Evening star., 1924-06-29
The Story the Week Has Told

With hearts beating over $50 per
minute they turned back and reached
to North Col after dark. From camp
No. S they had signaled with mag
nesium flares, and Mallory and Odell
,, went up to meet them with lanterns.
The weather conditions had been per-
feet. 1t had been proved almost be-
yond question that the summit could
not be made without oxygen.
On June Mallory and Irvine
| necessary porters and with oxygen.
They slept that night at No. 5 and
the night Of the 7th at No. 6. Odell
had followed up and from camp s
ing Of the 8th at about the height Of
$4,000 feet going strong" for the top.
Suddenly they disappeared, about
turned back.
The latter had observed the ground
erous. In a dispatch of May '26 NAL
lory remarked, I'VE expect no mercy
from Everest They got none.
On June rs Stuart MacLaren, the
machine brought to him from Hako-
date, Japan, by American destroyers,
to replace his smashed machine,
started OFF eastward again. flying
from Akyab to Rangoon. Burma.
Germany, Eft sA-Premier Herriot
Of France spent the week end June
21-22 with Premier Macdonald at
ChequerA As the song goes, They
talked Of many things" but chiefly
of the Dawes report and German dis
armament.
The entente, it seems, has been
fully restored. but not on tho basis
of definite pledges, rather on the
basis of "a common determination to
meet the difficulties which beset
France and Britain, and indeed the
whole world, by continuous co-opera-
ton" So runs the communique It
was agreed that, subject to the con-
venfence OF the other allies, a con-
ference should be held in London
beginning July 16, for the purpose of
definitely settling the procedure to
1t was likewise agreed that the
United States government should be
invited to send a representative to
that conference. Apparently tour
information on the point is not def
nite) Mr.. Macdonald refused to con-
slider a proposal of British co-opera-
tion in enforcing Sanctions" should
Germany inexcusably fail to come
across" nor would even discuss the
nature of such sanctions. Bridges,
crossed until reached.
But Mr.. Macdonald agreed that one
bridge had been reached. The Ger
man government had not replied to
| the latest note Of the allied powers
requiring that government to assent
| to and facilitate thorough inspec-
| tion by the interal1ied military con-
troll commission for Germany to as
certain the present military status
in Germany. (That commission has
not functioned during the past
eighteen months. l. e. since the
/ Franco Belgian occupation of the
Rhur began.) The premfers had re-
ceived Information which caused
them to fear lest the German govern
ment contemplated rejection of the
allies demand They therefore drew
up and dispatched joint appeal
(the word used) to the German gov
ernment, begging" (the word used)
| it to accede to that demand, point
| ing out, among other considerations,
how gravely rejection thereof would
complicate the international situa-
tion, how it would dash hopes sof
realization Of the Dawes plan.
The tone of the appeal Is a new one
| in diplomacy. If a report from Lon
| don is correct, the appeal has done
the trick; the German Eovernm ent
] has decided to consent to the inspec-
tion proposed and will promise all