Evening star., 1938-12-12
Washington Observations
Hull and Eden Speeches, Alike in Tone and Portent,
Will Not Be Lost on TotuIitorion Leaders

terheads are emblazoned simply:
Norman H. Davis, care OF American
Red Cross, Washington, D. c." with
out glimmer Of suggestion that
he is chairman Of that great ma
tional organization.
X Il
December 20 will witness the pub
lication of the first of two impend-
ing biographies of Carter Glass. It
is the work Of James E. Palmer, jr.,
and will be published by the Insti-
tute Of American Biography at Roa-
noke, Va. Mr.. Palmer, while q
graduate at Duke University, made
a part of his work a thesis on the
senior Senator from the Old Domin-
ion. The biography will be en-
titled "The Unreconstructed Rebel
and represents three years of re-
search and writing. The author,
son OF a prominent Roanoke attor-
ney, had the cooperation of men,
bers of the Glass family, and of the
veteran statesman himself, as well
as that of the Senator's secretary,
j. w. Rixey Smith, whose own
biography of Glass is due to leave
the press next month.
Events at Lima seem likely to
vindicate the theory advanced at
the outset of the new deal in inter-
American relations by CASTOR Ner-
val, former Latin American special
writer of The Star and now Charge
d'Affaires of his country in Wash
ington. Senor Nerval, in a widely
read book entitled Autopsy of the
Monroe Doctrine" advanced the
view that Monroeism, as popularity
understood, was thing of the past,
had never been conceived as a con-
tinental guarantee, and was merely
"unilateral, self-interested pol
ICY" He argued that the Monroe
Doctrine had suffered too many ar
bitrary transformations and misun-
derstandings to command any longer
the respect of Latin Americans. The
young writer-diplomat suggested in
stead new Pan-American doctrine
Of joint responsibility, which in ef-
feet is exactly what Secretary Hull
proposed at Lima on Saturday.
4 X X X
Two assistant United States at
torneys from the southern district of
New York, John Burke and Les
Dunnigan, together with John T.
Mclaughlin. special agent from the
New York Office of F.BI, are sur
vivors of thrilling experience in
Germany in connection with the
Nazi spy case which President
Roosevelt last week discussed with
District Attorney Lamar Hardy. The
trio Of "Federals" went to Germany
to interview DR.. Ignatz T. Griebl,
who fled before he could be nabbed
as a witness in the spy trial. Mrs.
Griebl was taken into custody
shortly after an attempt on her
part also to light out for Germany.
The authorities were holding her
because Of certain information be-
lieved to be in her possession. Her
husband was voluble while in Amer
lea and gave valuable information
to FB.I. agents, but he shut up
like clam when approached in
Germany. He refused to talk
further unless the authorities agreed
to iberate his wife. Griebl finally
cleared up everything, and our
agents came home with his deposi-
ton, which was very helpful in Sc
curing the recent convictions in the
New York Federal Court, and Mrs.
Griebl was released. Friends of
Messrs. Burke, Dunnigan and Nc
Laughlin are convinced that If they
hadn't carried United States creden-
tials they might have looked at
Hitler concentration camp from the
inside.
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