Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
THE STORY THE WEEK HAS TOLD

week, Premier Hara of that nation reiterated
Japans readiness to carry out her engage
ments concerning the settlement of the Shan
tung problem Japan. he stated. has no desire
to dominate the whole of Shantung province
and stands ready to return Kiaochow to
China Joint Carbohydrates control of the
Shantung railroads, claimed to be essential
as an outlet to japanese commerce. is the
main issue involved. according to Hara-
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Improvement in the general railway strike
situation in Italy was reported during the week.
Troops are being used to guard stations and
trains. and martial law is still enforced In the
principal cities of the country. Sabotage has
resulted in the cutting of much of 1taly's wire
communications.
International interest in Holland centered dur
ing the week about the demand OF the allles
for the extradition of former Emperor William
of Germany, with view to his trial as pro-
vided in the peace treaty. Holland after br1eI
delay, refused the request. pointing out that she
is unable to recognize that to accede to the de-
mand of the allies Is an international duty. Inc
note, worded with scrupulous polteness. goes
to state that the laws of Holland and all
the traditions Of that nation prevent the DEFER
ring to the wishes of the entente. 1t is init
mated that Holland wishes she could do other
wise. but that the dictates Of a traditional code
of procedure prevent. loophole is left for
further negotiations, but diplomats in Washing
tente were wondering whether it is not highly
probable that the refusal of the Dutch. based on
effective reasoning. will be greeted with unofn-
cial relief among the allies.
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With that inevitable lack of general atten-
ton which marks the passing into mere his
tory of any gathering of however momentous
importance to the world. the supreme council
at Paris dsbanded Tuesday. In the future
the unfinished business of the council. includ-
ing the Fiume row, a number of Balkan prob
lens and the matter of supplying allied troops
to police the plebiscite areas will be con-
Quoted through the offices of regularly accred-
tied ambassadors and ministers and the for
eign Offices of the nations concerned. For
more than a year the council has controlled
many of the destinies of the world The
measure of it's effect, the magnitude of its
powers. the scope of it's achievements. may
not be appreciated till time may have given
a clearer perspective. But even SO. there is
a tendency to take ones hat off as Clemenceau,
Lloyd George, Nitti and the spirit of Wilson
pass from the greatest of the many tasks they
have undertaken in the interest of the nations
they serve
1t was thrift week" in Congress. wave of
economy swept both Senate and House. 1t was
decided that public building bill be not recon-
mended this session the appropriation asked for
by the State Department for the annual diplo
matte and consular expenses was materially re-
duced by the House Foreign Affairs Committee
and the appropriation of the Americanization bill
was cut from S43,500,o00 to be expended in four
years to $s.50o.ooo Tor use until the end of the
1921 fiscal year. A drastic cut had been previous
ly ordered in the river and harbor. improvement
bill by the House committee in schxftsf pairing
down the Appropriations involved from $42so0,oo0
to $12.400.000. A new bill Is being drafted by
minority members Of the committee appropriating
$4,000, 900. Authorities on Capitol Hill. voic-
ing qualification over the tendency Of Congress to
hold down expenses in every practical way. ex-
press the opinion that if expenditures for 1921
can be kept below $4,000 900 900 they may be pro-
vided for. but that any deficit above this amount
would be exceedingly difficult to meet
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The campaign against sedition in the United
States, whereby it is proposed to rid the nation
of those bi-color radicals who. in their redness
and their yellowness, noxious to decent folk
seems temporarily to have lost Of its early
speed. 1t was learned during the week that the
vessel bearing the first large consignment of
American deportees had reached it's destination
and the reports indicated that the reception ac-
corded by bolshevist Russia to the outcasts was
excessively cordial. Meanwhile the task of fur
nishing the cargo for second shipment of
Lenin's disciples continues, without spectacular
manifestations, but with smooth precision.