Mr. Samuel G. Blythe, who is one lof the best known and most to China but it is the first siner 1015. Mr, Blythe declares: that the reason for his present visit is two fold—because he is @ good sailor and wanted a sea-trip, and because he wishes to write several articles on Chinese politics for the "Saturday Evening Post," his editorial vehicle, Regarding the angle which Mr. Blythe intends to inspect and put into "literature in the Chinese political field, he stated to a. ro-presentative of the "North-China Daily News" on October 22 that he has not yet had time to study the situation in the two or Uhre days has been here, He intends we make numerous journeys through China before he begins his articles, Tu the meantime he prefers to talk about American polities, in which field he feels enrively at home.
Discussing the coming Congressional elections, Mr. Blythe" remarked that although the U.S. has had prohibition since 1918, in x way, and "Constitutional prohibition for ten years, the elections will be the first in which there has been more than 'a perfunctory and limited political test of that so-called "noble experiment." "In this election, there are a relatively large number of direct contests between "Wets" and '"Drys," contests where one man it running on a wet platform and his opponent on a dry' platform, This will be the first election wherein tore has been a chance to get. more than a very small reflex on popular opinion, politically, on this question, Consequently, it is extremely. im Portane in that regard because the entire future course of both "Weta" and "Drys" may hinge on the November voting, and may result one of the, two great. parties nominating a "Wet" for. President {in 1932 and thus giving an opportunity for a National referendum on the harassing question,
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