Evening star., 1928-04-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Frank b. Kellogg, Secretary Of State
has just prepared for the Republican
national committee the nth of its Sc
ries of 'fact-pamphletS. It is entitled
Foreign Relations" and deals III detail
with the United States international
activities during the past four years
An appendix lists the 60-odd treaties
negotiated by this country with foreign
governments in that period. Consider
able space is devoted TO difficulties IN
China" and our relations with Mexico
and Nicaragua are discussed In general
terms. Mr.. Kellogg's preachment places
the blame for the failure OF the 1927
Geneva limitation conference squarely
on the shoulders of Great Britain due
10 the divergence OF views regarding
cruisers" The Secretary Of State identi-
fies himself with his distinguished pred
ecessors conception OF the State De-
partment's excuse for existence Mr.
Hughes once said that the department
is largely occupied with keeping the
highways OF commerce open and In
good repair"
n y
Secretary Kellogg's friends and
these include In particular the staff OF
the State Department~-are always ir-
ritated by the periodical rumors Of his
resignation. One such has been in cir
culation again during the past few days
There is nothing in 1t. kellogg plans
TO stick to his job until March 4. 1929
unless President Coolidge retires him in
the meantime, and the master Of the
White House seizes numerous occasions
to indicate that he has no intentions OF
that sort. With domestic politics hold
ing the center OF the stage at the mo-
ment. Americans aren't wasting much
thought on foreign affairs. The fact is
that kellogg's recent diplomacy In MAX
ing peace with the Nationalist China
at Nanking Is as significant an achieve
ment in Far Eastern relations as has
been accomplished in many years, IT
Is so recognized In capitals like London
and Toxic. Another feather In Kel-
logg's cap, OF which the Nation at large
isn't aware. is that II was largely on
his initiative that Dwight w. Morrow
was made Ambassador TO Mexico.
n
In Jim" Good Of Iowa the Hoover
organization has acquired as canny q
politician AS the Republican party has
developed in recent times, William M
Butler. who was in charge OF Calvin
Coolidges 1924 convention fortunes
IuWan was put III command Of the Pres
ident's Western fences four years ago
this Spring. Good enlists under the
Hoover banner with unusual apprOpTi-
atcnegs, because, like the Secretary OF
Commerce, lac is himself native
Hawkeye. When he resigned from the
House In 1921 Good surrendered the
blue ribbon post OF chairman OF the
powerful appropriations committee, u
which he had advanced himself by dinl
Of hard work and sagacity In fiscal af-
| fairs. Politically the true inWardness oi
| Goods entry into the Hoover camp lief
| in the additional evidence of the Cali
! fornian's determination this time to IN
trust his aspirations TO professionals
| In 1920, by common consent, HooVer's
| bark was shipWrecked mainly by his
crew Of amateurs
| Current events In the Senate are
proving that the age OF political chiV-
| airy Is not gone, Old~timefs recall
! nothing more handsome than Senator
| Thomas j, Walshs brilliant defense ol
| Al Smith against the oil aapersi0ns oi
| Senator Arthur II. Robinson, Kepub-
| iican, of Indiana. Many regard Walsh
as Smiths most formidable rival for the
Democratic presidential nomination
/ th0uHH, TIE WAY LllilBs are going, tilul
doesn't mean much The Muntanau
carries the McAdoo trake mark. whether
Walsh admits IL or not~a circumstance
which makes his eulogy of Smith ali
the more noteworthy. The real test oI
| the Walsh McAd0o alliance against thf
| New Yorker viii come Ia the California
primary on May /. where there'li he d
lhree-cornered contest between Smith
Walsh and Reed, Walsh IL "A native oi
Wisconsin, but the lad who once light
ed the street lamps of TWO Rivers IA
that State developed no native9snr
strength IN the Wisconsin primary
| from which Smith has just emerged
With the ftl Badger delegation,
u Il
Not long ago BIN Jardlne, Aeore,