The Washington times., 1922-11-17

WIN OnttcO
States.
Mr.. Lewis also says that the new
government will do Its best to turn
It's face away from all unnecessary
foreign military adventures. His
statement is supported by the ac
ton Of the British electorate In de-
feating Mr.. Winston Churchill and
6ir Hamar Greenwood for parlia
ment.
Mr.. Churchill. as colonial secre
tary, was always undertaking a&
ventures n Mesopotamia and other
expensive regions; and Sir Hemar
as Irish secretary, filled Ireland
with adventurous Black and Tans
who soon became almost as un,
popular In Britain as they were In
Ireland Itself. Those two experts
IN costly and futile wandering war
fare are gone. Br tain turns toward
home and toward peacefulness.
America turns toward the politics
of agriculture In the Mississippi
valley. President Harding soon will
be appointing somebody to the Fed.
agriculture In accordance with q
recent statute which was passed by
the Western farm bloc and which
50 represented. He also soon will
be appointing somebody else TO that
same Federal Reserve Board to
take the place of w. p. q. Hard
ing, who apparently will not be re.
appointed because he Is unpopular
with Western farm organizations.
The Republican party Is going 10
try to keen the Western farmer In
the Republican party fold and let
the devil and the Democrats have
che Eastern Industrial wage Garner.
Deep plans are being discussed
60 bring It about that II there is
q vacancy In the Cabinet 1t shall
go to farm bloc Senator. O'her
deep plans are being developed ia
try to get the Interstate Commercs
Commission to reduce the freight
rates on agricultural commodities
even IL It cannot reduce them on
any other commodities. The idea
Is started that If President Harding
refuses to succeed himself. then a
good man for the White House
would he the head Of the Senatorial
farm bloc-Mr. Capper. The place
buzzes with ideas for pleasing the
man with the hoe.
Meanwhile the Democrats are turn
ing toward the West to choose their
new floor leader in the Senate. The
, present leader, Mr.. Underwood, OF
Alabama. is retiring; and II seems
Shat the eastern South will retire
with him. His successor may be
Senator Walsh of Montana or Sen.
ator Robinson Of Arkansas, or even
Senator Pittman OF Nevada. Mr.
Pittman would certainly never be
considered in comparison with Sen.
ator Simmons Of North Carolina or
Senator Swanson of Virginia IL II
were not case Of p'acating the
West. The West has It's foot In the
stirrup and seems to be mounting for
quite o ride.
In foreign affairs the conversation
which will take place between our
Government and the Turkish govern,
ment Is going to be about az follows
absolute equality Of business oppor'
tunity In Turkey. We demand the
open door"
The Turkish government: "But
you do not grant equality OF business
opportunity 70 foreigners in the
Philippines. You give them a who e
lot of closed door"
Our Government: "Oh! Hum! We
are a large country. Count our de.
stroycrs In the straits"
a Britain and the United States are
turning their faces as much as posri
ble toward home, but they have 70
look abroad in Turkey and elsewhere
every now and then In order to be
sure OF their future supplies of pc.
troleum. Much Is being written just
now about Amer can interests" In
the northern half OF the island of
sakhalin. These "interes $" are the
sinclair OIL Company--the same com.
many that has The Department OF tho
interior concession for the develop.
mont of oil wells In thc Teapot Dome
naval oil reserve In Wyoming: and
the trouble 10 that the conc ss on In
The northern half % the island OF
sakhalin seems afputbto be pinched'
r,,. eassalin eonsm.lon is from
.Ss .ss srisssls';: \ q s. s'ssis s.sd
by a csrtaih BAN pr 10 Il viii ex.
pre-. The date = q aPproaesins, pr .as s.. and nd
tbe japanese aret sitting, on 1.-THE
northern half OF the island OF SAX
haiin and refuse to get off. The SIN,