Evening star., 1928-05-11
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
ny FREDERIC BILLIAM VILE.

Everybodys been paying so much at
tention to presidential politics, in WASH
lngton and elsewhere. that the role
President Coolidge Is nowadays enact
Ing has failed 10 get the limelight. The
| fact Is that Cautious Cal" all Winter
and Spring has been Fighting Cal"
Congress Is the opponent with whom
| the master of the White House went to
the mat They have been at daggers
drawn on the issue that always eniisis
| Mr.. Coolidges enthusiastic belligerency
money matters. It is unmistakably
the Presidents purpose TO 60 down in
history as the most vigilant watchdog
that ever stood guard at the Treasury
portal. He took occasion day or two
| ago to say he Is appalled," at the plans
OF Congress 70 despoil the national ex-
| chequeT. Without fuss or feathers. the
| President slowly but surely brought
| Congress around TO his way OF thinking
on important financial aspects OF the
Mississippi flood legislation, II Is the
Coolidge method on these occasions 10
maintain simple attitude of stubborn
| firmness rather than brandish big
stick. The MeNary- -Haugen bill. Muscle
| Shoals, Boulder Dam and other far
reaching designs on the peoples money
are undoubtedly headed for the rocks cf
Coolidge opposition
Nothing could so graphically Illus
| tfate the utter chaos paralyZing CHINA
as the fact that the Chinese Minister
at Washington. Or. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze,
receives most OF his information about
what's happening there from American
| newspapers. Sometimes he calls at the
| State Department 10 see II It's as
patches from the Far East supplement
press reports. The accomplished chi
| nese envoy, now In his eighth year at
| Washington. admittedly occupies
somewhat anomalous position ~ was
| not inaptly described by colleague tne
other day as that of a minister pleni-
potentiary with credentials, but with.
out powers. The United States, OF
course, recognizes no other spokesman
Of China than Or. Sze. lie presented
| his letters OF credence To President
| Harding on March 10. 1921. and they
continue 10 be recognized. But Just
exactly for whom or for what the Chl-
neae Minister speaks nowadays--weil'
that's another story.
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| Our shirt sleeve American diplo"
mats since time immemorial have oeen
given 10 stirring up the international
| animals with breaks" OF one KIND or
another The latest TO achieve thar
| distinction In DR. Jacob q. Schufmafl,
| Ambassador 10 Germany, who permitted
| his exuberance TO get away Win MN
at Heidelberg last week, when ne went
10 his Teuton alma mater 10 commen~
crate the fiftieth anniversary oi ms
student days. Included IN the steam iel
of by the former president OF Cornell
University was the assertion that the
United States and Germany are
marching at the head OF great and
noble venture in favor Of all human
| civilization" He was referring 10 the
fseich's prompt acceptance of Secretary
Kelloggs remuneration -of-war scheme
A. the French claim some priority IN
that connection. there Is high dudgeon
on the houievards over Or, Schurman
effervescenee Another distinguished
American who was NJ Heidelberg about
Schurman'a time In former Senator
John Sharp Williams OF Mississippi,
The silver ~tOnRued son OF the Magnoiia
State came away from Germany admir-
ine her and her people But wheii
Belgium WIS invaded In 1914 Williams
German0phIlism vanished
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Democrats who think there may be a
1HtuH HHtltiHlhiIhLluN hiLFE WHIAH "
1929, are now talking about the man
'Al'' would put at the head of the De-
| phftment OF Justice. They Say itF
Senator Thomas J Walsh ot Montana,
Walkha ep0rtemanlike withdrawal Of MS
hat from the ring, when he came 10 the
conclusion that the New York governor
Is the Democratic party's choice, Is
known IN have made a highly favorable
impression In The Smith camp The
Montanan, whose present term In tho
Senate does not expire until 1891, Is
said 10 contemplate with satisfaction
the possibility OF becoming Attorney
General Walsh is described as "a born
prosecutor His passion for tnvegtigas
tinn could, NJ course, be exercised prae-
liesily without stint as chief of the
Justice Department. Friend and Zoe
earee there h no keenef legal brain in
American public life
y y
Herbert Hoavff turned An entirclF
new side ~ himself To The public aaga
when he lei the Senate cemnalgn tnnds
investigating committee FneA iilst N
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