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The British EmPife-The news from
Britain this week is exceedingly meager.
Mr. Macdonald goes in strong for letter
writing. He addresses another long note
to NJ. Poincare, citing British suspicious
of French motives anent Germany and
in respect Of the huge French air arma-
ment, and, so TO speak, offering his serv-
ices, as father-confessor.
II. Poincare replies. denying that there
is aught to confess. and particularly de-
claring that the suspicion that French
air preparations glance toward Britain
is monstrous. Some discover much ad-
vantage to the entente from this CORE
spondence; others do not
Between 1877 and 1921 the consump-
ton Of beer in Britain decreased from
an annual thirty-two gallons per capita
to nineteen gallons.
T. Since 1869 some $4,000 boys and girls
Of the British Isles between the ages Of
three and ei0hteen have been sent to
Canada and there placed in agricultural
employment and domestic service. On
arriving in Canada such immigrants are
taken to receiving home, and thence
distributed with painstaking care by the
that, but several visits of inspection are
made each year to the foster home" of
each child until 1t reaches the age or
nineteen. The results are said to have
been on the whole very satisfactory.
There are about eleven applicants for
each child taken into the receiving home.
H c. Thompson, the well known pro-
moter, proposes to make Marystown, on
the southern coast OF Newfoundland,
great port for transshipment OF freight
1.1s1 1tv,NE ~ o.
piers, warehouses. ETC., at Marystown !;
creation Of a fleet Of vessels drawing
not more than fourteen feet loaded, to
ply between the great lakes and Mays
town, and creation of an oceanic fleet
to convey the wheat, live stock, etc,
European and other markets. Mr.
Thompson claims that by his route and
system he could transport freight from
Duluth to Liverpool in nineteen days,
is ninety days, thanks to the terrible
congestion on the railways and at the
port Of New York.
Such a route, Of course, must suffer
from the terrible drawback that the
st. Lawrence is icebound for FIVE
on the BURN peninsula, some distance
up Placentia bay. The distance from
Detroit to Liverpool via Marystown
is 1870 miles; via New York, 4,125
miles. In 1923 1Z0,OO0,OOO DuSneiS OF
grein was shipped from the port OF
Montreal, as against $1,000, 900 from
New York, 100000 from Baltimore
and 32,000,o00 from Philadelphia.
The legislative council at Delhi
continues to vote down Indian gov
eminent bills.
X X II X
France-A good deal of bVncombe is
being talked to the effect that the re-
Gently signed treaty between France
and Czechoslovakia is pacific and con-
tains no military commitments. 1t
seems to this writer that, though the
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at least to vesr him with important
itemporalities; an imperIum in irnperio,
an intolerable menace to the republic.
The truly astounding action of the
assembly was the passage OF a law
ordering suppression Of religious in
Struction throughout the republic;
faction. indeed, - astounding that one
incliReS to suspect that the real IN
tention OF the law is not correctly
stated by the dispatches. There is a
report that Ghazi Mustapha Kemal
aspires to be caliph. If it be true
(unless Mustaph kernal proposes to
,divest the caliphate of all spirituality,
Ian idea which seems quite too alb
surd). it cannot be that he contem-
plates permanent suppression of all
religious reformation" and to that
end a temporary suspension of re-
ligious instruction; But the subject
thereof too va%ue for further COM
ment there-aneat.
1t is probable that the world of
| Islam. outside of Turkey, will pro-
be the real thing, should be of the
blood of the prophet and the most
powerful ruler in Islam. King Hus-
sein of Hejaz comes nearest to filing
the bill, and is an avowed candidate.
! So is the Aga Khan. a territorial
ruler. yet yields a political influence
greater than that yielded by any
other Moslem. lie has not announced
himself as a candidate, but no doubt
King Fuad OF Egypt is certainly
of Barkis' mind, He cannot, believe,
claim inherited. sanctity, but he
probably regards himself as capable
phate in war, and craftsmanship
! which perisheda with Murad w in
| 1910. He has Tot as yet manifested
any symptoms in either Of these
senses. but he may pc AT at point point to
I candidate, but outside his interest
! ing country hia aspirations are not
| taken seriously One hears pre-
posterous runner that the French
roco for caliphl thinking BY his ele-
! walton to that dignity to redress the
balance Of Influence over the world
| Of Islam to the advantage Of France
as against Britain. Hussein's claim
| he, prior to tfa election, achieve his
! ambition to head a league of Arab
! states to inc1ade at least Hejaz,
| Transjordania nd 1rak.
