Evening star., 1923-01-07

fighting aircraft. Probably he was silent be-
cause he believed, as he believed at the time of
easy convertibility Of commercial aircraft into
fighting aircraft, limitation on the latter would
navigation.
ing appropriation to cover the cost of mod
ernizing our pre-Jutland ships, SO as to provide
aircraft (bulges and arrangements for increas-
ing elevation), following the British example.
our government to foreign governments.
through Conversations" and through Secretary
Hughes New Haven speech, of commission
of financial experts to determine the amount
OF r%eparations % Germany can pay and to devise use
commission to be free from responsibility to
nos n any no opy e9
any official response to the suggestion formal
to have made generally favorable Impression
in England. Whether in view OF the critical
British from the other allied governments with
respect to the matter of German reparations,
good offices, is a question whereon 1 shall not
venture an opinion.
Senator Robinson is. so to speak. keeping
the ball rolling by his proposal of a Joint reso-
luton authorizing the President. "by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate. to ap-
point person or persons to represent the
United States on reparations commission
That is to represent our government officially
for as all the world knows. we are unofhcially
ably repressnaed % on the cor Gommssion % The
tion ratifying the treaty with Germany forbade
such representation without an enabling act
Senator Reed of Missouri has offered a reso-
luton the tendency of which is the opposite
of Senator Robinson's, requesting the Presl-
dent to withdraw our troops from the Rhine.
, conference (the latest of series) in Chi
'cago of representatives Of operators and min
ers OF fifteen btuminous coal fields looking
to a. new basic agreement to govern wages
throughout the bitumnous industry ended on
the 9TH without result The agreement now
would be even more disastrous than the strike
last year, as reserve stocks are: and for con-
siderable time, bound to be- slight. 1t is eX-
pected that new conference but pro6abiy
commencing January Il.
duced bill author izing loan of S1,000.000
to Germany for purchase of foodstuffs and raw
materials in the United States. Germany
up to s50.00o,000 per month. or s350000 900 in
a single year.
terror, his resignation take effect March 4.
Hiscellaneouk-It is reported that German
chemists have discovered an infaIlible cure
for sleeping sickness"
In an ebony box in the recently discovered
tomb OF King Tutankhamen OF Egypt was
found plentiful supply of fine linen under
There is report of mobilization OF all able
bodied in Turkish territory.
On January 3. Mohammed VI left Malta on
a British warshp bound for Jeddah. the port
or or, Mecca on the Red sea to accept King
in the kingdom Of the Hedjaz
1t is said that an organization. called the
by many wealthy Americans. has been formed
70 investigate the remarkable ruins of the
by no means extinct and the Mayas language is
still spoken. The ancient Mayas had a good
intensive agriculture. The Spanish conouista-
dores and the accompanying clerics were at
special pains to root out Maya culture and To
destroy its monuments and manuscripts in the
name of true religion.