The Washington times., 1933-07-13


and ambitions of their people; but they playing
the old game of diplomacy, and this, think, accounts
for the surprised howl of pain which when Presi
dent Roosevelt addressed the delegates if they
business engaged in business, instead of sending
them long sweet in the diplomatic language
which means almost nothing. It amused me to find
an English commentator cappng his hands, while
American pubicsts, succumbing to the London heat,
WINGED at the brutality of the Presidents "hgh and
mighty language"
Victory at Last
The result is new sensation in America have
met the enemy and they On the field of
battle, have done this before; but in diplomacy,
notoriously defeated nation. We entered the
Peace Conference with fixed program and were de-
feated all along the line went into the present
conference, it appears, with plans, policies, and
few ideas; and have out ahead. At least that
is the record far The experts say that if the
ference continues, if it takes recess it will
have to eat out of the Presidents hand hereafter
That's news.
A La Russo
Another thing that has not been noticed is that the
Presidents winged words were not only against the
tradition of European diplomacy but very much
in the style of the pronouncements made in 1918 by
the Bolshevists, the subject of peace and in the
style of the Soviet diplomacy since The moment
conference called these dreadful Russians invited
not, say something definite, like "disarm" or
'trade And the diplomats and their publcists throw
up their hands in holy horror.
It has been, by the way nice conference for these
same Russians. They have negotiated nine treaties,
have broken through the British reserve and, it ap
pears have progressed long step the way to trade
WITH and recognition by the United States of America
a country which, having been formed in revolution,
grew suddenly fnicky in 1917 about recognizing any
other kind of revolution.
A Dollar Letter
Mr.. Vincent Starrett writes from Chicago,
closing a catalogue of a book shop specializing in
autograph letters. From it 1 find that one-page,
quarto signed letter written by myself, be bought
for dollar. hereby give warning that the buyer is
making mistake I doubt whether any letter
wrote on one page fifteen, is worth dollar
wouldn't buy it myself
Mr.. Starret advises to keep cool. eff the price
seems too modest" he says, Imagine my dismay
time since to find postal card of mine offered by
dealer at 25 cents. Times hard, however,
wrote him offering to supply them in quantity at
quarter piece if he would raise the sale price to 35
cents There reply"
Good Company
Well, Mr. Starrett's only postal card; mine, it
appears letter, addressed-to whom?
That's the singular mystery Who cared so little for
my writing twas it handwriting typewriting?) to
sell it, for brief song? What was the letter about?
have written four months earlier regretng the fact
that in moving, had lost the question to which
supposed to give answer?
The think of it, the more perplexed become.
I would say the whole thing is a hoax except for
point: the letter is described en- d., meaning that
it is not dated. That sounds genuine. don't
date checks, except under pressure. find myself in
the same price-class William Lyon Phelps, Aonzo
Rothschld, Ernest Seton Thompson, Booker T. Wash
ington, T. S. Stribing (not the prze-fighter) and
Ralph Waldo Trine. Who bids dollar and quarter?