Evening star., 1925-11-02

Dwight r Davis. the new Secre-
tary of War. will make his first public
address in that capacity at Philadel-
plia on November 81 The occasion
will be the annual Founders day
dinner of the Union League, Penn
States rock-ribhed Republican organi-
zation. Mr.. Davis is expected to make
a timely announcement OF the Cool
idge ADMINISTRATORS military policy.
in view OF the retrenchment program
10 which the President has committees
himself with regard to expenditure on
the Army and Navy. The Mitchell
Court-ma rtial by the time Of Secre-
tary Davis Philadelphia speech will
belong to the ages. He may be relied
upon to deal with that subject, too.
and proba bly, with the general topic Of
the air service besides. The Union
Lea que feels a special appropriateness
in entertaining the Secretary of War.
The organization was founded during
the Civil War, originally as a great
patriotic society. But in modern times
il has mainly been q G. 0. p. bulwark
Almost every President Of the United
States during the past so years has
been its guest.
Although protesting that he has be-
come a farmer and ceased to be poll
tician, Frank O. Lowden is putting in
effective work for himself as 1873
presidential candidate His friends are
particularly and openly active in his
behalf. They are making q lot of capt.
tai out of Coolidge ''third-term" talk,
and exploiting 1t to the advantage OF
the former Governor Of Illinois. Low
den and the President are nominally
friendly. But the Westerner, who
somewhat curtly refused to be NOM
mated as the Coolidge running mate
at Cleveland in June, 1924, Is not be-
lieved to be averse to taking the field
against the President in the 1928 pri-
maries, II Mr.. Coolidge should aspire
to succeed himsslf Western politicians
drifting into Washington for the con-
gressional season insist that the Low
den boom Is to be taken seriously, and
that it will be increasingly in evidence
as 1925 approaches. Lowden's main
strength is with the farmers. He is
Systematically educating them to be
lieve in his ideas Of cooperative mar
keting. -., -
Judge Edwin B. Parker, umpire of
the American-German. Mixed Claims
Commission, is the recipient of an
honor believed to be unique in inter
national relations. The government of
Austria has just requested that he be
appointed the sole arbiter war claims
recurring adjudication between that
country and the United. States. Since
time immemorial it has been the Gus
tom for two countries to name sepa-
rate commissioners and for these to
choose neutral as fine third COM
missioner. Germany in 1928 set a
precedent by inviting Judge Parker,
who was the United States repre-.
sentative on the Mixed Claims Conn
mission, to become It's umpire. Now
Austria, apparently having acquired
boundless faith in Judge Parker's fair
ness. has paid him the compliment OF
asking him to sit in sole judgment on
Amertcan-Am austrian claims. Parker is
A Texas Democrat, He was dollar
wear man on, the War Industries
Board at Washington.
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Breckinridge Long of Missouri and
Washington is organizing Nation
wide celebration Of the 150th anniver-
sarv of the signing Of the Declaration
of independence and the Tooth ami
versarv OF the death OF Thomas Jeffer-
son. The year 1926 wilt be the period
of both commentators. Long Is
tunctioning in the capacity of chair
man of the national Jefferson ceDten,
J nial COMMITTEES. In preparation for the