Evening star., 1921-12-04
BY HENRY w. BUNN.
Copyright, 1921. By The Waskiugton Star.

TIME following 10 q brief summary OF
the most important news of the world
for the seven days ended Decem-
ber 8:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.-By presi-
Dental proclamation the week Of December
to 10 is to be American Education week, dur
ing which all urged to lend their best
thoughts to the problem of public education.
1t is not SO much that public educational IA
cilities are lacking in quantity or quality, nor
that the distribution thereof is faulty (though
there egregious instances Of insuff1ciency
defect); rather, on the whole, 1t Is that
nothing like full advantage is being taken of
facilities when adequate both in quantity and
quality. More than 100000 boys and girls
in America" says the proclamation, "are not
availng themselves of our free school adj
vantages." That Is indeed most alarming
percentage of statistics.
Labor Board handed down a decision of the
utmost Importance 1t abrogates the national
agreements" of 1919 between the United States
Railroad Administration and the six federated
railroad shop crafts; it promulgates a new set
of working rules dncludng old rules proved
fled to make them more elastc); and 1t recog-
railroads. The immediate effect, however. of
the recognition of the "open shop principle
will not be serious; since. as statement by
majority of the railroad shops are unionized
and the existing unions are recognised by the
resentative Of the majority" The most i'm
portant change effected by the new set of rules
is calculated that the new. classification will
mean total annual saving to the carriers of
1t will be recalled that in the recent crisis
which threatened a great railroad strike the
shop crafts carmen. sheet metal workers ma
chinists hoilerworkers, blacksmiths and cleo
tricians) voted not to join the proposed strike:
They would wait they said for the decision of
the Railroad Labor Board their working
rules; recognizing decisions on working rules
to be more important from the wage stand
point than direct decisions on wages. will the
shop crafts accept the decision of the Rail-
road Labor Board? 1t is pointed out sig
nificant that the decision was unanimous. no
one of the labor group of the board dissenting.
The report by Gen. Wood. now governor
general of the Philippines and w. Cameron
recently completed tour Of inspection of the
islands, with general conclusions" and rec
during the tour. has reached Washington and
the general conclusions and recommenda-
tions have been made public. The most i'm i'm
present government status of the Philippine
Islands continue until the people have had
time to absorb and thoroughly master the
powers already in their hands,
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GREAT BRITAIN.-Sir John Craig, premier
of Ulster, addressing the Ulster parliament
Tuesday. formally announced rejection by
Ulster of the British governments proposal
for Irish settlement involving all-Ireland
parliament. The situation is thoroughly
Hibernian. Ulster. more passionately devoted
to the crown than any other part of the en-
pire. cannot be expected to pay the slightest
attention to the proposals for her union with
south Ireland when the representatives of
south Ireland refuse to swear allegiance to
the British crown. The representatives of
south Ireland are probably blufiing about the
oath of allegiance; if Ulster would join the
south on Dublin's terms doubtless that little
matter of the oath could be arranged The