Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 202, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1922 — Page 4

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3toftana Saita QTitnes INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Dally Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—MAin 3500; New, Lincoln 8351. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. , New York. Boston Fayne, Burns & Smith, Inc. Advertising office* j Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. HE IS a fortunate appointee v.lio is sure of his job. SHOOTING through the side of a house is a novel way of ushering lh the new year! AMONG the problems that the coming of anew year has not solved are Sellers farm and the suspended sentence. ABOUT the only way to be real sure who is who in the new' administration is to visit the city hall and see who is really on the job. ANYHOW, the variations in the bids for the first State liighw'av to be built in 1922 will disclose who is right about the fairness of the specifications. BURBANK is planning to announce some new plant discoveries, but it Is reported on reliable authority that he has not been able to make money grow on trees. WHITE RIVER may be a aump for stolen cars, but experience has taught that auto thieves are more inclined to sell the cars they steal than to run them into the river. Honesty Talks An appeal to superintendents of schools to start “Honesty Talks” in the schools ■with a view' to combatting the crime wave is being made by a surety company. The president writes as follows: “Robbery by violence is more prevalent today than at any time during the last half century. No home Is safe! "American children read of the seeming success of these crimes. They never read of the subsequent punishment of the criminals because trials and convictions are rarely prominently featured in the newspapers. American children are obtaining the erroneous impression that crime is much more often successful, and much less frequently and less severely punished than it really is. “Never have American children so greatly needed daily lessons in the practical wisdom of honesty.” The press, as usual, is again subjected to criticism which rightly elsewhere. In this community, at least, the newspapers seek ■faithfully to record the “subsequent punishment” of the criminal whenfever there is any such a thing as subsequent punishment. [ Comparison of the court records and the dally blotter of the police Kiscloses that there is a wide difference between the number of crimes End the number of subsequent punishments. The province of the newspaper is to report the facts, and it can hardly be said that newspapers are responsible because the facts are not such as the critic might desire them to be. This surety coinpany’s president may be making a very laudable suggestion to the school superintendents, but he is also disclosing a w oeful lack of knowledge of conditions he criticises.

! |y Publicity Problem a dozen citizens of Indianapolis sat around a table a yMVjte. .ago engaged in a public work. The represented a number of Hi that have succeeded in Indianapolis. Jointly the capSfcjJ&glSgdK to their direction equaled the capita: invested in any one utilities. ng from the question under consideration for a moment, one of flli|§|j(Klemen expressed the opinion that if the Indianapolis Street Car aftaffo nv were to make the necessary effort to lay before the citizens of MSiommimity frankly, and fully, the conditions that confronted it, there be no street car problem. gJjEvery man at the table agreed with the statement and several went far as to assert that if the street car company had, in the past, been Jw frank in its discussions of its problems as It has recently tended to Become, there would never have been a transportation problem in Indianapolis. Unanimously, a group of business men who have successfully used capital equal to that possessed by the street car company, agreed that the street car company must solve its publicity problem before it can be successfully managed. The suggestion is not anew one and the opinions of these gentlemen are not the only opinions that could be gathered to support the suggestion. Whenever the people of Indianapolis become conversant with the facts concerning the transportation problem they will unite in a solution of it. But until they are enlightened prejudice and mistaken conclusions will stand in the way of a successful administration of the street railways. These successful business men learned long ago the value of publicity. They used publicity to build their own businesses and from their experience they have pointed out the road to success for the management of the street car company. A Real Job No member of the incoming Shank administration assumes a greater burden than Taylor Gronlnger, the corporation counsel who succeeds Samuel Ashby. In addition to guiding a mayor who is much more inclined to look on the human side of affairs than on the legal side, Mr. Groninger will find that in representing the people of Indianapolis before the public service commission he has a task that will require more time than he can find to devote to it. Throughout his term of office Mr. Ashby showed a devotion to his work that was exceptional and he accomplished more than the city administration had any right to expect of one man. Ills appearances before the public sendee commission were not always in the role that made for best results, but he reflected the attitude of the administration in Ms stand on utility questions and none will assert that he did not do so both ably and conscientiously. Mr. Groninger finds awaiting him the question of telephone rates, of street car rehabilitation, of high gas rates, of an electric company merger, in addition to any amount of less important legal work connected with the plans of Mayor Shank. Just how he will arrange with the limited assistance afforded him to attend to all this work remains to be seen. Certainly the compensation of the office is out of all proportions to the importance of the work. Sooner or later the city of Indianapolis will find it to its advantage to create a bureau to deal with the legal side of utility controversies. Until that time the public should look upon the corporation counsel as an official who has more work than time and who serves the community for far less than the same effort would bring him were it directed by some other client than the public.

