Evening star., 1925-06-17

| League OF Nations agreements to the
contrary Notwithstanding, Admiral
William s. Sims, u. S. N, retired. is
confident that poison gas will be used
| in war by any country with its back
| to the wall. There is in my opinion
| no doubt on this score" that gallant
seaman writes this observer, "partic
ularly as the necessity for its use as
a weapon of defense would bring out
| the facts concerning the value OF
poison gas as a weapon that would
achieve required military results with
out excessive casualties. See Admiral
Mahan on the subject. Nothing could
| be more absurd than to sanction in.
| f1icting ghastly wounds upon an at
| tacking enemy by high explosive shells
and at the same time forbid the use OF
| a gas that by temporary disahlement
affords a more efficient opposition tc
military operations"
r X X
When the President and Mrs. Cool
! idge want musical diversion at Swamp
scott this Summer, they will have the
Navy Band aboard the Mayf1ower
play Lord Godfrey Amherst" Near
| ly everybody knows that this Amherst
College anthem is the Presidents ia
vorite piece of melody. 1t is struck
| up by every band and orchestra that
know their job whenever the Cool
| idges are within earshot. Nearly al
the service bands wind up their radio
programs with it. Lord Geoffrey
Amherst" is one of the most stirring
college songs extant. 1t has an in
spring march swing, well suited tc
| it's it's martial words:
Oh. Lord Godfrey Amherst was soldier OF
| And he came from across the
To the Frenchmen and the Indians he didn' I
In the wiIds of this wild countree.
And for his royal majesty
He fought with all his might.
For he a soldier loyal and true.
| And he conquered all the enemies
| That came within hi5 sight.
And he looked round for more when he
| Lord Godfrey Amherst, British
general, who fought in North Amer
| lea, founded Amherst College, Presi
dent Coolidge's alma mater.
It's an open secret that the appoint
ment of Secretary Kellogg'S former
| law partner, Robert Edwin Olds OF
Minnesota, to be an Assistant Secre
| tary of State causes some heartburn
| ings within the Department of State
For a long time, and particularly since
| the enactment of the foreign service
| have been making a conscientious eff
fort to professionaliZe the American
diplomatic service. They are spending
their lives in perfecting it, and have
| a little human resentment of out
siders." Secretary Kellogg apparently
thinks the infusion of extraneous
blood will not contaminate the State
Department system. Mr.. Olds' selec'
ton, apart from it's political aspect
another administration plum to the
Northwest-is due to Mr.. Kellogg's de-
sire to have an international lawyer
at his elbow. Secretary Hughes used
to lament the lack of such an au
thority in the department, and his
consequent inability to devote his en-
| tire time to matters of policy.
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In his speech at Trinity College
Hartford, the other day, Gen. An
drews, new Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury in charge of prohibition en-
forcement, described the skilfully
organized business system under
which the bootleggers operate. Then
very latest adventure in high finance
| is a merger. 1t has just come to the
knowledge of Washington authorities
that several of the biggest ''syndi
Gates in existence have decided tc
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