The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
AT THE HOTELS.

becoming more commercislized every
day" said f. n. Hofstot. the president
OF the Pressed Steel Car Company OF
New York. at the New Willard. last
night
by that 7 mean 70 say that the COM
mercisl interests OF the country seem 10
be a more important factor in the eyes
OF the authorities that be than plain
politics and that is as it should be. Com
merce, business, is the backbone OF the
country. and it is but right that the
government should give those branches
Of our public welfare the most serious
consideration. There are more bureaus
or departments whose business f. is To
look after this or that branch OF
business erected every year.
There is the Interstate Commerce COM
mission; the Department Of Commerce
and Labor. the Tariff Court and others
equally as important. and all erected FOR
the benefit OF the commerce and indus
try Of this country. Politics has 70 take
back seat and business Is coming tn
the front as debating the policies Of the
country This will increase as the years
go by; and IL seems to me that every i'm
portant nrm. especially transportation
and exporting houses, should have branch
Offices in Washington, 10 keep in close
touch with the doings Of the government,
and particularly with those departments
devoted to the commercial and Industrial
interests. We have just established a.
branch here. to be right near the foun-
tain head.
Did you ever notice that this country
is gradually and steadily lowering its
tariff. while England, a free-trade coun-
try. Is seriously discussing a protective
tariff? The truth Of the matter is that
England Is bound to do something OF thar
sort before many years. Business IS
gradually picking ND. but I don't think
that IL Is due 10 the fact thatta new
tariff bin has been put on the statute
books OF this country. or that Taft
Is IN the White House: business is i'm
proving because 1t was bound 10 come;
it's the natural sequence Of things"
Speaking OF New York politics. Mr.
HofstOt said that he did not believe GAY
nor half as bad as he was made out to
be during the campaign. II a man
wants 70 have his reputation sullied and
his good name run down. all he has TO do
I'm this country is 10 enter politics and
run for office: the rest is easy"
Kurt Won Mayhauser, OF Bozen, Austria.
who was seen at the New Willard. is
OF the opinion that the seven Dread
n0ughts laid down by Austria are az the
disposal Of Germany
The Austrian people owe TO the Ger
man Emperor a great debt" said Herr
Won Mayrhauser. for his prompt assist
ance az the time Austria annexed Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and England. France.
and Russia made all kinds Of protests
/ against this absorption Of these two PROV
Inces. These objections. however. wers
/ quickly silenced when the German En-
/ peror, true 10 his pledges as ally or the
/ triple alliance, ranged himself alongside
/ Of Emperor Franz JOSEF and gave the
/ Directing powers 10 understand that Ger
many was prepared TO fight and assist
Austria in the step she had taken. II is
I the general opinion that Austria is now
/ preparing 20 return the compliment 70
Z the German Emperor by building NUM-
I her Of Modern battle ships which viii
I be placed N the disposal OF Germany
\ should they be needed. Emperor VIII
/ lam is very popular i'm Austria. and T
would not be surprised n ne were paw
/ inE the way 10 acknowledge the wife OF
/ Franz Ferdinand, the heir presumptive
I Of the Austro- Hungarian throne. as En-
( press OF Austria should IL be the desire
/ Of Franz Ferdinand. Princess Won Hohen-
( berg being a Czech, Emperor William
| would make himself very solid with that
I strong element In Austria should he sue
I coed with his help 10 elevate the erst-
while Countess Chotek 10 the throne
The true plans OF the japanese with
regard 20 the supremacy Of the Pacific
Ocean has been printed in the Navy
League Annual which is published IN
( London. according 70 Capt Il. Y. Far
qUhar Of London. who was seen al the
Arlington. Capt FarQuhar IS a retired
officer OF the English navy and is max
ing a pleasure tour OF this country. He
does not talk as II he were wildly en-
thusisstic over HIS country's alliance with
Japan
There appeared recently in the London
Navy League Annual an article from tho
pen OF the well-known Japanese ms
rine writer and author. Sartori Fato.
which has been the talk OF govern
menJ circles everywhere since e first
appeared In public print. The articls
treats on the mastery OF the Pacific
Ocean. Mr.. Kato first devotes himself
20 describe Japan's influence and power
IN the far East and follows this OBJ
servation with a few words on the trip
around the world Of the American squad
ron. About this the japanese says that
the United states had given 10 the world
IN general. and TO Japan IN particular, a
/ spectacular play Of a great picnic ex-
cursiOn and JOY ride. Kato contends that
regarded from the standpoint Of a naval
and nautical expert, the trip Of the Rus
sian feet 10 Tsushima had been a much
greater accomplishment than the trip Of
I the American fleet. which had 20 change
its commanders or leaders three times be-
fore fl reached it's destination
THE japanese also claims that the trip
! of the japanese ship TSukuba 10 the
South Atlantic coast OF the United States
had p-ored 10 naval experts Of the whole
world what the japanese feet could ac-
complish Kato frankly admits that il
Is Japan's ambition 10 he the master OF
the Pacific Ocean and adds that al the
diplomatic hnesse could not change this
programme. and that there were indica-
tons that Japan had TO be prepared for
every eventuality.
/ our japanese friend has also some
thing TO say about England" continued
Capt Farquhar. 1T Is his opinion that
, affairs in Europe are in a chaotic state.
, and that circumstances may dictate the
Republication on the part Of japan OF her
English ally. He Is kind enough 10 con-
sole as by saying that the traditional
friendship between the two countries
would thereby not suffer. declares. how
ever. that there IS not one officer in the
whole Japanese army or navy who would.
even in the greatest possible danger,
think Of asking assistance from Great
p Britain Mr. Kato Furthermore comforts
England by stating that Japan was al
WAYS prepared 10 dispatch an army in
case Of need, which probably would be