The Poison Squad Among both the admirers and opponents of the Volstead act there will be general sympathy with those four Federal prohibition enforcement agents in San Francisco who have been suffering from the effects of forbidden brandy which they tasted as a matter of duty. Fortunately, none of them was made seriously ill; but their case throws a little light on the stern ordeals to which their employment exposes them. “It is sometimes necessary,’’ says the assistant enforcement Officer at San Francisco, “for the agents to drink this poisoned liquor in order to get evidence against the distiller or seller.” This compulsory sampling of the poisoned cup must be the bitterest- function laid upon them. Sometimes, it seems, they carry about with them antidotes to mitigate the dangers of the bane. “The symptoms of the poisoning are a general lassitude, loss of appetite and a desire to rest.” These are interesting, and were once too familiar symptoms. At least we have been assured by sociologists who made practical experiments in the indicia of post-alcoholic results in anteprohibition evil days that, whether the guilty cause was < liampagne or burgundy or Scotch highballs or whisky sours or rum and molasses or [any other demonic drink wliatsover, symptoms like those described at 9an iFrancisco were exhibited by the sufferers the next day. In this happier ■time the public is protected from these maladies of remorse. Like Arnold pon Winkelried gathering in his bosom the sheaf of foreign spears, the Bntrepid enforcement agent pours the poison into his unshrinking nudst. fcle suffers, but he is than the “potable damnation,!' he ■rfTonts and envelops. I The victims of fag the common weal, eiwied Biough they may be by old ■r t fii i 111 111 UkT fTL 1 a-d.—XeMfcjfejK*. vS* ‘.L

IRISH PLAYERS REVEAL THE MOST LOVABLE AUNT ‘Mecca* Opens Local Engagement — New Style in Feminine Haircuts

A play full of laughter and tears, that rare intermingling of pathos and humor for which* all dramatists strive and which few attain—that is “The WhiteHeaded Boy.” Afrer seeing the opening performance of “The White-Headed Boy" at English’s last night it is easy to understand why the Irish Players who give the performance have taken by storm the cities in which they have appeared. The company is Raid to be the original one from the Abbey Theater, Dublin. “The White-Headed Boy” is not the kind of a play that would appeal to the seeker after the sensational. It is a well rounded drama about everyday people and it is acted as the kind of everyday people represented would act. That is why it is great. The story of the play concerns a large family in a small Irish town. The youngest son is the pet of the family. He has been brought up to expect everything at the expense of the remainder of the family. He is sent to Dublin to study medicine. As might be expected he turns out to be a ne er-do-well. Finally tbe family, with the exception of the mother, rebels. The older brother, the head of the family, decides to cut oft his allowance and insists that he go to Canada. The play evolves around this situation, but, largely through the activities of an aunt, it turns out happily. Tbe part of the .voting son is played by Arthur Shields. He does it well. The character is made to appear more pathetic than otherwise. Here is a young man who has been told since babyhood that he is different than others, that he is brighter, of a higher order of intelligence. Everything is lavished on him and he Is made to believe this is true. Asa matter of fact, be is Just average, and he finally comes to realize this as a fact. He is the cause of everybody's trouble but nevertheless he is likeable. The first place in the performance must be given Marie O'Neill who plays the part of Aunt Ellen. No funnier or more lovable person ever was seen on tbe stage. Her facial expression and her mannerisms are a delight to the audience. She carries upon herself tho burden of the play and she does it us no one else could. She is most certainly an actress of the first order. In this play as in few that have appeared in Indianapolis, the entire cast is of the highest order. I’ains have been taken to lit every one to his part. So excellent and finished is the acting of every member that they ail deserve mention. I) -r<- is the complete cast: Airs, Cei -gehegau Maureen Delany HER CHILDREN. George Sydney Morgan Peter Harry Hutchinson at 'i Norah Desmond J arli Suzanne McKernan May Fitzgerald Uenis Arthur Shields

