Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-16

Ramsay Macdonald will be the first
British prime minister to visit the
United States while In ONCE. Mr.. Bal
four Gas he then was) attended the
Washington conference in 1922 and
headed the British war mission TO
America In 1917, but it is quarter Of
a century since he was premier. When
Mr.. Baldwin, later prime minister, ne
Rotiated the debt settlement here in 1928
he was chancellor of the exchquer. M.
BRAND became French premier in 1922
for the fourth time just after the Wash
ington conference, in which he parttci-
pated as foreign minister. So, barring
the Kings who have been in our midst
now and then, Macdonald will be the
highest ranking foreigner ever to tarry
on American soil in his official capacity.
Whoever Is prime minister Of Great
Britain is, in effect, If not in name, the
ruler of the realm. The crown IS the
symbol Of authority. But the pre-
mierShip Is the authority itself. The
statesman who occupies It has power
akin to that Of the President Of the Unit
ed States. He holds office as long as he
can control q majority in the House OF
Commons, although he and his party,
under the unwritten British constitu-
ton, must 60 to the country at the
latest five years after taking Office, pro-
vided a general election has not ensued
in the meantime through an adverse
"vote of confidence" in the Commons.
When President Hoover goes TO the sta.
ton to meet Premier Macdonald It Will
be, for all practical purposes, an equal
greeting an equal What form OF en-
tertainment the squire of the White
House Is going to provide for his dis
tinguished guest is not yet known. Mr..
Hoover is not golfer and Mr.. Mac
Donald, as far as washington has heard,
neither fishes nor builds dams as q
pastime. They do have one weakness In
common: Both are pipe-smokers.
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Jouett shouse, chairman Of the
Democratic national executive commit
tee. made his debut in that role, as far
az the country at large Is concerned,
when he spoke at Boston on Saturday.
The Kentuckian-K MisSour1an Is
by way of taking o fourth domiciliary
appendage to himself, for he Is shortly
to become a householder in the District
Of Columbia. IT'S said by some O!
Shouse's admirers that he has exalted
noiiticai Aspirations, outstripping even q
seat ia the Senate or even in presi-
Dental cabinet. With the aid OF his
hard-hitting publicity chief, Charles
Nicholson, Chairman ShOuSe has con-
Quoted brilliant attack on the Repub-
licaf tariff now In the making. SEN
ator "Jirn" Watson told the Nations
radio audience the other night that the
Democrats onslaught against the Haw-
ley-Smoot bill lacks the merit OF novelty.
But that ever and anon 1t gets under
the elephants hide is an open secret.
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Mabel Walker Willebrandt doubts
bringing her letters pro and con the
liQht she recently turned on "The In
side uf Prohibition" One Of her articles
said that politics and liquor apparently
are as inseparable as combination OF
beer and pretzels." The lady OF the law
has Just received the following remon.
STRANGE from 1.-THE worlds largest pretzel
manufacturers"
Whether your remark was made IN
ignorance or carelessness, 1t evinceS
O singular lack Of knowledge OF the
q reflection upon everything else
said in your article. PretzelS were
FIRST made as q part Of religious
observance, their very shape and
form indicating the folded arms OF
the attitude of prayer. They were
originally given to children as a re-
ward for learning prayers, and chill
dren are today the greatest con-
sumerS Of pretzels.
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Recently q young washington BUSH
ness man, who is q college student In
his spare time, was denied a commits
sion In the Organized Reserves Of the
United States Army because he had
neither World War service nor r. o. T.
O. experience to his credit. His name
is Angel, and more in regret than In
the following letter:
In 1918 I was but IL years old
and could hardly serve IN the armed
4pEpea pfe The United statee George