Evening star., 1922-07-02
The Story the Week Has Told

there is uncertainty, punctuated by disturb
Ing rumors. De Valera manifestoed the other
that he has assumed direction of the irregular
forces is a doubtful one.
The meeting Of the new provisional parlta-
ment has been postponed to July Is.
Germany.-Dr. Walter Rathenau. foreign
minister of Germany, was assassinated in Ber-
lin on June "a by two or more men. who used
hand grenanes well as bullets. The day
before that rch-reactionary. Helfferich. made
a violent attack in the reichstag Rath
enau's policy. A Berlin socialist newspaper
makes the following comment: "Helfferich de-
livers an infammatory speech. Erzberger is
murdered; Helfferich delivers an infammatory
speech. Rathenau Is murdered"
OF late there have been an extraordinary
number of monarchist, and pan n-German festi-
walls ana aemonstratons ah ttsnded IN sansra
occasions by clashes between enthusiasts for
the old regime and socialists: The Wirth gov gov
demonstrations: The reichstag chamber on
Assassin the radical members We're with
difficulty restrained from attacking Helfferich.
1t is singularly difficult to apprafse Rath-
enau. His most notable monument is the
Weisbaden agreement. the joint work Of
chiefly responsible for the Rapallo treaty. He
was Jew, very highly educated man.
opher. but somewhat obviously SO: it will be
difficult to find a suitable man to succeed him
The murder may have the effect Of drawing
together the two wings of the socialist party
the majority socialists and the independent
The doings in Ireland. the assassination in
the business of the fascisti and communists
in Italy, the Anatolian massacres. bomb
Moplah insurrection in India. the mutiny in
Kiangsi. the affair in Williamson county, ILL.,
But we Americans have little the edge on
the others-nothing so bad as the massacre
at Herrin.
Mount EvereAt.-Gen. Bruce's party has
been compelled to abandon its attempt to
reach the top of Mount Everest. 1t had been
intended to have a final try on June s. but
the monsoon broke on June 8. making further
effort this season senseless. There is good
reason to expect that the next expedition will
be successful. The base camp was carried up
Wakefield and somervelI fought. with the aid
of oxygen. to 27.300 feet before the most
back 1t is thought that the next party
advance its base camp to $4,000 feet
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Chinn.-Our latest information of Sun Yat-
Sen is of date June "a, when. on board one of
his gunboats. he told Associated Press
correspondent that he would die rather than
YIELD and that. .as and patriot. he
going to set an example for future gen
erations" With the possible exception of
= ing jackass.
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The Hngue.-Let US have touch of comedy.
No, it is grimmest tragedy. cruelty burlesqued.
The piece should be entitled, THE World
Turned Upside Down."
The Russian commission of experts" head
ed by Litvinov. arrived in The Hague on June
26 Litvinov at went to meet the head
of the Russian commission and unbosom-
ed himself of some important statements In
the first place, there would be no Russian
subcommittees to meet the subcommittee OF
the commission of the associated powers. The
Russian commission ready to negotiate
as a whole, but only as a whole, with the
whole or any part of the associated powers
commission. In the second place, II there was