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Donough Brosnan (engaged to Jane) J. A. O’Rourke John Duffy Arthur Sinclair Delia (his daughter) ...Gertrude Murphy Hannah (a servant) ....Christine Hayden Aunt Ellen Marie O’Neill Besides Marie O’Neill, those who deserve more particular mention are in our opinion Maureen Delany and Sydney Morgan. As the rnotner and the eldest son, respectively, they are convincing and real. “The White-Headed Boy” will close at English's Wednesday night with a niatinee Wednesday. -I- -I- -ICONCERNING “MECCA” AND CLOTHES. “Mecca” has arrived in Indianapolis at last. Instead of something decidedly shocking. naughty and crude, I found “Mecca” very sensible, beautiful, well done and artistically presented by a large cast and a talented ballet. “Mecca” is sound theatrical material and does not need the whispered press agenting that it is a naughty and an undressed show. It possesses enough pretty scenes, dramatic passages, some

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Upper—Ml## Gladys Hanson ns she appear# In “Mecca,” now on view lit tbe Murat. Miss Hanson Is a capable and talented woman who reads her lines with understanding and dramatic power. Her role Is that of Sharazid, widow of the late Sultan In tiie colorful “Mecca..” Lower—Miss Marie O’Neill who play# the role of the lovable aunt In “Tho White-Headed Boy," now at English’#. Hi s O’Neill ramies (he burden of the play on her shoulders and accomplishes tiie task as only a finished artist could. excellent acting nnd soma not so excellent, a pretty Oriental love story and enough pretty scenes—large, massive and really works of art which reflect high stage development—to make “Mec ca" capable of standing upon its own feet to meet ail competition. Why can’t we hear in advance tiie dramatic worth of Gladys Ilnnson or tho perfect fooling of Thomas Leary as Wei Ran Wei and Ida Mulle ns Wei Wa Shi (the two Chinese characters in the story) and the effective work of Lionel ISraham as All-Shar, the wrestler, Instead of the undressed ballet? As far as I am concerned the ballet at the close of the second art could lie eliminated without harming the natural unfolding of the story. To eliminate it, however, would rob the show of ono of the most colorful pageants I evet hare seen on the stage. In the “Bacchanale” some of the

women wear very few clothing, but the clever and artistic handling of tho lights prevents a vulgar exhibition. True It is that the clothing of the dancers in the “Bacchanale” could be placed in a doll’s trunk and then there would be room for an overcoat. I have been asked many times—is this dance lndecent7 To that I will say the basic theme of this story of the dance is semi-wild, but the manner of presenting it remains in the bounds of art and not physical vulgarity. This dance may have been the wildest of wild things In New York, but I doubt It. It Is a pretty stage picture and sensible men and women can witness It without asking the censors of public morals to step in. We have had this same thing under the guise of Russian art. As far as I am concerned, the women could wear fleshing where bare skin now appears and not harm the picture. Tights and “art” may not go hand in hand. Michel Fokino arranged the ballet and the “Bacchanale” and he has staged many pretty pictures by the masterful handling of color. My impression Is that the ballet is not near as wild as some people would like to have the public believe.

