Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-18
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Especial to The Bulletin. ]

special session now closing and for whatever good comes out of it's work New England will deserve the lions | share of credit. Senator Lodge of | Massachusetts is floor leader of the senate and chairman of the foreign re- lations committee. which also counts in | it's membership Moses of New Hamp- | shire and Brandegee of Connecticut: | Gillett of Massachusetts is speaker of the house. and the chairmanships. of | both branches of congress fall largely 1, to members of the New England dele 1 gation. Moreover, every important or so-called major committee has strong New England representation. Rogers of Massachusetts is acting chairman of the house committee on foreign af- fairs; Greene of Massa chusetts, chair man of merchant marine and fisheries. on which are also White of Maine and Burroughs of New Hampshire; bank ing and currency has Senator Mclean of Connecticut chairman. with Walsh of Massachusetts a member; interstate commerce, with the great labor and railroad problems before it. has Win slow of Massachusetts and Merritt of Connecticut; the ways and means, counted the first in rank, has Tilson of Connecticut and Treadway of Massa- chusetts; while banking and currency, rivers and harbors. postoffices. appro- priations and others of the highest rank are thoroughly sprinkled with representatives from the New England states. And these men have worked hard and fearlessly for what they be- lieev to eb the best interests of the
 country in the way of reconstruction measures. Sometimes they have won out completely and sometimes they have been forced to make concessions, but they have invariably stood firm for adequate protection of the United i States in both national and interna- | tional matters.
 The president is still determined the league shall not be adopted unless in
 the exact form in which he presented
 it to congress. The senate has already made radical changes, and more are in | sight. It is determined that if ratified l the United States shall be amply pro- | tected and that the treaty of peace.
 with its league of nations attachment, which the president announced he 1 would force down their throat, shall at 1 least be swallowed with as little diff l ficulty as possible, by smoothing off the most offensive edges. It's a game
 of tug of war. and it looks at this mo- ment as if the senate had the strong est team. For should the president re- fuse to accept the treaty after the sen
 ate has acted within it's power 'to advise and consent" on him will rest
 the responsibility of rejection. The l senate. not only the full republican
 membership. but with a number of democrats following the same trail, has
 adopted stiff reservations to protect ] American interests >and far more than
 q majority of that body believe if the United States is to be able to hold its own against a mass of foreign coun-
 tries involved in the transaction, nc
 loophcle must be left unguarded. Per
 haps no better instance of possible
 danger under the league is found thar
 in the published suggestion of Sir An drew McPhail that under authority o1
 the league Canada shall set aside ex-
 isting treaties and take over to itsel1 much of the northern part of the state of Maine. which was set apart to the United States after a dispute more } than half century ago. That woilt | give Canada the great stretch ot .l United States territory through whcf runs 159 miles or more of Canadian owned railway now territory of the United States That this could h; dore under article 19 of section i. claimed hv Sir Andrew. and goes tt l show plaiair wh1t a tremendous ad I va Ttagc those six British controlled D votes against the one American vot,
 would be If the matter should b,
 brought up for action by the league There was great ruction over tn
 railroad bill while it was up for dis cussion. How to frame a bill tha . would meet the needs of the railroad t big and little that will be affected b, l it was 6 tough nut for the interstat r committee to crack. And after the, [ had worked night and day for man, l1
 badly pummeled by the house an, many changes made Much persona 0 bitterness developed in the debates a e each man tried to protect the interest q of roads in his particular section of tn - country. In fact, that railroad bil o like the peace treaty, means war to tn
 knife and will probably result in con
 sessions that won't exactly please any s one by the time the roads are throw = back from government to private con
 trol, which is expected to be approxi Q ma tely Jan, 1st.
 d The PTince of Wales had a 'joll a good time" here during his three day = visit. lie proved to be an exceedingl attractive young fellow who mad Il friends fast among both young and ol, d and at the same time kept an eye ol e for the pretty girls who crossed h Ie royal path. The prince is about : " years old and the society women hel l. with attractive buds" on their hand lost no time in bringing them out fC
 receptions, teas and dances. It neede
 no league of nations to insure zoe
 fellowship. The prince punctillious
 made formal morning calls; he grave 10 shook hands and lunched with the diI ys lomatic corps, the cabinet and COT
 gress, but whenever there was a spa
 minute he chatted gayly with the gir
 he met, danced till the wee sma to hours and had a thoroughly good tin It generally. And those girls are car t. fully laying away in lavender u
 gloves they wore when the your
 prince gallantly pressed their han, 1s and will treasure them long after t II heir to the British throne has becon l. ruler. But the little prince of Belgiu 1g missed all this and was permitted
 take part only in the grave and form
 ceremonies given in honor of the Xii and queen.
 to ''Fathsr and mother" didn't COT .a along with the Prince of Wales al 40 naturally his titled attendants a
 suite could not hold so tight a re
 As result the heir to the Britt ne throne had a peep into the life C. Washington's younger set. At the sta at receptions official Washington turn
 Out III us pest DID ana LuCkeT. WDl
 often consisted of daring Parisian co va tunes apparently held in place or II by the frail thread of tiny string pearls or slender chain of rosebu we carelessly thrown over the should if There was much brilliancy in { de court dress of the diplomatic cor
 whose women were diamond bedeck
 some with small crowns of jewels tc
 ping their elaborately dressed ha ny The men wore great jeweled insig1 ng of order and rank dangling from g on ribbons around their necks or pinr Ter to the brilliant sash which cross