Evening star., 1923-08-19
BY HENRY ". BUM.

TIME following is a brief summary of the
most important news of the world
L for the seven days ended August IS:
IreIand.-On August IA. when Eamonn De
Valera preceded by band made his appear
ance at a republican election campaign meet
ing in Ennis. County Claire, Ireland, Free State
troops arrested him. The government was in
dilemma to which course would its chances of
victory in the coming elections suffer the less
injury--by letting De Valera. with his strange
hold considerable part of the Irish people
campaign at will. or by incurring the odum
that would attach to depriving him of lib
erty?' After all, perhaps. the challenge was
a little too bold to be ignored We are told
that the scene when the troops after firing
the pia torn as De valera was haranguing
the crowd. indescribable "Shrieks of ter
threw themselves fat lying several deep in
some instances. or fled in wild stampede. The
ment Charging De Valera with the chief re-
sponsibility for the boodshed and destrnction
republicans in the civil war. only recently end
ed pamphlet of evidence in support of ,his
statement has also been published by the gov
ernment.
The statement concludes as follows:
Thus during the whole irregular campaign
of destruction and violence, when the issue
not repudate the irregular methods. which for
futile viciousness were unprecedented I'm the
history, of any country. but first to last lie
lent all support to them
When finally they were defeated by the
courage of the army and the stoicism of the
people he issued order to cease fire.
He now tries to shelter himself behind the
political campaign, but he must take his place
with his associates and dupes until such time
as he and others can be released without in
jury to the public safety"
The implied assurance that Mr. De Valera is
not to be tried for his alleged activities might
snatch from his incarceration the
glamour that attaches TO martyrdom. real or
imputed.
Germnny.-On August II Chancellor Cuno
resigned and President Ebert invited DR.
Stresemann head of the so-calIed peoples
party-the party of the great industrialists-
to form a government DR.. Stresemann
cured promises of adhesion from the socialists
the centrists. the peoples party and the demo-
Gratis. therefore, of the 469 votes of the reichs-
tag, he begins by controlling all but the
seventy-one nationalists and twenty-six com
munist votes. The socialist delegates alone
number 173. 1t would be interesting to know
precisely what conditions the socialists stipu-
lated for their support. 1t is stated that
Stresemann accepted their fiscal and financial
program and vowed to spare effort put
il through. That program is understood to call
for the most drastic reforms and terrific
capital levy; it is rumored, even, that il casts
its baleful regard on expatriated German
wealth. Such measures have been proposed
before, as the graves of two eminent Germans
can testify. but never before with such look
of sincerity and resolution.
On the 14th Stresemann. having completed
his cabinet. outlined his policy to the reichstag
The new cabinet contains four socialists four
Centrists. three democrats and two representa-
tives of the peoples party The most interest
ing appointment. and one which seems TO fur
nish strong proof of the new chancellors re-
forming zeal. is that of Herr Hilferding,
cialist. as minister of finance. HlferdiHt is
Jew and eminent authority finance
radical and sharp set on making the indus
rechstag stresemann stressed the domestic
situation. The best basis for an effective for