Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WHLlAW VILE.

. Something very closely approaching
! irritation has been aroused in Coolidge
! administration quarters by the cool re-
ception France has accorded Secretary
/ Kellogg's renunciation-o f-war proposals.
| II looks as II negotiations which con-
| templated tightening up the ties OF
Franco American friendship might end
| In looscning them. Until the French
government plainly states what IL OBJ
jects to In Americas suggestions. Paris
motives can only be guessed a In Wash
ington Two theories are put forth
here. One is that M. BRAND Is peeved
because MFR Kellogg wants all OF the
powers to Join hands In declaration
against war. instead OF two-sided ar
rangcment between the United States
and France themselves. 1t was an cx-
elusive little "bilateral deal OF that
sort which the French preferred. An
other possible cause for Paris apparent
dislike OF the Kellogg co,inter-proposaI
anything savoring of competition with
the League OF Nations.
The other day at the White House,
while discussing 1928 economic pros
poets President Coolidge remarked that
wages In the United States are now at
the highest peace-time peak on record.
That assertion recalls n recent episode
during the visit of British labor dele
CATION to the executive ofYiees, The
head Of the delegation. a blufI Britisher.
told Mr.. Coolidge that he and his CON-
rades had come 10 this country To hnd
out why IL IL that the American work
workingman does. The American
workingman works" replied the presi-
dent. which ended the argument on
that score.
Over at the Navy Department these
days they're looking into all and sun
dry connected with the submarine. from
the days OF It's earliest inception right
I'D TO the controversial present. Capt.
Alfred johnson, the new chief OF the
Office OF naval intelligence, has Just
dug up the interesting fact that King
James OF England once Travelled under
the Thames River In n submarine, The
Navy Department records also contain
the data of a disaster to n submarine
I'm the service of the Confederate navy
in 1894 Her name was the Hunley. and
she sank four different times owing to
'lack of longitudinal stability" Alto
rether ~ lives we're lost among the
Hunley's officers and mcn.
~ u
One Hoover Is already In the White
House. He's Isaac. not Herbert and
he's lust ofiiciated at his thirty seventh
annual New Year day reception as cher
usher of the Executive Mansion, Ike. "
IA his best friends know him, has been
glad handing distinguished visitors ut
the threshold Of No. 1900 pennsslsania
avenue since the days OF Benjamin
Harrlaon's administration. That means
That Hoover has known intimately no
fewer than eight different Presidents
and First i.adiea OF the Land In 1919
Ike" accompanied President Wilson TO
Paris ~. was guardian Of the portal
al The Partisan mansion which Mr. and
Mrs, Wiisnn inhabited during the peace
conference Hoover came to Washing
ton In l8D1 10 install electric lights IN
the White House, II was decided Ia
employ him there permanently because
nobody else seemed capable III running
the Illuminating plant Ike" aoon out"
grew that humble post and for many
wears nov he has been one III the dgnlv
Ned attaches OF Americas most famous
home,
Walter Bruce HIVE Ut the District NJ
Columbia bar IL proceeding 10 Mica
faaua with Brig Gen, Frank r. Mccoy
In The capacity 0t the latter's legal al
viser with relation 10 ths Nieafagnan
presidential election Mai Howe, who
In his military incarnation IL a genera
stan officer OF The Resefve Corps, served
as eounset to The special Senate com"
mission which visited Haiti three oi
four years ago Ap'rt from his law
practice IN Washington, HIVE dev0las
most Ut his time 10 the affairs III the
Navy League of the United States He's
been It's president Tor the past two
yeafs, and Ii afdently Interested ~
everything associated with the fleet,
Howe Is u New Yorker by birth. and
was al Yale with former United States
Senator Jim" Wadswnrth,
v n
SenainF Bronson Outing, Republican
progressive, naM Junior representative
t)f New kieAlTn in the tnIaAt utlMhe nj