The Washington times., 1929-10-30

LOT granting asylum 10 lLalan pO-
litical exiles.
The real extent of Russia n
economic ambitions is seen in the
statment made TO a delegation of
American business men that the
Russian scheme for industrial re-
habilitation will, in the not distant
future, enable that nation to surpass
the United States in industrial pro.
duction.
A rather large order, surely, even
with the expenditure of billions that
is contemplated. But it is made by
g. representative of the Soviet gov
ernment as a challenge to the bust.
ness of the world.
Charles G. Dawes, American am
bassador to Great Britain, has been
appointed by President Hoover as
the fourth member of the American
commission to the naval limitation
conference in London. Hugh Glib
son, American ambassador to Bel.
gium, who headed the American dele
cation to the Geneva conference in
1927, will serve in an advisory ca
pacity at the new conference.
Owen D. Young, head of the
General Electric Co, author Of the
new plan by which the debts and
losses of the world war are to he
liquidated and one Of the outstand.
ing men of the nation. was
awarded the Roosevelt Medal for
Distinguished Service last Sunday
night.
Mr.. Young was termed the
"envoy extraordinary of a new
age" whose work in Strengthening
out the tangled finance of a dis
rupted world was bridging chasms
between nations and building cause
ways toward understanding and
peace"
The chronicle Of the week would
not be complete without q record
of the fact that former Secretary OF
the Interior Albert B. Fall was
found guilty of bribery in connec-
ton with the leasing of the Elk
Hills naval reserve to e. r.
Doheny.
Thus ends that fantastic chapter
of recent political history-the story
of the little black bag" that was
packed with currency of the realm
and delivered to Secretary Fall by
son Of Doheny: Of the 100000
Edward b. Mclean check that was
never cashed; of the Japanese war
scare conjured up to let both men
extenuate their transaction on the
basis of patriotism and national de-
fense.
1t remains to be seen what sen.
tence will be meted out to Mr..
| Fall. The general opinion seemed
to be that in view of his advanced
age he will be heavily fined and
will not have to serve prison sem
tence. And in any event, the ver-
dict will be appealed to the Su-
preme Court Of the United States.
Urban r. Diteman, Montana
cattle man, whose sudden take-oft
on transatlantic journey in a
tiny monoplane surprised the world
last week. has been lost in the
| wastes of the sea. Nothing was heard
from him after he left New Found.
land, and his romantic adventure
has ended in a tragedy not entirely
unexpected. He was not an aviator
OF long experience and his journey
seems to have lacked q scientific
background.
After many years the "red scare"
| in the United States seems to be
| waning. 1t is an index of the temper
of the times when Secretary Of State
| Stimson decides to permit the Count
and Countess karolyi. Hungarian
communist sympathizers, to enter
| the United States.
President Coolidge and Secretary
OF State Kellogg were unflinching
in their determination to keep the
Karolyis from American shores.
Secretary Stimson. however. sees
things in a different light. The hob
goblins OF the old red scare" do
| not trighten him.