Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-19
Three of Eminent Business
Men of Nippon introduced by
Ambassador Chinda.
ARBITRATION TREATIES
DISCUSSED BY BACON
Predicts They Will Not Be Defeated.
E gan May Be Made Ambas-
sador to Austria.

| The visit to President Wilson today
OF Fiscount Chinda, the japanese am
bassador, and three DISTINGUISHED
japanese was regarded as significant
until the President himself stated that
his visitors were merely paying q COM
pl1nentary call, which was entirely un-
off1clal. With the ambassador were
kajinosuke Ibuka. DIR. Juichi Soyeda
and Tadao kamiya, three of the most
eminent business men Of Japan They
came TO this country to study the Cali
1orn1a situation. and desired to pay
their respects to President Wilson. who
Is much admired by them. To Mr. Will
son they expressed themselves In
friendly and cordial manner
James T. Dubois, retiring American
minister to Colombia and his successor,
T. A. Thompson. called on President
Wilson today, having a brief conference
with him. Mr.. Dubois has handed to the
President copy of his report to the
State Department on the claims of Co.
lombia against this country growing out
of the seizure by the United States of
the strip of territory now comprising the
Panama Canal Zone and the aid given
in the esta blishment of the republic of
Panama, formerly territory of Colombia
Bacon Discusses Treaties.
Senator Bacon of Georgia talked with
the President about the status Of the
administration arbitration treaties in the
Senate and other matters in Congress.
The Georgia senator said he unquestion-
ably favors currency legislation of some
kind at this session. AS to the fate of
the arbitration treaties. he predicted that
they would not be defeated. He did
not admit. though, that the treaties would
go through the Senate exactly as pre-
scented by the State Department
Relative to the complaints of Ameri-
cans against the situation in Mexico,
Senator Bacon said that 1t was impossl-
BILE for this country to attempt to regu-
late the troubles of American MS there with
out Intervention. The latter was out Of
the question, in his opinion, and the re-
suit was that Americans would have to
be contented with conditions in Mexico
until stable government Is established.
public printer whose nomination is now
| before the Senate was at the White
House today talking with his old friend
Secretary Tumulty, who returned this
morning from Jersey City. where the
degree of LII. D. was conferred upon him
last night by st. Peters College, from
which he graduated twelve years ago.
The sundry civil bill Is before Presi-
dent Wilson, and in the next Few days
he probably will sign it with an &C
companying statement as to his posi-
ton on the clause prohibiting the use
of 100000 appropriated for trust in
vestigation for prosecution Of farmers
and labor organizations.
Want People Represented.
President Wilson has been asked by
state railroad commissioners Of west
ern states to take steps to have 1.-The
case Of the people" represented in the
work to be undertaken by the inter-
state commerce commission Of the ply
steal valuation Of railroads.
The President has been told that the
railroads have organized to look out for
there should be counsel for the public.
The President Is interested in the mat
ter and is likely to follow the sugges-
ton, it is said.
Dr. William II. Welch and B. H. Girls
void, jr., Of Johns Hopkins University
of Baltimore, talked with President Will
son today about the affairs of that in
stitution especially the selection Of
president
Mr.. Wilson is an alumnus Of Johns
Hopkins. The visitors were introduced
by Charles Grasty.
Maurice Francis Egan, minister to Den
mark, fS slated for an appointment by
President Wilson as a ambassador to
one Of the European courts, very proba-
bly, Austria. The President has had Mr.
Eagan's name in mind for promotion for
some time.