Evening star., 1922-12-24
The Story the Week Has Told

those of Vermont and Connecticut combined. "
American field service fund. this being the,
amount received by him from lectures and
lea: less his expenses This % fund u provides de
fellowships for American students in France
The new recsntIS s,aiss
cued from death patient suffering from dia-
tory that diabetic coma has not resulted I'm in
death. The patient, boy Of sixteen. may live
Six mighty nimrods, new style are planning
coming spring. They viii use a flying boat or
via the Hudson river. the American and Ca
madam lakes and rivers to James bay, and
thence to Hudson bay. where they will estab-
lish base for their operations farther north.
They expect to reach Hudson bay in three days
by air. The Hudson Bay Company will place
caches of gasoline and other supplies along
the route
I noted in a previous summary the plan Of
the Pasteur Institute of France to create an
ape farm in French West Africa for its own
experiments and to supply an expanding mar
ket for apes-the anthropoid ape being of
unique value for purposes of experiment. since
he reacts to disease much like his slightly
hope that the ape in his artificiaiiy induced
sufferngs would be sustained by his altruism
TO man. the ape possesses altruism il only in
very elementary degree. and. if so, by a
this trait may be made predominant. SO that
he will after no long space actually enjoy
In California. observe they are breeding
lions for I'll the = movie market. And in another
interesting experiments with jackasses. I!n
fortunately. the market (especially the for
it is no longer by any means certain that 1he the
american jackass is superior to the European
ringing grooves Of change.
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The British Empire.-There has been little
startling news from Great Britain or ireland
during the past week.
The governor general Of northern ireland
under the new dispensation is the Duke of
Abercorn. of a house chiefly noted for the
extraordinary good looks of its members
In the Free State reprIsals and counter
reprisals continue. Seven more republican
assassins have. been executed-for train
Wrecking and illegal possession of arms. am
On December II the evacuation Of British
pleted. An immense throng showed the n,nst
extraordinary cordiality to the departing, bat
talions. "
Germany.-The air is full of rumors i'm
porting aid from this country toward settle
nent of the vexed problem of German repara-
lions.
One such rumor has received the coup de
grace from statement by Mr.. Lamont of
J. p Morgan & Co. as follows:
Neither the firm of which 1 am member
Tor any other bankers are going to make a
oan of billion and a half dollars to Ger
many. Germany is not in a position at
he present time to inspire people with
confidence to buy it's bonds. The first thing
m the program! as the bankers view 1t. is the
KING OF definite reparationS sum. Follow
ns the fixator of this sum. Germany must
ct out on period of defation. There may
0sslbly come .wfth that scheme of the
llies for the supervision of such defation. in
luding the administration of Germany's Gus
oms. When those things are DONE then I can
imagine American investors will be prenared
0 lend money to Germany-not on a gieantic
Gale, but enough to help her over the hill"
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Poland-On December .. Gabriel Narutowicz
as elected the first president of Poland under
s new constitution. He radical and