Evening star., 1922-07-16
BY HENRY ". BUNN.
HE following is a brief summary OF the
l. most important news of the worIo ior
i the seven days ended July 15!

The .British' Empire.-The Irish national
Gree State) troops continue. with remarkable
success. their work of rounding up ana DIS
armng irregulars. They have still, however,
considerable work to do. The meeting OF the
new provisional parliament. which had been
postponed to yesterday. July l5, has been
further postponed to July 30.
The British home secretary told the house
of commons on June 2e that there was no
evidence to show that -the murderers of Sir
Henry Wilson had anys.connecton whatever
with Ireland. Evidence. however. has since
appeared which seems to,prove that they were
in fanatic sympathy with the extreme repub-
licans. Their names turn out to be OSullivan
and Dunn. Both men bore good regulations.
both enlisted In the British army for the
war and both were wounded in France.
After fourteen weeks the lockout of the
members of the Amalgamated Engineering
Union of Great Britain is over. Seven hundred
and fifty thousand men were at first involved,
but. little by little, subsidiary. unions fell
away and accepted the masters terms. until
only 100000 were left for the final capituiation
1t is reported that Lord curzon is very
seriously i'll and is not likely to resume his
duties as foreign secretary.
July was the centenary of the death of
Shelley. A great-niece Of the poet. who is
married to an Italian naval officer, brought
her little son that day to place flowers on the
from the Society of Giordano Bruno, a
kindred spirit.
Lloyd George told the house of commons on
France and ourselves" That may be true but
somehow 1t doesn't sound quite right.
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France-The Vatican has placed the works
of Anatole France the index librorum
prohbtorum.
At Wimbledon. England, on July 8. Mile.
Suzanne Lenglen of France defeated Mrs NAL
lory of the United States for the worlds
womans tennis championship, 6-2, 80 r. 1t
a very decisive victory preceded, IL press
reports are correct. by orguous exchanges in
"Ercles" vein, the taller talker (again assum-
ing the press quotations to be accurately going
down. in Homer"
Twenty-seven African chiefs from various
French colonies and protectorates arrived in
Paris July 9. Six-footers ALL garbed in
silks of various hue. each carrying an At
lantean spear and accompanied by several
wives they made a tremendous hit in Paris.
The centenary Of the birth of Louis Pasteur
will be splenddly celebrated by France this
year.
On July 9 celebration was held at Argen-
100 years ago. by a person unknown. of the
, delectable flavor of the asparagus. There was
to ny ne ssk of
One hesitates to predict success for the
proposal which is making good deal of noise
In France-that considerable part of the
German reparations debt to France be paid in
labor and materials for constructing ip
proving great public works In Francois for
Harvesting the Rhone. the Dordogne and the
Truyere for electric power: for digging
tunnel under the channel, for digging tun-
digging new or improving old canals. The
projected work on the Rhone would keep
10000 men busy for ten years.
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Germnny.-In the following discussion aim
to be neutral. Owing to whatever cause or
causes (the murder of Rathenau the mega
tive findings of the bankers committee. the
Vaccinations of certain German interests