Evening star., 1925-03-01
History.

Aionzo Is. Houghton, Americas AM
bassador to Germany and now In
London to succeed Mr.. Kellogg. who
becomes Secretary of State March 4.
was paid an unusual tribute by Ger
man. Foreign Minister Stresemann on
leaving Berlin, who described him
as "one of the outstanding statesmen
of our time" Mr.. Kellogg reached
Washington Thursday and on Friday
paid a visit to the Senate TO renew
old acquaintances there. He met
newspaper men Friday morning but
adopted the expedient of nothing
TO say. now" to avoid the embarrass-
nents which might result If he an
swered the fusillade Of questions from
the correspondents.
Manuel c. Teller, the first accredit-
ed ambassador to the United States
from Mexico since the resumption of
diplomatic relations between the two
countries, presented his credentials
to President Coolidge last week and
assured him that the struggles
through which the Mexican people
have passed during the last decade
had borne beneficial and wholesome
results" He told the President It
was the firm determination of his
country to do it's utmost in the work
of national reconstruction.
Michael F'runze, who has succeeded
Leon Trotzky as war minister of So
Wet Russia and chief of it's army
made his maiden" speech on the
army last week. He sounds a warn
ing that "a big military crash with
the enemies of Soviet Russia is in
front of It," and urges that Russia
prepare for it.
Turkey has signified her intention
of participating in the proposed
league of nations arms conference.
Speaking to a group of 100 women
representing the National Women's
Patriotic Organizations at the White
House last Monday, President Cool
idge outlined his views on national
defense. He said the United States
can afford to limit it's military and
naval establishmen so as to assure
that. while determined and able to
defend ourselves, we have no inten-
tion of aggression" He explained
that If every nation would adopt a
similar policy there would be a great
decrease in armament costs. About
in the proportion that the nations re-
place force by law in international
relations armaments can be reduced,
and this action will be the gradual
outgrowth of arms conferences.
The French are disturbed because
the famous sleeping car which was
Marshal Foch's headquarters and In
which the armistice was signed, is
becoming weather-beaten. It is at
present in the courtyard of the In
valides Building, where 1t Is the IA
vorite exhibit of the Museum of the
Invalides-
Hjalmar Branting, three times
prime minister of Sweden, died at
Stockholm last week. He was con-
sidered one of the leading public men
of the country. He was the first So
cialist to be prime minister of Sweden,
he was the Swedish represe ntattve to
the League of Nations, and he was the
winner of the Noble Peace Prize in
1921. In the League OF Nations con-
ferences he was especially interested
In disarmament.
King George of England has been
ordered by his physicians to spend
the remainder of the winter In the
south of Europe. Wintering on the
Riviera was the custom of his father,
Edward VII, and of his grandmother,
Queen Victoria, but King George has
not been south since his coronation
in 1910, except for a formal visit to
Italy in 1923
Indians in the district of San Bias,
Panama, revolted last week and killed
20 Panamans, resulting in the decla-
ration by the Panaman government
that the district was in "a state of
siege" The Indians base their revolt