Monday, Jul. 14, 1924

Albert Johnson, U. S. Representative from Washington: "A Japanese suicide in Tsieihu, Formosa, left a note saying: 'I am dying as a protest against exclusion, and when I am dead my soul will fly to America to punish Representative Albert Johnson and his kind.' "

Alexander P. Moore, U. S. Ambassador to Spain: "I was reported to have breakfasted in company with Douglas and Mary Fairbanks at the famed Armenonville restaurant in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris. When we had finished, we three looked at each other aghast: No money! We explained to the head waiter, telling who we were. He was unimpressed, skeptical, obdurate. We needed 180 francs (at par, $34; now $9.50) for our breakfast bill. Finally, I dug a $20 note from among papers in my wallet."

George II, onetime King of the Greeks: "Paris despatches pictured me broke, seeking a business career compatible with my dignity. It was said that, could I find a good impresario, I would prefer to write plays for stage and film."

Edward of Wales: "A member of the British Empire Exhibition Staff, visiting the U. S., let it drop that my father and I have seen little of the Wembly show. Every time we have attended, the public crowded around as, retarded progress, obscured vision. The Staff member suggested closing the Exhibition for one day to all but the Royal Family."

Otto H. Kahn, famed financier: "Those people who imagined that New York had already eliminated London as the world's money centre, were surprised when a U. S. Treasury official recently stated that this situation would soon come about. In an article published in the London Times, I stated that it could not be done, must not be done. Said I, paraphrasing Jeremy Bentham, famed philosopher, 'From the mere point of view of America's self-interest, the prosperity of England is an asset to America.... I have called the assertions of unnamed high Treasury officials mischievous.' "

Brigadier-General Frank T. Hines, Director of the Board of Appeals, U. S. Veterans' Bureau: "In the midst of a hearing in my office, an ex-service man arose, struck me in the eye with his fist. I grappled."