The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
In the Linelight
BY George Perry Morris.

For naught was all the eioquence
Of Lee Meriwether at the Missouri
Democratic convention. The Reed
was shaken as by O tornado. and
Woodrow was endorsed. Meri-
wether was q pioneer back in the
SOS in that form Of first hand in
vestfgation Of foreign lands and
peoples which is supposed to be
perfectly done II the investigator
Ieosnito. No fine hots and compart-
] ment cars for him. or floating pal
aces. First ION his own" and later
as government employe he
knocked about the world consider
ably. accumulating data" Then
came a call to be Missourfs labor
commissioner, and since then he
has been in politics"
The star" Of the Bahia Congress
now in session in New York city Is
His Highness, Fazel Mazandarini. q
Persian of note, who Is the bearer
of a special message to his Ameri-
can disciples from Abdul BAHIA Alb
bas, now resident at Haifa- Pales-
tine. One Of the features of this
Congress is to be a marriage cere-
mony uniting the East and the West
The bride is Miss Juanita Storch Of
Santa Rosa, California and the
bridegroom Mira Ahmad Schrab.
formerly OF the Persian Legation in
this city.
One of Sweden's ablest journalists.
DR.. Helmer Key. OF Stockholm. edi-
tor of the Svensk Dagbladet has
come to this country for a months
tour. Once he was a professor in
the University of Upsala. teaching
literature. To him must be credited
much of the influence that brought
into being the Swedish-American
Foundation. which. through litera-
ture and by exchange OF students, is
doing much to bind the nation of the
north and the United States to-
gether. He will visit Washington
and deserves a professional and aca-
demic welcome.
Few men in the diplomatic field
have responsibilities equal TO those
which must now be assumed by
Charles c. J. Jonnart. who is to rep
resent France at the Vatican. For
fifteen years relations have been
strained. and France has been un-
represented. Many questions arising
from this fact must be settled that
could not be previously. Added to
these are the many issues arising
from the war and from mutual in
terests of the church and the re-
public in settlement of territorial
disputes in the Near East and Far
East
President Emeritus wheeler, OF
the University Of California, who
has been in Japan studying condi-
tions there and using emollients to
reduce friction between the empire
and the United States, is returning
to urge the creation of a perma-
nent mediatorisI body that will set
tie all misunderstanding that may
arise between the United States and
Japan. Thus does the arbitral and
mediation plan OF settling govern
mental and national disputes get an
other recruit.
Former Senator Beveridge. Of
Indiana, is talked of as a compro-
mise candidate for temporary chair
man of the Republican National
, Convention. IL the fight between the
! Lodge Borah advocates becomes too
fierce. 1t would give him a chance
/ to spell bind" a body. that might
, be so impressed as to select him for
. Presidential candidate later. in case
of deadlock. The boy orator from
! the Wabash" now become the bio
grapher OF John Marshall and the
champion of things as they used to
be, much would like the lightning 10
strike his rod at Chicago, none who
! know him doubt,
Aguinaldo. the Filipino leader,
makes his first visit TO the United
States on an errand that will win
him sympathy. Ill health is driy-
ing him hither TO consult out best
surgeons. After his convaIescence
he deserves formal recognition by
the nation and by the States. for
he made the task OF American rule
, OF the dependency a relatively easy
task by his sense to know when he
was defeated.
Washington is TO see Georges Car
pentier on May l. He comes with q
circus. and gets $1,000 a day on a
ten weeks tour. His advance agents
claim that the French ambassador
Will be a sponsor for the show
and that President Wilson will At
tend. As the publicity agent and CO.
promoter of this deal" is a Denver
and Kansas City journalist, the per-
fectton of publicity" about IL may
be expected. To see NJ. Jusserand,
author of admirable books. step into
the rinEside of a circus and vouch
for the French champion Of lie box"
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