| To glance h.s, ok at Turkey things
I do move under: leadership of GEazt
Turkey. "a ...ort just arrived that
| Kink Hussein Gas been requested by
| the peoples ~ Irak. Transjordania
/ and Hejaz to- assume the caliphate,
and mas cons. Nteo SecMS 70 m0 Ioo
vague and unsupported by details for
acceptance. 5a.e report fails to in
dictate how tbs. alleged desire of the
several peoplGT was ascertained. It
/ is quite conceivable however. that,
/ should a Pan-4Nrab Congress of nota-
bles tender thk caIiphate to Hussein
| he might accent and then appeal for
| the adhesion ~ the rest Of Islams)
- v i
Japan.-Of fhe genro or elder
statesmen OF sapan only one-na,me-
F. ly, Prince Saotji-survives. 1t is re-
ported that lhe important decision
has been take,4 to preserve. the irsti-
tuition of genrAs by the appointment of
new membersA. This means abolition
of the qualifEation hitherto insisted
] ou--that, mciuber Of the council of
genro must hive rendered important
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CONTINUED from First Pase)
in the dress in which most, if not
all, of those wonderful people had
done battle for ideas and dreams
against hard and grim realities. Mr..
Macdonald took his place beside his
little daughter in the receiving line.
and suddenly her face blossomed like
that of child when the Christmas
tree, long admired in darhne SIS. comes
alight with all its many candles.
OF any formal demonstration there
was nothing. neither was there any
sudden rush: the leader had patiently
come to his army. but not with any
manner of authority, and so, in little
groups, without haste, his captains
and his private soldiers, women as
well as men, rather more women than
men, moved across to say good eve
ming TO Ramsay" and pass on.
x :: :; y:
So. in my turn, Nevinson, compel
ling and fortune favoring, / was
brought before NJ. Macdonald and in
troduced, decoated with L know not
what titles of journalistic eminence,
which 1 am relieved to believe he did
not hear. AS he faced me he was a
somber almost to the point of sad
ness, high cheek bones, deep-set and
piercing eyes. rather narrow fore
head, crowned with 81 wonderful name
of whitening hair. the one distin
gushing detail. A little hard and
grim the face was, just as the figure,
broad, loosely hung, suggested the
never worked with his hands-until
suddenly the face lighted with n swift
flash of his eyes, viii ch seemed to
break as an electric light when you
r. Il al
becomes simultaneously illuminated.
A Vigorous handshake, a kindly per-
sonal word of greeting, and L gave
way to others.
Drifting away and watching at a
distance, the face seemed to me still
more rugged, with n sense of wear1-
ness and yet of surviving reservoirs
of strength. Looking thus at this
man, who on the morrow would face
parliament as prime minister, it was
impossible not TO recall the vicissi-
tudes of ten years. Less than that
space of time had passed since he
alone in parliament stood squarely
against the declaration of war. The
prevail had fallen upon him, as it had
in the Boer war time, yet he had
never recanted, never modified his po-
sition. The press had dashed him;
perhaps, his golf club in his own cor
rer of Scotland had cast him out.
Even his constituents had finally re-
jected him in Lloyd Georges Khaki
election. Yet now, himself unchang-
ing, all about him had changed, and
tomorrow he would be in fact prime
minister. Certainly rarely i'll politi-
cal history in England or out of it
has there ever been such trans
formation in the personal fortunes of
one man.
x y X !:
And now having perhaps with far
too great detail described the out
ward circumstances OF this, labor's
first night, L would Justify myself by
few words of comment. There was
in the very atmosphere something
which was in itself almost impossible
to describe and quite beyond all for
getting. Here were gathered in two
relatively small rooms more than
half of the new British cabinet, up
wards of hundred members of a
new parliament, ranging from dock
ers and miners to lords and at least
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The Story the Week Has Told

service in connection with the restor-
alton of 1868. The council has rem
dered incalculable service to new ia
pan and has included some OF the
greatest names of recent days. AS
Reconstructed it cannot hope to enjoy
the prestige of its earlier period. yet
it may prove the bulwark needed IN
the "novelizing times.