Why not pprmit “Mecca” stand upon its own merits? It can do it and tho public will b much better satisfied. Personally I enjoyed the splendidly acted Chinese scenes and the Garden of the Sultan s palace the host in the show. ‘ .Mecca" i# a series of beautiful Oriental pictures, ail put together for the purpose of telling tiie love story of a little singer I for a Sultan. Many people are used in nr folding tiie story. The music is pleasing, both tiie vocal nnd the dance scores. Tho cast is too numerous to go into detail. The work of Miss Hanson and the others I personally have mentioned are excellent. The cast on the whole balances up much better than I dnred hope for. To those who can appreciate artistic merit I need not hesitate in recommending “Mecca” ns tho prettiest end j tbe best presented of this kind of entertainment. It is heads and shoulders above tho terrible “Aphrodite" seen here last season. The sensation seekers will be disappointed but those who are looking fur colorful entertainment will find plenty of it in “Mecca." At the Murat all week.—W. D. 11. -!- -I- -IJV77, MELODY PARADISE REIGNS AT KEITH'S. If your soul longs for Jazz melody nnd your blood runs wild at the mention of monkey glands, you will find paradise at Keith's this week where Patrlcola blues ; (he bines in tbe bluest sort of a way i (so successful was sbe that she stopped . proceedings yesterday afternoon) und William Rock, with the assistance of Nancy Wcl ford and Ilelyn Eby, appeared in smart dances and songs and even smarter conversation. In other words, the first trill of the new year at Keith’s is one of those modern Jazz song fests. William Rock, in polite but worldly wise way about him j enters the stage by the side of Helyn Eby who appears (o be very much Grcenj iviric Village Follies (meaning that the i | cut. of her hair !h very much Follies).! H'"’k is made up as an aged but ami Mflous old man who keeps the names of j ids lady friends in a ilttlo red notebook (the notebook being the same color of his j tie). Then William gives Ilelyn the ! “cold shoulder” when Nancy Wolford ap- ; pears, but Nancy will have none of Wil- . Ham, So William toddles back to j Ilelyn, only to discover that he must use | (he telephone again. ; “If you don't succeed the first time, ijust telephone again," Rock advises, i The act then goes into the regular Rock j | routine of songs and dances. The Ohi- ! nese song done by Mr. Rock and Miss | Wolford is a comedy gem. The act closes I in an intimate sort of a way with ltock Introducing tiie members of his company to the audience. The way this Is handled Is timely delightful—all very modern. As a closing number, the company presents

a really brilliant travesty on the classical dance. This is supreme fooling. The Rock act is very modern and very much up to the minute. The whole affair rather reminds one of a very smart roof garden entertainment. It remained for Miss Patrlcola to tie the show up In a knot. Her songs are the last word In the gospel of Jazz. They seem to want their blues mighty blue these days and Patrlcola dishes it out in full measure. Her moonshine Jazz song caused an earthquake of applause. If you like your jazz songs rough, then Patrlcola will take you to paradise of Jazzland. She has few equals when It comes to delivering this sort of stuff. She also plays her violin. Kenney and Hollis in “The Two Doctors” start ’em laughing by springing a comedy curtain on which is printed funny signs and announcements. Their comedy is of the nut variety. Jack La Vier kakes honors with Patrlcola In the applause line. His awkward trapeze stunts and his rapid remarks upset the house yesterday. He is a solid popular hit. Jay Dillon and Betty Parker offer a smart little song and dance revue (that’s what I call the act.) It Is one of wellmannered but informal little offerings which fits well into this rapid bill of jazz and ultra-modern vaudeville. Caits Brothers are soft shoe dancers. They start the act In darkness and end In a blaze of light. The Harringtons open the show in a revolving ladder act. Sansone and Delila close the show In an act in which the man of the team balances the girl of the act on his chin while she pedals a bicycle. Os course, the bicycle Is not on the man’s chin—the bicycle Is attached to a pole. Here Is a good closing act and will hold any audience. This week's bill at Keith’s possesses all the elements which go to make up a profitable week. People will talk about Patrlcola and her songs and they will maivel how Miss Eby of the Rook act obtained her strange “haircut.” At Keith's all week.—-W. I). 11.

