUST COMPANY.
Trustee.
| Ibid II Ars.ccAN-
Evening star., 1941-06-18
SUMMER CAMPS.

TALL TINfBERS-CAMP FOR BOYS, ACES
, to II years. Fully established, excellent
personnel; enrolment limited AID. 4074.
CAMP AKELA. FOR BOYS 6-I". STATE
Approved swimming riding, crafts: 30 mi.
70 camp. special care given Young camper
w T BAXTER, director. OIL. $3.50.
CAMP AKELA FOR BOYS G-l2. STATE
approved swimming riding, crafts: 80 MI
TO CamD: special care given youn2 camper
" ]. BAXTER. director. OIL. S5Sg
Evening star., 1941-06-18

S3O-CHERRYDALE 5-ROCM HOUSE
out toilet, elec, city water ur. stores,
schools l0-cent bus. FEET BROS. or CHI
0030.
S5O-NEW 5-ROOM BUNGALOW. COL
mar Manor Nd; adults only. Call Lin
coin :3115-W
MODERN GROOM BUNGALOW, LOCATED
on nlce-size lot-Coal furnace, within >
blocks of bus, lOc zone. available July =:
$50 per month Cal OK Mlga
Evening star., 1941-06-18
OPPORTIINITY

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price that is definitely right. 1t is situated
Just west of Nebraska ave. in a location OF
fine homes and big estates. close to public
and parochial schools Includes spacious
first floor plan with den, lavatory, large
dining room. buffers pantry; 2nd floor
has excellent bedrooms and , baths;
finished recreation room, maids room and
and Handicapped and commands sweeping
view For details call Mr.. Karr, WI. 4637.
FRANK 6 PHILLIPS. DI. 1411
Evening star., 1941-06-18
AUTO TRUCKS FOR SALE.

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FORD truck 1896, half-ton panel: excel
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FORD truck la35, half-ton panel; GOOD
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- H ST. ne.
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Evening star., 1941-06-18
UNHEARD-OF VALUE.

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