Evening star., 1921-06-26

PRICES 1Or aSTlCulIural pTOouCe anu MINIMUM
wages for farm hands; it involves q present
yearly subsidy Of from twenty to thirty million
pounds and a measure Of government control.
The farmers were induced to make consider
able outlays on the strength of the act. The
act was not to be repealed without four years
notice. good many think 1t dubious act;
but there seems to be a general feeling that
its repeal at this juncture would dangerously
impair confidence in the government.
Some days ago the miners executive COM
mittee issued an invitation to all unions which
have wage grievances to join them in general
strike. but they have had response.
resolution of the British labor party conference
at Brighton. commencing the spirit of the
miners, will probably not cause the death of
many of the latter. excess of joy from good
news killed Dionysius. the tyrant. and Pope
Leo x. 1t is reported that the miners execu-
tive committee baff1ed of its last desperate
hope. is now trying to reopen negotiations with
the mine owners and the government
The imperial conference of the premiers of
Britain and the Dominion and representatives
of India began on the Goth. The chief item of
discussion is the Anglo-Japanese treaty. Shall
it be renewed? Probably it will. but amended
as to state specifically that the British
Empire will not support Japan in a against
the United States.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ex-Emperior Of Austria,
ex-king of Hungary. has asked permission of
the SWISS government TO remain IN SWlCZeF-
land until August. The Swiss government says
all right, if he will behave He says he will
be going in August. Some say he will be going
to Spain, others that he will try another little
coup in Hungary. Admiral Horthy says that
monarchy is the proper government for Hun
gary. and this seems to be the opinion of many
competent observers. But not Hapsburg--
not If the succession states know 1t. Don't be
rash. Charles: somebody ought to speak to the
Empress Zita. who Is always egging Charles on.
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LITHUANIA-Of the problems under
consideration by the council of the league of
nations the most important is the Polish
Lithuanian dispute This dispute involves many
elements of which the most striking Is the
question what to do about that business of
Gen. Zeligovski. Last year, the reader will re-
member. Gen. Zeligovsk pulled off little fait
accompu. occupying with considerable part
Of the Polish army (''vounteers." he called
them, others called them "deserters'') the city
of wilma and much territory thereabout. and
setting up an independent state in the name of
self-determination; ousting the Lithuanian
government, for Wilma the Lithuanian
capital. OF course, the Polish government FORM
ally disavowed the business, but it made no
pretense of being displeased. So in wilma,
Zegovski remains today. The joke Of it is
(Mr. Ralph Butler is my authority that Wilma
and its region (the old Russian government of
Vilna) are in population neither Polish
Lithuanian, though the Lithuanians greatly out
number the Poles. the great majority of the
population being white Russians. Nevertheless.
the Lithuanians have valid title to Wilma and
it's region How long ago nobody knows. be-
fore the tenth century anyway. their ancestors
occupied that country. The great national god
Perkunas had his shrine one of the hills
of wilma, which was sanctuary. Later Wilma
was the capital Of a great Lithuanian kingdom
which extended to Moscow on the east. to Odessa
and the sea of Azov on the southeast. Mighty
warriors were the Lithuanans in those days.
But they were not numerous enough to hold so
vast a territory. First the crowns of Poland
and Lithuania were united. and later Luthania
became part of Poland. Most of the Luthu-
ianian nobility disappeared and the Luthu-
anian land was parceled out in great estates