Evening star. [volume], February 26, 1920, Image 6

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THE EVENING STAB,!
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THURSDAY.. - February ??, 1980
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The Coming Campaign.
Whether tin treaty i.s ratified |
or not. tin* h-ajjue of nations will be j
an iwn- in th?- ruining ramp:.ign. !5oth
tho hitt. r ?-ii?ler> an?i tin* reservation
ist* will i];seuss it. Sprerhes tliaf have
hern n.a?le in the Senate chamber will
!?c repeated in >ul'staiH '' on the stump.
So general and so ?!? ?? j> seated is the
inter? >t frit in the siibjeet that nearly
ail the <tuni|>?*rs on both sales w:ll be
obliged to take nolo of it.
The t wil! lend it*elf exeel i
lrntiy t<? stumping p!irp*?se>. \N r have1
m'cii i* tir rfi'\\i!e?l Si-nntt' galleries as ;
?
few subjects lm\e i-vrr done. Ttif j
rules of titc rhamber were repeatedly
violated by \ isitor<. .-11>?i tin* admoni
tions of tin- presiding orti.or wont for
nothing When tin* speakers would |
k"ivo :i putri??ti?- turn f?? their reninrks :
the effort was instn Ufa neons ami over ]
whelming. |
There are no re-traints on po|>ular j
amiiencc*?certainly no rules against !
applause. ltathcr i- it the other way
rnuml. Applause is courted. Speakers
play tor it. ami are inspired l?y it.
They are depressed when it is not ^
forthcoming. H< lire, w hen the 'stump '
ers take up the league, either to score
it or commend it. they will have a free
field, and will do their best.
Hut the league will not bo the only j
subject growing out of the war giving j
warmth to the campaign. We shall j
hear a good deal about the melting .
pot. and how and why it lias failed to i
melt; about what should be done to j
remedy the defect; about the original
policies of the government, and its !
later policies, and what its future pol- j
icies should bo; about what America!
moans, not only to her own people, but !
to other peoples.
There i.s every promise, indeed, of j
a campaign pitched in the key of j
earlier days, when we were young, and j
full of the "pep" of youth; when popu- !
lar orators appealed in terms of fer j
vent patriotism: when the eagle*
screamed; when the cry was America, J
first, last, and all the time.
The triek haa not been lost, but ean ?
be turned again as easily and effective- j
ly as formerly. To it American stump- (
ing owes much of its reputation. The j
men of the past who are bes$ remem
bered now were those who swayed audi
ences with descriptions of American j
opportunities and obligations and paid j
tributes to what was being accomplish
ed in the name of government founded I
upon the consent of the governed.
It is a great theme?the greatest we
know. What better could be done then
than, at this time, when stupid men
and scheming men are clamoring for!
the overthrow of our institutions, to
make them the subject of warm and j
unstinted explanation and praise in |
the style that once wrought so power- j
fully on the public heart and intel- j
ligeaeef
If democrats can attain a perfect
state of harmony among themselves !
and republicans can do the &ame the
prospects of a friendly combination of
the two parties will he considerably
enhanced.
A considerable amount of legisla- j
tive attention appears to be devoted j
from time to time to changes of phrase |
ology which arc not expected to af - ;
feet materially actual significance.
Ifavy and Merchant Marine.
Admiral Benson, nominated for!
chairman of the shipping board, said 1
in an address delivered in Chicago;
Monday night;
"Our Navy must equal in size any
navy in the world, and from the stand
point of efficiency must be even bet
ter. I favor a closer alliance between
this country's commercial interests and
the Navy, for in times of peace it is
the function ot' the Navy to facilitate
foreign commerce."
President Wilson's recommendation
a few years ago was for "an incom
parable Navy." It was made while he
was on a stumping tour, and before
we entered the war. But, at the time, the
war was taking such shape as seemed
likely to draw us in. Hence the at
tention the recommendation attracted.
The country applauded. Nothing the
Pri-sident had hitherto said had met
with such wide and instantaneous ap
proval. The people liked both the sen
timent and the phrasp.
