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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-04
MONDAY

MONDAY
Indianapolis Literary Club will
observe Ladies' Night at the meeting
at the D. A. R. chapter house. Rob
ert A. Adams will discuss THE
Quality of Humor."
Mrs. Charles A. Harris, 1855 Uni
versity avenue. will be hostess for
the meeting of the Irvington Wom-
ans Club. Mrs. Joseph OStrander
will talk on the year 1880, THE
French Academy"
Talks on Mountain Folks and
cliff Dwellers" will be given at
the meeting of the New Era Club,
with Mrs. Maggie Kinzer and Miss
Blanche McFadden as hoStesseS.
An evening guest meeting is sched-
uled for the Monday Afternoon
Reading Club in the green room Of
the Y. w. G. A., with Rabbi Milton
Steinberg talking on Jewish Peo-
pie and the Hebrew Religion"
HostesseS will be Mesdames John F.
Boessinger, Leland K. FiShback, and
Archibald M. Hall.
TUESDAY
"Story Telling Becomes a Fine
Art" will be the subject of the
meeting of the Heyl Study Club.
Pride and Prejudice" Mill on the
Floss" and Vanity Fair" will be
discussed by club members. Mrs.
Robert Frost Daggett will present
THE Music of the Golden Age"
Election of officers is scheduled
for the 10 o'clock meeting of the
Eoosier Tourist Club of Indian
apolis at the home of Mrs. Roy
Peterson, 906 Fairfield avenue.
Women's Auxiliary to the Railway
Mail Association will meet at the
Women's Department Club. Albert
Stump will give talk and pupils
of Mrs. Louise Powell Schilling will
present a dance.
1.-The Peace That Was No Peace"
by Mrs. William H. Frosch, and
Seeing America at Last" by Mrs.
Edgar A. Perkins, will be the talks
given at the meeting of the Irving
ton Chautauqua Club, at the home
of Mrs. Peter McEwen, 351 Leslie
avenue.
Mrs. Robert Aldag will entertain
the members of the Irvington Home
Study Club at her home, 574O
Pleasant Run parkway.
WEDNESDAY
The Irvington Catholic Woman'S
Study Club will meet with Mrs.
Thomas j. Murphy, 1922 Lowell ave-
nue.. A report on the National Coun-
Gil of Catholic Women will be given
by the committee in charge.
Zetathea Club will meet with Mrs.
George B. Davis, 1903 Watson road.
Mrs. R. H. Hollywood and Mrs. R.
f. Stevenson will discuss the evo-
lutions of lighting and heating.
Hoosiers on the stage and screen
will be the topic discussed at the
meeting of the Minerva Club at the
home of Mrs. George Wood, 5514
Washington boulevard.
Wilbut D. Peat will present "a
Glimpse of Indiana Art" at the
meeting of the New Century Club,
with Mrs. Harry Beebe, Mrs. George
Lehman, and Mrs. W. K. Newton as
hosteSses.
THURSDAY
Mrs. J. T. Larner, 616 North La
Sale street, will be hostess for the
meeting of the Ladies Federal Club.
Mrs. Bonnie K Robertson, second
vice president of the national fed
Grafton of Business and Professional
Womens Club will be the speaker at
the meeting of the indianapolis
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New Officers
Are Named by
Butler Y. W.

Miss Mary Bohnstadt was elected
president of the Butler university
Y. w. c. A. at a meeting Wednesday
in the university building.
Other officers who will be in
stalled at the May meeting are
Misses Emma Lou Thornbrough,
vice-president; Marjorie Carr, secre-
tary, and Martha Jane McMaster,
treasurer.
Retiring officers are Misses Ann
Arnold, president; Agnes PoStma,
president; Marjorie Carr, sec
rotary, and Mary Helen Huntington,
treasurer
Miss Bohnstadt and Miss Thorn
brough were delegates to the Y. w.
G. A. conference at Lake Geneva,
Wis, last summer.
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TOP SCHOLASTIC
GROUPS NAMED

