The Washington herald., 1909-04-27
AT THE HOTELS.

Patrick EgRn. United states Minister q
Chile under the Harrison admlnistra-
ton.
Z have studied the japanese question
for many years. and have Travelled in
Japan. and know the sentiment OF the
people" continued the prominent New
York Irish-American. There is a young
party Of japanese statesmen and soldiers
growing Up now who think that TO
Togo, a7d other heroes Of the Russian
japanese war, are old fogies. and who
await with eagerness the day Of their
demise and the time when they rham-
selves viii have an opportunity 10 step
INTO their shoes and be al the helm OF the
japanese ship Of state.
The japanese think that the 500Ooo,eJd
people % the Orient are looking I'D 10
japan as thcir deliverer from the yoke OF
the white man. They think il is the
destiny OF Japan 70 be the leading power
OF the ORIENT. and that the Pacific ocean
must be controlled By Japan
What America needs more than any
thing else under the circumstances is q
good merchant marine. beside a strong
navy In case OF war. We would not
have enough Golfers OF transports 10 20
provisions, and other absolute necessities
If Japan should attack Us in the Philip
pines We could not stand against them
any longer than three weeks az the out
side Secretary Leslie II Shaw. az z
speech not long age. called attention 10
this fact, and strongly advocated the VI
building of powerful merchant marine
as an aid 10 the navy.
Speaking OF diplomats and their sal
aries. Mr.. Egan saiG that they were IN
derpaid, and that they could not represent
their country abroad with that dignity
which was beftting their high mission
and the wealth OF the United States. The
same argument held good with regard
70 navy officers. He continued:
These people are supposed to CO a lot
Of entertaining. and have 10 keep ID
with the representatives OF other powers.
who are much better remunerated and
can do the social honors for their respec-
tive countries without frnpairing their
own finances.
Il think Richard Kerens would De erof
Hently qualified 70 FL the post as our
Ambassador 20 the Court Of Emperor
Francis Joseph al Vienna" added Mr
Egan. He has lots OF money, Is a good
and stanch Republican, and & clever and
shrewd man"
E. 3. Filter. OF Philadelphia. accom-
panied by Mrs. Filter. Is at the Arlington.
Ar- Filter, who is a member OF the Filler
kin which gave the City OF BrotherIy
Love a mayor. has just returned from
Florida, where he spent The winter.
Speaking Of the Revolutionary Daugh-
ters. CT the Daughters of the American
Nfc--r sfrrs st~.-- ~s~-f~- -H-.H--
aEceStry-" he said. my graadmothe-.
who was a Miss Wunderly. OF Phfadel-
phia- then. carried salt 10 Washfngtou-s
army al Valley Forge when the patriots
were In want for that necessity OF life
She had II sewed in her skirts. and
walked the whole distance from Phils-
delphia 70 Valley Forge. and passed
through the Hessian and other British
lines and safely delivered her patriotic
charge.
The sufTrsgists should take q trip 70
Washington during the time OF the
Daughters Congress and take q few les
sons from them in running elections.
Roosevelt IS down and out: he viI
never be heard from again He filed his
place. and I have no doubt he was honest.
but he was too impetuOus. He acted be-
fore he thought He was responsible for
the business depression. and the country
has not yet recovered from It He is re-
sponsible for business enterprises los-
ing between 10 and 50 Per cent OF their
output Business IS picking Up slowly,
but al the end Of the year II viii bs
booming. Mr. Taft viii make one OF
the best Presidents this country has had
In recent years
Mr. Filter says he Is an author. and
has written hundreds OF works OF a phil
osophical nature. but that not one 81
them had ever been printed for sale. He
said that he presented President Taft
with book OF essays and observations
on Cleopatra, Caesar. Napoleon, Charles
Dickens and other celebrated Characters.
a Midvale avenue car ives the scene
Of an amusing exchange Of hats the other
evening when The wind was high sad
Herman J. Hausermsn. a wholesale TO-
baeco manufacture Of Philadelphia. a.
the Riggs yesterday a Fransfo-5
man and his wife were IN the rear OF
an open car when a strong gust Of wind
blew OF the FrsnkfOrd mans hat roll
II down the street on its rim
On. let II go" he exclaimed. Tts
last years. anyway
But just al that moment another gust
came along. cOntinuedE8Ir. Hauserman.
blowing Of the hat Of a man in one
Of The front seats Il few hack. and
the FrankfOrd man caught il and put Il
on his head The other man looked back
and saw the first mans hat flying down
the street
Stop the car he yelled. 7 want 70
get my hat,
The o5iging conductor rang the bel.
while the second man chased the Frank
forder's lid He ran back. putting and
Perspiring. and vas on the car again
before he discovered that he had run
after the wrong hat
' Why. this isn't my hat" he exclaiu-
ed. locking around at the crowd in the
car. who were laughing ar him.
Just thsn the Frankford man leaned
forward and politely said. Here's your
hat. sir Let me have mine. please AMI
while the crowd gave q haw-haw. the
nat chaser scratched his head and won
dered how il happened"
Cecil H Ker. Of Montreal. Canada.
who Is interested IN railroad development
Of Canada, and IS stopping at the Raleigh.
said yesterday that Csnada's great
uaRscontiEentaI railways play an I'm
portant part in the upbuilding OF the
northern empire.
4 have received letters from Boston
business men,, continued the Canadian.
asking why the Canadian Northern
should not make its Atlantic terminus at
Boston, where every facility affords en-
trance. and docksge would be rendered
freely. instead OF spending many nil
lions in a much longer Hne TO a Canadian
Atlantic seaport.
Personally. I would prefer. as a loyal
Canadian 10 expend many millions
more. even though tfe mileage would
be greater. to reach and upbuild a CIn-
adian winter port
The incident merely illustrates how