Evening star., 1922-10-22

the government followed. of course; then.
0 neiudng oyd George By I1oyd
Georges advice the king invited Mr.. Bonar
hans M the ~" determining factor thereS to form a
conservative government Mr. Law has CON
ness he ord Baau M
Chamberlain Lord Birkenhead. Sir Laming
noSd George the
doing so they perhaps intended no more than
a gesture Of disapproval Of the caucus action
and of compliment to their fallen leader. They
may be seen rallying to the new government.
without them there is certain poverty of
conservative government. The world. of
course. is watching with intense interest for
the coalition makes the political situation
more complex than ever-there is. indeed. con-
fusion and the utmost dubiety.
Mr.. Bonar Law has announced that. should
he succeed in forming a government. he will
ment at once adding that this would give
plenty Of time for necessary Irish legisla-
almost ready to be submtted ted to the e'Te Vest
minister parliament. 1t must be ratified by the
apses sse as are sa%o9
that 1t would be just Irelands luck to have
the Free state go by the board because of
English party chickering's But it would seem
that leaders Of all the parties have sent
surances to Mr.. cosgrave that there would be
no opposition in new parliament to prompt
legislation in fulfillment of the London agree
ment.
A recent much-quoted letter of Mr.. Bonar
Law to the London Times indicates that LLOYD
Georges action in the near east crisis has his
it appears. then. that the swapping of horses
at this critical juncture will cause no i'm
portant change in British policy respecting
ireland and the near east. the two most inn
portant matters upon the tapis.
visionai Government Of the irish Free .Me state
to irreguars who should surrender expired
courts peraps ON s hs beie
word). authorized by recent legislation of the
provisional parliament, are empowered to try
rot n ipSn thair
prerogative Of punishment extending to death
and deportation.
Germany.-At a joint convention of dele
gates of the social democratic party (majority
socialists) and Independent socialistic party
at Nuremberg, on September "a. 1t was almost
unanimously voted to combine these parties
as the united social democratic party of Ger
many. The combined party has $50 of the
469 seats in the reichstag. Wirth is supported
by the socialists and by the centrists (sixty
eight seats) and the democrats (forty seats).
He thus has comfortable majority.
Turkey, Etc-The Mudania convention went
into effect at midnight October 14-15 1t is
understood that the Greek military evacua-
tion is proceeding rapidly and without un-
toward incident. The exodus of Christians from
eastern Thrace and Constantinople is proceed
ing madly. All the roads to western Thrace.
to Bulgaria. to Rodosto and other ports are
thronged with Christians (mostly Greeks).
frantic to escape from Turkish jurisdiction
before the allied missions and detachments
leave eastern Thrace (near the end of Novem-
ber). 1t is to be hoped that there will be
sufficient shipping to the needs of the
refugees at the ports. To whomsover the chief
blame is to be imputed. the spectacle is one
of the most extraordinary and disgusting the
heavens ever looked down upon.
1t is reported that all Turkish troops have
been withdrawn from the neutral zones de-
fined by the Mudania convention.
The allies rejected Angoras suggestion of
Smyrna the place of meeting of the peace
conference and Angora rejected the allies
suggestion of Scutari 1t is said that Britain
and France have agreed on November 13
the date of meeting. and that Lausanne is