The Washington herald., 1920-08-18
Notes BY a Washington Observer
Vacations Cut Cabinet Gerard
To Dine Rumanian Prince-Charles
R. Crane Tours China

during recent times and been re-
ceived everywhere with marked evil
dences of Chinese sympathy for
America. Mrs. Crane, who accom-
panied her husband. christcned the
+ United States Shipping Board steam
ship Mandarin, built by the Chinese
at the Kiang-nan yard in Shanghai.
After the christening the Cranes
visited HangchoN, Soochow and
! Marking. In Peking the American
Minister has made a contribution Of
$1,000 annually to the Anti-Opium
| Society.
German Trade Under Way.
| Some mild surprise found express
sion in Washington yesterday that.
although we are still at war" with
Germany. the United States Ship
ping Board has sanctioned the com
pletion Of vast deals between New
York capitalists and the German
steamship lines. The State Depart
ment explains that blanket IL
cense' prevails, under cover of
which 1t is legally permissible for
any American to engage in COM
merCial transactions with enemy
I subjects" German-American trade,
as may not be generally realized. is
at present in full blast and growing
from month to month. The United
States is not yet issuing passports
to Germany.
L. s. Gains Trade Advantage,
As was stated in the washington
Herald some months ago. America
has stolen an important march on
British and Scandinavian shipping
rivals in capturing the worldwide
Facilities" of the Hamburg -Ameri-
can line and the North German
Lloyd. English, Norwegian, Danish
and Swedish navigation concerns
were making overtures to the Ger
man concerns. but evidently the lat
ter found it more profitable to close
with American interests. The de-
funct magpates OF Hamburg and
Bremen are particularly anxious to
take the wind out of British shin
ping SAILS, and believe that the new
alliance with the United States Of
fers the best prospect of doing so.
Japan Emperor Ill.
1t was remarked in washington
diplomatic circles yesterday that
by an unprecedented coincidence
the heads of three great States AL
lied in the war are now more or
less incapacitated. They are Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson, of the
United States; President Paul Des-
chanel. of France, and ,Yoshihito
Emperor of Japan. The Mikado has
been unable to perform all the Of
fees of state for some months nsst
and the crown prince has been
funCtioning for such purposes as
receptions of foreign diplomats,
The japanese sovereign is SUFFERING
with acute diabetes. He is the 12sd
| emperor of Japan and is Al wears
old.
Ex-senator Runs for House.
Congress will extend a cordial
| welcome to former Senator Thea-
dore Z. Burton, of Ohio, who has
just been nominated for Represen-
tative from his home district of
Cleveland. 1t is not very usual for
former United States Senator TO
return to Washington as a member
of the lower house. Representative
at-large William Z. Mason, of IIli-
nois, is an existing case in point.
Masons fellow representatives at :
large from Illinois, Richard Yates,
was once governor of his State, as
was his famous father before him
during the civil war. Burton will
bring experience and knowledge of
foreign affairs to the branch of
Congress that is not over-rich in
them.