Evening star., 1922-06-25
The Story the Week Has Told

of Palestine (rnostly Arabs); that 1t is opposed
to the wishes Of the majority of that people,
and that. therefore. 1t should not be approved
and adopted by the council Of the league of
nations unless modified SO as to comply with
BY the o m
ent form was a fne piece OF oratory' but the
motion s1s s9 as Of the
please aim .Ths SHAVING q ,s shssgs"I S";.. ,..,.
salaries Of members and ministers Reader
dost rub thine eyes? l rube mine.
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Lloyd George, Poincare and The Hague
The conversation between Premers Poincare
and Lloyd George in London. on June 19, was
most amable. They touched on. rather than
discussed, reparations. The Hague .rangier and
the east They decided to let the repara-
tions commission work without interference
for while on the new little problem created
by the failure of the bankers committee
Tangier just mentioned. the near east
likewise. The Hague approached della
cately and mncingly. but Poincare announced
that the French would participate in the nego-
tiations tcommencing June ~ Win e, the rus us
premiers should meet again toward the emo
Of July The amability Of the 1 exchanges ma .;, has
The representatives of the twenty five pow
ers which contemplate resumption OF nesotia.
The Hague on June i5 to exchange views"
and select commission of experts to meet
a Russian commission OF experts at The Hague
on June 26. have accomplished at least half
their mission. They have selected the com
Vankarnebeek. foreign minister Of the Neither.
lands. has selected three subcommittees of
tions of Russian debts. credits to Russia and
property in Russia once owned by foreign
government, in conjunction with similar sub
Committees the Russians. will be asked to
Of the representatives at their first meeting
voted to make no effort to achieve common
a policy s to be followed 70 w by the experts Of the
associated powers in their dealings with the
msnf that the expsrts are to deal with facts
not principles" To which the French answer
with facts you should be guided by principles
Well, WELL. We shall see what we shall see
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Mount Isverest-On May 21 three members
MALLORY, Somervell and Norton) of the gal
liant party headed by Gen. c. c. Bruce. who
are attempting to reach the top of Mount
Everest, climbed without the aid of oxygen to
the height of 26,so0 feet (breaking the Duke
of the Abruzzrs altitude record of 24.6oo feet
on Brides peak in the Karakorum range)
when they were compelled to return to a
base camp at $4,000 feet On later date
George Finch ard Capt. Geoffrey Bruce, with
the aid Of oxygen. reached the altitude of
ZI,ZVO Ieet, Wnen tneI III tuTT were IoTCeu
to descend the base camp The height of
Everest is calculated from trigonometric OBJ
servations to be 29,141 feet
Is it possible conquer the remaining dis
tance to the summit? Perhaps So IL the snow
is hard and the wind is down. though several
jagged rocky "towers' bar the way and the
summit itself is like the thin end Of wedge
And would 1t be better to make the supreme
effort with without oxygen? A nice ques-
tion. The weight of the oxygen outfit (thirty-
two pounds) is point desperately to be
weighed.
The Tibetan name of the greatest of noun
tains is Chomo Lungmo which means God
dess mother of the country" Should the
party now adventurng the conquest of the
goddess succeed, their success will be largely