Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1929, Page 34

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, . Peacemaker of Cabinet (Continued From First Page.) | with one of the great legal minds of the | generation, but he was impervious to and to avert the anarchy into which | the itching for public office which that war was lapsing. It is necessary to sketch the previous history of Nicaragua to understand the Joy which reigned in that little country 8 week ago. For more than 100 years | there had not been an honest election. Either the party in power had practiced intimidation at the polls or the “outs” had prevailed by coup d'etat or revolu- | tion. The climax had come in the | Summer of 1925 when Chamorro, de-, feated candidate for the presidency, had | seized the reins of government. Protest | by the American State Department and | withdrawals of credits soon nullified the usurpation and as a result of an in- | volved series of incidents Adolfo Diaz | came into the presidency and was offi- cially recognized by the United States. | Whereupon the Liberals, under the | leadership of Juan Sacasa and Gen, | Moncada, raised the flag ofigevolt, and | the fighting, the butchery, pillage | began. [ Policy Was Attacked. | President Colidge’s policy in Nica- ragua was under attack from a sub- stantial portion of the American press and the American Senate. During the Winter which preceded Stimson’s mis- | sion the charge was frequently made | «dat the United States was acting as | tilection agency for American bankers | *¢ho had invested unwisely, that Diaz | éas the tool of these interests, that the | seoels were following in the footsteps | ¢! our own patriots of 1776, that the | worst sort. | With all these accusations filling his | mind, what hopes of success had Henry | Stimson when he left New York on April 9, 19272 Would the Diaz govern- ment make any concessions, with Amerj- can recognition already granted? Would the rebels yield when millions of Ameri- | cans seemed sympathetic with their | cause? But within a month both sides | had deposited their rifles and their am- munition with the neutral United States Marines, and Nicaragua was looking ahead to the elections of 1928, to be conducted under American supervision and to constitute the first honest poll- ing in the nation’s history. Pointed Out Futility. Stimson succeeded not through the ordinary wiles of diplomacy. His method was to convince both sides, bluntly and yet courteously, of the futility of the existing situation. He used no threats, for he knew the Cool- 1dge administration could go no farther than it had done. He advised both sides, “Let’s forgive and forget and then start anew.” And such was the strength. the honesty and the personal charm of the man who made the suggestion that both sides accepted with an eagerness | which was somewhat surprising in view | of the prevailing bitterness. This Nicaraguan background is im- | portant because it is the real basis for Henry Stimson’s presence in the State Department today. Of eourse, there is | the story in Washington that Mr. Hoover had not even considered the qualifications of the then Governor General of the Philippines until Charles Evans Hughes and Elihu Root, called to Washington by the President-elect, had separately answered, “Stimson,” ;&en asked to nominate a Secretary of te. ‘That may be true. But there are even stronger reasons to believe that the first place in the cabinet had been settled many weeks before. Perhaps on the day that the good-will mission to South America paused at Corinto and Nicaraguans and Americans, Liberals and Conservatives, partisans of Mon- cada and of Diaz. could find no of praise too extravagant for Henry Stimson. Or perhaps even before that. as the mighty Maryland rode out the storms of the Pacific, when the President-elect g’l;ked up Stimson’s little volume to then up on Nicaragua and found in its moving pages the outlines of the man of action he was seeking. Story of His Career. Henry Lewis Stimson, now 61, was in his fortieth year before he first heard the call to service. A native af New York City, he had attended Yale and Harvard Law School, and as an un- tried cub lawyer had found a place in the famous law firm headed by Elihu Root. There he had quickly demon- strated his right to be associated closely Any Hour of Any Day Is —This business of every Monday morning doing wash that has accumulated all week is not necessary. With this washer you can do the clothes when and as you please. No wringing—t! clothes dry. A ‘touch of the switch washes, rinses and dries your clothes! —Please come in and Dont Wait! EASY For Only 109 ~—With it, you can get your washing done and out o the line Cleanses rapidly — safely — thoroughly. The wrin has big, soft rubber roll ‘The yacuum cups are pow- erful, flexible and effective— the washing principle tgal or made EASY famous. this IS an EASY. —An EASY with a beaut! ful full-nickeled Syraloy tub. 