Kappa Alpha Theta sorority has
the highest scholastic rank Of any
organization on the Butler univer-
sity campus, with an average of
1885. Phi Delta Theta is first
among the fraternitieS with 1875
average.
Delta Zeta sorority is second and
Alpha Delta Theta third among the
sororities. Second place among
fraternities went to Kappa Delta
Rho and third to Sigma Chi.
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PLAY TO BE GIVEN
BY CHURCH GROUP

school Daze' is the play to be
presented Monday night at the
Northwood Christian church under
the direction of Mrs. Don l.. Smoke,
coach.
Special numbers will be presented
by the Music Masters School of
Music and the Beriault School of
Expression. Charles L. Archbold.
who writes the epigrams appearing
on the Signboards of the National
Refining company, is the author of
the play.
Members of the cast include: Mrs.
Marguerite Young, Mrs. j. w. Ford.
Wilbur MeSse, Mrs. c. A. Young,
Mrs. j. M. Harbaugh, Herschel Da-
Wis, Steve Clark, Glen Findley. K.
V. zimmerman, Mrs. w. Bert Deni-
son. Dick Wilmington, Miss Luana
Lee, Don l.. Smoke, Mrs. Harry G..
Templeton, Jack Ford, Miss Vir-
ginia Harbaugh, Ovid Jones, Mrs.
Homer Cox, and Paul Pike.
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COSMOPOLITAN CLUB
TO GIVE CABARET

Miss Elizabeth Myers is chairman
of the international cabaret to be
presented by the Cosmopolitan Club
at $50 Saturday, March II, in the
Athenaeum.
A floor show with songs and
dances by representatives of differ
ent nations will feature the pro-
gram. Miss Valentia Meng is ticket
chairman.
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Days will be presented by the
Theta Tau Psi sorority under the
direction of Mrs w. F. Holmes. Mrs
NJ. D. Didway will play the accom-
paniment and members of the cast
include; MeSdames Marshall Hais-
lup. Hershen House, William Abel,
Floyd Jones, Lyman Stonecypher,
Craig Pitman, Rex Haislup, Eugene
Wright, Ralph Eberhardt, Miss Ell
lnor BeanbloSsom and Miss Velva
KeSter,
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Daughters of Union Chapter
to Hold Business Session

Governor Oliver Perry Morton
chapter. National Society, Daugh-
tiers Of the Union, will hold a lunch
con and business meeting Monday
at the Central Avenue M. E. church.
Mrs. Clarence j. Finch, regent of
the chapter. viii preside, and Mrs.
Karl KaySer will have charge of
the arrangements and Mrs. Allen
7 Fleming the program.
A playlet. Memories Of Pioneer
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The engagement of Miss Marion
Lucille Brown to Seymour Eldred
Madison of West Point, N. Y, son
of Colonel and Mrs. Irving M
M olson, 1929 Washington
boulevard, has been announced by
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
E. Sipe, 3216 North Pennsylvania
street. The wedding will take
place June IA in West Point.
Mrs. Isis Leach Yates, 2126
North Meridian street, has an
nounced the marriage of her
daughter, Miss Beatrice Sharp
Yates, to Forrest Green, son of I.
V. Green, 112 West Thirty-third
street. The marriage took place
Feb. Is, in Fortville.
Mrs. Ralph j. Mattingly was
Miss Mary Frances Wells.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Wells, before her wedding Feb. Is.
Mrs. Robert Kirby is a member
OF the committee in charge of the
woman's luncheon bridge party. to
be given Wednesday at the In
dlanapoliS Athletic Club.
Mrs. Leo M. Gardner represents
the indianapolis alumnae club of
Alpha Omicron Pi sorority on the
committee for the state dance to-
night at Avalon Country Club.
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State Painters
Works Will Go
on Display Here

An exhibit of paintings by Ed
mund G. Schildknecht will open
Sunday at the John Heron Art
Institute museum. A reception will
be held in his honor.
Host and hoStesSes will be Messrs.
and Mesdames S. N. Campbell, Ed
win McNally, Dewitt Morgan and
Robert G. Craig; Misses Blanche
Stillson, Elizabeth Jasper, Sara
Bard, lone Hirsch, and Mrs. War
ack Wallace.
The exhibit is one of a series of
works by Indiana artists, which the
board Of directors of the institute
is sponsoring. Receptions are held
for the artists.
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Phi Beta Phi AIumnae Club
to Hold Luncheon Meetiue

