The Washington herald., 1922-03-05

IL Is an auOdClOuS ana dSIOnlSh-
ing scheme and took us of our
feet. We seemed spellbound. The
few men to whom I spoke babbled
incoherently. What will they say
in Lon9bn? To see a British first
lord Of tn admiralty and another
late first lord, sitting at a table
with the American Secretary OF
State telling them how many ships
they should scrap. struck me as a
deliEbyeyeey fantastic idea"
fnch Cat the Washing
ton ees3ssnce) seemed furious that
they sffoufd not be at the top table.
and lRsserand was white and
elenchR3ss fists"
ssaeh ~Not HAPPY
Il don't think that the French
are veryzihappy. They have not
got a1h. One of the sharpest
Of chmen here tells me that
all BrfarfGs Information was at
fault A6that he expected to md
Englal.oad the United States at
loggef6sl, when he could play
Bismafeks old part of honest
brokers seHe finds us cordially in
uniso1 Is nonplussed. I do not
thinEnkknaBhe wants Frances fleet
reduct6-xhd as there Is no sign
that Hhkhes will suggest any plan
of laBkArmament limitation. Bril-
and s to bring out Frances
position clearly. when he should
make a great speech and evoke
much sympathy. But the time has
passed for an Anglo-American
guaranAsb for passing a sponge
over French debts to the United
States
The French correspondents at
the Washington conference sent a
deputation to BRAND to demand
some of the champagne that he
brought over and offered to pay for
MI. Hnghes said that the con-
ferencerftself was.quite a tame af-
fair. but when he read his clippings
at night he was astonished at all
that wS being read into it and
could sosrcsly sleep"
Now York has the effect upon
me Of meeting an ichthyosaurus in
Berkeley Square. II Is all amazing
and gargantuan and cannot
imagine anyone wanting to live
here"
"I must record Simonds' story OF
the American Senator who had
been attacked in an anonymous
book. He thought he knew the
writer and wrote a venomous and
truculent letter to a man who was
not the author. This man replied:
"'Sir.
In reply to your letter:
A 1 did not write the book.
B. 1 wish to God that I had writ
ten IL.
Yours respectfully
Question:: Why do American
country roads have no sidewalks?,
Apparent answer. Because Amer
leans never walk"
America Stands Apart.
The real hope of future success
lies in the combination Of the char
acters OF the two TITng m,n here,
with THE Sportentous wealth and
power-af the United States whose
word no power can resist. assum-
ing i~nndnues - ring as true as
10 does here poS. We EuropCa ans
are ali ioo mum ,HvolVs1 ard Ted
UP in our treaties, interests, and
chickering's in Europe ari any FU-
ropean statesman 10 take the lead
in this affair. America stands
apart, unseeking. unselfish, right
eous, weiAintentioned, Olympian IN
her detachment, yet with means of
constraint at need, both moral and
material 81 seel no power but
Americas to redeem Europe and
Asia from all the terrible troubles
which my inquiries this year have
made too poignantly manifest to
me. Responsibility goes with
power and has ever so gone since
the dawn of history"
The way Americans criticise and
abuse their political system Is dis
concerting: They describe II as the
lowest and meanest thing on earth.
have scarcely a good word to say
for any politician, and even rate
LEGISLATURES to the general body of
voters For not more than a small
minority of Senators has anybody
a good VOID to say,......
7 prcEsnwasnington to any Eu-
ropean capital for a conference IKE
the present. The atmosphere Is
much more serene. There are not
all the thousands OF distractions
and yexations of Paris or London.
Everyone can think and work, and
meetings are easy owing to short
distances. 1t is a pity that the
hotels are so bad and SO wickedly
expensive, but otherwise life Is
pleasant. The arrangements for the
conferences have all been well maze.
The hostesses of Washington have
overwhelmed US with their kind
ness and hospitality. Nothin, 'ouid
exceed the natural grace OF the
womenfollo and the sterling quail
ties of their men. Scarcely any
ostentation or parade. Simple
bomely houses and many very
pleasant ones. One has to refuse
abundant Invitations, especially in
the evenings. or scrap ones work.
for q conference like this occupies
nearly all ones time. May Heaven
and the hostesses forgive us for
all the cards we ought. to have
left and hape not left"
a'Clemerau was asked how he
felt aftN Sis operation for appen-
dicit's. quite we'll replied the
Tiger. fitere are only two per
fectiy ussisss things in the world.
ons !. epDendiH and the other
..Admirak Sims. on being asked
what the supreme council would do |
about the freedom Of the seas. re-
piled that he did not care so long
6a. they did not interfere with |
mixed bathing" |
|THE WANDERING JEW. by E.
Temple Thurston. &C. r.
Punam's Sonsl.
when this play was produced in
New York last October. e was loudly !