Evening star., 1922-07-30

covered In an earthen Jar in . tomb, thirty
ss Sna u Isd IN u the
coins in the world. II Herodotus tells the
had Been discoasrsd ali n' n the the British museum
The story Is plausible that some sardtan bio
,Ss in The 1.s ssTf II s.s ths siege of sad
Another find is Roman tomb with frescoes
df.Pasns fruit I1pPies and s,SS very
It is hoped that the Greek government. now
in possession Of sardis. viii allow the Metro
poiitan Museum Of Art OF New York city to
have half Of the finds.
China.-The report noted by me last week OF
a battle between the main forces of Gen. Chen
Kwang-Ming and DR.. Sun Yat-Sen. In which
Chen's warriors won decisive victory. has
been discredited by a later report. Apparent
ly there was no such battle.
Sun Yat-Sen still leads sailor life one
Of his gnnboats; soliloquizing: in shelleyan
phrase. Himself his own delight"
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United States Of Amerfca.-Of the strike Of
the railroad shopmen I shall say little. pre-
suming the reader to have followed the details
given by the daily press Whether the re-
fusal of a majority of the roads to restore their
former seniority status to returning strikers
10 the one thing now preventing return of the
shopmen to work. or whether. as some say,
the real issues are camoufaged or obfusqued,
I cannot pretend to determine. Nor. between
conflicting statements I able to de-
eide whether the number Of men strike
has Importantly decreased increased dur
ing the week. OF late, disorders seem to
have become fewer and less serious. II one ex-
the governor has proclaimed martial law.
Railroad executives will meet in New York
tuesday to consider a Compromise plan Of our
President for settlement of the strike.
prediction as to results to be- expected PEI from the
efforts OF operators to resume mining opera
tions in response to the Presidents invita-
tion." but the results to date are not encourag-
Ing. Evidently the Governor Of Indiana con-
csives little hope that way. for on the 27th he
announced that the state government would
in the state unless within five days the oper-
ators and miners of the state should have
reached an agreement providing for resump-
tion of operations. The Governor of Michigan
has moved In the same direction.
The most important development of the
week as regards both strikes was the appoint
ment by the President Of committee. headed
by Secretary Hoover and including representa-
tives Of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
ment of Justice and the Department Of the
Interior. to control the distribution and ration
The Interstate Commerce Commission gives
the necessary orders for routing and distribut-
plish two grand objects-put the quietus on
coal profteering by withholding from
Offset the deadly interaction Iwhether caieu,
lated or noD of the shopmen's and miners
siIne Since In os the strike began
fallen off from 550o.00o tons per week to
3500,000.
Attorney General Daugherty has submitted
to the Senate a decision to the effect that the
proposed great steel mergers, If consummated.
would not violate the antitrust laws; that
there is no reason to apprehend restraint Of
trade from them. One Of the proposed mergers
would unite the Bethlehem Steel Corporation
and the Lackawanna Steel Company. The
other merger would unite the Midvale Steel
Steel Company and the Inland Steel Company.
AS to whether the proposed mergers would
violate the federal trade act Mr.. Daugherty
did not give his opinion. the question being
out of his province.
Our government has extended de jure recoR-
milton to the Baltic states Latvia, Esthonia
and Lithuania.