Evening star., 1925-05-03
History.


fiindenburg to be her next president.
He will be inaugurated May y. In
defeating former Chancellor DIR. Will
helm Marx for the presidency Won
HindenburG received 1859 ,399 votes,
or 4S per cent of the total valid bal
lots cast in the election. His victory
Is interpreted variouSly, but the ma
jorlty of opinion seems to be that the
leader of Germany's vanQuished forces
or the war will do nothing rash, that
his election will cause little change
In Germany's status among the ma
tions characterized by Lloyd George
of England as extraordinarily stu
pid', the. action Of the German peo-
pie Is regarded largely as indicating
sentimental fondneSS for the griZ-
Zled old representative of GERMANY
glorious past. and does not indicate
a gesture toward a return of the mon
archy for which he has always stood
One of the interesting results Of the
election is seen in France, where, II
is expected. the sentiment which al
ready Is reported to exist against an
other disar'Nlment conference is ex-
pected to increase. Little support for
a disarmament conference may be eX-
pected from France now, it is pointed
out, with Hindenburg, Germany's old
war lord, sitting in the saddle. On
the other hand, the comparatively
small powers of the German president
give the executive little authority to
change Gerrpany's present policy.
In an address before the annual
congress of the League for German
Industry. Dr. Hans Luther, the Ger
man chancellor, later in the week de-
clared there would be no change in
the foreign policy of Germany. While
he did not mention the name Of Won
Hindenburg, the chancellor's remarks
were especially significant as they fol-
lowed by day a long conference he
had had with the president-elect.
City planners from the Latin Ameri.
can countries met here last week un-
der the auspices of the American
Civic Association and discussed the
progress which has been made in diff
ferent countries Of Latin America to-
ward beautifytng capital cities. South
American and Central American prog
ress in this direction was considered
especially interesting in view of the
efforts of those most interested to
make Washington the most beautiful
capital city in the world.
Fleet maneuvers in the Pacific last
week were brought to a close when
sailors and marines were landed at the
Island of Oahu, which experts agree
is the key to the Hawaiian Islands.
The theory was that if this island
were captured, the remainder of the
group would also be captured. The
official verdict of who Won the mimic
battle has not been delivered. So
far, the only ones attempting to give
a decision are the newspaper cores
pondents who accompanied the fleet
and they differed. Some reports gave
1t that the batNeships in the attack
ing fleet were sunk" by the air.
planes, while others were just as Wig
were all destroyed" by the battle
ships. In the meanwhile, the real
naval and Army experts who served
as umpires in the sham battle will go
over the data and decide for them
selves the result Of the mimic war
fare.
Rafael Sanchez Aballi, a wealthy
Cuban sugar owner. has been selected
as Cuban Ambassador to the United
States, and his appointment was an
nounced last week. The new Ambas-
sador's son rlarried a daughter of Sc
nor Machado, the Cuban president
elect.
A unit composed entirely of former
officers of the old imperial Russian
army was mustered into the Califor-
MIA National Guard last week. 1t is
the first time an entire unit composed
of officers Of a foreign service has
ever Joined National Guard body, 1t
is stated. The highest in rank was
Lieut.. Gen. Alexander Elshen, com
mander of a Russian corps during the
World War. Five colonels, seven lieu
tenant colonels and four navy lieuten-
ants were among the group.
Speakers at sessions here of the
All-America Association for the Ad
vancement of Women--which are be-
ing attended by woman delegates from
Latin American countries-took the
occasion last week to voice some of
their suspicious" about the so-called
imperialistic policy of the United
States toward Latin America. Both
in Mexico and Brazil, two woman dele
gates declared. the United States IS
viewed with suspicion, for the impress
sion has somehow gained ground that
the interest Of the United States in
Latin America is really selfinterest.
The United States was defended, to
some extent, by Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, chairman Of the confer
ence, who declared that while there
are millions in this country friendly
10 the Latin Americas, they are not
the ones who control this country's
policies.
With the time for the beginning Of
the Citizens Military Training Camps
still three months away, % per cent Of
the estimated attendance quota Of
so 900 young men between the ages
OF II and 81 have already been en-
rolled, according to the War Depart
ment. This number is double the en-
rollment at this time Of last year, it
is stated. Forty-two camps stretching
across the continent from Fort McKin-
ley Me, to the Preside Of California,
will be opened this year to train the
young men of the Nation in the art
Of WARMTH the hope that this train
ing will result in the best guarantee
possible for continued peace.
While there are still many guesses
as to when the President intends to
leave Washington this Summer for a
vacation in New England. his depart
ure is not expected until after June
%. A White House spokesman last
week, answering questions as to when
the Executive would leave. said the
President would be here for a meet
ing Of the business department OF the
Government on June %, and that he
would not leave before then.
Addressing the Yorktown Historical
Association in New York, last week,
the British Ambassador, Sir Esme
Howard, declared that the battle of
Yorktown was not a loss, but rather
a gain for Great Britain. He ex'
planned that il the British had won the
battle of Yorktown, a struggle would
have been continued which would
have exhausted England.
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