Evening star., 1923-03-25

The British Empire-A resolution offered by
Lord Newton. that it is desirable that the
number of members of the house of lords be
reduced was passed by the British lords on
Thursday. The resolution does not
template, of course. abolition of any of the
present peerages. but it does contemplate
lection of limited number of the peers-be-
tween 200 and 300 say-to sit as the upper
house of parliament.
The house Of lords now numbers zee tenn
poral and spiritual peers but the average
attendance is only about 75 The problem, is
duce a house of lords consisting of the Hover
of the peerage; 200 should be better number
In Dublin on ST. Patricks day Nike McTigue.
Irish American defeated Sikh, the Seuegalese
who beat Georges Carpenter some time ago,
for the light heavyweight championship of the
W9Td H winning h n On points nn IN IN swen,y rounds
ploded in the vicinity, but it injured only
winner. and the challenge has been Accepted
The fight was tame affair. 1t wouldn't have
broken his right thumb in the thirteenth
round.
Germuny-The week ended March I;
week murders and sabotage in the
pied territory: the week just past TO
have been almost free of untoward incidents.
No doubt the happy change is partly attribut-
able TO the terror inspired by the measures
taken by the occupying authorities.
On this head my last weeks summary.
you're likely be shot by French scntries.
who are very much the alert Or, If YOU
escape that fate. YOU may be caught; and
then it's death i'll of sabotage the
railways life imprisonment for other forms
of sabotage And if you commit murder and
escape. the French are unsportsmanlikc
enough take a leaf of the Prussian book
and seize hostages, with the threat and the
evident intention to shoot them in OF
other murders. And thus YOU incur the hos
tility of the population. HON, If YOU persist.
YOU will injurc more than YOU injure the
French To such =. mind, apparently, nave
come the nationalist super nationalist
heroes who. there seems little doubt, have
committed or inspired acts sabotage and
TO be chiefly duo to evident disapproval of
them by the general population, a disap-
in deccncy than IN fear of consequence. At
any rate, for whatever reason. il has been a
uuICt week.
ON the 18th the French and Bel Igians began
rcQuiSIton accumulated stocks OF coal aud
der military guard. to do the loading. So lar,
apparently they have confined their rcQuisi
tionng TO state mines or coke plants. AS a
matter OF fact, they haven't sufficient labor
(gangs brought from Italy. Belgium, ctc.D
load tn, grand scale. and il is doubtful
whether their transportation organization
could handle much more than the quantities
of fuel now being loaded. apparently. al
every mine plant where coal coke has
been requsitioned the German workers have
struck. Whether they will return to accunlu-
mains TO be seen 1t would seem that tho
French and Belgians have no present intcn-
tion of operating mines or coke ovens.
The little information that comes a
TO the effects of the embargo, indicates pro-
gressive unemployment in both occupied and
unoccupied Germany. AS to the prospect of
negotiation, it were futile to speculate. Moth
ing has been received to confirm contra
dict last weeks reports which declared an