Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

Plans for American recognition of
Soviet Russia have probably been
knocked into cooked hat by Moscow's
"rebuke" of the Hoover administra-
tons attempts to mobilize the Kellogg
BRAND co-signatories on behalf of peace
in China. Neither Moscow's language
in accusing the United States of IAN
unfriendly act" nor Washington's re-
Jo1nder that this country intends to
shape its own policy Is the kind OF
compliment exchanged between govern
ments about to kiss and make up. For
many weeks past there have been more
or less circumStantial indications that
resumption of Russo american diplo-
matte relations was In the offing. Had
Russia met Washington'S peace over
lures half way, instead of extensively
rejecting them, it's Just possible that
Soviet stock on the Potomac would have
gone up with boom. Instead, It's had
a slump which compares favorably with
! a Wall Street crash. If Secretary Slim
son ever did have any notion of re-
nounclng the Russian boycott consist
emily maintained by Secretaries Colby.
Hughes and Kellogg, it's altogether like
ly that his heart is beating in the other
direction now.
Mabel Walker Willebrandtk book
THE Inside Of Prohibition" is Just off
the press. Nothing In 1t will attract
more attention than this passage in the
preface:
have been portrayed as bigot who
melted Protestants to vote against
Gov. Smith, Catholic, because of
his religious belief. The now
famous address at Springfield, Ohio,
which came to be known as "The
Speech to the Methodists"
contained no attack on any religion,
or any church. or any candidate be-
cause OF his religion or church, nor
did 1t have a statement containing
the remotest suspicion of such a
thing. Furthermore, made the
speech at the request OF the Repub-
lican national committeeman not
as a free-lance. In fact I wired the
committee asking twice to be ex-
cused from speaking. But 1 was
! urged by the committee in two tele-
grams (Which I still have in my
f1les) to I'LL the engagement, as Gov.
Smith had made prohibition SO i'm
portant az issue Of the campaign.
The week before the speech was de-
livered every word of 1t was care
fully edited at headquarters by
James Francis Burke, q Catholic
and counsel of the Republican ma
tional committee.
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At this witching hour in Far Eastern
affairs there is in Washington one of
the worlds great authorities on that
tortuous subject-an American, Thomas
IF, F.. Willard, adviser to the Chinese
Nationalist government. Mr.. Willard
has lived in the Orient for many years
He is best known as the founder and
editor of the China Press. at Shanghai
Review there. Millard's activities in
China followed long and brilliant ca
reer as a war correspondent all over
the world He was an unofficial adviser
to the Chinese delegation at the Paris
Peace Conference in 1919, and subse-
uuently at League Of Nations meetings
in Geneva. Last Spring Nationalist
China engaged Willard as its official
adviser He has spent most OF his time
since then in the United States and
Europe. Recently he accompanied DR..
WI. Chinese Minister at Washington, to
the League Assembly in Switzerland.
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Uncle Sam is about 10 extend an Of
fetal welcome at the waters edge to
, the distinguished statesmen who will
principally represent Japan at the Lon
|, don naval conference-Messrs. Wakat-
suki and Takarabe. They are due at
Seattle within a week, for arrival in
Washington on December is. At the
PacificS shore Nippon's ENJOYS will be
} met by Joseph w. Ballantine of the
Far Eastern division Of the State De-
partment, who has been specially depu-
tized by Secretary Stimson to escort
Messrs. Wakatsuki and Takarabe across
the continent. High omclalS OF the
Navy Department will be at Seattle to
greet M. Takarabe, Japan's naval min
ister Mr.. Ballantine for several years
was Japanese secretary" OF the Ameri-
can embassy in Tokio-that is, the Japa-
nese-spsaking attache. He will be able
to chaperon Messrs. Wakatsuki and
, Takarabe across the open spaces tWiXt
Washington State and washington City
with Conversational charm and fiuency
In their own tongue. Ballantine was