Evening star., 1935-12-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

nous Limehouse division of London,
Maj. Attlee, who is So years old, is headed
for the prime miniSterShip should Labor
once again rule in Downing Street.
Americas foreign service-diplomati
and consular-is steadily coming to COM
prise an all-America team. The most
recent promotion and appointment list
includes representatives of 43 States and
the District of Columbia.
Uncle Sam is in position to turn on
the heat. literally, on an extensive scale
in Washington. With the recent inclu-
sion of the mammoth new Archives
Building, the seVenty-Second on the list,
the huge new Government central heat
ing plant is warming a total gross door
area Of nearly 100000 square feet from
one spot-believed to be one of the big
gest installations in operation anywhere
in the United States. In Midwinter the
G. c. H. P. manufactures and pumps
steam along miles of underground pipes
throughout official Washington at the
rate of about 100000 pounds an hour.
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In quarters in this country which have
a deciding voice in nominating an Ameri-
can juriSt for the existing vacancy on
the World Court bench-for which DR..
Manley o. Hudson of Harvard Univer-
sity is now Slated-it appears that
movement has recently arisen to with
hold the recommendation of any Ameri-
can. Those who take this position, even
though ardently pro-court, believe it is
inappropriate to ask the tribunal to ac-
cept any more citizens of the United
States as judges, seeing that the Senate
has definitely put the Indian sign on
the institution.
Current events in China make it al
most certain that Great Britain and the
United States will march shoulder to
shoulder at the London Naval Confer
ence against Japanese demands for
equality with the English shooting"
fleets. Foreign diplomats in Washing
ton consider it something more than
coincidence that Secretary Hull's recent
blast against the violation of interna-
tional treaty rights in North China vir-
tually conceded with similar declara-
tions by British Foreign Secretary Sir
Samuel Hoare in the House of Commons.
The outlook for naval reduction at Lon
don was never bright. It is DINNER than
ever, now that John Bull and Uncle Sam
have Jointly rebuked Japan for attempt
ing to gobble up another gigantic slice
of Chinese territory under the so-called
autonomy movement" in the five prov
inces just south OF the Great Wall. II
and when the Italo-Ethiopian mess is
cleared up, some concerted international
action to check the Toxic war lords is
in the cards.
President Roosevelt, who is receiving
an LII. D. at philippines day" con-
vocation at Notre Dame this afternoon, is
the first Chief Executive of the United
States to visit the Fighting Irish" cam
pus. He will be greeted by the largest
student body in Notre Danes history
2,750. Men of national reputation who
received the university's honorary LII. D.
in former years include the late Vice
President Thomas R. Marshall and Sem
ator Thomas j. Walsh of Montana, as
we'll as former Senators Joseph E. Rams
dell of Louisiana and James E. Watson
of Indiana. Among present-day public
men upon whom the honor has been
bestowed are Secretary Of State Corden
Hull, Senator David I. Walsh Of MaSSa-
chusetts and Frank c. Walker, director
of the National Emergency Council and
member of the Notre Dame Board of
Trustees. Today's convocation is de-
signed as a tribute to the new Filipino
republic. President RooSevelt's address
will be broadcast to the islands. Carlos
P. Romulo, Manila publisher, will re-
ceive the IL. D. degree on the same
occasion.
tCopyrisht 1850