Evening star., 1924-05-04

VIE one tninG which struck all
Frenchmen In Gen. Dawes was
4 his management of his pipe.
The Aztecs, when they saw
SorteZ and some of his men riding up
TO Mexico on horseback, thought they
were one with the unknown animals.
So, the French watched the generals
plpe-hanging Imply in repose.
puned out horizontally when it's
owner had to listen, gesticulating up
and down as he argued or questioned
and played with idly as he talked
The generals mouth Can expressive
mouth) and the generals hands (ex
pressing hands, are one with his
pipe!
The French were quite willing to
oelieve that he wore his pipe at au-
dfences with the President of the re-
public and as part of his full evening
dress at gala dinners.
Also. they had great expectations
ehat Gen. Dawes would be original
In speech. They were, perhaps less
impressed than the English by en-
thusiastic Washington reports of elo-
could no more be translated than
dlalect joke-but they were told that
nc would go hammer and tongs into
The heart Of things and knock efrete
European diplomacy for a row of
crab's-meat cocktails.
This is why they were so pleased
with his first reported utterances to
newspaper correspondents - which
were very nearly his last, for no
american kept his mouth tighter
shut In Europe!
lie made 1t plain that his commits
sion had to settle a business promo
Sltion; and Americans have high
reputation in Europe for big busi-
ness.
Responsible Paris papers told how
Gen. Dawes had "buckled the Amert
can budget" AS such bucklins has
always been done in France, at least
on paper, 1t did not make the i'm
preston it deserved: but It helped to
give immense popular confidence in
The American experts as business
men.
This confidence vas increased by
Zen. Dawes hat and overcoat. Those
who saw him without them. saw well
made. well fitting American cut and
Hhished suits of British fabrics: but
TAT and overcoat were full of equi-
1oc4 4dog-eXaggerated to thrill. even.
London racing men. as gioriously an
sular as II chopped out with an ak.
lie must be Il great man.
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a MERICANS. therefore, ought not
to be disappointed because one of
their heroes did not give a more par
SECULAR exhibition OF his national tai
ants Tor the benefit of Europe re-
fer to the line OF language.
from the first days, three things
appeared with clearaess: U) The
English and French experts formed,
Ntsisiy. real friendship for their
chairman and leader: (2) the leader
ship or Gen. Dawes assumed and ac-
cepted equally rs natural. depended
on the mans interior dynamics; (S)
which I. d. saw seldom need to ma
IeriaIize In c. w.-cuss words.
1 can tell one anecdote which shows
all three:
On the third day after their arrival
in Paris. Gen. Dawes. Mr.. Robinson
and their English collea CUES lunched
incoSnito with US at the informal
weekly luncheon Of the Anglo Amer
lean Press Association of Paris.
We all promised, and kept the
promise, that no part OF the con-
versation should be reported. nor,
very particularly, the fact OF our
guests presence. This latter was for
their social requirements, as they
were refusing so many invitations.
and desired not to wound the feelings
OF any, either of politics or society
Between the hors d'oeuvres and the
fish, Gen. Dawes pulled out his short
black pipe, loaded 1t with happy de-
liberation. and, amid puffs OF salts
faction. put the dot on the "i' with
the only near cu5s word I remember
hearing from him.
Dammit" said the general, we are
not here"
Sir Robert kimberley told US how
they happened to accept the invita-
tion. 1t revealed. in q fash. the gay
domination which his colleagues ac-
cepted SO instinctively from Gen.
Dawes fro.: the first days.
I'VE had no idea VIC were to lunch
with the Anglo-American Press Asso-
ciation," said Sir Robert. 1T Is an
tmpromptu pleasure. Gen. Dawes
simply said to US: You put on your
hats and coats and come with me""
Throughout the work OF the COM
i, personality of the man who put the
fear OF God into the hearts OF would
be profiteers when he was general
purchasing agnt for the A. L. F.. in
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TN Washington he wears a profanc
i halo. The extremely interesting
fact, however, is that the impression
made by Gen. Dawes as q uniquely
ereat executive does not depend upon
the brusque and snappy manner or
the characteristic words and phrases
-vhich went round the world from
washington. but upon their opposite
Exactly! The dynamic thing is the
i,terior elegance Of the mans thought
which sways the hell n Maria"
,,uR like foreign language perfectly
a use from childhood, without ac-
cent!
thousands of men have a dominant
,,tn. and are clothed with efficiency
"a in shining arnor. They say 100
1nn%it Ipefaod NJ "nufte" or