Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-15

An extraordinary but limited mind,
Mr.. Hughes impresses u~ MS the boy
lightning calculates does. and leaves
us unsatisfied.'
On the Washington conference this
comment " made.
THE reeults OF the Washington con-
ference were substantial. They put of
war whece none was threatening. Per-
haps In tho longer future they will be
seen to be no more than n prolonga-
| tim OF the intent OF the Versailles
/ treaty. confirming the dichotoany OF
powers which that instrument created.
Germany. Russia and China were
treated az outsiders In both confer
ences."
Wilson Chilled an Autocrat.
Woodrow Wilson comes in for sharp
filings and this curious story Is told of
him:
Mr.. Wilson was by temperament an
autocrat. An illustration of how per-
sonal was his government was his
treatment OF his enemies. His bitter
ness against Huntington Wilson, the
Republican Ambassador to Mexico, is
we,l-known. A year or two after the
|
son came up for examination to en-
ter the consular service. He passed at
the top N the list President Wilson
heard of his success and directed that
he should receive no appointment"
Huntington Wilson never was AM
bassador to Mexico He was Assistant
Secretary OF State. The author may
: have had Henry Lane Wilson. former
|. Ambassador to Mexico, In mind.
The Cabinet Is not spared. A rather
general view that Mr.. Mellon has
made an excellent Secretary of the
Treasury Ia not allowed. "Mr. Mellon
is the shyest and most awkward man
d who ever rose 10 power" says the
a writer. He Is pictured az getting credit
g that belongs to suboCdinates, among
!, whom s. p. Gilbert, the Under Secre-
: tary of the Treasury IL mentioned
). most prominently. The voice is the
q voice of Mellon but the hand is the
q hand OF Gilbert" 1t is told Of Treasury
n accomplishments. Mr.. MELONS refusal
% to dismiss Democrats from the Treas
n ury service Ia attributed 10 merely
II the instinct of self.protection."
l. President Need Not Understand.
In the references to the Cabinet 1t Is
" said that every Administration takes
" its color from the President. and the
le author then tells this:
- Listen to the experience OF Cab
" met adviser. One OF the most import
70 ant Secretaries was explaining t'
'e some friends critical situation. But.
~ intertected one of the listeners, 'doet
1t President Harding understand IT." The
President replied the Secretary
- never mas really to understand any
~ thing"
! To emphasize this criticism. the fol
lowing il told:
: And remember how Secrc.
'e tary Hughes told tho Preei'
T. dent that the Four-power pac
u covered with It's guarantees
SC the home islands of Japan, ant
how couple OF days later Mr.. Hard
ing informed the press that II DID
III not cover the home islands of Japan
when il TRANSFERRED that the infor7na
ton OF Mr.. Hughes on this point hee
effected no Judgment in the President
10 mind"
!. 1t Is said by the author that "th'
;. two most important advisers in the
=, existing Cabinet are Mr.. Hughes and
Mr.. Hoover" but tho limitations o
., the Secretary OF State are the linita
tions OF a legalistio mind" and "th'
Va limitations OF Mr.. Hoover are the nmi
tations OF Il scientific mind"
i, Mr.. Hoover Is depicted as operating
a. with the scientific mind when he feed.
= starving millions. but when he oper
"A ates in normal society he takes hi
chemical agent in hand and coneulti
:. Mr.. Harding, Mr.. Daugherty or Mr.
70 Weeks as to what agents there are
10 IN the political retort."
- $50 you eee," II is said. "the prac
10 teal utility OF his mind Is conditioned
a, upon the minds OF Mr.. Harding. Mr.
Weeks and Mr.. Daugherty."
e. Daugherty Held up rs Buffer.
es OF Attorney General Daugherty
he who is represented ~ always seekint
n. a "vindication." this personal sketch
r. is given:
I'm physique the Attorney Genera
y. Is burly, thick-necked, his eyes ar
nj unsteady. his face alternately oval ant
u minatory--I should say he bluffed ef
al fectively-rough in personality. Hi
ne instructive idea Of Office is that II, toe
n is personal. something TO be used. al
s. ways within the law. to aid friend
N. and punish enemies"
he Secretary Weeks is represented a
I'D "nearer akin mentally to the Presiden
de than any other member Of the Cabine
TO but with more industry and more ca
81 pacity for details than his chief"
h Secretary Falls voice Is "alway
er loud and angry. He has the frontier
he mans impatience. From his kin
.ss lynch law springs"
"a Secretary DENLY, with his flabh
an jowls and large. shapeless mouth, hs
n. big heart and more enthusiast
than he has self command, judgmeI
,,s and intelligence"
To- Davis was put at the head OF the d,
partment OF Labor because he is :
"a professional glad-hand man"
Senator Lodge, who has become Il
a., outstanding figure in conventional D,
20 litical criticism, Is Mt spared by Il
- ritter of Behind the Mirrors" I
~, is IAN irascsble old man, with woi
nerves" the author says. 1t is col
tended that the Hanna-Aldrich sto,
produced Henry Cabot Lodge. so
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