Evening star., 1925-09-23
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM BTLE.

case of man now on duty as a Min
lister in Europe, and who would have
made an ideal Ambassador in Japan,
an appointment was out of the Ques-
ton for the reason that he is not rich
enough to do what a niggardly Uncle
Sam expects his diplomatic represent
atives to do out of their own pockets.
Economy that deprives United States
Of adequate representation at a capi-
tai like Toxic some day may turn out
to be extravaganza.
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Two of the most distinguished jour
na1iStS Of France are in the Caillaux
debt-funding party that will have the
center of the stage in Washington
for the next fortnight. They are An
DIRE Geraud, the internationally cele-
brated 'Pertinax' of the Echo de
Paris, and Stephane Lauzanne, edi-
tor of LIE Matin. An equally distin-
guished French newspaper man. Sem
ator Dupuy, is an official member of
the French mission. He is the proprie-
tor of LIE Petit Parisien, which claims
to have the largest circulation OF any
daily newspaper in the world-a baga-
telle Of couple of million. "Pertinax'
and LauZanne were here for the arma.
ment conference four years ago. The
nee on one occasion by a too faithful
account of what happened in the
French delegation when reduction of
land armaments was under discussion,
''PertinaX" is a real factor in French
politics. His speciality is calling
spades spades. He is likely to indulge
in his favorite journalistic pastime
before the Coolidge -Caillaux duel has
passed into history. A New York
In iv,rr xI1~ n->
sire to have only the American view
point reflected while negotiations are
on, has arranged to reproduce daily
the dispatches which Messrs. Geraud
and Lauzanne send to Paris.
X X
John G. Kirkpatrick Of the manu-
script division Of the Library of Con-
gress has just edited a four-volume
edition OF George Washington's diary.
When published later on it will be the
final and authoritative work. Cotem-
porary historians are looking forward
to Mr.. kfrkpatrick's compilation with
keen interest. They expect it to throw
some new light on the life and charac.
ter of him who was first in war, first
in peace and first in the hearts of his
countrymen.
Sometimes a faithful servant of an
ungrateful republic has to travel far
afield to gain public recognition. That
often happens in the cases of scientists
Shaving away their busy lives in de-
partments of the United States Gov
ernment at humble salaries. Recently
DR.. L. o. Howard, consulting entomol-
ogist of the Public Health Service,
attended the International Congress Of
Entomologists at Zurich. The maga-
zine Nature of London has just paid
him this tribute:
Always in a position to help,
and using his position to help, DR..
Howard has earned the gratitude
Of entomologists everywhere. Ca.
pable and kindly, always with the
right word, and with tact as his
middle name, DR.. Howard gives one
the feeling that were there a dozen
representative ambassadors like
him in the political world, we
would soon have what some Of us
long for. the United States of Eu-
rope, with eaeh nation no longer at
enmity with the other, but working
out its own salvation, following
the lines Of its own culture and
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