But Congress did not act. No steps
wore taken to strengthen the Navy on
"incomparable'' lines. As a result,
when the country was drawn into the
war, the Navy, while in excellent con
dition for its size, and promising the
excellent results that were achieved,
was yet not the full instrument the
emergency demanded.
But the recommendation was not for
gotten. At intervals since it has been
disenssed in the press and by tho poli
ticians, and always with sympathy.
\ There is still a strong opinion that
America needs, and should have, "an
incomparable Navy," aad that, not
withstanding the burdens Imposed by
the war, Congress should adopt aad
provide -for a naval policy bringing
us up as anon as possible to tfc? con
fessed requirements.
What Admiral Benton says about
the Na vy and our foreign commerce
is important and true. A strong Nary
and a large mcrrhant marine go to
gether. The former is a protection to
the latter in peaco times, while the lat
ter is an assistant to the former in
war times.
We shall be putting no nation on
mitiee. Ail the nations are aware of
the 1 eogth ot* our coast lines, of the
value of our overseas possessions, of
the inestimable value of the Panama
?anal, and of our ambitious program
in the matter of foreign trade. And
no one of them in our circumstances
would fail to make itself as strong on
She water as Admiral Benson recom
mend* to us. His utterances are dis
tinctly in line with those of the Presi
dent, and are entitled to the highest
consideration.
Peace is here, and everybody hopes
t'?>r its long continuauee. I5ut uobodv
can guarantee its continuance for even
six months. So that as it will take!
time to make our Navy "incomparable,"
and the Navy will mt so large a figure
in tlit* next war that the sooucr we
begin work the better.
Troubles in Italy.
Italy is the scene of a political tur j
moil at present that may develop into !
serious proportions. l)i*ordr<rs ha*
occurred in several towns, where rad j
icals have sought to arouse the people i
to revolt afiainst the established au !
thority. At one place. Pieve di SoligoJ
workmen have seized the municipal j
building and declared a soviet gov
eminent. At Naples a general strike
has been declared in sympathy with
striking metal workers.
Italian conditions were >eriously dis
turbed before the war. owing to the
spread of radicalism. While the war
was in progress, save at the time of
the Oaporetto disaster, the spirit of re
sistance to authority was quieted and i
the kingdom went along in unison. The
signing of the armistice, however, was
the signal for renewal of trouble,
strikes have occurred frequently, and
the Fiume affair has given rise to many
difficulties with the elements of dis
sent.
It has been repeatedly suggested that
Italy was trembling on the verge of a
republican movement. King Victor is
personally popular, but politicul con
ditions in Italy ha\e not been alto
gether free from scandal during the
past decade, and there are now evi
dences of an infiltration of bolshevism.
These present difficulties in the provin
cial towns are doubtless due to the
Russian influence.
It is to be recalled in this connec
tion that a few weeks before the out
break of the war in 1914 a republic
was set up in a small town in interior
Italy, lasting several days before the
national authority was reasserted. At
that time, by a singular coincidence,
Naples was the scene of a strike, even
as today.
Aaqtitfe'i Election.
Former Premier Asquith carried the
bye election in the Paisley district,
Scotland, by a plurality of 2,834 rotes
over the labor candidate. This mult
is regarded as significant, inasmuch as
it had been expected that the labor
strength would develop in the indus
trial sections of the United Kingdom.
The strength of the laborite candidate,
however, shows that that element is to
be reckoned with in the new British
political alignment. Mr. Asquith had
an unpleasant experience at Paisley
when the result of the re-election was
announced, a great crowd gathering
and greeting him with mingled cheers
and hisses. When he appeared on the
balcony of the town hall such a din
arose that he could not make a speech
and quantities of meal were thrown at
him: The British electorate has re
covered its old-time vigor and inten
sity of partisanship since the war and
has. perhaps, added a little something
in the way of emphasis of feeling. It
is probable that future elections will
be lively affair? over there.
It was his penchant for pitiless pub
licity which won Mr. Crane the dis
approval of Mr. Knox, which is now
regarded as nothing whatever against
him.
