Affairs of State

When U. S. citizens go to Canada it is usually for primitive reasons--to shoot or fish, to ski or skate, to eat, drink or make honeymoon. Secretary of State Kellogg had out his top hat and went to Canada last week. But his was a highly civilized reason. He went to pay back the ceremonious call which Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King paid the U. S. last autumn (TIME, Dec. 5).

Seated in the Canadian Senate, Secretary Kellogg heard a speech denouncing the thought of Canada's annexation by the U. S. as a "bogey" kept alive by Canadian alarmists. He lunched with Prime Minister King, dined with U. S. Minister William Phillips. At a state dinner given by the Government, he bespoke "rivalry without bitterness" and proceeded to a reception given by Governor-General and Viscountess Willingdon. Returning home after four days, he brought a thorough going invitation to President Coolidge to visit Canada.

No sooner had one Cabinet member gone north (see above), than another went south--Postmaster General Harry Stewart New, to Key West, Fla., for a fortnight, to mend his health.

Another official went west--Col. Henry Lewis Stimson, on the stately S. S. President McKinley, to be Governor-General of the Philippines.