The Washington herald., 1920-10-22
THORNY TOPIC
FOR CONGRESS
Philippine independence to
Come to Fore Again at
Coming Session.
By GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.

II reports from Manila do not
misrepresent the situation Congress.
when it assemblies, will have as one
OF its provocative side issues for de-
bate and action the thorny. topic OF
Philippine independence. The new
resident commissioner. Isauro CAL
badon, will come charged by the
insular government TO press the de-
mand vigorously. II he should hap
pen TO have active support from any
Of the Consressmen who have re-
Gently toured the islands the case
Of the Filipinos might become a de-
cidedly ad hominem one for Uncle
Sam at time when he Is busy dis
cussing other peoples problems OF
dealing with wards who have the
self complex.
The new commissioner is q grad
uate Of a Madrid university az well
as Of the University OF San Tomas
in Manila. A lawyer by profession
he has held executive and admins
trative posts under the inSulsr gov
/ ernment. and hence he knows the
responsibilities OF office as well as
! the aspirations Of q private citizen
and patriot.
President D. P. Barrows. OF the
University of California. has taken
1 bolder stand on the issue Of toll
Grating Asiatic migration and set
Element than his predecessor took.
The doom OF the United States is
in the possession OF California by
Orientsls," he is reported as saying
adding: Any nation that absnoons
/ her soil and turns IL over to another
race absndons it's national life for
an artificial and parasitic one"
/ President BGrrOws happens TO have
/ lived in Asia for so long q time
that he can hardly be called a the
orist." and he is In touch with a
/ fine stan Of university experts who
know the problems OF food produc-
( tion and social economics All re
/ ports from California indicate that
/ il there is an attempt by Fcdcrsl
authorities again 10 Induce the state
/ to subordinate State and sectional
| interests to national and interna-
| tionsl policies It will be met with
quite a different body Of reSiStsntE
! from those that Mr.. Bryan faced
when he acted as "paCi1er" in tho
] carry udNs o. bhS plSSttl eNlAi' .iae
/ trStion.
When L. \. FHene, Of Boston, a
founder and high Official Of the In
tternational Chamber Of Commerr,.
talked to the members OF the CITY
Club Wednesday evening he nlus-
trsted the point he was making
about the decline in the value OF the
currency now circulating I'm most
OF the countries OF Europe by tell
ing OF a luncheon that he gave m
Vienna at which the guests wcrr
high officials OF the impoverished
state. He said that it cost him 5.5ou
crowns. plus extra charges for milk
butter. smokes and other things. 4"
the implication being that the lat
ter were liquid in form. After Cm-
broiderinE the story with his VIII.
he brought his hearers down 10
realities by saving that the $500
crowns only meant So. Other of
his stories were more gruesome.
Amherst College has joined the
higher institutions Of learning sup
porting a bosk-issulnE business in
which professors and alumni Of the
given university and college have
prior rights as authors The first
volume will be by President Alex
snder Meiklejohn. who. in some re-
speCts. is the most suggestive and
significant educator OF his Ersuu
in New England. and who is lead
ing Amherst back to the strictly
cultural ideal OF the older type az
American college serving a limited
group OF students.
4 person has to travel about A
bit to realize how rapidly artists
and scuIptors Of the country are
finding patronage among adminI>-
traitors Of universities and COLES e,
or the alumni OF the same. Cam
, puses are being adorned with hronzr
or marble statues Of large fgurrs
in the history of education. litera.
ture or politics. Departments %
aesthetics are receiving gifts On.
richinE academic halls. and are CIV
ing students something other than
books or copies" 10 study from
and with.
A case in point is the promise ~
the gift OF statue Of Marquis la.
'fayette to Lafayette College. tho
sculptor as yet Unsunounced. and
the donor. Morris L. Clothicr. az
Philadelphia. the well-known imam
lCier and patron OF education. IN
theory the college long since should
have had q statue Of the French
man whose name Il bears But
Harvard was long time in erecting
one to its leading donor OF the colo.
nial period. John Harvard o.
course. the revived fraternity bc-
tween France and the United state.
during :he great war" accounts IN
part for the offer OF Mr.. Clothier
'Ortunstely the country now has -
= many competent sculptors that tn'.
commission need not. and indect
b should not. 60 beyond seas.