!: X = x
United states Of Americ..-ln a
letter to Manuel Roxas, head OF the
Filipino independence mission 10 the
United States, President Coolidge en-
phatically declares that the Filipinos
are not yet ready for independence
and complete self-government.
-Four Douglas world cruisers" each
with an American Army officer and a
mechanic aboard (the officers are Maj.
Frederick L. Martin, Lieut.. Lowell H.
Smith, Lieut.. Leigh Wade and Lieut..
Eric Nelson,, will within few days
start from Seattle in an attempt to
fly westward around out little planet.
About the same time a British ma
chine under Squadron Leader A. Stu
art MacLaren will start from London,
flying eastward in a like attempt. The
most elaborate preparations have been
made for the American enterprise. far
more so than for the British. Sue
cess to both.
Westchester county, n. Y. has
taken over 500 acres of property at
Croton Point, on the Hudson river,
gram Of the Westminster county park
commission, which contemplates a
park and parkway system to girdle
Westchester county and to include
over four miles of shore front on the
Hudson river and Long Island sound.
was Senasqu. "Croton" is not Greek,
but was the name Gin the Delaware
tongue) of a famous Sachem OF the
Kitchawan Indians who had forth
fed village on the point; The Indian
for Croton river was kitchaWan.
Yale has a fine new forest building.
Yale is the mother of the science OF
forestry in this country.
* X X X
Miscellaneoux-The Belgian cabinet
crises continues. "Fascista campaign
opens solemnly."-Thus a dispatch.
Solemn" is the word. Everything
connected with fascismo is solemn.
Mussolini yields to no man or God
in solemnity, not to Lord Curzon nor
to the Delai Lama nor to Rhada-
manthus himself. Life in Italy to-
day must be something pretty awful,
as awful as life in Main street.
One hears that Albania is suffer-
ing terribly from the effects of
drought in two successive years: that
many thousands have died of starva-
ton.
About a fortnight ago the Greek
constituent assembly by large ma
jority refused to declare the Greek
throne vacant and the present dy-
nasty eyicted. despite tumultuous
pressure from the republicans. The
matter was left to be decided by a
plebiscite. But the extreme repub-
licans have not in consequence re-
Taxed their agitation and Venizelos is
reported to be extremely discouraged.
The population of Esthonia is about
100000; that of Lithuania exclu-
sivs Of Iemelland. upward of 1000
600.
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and omits the word military" the
intent and effect of the treaty are to
commit the two governments to the
utmost extremity of common action
required to maintain the order OF
things established by the treaties of
peace" In a certain sense, however.
the treaty may be called pacific; as
Calculated" to have deterrent eff
feet with respect to projects for
overturning the newly established
order.
VI. Benes is the last man to look
siduous of foreign ministers in Seek
ing the best means to avert trouble.
The franc has fallen below the
value of 4 cents. At the beginning
of 1923 it was worth Z cents; at the
beginning of 1924, cents.
x X !: i;
Spain.-Abdul Krim, the Rifeno
chief, is again vigorously attacking
the Spanish lines and positions in the
Riff area of the Spanish zone of Mo-
rocco. Reports differ as to the stu
alton, some declaring that the
Rifenos have had important sue
cesses, others that they have been
decisively repulsed, and that q coun-
ter-offensive is to be launched at
once. Considerable reinforcements
are being dispatched from Spain to
Melilla.
The dispatches in general agree
that by reason of growing opposition
to it's domestic policies (not by any
means necessarily implying defect
therein) the military directorate is
growing more and more shaky on its
legs.
The dispatches may be far from
accurate, as the censorship continues
rigid, but it is hardly to be doubted
that a severe reverse to the Spanish
arms in Morocco would mean fms
to the regime Of Primo De Rivera.
Suppose disaster to his patriotic en-
prise. May 1t be, after all. that only
by the fever Of revolution can the
Spanish body politic and social be
purged of its poisonous humors; so
many fear. The peseta is down to
about the value of IL cents, the low
est ever.
4 4. X !.
