Evening star., 1933-12-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Gus Improvements have been made in
! the Senate wing of the Capitol. The
public will find the Senate restaurant
changed for the better. Under the di-
rection of Senator Copeland Democrat,
OF New York. chairman of the Rules
Committee, which has charge of Senate
| culinary relations. the seating facilities
have been enlarged, aromatic cooking
| arrangements banished to the lower re-
gionS, and electrical equipment installed
with a view to quicker and better serv-
| ice all around. Supt. Bill Collins has
| supervised an expansion of the Senate
press gallery, SO as to provide Is or 20
more seats, by taking in the aisles of
adjacent public galleries, but without
cutting down the space available for
| the hoi polloi
| Hiroshi Saito just appointed japanese
Ambassador to the United States. will
be doing a tour Of duty here for the
third time. He came first with the Jap
anese delegation to the Washington
Armament Conference in 1921. when he
served as interpreter for Admiral Kato
head OF the delegation. Last year Saito
was counselor of the japanese embassy
in Washington. and now he returns as
Ambassador. He was official Japanese
interpreter at the London Disarma-
ment Conference in 1890. and after
ward published in japanese a best
seller volume of "reminiscences and anec-
dotes about Prime Minister Ramsay
Macdonald. The volume was dedicated
to "Miyoko," the first name of Mr..
! Saito's wife. The young statesman is
renowned throughout Japan for his lit
erary knowledge of English, which he
lnher1ts from his father. noted pro-
af cl, ~ Cat& a.,
poet Of distinction. He writes verse in
Japanese. Chinese, English and French.
Washington colleague says: "Saitos
rank as a highbrow, but he prefers to
be known as just plain, shirt-sleeve
diplomat"
For the first time since the post was
summarily vacated by the famous Capt.
Boy-Ed in 1917, the German embassy
at Washington now has naval attache.
He is Capt. Robert Witthoeft, a veteran
of the Kaiser's World War feet, who
took up his duties here two or three
weeks ago. A German military at
tache, Lieut.. Gen. Friedrich Won Boet-
ticher has been accredited to Washing
ington since early this year, so that,
from the standpoint of arms quality"
Germany is now on a level in the United
States with other powers.
X X X X
Lobsters, which years ago brought
Great Britain and France to the verge
of war over the Newfoundland fisheries,
have become a current issue at the
United States Tariff Commission. A
resident of Maine has earnestly petit
toned that Holsters be taken from the
free list and subjected to a tariff. in
order to protect the New England fish
cry industry from the destructive COM
petition of Canada, especially the lob
sters of Nova Scotia. New England
interests for long time have been
clamoring for tariffs on sardines. much
to the irritation of Norway, from which
the United States imports large guam
titles Of that timed product.
X X
An administration plan reported to
be in process Of incubation is formal
appeal to the States to speed up ad-
ministration of justice, especially
criminal trials. President Roosevelt
gave q hint of his mental processes on
this subject in his recent address be-
fore the Federal Council of Churches,
When, in the course of condemnation
of lynching, he mentioned the dis
repair" into which American judicial
machinery has fallen.
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