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Stimson turned | his horse, slipped down the steep bank and into the waters of the creek. Half way across his horse stepped on a smooth rock and went to his knees. With admirable coolness and superb horsemanship, Stimson drew his mount up, galloped up the steep bank and came to a stop before the others. “Bravo!” cried Roosevelt, and the ap- pointment was made on the spot, with- out further discussion of Stimson's qual- ifications. Stimson accepted, and Roose- velt never had occasion to regret his impulsive decision. It fell to Stimson to carry out some of Roosevelt’s “trust- whole' affalr was imperialisi of the |DUSUnE" policies, including prosecution | the big sugar combination, and throughout his service Stimson proved his absolute independence of the wealthy clients his firm long had rep- resented. On the reputation then established, Stimson became the Republican candi- date for Governor of New York in 1910. It was a bad year for Republicans, with the Taft administration already on the rocks. John A. Dix, the Democratic candidate, was not a superman, but any Democrat could have carried New York in that year. As a consolation for his gallant but losing fight, Stimson was offered a place as Secretary of War in the Taft cabinet. There he formed an acquaintance which was to prove of considerable sig- nificance dn the years just ahead. Leonard Wood was chief of staff, and he and Stimson were agreed on the utter unpreparedness of America for any military adventure. There was lit- tle time to accomplish anything. The Democrats were in control of Congress; Taft knew his days were numbered. When Stimson went out of office in ice in the New York State constitu- tional convention of 1915. There he labored long and earnestly with such men as Elihu Root and Alfred E. Smith, only to see the fruit of their labors rejected by the people at the 1ls. po!‘ven when Coolidge summoned him in 1927 Stimson looked upon the Nica- raguan mission as an interlude in his law business. But not long after came the invitation to take up Leonard Wood's unfinished task in the Philip- pines, and early in 1928 Stimson salled away on the new adventure. His Success in Manila. In Manila he duplicated the success he had achieved so swiftly in Nica- ragua. He won the friendship and the respect of the American business men who shudder at the threat of indepen- dence, and of the most hot-headed of the “politicos,” who insist that Jeffer- ison wrote for brown men as well as for white. Irreconcilable advocates of indepen- | dence for the Filipinos may say that Gov. Gen. Stimson had no right to cool the passions of liberty loving men and women. The answer on Stimson's part is that there is a practical side as well as an idealistic side to all things: that happiness and contentment are worth-while things. and that there is nothing ignoble in the compromise that attains them. Manila sent him home in February with mixed emotions. There was joy that the new President had reached across 10,000 miles of land and gea to select their friend as his chief adviser. There was sorrow that a real friend was departing. They banqueted and feted him, and if Harry Stimson can accomplish only the tiniest part of the great things predicted for him in hi last days in the Philippines he will a worthy successor to Jefferson, Madi- son, Adams, Webster, Seward, Hay, Root, Hughes and Kellogg. No Tyro in Diplomacy. Secretaty Stimson has been on the job for a month now. In that time Hugh Gibson has spoken at Geneva, but the important days are in the far future. The foreign policy of the Hoover administration may be guessed at, but history judges by deeds and not by objects sought. One thing the country knows: that the man who is to the world is no tyro in the difficult pro- fession of diplomacy, but a man of proved fitness. As a matter of record he won his first diplomatic trlumph before he was in office 10 days. That was the cele- brated case of Mrs. Gann. It was rather unfair that before he hardly knew the way from the entrance of the granite birthday cake which is called the State, War and Navy Building to the door of his private office he was being asked to assume the role of ar- biter in a social warfare almost as bit- broadcast President Hoover's policies to | | some vivid ideas as to America’s needs. See It Tomorrow! The Syraloy Model— in record time. 1913 the war clouds had not gathered over Europe. Saw America’s Needs. Out of his War Department experi- ence, however, Henry Stimson gained When Roosevelt and Leonard Wood launched the preparedness movement in 1915 they found an able and enthusi- astic lieutenant in Stimson. Alread: well past the military age limit of 45, Stimson was eager to impress the younger men of the land, and he en- rolled as a student at Plattsburg. With that training, he was ready when the call came in April, 1917, and he was one of the first to enlist. ‘The War Department viewed this man of 50 as an admirable “desk execu- tive”; it made him a major judge advocate. But Stimson had no urge for the comforts of Washington. He demanded active service, and the War Department, reluctant to git legal talents, finally had to yiel was trained for the fleld artillery, and he found his goal as colonel of the 305th Regiment of the National k with which he served so gallantly that both France and Belglum ‘conferred decorations upon him. Politics Lose Attraction. 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