Turkey-Well, the Turks have gone
and done it.; the most extraordinary
thing. Not only has the grand ma
tional assembly of Angora deposed
the caliph, whom itself appointed,
namely, Abdul Mejid Of the house OF
Gilman; but it has abolished the
Ottoman caliphate and has completely
disfranchised the house of Gilman,
declaring that forever members OF
that house shall be incapable of the
caliphate, and even of Turkish citi-
zenship. And, of course, their resi-
dence in Turkey is forbidden. Jump
on the passage of the law. Abdul
Mcjid, with only two wives and a son
nh CE a.
the Thracian border.
But after all, there is nothing in
the above to justify, after first blush,
a brow of Amusement. The sultanate
abolished, retention of the caliphate
in the house Of Gilman was anomal-
Gus, absurd and contradictory to Mos
lem law and tradition. There was
nothing impious in the assembly's pro-
ceeding in this matter; quite the con-
trary Moreover, a prince of the
house of Gilman as caliph must in
evitably be the center of intrigue to
restore the su1tanate in his person or
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was to blame particularly. 1t was
only that no Secretary of the Inte-
rior had ever been able to stop being
his job.
When the San Francisco worlds
fair was in the egg Franklin X. Lane
was Secretary of the Interior. He
was an enthusiast about many things,
especially California, and he deter
mined to do what he could to boost
his states big show. A man was
needed who could pick up publicity
by the tail and snap it like a whip.
Some one suggested the name of Ste
phen T. Mather who was not pub
licity man at all, but Il rich man who
had gotten tired of making more
money, and when he could get away
from business was enjoying himself
around the parks. In a wholly I'M
official and volunteer way he had
called popular attention to the Won
ders of our deserts and mountains.
Come on to Washington" said Mr..
Lane, land help me boost the worlds
fair. We can make the Yosemite
Park a bait to get people out to the
coast
Park Affairs Neglected.
It'll come on and look and listen,"
said Mr.. Mather, in general way. .
So he discovered that the finest
series of national parks that was ever
laid out was getting along in Wash
ington without as much expert atten-
ton as is given to the fat woman in
a modern circus. Not even stenog-
rapher gave full time to park bust
ness in the cretary's Office. One
clerk had been saddled with park
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BY HENRY ". BUM.

. HE following is a brief summary
of the most important news of
the world for the seven days
ended March 8:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-09
by BEN MckELWAY.

n HE man is plainly tired, and
his lined face denotes loss Of
sleep. His footsteps drag, and
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Labor Rulers of the British Empire
Seen Close Up on First Social Night

CONTINUED from First Pase.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-09
Real Workers in the National Capital

, quarter Of a million dollars on park
roads and bridges and this and that
He may be the only example Of
.diffident newspaper reporter on rec
Evening star., 1924-07-11
SEES BIG ADVANCE
IN PRICE OF HOGS
Live Stock Exchange Head Ex-
plains Reasons for Better
Market.
By the Associated Press.

b9 LIE assocldteQ PreSS.
CHICAGO, July 11.-Everett G.
Brown, president Of the Chicag
Live Stock Exchange indicated today
that hogs would bring $40 a hundred
weight before October l. He said:
1t is plainly evident that hog
prices have seen bottom for this sum-
mer. Today's market is s5 cents to
oo cents higher than Monday, with a
broad general demand from both
local packers and eastern shippers.
On the basis Of the present price
OF corn. matured hogs are worth at
least $40 per hundred. and 1 would
not be surprised to see that figure
reached before the first of October.
Ihese good 80 to 120 pound pigs that
are selling from Az to 52 cents per
pound II fed a little corn and era IS.
py the hog feeder will make more
money In the next sixty to ninety
Gays than anything he could handle
hogs have been losing from s400
70 $oUo per car on the basis of the
present price of corn. In other words
II the farmer had not fed his corn to
the hogs, but had sold it at the pres
ent market for corn he would be s4o0
to $500 better off.
logs have always eventually
reached a corn basis of values and
they are going to do it now. do
not think we will see as low prices
for hogs during the next two or
three years as we have seen this
summer"
Evening star., 1924-07-11
CHICAGO GRAIN PRICES.

CHICAGO. July 11.-Wheat scored
an early advance in price today. ow-
ing to continued dry, hot weather
over the Canadian northwest. Ac-
cordlng to crop authority here the
probable yield in Canada has been re-
duced 100000 bushels since July l.,
and each day without general rain is
curtailing the Canadian crop several
million bushels. Europeans were good
buyers at Winnipeg. Chicago open
ing prices, which ranged from II
to IA higher, September, 116a116A
and December, 1.19ai.1sk, were fol-
lowed by a moderate reaction and
then by fresh upturns.