THEY HATE A PAINTIN’ TIME OF IT AT LY RIC. The paint Is being splashed at the Lyric this week. This happens in “The Corner Store,” a rube comedy sketch which heads the new bill at the Lyric. This act ha# the usual character one expert# to find In a coun'ry general store. Most of the comedy is furnished by the characters splashing paint over each other while engage* i In painting the fixtures In the store. The I small town boys paint the fixtures in order to get a “stand In" with the ! widow who owns the place. It's a good j net of its kind. j Weir and Wayne open their act with some comedy concerning golf They sing i several songs and close the act by “clowning" with the orchestra. Irene Myers sing# a numher of character songs which are cleverly handled, making the act of n pleasing nature, Malo and Rizzo are billed as accordionists, tint one of them played a violin when the show was reviewed. This is n clever instrumental act. Their program is w-ell chosen. Johnny Singer and the Dancing Dolls open tic’ bill with a fsst dancing act. S l ngcr does some good Russian dancing The act calieii “Adrian,” is in reality a trio with a stage hand doing a “bit.” For the most part it is a "nut” act. One member of the act has a good voice and sings nil operatic number. The stage hand came in for a good share of the applause by singing a parody. Mowat.t arid Mullen, a man and a woman, who sing, dance and have some comedy lines. The Bird Cabaret is an elaborately staged offering with many well trained birds as the chtef performers Here is an act of merit. ! At the Lyric all week. -!■ -!- -I----t NDERWORI.D MELODRAMA HOLDS THE BOARDS AT PARK. The first show of 1922 at the Park takes one back to the good old days when melodrama was presented regularity at this house. The greater part of the second net of “The Passing Review” Is taken up by a sketch called "The Frame Up" by Mark Linder. This little sketch i* one of those sure fire melodramatic affairs which grabs ones interest from the beginning and holds it during the entire reciatl. The sketch is better acted than usually done in musical extravaganza shows. Mark Linder, tho author of the sketch, Ada Luin. Ray King, l ew Rice. George Gage and Marion De I.arkey play the various roles in this sketch. The eonredv in the show proper is bandied by Jim Bennett Rose llemploy finds the going rather easy with her songs and dances. linrbefta Hall Is a good looking little trick. Lew Rice is a da necr. “The Passing Review" contains plenty of snappy songs and comedy. The S'enery is good and tho costumes displayei by the chorus and principals aid in putting this show over. “The Passing Review" remains on view nil week at the Park. -i- -I- -I----ON THE SCREEN. The following movies are on view today: Anna Q. Nlllson in “Why Girls Leave Home" at the Ohio; “Little Lord Fauntleroy” with Mary Plckford at Loew’s State; Harold Lloyd In “A Sailor Made Man” at the Alhambra; “Way Down East” at Mister Smith’s; Agnes Ayres in “The Sheik" at tho Isis; “Foolish Matrons” at the Colonial and “Blue Blazes” at the Regent. -!- -i- -I“MARY ROSE” Dl E THURSDAY. Ruth Cbatteron In “Mary Rose,” a Barrie play, opens Thursday night at English's for three days. Indianapolis will bo one of the few cities visited by Miss Cbatterton. Reputed Murderers Granted New Trial NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3.—Joseph Bocohio of St. Louis, Andrew W. Lamantia of Chicago, Joseph Rlni of Brooklyn, Joseph Giglio of Chicago, Natale Dearnore and Roy Locus of New Orleans, convicted of tho murder of Dallas Calmes of Independence and sentenced to be hanged, have been granted anew trial by the Supreme Court, which held that the men were not given a fair trial and that the Jury was prejudiced.

ITALY MAY NOT APPROVE CABLE ARRANGEMENT Diplomats Think U. S.-Japan Agreement Won’t Be Satisfactory. Speofa.l to Indiana Dally Tines and Philadelphia Public Ledsf’ir. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—Doubt Is expressed In some diplomatic circles as to whether the Italian government would give Its consent to tho arrangement between the United States and Japan respecting the division of the former German cables in the Pacific ocean between America, Japan and Holland without some assurances concerning the allocation of the ex-German cables in the Atlantic ocean. Italy, It was stated, was not consulted during the American-Japanese conversations which resulted in an agreement to allocate to America the Yap-Gaum cable, to Japan the Yap-Shanghai cable, and to Holland the Yap-Menado cable, the last arrangement being on account of the Dutch equity, amounting to one-third interest, in the former German cables In the Pacific, although Italy under the treaty of Versailles, was entitled to a one-fifth interest in nl! the former German cables. Ihe communications conference held in Washington a year ago, failed because of ilm reported positions taken by the I rench and British governments, who were in actual control of the ex-German cables In the Atlantic. A modus viviendl finally was agreed upon whereby those cables would be operated in the joint account of the five powers, until they should be allocated in accordance with the terms of the Versailles treaty. It Is believed the Italian government will give Its assent to the AmericanJapanese arrangement regarding the Pacific cables, but will seek some assurance that the situation, as regards the Atlantic cables, will not remain Indefinitely aa it now Is. According to Italian opinion the present plan disregards the treaty of A ersailles and bears evidence of a serene unconcern on the part of the other powers for Italy's interests.—Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Company.

