Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-02
LADY ASTOR IN j. S.;
DEGREES DEBT ROW
Will Show America to Her
Four ChiIdren-To Visit in
Maine and Virginia.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. August p Lady Aston,
first woman member Of the British
Parliament, arrived in Boston On the
steamship Sanaria today. with the
announced intention of showing Amer,
lea to her four children, who accom-
panied her.
She was met at the dock by Charles
Dana Gibson, her brother.in-law, at
whose Summer home at Dark Harder,
Me-, she is to spend three weeks.
Lady Astor said she intended to guide
her children about Harvard University
and the historic parts of Boston before
taking the boat tonight for Rockland,
Me. An older son, she said, was with
Viscount Aston in California and
would join them later, While her eldest
son is now doing military duty ana
could not leave England.
Repeating that she had left politics
behind her in seeking rest in Maine
and Virginia, where she had spent her
honeymoon and childhood, Lady Aston
did make a few comments on the war
debts and world peace.
Debts Always Irritating.
English criticism of Americas 20.
sition on war debts, she declared, had
only been stirred up by some news
papers and had been quickly sup
pressed as contrary to the opinion or
both public and statesmen.
''Of course, debts Of any kind never
make for good will" Lady Aston said,
land particularly when they are war
debts. England has made up her
mind to pay and she will pay. 1t
would be contrary to the English ma
ture to do otherwise. 1t seems a pity
that England should have been dis
eliminated against in the terms of
settlement, but England in the end
will not lose by it.
Several members of Parliament
with whom I discussed the recent at
tacks on the American attitude as
started 6. fortnight ago by the Daily
Mail expressed themselves as thor
oughly ashamed of such condenlna.
ton"
Won't Discuss Feninism.
Get on with what l think of fem
l1isn." she exclaimed when asked for
comment on that movement in Eng
land or America. In discussing the
recent general strike in England she
refused to discuss the part played by
the women as apart from that of the
men.
The visit of Gen. Andrews to Lon
don to obtain greater cooperation
with England in the prevention OF
liquor smuggling is not an issue
which bulks large in the English
mind she said The coal crisis
overshadows all else, but all right
minded people favor assisting in ali
possible ways the enforcement of
prohibition as a step in the right d.
rection.
81 am certain that America will.
never go back. I believe it unfair to
damn a country by picking out the
reactions of a few individuals.
question whether prohibition has had
country. and I am certain that when
the next generation comes along the
question will be forgotten.
Puts Blame OH Mothers.
IF young girls have been naisbe-
having and grown too fond of cock
tails. I blame the mothers and not
prohibition. I was one of eight in
Virginia and I have six children my
self l can't imagine how any girl
could carry on as some are reported
TO do. Catch my daughter doing it.
1.-THE greater freedom which girls
The girl in sports and with greater
companionship with men has gained
and not lost"
Lady Astor refused to take peace
societies seriously.
You have more of them in Ameri-
ca than in any other country. But
peace can net be obtained in that way.
You must look for the economic
causes and for the causes of i'll will.
There were many women who
marched in the recent peace parade
in London who would not submit 10
industrial arbitrat ton, and that form
Of economic settlement must precede
any international arbitration
For Limited Arms Cut.
ct am in favor Of peace societies
and peace parades to the extent that
the more people talk about peace the
better it is But l don't believe they
should be taken seriously.
England would welcome further
disarmament conferences. No sane
person, however, believes in total dis
armament. There must be police
power both at home and abroad. Look
ct the state Of Europe and Russia