Evening star., 1923-01-21

Ottoman debt contracted UP to the opening
of the world war should be apportioned among t6
the parts of the Ottoman empire, as II then
was, but of course they do not agree win
the Turks that the succession states should
share the burden of the war debts Ihese
debts" say those Turkish humorists. Were
incurred for the good of all the former TURK TX
tached."
Ismet Pasha told the conference that Tur-
key would not pay the costs of allied occupa-
ton, as that occupation was unjust IL now
appears that the commission which r,,n, is ,ti, to
R1pI for property lett lett behind, will consist Of
Turk, one Greek. and one national OF worid
war neutral state IT is understood that
treaty to govern the exchange. independent of
near future by representatives OF Greece and
Turkey.
China-I am told that Chinese delegate
to the Washington arms conference casually
observed that perhaps the end of another six
hundred years might find an appreciable be-
ginning made toward the transformation of
old China into that new China for which
certain sort of westerners and a certain sort
of Cinnamon educated in the west do yearn
an Americanzed China. with all the bless
ings of the industrial system. and murder and
suicide rates to rival ours. Perhaps" there's
much virtue in your perhaps
Some months ago the optmsts were con-
fdent of the reunifcation of China, under the
guidance of the supposed strong man, WI
Peth-fu. But the nope tneTeOl eoHe Slii-
mering Possibly Wu Peih-fu is lying low,
outstanding his strength against some psycho-
strong man report gave him out to be, that
he really seemed to be for brief space; And
for she had in the south a second strong man.
a man. of Wu Peih-fu's kidney. capable Of
namely Cen Chen Kwangh- ming of Canton
that Chen Kwangh- -ming who deposed Sun
Yat-sen and sent him on his travels, and
abolished the Canton republic.
But, alas. the clay feet of Chen kwangh-
that strong man. with his staff, fled from
Canton considerable troops, loyal to Sun
provinces were entering the suburbs. Sun
Yat-sen is still in Shanghai. What. one won
NiscelIancous.-Frederi Harrison, of
the greatest journalists that ever lived, died
at Bath England. on January a. in his ninety
second year.
On January IA Alexandra Ribot died in
Paris. at the age of eighty. He was prime
minister four times. He was largely respon-
sible for the Franco Russian alliance. He was
a fine orator, able writer, member of
the Academy. His integrity became proverb
The other day Frenchman announced that
he had discovered the solution of the repara-
tions problem. He at hurried off
10 insane asylum.
The Italian government has decided on
vigorous military aviation policy.
There is a rumor of an Austro- Hungarian
entente in the making
The excavation of the site of Carthage is
proceeding vigorously. The other day the bou-
doir of a lady unearthed, with perfume
bottle lachrymatores. bronze mirrors. ivory
hairpins, nail scissors. eyebrow pencils and
other paraphernalia. In a temple of Molach-
Baal were found urns containing the bones
Of little children. sacrificed to that elegant
deity.
There matters 1 would fain dis
this week, but cannot. One is that little
affair in Arkansas. f1attering to our national
pride. The other is the opera-bouffe per-
formance entitled self determination" now
taking place in Memel, and if you know where
that is.