Legion Notes Both eyes destroyed by American I shrapnel, during tbe World War, Franz RoheoJ who served the Kquer, now is kept from suffering bv an American j doughboy's discarded suit of "civ.ies." Someone bought the clo'hing at a rumi mage sale held by ihe American Legiqn ! P° s t of Maspeth, Long Island, and sent j it to a woman acquaintance in Germany. ; .She gave it to the needy German soldier. ’Now I can use the little pension the government gives mo for food and need not go hungry,” the former enemy soldier say# in a letter of thanks to the I.egipn post. Ex-Soldaten Roheol live# in Ekren, , Germany. I American soldiers and marines who won the coveted Congressional Medal of Honor during the war, wiil receive the j Italian war cross officials of the AmeriI can Legion have been informed by the Italian embassy General Vaccarl, chief \ of staff of the embassy, already has begun distribution of the medal. Steps have been taken by the legion to also obtain the cross for naval men who re- , oeived tho congressional medal. I Members of the American Legion all over the country h* reafter will be kept informed of what Congress and the Govadmen t are doing for ex service men through a weekly bulletin issued by the • legion s legislative committees. The bulletins will be sent to all legion news papers and publications and State officials. More than 16,000 former service men are suffering fro mtuberculosis in Denver, according to C. J. Haris direc’or of the American Legion's service division, who is making an investigation of the care of these men. The situation is getting beyond the control of civic authorities and ! adequate hospital facilities are a pressing , need, Mr. Harr,# reports. 1 Marriage after the entrance of America into the war did not constitute an attempted evasion of the draft so as to deprive the service man of a bonus claim j under the Minnesota statute, the Mlnnei sota Supreme Court has ruled. Parents or wives of Americans who died overseas during the World War and whose bodies have not returned would have an opportunity to visit the graves of their deceased at Government expense in a resolution Introduced into Congress by Representative Hamilton Fish. New York, a member of tho American Legion. The resolution directs tho Secretary of Wa rto provide transportation to American cemeteries overseas. A request that the United States Government be asked to negotiate an agreement with Great Britain for reciprocal tr-sitment of disabled war veterans, traveling or residing in either country, will be considered at the next meeting of the legislative committees of the American Legion. Such an agreement is in effect between this country and Canada. Neutrality of Wyandotte post ct the American Legion. Kansas City, In a strike of packing house employes has been commended by the Central Labor Body In n letter signed by the president of the organization. The labor body is composed of representatives of all organized crafts. Gen. Armando Diaz, commander of the Italian armies during the war was a casualty following his tour of the United States as guest of the American Legion. When he arlved in Nnpies, it was found that lie had sprained a finger from the cordiality of the thousands of Americans hand shakes. At the Italian embassy, Washington, ho shook 700 hands in one evening. American Legion members are urged to pay poll taxes, register nnd make no attempt to dodge Jury duty as part of the activities for 1922 in instructions prepared by Alvin M. Owsley, director of the fegion’s Americanization committee. The legion men are urged to make full use of the franchise and prevent miscarriages of Justice under the Jury trial system. All American Legion posts in Missouri have been called upon by Dr. Harry F. Parker, State commander, to back a SOO.000.000 bond issue for the cons, ruction of hard roads. Ex-service men will have preference in employment. EXPLOSION KILLS THREE. KINGSTON, N. Y., Jan. 3.—Three men were killed and six injured in an explosion Monday, near Shaudaken, where a tununel is being contracted. The dead are Hugh Neleciano, William Jones and W. B. Martin. Tne explosion was caused by a drill striking a charge concealed In the rock.

