Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-17
Dawes Peace Bridge Speech
Arouses Variety of Comment

AS the Chicago Tribune Republi-
cam views the incident: Secretary
Kellogg represented the United States
to play opposite Mr.. Baldwin, the Brit
iSh prime minister. Vice President
Dawes was the American official re-
Spouse to the presence of the Prince
of Wales. Mr.. Dawes made
speech in which he contemplated
larger prospects of the British-Ameri-
can concord. He did not think that the
Geneva conference had reflected pub
lie sentiment as well as it might have
if it had been prepared for in truer
, spirit. Some of us think that it came
to it's logical end so far as the British
were concerned and to an unexpect-
edly good end for the United States,
but Mr.. Dawes was less impressive in
| what he said than in what he was
| there to do"
"It was neither the time nor the
place for the discussion of such sub
jects," says the Huntington Adver-
tiser Democratic, and the Louisville
COurier-J ournal independently. express
ing the hope that the Vice President
was not seeking to strengthen his
political chances" suggests that cit is
the charitable view that the Peace
Bridge address was the result of con-
viction and frankness, however inop-
perfume it may have been" But the
Charleston Evening Post independent
Democratic) AYERS that the speech
serves to increase the belief that Mr.
Dawes is seriously and, it might be
said, impressively a candidate for the
Presidency"
The utterance appears to have been
''the right kind in the right place" to
the Cincinnati Times-Star Republi.
cam. 1t was one that 1.-The taxpayers
both of this country and of Great
Britain. we believe, will applaud" in
the opinion of the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch independently. 1t was produc-
tive of no harm, in the judgment of
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Gnde-
pendent Democratic). "other than
slight damage to the pride of the State
Department. which had charge Of the
preparation" and the Worcester Eve
ming Gazette independently concludes
that plain speaking is trait which
deserves encouragement in our public
men,"
"Mr. Dawes displayed his courage
in saying what he did," according to
the Scranton Times Democratic.
which adds. ''His opinion is shared
by many who now feel that had the
IL
matte exchange the failure would not
have been such a total one" The
Springfield Republican independently
declares that "the occasion would not
have been fully taken advantage of
had not the Vice President. in spite
of the presence of both Secretary Kel-
logg and Prime Minister Baldwin. had
the frankness to tell them, as well as
the rest of the world. what were some
of the causes for the Geneva failure
The South Bend Tribune independent
Republican, also holds that "he chose
an suspicious moment to tell the world
that collapse of the Geneva negotia-
tions should not and does not augur
i'll will between English-speaking peo-
PIES"
Recognizing that the Vice Presi-
dents one.time speech on the Senate
rules ''at least set Mr.. Dawes outside
the pale of the strong silence. then at
it's peak" the Dayton Daily News dn-
dependent Democratic) continues:
"And now. on the international bridge,
when everybody else is whispering,
Mr.. Dawes emits a yell. That IS his
bet that strong silence is now In the
discard and that the next nominee or
his party will be a man Of vigorous
vociferousness. We shouldn't won
der. :. --.-,.