The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13
JUNTA GOSSIP
In Washington to the Tinkle Tinkle Of
Ice In Long Glasses.

'ttRt'''N''NFf thN "t'"tiSH ~ th~ Fuht'
eau be centeed without distraction up
on the Central American iunta, which
maintains itself at the cafe OF the Ar
lington hotel.
The gathering Of exied Central Amer
lean revoutionists n New Orleans could
hardly be more picturesque or mon,
Imaginative than the few midsummer
diplomats who gather at these head,
quarters and, to the tinkle tinkle Of thl
cracked ice IN the long glas es, discuss
the affairs OF the five republics those
events which have come to pass and
those which will come TO pass. and, fpr
the most part, those which have not nor
ever viii come to pass For this little
LEFT behind fragment Of washington's
diplomatic coterie Is nothing Of not
imaginative
/ The midsummer sun beats down hot
on the striped awnings and the pave.
ments without bake in the heat. Under
such circumstances the whir OF the
electric fan and the tinkle Of the cracked
ice encourage meanderiug thoughts,
which percolate through drowsy atmos.
phere until a Whit from the hot street
expiodes them like toy balloons. What
revolutions are not stamped out, what
diplomatic corps are not dealt under
tile dangerous influence 81 those eleoirie
cal fans and tie seductive tmkliug u the
tan qlaa
A thousand times Is the United states
A friend or ioe. crushed under foot OF
exalted to the skies. A thousand times
does the yslof Of the great generals Of
The South American republic gain blood
less victories. A thousand times Is the
diplomacy Of Secretary Knox torn to
tatters by clever strokes an until one
emerges from the cool depths under GOV.
er Of the striped awnings to realize that
the world Is very matter OF fact and
very common place again
But, such as Il IS, the iunta serves
is purposes. Many correspondent,
hard put 10 it to find substance for his
COPY, seizes upon the msandering thought
and makes column Of Il for the De.
leetation Of the great American people
A hundred times in the summer months
is the tide Of affairs turned in Central
America in some fashion or other In thar
darkened room anly 70 be turned back
again By the announcement from the
state department that things are just
as they have been. One day an IS for
Aadriz, another il Is for Estrada. The
next whoop lal--zelaya Il coming back
to stir up trouble or a ship has slipped
away from Hampton Roads to blow
AEnagla into the sea.
What iunta gossip fails 70 bring forth
Is supplied bg rumors from New Or
leans OF Mobile-long since called the
banana ronte by the news gathererA
In the past the banana route has oecu.
pied FIRST place. bnt that has reached
Is zenith. The colony Of reyolntionar, |
sxiles in New Orleans have done much /
% enliven the slow hours, Hardly
'ruit boat comes in but some ragged
igure runs down the gang plank to bear
he news Of home and the cause TO the
'ew who gather about the tables Of an
obscure cafe near the water front.
Thence it goes tolthe nearest newspaper
'fiee and behold, a new revolution is
sunched to overthrow one or another
yrant The extent Of which Il confined
o four hungry men at a cafe with com
lined resources Of thirty six eentavos.
There are other odd channels through
Which rumors Of affairs In foreifn coun-
ries are borne to the United States
most of them are as fantastic as the
eports originating in New Orleans on
be Arlington bar Van Couver brings
orh some strange stories Of oriental
fairs. Formerly Shanghai was the
ONE Of the interruptions correspondent.
,unor thriyes in Shanghai, China being
lore or less Of mysterious empire
nd telegraph service poor, It was eass
nough to tell a thrilling tale Of things g
in the interior and get ava, a
18th few drinks at the club bars be- !
ore the tale could be discounted. But
an Couver has dimmed the glory Of
hanghai 50 far ais the United States
concerned. Cable tolls from the orient
re high If one has no facts but the
ord Of mouth Of an itinerant tramp
.eamer captain or the oath Of sailor I
no hae not seen polished bar for
,rty days and has bad thirst. There y
re it is that one sees strange tales Of I
lpan under a Van Conver date line =
he tramp steamers can get 10 Van ?
ouver few days sooner than they can 2
aeh San Francisco and the rumor borne 7
Ter the seas is old BY the time San I
gets II from the orient ii il i
Ter comes that far q
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