The Colorado statesman., 1924-07-05

Brennan of Illinois and
4 deadlock of the early proceedings.
still alive and telling about his record
journey.
So the span of a single life covers
the transportation development OF
America from the OK team and covered
wagon at two miles an hour to the
alrplane at 156 miles. In between are
the stage coach, pony express, rail-
road and the march of the American
people across the continent.
Maughan, in accomplishing the
seemingly impossible, won fame for
himself and prestige for the air serv-
ice and for his country. His flight In
epochal, from both military and com
merclal viewpoints. Incidentally,
transcontinental all-night air-mail serv-
ice goes into effect next Tuesday.
DREN1IER MUSSOLINI of Italy,
whose speedy downfall had been
predicted by his opponents as the re-
suit of the abduction and murder of
Socialist Matteotti, is today more than
ever his country's national hero. In
cidentally he confounded the prophets
and set all diplomatic Europe agape by
his magnificent gift to the italian peo-
pie. In an epochal address before the
senate Tuesday, confirmed by an ad-
dress Wednesday to the Fascist ma
jorlty in the lower house, he promised
TO reform the Fascist government and
to return to constitutional parliament
tary government. He promised this:
"First, / will cause the institution
of parliament to function regularly
and nobly as an organ of legislative
power, restoring to it it's capacity and
Its prestige.
Second, l will regularize under the
constitution the situation of the ma
tional militia.
Third, l will repress the superim-
posed illegalisms in the organization
of the Fascist party.
Even the Socialists do not doubt
Mussolini's sincerity and good faith.
BY giving up the dictatorship he Is ap-
parently more powerful than ever.
~EN. JAMES BARRY HERTZOG
" Tuesday accepted the premier
ship of the Union of South Africa, sue
ceeding Premier Jan Christian Smuts,
resigned Smuts, soldierstatesman,
reckoned in other parts of the British
empire as one of the greatest figures
of his time, is the champion of the
policy of strict allegiance to the Brit
ish home government. Hertzog, the
Nationalist-Labor leader, Is champion
of the movement of the South African
party to establish an Independent
republic. The recent
election campaign was fought on this
issue. The result was substantial
majority In parliament for the South
African party. Thus the first avowed-
ly republican government in the Brit
ish empire will soon be in existence.
1t is apparently a second blow at the
principle of imperial unity. 1t will be
remembered that Premier King of
Canada declined to submit to parlia-
ment the treaty made by Great Britain
with Turkey-the so-called Lausanne
treaty-on the ground that Canada
had no share in making 1t
ORIG. GEN. CHARLES G. DAWES,
- Republican candidate for vice
president, will have his first conference
with President Coolidge Tuesday. He |
and Mrs. Dawes will be guests at the |
White House for several days Chair
man william NJ. Butler of the Repub-
lican national committee and other |
leaders will attend the conference. AT
an Association of Commerce meeting |
before leaving Chicago General Dawes
said that he would make no speeches
until the campaign opened, when he
would do "his best" Presumably
Hell Maria" Dawes can be relied
upon to enliven the campaign.
Chairman Butler Thursday in New
York began to arrange for the opening
of eastern headquarters for the Re
publican campaign. He said the COOL
idge clubs of the country would be or
ganized and centralized in bureau
at New York, as an adjunct to the
The Democrats are "chortling with
glee" over an alleged discovery In con-
nection with the appointment of Will
liam Hodges, Denver lawyer, as
treasurer of the Republican national
They expect to link up
funds with Wall street
through the fact that Hodges was
classmate at Columbia law school with
Dwight Morrow, partner In j. +.
Morgan & Co., who was classmats
of President Coolidge a. Amherst