The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-13


which suggests Nnotner story which
In turn suggests another until one
goes away with a charming unwrit-
ten brochure In his mind on war
and How She is Fought" in Central
America.
From the perfunctory cable dis
patches he draws a picture of the
American minister In Persia, his sor-
rows, which are many, and Joys,
which are few. One forgets the
value of fact in the delight of fancy
and the amusing game of diplomacy
as reflected through his accounts, be-
comes less a struggle for the prestige
of nations than a game of cross pur-
, poses among men of different coun-
tries and different instincts, with very
human failings and virtues, all of
which have their bearing on the fear
fully abtruse and lofty subject of
foreign relations
Assistant Secretary Huntington Will
son Will preside for time, at least,
this summer. He, too, has bis "at-
mosphere' which he drapes about
himself with the studied care
of a Buddhistic mahatma. His office
is sealed and darkened to keep out
the sunshine and heat. In one cor
ner before an electric fan is a chunk
of ice which cools the draught. This
is the only positive utilltarian thing
in the room. The rest is negative
One whispers ins.inctively in this
hushed chamber for fear he Will dis
pei the air of nothingness which how
ers there undisturbed. 1t seems al
most sacrilege that the ice is not
frozen in subdued shade of gray
that II may blend better with the en-
vironment.
Assistant Secretary Wilson's renec-
ton of activity I'm foreign affairs takes
| on the same tone. He discourses, as a
rule. with a Russian cigaret In his
hand-small and dainty and giving
the faintest odor, as he acentuates
the term seems hard in this connec-
ton, one point or another while talk
ing in the most subdued voice. One
gets the impression that far away
somewhere, something has happened
| or is happening realized through al
intangible poetic veil--soft murmur-
ings that sift above the monotone oil
days. Upon leaving the Office II
| seems that ono has awakened from
| a dream and marvels at the reflection
| of 1t. Nothing was overdone, no in.
| cident limned so strong that IL stood
| out with a suspicion of harshness oil
dominated the discourse. After all
the world is nothing If our inner
| selves are attuned to the music oi
| life and love. In this light rea
| fact is maudlin or indecent and rea
war is bloody and brutal thinl
| that had best be hidden from human
gaze.
| over on the war side, General DIV
er, assistant secretary, who during
the year looks after Departmental prob
lens people don't care to read about
| signs himself as Acting SecretarJ
Dickinson" while he Is on the job
| damns people sometimes and tells fun
ny stories about Judges and lawyers
and politicians in the south. Genera
| oliver, on the contrary, is given tC
no such frivolitics. His statements
| are brief and to the point, YES" ant
] mo" or IL have" or 81 have not,
| Here is expedition, preclslon-no los
motion. no diversion from the ofiicia
channels. To damn anybody would
be useless To tell a story would b'
waste of time.
| While Secretary Meyer and AS
sistant Secretary Winthrop are away
| from the navy, the headship passes t.
| Admiral Nicholson, as chief of the
bureau of navigation. Admiral oi
Reggie" is not the legitimate sue.
cessor of Brownson and Pillsbury
| The Meyer system has shorn the bur.
| eau of most of its Importance. But
| Reggie" Is all an admiral. He
| snorts when he talks and his voice