Evening star., 1923-01-06
Washington Observations
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
of the Times at London. used to b
named Geoffrey Robinson. He q

of the Times at London used to be
named Godfrey Robinson. He as
sumed the name of Dawson by royal
license In 1917 in order, It was under
stood, to be legally entitled to in
herit the fortune of a wealthy uncle,
who died without direct heir. Daw-
whom Northcliffe made him editor OF
the Thunderer In 1912. He success
fully opposed several OF Northcliffe's
more radical war policies. including
the latters attempt to identify the
Times with the Daily Malls cele-
connection with the shells tragedy"
In 1917, his mind having refused TO
60 willingly along with one OF North
cliffe's anti-government crusades,
Dawson resigned. He is q graduate
OF Eton and Oxford and once edited
the johannesburg Star In South
Africa.
Japan soon again will figure in pro-
ceedings before the United States su.
preme Court. when argument In ref
erence to the California land laws will
be heard. Litigation to test the valid
ity of the laws was brought by q
japanese farmer in southern Cali
fornia and an American land owner
named O'Brien. The case contestins
the statutes will be argued by Louis
| Marshall OF the New York bar, while
California's cause will be presented
by the law officers of the Golden state
Our Japanese friends took with
sportsmanlike grace the recent Su.
preme Court decision, handed down
as his maiden EFFORT by Associate Jus
| tice Sutherland. denying Nipponess
the privilege of American citizenship
However, the land laws cases result
they may be depended upon to conduct
| themselves with corresponding dig
1 nifty. The case was instituted virtual
ly at the instigation of the Toxic
| government.
What President Harding branded "s
record congregation" assembled 81
the White House yesterday for the
| of important comment on the Euro.
pean situation were the attraction
The scribes. especially the group OF
| foreign correspondents attached tc
| the Washington corps. were amazed
| TO be told that Notwithstanding the
| old world crisis, the cabinet, for the
| nrSt time since the f1arQlEE aQmlnfS'
! tration took ONCE, assembled. but ad
| jogrned without meeting, because ne
| business was submitted for discus
| sion, An American newspaper man o.
| unique international experience, wa,
among those present and disappointed
/ when White House spokesmen an
| nounced there was nothing to say or
| the subject that is giving Europe IL!
I! most nervous week end since the war
| He is Burnet Hershey, who has Gov
| cred" every postwar conference ex
cept those of the past months and hal
/, just returned from q trip around tn,
! world. No American writer has NOR,
/ Intimate knowledge Of the personal
| tiles and psychology of the repara
tions squabblers.
4 i Il
Senator Smith w. Brookhart OF
Iowa intends embracing q mutual!
agreeable opportunity to renew al
old acquaintance with Woodrow viii
son. Col. Brookhart once was in com
mand of a rife range on the Jer
sey coast, near Seagirt. He was OIL
ighborly terms with the then Chic
Magistrate, whose summer White Hous
visitors often included visit to tn,
range as part OF their outing at SHADOW
Lawn.
J Copyright 1921