Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18

Italian Foreign Minister Grand has
run bang into a crop Of wild and weird
political rumors at Washington of the
sort with which European capitals are
rather more familiar The prize yarn
Of the moment is a tale that President
Hoover and Secretary Stimson have
fallen cut over the Manchurian affair,
and that the head of the State Depart
ment may not survive the incident.
Sharp differences of opinion regarding
American policy toward japan are said
to be the cause of this cabinet crisis. :"
Col. 6timson $50 the romance runsI
favors continued cooperation with the
League of Nations in bringing the Jap:
anese to terms. The President, bowling
before the storm threatened by anti
League Senators, day or two ago (as
the story gces) decided upon a drastic
reversal of the Stimson policy and per-
sonally directed the dispatch Of Am
basSador Dawes to Paris for the pur-
pose of telling the League where 1t gets
off. IT'S a precious narrative and i'm
portant, If true. What Is fact Is that
widespread CONSERVATION was spread by
a circumstantial statement in the lead
ing adminiStfa ton newspaper, the New
York Herald Tribune, that Japan Is in
possession Of private assurances" that
the United States will not take part In
extreme procure to compel evacuation
of Manchuria. The State Department
last night took the wind out OF these
sails by vigorously reafirming its posi-.
ton on the japanese invasion OF
Chinese territory. America did not join
the League in fixing q time limit, but
insists on all possible speed In Japanese
troop withdrawal.
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Senator George H. Moses, Republican.
of New Hampshire, who returned 10
Washington today for tonights Whlte
House dinner in honor of Signor Grandi,
might be able to throw some light on
American diplomacy In the Mancnurlan
affair. Speaking in his home town OF
Concord a couple Of nights ago, Senator
Moses exposed what he designated As
League of Nations plot in the Sino-
Japanese business. He indicated mat
naughty Europe had 1t ali cooked up
to dump the Sino-JapaneSe mess IN
Americas lap" and let US bear the orunt
of cleaning it up. Then, according 70
New HampShire's favorite and glrted
son, the conspiracy was suooenIy
thwarted by the Hoover administrator:
Senator Moses Is potent member OF
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
and about the only one intimately con-
suited by the President on major occa-
sions. It was only Q few hours before
Moses spoke at Concord that AnbaSSa-
dor Dawes Paris assignment was an
nounced, The intimation now Is that
Dawes Is in France to let the scheming
League know in Hell-and-Maria terms
that America is not going to marcn Win
Geneva except in the uniform OF the
nine power treaty and the Kellogg pact,
which lack the teeth" OF Inc League
covenant.
Herbert Hoover, Navy League ana
the Democratic National Committee 70
the contrary Notwithstanding, Is not q
prophet without honor In his own lana.
He has recently had q sleeping car
named after him. Now and then its
on q run that brings 1t to washington
One of Signor Grandi's aides Is Sig
nor Leonardo Vitetti. brilliant young
Italian who for several years was q
secretary of the Italian embassy In
Washington and popular member OF
the younger diplomatic set. Slgnor
Vitetti who speaks Oxonian Engllsn,
was detached from Washington couple
of wears ago to become the head OF the
League OF Nations section in the Italian
foreign once. Like both Mussolini and
Grand, Vitetti was once working
newspaper man. Signor Augusta RoSSo,
another important member OF the
Grand encourage, also had period OF
diplomatic service in the United States.
He is an Armaments Conference expert,
serving as Signor Grandi's right hand
| in the London Naval Conference Of
1880.
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Representative Hamilton Fish. IT.,
Republican, of New York. divides his
thoughts at this season between politics
] and foot ball. Harvard captain in his
senior year, 1909. and an all-America
tackle. Fish still thinks the line II
the thing that makes for victory In 0