Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-29

Capt. Albert W. johnson, U. S. N,
chairman of the American Electoral
Mission, has just made a personal re-
port to President Hoover on the recent
successfully conducted elections in Mica
ragua. While four South American re-
publics were settling their political diff
ferences by the bullet, Nicaragua set
tied hers by the ballot. The country for
merly the most turbulent little state in
Latin America chose a new President
and Congress in the most orderly cleo
tions Nicaragua ever held. Only few
shots were fired by bandits to scare the
voters, or possibly to advertise San
dino, who seems completely to have
petered out The Liberals captured both
houses Of Congress by comfortable
majority and elected Gen. Moncada
president by an equally substantial
margin. In his inaugural address on
December Is, President Moncada lauded
the impartiality of Capt. johnson and
his colleagues in glowing terms. Mica
ragua seems to have turned her back
once for all on the revolutionary method
of changing governments.
Gradual withdrawal OF United States
Marines from Nicaragua during the past
few years has reduced their number
from something like 5000 to a scant
1000. Responsibility for the antibandit
campaign has been transferred to the
Guardia Nacional, an efficient body of
native troops created under the StimSon
agreement of 1927. 1t is carrying on an
energetic campaign in the Nicaraguan
jungle. Throughout the inhabited COM
munities, where the late pollings took
place. Capt. JohnsonS force of Ameri-
can military, naval and marine officers
and 500 sailors and marines served as
the national supervisory body. An en-
listed man sat as chairman OF the
local election board at each voting place,
assisted by a representative of each of
the Nicaraguan political parties. In
every case, this trio worked together
without friction. The fine conduct and
fairness of the Yankee sailors and ma
rineS impressed the people 50 favorably
voters invited them to remain in the
country and run for mayor!
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Here's a bit of unrecorded history of
Gen. Pershing's World War memoirs,
about TO be published in The Washing
ton Star and other leading newspapers
throughout the country. Pershing and
his staff sailed for Europe on the
famous trip of the S. S. Baltic in
ciateS and SubordinateS was a personally
picked and trusted selection of the
commander in chief. The last night at
| sea. just before Pershing's outfit landed
| in England, it was agreed that the only
diary of the great adventure upon which
| he and his staff were about TO enter
/ should be that kept by the general him.
self. From its pages has now eventu-
ated the gripping story Of the A. E. F.
in France.
y X x X
Washingtons gossipy tongue is still
Wagging over the recent $4,000 debut
| of an oil magnate's daughter. Even
! Senator Norris has breezed into the dis
cussion with the suggestion that found
| expression on many less notable lips
| He thinks it was a waste of money to
cpend $50,0o0 on launching a girl in
| society. If the Nebraska nemesis of all
| evil doors would think, on this occasion
| beyond the end of his Progressive nose
he'd realize that such festivities are
exactly the sort Of thing designed tc
remedy the economic evil over which
Norris ct al. now have bleeding hearts
They put money in circulation. They
start dollars to rolling in countless uSe-
ful directions. They give employment
to butchers, bakers and candlestick-
makers. They provide work for cooks
walters, dish washers, taxi drivers, for
lists, dressmakers and a dozen Other
categories of labor.
And, in the instance which arouses
Norris indignation, the dough is price
loose from precisely the quarter ht
thinks it ought to be taken-i. e., pub.
lie utilities!
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One of the Federal officials highly
charged with prohibition enforcement
duties inhabits sylvan home in TIT
westernmost section of Washington
-urcIy 70. decorative and not defensiv,
purposes his property includes a walled
in CGriea, Ike many establishments il
that particular regrAl Not far from tn