Evening star., 1933-08-14

Eyes Of the world are on N. r. A. On
orders from home governments. practi-
cally every embassy and legation in
Washington IS watching and reporting
the progress Of the Roosevelt recovery
program. All over the globe the great
American experiment is being observed
with the closest scrutiny. If it accom-
plishes even tithe of its purpose it is
foreshadoWed that many another coun-
try may set up an N R. A. of its own.
Lloyd George has told the House of
Commons that Great Britain in par
ticular will do we'll to heed the course
of events over here. With the sole eX-
ception Of Russian Communism. the
New Deal is considered abroad the most
audacious and alluring adventure in ma
tional economics which modern times
have ever known. Foreign nations have
practical reason for hoping the thing
will go over in a big way. Restored
prosperity in the U. S. A, means bigger
for everybody in the worlds richest
market.
Keep your eyes on laurel-crowned
Ambassador Sumner Welles of Oxon
Hill, Md. More is going to be heard
Of him. His gilt edged job in bestowlng
the order of the boot upon President
Machado without American interven-
ton puts Welles in the hall of pan
American fame for all time. President
Roosevelt has returned to Washington
loud in praise Of his Havana envoys
diplomacy. There has been nothing to
compare with it in our international
annals. F. D. R. was never an inter
ventionist He sent Welles to Cuba
with instructions to exhaust every con-
tot restore N.
litical stability. Intervention was al
Wavs the rod the United States had In
pickle. but Welles had orders to keep 1t
there until all other possibilities OF tor
pedoing the Machado dictatorship we're
used up. Whatever future honorS are
in store for the AmbaSsador-you may
nut it down for certain that they WILL
come along some sunny day-he is not
going to be withdrawn from Havana
for the indefinite future. HIS next Joo
there will be as generalisslmo OF tne
New Deal which President Roose.eiI
has in mind for the Pearl OF tne An
titles in cooperation with the Cuoaii
government.
Selection of DR.. Carlos Manuel de
cesnedes as President of Cuba Is well
received in washington. He was the Is
lands Minister here at different perloos
between 1914 and 1922, going back 10
Havana eleven years ago to be secretary
of state in the Zayas cabinet. Smaihsn
of stature, soft-spoken ana scnolaIN'
President Cespedes Is far removed from
the bluff. gruff soldier type OF Machaoo,
though long identified with the oeposeo
Presidents Liberal party organization. n.
AS boy DR.. Cespedes received his carry
education in New York City. He speaks
English, French, German, tanan'
Spanish and Portuguese and has rep
resented Cuba In a diplomatic capacity in
Great Britain. France. Italy, Greece anu
Argentina. His marriage to an Italian
Iady took place in New York City Hall
in 1915. the knot being tied by Mayor
John Purroy Mitchell. DR.. Cespedes
was President Machado's first secretary
| of state, in 1925, but resigned year
later to become Cuban Minister at
Paris. He is 81 years old. Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
encountered him as governor OF San
tiago Province in the Spanish American
War.
Something brand-new in the Roose-
, welt patronage realm-a referendum
who they prefer for collector OF GUS
toms at Norfolk-is proposed by an &C
tive aspirant for the job. Norman R.
Hamilton, editor and publisher OF the
Portsmouth Star, who held the post
during the Wilson administration. Al
though Mr.. Hamilton mobilized un-
usually impressive support for his can
didacy among some 10000 Democratic
business men. politicians and labor
leaders of the State. Senators Glass and
Byrd are recommending I. w. Truxtun
Of Norfolk for the place. Mr.. Hamil-
tons rejoinder Is militant open letter
to Senator Byrd, proposing q refer
endum to give Democratic voters q
chance to express a choice for the col
lectorship Hamilton announces his
willingness to pay out of his own pocket
two-thirds of the cost Of holding such
an election He charges that the oppo-
sition to him is fomented by "the Nor
folk ofice-holding group" and a few
other scattered foes.
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Senator William H. King. Democrat
Of Utah, one of the large congressional