Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
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volved and suspect certain others.
There seems to be nothing they
can do about it, If any la1U is Dfo-
lated, the shoppers haze been un-
able to find out Uhat it is. On its
face, the transaction seems to be
perfectly legal Mr.. Rooseuelts re-
striction is only against the export
of gold.
Fortunately there Is a limit to which
the slippery patriot can 30. The scheme
can be worked on any exportable COM
modify from wheat and cotton to screw
threads. But only a certain amount OF
these are purchased in gold countries
And there are only few gold countries
left. France and Italy are the only
large ones.
Anti-French Feeling Grows.
Most of our officials grasp their noses
whenever you mention the defaulting
Parisians. They feel that most of our
international troubles for the last dec
ade were caused by tricky French
diplomacy.
That is the inside explanation for the
unprecedentedly strong language Mr..
Roosevelt employed in his lecture to
the London Conference His friends had
a feeling the French were doing every
thing they could to embarrasS US. No
other explanation could be offered for
the enthusiasm they displayed on the
currency issue. We will not forget that.
You may see some eUen stronger
words used in diplomacy the merit
time the French bring up the ,Dar-
debt question.
Hoover Showed Anger.
Mr.. Hoover also knew when the
French were around. That is one thing
he has in common with the present ad-
ministration.
A, visitor to the Hoover Rapidan
Camp was out walking one day. He re-
turned to the recreation hall to find
Mr.. Hoover alone porting over the Sun
day papers scattered over the table.
Mr.. Hoover would read little and
then Jump up and walk around the
room. He would accompany his nerv-
GUS pacing with a beautiful free flow
of invectives. They were all adjectives
preflxed to the word French"
He had some new ones the visitor
had not heard before. He had pre-
served them from the lexicon of his
mining camp days.
The visitor tip-toed out.
The Army crowd is bitter under
meath about what the new deal did
to their men, They are buttonholing
soldier and a Roosevelt forester fare
Ylrdor thu ocoy,pvnu r,rOUroyo
With the neD IS per cent cut,
soldier gets eractly s17.85 per month
for defending his country. The
forest army tellotos get $50 month
for planting trees.
That would not be so bad, but the
foresters also get Louis Howe kits
which every one knows are the last
word in primping utensils.
This has had a somewhat serious
effect on Army morale. Officials are
not letting the privates 60 anywhere
near the foresters. All Army men as
signed to forestry camps are officers
getting more salary than the foresters
get. Most are sergeants.
The new dealers know about the sit
uation and regret it. There is not
much they can do without revising
their whole set-up.
That Probe Of Russia.
There was mix-up in the announce
ment that the new Minister to Sweden
Lawrence Steinhardt is going over to
make a survey Of Russia
Apparently his superiors told him
to keep an eye ON the Reds from
Stockholm. That is Uhat they
haze told every one of our Minis
tiers to a Russian border country
since 1917 1t is done because Ue
haze no other official wdy of keep
ing track OF ,Dhdt is going on there.
Steinh1rdt thought it meant he Dds
to make a special investigation. He
kno1os differently notD.
They had a hard time backstage
finding new agenda for the London
Conference after the French and Mr.
Roosevelt ruled out all the important
things.