Evening star., 1927-05-16
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

To Uncle Sans ''war" In Texas
more than half a dozen foreign coun-
tries have been invited. Even Ger
many, which has no military. naval
or air attaches abroad, is represented
in the battle zone around San An
tonic. The Berlin governments ennis
sary is DIR. Emil Wiehl, lately first
secretary of the embassy at Washing
ton and now en- route to his new post
at the German consulate general in
San Francisco. Although the maneu-
vers in Texas are based upon the
operations of mythical enemy assail-
ing the United States from our south
ernmost border, two Latin American
states were invited to send observer
officers-Mexico and Argentina. Great
Britain sent Wing Comdr. T. G..
Hetherington, air attache at Wash
ington, and Maj. w. III. S. Aston. as
sistant military attache here. ltaly's
representatives are Brig. Gen. Augusta
Villa, military attache, and Comdr.
Silvio Scaroni, air attache. A brilliant
young Japanese officer, Capt. Saburo
Isoda, assistant military attache at
washington, is in the "war" area for
Nippon, France was asked to appoint
observers, but as both her military
and naval attaches at Washington are
on leave the French are among the
missing Canada also was invited TO
have a look at the hostilities in Texas.
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Now that the purple and white OF
Amherst are the prevailing coiors at
Washington, it seems to be the thing
to send distinguished graduates OF
President Coolidge's alma mater TO
the White House when important Ia
vors are sought. At any rate, the
latest delegation in quest OF patron-
age plums was headed by Charles 5.
Whitman. former Governor of New
York. and Amherst 80. Whitman left
college five years before Mr.. Coolidge
won his sheepskin. The Empire state
politician is a very devout Amherst
man. He's one of the principal STOCK.
holders in the new and palatial Loru
Jeffrey Amherst Hotel. which was put
up a year or two ago by alumni IN Or
der to care for the huge tourist tra1
fic that now streams in the dlrectioil
of Amherst in consequence OF tne
presidential fame that's come TO II. II
was while strolling casually across
the campus there many years ago-so
the tradition runs-that one FRANK
Waterman Stearns espied certain
callow, sorrel-topped undergraduate
named Calvin Coolidge and then ana
there decided fate's course.
Speaking of Amherst, one OF her
numerous Washington sons in seats
of the mighty recalls to this op
server the fact that Henry Ward
Beecher was an Amherst man
(class of 1S34). He was also
poor student and f1unked so dlsas-
trously in his senior year that ne was
deprived of the honor OF diploma
at commencement time. Many montns
later, Beecher plugged ana piodoso
under tutors and finally went back TO
| Amherst, achieved the necessary
marks. and was given the fun rank
and stature of a graduate. Beecner
| thoughts in his later days at coilege
were far removed, some or ms coiil-
rades always remembered, from the
humdrum requirements or the cur
riculum. He preferred to WANDER INTO
| the Pelham Hills nearby, ana tnere
| invite his soul in reflections upon the
themes that were already stirring 1t
| to its depths-slavery emancipation
and the like.
X X X
Once upon a time, when the Demo
Gratis were making a serious effort
| to break down the protective tarliI /,
the Republicans used to be fond OF
telling about "the British gold" sent
over here by the shipload to finance
| the establishment of free trade.
Now, it appears, it's American gold
that's circulating in Great Britain Tor
! political purposes. At any rate, "Tay
| Pay" O'Connor. distinguished and de.
lightful member of Parliament and
journalist. has just disclosed in Lon.
| don that Cyrus Fl. Mccormick of Chi
cage has given $1,000 to O'Connor's
old Nationalist" parliamentary party.
The International Harvester exec.
| utive, who was recently welded to
his young secretary, is an old friend
of O'connor's, and when Mccormick
! was in London 'Tay Pay, asked hina