Evening star., 1922-11-12

The Story the Week Has Told

seats SO that the national liberals will form an
Independent center group in the next parlia-
nr enough to m liner
on an old joke of his. saying that Bonar Laws
policy Of tranquility is not a program but
government was born tired" He persistent
ly urges Bonar Law to stand firm at the
Straits Bonar Law scarcely needs urging-he
stands firm.
Now. answer me this: Is Lloyd George the
greatest statesman England has produced, not
excepting Lord Chatham, as some say, or, as
others intimate to put the idea in the
and prestidigitator?
Mr.. Asquith denies as fantastic rumors Of
conversations between the conservatives and
the independent liberals looking to a coali
ton On the other hand. there are certain
ment between the national and Independent
liberals.
1t is reported that the Irish 'irregulars" are
making fresh head and spreading fresh terror.
while they continue to make communication
precarious throughout the twenty-sx counties.
The details are petty, but their sum Is i'm
ing as rapidly as could be wished
1t is reported from Spain that the British
base by tunneing Gibraltar.
Father Bernard Vaughan is dead-a fas-
cinatng personality, a fervid patriot and
great man. Above all. he was real friend
self. 1t is pleasant to remember that King
Edward loved him much.
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Germany.-The reparations commission has
returned to. Paris from Berlin in disgust, its
labor lost. 1t demanded from the German
government concrete definite proposals. look
ing to stablization of the mark. 1t did not
get them. The poor old mark may expect no
help. apparently. pending the Brussels eco
nomic conference. which. l understand. is
scheduled to open on December l. and at
which the entire reparations question is to
be reconsidered in the light of sad experience
gained since the London settlement of May 1.
1920. and in connection with the question Of
the international debts.
Italy.-Premiar Mussolini will press upon
the chamber soon as it reconvenes (on the
16th) legislation for transference of public
utilites-telephones. telegraphs, railways-to
private ownership. They have, of course. been
operating loss.
There continues to be "incidents' Of a minor
nature between fascist and communists, but
the fascist revolution deserves the name
with not exceeding fifty.
Turkey.-On November the Angora gov
ernment took over the civil administration of
ConstantnopIe. Rafet Pasha announcing him
self as governor and Hamd Bey remaining
high commissioner chief representative of
the AnEora government at Stambou The
latter notified the allied authorities (the high
commissioners and military commanders of
Britain. France and Italy) follows:
"InteralIied military occupation of Constan-
tinople is not only useless. but impossible.
The grand national assembly deems it neces-
sary to point that a certain number of
gendarmes must be sent from Angora for the
maintenance of order. already arranged
for I'm 1'hrace.
The allied authorities accepted the new civil
regime. The sultan's cabinet resigned, but
apparently the grand padishah has not yet
indicated willingness to consider himself
abolished, either as sultan calph He
mains in the Yildiz Palace, guarded by allied
troops.
But if the allied authorities recognized the
civil regime they spurned the hint to evacuate
their troops and sternly notified Angora to
that effect The insolence of the Turk has
created unity among the allies at Constan-
tinopie. and. whether willing or no. Pre-
miers Poincare and Mussolini have instructed
their civil and military. chiefs at the Golden