The Washington times., 1915-08-12
will Give Exclusive Attention to
Foreign Problems and Do
mestic Policy.
POLITICIANS ARE CHECKED
National Deefnse, Congressional
Program, and Seaman's
: Law To Be Considered.

mot homo for politics"
This IL the hsurat1ve sign which was
hung out early at the White House
today, following the Presidents return
from Cornish.
And TO those self-constituted politi.
cal advisers Of tho President, who had
been led to believe that the President
was returning partly for the purpose
Of taking stock of the 1915 situation,
the notice Is disappointing.
Hand in hand with this problem Of
national defense must 60 the problem
Of financing large increases in the
army and navy budgets. It Is under
stood that the President has been CIV
Ing this matter close attention, and
that he plans conferences with Secre-
tary Of the Treasury McAdoo and the
chairmen Of the House and Senate FL
nanco Committees. which may result
In the adoption Of any one or moro Of
the various expedients suggested. in
cluding modification Of certain sched-
ules Of the Underwood tariff. repeal
Of the free sugar -provision. extension
Of the war tax another year. and sale
of bonds.
The Seamen's Law.
Attorney General Gregory Is under
stood to have tentatively approved the
opinion Of Assistant Attorney General
Thurman. throwing a wrench into the
machinery Of the Seamen's law. and de-
Gliding that the law. to become constitu-
tionally operative. must be followed by
provisions in the revised statutes. This
opinion. 1t Is understood. will be laid
before them within day or two.
Last. but not least. the President Is
Redfield for an accounting as to the
work Of the steamboat inspection serv-
ice In the light Of the Eastland tragedy
In Chicago. Already the President has
promised to look into this matter
thoroughly.
Maze of Problems.
AS a matter Of fact It was stated that
the President intends while here to de-
vote his exclusive attention to the for
eign problems confronting the Admin.
istration. and to those larger matters OF
domestic policy. such as national de-
fenSe, revenue matters, and the opera
tion of the seamen's law. as are de.
mandtng immediate attention.
Amid the general lack Of interest re-
sarding politics none. apparently, is
garding the 1916 campaign than Presi-
dent Wilson.
The controversy between Germany and
the United States over the question OF
submarine warfare. the issue with
Great Britain over the North Sea block
ade, the necessity Of rejecting the Aus.
trian proposal of an embargo by the
United States on war supplies. the stu
alton In Hayti. and the chaos in Mexico
constitute a maze Of foreign problems
which the President feels will demand
all the attention that he can possibly
give them.
On National Defense.
The question of national defense
swept by popular clamor to the fore
front Of domestic policies, the President
is already preparing to take hold of
How long he will remain in Washing.
ton has not been decided, but 1t ia safe
to say that before he returns to Cornish
he will have obtained from conferences
with Secretary Of War Garrison and
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels sufficient
Information upon which to determine
the demands he will make on Congress