Indianapolis Alumnae Club Of Pi
Beta Phi sorority will meet Satur-
day, March II, at the home of Mrs.
Roy Briggs, 1923 Sutherland ave-
nue.. Luncheon will be served, fol-
lowed by election of a nominating
committee and bridge party.
Luncheon hostess will be Mrs
Gordon Batman, assisted by Mes
danes A. H. Boyd, G.. B. Elliott,
Scott Legge, Ross Mercer, Raymond
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Is
Paid Honor at
Luncheon Fete

Miss Mary Ann Ogden, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Ogden,
4651 North Capitol avenue, was
honored with a luncheon bridge
party, given today at the Marott by
Miss Dorothy Lambert. Miss Ogden's
marriage to Henry Lippincott Par
riSh of Riyerton, N. j., will take
place March 25.
Appointments were in pink and
blue and bowl of spring flowers
centered the table.
Guests with Miss Ogden were Mrs
Ogden, Mesdames J. A. Lambert
Joseph j. GRIPPE, Joseph L. Stout
Robert D. Howell, Forrest Green
Misses Maja Brownlee, Norma Da-
wilson, Jeannette Harris, Margaret
Harrison, Dorothy Ragan, and Dor
othy Peterson.
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The bride entered with her
father. and she wore a white crepe
ensemble, the jacket designed with
cap sleeves. Her shoulder veil of
maline and Chantilly lace fell from
a white silk trrban. She carried a
colonial bouquet of Johanna Hill
roses and freezia.
Miss Kay McLain. student at
Western College for Women in OK
ford, o., was the brides only at
tendant. She wore a hyacinth blue
triple sheer crepe dress with gray
accessories, and carried a colonial
bouquet of Sweet Adeline roses and
sweet peas.
Reception at CahOw Home
John Fenstermacner was best
man and Frank Keever and Howard
Want ushers.
At the reception at the Cahow
home. spring flowers and ferns were
used as decorations The bridal
table was centered with a three
TERED wedding cake, garlanded with
smilax and lighted with blue and
silver tapers.
Out-of-town guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Cox and Misses Edith
and Ethel Cox of Walkerville, Ont.
Canada, and Mr.. and Mrs. Basil
Trueblood of Wisconsin.
Go on Wedding Trip
Tho coitr11a loft fO,. q ,,,oJ dim, +,.;,,
and will be at home after March II
at 1850 North Pennsylvania street.
Her travel suit was of silver gray,
worn with navy blue accessories.
The bride is a graduate of Ontario
Ladies college at Whitby, Ontario,
Canada, and Dr. Trueblood of Indi-
ana School of Medicine.
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FICTION OF YEAR.
TO Be DISCUSSED

Mrs. John G. Mellett will present
Fiction of the Year." survey of
the years novels, at the book talk
at 10 Tuesday morning at the Rauh
Memorial library, under the auspi-
ceS Of the American Association of
University Women.
In this final lecture, Mrs. Mellett
will discuss the following: Anne
Vickers, by Sinclair Lewis; "One
More Spring" by Robert Nathan;
Erie Water" by Walter Edmonds;
"Bulpington of Blup," by H. G..
Wells; "Flowering Wilderness" by
Galsworthy, and Inheritance" by
Phyllis Bentley
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SYMPHONY DIRECTOR
TO GIVE LECTURE

Beethoven will be the subject OF
the symphony chat, sponsored by
the indianapolis Junior League, at
1890 Monday in Cropsey auditorium
of the Central Library. Ferdinand
G. Schaeffer, director of the In
dianapolis Symphony orchestra, will
explain the compositions, to be
played Tuesday night by the or
cheStra.
The lecture is open to the public.
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CHILD BEHAVIOR TO
BE MEETING TOPIC

