Evening star., 1923-05-27

subjects inflicted by agents or institutions of
on gr the cas- o
other and the deaths by drowning Of certain
he soas aad toush the so
sO1sheyiss p,atr9is) and apology for the in
The second Muscovite M note is certainly far
more M eoneiiatory than IL the , first but TT it falls
ish uitimatum. undo1btediy. however. there
will be great pressure from the laborites and
tations to conferences, and the note is in
geniously conceived to this end. The following
correct:
The note is nothing more than maneuver
to transform the present conflict into an OPP
portunity for further and closer association
ference
to believe. and doubtless some Of these luna
tics do believe. that yorovsky was killed by
of his efforts to assist Turkey at the Lausanne
conference.
China.-Banditry in six provinces, especial
ly Shantung, Ho Nan, and Flu Kien) and anti
Japanese riot at Sha Sh in Hu Peh province;
anti-Japanese boycotts elsewhere. especially in
Flu Kien province; a recrudescence of the i'm
memorial piracy along the southern coast and
UP the southern rivers: war in the south be-
tween the adherents of Sun Vat Sen and Kiang
Si Levies; little war Of strangely compli-
of preparations for war in Chi Ii. in view of
a threatened onset from Manchuria, by Chang
Tso Lin: mutinies of soldiery; hideous and
futile locomachy In parliament; poverty. graft
disorganization, one knows not what; that is
the story from China. But it must be remem-
bered that get little news, but the worst
and that China should be compared with all
Europe, rather than with any single European
country; SO. comparing, are conditions in China
worse than they were in Europe in 1920, say?
The negotiations for the release of the for
egners held captive by the bandits in Shan
tung have made sensible progress in the
past week: perhaps the contrary Is true. The
bandits claim that the authorities have shown
bad faith in that not only is the investment
maintained. but the number Of troops in the
Gordon has been increased. However that may
be. they utterly mistrustful of promises
made by Chinese authorities.
They hold out for a guarantee by six for
cign powers of their security and of fulalment
of Chinese official engagements to them. Not
only must they be incorporated in the military
forces. but they must constitute practically
Independent command with officers commits
stoned from among themselves and their chief,
Wang; as commanding general and with sec.
only to have their activities legittmized. but
also TO bs ,ha pnee bsaween e
and troops has been resumed, about hundred
soldiers being killed.
United States Of America.-An agreement
has been signed by which the allied govern
ments undertake to collect our bill of approx
mately s25ooo0. 900 for the cost of army
of occupation in Germany. Payments are to be
made in cash out of allied receipts from Ger
many in cash. theoretically in twelve equal an
nual installments. But the installments of the
first four years are not to exceed a certain per-
centage of the cash receipts from Germany.
I avoid being specific. because I fail thor
oughly to understand the obscure instrument
of agreement The total amount unpaid at the
end of four years is to be spread equally over
the next eight years and during those years
the annual installment is to be first charge
the cash receipts for the year. Values of
dyestuns received through the reparatons
commission are to be deducted from the yearly
installments.