Evening star., 1923-09-16
BY HENRY W. BUM.
HE following is a brief summary of the
most important news of the world for
the seven days ended September 10:

HE following is a brief summary of the
most important news of the world for
/ the days ended September 10:
Spain.-A little coup has been pulled off,
in Spain; swift bloodless, bizarre. The thau-
maturge to speak, is pro De Rivera, high
grandee and captain general o. the military
area of Catalonia, which comprises the prov
inces of Barcelona Corona. Lerida and Tar
On the night of September 1913 the cap
Catalonia. The same time he issued pronun-
ciamento inviting the Spanish military outside
jects of which are Ito put end to wasteful
ness in government. TO insure liberty to labor
to establish rapidly and without passion the re
sponsibilities for the Morocco disasters, and
completely to change the conduct OF the Riff
campaign" To the achievement of these OBJ
jects. declared this modern Cid. ii would be
necessary to oust the existing balefuf' gov
military men, or of civilians under the control
of the military.
their adhesion at once. One suspects that the
business all arranged in advance by
genius akin to that of an impresario. The
king at San Sebastian when the play
opened. Notified by the premier he returned
cuhemas urged him to authorize measures for
suppression of the rebellion, but the king. like
the King of Italy on recent similar occas-
sion, refused. and, of course, the cabinet resign
ed
form military directQrate, and. presto! di-
rectorate OF seven generals, headed by De
Rivera will probably in the near future. sub
stitute for the directorate mixed cabinet of
military and suitable civilians.
Martial law has been proclaimed. IT is said
that Gen. DE- Rivera has uneXampled influence
the officers junta--that bizarre inStitu-
tion inimical to discipline and the ascend
ency of the civil power. II this is true it would
go far to explain the smoothnsss with which
this business carried through But no
doubt that which chiefly commended the coup
to the rank and file Of the army and to all
the pronunciamento that De Rivera proposed 10
chuck the Moroccan enterprise. to which the
flower Of Spanish youth have This long time
been Vainly sacrificed.
In this too. may perhaps ID" found the eX
planation OF the lacl. of popular protest
Probably tn" late government was properly
legged by De Rivera, but, alas. the numerous
instances during tho century past of interveu-
ton by th" military in Spanish domestic poll.
benefit TO Spain from the change.
i !: i !;
Italy and ,IuEosiaria.-Thc treaty OF Rapal-
10 and the later agreement of Santa Mar
Eheritd failed to settle the YeNcd problem of
Fiume. Therefore. some nine months ago COM
missioners representing Rome and Belgrade
met for further negotiation. ito settle"
their mandate. "details of application" of the
agreements named above In August Premier
Mussolini. not unnaturally growing impatient.
sent the commission a the effect that
if September ] the JugosIav delegates had
failed to accept the Italian proposals for
Plume settlement, he owuld then resume full
liberty OF action
The Jugoslav commissioners yielded to the
Caesarean threat and agreed TO the Italian
proposals, the nature of which is not clear.
Some dispatches say they involve annexation
Porto Baros and the Delta" and joint
administration of the port of Fiume and the
port of Baros by Italian and Jugoslav
missioners. Other dispatches say they call for