Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-28

As his time for disappearing draws
near, President Coolidge Is speaking
right out In meeting. about some of his
pet averSions in Washington. Within
the past day or two he has thrust at
two Of them-the United States Sen
ate and the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. Gal" considers that the Sem
ate has such pettifogging habits that he
questions whether anything SO intricate
law would ever merit its august APP
prevail. The President was led to vent
his views by Borah'S proposal for re-
codification Of the laws governing the
conduct Of belligerents and neutrals in
war time. Mr.. Coolidge sat on the ros-
TRIM Of our chatty chamber for two
and one-half years. He should know
whereof he speaks. It Is the Interstate
Commerce Commissions reluctance to
act that gets Gals" goat. He thinks
the members OF the I. G. G. are "all
right" but that their dilatory devices
are all wrong.
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When Senators on January u were
taking the name Of Great Britain in
vain during the cruiser debate. none
Of them was aware of the presence In
the diplomatic gallery Of cultured and
distinguished Englishman. He was A. D..
Lindsay, G. B. E., master Of the Balliol
College, oxford, who was the guest Of
the Hon. Vincent Massey. the Canadian
Minister at Washington. Massey is him.
| self a Balliol man. He told DR.. Lindsay
that the Canadian legation Is 40 per
cent Baliiol;" two of its five members
being graduates Of that historic college.
Balliol has been called the incubator
| Of British statesmen. John Bulls
principal two World War leaders were
| Balliol men-Premier Asquith and For
etgn Secretary Grey. The late Lord Cur
ION was also at Balliol. There are some
$50 Balliol men In North America
about 100 In the United States and so
In Canada. DR.. Lindsay Is making q
| private visit to this country. He was
| anxious to see our own House OF Lords
in action and happened to be in town
the day the big cruiser debate opened.
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Ways and means committee rooms in
the House once Building have worn a
very bucolic aspect these past few days,
with hearings on the agricultural SEIZED
ule in progress. This, observer asked a
farm spokesman to list the products on
which higher tarin rates are sought by
agriculturists ION everything from ap-
Piles to yamS," was the reply. One OF
the rural products which the farmers
want removed from the free list and
subjected to tariR henceforward Is
| horSe.radiSh. The demand comes from
Vice President-elect Curtis home State
Of Kansas. To date about the only
tariH reduction that's been asked for Is
Sumatra wrappers for cigars.
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There was q grand old orgy of remi-
niscences at the Army and Navy Club
the other night, when veterans OF our
Indian. wars foregathered for one Of
their occasional talkfests. The star OF
the evening was Gen. Charles King, SOL
der and author. Although King is "a
years, old, he narrated wildly the IA
nous night between Buffalo Bill and
yellow Hand. The general was close by
when. Buffalo Bill toppled the Cheyenne
Indian chief and his horse, King laud-
ed the great scout-shownan as brave
and loyal soldier, while the so Indian
veterans at the banquet applauded. Gen.
Godfrey, one OF the survivors Of Custer
old regiment, also told stories about
Cody. Maj. George p. Ahern, recorder
Of the Order Of Indian Wars, read the
story Of the capture Of the Apache chief,
Geronimo, by Lieut.. .Gatewood, as writ
ten by the latter'S son. Maj. Charles B.
Gatewood. The historical branch of the
Army War College at Washington made
a plea to the Indian fighters to send In
all data and photographs connected
with the campaigns which enabled. the
white man to make a great empire OF
the trans-M Mississippi region.
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At the end of February DR.. c. c. WI,
newly appointed Chinese Minister to
the United States, will take up his
doulicile In q house at Washington
which was built under the direction OF
his distinguished father, the late and
famous WI Ting-fang. more than Is
years ago. 1t Is the Chinese legation.
Construction was begun during WI
Ting-Iang,s first mission to the United
States. The new envoy OF Nationalist
! China remembers as q lad walking over
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