Evening star., 1926-06-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Real anxiety exists in the highest
official quarters at Washington over
the Tacna- africa deadlock. Secretary
kelloggs efforts TO compose the an
cient controversy by amicabie means
have borne no fruit. Chile insists
upon the plebiscite condition OF the
Coolidge arbitral award and appar-
emily will consider no other form OF
settlement. What is going TO come
out Of the acrimonious row nobody In
authority here cares to predict. There
is said to be Il war party in Chiie
ready to fight and persuaded that 1t
can justify itself before the world II
there is recourse TO arms. How far
| the big North American n brother would
be Disposed to go 10 prevent another
Chilean. Peruvian clash ~ question.
When Panama In 1927 was invaded by
Costa Rican forces, In pursuance OF
an arbitral award handed down by
Chief Justice White. the United States
Gov vernment insisted that Panama
must cease her resistance to costa
Ricas action. The battleship Penn-
sylvia MIA was sent to Panamanian wa
ters to see that the award In Costa
Rica's favor was not upset. Central
American diplomats in Washington
are wondering whether what was
sauce for the Panamanian goose fve
wears ago will turn out to be sauce
for the Peruvian gander In 1926-and
IL not, why not?
Rumors persist In London, accord
ing to advices percolating through TO
Washington, that Ambassador Hough-
toms days at the court or 81. James
are numbered. No confirmation OF
such a suggestion is forthcoming In
state Department quarters. When
the celebrated Houghton interview
episode stirred Congress and the
country in March, predictions were
freely heard that the glass manu1ac,
turer turned diplomat would not long
remain persona grata In DOWNING
street. But nothing has happened IN
Washington in the interval to JUSTIFY
reports Of his recall Houghton's lot
on the Thames at the moment Is not
a happy one. 1t has become his pain
full duty to remind John Bull that
Uncle Sam expects arbitration OF the
World War blockade claims, upon the
satisfaction Of Wkich--fOr principle
sake-Senator Borah Is gently In
sisting.
There's a. full.blooded Sioux Indian
on duty as a policeman In the Captol
building. His name Is Wnirlwlnd
Soldier. He comes from South Dakota
and is a friend and constituent oi
Senator McMaster. Republican, or tnat
state, who Is responsible for Soldiers
appointment. Not long ago Whiri-
wind was approa ached by one or the
most famous women in washington
who has a husband with designs on
a. certain nomination in 1928. Wnat
she wanted to know from Soldier was
0l whether Coolidge IL as well liked
in the Dakotas as he used to pc; w
what the Indian vote" numerically
amounts to. and 80 whether there IS
any likelihood that our noble req man
could be interested in the ambitions
of ---! Whirlwind's reply Is not
on record. .
Representative Martin l.. Dayey.
Democrat, of Ohio, where ms party
has just been milling over the two-
thirds rule In national conventions, ~
for aba bandonment ''of this disturplns
influence" Davey,. who Is a Buckeye
Democratic white hope, whom ms ad.
mirers have picked out for national
honors some day when he grows up
he's a. political babe of 42--says tine
two-thirds rule was born OF personal
animosity and petty rivalry. ana mas
plagued the Democratic party ever
since its invention He hopes that
Ohio Democrats opposition to 1t Will
strike it blow that will help to
kill it forever
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The House of Representatives main
tains a committee, which Is numerical
ly the smallest in Congress. consisting
Of but two members, and to which
political vets think the Coolidge
"ukase" on employment Of local en-
'fprcement agents ought to be referred.