Evening star., 1922-06-25

Col Howardbury. which in 1891. Af;er Ia
found it. and and % having % ascended to $4,000 feet.
they were driven back by inclement weather
above was written, tells OF another attempt
to reach the top by Mallory. Wakefield and
feet Of the summit after a tremendous
struggle. but terrible weather conditions final
ly drove them back.
China.-Apparently (never be too
about celestial matters). at last Sun Yat-Sen
has got his" He got it from Gen. Chen
kwang-Ming. formerly his chief supporter.
but who recently resigned the governorship,
of kwangtung province and broke with the
great patriot, drawing away with him a part
tprobably the more efficient par) of the army
of the Canton republic Chen had repeatedly
advised Sun Yat-Sen in friendly way to
resign the presidency of the southern re-
public, abolish that republic and join in the
new uni1cation movement headed by Wu Pei
Flu. At last Chen felt constrained to
force. On June 1s he occupied Canton, Sun
Yat-sen's troops offering but feeble re-
proclaimed the demise Of the Canton republic
their northern and central sisters under the
reformed Peking government.
and for the present. at least) being up. never
, theless Sun Yat.sen ordered the six gunboats
of his navy to shell Canton-the act of very
weak man. for it could not conceivably bene
fit his The bombardment finally ceased
through the refusal of Suns gunners to con-
tinue it.
But row for fresh complications. 1t is
ported that the force 10000 to $4,000 in num-
ber) sent by WI Pei-Fu against Sun Yat-Sen's
invading army in Kiangsi province mutinied
and lootng in the approved fashion of Chi
nese mutineers. 1t is reported also that Sun
Kianesi. proposing to use them in an attempt
to oust Gen. Chen KwangM Ming from Canton
el-F
force to deal with the mutineers. The ques
movement for Chinese unifcation is no longer
OF Importance. He is dead after brief illness
in Canton singularly attractive PERSONAL
Yehonala' .ei 'S '"e 'A'Se '''A0'e J." o"'"a since
1t seems that. notwithstanding Chang Tso-
Lins recent treacherous conduct, WI Pe-F
has granted him another armistice The Chi
nese regard treachery much as Samuel But
lers erewhonans regard peculation. But, to
be sure. considering WI Pei-Fu's other
gagcments. the vastness of Manchuria. the
danger OF complications with the Japanese
garrisons. and sundry other things. perhaps
WI Fei-Pu does we'll not to attempt to wipe
Chang Tso-Lin off the map. The latter is at
best shorn Samson. and it will take long
time for his hair to grow again.
1t is evident that though the unification of
emma may be on the way, 1t has not arrived
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United States Of Misunderstanding choose
between adequate treatment of domestic and
of foreign themes (it was crowded week.,
chose the latter. more likely to convey
fresh Information to the reader. The most
important domestic happening of the week
was the affair at the mine near Marion, ILL.,
in its latter phase df press accounts are cor
recD the most disgraceful and disgusting epi-
sode in the history Of this country.
l should like to discuss, did space permit
the convention of the American Fedora ton of
Labor, which seems to be largely given over
to denunciation of the judicial oblgarchy'
the railroad situation emo recourse but to a
strike" says Mr.. JewelD; the ship subsidy
bill. faVorably reported to the House on June
l6 and connected herewith the pleasant pro-
posal to exclude from ports of the United
States all ships that sell liquor on board:
Marconi's visit. and other things.