Evening star., 1922-08-20

D'Annunzio recently emerged from his re-
tirement and. at the height OF the disorders.
Milan-a highly creditable speech counseling
harmony. He was at his magical best Then
he returned to his villa on the Lago di Garda.
One evening at dinner he fell into dispute
with two ladies' guests of his (the subject has
not been disclosed but 1t may well haye been
some esoteric point connected with the tender
passion). Waxing hot. the poet-hero retired
frsm the room and sat down on the edge Of
he fell off, cracking his sconce. His condition
is serious Despite his absurdities and enormi-
eR Of opS m se
astonishing genius. DAnnunzio
The Far Eastern Republie.-It is reported
that withdrawal of Japanese troops from
Siberia has begun
The negotiations between Japan and the
Far Eastern Republic. broken off at Dairen
some time ago. are to be resumed Toxic has
consented to participation by a soviet repre-
sentative. who will be Joffe. recently appoint
ed Muscovite agent at Pekfng. 1t was expect
ed that the place of meeting would be Dairen
or Harbin. but Moscow now proposes Pekink.
That Moscow should propose is significant
MOSCOW is the real party" Toxic has to deal
with. that that far eastern republic Is def
sides. in Pekine Joffe and his bright -plumaged
encourage could make more of an international
it is proposed to doubiy redoubie the bolshevist
effort in the orient.
Chinn.-It is reported that things are at
desperate pass in Pekng-that President Ii
Yuan Hung has sent a special representative
to Shanghai to beg Sun Yat-Sen to go to
Peking and cooperate with him: that that
slippery fellow. Tsao Kun, is organizing the
forces of reaction: that tushunism is reassert-
ing itself. the Tushuns declining to allow their
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treasury is empty: that the reasssembled par
liament is simply mess. the Canton faction
agitating for the displacement of Ii Yuan
Hung by Sun Yat-sen: that. up in Manchuria.
Chang Tso-Lin is blandly watching it all and
reorganizing his army against the day of re-
venge; that the cabinet ministers are lying
forces are clamoring for arrears of pay and
threatening mutiny: that. in fact. there's
of
Mixcellaneous.-I again compelled to
omit the domestic news. 1t is correct. think.
to say that the coal crisis is past. or at any
rate. postponed till after winter. and there is
good reason to expect a settlement of the
rail strike in the near future
1 omitted last week to note an important
event. the death of Alexander Graham Bell.
the inventor of the telephone. 1 suppose that
Bells invention and Faraday's discoveries in
the field Of electro magnetism have done more
than most other discoveries and inventions
combined to change the face Of the modern
world.
There is epidemic of dueling in Buda-
pest. general fist fight occurred In the
Hungarian chamber the other day. There are
ways and ways of keeping up the fighting
spirit.
Enver Pasha. the last to survive of the
famous Turkish triumvirate of Official
. derers was. on August 4, killed in battle with
soviet troops in Bokhara- So ended notable
attempt to set up an Independent princpality
in that region. Doubtless the blood-stained
Loot Dos rho oil Do rhn
Pasha, the first two of whom were murdered
by Armenians) are now between groans and
shrieks, holding pleasant little post -mortem
conversation together. The mills Of the gods
grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine.