Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ship at Washington. Sir Esme is
completing only his third year in the
United States, having been accredited
on March 5, 1924. No one can imag.
Inc, either, why he should care to leave
a post in which he has scored signal
success, or why Downing Street
should want to remove one of the
most accomplished diplomats in his
Britannia ma jesty's service. It is con
sidered barely possible that grief
over the recent loss Of their eldest
son may have impelled the Ambassa'
dor and Lady Isabella Howard to de.
eide upon relinquishing their off,
cial career. Sir Esme has been In
the foreign service of Great Britain
continuously for Al years. It is &C
knowledged on all hands that he has
contrived, since his arrival in Wash
ington, to restore the British EN-
bassy to its traditional premier rank
at the American capital.
In the North China Star, daily Eng
lish-language newspaper published
at Tientsin, there are some diverting
references to the chairman of the
Senate committee on foreign rela-
lions. The Star says: "Borah is prob
ably better known in Europe than
any other American except the Presi.
dent. Borah is better known in China
than any other American, not even
excepting the President. Ask almost
any educated Chinese, young or old,
to name some one in American his
tory and his answer is almost invari-
ably 'Lin-Kun,' which Is his pronun-
citation of Lincoln. Ask the same
man to mention great living Ameri-
can and nine times out of ten his re-
ply Is 'Bor-Ah.' Stories Of the life Of
Lincoln are to be found in all parts
of China, and every Chinese who has
been lucky enough to go to school
has read them in his youth. Any
thing about Borah has news value in
China"
* " X X
James ]. Davis, Secretary Of Labor.
told a Christmas party Of Philadelphia
work people how, now and then, heart
throbs triumph over red tape in i'm
migration matters. There was a
LADY who lived here for II years.
said Davis, "but didn't take out her
papers. She went back to her native
land and after she'd been there three
months she had a baby. Now, Of
course, the new quota act went into
effect, which limits the number that
can come In, but anybody who had
been here and went over there could
stay six months and then come back
again. Here was a new baby, and
the quota was exhausted for that par
tcular country. The mother had a
right to come in, but the baby techni-
cally was barred. What are you CO.
ing to do about this, Mr.. Secretary"
the immigration people asked me.
WELL said, 7 don't think it need
cause much trouble. I understand the
mother lived here IL years, went to
the other side and brought back her
0-month.old baby. The mother Is here
now and has right to come in. and
you say the baby is barred: is that
correctT They said 1t was. All
right replied. Let's decide that
the baby was on this side before it
got to tho other sidel'"
Apropos the bill for increase Of Fed
eral Judges salaries, Representative
Meyer Jacobstein, Democrat, Of New
York, has dug up a timely yarn about
Chief Justice fancy. It is told in
Theron G.. Strong's Landmarks of
lawyers LIFETIME" in which the ar-
thor relates q conversation he once
had with William M. Evarts. Evarts
narrates that when Taney's daughters
were informed that their father was
likely to be nominated and confirmed
as Chief Justice Of the United States,
they replied, "Then we shall be obliged
to take IN washing"
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