Germany's reconstruction is not go
ing at so strong a pace as to prevent
Berlin from giving enthusiastic at
tention to libel suits and cabinet resig
nations.
Bolshevists, discovering that they
need it in their business, are now bus
ily engaged in trying to establish a
government.
It is not likely that Trotsky will
ever again be content with the meager
compensation of an obscure New York
compiler of socialistic literature.
The "Jimmy Thief."
The other night a man was shot to
death in the suburbs of this city by
a policeman as he was making his way
to a point where, it is presumed, he
had buried a quantity of silverware
shortly before stolen from a home in
the vicinity. Before he died he ac
knowledged the theft, but refused any
information regarding himself. Since
then evidence has been adduced that
he and the so-called "jimmy thief,"
who has been operating for several
months past in thia city, were the same
person. The "jimmy thief was one
of the shrewdest, most skillful work
ers who ever operated la thia elty. He
got into apartments and houses despite
the best of loeks. He timed his visits
with exceptional intelligence to amid
encounters and was only seen once or
twiea, always making his mtmjm. He
is WW id en tiled by the vtstta of hi
?* Mi ??mtieM whe ehairaad to
M* n *? s? getting rray,
and her description of him furnished
to the police at the time tallies exactly
with the dead man.
I If the victim of the shooting Mon
'day night was. fn fact, tho ?4me man
who baa been marking so successfully
here, Washington may now rest easier.
While no exact -Iccount, of course, lias
been kept of thu result of the "jimmy j
thief's" operations it is well assured
that his takings have amounted to a |
very considerable sum in value. Doubt ;
less, however, nat all of the theft* |
that have oecurral un<l attributed to:
him have been iu truth his work. In !
such u case there arc always imitators. '
The detective force is to be con- j
gratulated on t'tis ease. It was ad - I
miriiblv handled. The tracing ol' the J
loot was a good piece of work, and i
although it would have been more sat
ist'actory to have caught the man alive, j
it is infinitely better that his life j
should be sacrificed rather than one j
ot' the policemen*. Washington has lost
through murdn-r by the lawless !
too many members of the force in
recent months. 1
Peace in. Iron County.
The war is uwr in Iron t<unity.]
Mich. An armistice has been signed
and forces have been withdrawn, and
now the matter enters on the "treaty"!
stage of in<|uir\ and investigation. No
body has been arrested. A consider
able quantity of wine lias been spilled 1
and the air is ;t'ull of smoke arising
from the charges and insinuations and j
re riininations that have been Iir<?<I i
back anil forth tj>r several days. The '
upshot of the wlnole matter is that the I
federal authority is recognized, even j
though nobody h;is been put in ..ail for;
initially failing to recognize it satis i
factorily. The county prosecutor has |
culled the whole affair a "hoax." but i
it was more thsut that. Perhaps it was j
a blunder on Oiis part, aiol perhaps
a bit of excesshe zeal on the part of
prohibition enforcement agents. At all I
events, the people of Iron county have ;
learned that tluere is a thing called a 1
prohibition law and that the United j
States government stands behind it. i
and that the government at Washing t
ton still lives. That is a good lesson j
for any community to learn.
Two United States Army aviators
who were captured yi Mexico have been
released. Perhaps the Mexican gov
ernment. in its own deliberate way. is
beginning to appreciate tho fact that
among friendly nations there are some
things that must not be done. I
Restaurants report that people are
eating very much more than they used
to. A .number of people are now tak
ing solid nourishment where once they
merely rang for ice water.
Events may move so rapirllv between j
now and convention time that going ;
on record for the purpose of a presi !
dential boom may prove a matter of !
some delicacy. j
! The once placid state of Michigan )
now regards the day as dull on which '
it does not provide the newspapers of j
the nation with a good first page story, j
The average citizen still contends
that the chief thing to be sought is
the restoration of the railroads to effi
cient public service.
*
The peace discussion has had in some j
degree the effect of making the United I
States .Senate look like a hung .jury.
"Preparedness"' as a topic of discus- j
sion has not been disposed of either j
by argument or experience.
Fiume continues to serve notice that
even at this late day it is not "over,
over there."
