The Washington times., 1929-11-27

IlC pdBCdIlO Va N'NAANo AANA"S
this week as one of the great
actors on the worlds stage passes
from it's scene.
The name of Georges Gle
menceau, the Tiger" who was
the veritable epitome Of the
They Shall Not Pass" spirit If
the French poilu in the days
when the German juggernaut
seemed unstoppable, is i'm
mortal.
Americans admire courage
above all things, and what Gle
menceau stands for in history
is courage. He was narrow and
bitter in some respects, as hard
a hater as he was a fighter;
and he fought American policies
at the Paris peace conference.
America also lost a grand old
man" this week; and France did
also. Senator Francis Emroy
Warren, who for more than 35
years has represented Wyoming
in the Senate-thus breaking all
Congressional records for length
of Service-died at the age OF
IS years. He was chairman OF
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee, one of the most powerful
posts in the chamber, and was
the sole survivor of the giants
of a notable generation in the
Senate-such men as William
B. Allison. Nelson w. Aldrich,
Henry Cabot Lodge, and Eugene
Hale.
Senator Warren was a stalwart
Republican, and was one Of The
wealthiest men in the Senate,
having vast grazing interests IN
his home State of Wyoming. He
achieved his greatest fame during
the Payne Aldrich tariff debate
Of 1909, when he was dubbed by
Senator Dolliver of Iowa the
greatest shepherd since Abraham"
President Hoover has not yet
appointed a Secretary Of War to
succeed the late James w. Good
in his cabinet. His nomination
of Senator Walter E. Edge to be
ambassador to France, was con.
firmed by the Senate this week.
David Baird. jr., will succeed him
in the Senate.
The long threatened conflict
between Soviet Russia and the
nationalists Of China appears to
be at hand.
While the merits of this Man.
churian border fight are
shrouded in Oriental complexity:
most observers seem to agree
that the Chinese have given
Russia due cause for aggression.
China, however, has appealed to
the League Of Nations and to
individual signatories of the
Kellogg anti-war pact for pro
lection.
The appeal asks the nations
which have signed the Kellogg
pact to take appropriate steps
to stop and punish this deliber-
ate violation of the treaty"
which outlaws war.
There is every indication that
President Hoover has succeeded
in saving the nation from any
bareback of disaster from the
recent Wall Street collapse. He
has modified the leading factors
in industry, commerce, and agri.
culture, and outlined a program
Of defensive and remedial
measures.
The program includes a Federal
construction program, involving
an additional outlay Of $l75.-
100000; Government aid for Tie
construction Of a large fleet of
ocean liners, costing approx
mately $250,000.000, by means of
mail-carrying contracts; the re-
duction of Federal income taxa
ton, amounting to an estimated
S160,000000, which already has
been announced; an agreement
with employers that there will be
no reduction in wages during
whatever temporary stringency
may develop, along with an
agreement with the organized
workers that there shall be no
strikes or other attempts to IN
crease wages.
There is not going to be any
panic in the United States fol.
lowing this unprecedented shrink.
age of paper values on Wall
Street-PreSident Hoover will see
to that. Economists are almost
unit in declaring that the era
of panics in the United States
at least panics as severe as those
of 1893 and 1907-haS passed
away forever.
Pin pricks and minor irritations
are in store for the coming
naval limitation conference, to
be held in London next January.
England has a coterie of big
navy" men who are now accus,
ing the Labor premier, Ramsay
Macdonald, of having been hood.
winked by President Hoover duI.
ing his recent visit in Washing.
ton. The Tories declare that
British security must be the
basis of any agreement, and say
they are going to view the forth.
coming negotiations with an
extremely critical eye. Not max
ior o~u y.aflootiNY7c IN fhn rAOI