Evening star., 1932-09-28

ChinaS interests in Washington and
the United States at large during the
next few months are going to be un-
officially. but none the less zealOuSly.
observed by statesman and diplomat
well known in these parts. He Is DIR.
Alfred Sao-Ke SEE, former Chinese
Minister in this country. DR.. SEE has
just arrived in the National Capital for
this purpose. His name is still carried
on the Chinese diplomatic list, but he
has not been in active service, for rea-
sons of health, for hearty a year. DR..
SEE was transferred from his post as
Minister to Great Britain. in order to
represent China at the League Of Ma
tions. when the Manchurian crisis set In
last September. He broke down as
result of his strenuous activities in
Geneva and meantime has spent most
of his time recuperating in Spain. DR..
SEE. graduate of the Washington high
schools and of Cornell University, rep
resented China in the United States
from 1923 to 1929. when he was sent
to London. He and Mrs. SEE were prime
favorites in Washington official society.
There's more than meets the eye in
the announcement that the Republican
high command has decided to concen-
trate its remaining campaign energies
III the East. It's the populous States
along the Atlantic seaboard, north OF
Mason and Dixon's line, and the ada
cent territory stretching west to the
Mississippi that the G. o. P. has its
eye on Gov Roosevelt could carry
every State south of Mason and Dixon S
Line Gncluding Delaware and Mary
land) and every one west OF the Mis-
sissippi, except Kansas, and yet lose
the election. The areas just named
embrace 81 States. President Hoover
would need only to capture the II re-
naming States of the Union north,
east and west of the Mississippi, in ad-
dition to the border States of West
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Missouri, to achieve half dozen votes
more than a majority in the electoral
college Any such outcome would mean
such a close vote that the swing Of al
most any small State would change
victory into defeat, and vice versa, for
either candidate. It would be case
of California in 1916 all over again.
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How to Control Billbugs" is the
title of 22-page bulletin just issued
by the Department of Agriculture. No
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it contains instructions how to ward
off bill collectors. The billbug appears
to be nefarious marauder in agricul-
ture, as it destroys corn, wheat and
other cereals, as well as forage plants,
and it is vitally important that its raw
ages be checked. The booklet compiled
by Secretary Hyde's bug experts gives
a general description of the billbug,
which belongs to the beetle family; its
life history, the extent OF injury m
flicted and means of suppression.
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Despite the vigilance of the United
States fleet, now stationed for an in
definite period on the West Coast. a
successful Japanese invasion of Pacific
waters is officially reported. The news
comes from the Bureau Of Fisheries IN
the Department of Commerce. It re-
ports that japanese oysters have now
been introduced on an extensive scale
in the waters of the Pacific that lap
the shores of Washington, Oregon and
California. It is feared that the Amer
lean oyster industry is face to, face
with a real problem, from the point
of view of conservation OF our native
species and maintenance of the high
standard Of American natural sea food
products. The cultivation Of the Jap
anese oyster along the Pacific Coast
b said to be making steady progress.