Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-26

Extremely friendly in tone is the COM
ment in American newspapers on Sig
nor Grandi after his recent conversa-
tions with President Hoover at the
White House. Friendliness to the mis-
sion of this masterful italian. as we'll as
to the man, marks most of the discus
sion on his visit
America extends to Signor Grandi a
cordial welcome as foreign minister OF
a country with which we are on friend
" terms, and as man whose PERSONAL
ity. vigor and common sense have done
much to impress upon the worlds con-
seriousness a new italian philosophy OF
peace; his visit writes another chapter
in the success of recent diplomacy" as
serts the Springfield (Mass) Union
Declaring that at is not necessary to
indorse Fascism In giving Grandi our
heartiest greetings" the Manchester
Union says "Grandi's visit is the high
est honor that he could pay the Amer
lean Government and the American
people, and he will not find either the
Government or the people of this coun-
try lacking in the courtesy that this
gesture of friendship deserves The
Rock Island Argus views his visit as
distinctly one of good will and notes
that "he has been welcomed here In
that spirit"
y
Impressed by the traits Of independ-
ence shown by Grandi. the youngstown
Daily Vindicator notes that the young
italian won his first claim to fame by
opposing his chief" and relates the his
tory of that incident: 1T was IN the
Fascist Party Congress in Rome when
he was hardly more than boy
that he dared to object to decision
It was too conservative. II is said that
the delegates turned and stared at him
in CONSERVATION, expecting him to be
blasted by the wrath of Mussolin1. The
hall was in an uproar, but Mussolin1
Gained the storm, conceded that there
was something to what the youthful
orator had said, and from that time on
Grand was marked for rise and dis
tinction."
The Harrisburg Telegraph calls him
big man in his own right at the
present time, and the Savannah MOTIF
ing News says of the latest visitor 70
our shores: "In war he was diStln-
guished, in peace he has been able and
prominent, having been most frequent
ly sent to represent his country ana It's
dictator in foreign conferences and in
ternational conversations. His coming
adds another chapter to the story Mr..
Hoover is writing-of the recordS.pf
Uncle Sans activities in world affairs"
ON this point, the Chicago Daily News
states: "All roads, it is said, now lead
to washington. After Grandi and
Laval, perhaps, German statesmen will
seek an invitation to confer with Presi-
dent Hoover and his cabineg. The more
such anicable conferences, the better
for the cause of peace and constructive
cooperation"
az u
"It is the new diplomacy Of b@ter
understanding" comments the Port
Huron Times Herald. Personal con-
tact with the representatives of three
European nations is the big point that
will break down prejudices, adjust diff
ferences of opinion and give each lead
er o better estimate Of the other fell
lows problem" contends the New Lon
don Day. as it approves the efforts of
the administration in employing 'the
old psychological method of being a
good neighbor and a cordial host" The
Salt Lake DeSeret News expresses the
hope that '.the visit of Signor Grandi
will be followed by the same kind of
friendly understanding which seems to
have characterized visits of Premiers
Ramsay Macdonald and Pierre Laval"
As to the tanor of the important con-
verSations that have taken place, the
Providence Evening Bulletin records: