Evening star., 1922-08-27

governments Of Greece and Of the Constan-
TURKS have resumed hostilities against The
Greeks in Anatolia, and doubtless the mas
20 busy with the German question and ths
European a"estons Question: that @ tsey es Cannot e.etives
ly Intervene in the near east. and. such are
they could Why annoy the turks. who are
by way of settling the most important OF
namely. by massacre ~ Of rs all % Christian. except
those Of tender age and by making good
course women suitable for the harem)?
China.-The Chinese situation has lately
passed through bewildering series of
changes. Space is available only for noting
the latest development. The Canton faction
in the old parliament. reassembled at Peking
made impossible progress Of that body, agi-
tating for replacement of President Ii Yuan
Hung by Sun Yat-Sen (who recently fed from
Canton to Shanghai). In despair Ii Yuan
Hung has offered to resign in favor of that
indicated his willingness to accept the presi-
dsncy on on condition o. that WI P,Fu si,naa ana
OF course. Barkis is willing.
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United States OF Anerica.-The Presidents
two medatory efforts to end the shopmens
strike having failed. officials of the five train
service brotherhoods constituted themselves
so-called mediation committee and took
hand. They conferred with committee OF
railway executives. who, in turn. referred their
proposals to a meeting s5 executives, who, in
turn, referred their proposals to a meeting
of executives of the 14s chief railroads of
the country. held in New York on the 2srd.
rhe outstanding proposal was essentially the
the outstanding one OF the Presi-
dents first set OF proposals-namely. that "all
employees on strike be returned to work and
to their Te S M
executives was no" A finish fight. then, pre-
sumably.
who held aloof from the Cleveland conference
are fast falling in line and Signing supple
mentary agreements the Cleveland basis
1t is expected that by the end OF this week
the bituminous output win be normal On the
other hand. the prospect of an anthracite set.
tement is more gloomy than ever, five days OF
negotiation having resulted only In increased
bitterness Congress is now properly aroused
the anthracite situation. so much so that
on Thursday Senator Walsh offered a Joint
and operate the anthracite mines. The
resolution has been referred to the committee
on interstate commerce: There is strong
possibility of such legislation and of similar
legislation concerning inefficient railroads
Senate intending to regulate coal prices and
coal distribution through priority orders is
sued by the Interstate Commerce Commission
the latters powers being temporarily extend
ed for that purpose Enactment Of legisla, ga,
ton creating a government fact-hnding coal
commission seems certain.
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Miseellaneous.-It will be recalled that sew
eral weeks ago Mussolini, head of the fascist.
ordered, or was reported to have ordered the
demobilzation of the fascist throughout Italy.
Whether the order was not fully carried out
or there have been new mobilizations does
not appear. At any rate, several instances OF
activity by armed fascist detachments have
recently been reported. including seizure of
the port of Naples after "storming"
There seems to be some doubt, after all.
whether Enver Pasha, that twenty-four-
carat scoundrel, is dead.
Another revolution in Guatemala The revo-
country.