Evening star., 1922-03-26

tional on execution by Germany Of the afore-
said measures The press is making a great great
hullabaloo about the severity" of this note,
the fresh humiliation to Germany, etc. The
note. however. does little more than give exact
definition to what was already understood;
it's tone, even, is busness-like rather than
brusque. The commission has shown itself
clement and reasonable.
Russin.-At the instance of the Polish gov
ernment and under the auspices of the league
Of nations. conference was opened at War
saw on March Is of health experts of various
nations, to debate means of preventing the
spread of typhus to western Europe. 1t has
been proposed to establish a sanitary sone 100
miles deep on the frontiers between Russia
and Poland. Rumania. etc. Within this zone
refugees from Russia. who with the spring
are expected to number in the tens: perhaps
even hundreds. of thousand would be halted
and examined and, If infected. treated Last
year more than 1.25O00O cases of typhus were
officially reported in Russia proper, the num-
Der noted doubtless being only fraction Of
the total number.
The Near and the Middle East-At last,
March %. the foreign ministers of Great Brit
ain France and Italy met at Paris to discuss
the situation of the near and the middle east.
They at once sent telegram to the Con-
stantinople. Angora and Athens governments.
proposing a three-month armistice between
tNe ATeekS ana tno turkish udtOnauStS TO
automatically renew itself continuously until
signature of a treaty of peace unless de-
nounced by either party at least fifteen days
prior to expiration of three month period
Both the Turks and the Greeks. it Is reported
have been preparing for resumption of opera
tions the grand scale
Winston Churchill made interesting
observations to the commons the other day
Speaking of the need of a Turkish settlement.
he said he would never be found consenting
to the placing OF large bodies of Christians
under Turkish rule Speaking Of the new
pended f350000,00O in that region. He
pressed the hope that weak policy would
the promising oil concessions in the Mosul
ment had reached the limit of liberal conces-
sions consistent with fulfillment of the pledges
TO the He was d. for granting
an elected majority of the legislative councils
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ChInn-The Associated Press reports from
Peking that the President of China and Gen.
Chang Tso-Lin. inspector general of Man
churia. at outs: that Chang Tso-Lin has
withdrawn his troops from Pekng and
any other Tuchun (Wu Pei-Fu. for exampIe)
might walk right in and take charge. More
over. WI Chao-Chu. of WI Ting-fang, of
Canton. is in Mukden. Chan Tso-Lins capital.
presumably in negotiation for alliance be-
tween the Canton government and Chang Tso-
Lin. An alliance between Chang Tso-Lin and
Sun Yet-Sen would be like associating the late
sir. Penrose and William Jennings Bryan on
the same ticket.
later dispatch states that Chang Tso-Lin
ordered the withdrawal of his forces to Man
churia, but Cancelled the order learning
that WI Pei-Fu was moving his troops north.
Perhaps the long-predicted clash between
those warriors is about to take place
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Misccllaneous-1taly's new premier. Facta.
has adopted a drastic policy toward ending
the conflicts between the fascist and the
communists.
a considerable revolt of natives is reported
to have broken out in Tripoi
NJ. Poincare has decided not to go to the
Genoa conference.