Evening star., 1926-04-16

Not in letters Of shining gold will
the name Of Calvin Coolidge be en-
shrined when Senator William B. Nc.
! kinley sits him down some reminis-
cent day to indite the short. sad story
of the Illinois primaries. The first
casualty in the anti.World Court fight
is victim OF plighted faith, reluct'
antly pledged nd relentleasly exacted.
That. at least, is the Senate cloak
room tale set in circulation since Nc
kinleys 3 colors were lowered. On the
eve of the World Court vote In Janu-
ary, Senators Watson and Robinson,
Republicans, of Indiana notified Mr..
Coolidge that sentiment in their State
made it impossible for them to back
the court. The President was in
formed that court stock was equally
! low in neighboring Illinois and that
Senator Mckinley faced certain defeat
for denomination IL he voted for the
| court. As the administration had all
the votes it needed TO pass the Swan
son resolution. 1t was suggested that
Mckinley might safely be released
from his agreement to support it.
| But President Coolidge was not in re-
lenting mood. He insisted that Nc
Kinley stay put. I'm gone" col
leagues heard the Senator say when
he voted AYE" on the World Court
| roll call. Mckinley preferred political
suicide to a broken word. That Is not
an inglosious exit from public life.
| Nothing is being allowed 10 esca pc
| from the State Department about
| Secretary Keilogg's attempts to bring
Chile end Peru together on Tacna-
| africa. But the settlement thought
| to make the iveliest appeal to the
! United States revolves around the
! scheme to hand over the disputed
area TO Bolivia. IL the Chileans and
! Peruvians could agree on that
method of buryins their age-old
| hatchet this Government undoubted-
! ly would breathe a sigh OF deep re-
lief. Its joy might even be tinged
! with a golden lining in the shape
| OF a substantial American loan. to
enable Bolivia to hnance railroad,
| harbor ands other enterprises essen
! tial to acquisition Of her coveted
| corridor to the sea directly across
| Tacna- AFRICA Our interest in the
! Chilean. Peruvian sQuabble is indf-
rect, but vital. IL it's not composed
through our good Ofnces. It's certain
to be deposited on the doorstep Of
! the League of Nations. And that is
| not a consummation devoutly to he
wished for by the parents and guard
ians OF the Monroe Doctrine.
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Thomas F. Woodlock. now safely
| in harbOr 81 the Interstate Commerce
| Commission after tempestuous voy-
age across the Senate, Is an Irish
man by birth, An Englishman by
| early environment and an American
by adoption and lively preference.
| He did not come to this country
until middle manhood. having prac-
ticed the profession Of a writer on
economies in London before embark
lug upon it in New York After 30
wears among the bulls and bears in
| Wall Street. Mr.. W0odlOck fnds the
atmosphere of Washington restful
! in the extreme. He considers the
! Interstate Commerce Commission
one Of the genuinely vital organs Of
| the Government and holds that no
Federal officials are charged with
| higher responsibilities than those re-
posed in it. Probably few men ap-
pointed to the commission since its
/! foundation were ever equipped with
Woodlock's scientific knowledge Of
transportation economies.
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Franklin Gary, Junior at Prince.
ton and Helen Gary, a Washington
debutante Of the season, are given re.
markable mention in "Allenby Of Ar
! mageddon," the latest war book to
leave the press. The young people are
children of Americas wartime diplo
matte representative in Egypt and
J Mrs. Hampson Gary. Under the chap