Evening star., 1932-05-30

Washington is host this week to a
distinguished japanese, DR. Inazo Nj
tobe, who has come to the United
States to find out just why American
public opinion has turned against ia
pan-as Nippon thinks it has. Incl
dentally it appears to be part OF DR..
Nitobe's mission to clear US up about
Japan's real motives in China, especial
lv Manchuria. He believes the japanese
case is not fully understood in this
country. and that when it is our Iudg-
ment concerning the Manchurlan occu-
patton and the Shanghai affair Will
undergo a change Up to couple OF
years ago DR.. Nitobe was the japanese
member of the League Of Nations Secre-
tariat, and won an eminent place Tor
himself at Geneva as an enlightened
statesman. He is now editorial aovlSer
of the Toxic Nichi Nichi and the Osaka
Mainichi, two of Japan's leading news
papers. Ambassador Debuchi Is enter
tanning in DR.. Nitobe's honor at the
picturesque new embassy on Massachu-
setts avenue.
Although progress has been made In
service from a patronage orchard into
career" profession, the plums are
still retained for party faithful. AS
the presidential campaign proceeds. two
desirable jobs will be filled. and the
expectation is that they'll be handed
over to deserving Republicans. One
is the AmbasSadorship to Poland, from
which John N. WHY'S, Ohio automobile
magnate resigned. The other Is the
Ministership to Greece, occupied by
another Ohioan, Robert P. Skinner,
until his transfer to Latvia. Various
career" men are evincing cOmmendable
desires for promotion to either Warsaw
or Athens, but. at time when cam
paign contributions are bitterly needed,
the claims of butter-and-egg men have
foreign service law permits career"
men to aspire up to the grade Of
counselor Of embassy, but chiefs Of
missions Ambassadors and Ministers)
are unrestricted presidential appoint
ments. Notable career" diplomats who
have reached the top are our present
envoys in the Far East-Ambassador
Grew in Japan and Minister johnson
In China.
Representative Ruth Bryan Owen
Democrat, who is in the thick of pri
mary denomination contest in Florida,
was addressing meeting Of woman
voters at Jacksonville the other night.
She was glorifying the achievements OF
her sex in public life and subtly con-
veying the impression that when all Is
said and done, it's the women who have
always cut ice in the world. Where
would the men be, anyhow, if 1t weren't
for the women?" asked the vivacious
Ruth. There was a man or two in the
In the garden of Eden!"
Over in the War Department is a
memorial tablet erected under Gen.
Pershirg's direction IN honor of the
increasing use Of mechanized cavalry,
the horse has by no means galloped
out OF the military picture. A fervid
believer In the four-footed hero's in
dispensability is Maj. Gen. Guy v.
Henry, chief of Cavalry, U. s. A., and
one Of the Army's most expert saddle
men. Although it does not compare
numerically with most foreign estab-
lishments, Uncle Sam has today what
is undoubtedly the most efficient Cav
airy of any army In the world. It has
attained that emmence amid recurring
congressional vicissitudes. Periodically
cheese pairing appropriation committees
smuggle jokers into the War Depart
ment budget which are designed to
cripple the Cavalry Military authori-
ties remain convinced that in future
wars combination cavalry" (mechan-
lied and horse) will serve vital pur-
poses-each with its mission and its
limitations and operating separately to
obtain its maximum efficiency.