Behavior Problems of the Pre-
School Child" will be the topic dis
cuSsed by DR.. Persis Simmons, as
sistant director of the Herman
Young Child Guidance Clinic, be-
fore the meeting of the Irvington
Mothers Club Of the Indianapolis
Free Kindergarten Society, Wednes-
day at the kindergarten.
The lecture is scheduled for 3.
and each member may bring two
guests.
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Stilz, Allen Raup and Miss Annette
Hedges.
Miss Miriam King will give a sur
vey Of the philanthropic work be-
ing done by the national organiza-
ton. A history Of the settlement
school at Gatlinburg. Tenn, which
IS supported by the sorority. will be-
presented
Reservations for the meeting may
be made with Mrs. S. o. Brewer,
5214 Park avenue.
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ALPHA CHI 0MEGAS
TO HOLD MEETING

Mrs. Verne A. Trask, 100 East
Seventy-firSt street, will be hostess
for the o'clock luncheon meeting
OF the Beta Beta Alumnae Club of
Alpha Chi omega llext Saturday.
The program will be arranged by
Mrs. Paul Isenbarger.
An executive committee meeting
will be held Monday night at the
home of Mrs. Fred Tucker, 1891
College avenue. when plans for the
annual guest day will be arranged.
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Miss Susan Aughinbaugh is the
composer of two songs to be sung
by Carroll Reynolds, Butler uni
verSity student, at the meeting of
the PIT. A. of Broad Ripple high
school Wednesday night.
A group from the high school
will present a program for the en-
tertainment of the association.
Miss Aughinbaugh will accom-
pany Reynolds when he sings
Broken Promise" and Even
tide" She is a student at the
Arthur Jordan Conservatory of
Music and has composed more
than twenty musical numbers.
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SUNNYSIDE GUILD TO
ELECT OFFICERS

Election of officers for the ensuing
year is scheduled for the luncheon
meeting of the Sunnyside guild at
1890 Monday at the Columbia Club
with Mrs. G. L. Hammel, president,
in charge.
Assisting will be MeSdames
Charles Martin, Alta M. Martin,
Leroy Martin, Floyd Mattice, c. j.
Mcintyre, R. L. McNair, Gus Meyer,
B. B. Pettijohn, E. Park Akin and
E. j. Graman
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BUFFET SUPPER TO
Be HELD AT HOME

Mr.. and Mrs. Orland Church,
Brendenwood, will entertain with a
buffet supper Saturday night at
their home. Guests will be Mr.. and
Mrs. Harley Cox, DR.. and Mrs.
James Collins, Mrs. Elsa Haerle and
Albert Deluse.
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Named Phi Beta KAPPA