SHOOTING STARS.
RT PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Wise Old Farmer.
If Cincinnatus met today
An eager delegation,
Requesting him a part to play
In business of the nation,
He'd say, just as he said of yore,
"Your proposition's charming.
But I can serve my country more
By sticking to my farming."
When Duty's call he heard anew
He helped folks out of tronblc,
But when the job in hand was through,
He went back to the stubble.
Quoth he, "I do not care to stand
Tdid rivalry and ruction.
The greatest need in any land
Is plenty of production."
Mild Coloration.
"Isn't that parlor socialist likely to
become an out-and-out red?"
"I think not," answered Miss Cayenne.
"He'll probably always stay just as he
is, a sort of shrimp pink."
Underworld Romance.
"I wonder why crime is so preva
lent!"
"Possibly the misguided crooks have
gotten an impression that all the de
tective talent is engaged in writing for
tho magazines."
The Only Free Transportation.
The elevator man doth make
Amends for certain cares;
A good long ride he leta ns take
And never asks for fare*.
Where Qnlet Reigns.
,rWe have to be quiet of evenings at
out home, io aa not to waken the chil
dren."
"We haven't any children. But I've
had to quit playing the phonograph
for fear ef disturbing the onlja board."
*1 suppose," said Mr, Groweher,
"that ambition is what brings a let of
m?a before the grand jury. A career
of srime is tfca only ofcance open to
a <1MJ l?ohiad to he mentioned as
a 'society gene*' ?r a. 'matter nliftd,'"
Wear Clothes You Know!
f.y
This season, above all others, make sure of
the clothes you buy. Buy clothes with a
reputation back of them.
It's for you to decide where you buy them.
We don't claim any "Comer" on good
clothes. Other shops have dependable
clothes, too.
But we say this in all frankness?Wher
ever you buy?BUY CLOTHES WITH A
KNOWN AND ESTABLISHED REPUTA
TION.
Society Brand
& The Hecht Co.
Clothes for spring are the best we know
anything about.
There's other good makes and other
good stores, but we know of NO
BETTER CLOTHES MADE ? because
everything that belongs in Good Clothes
is included, and everything that would
tend ' to cheapen or lower the standard
has been omitted.
And there you are. That's the whole
story?WEAR CLOTHES YOU KNOW?
because Clothes you KNOW means your
PROTECTION through REFUTATION. -
we're featuring the "Yorkshire," a
Society Brand Double-Breasted Suit
?of unusual styling; high waist line; long center vent with
plain pockets, the very last word in dignified style and des
tined to be, we believe, the most popular model of the season.
In Solid Blue, Brown, Green or Gray Stripes and many
clever patterns in mixed effects. , _
and Topcoats
Society Brand KNOX The Hecht Co.
The new "Toppers" spell CLASS out loud, and can you
imagine such a trio of names, any one of which will assure
you of 100% in Style, Fabric and Workmanship - Efficiency.
Any style, any model, any cobr to suit your fancy, includ
ing the new Polo Cloth, Camel's Hair and Harris Tweeds.
Wear Shoes
You KNOW
the nameHANAN
on Shoes Spells
Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y
For seventh-two years HAN AN Shoes
have been built UP to a standard?and they
are better today than ever lJefore because
they are the result of an IDEAL in shoe
making.
The man who wears HA NANS isn't
gambling?he KNOWS before buying
that the name HANAN 8c SON is his pro
tection.
YES! It sure pays to wear shoes you
KNOW, because "Good Shoes Are An
Economy" ALWAYS.
?Main Flm, Kaftk inu,
Wear Hats
You KNOW
KNOX}?fHATS
Every one KNOWS
Kitox Hats?the Cdtiti
try over. The Knox
link is the latest addi
tion to our chain of spe
cialization.
You'll and KNOX
H?ts in completeness;
yotill fiftd them heft fee
caaae WE know that
men KNOW
what's what in Hats
KNOW KM* style aatf
Knox qsality LXKS A
fcOOK.
The Hecht Ca
The Store of Specialized SJio^s
Seventh Street