The Washington herald., 1909-04-19
AT THE HOTELS.

eral Of the Dominion or Canada. who
made flying trip TO Washington as the
guest Of Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General De Graw. 20 attend the Grldiron
dinner. was forced TO return unexpectedly
TO ottawa yesterday morning he an
ticipated remaining here for several days.
but was called home by telegraph 10 be
present in the Canadian Parliament dur
ing consideration OF the budget. which IS
set Tor to-day
In Canada the postmaster general is al
ways a member Of Parliament. and as the
consideration Of the budget Is the most
important piece Of legislation during the
session, Il was essential that Mr. Lemieux
should be present 20 look after the es-
timates Of his own department
Mr. Lemieux wss greatly pleased with
the GridirOn dinner. and said be would
remember Il always as one or the unique
experiences in his life. It was sgrpris-
ing 70 him that IN a large country ike
this the highest officers in the govern
ment would be present al a gathering in
which they themselves were made the
butt OF such g0Od-natured raillery. In his
enthusiasm over the affair he declared
that II he was not such a good Canadian
he would certainly wish TO be an Amer
lean.
While IN Washington he stayed at the
home OF M De GraW. 20 Mary land ave-
nue. northeast
Henry s Wells. Of Sydney, Australia,
who is travelling in this country. is at the
New Willard. Speaking about the alleged
gift OF q Dreadnought 10 England by
New Zealand. Mr.. Wells. who takes a deep
s-~a~es~ f- ~bz -.---f=s- ---rf@f~z -s.E "a.
Gently that instead OF being in favor of
such a move the people OF New Zealand
are decidedly against IT,
only q few days ago I read an
article In paper which said that public
meetings Of protest were being held
everywhere in New Zealand condemning
the governments 0fer 20 build Two
Dreadnoughts for Great Britain The ar
{ gUment is that Il IS unconstitutional Tha
truth OF the whole thing Is that the peo-
PIE themselves sre opposed to getting
tangled Up with England IN this man
ne-- They are satisfied 70 let wel enough
alone. and 20 90 on as they are doing,
supporting the mother country whenever
( & IS necessary; but they do not care %
I start on on a new departure and build
battle ships II We take that Up It's hard
I 90 tell where Il viii end
There was q meeting az Christ Church
called by supporters Of The English gov
/ eminent 20 further the scheme. It broke
. up in a big row That shows the TEN
I per OF the people. The speakers. IN
GLIDING some Of the best known public
f men of the colony. were hooted down;
/ the rioters rushed the police, and seized
I the union jack. whic5 they tore 20
pieces and dragged Jnrough the mud
I That doesn't look Ike enthusiasm for the
/ British scheme OF making her colonies
pay for her foolish extravaganza OF
| building a navy when she has nor the
/ men 70 place aboard the ships"
Il IS always Up TO Kansas 70 do the
/ unexpected. according 10 Lemuel F. Bur
+ rows. q Kansas City. who was seen at
+ the National Hotel and who said that
I Gov Stubbs has rendered a signal service
7 10 MS country.
Through the instrumeuta1ity OF his
new state textbook commission he has
I converted the grand army OF schooIbooE
egents and turned their feet into the
4 straight and narrow path All OF them
are focking 70 Kansas now 70 get re-
Z IigiOn," continued the man from The Sun
flower State. and incidentally some
! schOOIboOk contracts Little did Gov
I Stubbs think of the great good he was
/ doing spiritually when he appointed three
ministers Of the gospel on the state text
/ book commission The possibility OF
Z drawing all the schooIbOok agents .oF the
! country into church never entered his
mind StilI. that IS exactly what has
I happened.
The state textbook commission has
these three noted diviaes on Il: Rev.
+ Charles N Sheldon. OF Topeka; Bishop
Liliis, al the head of the Catholic
/ churches % Kansas: and Dr. Nurlin.
( president OF Baker University. The CON-
mission meets next month to award FIVE
/ year contracts for the supply OF high
I school books IN the State They are
worth going after. and ell the big school
book publishing firms OF the country are
( after them
Long experience has taught the school
( book agents. who are perhaps the smooth
est people treading the soil to-day. that
when in Rome L pays 70 do as Romans
do. The new State textbook commis-
sion win be dominated By ministers of
The gospel. therefore. the agents lmme-
diately decided 20 get religion And the
+ peculiar thing about Il IS that they seek
! religion ar the three churches presided
over by the three divines OF the text
book commission"
Very Rev James H Blank. Archbishop
Of New CLEANS, IS at the shoreham-
Discussing Americas activity IN China.
Worth T. Gunter. Of New York. who has
spent many years in China IN business.
and who was seen al the New Willard,
said yesterday:
let America continue 20 keep out ce
entsngling alliances IN the East. such as
Great Britain has entered into with
tJapan-an alliance OF which many Eng
Ishmen are now heartily sick-and such
as France has MADE with japan. This
I alliance. In which the two contracting
parties agree 10 respect the integrity ot
China. has only aroused Chinese suspicion
and indignation as an offensive I'm
lpertinence.
As regards the recent suggestion of an
alliance between this country and China 90
I continued NJ. GUuter, this Is contrary
10 our ume-honOred policy. and. besides.
one OF China's foremost men has recently
declared that his country Is unable for
the present 70 be the ally or the antaE-
Onist Of any power
1T Is enough that America does not
hesitate to do what Is Just IN renting an
indemnity which IS too heavy for China
70 bear Let Us hope. Tor her sake. that
the European powers win find 4 IN their
conscience 20 do somewhat the same. And
let Us do all in our power TO welcome
and help the Chinese students now com
ing 10 this country, for hey are the hope
Of the nation"
TO get a waiter quickly IN a big cafe
IS at times very difficult" said Ben J.