Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

There has been no such Signlncant
event in Congress since the declaration
Of the United States entry into the
World War as that of yesterday, when
the prime minister OF the only nation
with which we have ever fought two
wars stood, first in the House Of Rep
resentatives and then before the Senate,
and spoke words Of peace and mutual
understanding.
In the face Of the deep meaning of
the occasion, and what 1t may bring
forth in influence upon the future ac-
cord Of the two nations, 1t was unfor-
tunate that only about half OF the
members of the House were in the city,
owing to the peculiar situation in which
the House is merely marking time while
the Senate is catching up in considera-
ton Of the tariff bill.
There was speculation, too over the
absence of the Speaker and wonder
ment as to whether it had anything
to do with the formidable question of
social precedence of the ladies in the
official cast at White House functions,
in which the sister Of one official claims
to outrank the wife of another. En-
tilt Of a nose or the winking of mi
lady's of eye, but in this age Of pure
democracy, when even England con-
cedes that call men are created equal"
and "a mans a man for a. that" and,
sometimes, SOS a woman "for a. that
and a. that" C'est rire!
Prime Minister Macdonald was re-
ceived with utmost cordiality in both
branches Of Congress. In the House
his remarks were most informal, ex-
pressing nothing of a political nature.
but acknowledging courteously the kind
reception he had received on behalf Of
his country. But when he stood before
the Senate, where every seat was &C.
cupied by q member Of that august
body which ratifieS or rejects all
treaties with foreign nations, he touched
eloquently and earnestly upon the de-
sire for a better understanding than
had ever existed between the two ma
lions there represented.
Thre were no oratorical bursts Of elo-
quence to appeal to popular applause,
but O serious appeal to the mutual de-
sire for heart-to-heart comprehension,
possible only through personal contact.
He brushed aside the old idea Of di-
plomacy, that when two nations talked
together it must mean unfriendliness
toward other nations, and averred that,
on the contrary, when two strong ma
lions talked together and sought to wipe
out all differences Of opinion or judg-
ment 1t meant much toward the peace
Of the world and was a blessing, in
stead Of a menace, to all other nations.
The world peace IS growing more and
more secure. and the possibility OF ever
again q clash Of war between the United
States and Great Britain is unthinkable.
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While Prime Minister Macdonald
made no reference to Monsieur BRANDS
project of a United States OF Europe,
the idea is closely associated with the
getting together Of Great Britain and
the United States. There is not pro-
posed any alliance between the two
English-speaking nations, but their har-
monious mutual understanding, 1t Is ar
gued. will affect the action of q united
Europe It and tempering
any radical attitude antagonistic to
other nations.
Neither did he refer in the remotest
degree to the alleged, and seemingly
fantastic, notion that, as there Is no
British armament nor United States
fertilization along the Canadian bound
airy, there may be an agreement where,
by Great Britain would withdraw all
defenses of her holdings in the Carib,
bean Sea, and intrust to the United
States a mandate to fortify and protect
all British holdings in the Western
Hemisphere. The alleged glorified Mon
roe Doctrine did not seem likely to take
form, even with all the halo of hos
pitality toward the British prime min
lister.
It appeared quite possible that both
MI. Macdonald and President Hoover
would still keep their feet. on solid
ground, even in their campfire cogita-
tons. There will be no alliance pro-
posed, nor any mandate over British
possessions In the Western Hemisphere.
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Il Is always interesting TO speculate
about the dream Of the French states
man, M. BRAND, joint inventor Of the
Kellogg-Briand peace pact abolishing
and outlawing war, for NJ. BRAND '1ooks
into the future" even as did Tennyson,