Evening star., 1922-05-21

Wnat Is P0fncAre6 reaction TO tnlS eVASlNe
notef After Genoa, another PREPARATION crisis?
The Near and the MsaAIe East-rhe Brit
ish government has proposed to the American,
French and italian governments. a Joint In
vestigation to ascertain the amount Of truth In
the accusations of barbarous treatment by the
Turkish nationalists of Christian minorities
The British high commissioner in Constan-
tinople reports, "the Turks appear to be work
Ing on a deliberate plan to get rid of the
mnorites."
As there is not the slightest prospect of
combined effective sction bv the western pow
the wans q bs shs ses to ee the
end the scandal. solve the problem completely,
by e.teImnatins the Christians ans down. TO on1d ,he
be persuaded. for a sizable sum- to 90 the 3ob
quickly and foreso the usual elegant pre,im,
allow Christian control commissions of the
western powers to see that the job Is done
The time approaching when the council
OF the league OF nations must take action on
the French mandate for SYRIA. the executive
committee Of the confC deration Of Syrian com
mittees becomes very much "het up' and cables
Times. the American people begging them to
fntercede to prevent confirmation OF the man
date Thess %"Siderous 0" ood Ga men and
true. including Bedawin. men who have sme,t
nowder. who are vowed to eat un the $4,000
presume to teach the art of self-eovernment
to tho Syriens whose genius is that kind is
matter of rhetorical record.
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United states of America.-Giford Pin
chot beat the republican machine candidate in
the primary contest to determine the next re-
publican candidate for Governor of Pennsyl-
vania Mr. Pinchot is remembered Theo-
dore Roosevelt's most jealous henchman dur
ing the brief life of the progressive party. and.
with the exception. perhaps. of Roosevelt.
our greatest champion Of ICONS ervation." The
women did the trick in Pennsylvania. achieved
the impossible: dea extra machinam.
There was another bombing outrage in
Chicago on the night of the 18th:
1t is proposed to organize the construc
tion industry and to fnsinuate into 1T an ethical
code under the direction % Of an American RI con
velt formerly assistant secretary of the Navy,
eral child labor law unconstitutional, as a
usurpation OF states power
May 1s.
MisceIlaneous.-A conference between pleni-
potentiaries of Chile and Peru. under the
auspices but without participation of our
government was formally opened by Secre-
tary Hughes on May 16 at Washington. the
object thereof being settlement of the long
standing Tacna-Arica question.
The outrages in Belfast becoming more
numerous and outrageous After another
week Of futile discussion. the peace commit
tee again reported May II to the dali
eireann that 1t was unable to reach "a basis
of agreement"
The nationalists scored a notable victory in
the elections in the French general councils
on May a. 1t is evident CONTRARY to what
many people thought) that France is over
whelmingly behind Pofncare.
The treaty between Germany and Poland
respecting Upper Silesia was signed at Geneva
on May Is. Proudest feather in the leagues
cap.
Latest dispatches bear out though some
what vaguely. the report that Chang Tso-Iin
has declared the independence Of Manchuria
ana Mongolia, with apparently the northern
part OF Chill province. Wu Pei-Fu is report-
ed to be making strong concentration north
OF Tientsin He seems to intend going after
Chang Tso-Lin in force.