Evening star., 1922-07-30
By HENRY W. BUM.
- HE following Is q brief summary OF the
most important news OF the world Tor
the seven days ended July 20:


The British Empire.-The irregular army
in southwest ireland. II ever 1t had enough
cohesion and direction to justify being called
an army, seems to have been broken up into
isolated detachments, all on the run. Else
; where in the Free State area (chiehy in Couh-
ty Mayo), irregulars have shown some actiV-
ity during the week. to their cost. 1t Is an
anxious question whether the extreme die
hards" will, in the near future, muster the
good sense and magnanfmity to accept their
defeat will prolong Ireand's distress by
cruel and futile guerrilla warfare
The meeting Of the new provisional parlia-
ment of the Free State has been further post
poned to August IL. 1t will be interesting 10
observe the attitude toward that parliament
of members Of the De Valera faction elected
thereto Some have participated in the recent
bloody events. Should they offer to take their
seats. what would happen?
On July 1S, twenty-six days after the death
Joseph a o'sullivan ] N we're were found guilty Of mur-
dering him and were sentenced to death Ihey
aVenge Ireland. The reader will recall the
fantastic theory which found considerable cur
rency. that the murderers were English paei-
fists. who making an example OF Sir
Henry the arch-champion OF militarism.
Great Britain leads the world in ship ton
second.
Canada Is Furnishing military training this is
contrast with the $1,000 in our civilian train
ing camps.
spain.-The up-to-date burghers of the city
of Lugo, in the northwestern corner of Spain.
wish to tear down the city wall. but a royal
order forbids them to do The wall was
built by the Romans in whose day the city
Uucus AugustD was fourishing and
much resorted to. as it is today, account Of
the hot sulphur baths nearby The wall is
thirty to forty feet high and twenty feet thick,
with projecting SemiCtrCular towers which
numbered eighty-fve up to 1909, when the
wall partly destroyed by the French
There are those who viii thank Alfonso.
though it's doubtful if he can, successfully
duck the "novelizng' spirit for long.
Germany.-The committee on guarantees.
recently returned from Berlin, has not yet
submitted its report on German conditions
to the reparations commission. There is to
be a meeting of Lloyd George and Poincare
in London August l. soon thereafter
as practicable to discuss reparations. the
near east, Tangier and Austria: above all, Of
course, reparations Poincare is willing that
the conference should be confined to the two
Of them: Lloyd George, however, insists that
the entire supreme council shall be there. But
Italian representation is not possible until the
Italian cabinet crisis is passed. On the other
hand. the reparations commission has prom
ised Germany answer by August Is
moratorium terms: and evidently the repara-
tions commission is putting it up to the gov
ernments this time.
All certainly say is that there will
be meeting in the not distant future of part
all of the supreme council, from which mo-
mentous decisions regarding German repara-
tions are expected AS between Poincare and
Lloyd George. their former roles reversed.
Poincare is eager for a settlement "wot is'' a
settlement: a settlement however, which must
be the least possible unfavorable to France.
Lloyd George grows grave and cautious.
fecting that a settlement which would admit
of extended moratorium to Germany and
at the same time ease the tragic financial sit