Evening star., 1936-08-17

defend our neighborhood." Especial in
tereSt will be created by this speech
throughout the other republics of the
Western Hemisphere in their prepara-
tions for and in the prospective outcome
of the American Peace Confer
ence which is to assemble at BuenoS
Aires on December l.
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With President Roosevelt spending this
week at his home in Hyde Park, follow
ing his d-inspeetion trip through
Pennsylvania and New York; then plan
ming to drop in" on Washington for a
day or two before starting next week on
his tour through the drought t-parched
areas of the West, it might be said that
the executive Offices this year have been
transformed into sort of flying White
House" reminiscent of that fascinating
novel written some years ago by Gilbert
K. Chesterton, entitled The Flying
Inn" Having given approval during his
recent trip to a So 500, 900 expenditure for
f1ood-control work in South-Central New
York, one is reminded that the Presi-
dent can carry his workshop" with him
wherever he goes and that through mod
ern speed in the transmission of official
documents and information, with air
planes and other fast messengers at his
service, he can perform important Gov
ernment business just as we'll on the road
as when sitting at his ofhcially desig-
mated desk in the White House.
Preparations have been made to give
a cordial and fitting reception on We'd
neSday and Thursday this week to the
officers and enlisted men on the Imperial
japanese Training Squadron, composed
of the coast-defenSe vessels IWate and
Yakima, both of which took part in the
historic battle of the Sea of Japan in
1905 and saw service during the World
War. Vice Admiral Zengo YoShida, COM
mander of the squadron. will be the
guest of the Secretary of the Navy at
luncheon Wednesday at the Mayfower,
where reception will be held on the
following day in honor Of the entire
squadron. Admiral William H. Standley,
chief of naval operations. will address
the visiting midshipmen at the eastern
end of the rejecting pool in Potomac
Park Wednesday morning. The 1,l00
enlisted men will be taken on sight-See-
ing tours of the city and served luncheon
in Potomac Park. Admiral YoShida and
his party will also visit the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier and Mount Vernon and
place wreathS.
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While the State Department does not
offer the opportunity to present its
activities to the American public in quite
as striking manner as do some of the
other departments which are engaged in
more spectacular work, nevertheless 1t
is attempting to dramatic as far as
possible the important work it is con-
ducting. Through exhibits which 1t is
now displaying at the Great Lakes Ex-
position, Cleveland; the Texas Centen-
nial Exposition, Dallas, and the Cali
fornia Pacific International Exposition,
San Diego, it is trying to emphasize par
ticularly the services performed for
American citizens by foreign service
oficers throughout the world. Omcials
of the department here feel that the
people OF the United States are deeply
concerned in this phase of Government
activity and they are greatly pleased,
therefore, at reports reaching them as
to the large number of visitors to the
exhibits they have prepared.
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