Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-25
THE STORY THE WEEK HAS TOLD

cause. not materially relaxed during the week
The Greeks reported to have entered Adrisnople
s to the
the Hulsars were attacking the creeks. From the
but wonder II the tragedy of this continued
peace s alone must not be partially attributed to
those who having done their best or worst to rem,
Its inability with the situation confronting it,
The disturbances In China incident the Anfu
military factions effort overthrow the already
wabbng central government OF that nation con-
tinued during the week Insinuations that the Jap
anese Vaccinations are behind the movement have
been vigorously denied at Toxic. The arose
over the refusal President Hsu of China to ap-
% have apanese eannsn IS ss pmer fekng is
the Of the a a
troops will. under the Boxer protocol, enter the
Yesterday cable dispa.sh from Peklne announced
were disintegrating and that 10000 COMPRISING the
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orders OF the ministry.
The tangIe in affairs and destinies of the
railroads of the nation progressed well along the
road to solution with the passing OF the week The
long awaited announcement of the railway labor
board made. BY it the railroad workers
receive aggregate wage advance of 100000
0ee-about SO per of what they had asked for.
es n t .H NAY CLOSE of to- this dollar
day more for each man whose work is railroading
to be had leaked out long before the Official an
% a s
short of the full demands Of the workers. would
every artery of rail Communication within the
y BY
ranks of labor as a result Of the announcement by
1ns
became apparent They were received by the 1000
cepfesence in chicaeo With dienitv and Assurance
Of concerted and deliberate eoasideration: soon
members favored radical expression Of their dsap-
had mot been met the counsel Of their older and
wiser eonferees was guiding the debate toward
There followed the acceptance of the award under
protest. with notice that new demands will be i'm
mediately prepared for the consideration Of the
board. Of the sixteen unions represented
refused to take this course. There seems to be
every believe that the railroad workers
as body happily unwilling to place themselves
in the untehabe position which would be incident
any drastic steps at this time. And the
greatest of these is that the workers can
the TACT that what they today pains ao. for rail;
hanGeas Of %cns
than the total expenses paid for labor transpo1
equipment. maintenance of way and all the other
transportation prior the And to Jim and
that seems plenty. And because it
plenty the possibilities of successful strike
undoubtedly exceedingly remote. And unsuc-
cessfu strike would be suicide. That's the main
Every item essential the accurate computation
what increases the roads shall be allowed is
now in the hands Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and the findings of that body should short
ly be announced. Increased passenger rates have
been asked by the roads. The nation awaits the
commissions decision, confident that that body,
knowing that the business Of railroading is not
outside the laws of economics which control other
enterprises. will meet the common-sense demand
the roads be permitted to enough money
to pay their way toward increased ability to
and bring . fair return invested capital. The
nation will pay bill rendered that basis with
out a murmur.