Evening star., 1922-11-05
The Story the Week Has Told

policies Of Lloyd aeorss9 SIs and the poiieiesMat
Of issues. but one Of personalities Voters will
sonality of Lloyd George and the superior
bedside manner" of Bonar Law II before
onset of the labor party. that doubt is en-
HANGED by the tactics of Sir George Younger.
die-hardist of the die-hards
BY way of an appreciation of the personnel
OF the new government Lord Birkenhead
the %th s oid eaSer1 quotes
Lord WellinEton's remark on batch Of re
snnw f95 the 4 sSsx that he dd Int
enemy, but. by God they frightened him."
FFance.-Prior to the great war, more than
so per cent of the Turkish public debt
held in France. as against IA per cent held
in Britain. Can it be possible that French
policy regarding Turkey has been Influenced
by this circumstance? They say nay, say nay.
French near east policy has been "motvated'
by considerations of pure altrusm. II you
don't believe it. read the speech Marshal
Lyauty made the other day when he laid the
corner stone of mosque at Paris in the pres
ence of representatives of various Mosiem
I mentioned last week the rumor of a rap
and how even LIE Temps discussed the idea
with apparent seriousness But the rumor
died incontinent Perhaps Poncare's near east
policy. whose taste was sweet, had made
the French moral stomach queasy. For the
French in that condition to eat their own
The French force in Syria has been reduced
to 20.000-quite insufficient should the Turks.
as they probably will. try to recover Syria Cat
least. the northern parD.
Germany.-The reparations commission is
still in Berlin talking over with the German
government the misunderstandings that have
arisen betwixt 'em trying to determine wheth-
er there shall be another moratorium or the
same thing under another name. To create
a proper atmosphere and recall the good old
times Herr SHINES has announced that the
Shines -Delubersac agreement looking to re-
construction of the French devastated area is
only a scrap of paper" John Maynard
Keynes is standing by. doubtless trying to
screw the German courage to the sticking
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Italy.-Few other episodes in history
pare for picturesqueness with the recent al
most bloodless revolution in Italy-for Trevo-
luton" Mussolini himself rightly calls it.
though. at the same time. he talks nonsense
about everything being within the constitu
ton" The fascist have in fact. usurped the
power.
Signor Facta. before relinquishing the
premiership. put the grand decision straight
up to the king. He submitted to his majesty
a decree declaring state of siege through
out Italy. The king refused to sign it and
sent for Mussoln
Before answering the royal summons Mus
solni betook himself to D'Annunzio at the
latter's villa. on the Lago Diagarda. to draw
inspiration from that perennial fount Dan
nunzo is universally recognized and admired
as warrior. poet and lover-it is the irony of
fate that the greatest of his gifts. that of
political wisdom. should be unrecognized out
of Italy. He is fons bandusiae-no. Nigara
of political wisdom.
Refreshed and inspired. Mussolni proceeded
to Rome and. the kings request. formed
new government. Dispatches differ as to its
precise makeup, but. of course the principal
portfolios go to fascist (MusSolni himself
undertakes foreign affairs and the nterior).
On October 81 the new cabinet was sworn in.
pledging fidelity to king and constitution. 1t
remains be seen whether that oath Will be
faithfully kept without any sophistical eva