Evening star., 1927-05-20

National Citizens Committee on
Relations With Latin America" is the
latest sprig on Washingtons long
overloaded organization tree. Senator
George W. Norris, progressive Repub-
lican of Nebraska, Is the honorary
president and Mrs. J. Borden Harrl-
man, Democratic leader, and Senator
David |. Walsh, Democrat, OF MaSSa'
chusetts, are among the honorary
vice presidents. Senators La Toilette
of Wisconsin, and Frazier and Nye
of North Dakota--all progressive Re
publicans-are members of the gen
eral committee, which includes rs or
80 nationally known men and women
of VARYING political compilations,
among them a Federal judge or two.
The organizations manifesto lays
down a heavy barrage upon the ad'
ministrations Latin American pol1cy'
which is branded imperialistic, un-
American, insincere and other Things.
The announced purpose Is to force
reversal of this vicious policy ana re-
turn to the ways Of good neighbor-
ship" 1t is to be accomplished by
getting to the people the fact that
dollar diplomacy is destroying our
good name abroad and will destroy
everything that depends upon good
name"
Prospective appointment OF Joseph
c. Grew, Undersecretary or state az
American Ambassador to Turkey will
carry out a new State Department ira
dition. while breaking with an old one.
The new departure exemplitied by
Crews ambassadorship is the sys-
tematic promotion of meritorious Ca
reer'' diplomats in our foreign service.
The tradition abandoned is the one
that grew up during the early days OF
the present century, whereby Presl-
dents habitually appointed eminent
American Jews to the CONSTANT
nople embassy. Mr.. Roosevelt inaus
urated the custom in 1909, when ne
named his former Secretary OF Com
merce, the late Oscar S. Straus, as our
envoy to Turkey. In 1913 President
Wilson appointed Henry Morgentnau
to that post, and, in 1916, when Nor
genthau resigned, Mr.. Wilson made
Abram l. Elkus Ambassador on the
| Golden Horn. The theory of Jewish
diplomats in Turkey seemed to spring
from the belief that the Ottoman EN-
pire. being a Mohammedan country,
preferred non Christian ENJOYS. Presl-
dent Harding appointed a rabbi from
Columbus, Ohio, DIR. Joseph >. horn-
field, as Minister to Moslem Persia IN
1921.
Washington will be full of United
States major generals on May 30 and
for several days to come. Tne w ar
Department has summoned all OF the
| commanders of our nine Army corps
areas and of our three or four dl-
| Visional organizations for service
pow-wow. The riajor generals will
confer and consult under the direction
of Mai Gen. Charles p. SummeraH,
chief of staff. 1t is a long time since
the country's principal Army leaders
have been brought together for such
council of peace. Problems OF gen.
eral military welfare and national de.
fense will occupy their time and
| thought,
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt.
ranking Assistant Attorney General
of the United States, is to establish
precedent in Dixie on May 30. she
will on that day deliver the COM
mencement address at the University
| of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, one or the
Oldest and biggest of Southern col
| leges. 1t will be the first time that a
woman ever held forth in Alabama on
such an occasion. A few days after
''Portia" speaks in Tuscaloosa she is
to take part in the graduating eXer-
cises of Dickinson College, at Carlisle,
Pa, where Mrs. Willebrandt will add
another LII. d. to the growing string
| of honorary doctorates of law that she
boasts Law. enforcement is her usual
and favorite theme on the speaking
platform away from Washington.
| X X
The Borah Putler prohibition debate
before the Roosevelt Club of Boston
| on April has just been published in
pamphlet form under the editorship
| of Robert M. Washburn, the clubs
! indefatigable president. The verbatim