Evening star., 1924-11-23

emerge from his retirement and conduct
| a fight against him.
Louis Malvy, former minister Of the
interior, convicted OF communication
with the enemy during the war and
banished from France for three years,
was also granted amnesty.
Two men who were accused OF tho
murder OF Mrs. Rosalie Evans. Ameri-
can-born widow OF the British sub
ject living in Mexico. were sentenced
to death last week. Mrs Evans mur-
| der was one of the incidents which
brought about severance of relations
between Great Britain and Mexico.
Her property had been seized by tina
Mexican government'and her fight TO
recover 1t was taken up by III. 8. c.
Cummins. British charge d'archivas In
Mexico City The fight became %
bitter that Mexico asked that Great
Britain withdraw him from his post
Tho severance OF diplomatic relations
between the two countries followed.
The International Opium Confer
ence hit snags during It's sessions
last week at Geneva. Tho trouble
| comes from the Asiatio countries,
which derive a considerable proper
ton of their revenue from manufac-
ture and export Of narcotics. These
| countries are unable to aocede to tho
| demands. or proposals. of delexatea
from European countrieA whose OUT
| look on the problem Is materially dif-
ferent. The opening conferences was.
| marked by a rupture between Japan
and Great Britain. the former oharG-
ing Great Britain and other countries
ignored Japanese export certificates
The purpose OF tha conference 10 TO
obtain. an agreement for limiting ex-
portation and importation Of narcotic
drugs to medical needs. and to restrict
the growth Of plants from which they
are manufactured.
Tho American Governments repre-
sentatives received the approval Of
China and Canada in THAR proposals
for tho eradication Of opium.
Germany paid the equivalent Of
17e.eo8.ooo gold marks during Sep
tember and October toward her rep
arations.
German railways in the occupied
area were returned to Germany early
Monday morning. The Franco Bel
gian railway administration, which
has been operating the roads. turned
them over to German officials In ao-
cordance with the Dawes reparation
agreement, now being carried out.
ANoW ShiHd NdntS DaweS pI0n.
China, which has lost her credit with
| the nations Of the world. whose A.
nances are in bad shape. Is sounding
out business men of the world, 1t
was revealed in New York last week,
on the possibility OF a "business
| mans" conference, rather than a
gathering of diplomats, which would
discuss ways and means and perhaps
adopt q definite plan which would
1 Las IN nofa an rtoI a IL
restoration in the brotherhood Of the
world.
Japan has abolished her dual sys-
tenn of citizenship. by which many
japanese were regarded as citizens
The new law covers the cases Of
Japanese born In the United states.
Canada. Argentina. Brazil. Chile and
Peru. Under the old law q Japanese
born in a country where birth gives
citizenship was regarded as Q citizen
of Japan provided he had not re-
nounced his allegiance to Japan be-
fore reaching the age Of II. The nav
law provides that Japanese Will lose
| their nationality from. birth unless
formal action Is taken to preserve
their rights to Japanese citizenship.
Uncle Sans San Francisco-to-New
York air mail service has won its
| spurs. dispatches from San Francisco
said last week. In 500 trips across
the country, q distance OF S55,o0o
miles, there has been only one case
of mail being damaged in transit
That once was when q plane caught
| fire in midair and crashed to earth,
burning its cargo. In the fve months
since the 31-hour service WAS in
ausurated there has not been q day
which failed to see the start Of .
plane from each end OF the line.
InUention and DISCOVERY.
While soma scientists smile ana
| wag their heads others report that
the riddle which has puzzled the
| world for ages has been solved-and
| that gold can be made from quick
silver. The Scientific American Is
now conducting experiments at New
York University to test the reported
success of DR.. Adolf Meithe, a Ger
man scientist who is said to have
performed the miracle. The Chemical
Society of New York last week came
out with a statement which declared
that reports Of DR. Meithes success in
Germany were unfounded, and that
the thing simply could not be done.
The Hamburg Steamship
Co. la convinced of the Importance OF
the recent invention OF German.
who mas evolved q method Of using
the wind to propel ships without the
use of sails. The company announces
1t will Immediately build ten 10000
ton freighters Of this type.
One hundred and hfty physicians
watched a emonstration Of register
ing the electric currents in a heart
beat last week in a laboratory OF the
General Electric Co. Contractions of
the heart muscles are accompanied
by an electrical manifestation. These
, can be photographed. and from the
photograph important facts learned
concerning tho rhythm and conduc-
tivity of the heart.
Neil M. Judd. leader Of the National
Geographic Sooiety's expedition to
Pueblo Bonito, In ChAoo Canyon, New
Mexico. returned to Washington last
week with an amaxing array Of art
objects and domestic utensils. which
shed q new light on an early metrop-
oils OF Indian America A turquoies
necklace OF 2.5e0 pieces and 4 pen-
dants. Jet rings with turquoise mount
inEs. baskets and cooking utensils
wero sifted from the tons OF debris
and dirt which nov cover the ruins
Obituary..
Florence Killing Harding. wife Of the
former President, died Friday at q san
itarium near Marion, Ohio. Physicians
had given up hopa for her recovery a
week ago. She will be buried tonor-
row Afternoon beside the body OF her
husband. A determined, able ana de-
voted woman, she won the hearts OF
the American people as the first lady