Miss Ev lyn
= h a m b e r -,
daughter Of Mr..
a n d Mrs. D.
Laurence Cham
bers, 5272 North
Meridian street,
has been elected
to Phi B e t a
Kappa at VaSsar
college in Pough-
keepsie, N. Y.
She will be grad
uated from the
college in June.
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the International Travel. Study Club
Inc. Her subject will be In the
Land of the Sky-Blue Waters-the
Indians"
Normandy chapter will meet at
the Washington for its regular
meeting and at 1890 luncheon
Monday
Egyptian chapter will be enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. Charles
R. Stuart, az North Healing, at 100
Tuesday. Mrs. Rose Jones will sing
group Of Irish songs. There will
be election of officers.
Brazilian chapter will be enter
tanned at 7;30 Tuesday at the home
of Mrs. Mary Edith Armel, 416 East
Thirty second street. Mrs. w. F.
Arens will assist the hostess. Mrs.
James Mehaffey, recording secre-
tary, will read an article entitled
"Epitome Club Experiences" Elec-
ton of officers Will follow the lee
ture.
Mandalay chapter will meet at the1
home of Mrs. John Graves, 5O23
Park avenue at 100 Wednesday.
Mrs. Leo Pitzer and Mrs. Carl w.
Sect will assist the hostess. The
Sunshine girls orchestra of Castle
ton high school and Mrs. Sonia Neff
with her piano accordion will enter
tain. The chapter will have a card
party at Banner hitehill auditor
ium at 2 Friday, March II.
Flemish Flanders chapter will
meet at the home of Mrs. Charles
Russell, 1881 Brookside parkway.
South drive, at 7:45 Wednesday. The
hostess will be assisted by Mrs.
Harry Warner.
Panamanian chapter will be enter
tanned with a 1890 o'clock luncheon
Thursday at the home of Mrs.
Dorothy Paramore, GAS Mills street.
The program will be in charge of
Mrs. Edward c. Wischmeyer. There
Will also be an election of officers.
Toyama chapter will meet with
Miss Doris Joan Reeve, 148 West
Forty-first street, at 7:45 Thursday.
The hostess will be assisted bv her
mother, Mrs. Nicholas Moore. Elec-
ton of officers and business meet
ing will follow the lecture. The
guests will be Misses Patty Warner,
Madeline CoStin, Blanch Telkerton
and Margie Taylor.
Lucerne chapter will meet at 10.30
Friday at the home of Mrs. William
H. MallOn, 1921 GuiIford avenue.
The business meeting will be fol-
lowed by a II o'clock st. Patricks
luncheon. Mrs. Mallon will be as
sisted by Mrs. A. E. Kelley and Mrs.
7. V. Hancock
Jeanne D Arc chapter will be en-
tertained with a ST. Patrick's partv
at l Friday at the home of Mrs.
S. E. Hurst, 5154 North Illinois
street. Mrs. Harold Maves will as
sist. Miss Roberta Bland is in
charge Of program, consisting of
harp solos and readings.
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MeetinQ Is Scheduled

Catherine Merrill Tent 9, Daugh-
tiers of Union Veterans, will meet
at 7:30 Monday night at FIT. Friend
ly, 512 North Illinois street. Mrs.
Alice Christie will be the presiding
officer.
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Alice CahOw Is Welded
to DR.. r. l.. Trueblood
in Ceremony at Church
The Rev. w. w. Want Officiates at Rite;
Couple Will Be at Home in City
After March II.

the wedding of Miss
Alice Cahow, 1921
Meridian street to Dr. Roger L. Trueblood at 10 this morning Dr.
Iruebood is the of Mr. and Mrs Truebood of Salem
The Rev w ofciated the and Mrs F. H.
Nelson Weke
played
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Luncheon to Be Held
indianapolis Associate chapter of
Tri Kappa sorority will give l
o'clock luncheon Monday Mrs. P.
d, Loser, AIS Park avenue. will be
hostess, assisted by Mrs. Paul w.
HuddlestOn.
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Don Banding, Poet and
Artist, to Be Speaker
to Department Groups
South Seas and Hawaii Will Be Topic of
Lecture; Spring Tea to Follow
Meeting Wednesday,

Tales OF vagabond artist Banding and an
exhibit and planned
Department
Banding will take his listeners adventung
Hawaii where he originated lei
club at 23O Wednesday He will be introduced
president
spring will session. Mrs Ohniel Hitch and
will preside at the tea table - ~
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International
Study Club

Next week a series of talks on
Canada will be started by Mrs.
S. R. Artman before chapters of
the International Travel. Study Club
Inc. Her subject will be In the
Land of the Sky-Blue Waters-the
Indians"
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Egyptian chapter will be enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. Charles
R. Stuart, az North Healing, at 1:30
Tuesday. Mrs. Rose Jones will sing
a group of Irish songs. There will
be election of officers.
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Jeanne D Arc chapter will be en-
tertained with a st. Patrick's party
at l Friday at the home of Mrs.
S. E. Hurst, 5154 North Illinois
street. Mrs. Harold Maves will as
Sist. Miss Roberta Bland is in
charge Of a program, consisting of
harp solos and readings.
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Mrs. ]. T. Larner. 616 North La
Sale street, will be hostess for the
meeting of the Ladies Federal Club.
Mrs. Bonnie K. Robertson, second
vice president of the national fed
Grafton of Business and Professional
Women's Club will be the speaker at
the meeting of the indianapolis
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Ho70 'OM Hickory" Made France
-BYfWILLIA

