Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

Heavy responsibility rests upon
government which entertains the SOW
ereign or ruler Of another nation. From
the moment he lands on the shore OF
the country which he IL visiting safe
guards of the most painstaking kind
have to be thrown about him to prevent
any untoward incident. Attention was
called to this fact by officials here in
commenting on the idea which was re-
ported to be in the mind of President
Roosevelt to call . conference Of heads
of the leading nations in the world to
discuss the question Of international
peace. The guarding of one foreign
ruler, it was pointed out, entails extreme
precaution and detailed arrangements
looking to his safety; and the govern
ment is "jittery" from the minute he
lands until he leaves. What the govern
ment's feeling would be II 1t had six
or seven heads of state ION its hands"
at one time. these officials declined to
divulge.
When william c. Bullitt, who has
been appointed Ambassador to France,
arrives At his new post he will have
reason for feeling at home" because
his ancestors came from that country
to America. 1t was in 1887 that these
forbears of the Ambassador sailed up
the Potomac and settled on its broad
banks. They were Huguenots, the orig
inal spelling of their name being
"Boulet." and they came from Mines,
in Southern France, where an ancient
arena erected by the Romans still stands
and in which bull fights are now held,
although the toreaders are not permitted
to kill their ring opponents. In the
breathing spells, II any, between his
diplomatic duties the Ambassador in
tends to delve through the archives in
Paris and visit Mines in an effort to
learn more about the history Of his an
cestors. Now familiarizing himself at
the State Department with his new du-
ties Mr.. Bullitt will sail for France on
the washington September Is.
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Troubled conditions prevailing abroad
do not seem to have interfered with the
number Of international conferences of
various kinds which are being held this
year. At least that is the deduction
based on requests being received by the
State Department from foreign govern
ments to send United States delegates
to such gatherings. With the exception
of several meetings In Spain which had
to be postponed" and the tenth con-
ference Of the international Union to
Prevent tuberculosis, which was to have
opened in Lisbon, Portugal. September 2,
none Of the international congresses
which the United States has been in
vited to attend this year has been
called OF. The international Institute
of Statistics, which meets in Athens,
September ~ to October 4, in its twenty
third session, will be invited to hold its
next meeting In this country. The dele
gates to most of these historical, educa-
tional, scientific, humanitarian and other
conferences pay their own expenses. or
are sent by some association or insti-
tuition, the government simply putting
its stamp of approval on them as good
American citizens"
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Not without precedent is the pre-
caution" being taken by Representative
william Lemke Of North Dakota, who is
the Union party candidate for President
Of the United States, in running also
for retention of his seat in the Lower
House Of Congress. In this connection
q curious bit Of political history was re-
called by Capitol oflcials today. This
was the fact that James A. Garfield.
while Z member Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, N chosen 70 tho Senate, but