Evening star., 1926-03-29
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY. FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

pal arguments in favor of the Italian
and other debt settlements is that
they have the approval of a biparti-
san commission. Senator Harris
wife is a daughter of Gen. Joe"
Wheeler.
Newspapers just received in Wash
ington report an amazing episode a
few days ago in Mexico City. Robbers
pilfered the home of the naval attache
of the Japanese embassy and made
way with a small safe containing
copies of the treaties of amity and
commerce between our country and
the Land Of the Rising Sun" They
also bagged 10000 pesos in gold. The
newspapers report that the police
tracked the thieves to a suburb of
Mexico City and engaged them in
a gun duel. One was killed. His
companions fed, leaving the safe be-
hind. The Mexican press alleges that
"a certain foreign diplomat is held
responsible for hiring the robbers to
commit the outrage for the purpose
of finding out just what sort of a
treaty exists between our Govern
ment and Japan"
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Within a week or two Washington
will begin to ring with the dulcet
accents of the Spanish language, for
1876 Latin scribeS are headed for the
Potomac to attend the first congress
of pan-American journalists. Every
body likely to come in contact with
them is busily brushing up on his
Spanish. Senator Bingham of Con.
.necticut will greet the Latin Ameri-
can guests in Spanish in the Senate,
and Representative Lineberger of
California will bid them welcome in
their own tongue in the House. A
wear or two ago, when delegation
of pan-American women was in
Washington, a renowned Capital
hostess committed an immortal bull.
Addressing a sonora from Chile, she
said: I'm so sorry, but I know
only two words of Spanish-fnanana
meaning tomorrow, and paJama,
meaning tonight" Washington
champion Spanish linguist is DR.. Leo
S. Rowe, director general of the Pan
American Union, who has the aplomb
and accent of a grandee.
Fifty American college professors
are to enjoy $4,000 joy ride in Eu-
rope this Summer as the guests OF
the Carnegie Endowment for. Inter
national Peace Their principal OBJ
jects will be Paris, The Hague and
Geneva, The purpose of this intel
lectual junket is described as a clini-
cal study of practical efforts In inter-
national cooperation. The profes-
sional party will leave New York on
July 2S and return on September 20.
The Americans will attend ses-
sions of the Permanent Court Of In
ternational Justice at The Hague,
and devote four weeks to a closeup
of the League of Nations, including
the Autumn sessions of the Council
and Assembly at Geneva.
With the Senate's confirmation of
Thomas F. Woodlock as an inter-
state commerce commissioner, Pres
ident Coolidge's batting average on
challenged nominations reaches 500.
During the past year he has been de-
feated in the case of Charles Beecher
Warren, nominated for the attorney
generalship, and Wallace McCamant,
named for the Federal bench. The
two other Coolidge nominations long
contested, and then finally confirmed,
were Charles w. Hunt, to be a Fed
eral trade commissioner, and now Mr..
Woodlock. The President proposes,
the Senate opposes and disposes.
That is the famed system Of checks
and balances contemplated by the
founding fathers.
copyright. 1926.)