Chains dated back 10 1915, and, similar ones
OF European powers long since having been
liouidated, the United States could not fail TO
feel the ting OF Discrimination. Accordingly.
when in 1929 Jackson sent W. C. Rives OF
Virginia to Paris as the new Ame rican Minister,
he carried instructions to negotiate treaty
providing for payment Of the debt.
Riyes encountered many obstaces IN ms
dealings. with the new Polignac ministry He
kept patiently at his task however, and on
July 4. 1891 a treaty providing for payment OF
the IS 900 600 in six annual installments was
signed A reduction in the American tarin
On French wines was included this Govern
ments concession. 1t was notable victory
for the diplomacy Of the young Republic OF
the New World but was not enough Of itself
to settle the issue. France Was on the eve OF
the revolution which sent Charles x into exile
and placed Louis Philippe on the throne. The
treaty was nct popular in France. The times
were troubled In short. France neglected to
carry out its promise to pay.
In the Fall Of 1893 the American Secretary
Of State, Edward Living ton was appointed
Minister st Paris. with particular instructions
to press fer a settlement of the debt Living
ston was warmly welcomed by the King be-
cause OF financial and other assistance Louis
Philippe had received from his father, Robert
r. Livingston. when the future king was
penniless exile n this country. But this friend
ship was not enough to elicit the payment
The historian Buell. write:
He got everything his heart could, wish
except the money. For year and q half
ensued a queer mediey of misunder landings.
cross purposes and contretemps. France could
net grasp the Jacksonian idea of diplomacy any
more than Jack could comprehend the
French idea. Matters drifted on from bad to
worse until finally jackson sent q me. sage to
Congress which he understood to embody merely
an assurance Of firm attitude on the part Of the
United States but which. when published In
Paris, deeply wounGed the susceptibiTities of
France"
What had happened was this: The King and
ministry had professed themselves Eesdy to pay.
bat the Chamber had blocked them by refusing
to appropriate the necessary funds. With the
Chambers, Of course. Living ton could not nego-
tiate. He concluded, therefore that only
show Of force would prove effective. Such a
,uggestson was hardly needed BY Old Hickory
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est and even apprehension. what
AZ ever President Roosevelt may do
in purely domestic problems, viii
be his course in respect to inter-
national debts, particularly the
phase brought to head by the refusal od
France to make the payment on its war deot 70
the United States which fell due last December
Mr. Roosevelt has taken a stand for the
sanctity OF treaties in general. france mas
kept up its propaganda designed TO compe1
negotiations looking to reducing the amount Oh
its Indebtedness. And so the matter rests 1of
the moment But in the hiatus thus brought
about students of American diplomacy nave
been finding illuminating contrasts oet"eeh
the present impasse and similar situation q
century ago The chief figure then also was
Democrat and some are wondering wAether
history will repeat itself in the handling OF the
problem of 1888
Upon the former occasion also France de-
faulted. temporarily. upon an acknowledged
indebtedness to this country. Doughty Andrew
Jackson then at the zenith OF his coiorIui
career in the White House, was the hero OF
the drama which covered several years In us
unfoldment, finally triumphing Characters
tically over his foes at home and abroad ana
bringing about payment by France of It's obr-
CATION to the letter Of its treaty obligations
At that moment in the opinion of some stu
dents the prestige Of American diplomacy &C
quired potency which has endured TO this
DAY.
The amount involved century ,ago-nve
million dollars-seenls trihing in comparison
with the sums at stake in the impending ef-
forts of Uncle Sam to induce his debtors 70
honor their signatures. but the simple principle
upheld at that time unquestionably laid much
of the foundation of respect for the rights OF
this then infant Republic. Before this happy
consummation. however. relations between the
two governments were seriously strained
THE French debts to America OF 100 years
! ago represented claims for spoliation Of
American shipping under Napoleons DEGREES Of
Milan and Berlin, and consisted of seizures of
American merchantmen In ports controlled by
the French Emperor for alleged violations Of
the paper blockade he. had. DECLARED. These