Evening star., 1924-10-26

| preached the doctrine that the battle
| ship is an obsolete type unless sub
mersible. He belongs near the head
| of the roll of great British seamen.
There came into the hands Of the
British foreign office the other day
! a letter mark ed very secret" signed
| by Zinoviev, head Of the Third Inter
! national and addressed to the central
committee Of the British Communist
| party. The letter enjoins the British
Communists to bring pressure" on
] the government and parliamentary
| circles of Britain for ratification by
the British Parliament of the Russo
| British treaties signed on August s.
| and gives instructions and advice
looking to revolution in England
| particularly urging efforts to corrupt
| the army and navy. The British gov
| ernment thereupon addressed a very
stern letter of protest to the Mos
| COW government which cites a
| solemn engagement given on June 4
by the Moscow government to be
1 active in prevention and suppression
Of anti-British propaganda. The
| letter points out tho intimate connec-
ton between the Third international
! and the SOVIET Eovernment-in effect
the Zinoviev letter and requests an
explanation
mo government" says the British
| note. will make an arrangement
| with another government by which
| the latter is in formal diplomatic
| relations of a correct kind with it.
| while at the same time a propa-
gandist body organ ically connect
ed with that foreign government en-
courages and even orders the sub
jects of the former to plot revolu-
tion for it's overthrow" In other
| words. unless the required explana-
| tion is satisfactory, the British gov
ernment will break off diplomatic
| relations with Moscow.
| X y
France.-Emile Daeschner has been
| designated to succeed M. Jules
Jusserand as French Ambassador to
| Washington. M Jusserand, who re-
tires by reason of age, has served
at Washington for 81 years and has
| in quite peculiar degree won our
| affection and respect. He is a very
| charming and elegant writer: few
have written more attractively on
English literature or English folk
| ways. 1t is reported that he is to
become an Immortal"
NJ. Daeschner has had distinguish
| ed career as diplomat and statesman.
| He is an Alsatian, Is 81 years Of age.
and has an easy mastery or the Eng
| lish language.
Tho French government is preoc-
| cupied with financial problems.
=
Germany!EThe Reischstag has been
dissolved, and general elections will
| be held December z.
Tho situation leading to the disso-
/ lution was most cufously compli-
Gated. The Marx cabinet is COM
posed Of representatives Of the Demo-
Gratis, the Centrists and the Peoples
| party cheeseman's party).
The Socialists. while refusing to
participate in the government, have
OBJ erved q benevolent attitude to-
| wards it. Now 1t will be recalled
that while the government was able
| to compass a fiat majority 1t needed
| a certain number of Nationalist votes
| for the two-thirds majority required
| to passage of some items Of the
| Dawes plan legislation.
1t seems that without consulting
their Democratic or Centrist COL
| leagues. the Peoples party leaders
bound themselves, in return for those
votes, to use every effort to procure
| Nationalist representation in the
Marx cabinet. But when they tried
| to carry out their engagement, they
struck Q snag In the Democrats, who
would not hear to such representa-