Hot weather, favorrng corn growth,
eased the new crop deliveries of corn.
but old crop months showed strength.
After opening at " lower to 7s ad-
vance, the corn market fuctuated
nervously within range of one cent.
Oats lacked support. Starting at
Is off to 4 up, September, 44s a44s4
the market underwent a general sag
In line with hog values, the provi-
sion market was firmer.
Tv fhp AsSn tod
Evening star., 1924-07-11
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. Md. July IL (Spe-
siapPota5oes, sna 5o 1Sa nonnda White Ioe pounds
potatoes. barrel, 75as.oo; Gsi asparagus. gus
dozen. 1.5oa4.oO; beans. bushel. 75a
165: beets, per hundred, s.O0a4. 90
cabbage, per hundred, 3.00a5.00; car
rots, per hundred, 3.00a5.O0; corn,
crate; d.ooa225; cucumbers. basket,
lima beans, bushel. 2.5Oa2.75; lettuce,
bushel. 25a75: spring onions, per hun
dred. 1.75a2.00; peas, bushel, 1.50a2. SO I;
spinach. busheI. 1.00a1.50; radishes,
hynd1ed lOoasoo squash zot bas6et
Apples, barrel 1.00a3.50; bushe1. 75a
LIS; cherries. pound, 13a15; blackber-
ries. quart. 7a15; Strawberries. quart,
15a2e; pineappless, 81, crate, rat 25oa4;oo;
hundred, 25.ooa5o.oO; cantaloupes,
crate, 1.00a3.25.
Settling Prices on Grain.
wheat-No. 2 red winter, spot, 1.21A :;
No. 2 red winter. garlicky. domestic,
1191k.
Saies-None
Corn-Cob, new, 500 per barrel for
yellow and 4.s5 per barrel for white ;
No. corn, spot, 1.02a No. 8, 9912 !;
track corn, yellow, No. 2, lis.
Sale-None.
Oats-No. white, e4; No. white,
new 63.
Rye.,Nearby. 80 and sS; No. rye,
spot, sc.
Hay-Receipts. 33 tons. The hay
market rules steady under fair demand
for top grades of timothy and choice
light mixed hay at full quotation. Low
grades of grassy, weedy and heavy
mixed hay are not wanted and slow sale
at irregular values.
Quotations-No. l timothy, $500 /;
No. 2, 26.0oa27.Oo; No. 8, 22.Ooa24.00 ;
No / light clover mixed, 25.00az5.5O ;
No 2 light clover mixed, 23.00a24.0O ;
No. / clover mixed, 24.O0a24.50; No 2
clover, 21.00a22.00.
Straw-No. ] straight rye, 23.00a
"a. 90 per ton No 1 tangled rye, 1S.00a
| 1000; No. wheat, 17.o0a17.50; No. l
oat. 16.50a17.00.
Evening star., 1924-07-11
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK-Stocks irregular; six
rail sat new 1924 highs. Bonds un-
even; Brazilian issues lower. For
eign exchanges: Mixed; sterling
strong; Brazilian milreis below 10
cents. Cotton higher; bullish weekly
statistics. Sugar steadier: better spot
demand. Coffee firm; favorable Bra
lillian political reports.
CHICAGO-Wheat higher: bullish
Canadian crop reports. Corn firm;
strong cash situation. Cattle strong.
Hogs higher; very active.
Evening star., 1924-07-11
CLOSING UNSETTLED.
Heavy Short Covering Noted in
Final Trading.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 11.-Extensive
readjustments OF speculative accounts
resulted in considerable ire egularity
in today's stock market. A renewed
demand for the rails sent six issues
including Chesapeake and Ohio, to
new 1924 highs. Profit-taking in a
number of the standard industrials
failed to halt pool operations in other
quarters, public utilities again dis
playing marked strength. Sales ap-
proximated 100000 shares.
The closing was irregular. Active
short covering in the late afternoo
had a stabilizing influence on prices
Manhattan Electrical Supply extend
ed it's gain to points and Dawson
Chemical 3k.