TIME MAY BRING END SOUGHT BY PEACE LEADERS British Press Expresses Disappointment Over French Attitude. SUEMARINE ' QUESTION Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. BY NORMAN W. BAXTER. LONDON, Jan. 3. —Whether the Root rules, If accepted and adhered to by the nations at tho Washington conference, can bring ord=r out of the chaos caused by toe refusal of France to accept submarine limitation is a question which not only occupies the foremost place in the British press but is attracting all shades of opinion. The majority of the views expressed In editorials and by public men create the impression that the British think the Root proposals, If carried through, would in time lead to the end sought by the British—the abolition of the submarine. There Is a fairly strong opposition current, however, which says International rules can not be relied upon to prevent action In time of war directly contrary to established and accepted practice. This school, of course, gives greatest emphasis to the infractions ol the Germans In the World War and is confident that In the event of another war reasons would be found as easily for disregarding anew submarine pledge. SUPPORTERS OF ROOT IDEAS. Supporters of Mr. Root's Ideas base their optimism upon the following argument: No nation signatory to such a convention would. In time of peace, make willful preparations for disregarding the submarine code In time of war and consequently no nation would be allowed by its people to embark on a scale suffii-’ently large to be a menace. In fact, such speculations—which abandon the idea of an agreement on a submarine ratio —Indicate there Is considerable feeling here that It is yet too early to say some common ground can not bs reached. Frankly puzzled at the French attitude, even as the French appear to be at sea as to the storm which is raging about their heads, a considerable section of the English press fee! > the answer to the Rriand riddle will he forthcoming soon, possibly at s. This week's Issue of The Nation, In expressing the hope that something of this nature Is in the offing, says If this proves true, much will be saved, but if some agreement Is not reached, expenditure will merely be transferred from one naval weapon to another. SEE NO CAUSE FOR DESPAIR. “If France should agree—as we suppose she will —to some limitation on submarine’, even though the limit be a high one, maeh will have been saved, though much will remain to be done,” says The Nation. “But whatever happens, we shall have no cause to despair. The good work has been begun and will go on, But we must not fall short in our duty, which is to say that if submarines are unlimited while capital ships are limited, a policy approaching Insanity has been adopted. The Washington conference assumes International good faith in the ease of the great powers, and if that good faith really exists and can be depended upon, it can be made to apply to submarines just as much as to capital ships or to an.- other horrors prohibited in war ly the Geneva or Hague conventions. If submarines be unlimited— though we do not believe they will be for long—ail that would have happened would be that the expenditure had been transferred from one type of naval vessel to another. We should be like tbe tribes of savages who agreed to give up daggers, but felt lree to exh’ jlt their resources on poisoned assegais.”—Copyright, 1921, ly Public Ledger Company.

VIVIAN! WAS IN DIRE NEED French Leader Tells AYhy He Went Home. PARIS, Jan. 3. —One of the best Informed French weekly papers, Auxecoutes, makes the following remarks concerning Rene Vivlani’s return from America. "M. Viviani has been asked In the corridors of the Chamber of Deputies, ‘Why have yon come back? We are glad to see you but the Washington conference is not yet fltntsbed? “Viviani replied: ‘There wa# nothing more of Importance for me to do and I admit that I returned because I needed ! money. Or.r military experts had 600 francs per day for expenses. I had no personal Indemnity, in fact nothing ei” cept my parliamentary compensation—and the dollar is dear. The republic only paid for my trip and I asked no moro." — Copyright, 191 A, by Public Ledger Company. Sold ‘White Mule’ to Pay Bootleg Fine LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 3. — Louis Mecham sold “white mule" to pay his bootleg fine. He spent the holidays in JalL He pleaded guilty before a magistrate here on the charge of selling booze. He borrowed money to pay the fine. A few hours later, before the same court, ho pleaded guilty to selling hooch to repay the booze fine loan. Give Big Sums to * Rebuild Palestine NFAV YORK, Jan. S.— Subscriptions for $3.10.000 worth of stock In the American Palestine Company, incorporated ta aid in the upbuilding of Palestine, lava been received by the founders. There were eight subscriptions of SIO,OOO each. Directors of the company will make a tour of Palestine In March, it was announced.