The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05
AT THE HOTELS.

France is most Christian country and
her citizens have lost none OF their
PATRIOTISM, according 10 Frederic Lob
stem, or Paris, who. accompanied by
Nine. Lobstein, is touring this country
for pleasure and is at the New Willard.
NJ Lobstein was palpably annoyed
when asked II France We're a Christian
country and If there was such national
virtue as patriotism left in France, In
view OF the fact that the majority Of
the Chamber Of Deputies are socialists.
radicals. and revolutionaries. whose po-
iitical principles is international broth
erhood," as against tho distinctive ma
| tionalism of other countries.
MY country is the most Christian
| country" said NJ. Lobsiein, rather sharp
~. and our people go 10 church as much
and as often as do the people Of Amer
lea, 1t Is true that In connection with
the separation of church and state there
may have occurred things on the part OF
! the government that should haves been
done differently, but IL should also be
said that the religious persuasions chief
~ concerned interfered too much in poll
tics.
THE majority Of our national iegisla-
tors are socialists and radicals, but IL
should not be imagined that they are
ud-mOuthed tumultuOus, and vocifeF-
Gus. They carry on the business OF the
nation In the Chamber OF Deputies in a
dignihed. quiet manner, not disturbing or
aiming 10 disturb business interests in
any shape or form. OF course, we are eli
anxious 10 pass laws 20 uplift the masses,
4 Fs~9a
TO the classes. 1t may be that there are
few deputies that go TO church; but II is
equally true that If they have sons or
daughters the latter are regular attend
ants at church, and also that the wives
or these deputies, as a rule, make up IN
religious fervor what their husbands ap-
paTently lack
The French army. Notwithstanding
| newspaper reports 10 the contrary, IS Just
/ as patriotic as II ever was. The French
republic is well established, and every
| Frenehman, socialist or royalist, would
/ sacrifice his life If need be to save his
country from foreign aggression. We
realize that IL France and Germany should
ever go TO war again it would be Frances
/ last chance; that II we lost we would
be swallowed up by Germany. Before we
would permit that we would fight 10 tho
/
| creed may be. AT present. however, re-
lations with Germany are as good as they
| can be"
NJ. Lobstein said that he is a Protestant,
and that his creed had nothing 10 COM
plain OF so FAR as the action of the gov
/ eminent is concerned with respect TO the
/ separation OF state and church He ad-
mitted he was a socialist, and said that
/ all church property ought 70 pay taxes.
/ He cited as an instance OF the present
! greatness CT the French people the dis.
covery OF radium by Prof. Currie and
other scientific achievements.
! r L. Kenna. Of London, who is visiting
this country on pleasure and business, is
at the Arlington. Speaking OF the grand
son OF Gladstone. who Is reported as
having been appointed secretary 10 Am
bassador Bryce here, Mr.. Kenna said:
Il well remember the coming OF age
OF w. G. Gladstone. this grandson Of the
grand old man. There existed AT that
time strained relations between his
mother. sisters, himself. and his kinfolk,
the children of the celebrated statesman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Gladstone Mr..
ard Mrs. Stephen Gladstone, and, indeed,
none Of the children Of the Peoples
William was present on the occasion OF
this family celebration al their old
| home, on which their father had spent
most OF his money, and from which they
/ now regarded themselves more or less
excluded. As coming OF age festivities
/ are ordinarily made the occasion Of great
| family gatherings, this absence Of the
uncles and aunts and cousins OF the new
lord OF Hawarden naturally attracted
| much attention.
''The grand old man." continued Mr..
| Kenna, spent about 81, 10000 OF his own
money on the Hawarden estate. Indeed
had be not devoted 100000 TO the liqui-
dation OF the enormous debt with which
IL had been burdened by the unsuccess-
fui mining operations OF its former
owner. Sir Stephen Glynne. his brother
| in-law, IT would have been sold for the
benefit OF creditors. Sir Stephen, I'm re-
turn for William T. Gladstone's sacrifices
in behalf OF Hawarden. left him BY will
the power TO dispose OF the property 10
any one or more OF his children. Mr.
Gladstone. few months after the death
OF Sir Stephen. conveyed the estate to
his eldest son, William Henry Gladstone
as owner in fee. William Henry died in
1881, and the estate then became the
property Of his son, William Glynne
Gladstone, the young man who is COM
ing 10 assist Ambassador Bryce.
Young Gladstone's father was a boy
hood ehurn OF King Edward and was
his travelling companion during HIS tour
In the East in 1857. The young squire
was only six years old when his father
died and thirteen at the time OF the de-
mise of his grandfather who devoted a
good deal of the leisure OF the peaceful
eventide OF his life to teaching the boy
Latin. It is no wonder that young Glad
| stone left Oxford with high honOrs and
is a splendid Latin scholar"
Hiram w. Johnson. governor-eiect OF
California, who is at the New Willard.
declines 10 attend a ball IN his honor
planned for his Inauguration. 4 few
days ago the governor appointed q COM
mittee Of thirty citizens 10 arrange for
the customary inaugural ball. but Gov
elect Johnson's opinion on the subject Is
as follows
so far as 7 am personally concerned, 7
prefer that the plans be not carried out
The duty OF the administration upon
which / am about 10 enter is simple and
direct, and I wish my inauguration 70
be of the most simple and direct char
acter, without ceremony or ostentation.
I wish the inauguration to be character
issic OF the administrat ion-direct, GER
tain, and simple The early days OF that
administration will be most difficult and
arduous TO me. and expect 10 devote
myself day and night 10 the accomplish
ment OF the purpose for which I under
took the struggle; and while, Of course.
the social amenities OF the position viii
be punctiIiously observed, entertainments
| TO myself viii be eliminated. 1t is for
| these reasons that l wish, so far as It