Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26

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| CO."
| The following is belated item OF
very considerable importance: The
House having passed q bill which
would grant entrance to this country
outside of quota restrictions to Ameri
can women who lost their American
citizenship by marriage to aliens. the
Senate voted 80 to 81, as an amend.
ment to the House bill, proposal sub.
| mitted by Senator eWadsworth, which
| would grant entry. outside quota re-
strictions, up to a total of $4,000, to
wives and children of aliens admitted
| prior to July /, 1924, who have APP
| piled for naturalization; the rules to
govern the apportionment of the
| $4,000, to be prescribed by the De-
! partment of Labor. Senator Reed of
Pennsylvania described the action Of
| the Senate In passing the amendment
| as Blowing to the clubbing Of certain
groups of aliens who were banding to-
gether to exert political influence"
Another Senator characterized the
| concession as 1.-The opening wedge in
the breakdown Of the restrictive i'm
migration act"
At last the House irrigation com.
mittee has reported out the Swing
| Johnson bill which authorizes con-
struction of q f1ood-control. irrigation
on the Colorado River and construc-
| ton Of a canal to connect the I'M
perial Valley with the Colorado. The
| bill contemplates Federal appropria-
| ton Of $125,000 to be repaid by re-
ceipts from sale of power.
1 must postpone notice Of the great
cruiser conStroverSy, controversy
that bids fair to be with us for some
| time.
The new treaty between the United
States and Panama would on becom-
ing effective by ratification supple
| ment the Hay treaty of 1903 and
abrogate the Taft agreement, amenda-
tory thereto, Of 1904. BY the new
treaty Panama obligates herself ito
cooperate in all possible ways with
| the United States in the protection
| and defense of the Panama Canal.
| volved in war, Panama viii consider
| herself at war on our side and will
turn over to the United States for
| the period of the war, the control
and operation of wireless and radio
communications, aircraft aviation
centers and aerial navigation" Man
camilla Island, at the Atlantic terminus
Of the canal, Is practically coded to
| the United States. Absolute peace.
time control by us Of radio communi.
cation within the republic is granted
in set terms and my reading of the
| treaty is that very nearly complete
| peacetime control is granted also in
respect of cables and aviation.
leave it to the quidnunsc how far,
If at all, the ratified treaty would
prejudice Panama's position as mem
Der of the League of Nations. espe.
cially in regard Of her obligations
under articles XII, XVI Of the cove
nant. Under the covenant Panama en-.
cages herself to submit any disputes
'likely to lead to rupture" to arbitra-
| ton or to inquiry by the League
Council and In no case to resort to war
| until a sufficient time has elapsed for
an award to be rendered. Under
| which king. Bezonian?"
| Col. Carmi A. Thompson's report
to the President Of the results of his
Philippine investigation has been
made public, and a close reading
! thereof is to be recommended to all.
The colonel finds Filipino independ-
ence Impossible now and for a long
time to come" for cogent reasons
well stated by him. He recommends,
however, that the administration be
made purely civil and be placed un-
der the direction Of "a special insu-
| lar bureau in one OF our civil de-
| partnentS or an Independent estab-
| lishment reporting directly to the
President" To this writer the, parts