The Washington times., 1923-01-28

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napllshments in Russia and is
impatiently waiting for the revolu-
ton to come to this country. Mr..
Horton, angered by such notions.
thinks a husband and at least
four children might bring the COL
lege girl. graduate Of Bryn
Mawr, believe, to her senses.
It would help. certainly. What
do you think?
HENRY p FLETCHER. our
ambassador to Belgium is
coming home shortly, He is to
be chief of our delegation to the
Pan-American conference to be
held in Chile in March. He is
due here about the end of Febru-
airy and win sail with. Secretary
Hughes on March 3. / don't seem
to be able to find out whether
Mrs. Fletcher viii accompany him
or not.
He seems to have been enjoy
ing very much his post Of obser-
walton. as 1t were, of European
happenings from Brussels. I have
a notion that Fletcher is slated
for a new post, and would not be
surprised IL he were transferred,
say to Tokyo, which is a bigger
post than Brussels, and which is
now vacant, Ambassador Charles
b. Warren of Detroit, having just
resigned. I did hear, though,
some place that Alanson B.
Houghton, our ambassador at Ger
many, does not like his post very
much and might be sent to Tokyo.
OF course, one hears many runors
and often from supposedly reliable
sources? Which yet don't ma.
terialize.
Tokyo is an unpopular post
with the diplomats Of several ma
tions. I've heard many reasons
given, but the last I heard i'm
pressed me the most. Most dip
lomats like to be located in coun-
tries where there is some excite
ment or possibility of it, some
tension. Just now relations be-
tween Japan and this country are
very amicable and the ambassador
is hardly more than a glorified
messenger boy under those con-
ditions. However, I think either
Fletcher or Houghton would go
there gladly now. 1 notice
Charles Warren didn't stay there
very long; just about a year. I
suspect that Fletcher's time In
Washington won't be spent en-
tirely discussing Latin-American
affairs and that he will be found
several times on the golf course
with the President He ia I'M
doubtedly the Presidents favorite
golfing partner; plays a. SITTER
game and makes Harding fight
harder than his other favorites do,
A N interesting visitor here last
week was Mrs. Frank r. Lille
OF Chicago. sister Of Charles r.
Crane, formerly our minister to
China. She has gone to New
York, but while here she occupied
Mr.. Cranes apartment at Stone
leigh Court, which he keeps the
year round, staying there when
he Is in town. or lending it to his
relatives and friends who are
passing through. l understand
that Mrs. Lille is the most radi.
cal OF women millionaires. She is
a large stakeholder in the big
Crane valve works, the founda.
ton of the Crane fortune. but for
years she has refused to take any
dividends, dividing them I'D
among the employees instead.
Mrs. Lille is treasurer of the
Labor Defense Council, which
stands for civil liberties, freedom
of speech, freedom Of the press
and freedom of assembly. She is
taking an active part, 1 believe,
in the defense of William c. Eos.
ter and the group of alleged Com.
munists who were arrested in
Michigan by Federal and State
and Berrien county authorities
rather recently.