Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

Some glimmer of the magnitude Oh
the power interests that are crouch
ing for a defensive fight at Washlng
ton is supplied by George B. Cortelyou.
Mckinley's private secretary-no"
New York gas magnate and chairman
Of the "joint, committee OF National
Utility Associa ton" the indus
tries represented have an aggregate
invested capital OF $4,000 ,0o0'ooo.
Cortelyou points out that power $
stake isn't far below the national
debt. which stands roundly at no
SOC, OOO, 900. He claims that a,00O,ooo
investors own America 8 gas ana eiec-
trio utilities. II doubt he says,
whether ever before, at any time or
Mace. there has been such mobiliZa-
ton of everyday citizens in any eco
nomic undertaking" Cortelyou $
avowed program is to demonstrate
that 1.-The entry of Government into
the utility field is constiutionally UNI
safe, politically unwise, and competi'
tively unfair" But Senator Walsh In
tends turning the investigatory search
light on power" just the same.
4 X x
Senator Arthur Capper. Repupn-
can, of Kansas, who wants Cncle
Sam to negotiate treaties 10 oulid"
war, is one of the baby members Oh
the foreign relations committee. I'M
mediately following his accession 10
IT a couple of years ago, the Kan
san farm leader spent several months
in Europe. He sat in at the League
If Nations and came away WIN
profound conviction that, while the
Geneva body may not be a perlec,
orpanism 1t il a mighty weapon anu
IL being welded in the right direc-
tion. Senator Cappers enthusiasm
for war-outlawing pacts douptiess
snrings from his appreciation OIL
league activities along peace-preserV-
ing lines. With the new Franco
Jugoslavian mutual defense treaty
and the general arbitration trea,les
recently sealed by Denmark S"eoen'
Belgium and CZechoslovakla, NOR
than 40 peace agreements are on Ui
cial deposit at Geneva. BelleVins
,hat tha war-outlawing movement is
irresistibly on the march, Capper
would have America in the van Oh IT,
One of Washington's distinguished
Latin Americans was shown a news
paper photograph of a Cailes'Opreson
firing squad finishing OFF a oelega.ioi,,
of the Mexican government poii.Nai
enemies. The Latin surveyed the T"n
culinary scene and reflected: Ihey re
holding an election
X X X
Mai r. NJ. Hornsby, C. B. T., man.
aging director of the Hotel Cecil, Lon
don, and half a dozen other great
British caravansaries, is touring tne
American hotel belt and comparing
notes. He is amazed at the quailty
and variety of Service" offered TO
guests in the efficiently-manaSed nos
telries of this country. lie mas
Washington as we'll supplied with
fine establishments as any capltai IN
the world Scientific ventilation IS
the feature of American hotels, MAJ.
Hornsby thinks, which British hotels
mainly need to initiate. The average
Britisher finds our hotel rooms intol'
erably overheated in Wintertime. AS
to that. Irwin Cobb once observed that
everything in an English hotel Is very
cold except the ice water. Maj. Horns
by was Sir Auckland Geddes' chief as.
sistant I'm the ministry Of national
service at London during the war
| the post Geddes held just before be.
| coming British Ambassador at Wash
| ington.
n X X X
| Senator Morris Sheppard, Democrat.
of Texas, is one of the outstanding
members of his party who stands pat
on it's 1924 national convention decla-
ration in favor of independence for the
Philippines. In answer to recent
query on the subject, the author of
the eighteenth amendment replied: Il
still favor the immediate independence
of the Filipino people"
| " X X X
| Noble r. Judah's appointment to the
American Enthusiastically at Havana
continues President CoOlidge's policy
of not restricting major diplomatic as.
signments to foreign service career
men" The appointment is in line
with Mr.. Coolidge's selection of an.
other banker.lawyer, Dwight w. Nor
| row, as Amba ssador to Mexico.
There's also some politico geogra phical
significance to Mr.. .Judah's selection
for Cuba. The East has rather the
lions share of choice diplomatic plums.
Now the President goes to Chicago
for q man to fill mission to which
the administration attaches unusual