Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-29

Now that the authoritative voice of
Jouett Shouse has eulogized President
Hoovers debt holiday plan as states
manlike. courageous and decisive"
speculation RACES over what the Demo-
Gratis are going to do about it. Will
they take it lying down? Will there be
no attempt to steal Or match the thun-
der now reverberating to Hoovers
glory? What effect will it have on
presidential candidates.? The ines
capable conclusion would seem to be
that Gov. Roosevelt Is diSadvantaged by
events Of the past week and that Owen
Young and Newton Baker profit from
them. Young and Baker typify the
non-isolationist internationaliSm which
the Presidents scheme represents. II
the Republicans adopt Hoover, World
Rescuer" as their 1892 slogan, and de-
preston diI:linishes as a result OF his
plans, the Democrats might play their
trump card by nominating man sal
able to the country as the pioneer OF
the G. O. P.s tardily adopted program.
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Certain Republican leaders, who
habitually beware of Democratic Greeks
what may lie concealed behind the
honeyed words Of the ShouseS and the
HarrisonS Do the sweet-smelling bou-
uuets screen some devilish Democratic
plot-hidden batteries of artillery des-
tined in due course to turn devastating
guns on the Republican ramparts and
fire at them the very international am
munition now exploding to such high
G. o. P. purposes? Charlie Nicholson
Is not on a trip around the world, as
might have been supposed from the
taciturnity the Democratic Publicity
Bureau has observed for the past 10
days. It is an open secret that his
silence is beginning to be oppressive
and ominous to the Fessians and the
Lucasians atop the Barr Building.
X X X
To a European member of the Wash
ington diplomatic corps this observer
remarked that Secretary Mellon and
Ambassador Edge, knowing little or no
French might be at a disadvantage in
the great game they're now playing
with Laval and BRAND in Paris. Not
at ALL" was the response. mot to
understand the language of your oppo-
nents," the canny Old World diplo-
matist explained, sis great advantage.
You get time to think while the in
terpreting is going on. You have OPP
portunity to watch the facial play of
the men on the other side of the table,
which, as in your national game Of
poker, sometimes speaks louder than
words. The Turks for years were able
to outmatch the rest of Europe in
diplomatic contest by protesting not to
speak or understand French. No, your
Uncle Andy'S' lack of proficiency in
that language should serve him well at
Paris"
DR.. Felipe Espil, the new Argentinian
Ambassador to the United States, has
just given his first interview. It took
place at the dock in New York, whence
former Ambassador Malbran was leav-
ing for BuenoS Aires. Reporters asked
DR.. Felipe to comment on the Hawley-
Smoot tariff law. II am deaf and
dumb" he replied.
It appears there's been considerable
sub rosa comment and criticism over
the fact that U. S. S. Wyoming. car
rying a thousand Annapolis midship-
men en- practice cruise to Europe,
had to churn through the last 300
miles at five knots an hour in dirty
weather while serving as a towboat
for the disabled polar submarine Maui
titus. When these remonStrances were
brought to the attention Of Admiral
Pratt, chief of naval operations in the
Navy Department, that old salt replied
in the following terse and sailorlike
terms: when the Navy receives an
S o S at sea it does not consider why,
when or where it came from. It con-
siders that it Is the duty Of the Navy
to answer every S o S Of any charac-
ter and render such assistance as pos
sible. Once on the sea, the Navy
cannot leave any human being strand
ed, although scheduled arrangements
of the service may be interfered with"
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Washington embassies and legations
recently were visited by a Russian
woman on an unusual mission. Her.