Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-22
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

In Mr.. Bridgeman of Great Britain
and in Viscount Saito of Japan the
United States faces doughty and ex-
perienced statesmen at Geneva. 1t is
now plain that they were selected by
their respective governments because
the naval conference, if it's to get
anywhere at all, will be an occasion
Of give and take. At that game
shrewd and seasoned politicians of the
Bridgeman and Saito type are certain
to give effective accounts of them
selves. The chief British delegate,
who has at his elbow an equally as
tute confrere in Lord Robert Cecil, is
first lord of the admiralty-or what
we'd call Secretary of the Navy. Mr..
Bridgeman personifies the English
man who makes profession of public
life. Elton boy and Cambridge man,
he has been in politics uninterrupted
ly since leaving university 40 years
ago He has been member of Par
Lament for 81 years and achieved cabi.
net rank during the World War.
Bridgeman has been ruler Of the
Kings Na-vee for the better part Of
three years.
Admiral Viscount Minoru Saito
who speaks for Japan at Geneva, has
been making history in Korea for
eight years. There, in the rebellious
land annexed by Nippon after the
Japanese. Chinese war of 1904-05, Saito
has accomplished the miracle Of estab-
fishing something approaching com.
plete tranquility. The sailor-states-
man, white haired veteran of 70, was
sent to Korea as the new governor
general at a moment when agitation
for independence ran highest. A bomb
that came very near ending his life,
as we'll as that of his wife at his side,
was the greeting the Koreans had for
Saito at the railway station in Seoul
when he arrived. The governor gem
erals first official act was to raise the
pay Of Korean native officials, abolish
the bodyguard which all his predeces-
sors had maintained, wipe out social
distinctions between Japanese and
Koreans, and do away with the gen.
darmes who had so long terroriZed
the people. AS the years went by,
Saitos conciliatory policy expanded
in many directions. He is particular
Nv dear to the hearts of foreign mis-
cans, who have enjoyed unusual liber-
ties under his rule. Bridgeman has
his Cecil at Geneva, and Saito has his
Ishii-senior member Of the Japanese
diplomatic service and keen as they
make them.
Radio has just achieved another
record. The first woman owner of a
1. Ioa tx1er ia
Heath Palmer of woo, Davenport,
Iowa. is the newly elected interna-
tional president of the Quota Club,
! the organization of business and
professional women which came into
being after the World War. 1t aims
to be for the fair sex what Rotary
and Kiwanis are for mere men. There
are more than 60 regional Quota
Clubs in the United States and Cana
da, with a total roster of nearly 5000
members. DR.. Palmer and her hus-
| band are joint proprietors of Voc,
one of the big stations of the country,
as we'll as of the Palmer School of
| Chiropractic at Davenport. There
was a spirited contest for the presi-
dency of International Quota at it's
recent Baltimore convention, but the
chiropractor candidate from Iowa
| d
| from Delaware and a woman banker
from Observation-Disclosures latter, Miss
Katherin. Olney. of Worcester. a
daughter of President Cleveland
celebrate Secretary Of State.
| X X X
Woman guides in the Capitol are
the very latest under the Washington
sun. For the past two years one
woman has been acting as chaperon
of patriotic and taXpaying tourists,
but recently more were added to
the roster, which now consists of 13
men and women. The newest re-
cruits are a pair of twin sisters from
Mount Vernon, ILL.,, aged IS. short
skirted, boyish- bobbed and rejoicing
in the fine old Anglo Saxon name OF
Smith. Capitol guides receive no
wages from Uncle Sam. but are paid