Evening star., 1922-03-19
The Story the Week Has Told.

nothing spontaneous or sincere in the accla-
nations: that the whole thing was elaborately
mensions being sharked up and instructed Tor
each occasion The princes tour is now at
the British government and the central and
provincial governments of India. The latter
can now get down to business-very important
AS the prince the other day was visiting
Malakand pass tbetwen northwest India and
Afghanistan) two Pathan tribes Of the vicinity
were having a jolly little fight. They knocked,
off to see the prince and then went at it again.
There 1s much speculation to who shall
be Mr.. Montagus successor as secretary OF
state for India. Winston Churchill has been
one (unike MIR Montagn by birth in the
right line Of British imperialist tradition Lord
Derby has refused the offer of the post.
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Egypt.-On March Is the Sultan of Egypt,
Ahmed Fuad Pasha. issued a rcscript. declar-
ing Egypt an Independent and sovereign state.
with himself as king thereof-King Fuad.
Lord Allenby called upon his majesty and Of
fered congratulations and guns doomed
throughout the kingdom. The king sent a let
ter of thanks to the British nation.
1t is to be well noted however, that British
remuneration Of the protectorate and continued
ereisnty are conditional upon prompt accom-
plishmcnt of a treaty embodying the condi-
the commons several weeks ago whether
British magnanlmity in postponing the treaty
recognition OF L&Sptlan independence Will
have It's reward remains to be Prac-
tically. far as British relations with Egypt
are, are coGcerned: inc status quo VII continue
Great Britain.
Austria-on March 15 the Senate unan-
imously passed a resolution authorizing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to postpone for q
period not to exceed twenty-five years pay
ment of principal and interest Of Austria's
osoA
States Grain Corporation and to release in
whole or in part. as his judgment may dictate.
austrias Ass assets It. pledged for payment The
by Substantially all other" nations to which
Austria is in debt.
A. substantially all Of these nations have
declared their willingness to take such action
should the United States do so. presumably the
Ter Meulen scheme will at once be put in
operation for Austra's benefit; there should
be bonfires in Vienna. The Austrian debt TO US
Austrian state assets and revenues; the latter
may now be used for securing loan.
luton is that it should have been passed many
months ago. thereby saving much mortality
and misery.
United State. Of America.-The reader will
please note that the following treatment of
delicate matter is provisional and tentative
The reparatons commission has in possession
German gold marks approximately totaling the
value of s30o.o0o,000. The finance ministers of
the great allies met at Paris the other day to
divide up this sum among their governments
To their panied surprise, MIR. Boyden the
United States unofficial" representative the
reparations commission. submitted to them the
following memorandum: II have received a
cable from Washington instructng me to in
form you that the costs of the American armies
of occupation up to May 1, 1921, amount to ap-
proximately 24l.000,000. The allied govern
ments with the possible exception Of Great
Britain. have received the whole of their costs
of occupation up to that date, and apparently
the expenditure for the British army will be
met by the present arrangement. Taking
these facts into consideration. the government
total payment of the costs of its army of occu-
patton with interest due to May ]. 1921. before
any part of the Germany payments shall be
distributed for reparations or for any other
purpose.