Evening star., 1932-03-11
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

ocrat, standing shoulder to shoulder in
opposing the bill Both men spoke at
length. Beck In searching legalistic
analysis, Blanton in scoring the alleged
cowardice Of Congress. Their voices
were the only ones raised against it.
Both conceded the futility of their
fight. AS they viewed 1t, right and
justice was on their Size and all Of the
votes on the other side Again was
illustrated the adage that politics
makes strange bedfellows."
The last personal appearance in
Washington Of John Philip Sousa, the
march king, who died this week, was at
the thirty-second annual Carabao Wal
low, on February 81. The Military Order
OF the Carabao derives its name from
the principal beast of burden of the
philippines. The carabao supplanted
the Army mule and proved indispensable
81 years ago in quelling the vaulting
ambition of Aguinaldo and his guer-
IlliaS. Several hundred Of the Cara
oaos, military and naval veterans of
Philippine campaigns, assembled for the
"alloW and Lieut.. Comdr SouSa in per-
son directed the Marine Corps Band in
Playing one OF his own stirring compo-
SltlonS, Hands Across the Sea-" in
Splred by the friendly attitude of the
British toward Admiral Dewey in his
hour OF trial in Manila Bay. The din
ner program abounded with satiric
traVeStleS upon the adventures of the
WalloWers in the past and gentle irony
az the present, especially prohibition,
ana the probable absurdities of the fu-
ture.
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The Senate this week has taken things
easy in desultory debate on the Depart
ment OF Agriculture appropriation bill.
interest has Jagged, and the senatorial
orators have addressed rows of vacant
cnalrs. 1t Is the first pause in the
RAPID legislative pace of the present
session. Possibly it comedies with a
Turn OF the economic tide back toward
normalcy. AS one senatorial observer
remarked: THE Senate has spent three
days in talking about grasshoppers, and
Will now spend another three days talk
ing about the poor Indians, and then
VIII pass the bill. 1t seems like old
times again"
An Institute of Far Eastern Affairs
under the auspices Of the American
University will be held in Washington
on March 21-22, with an evening meet
Ing on the first day at the Brookings
institution, at which the guests of hon.
or will be his excellency Mr.. Katsuji
Debuchi, the Ambassador Of Japan, and
DR.. Hawking Yen, the charge d'affaires
OF China. DR.. Harold G. Moulton,
president Of the Brookings Institution,
Will give the stated address with the
subject, Economic Relations in the
Pacific" Mr.. Chester D. Pugsley, who
has established a number of institutes
in the field of regional international
affairs, will preside. At a luncheon
meeting of the institute Charles Steven
son Smith. chief of the Foreign Service
of the Associated Press, will speak on
How America Gets its Chinese News;
Uric Bell Washington correspondent
of the Louisville Courier Journal and
chairman Of the Journalistic Award
Committee Of the National Press Club,
will speak on the topic Craftsmanship
in the Far East" and Earry w. Franz
of the Foreign Department Of the Unit
ed Press in Washington, ON Congress
and the American Islands in the
Pacific"
Copyright, 1922