Evening star., 1924-06-22

tions. In 1922 Mallory, Some and
Norton ascended without oxygen to
26,S00 feet an achievement equal 10
the later one of Finch and Geonrey
Bruce, who, using oxygen, reached
27300 feet. Mallory was d Cambridge
graduate and professor of English
literature at Charterhouse School:
Irvine was the youngest member OF
the party, being only twenty-five o
and a. great athlete. He rowed twice
in the oxford boat against Cambridge.
make no apology for deVotlng
so much space to the Everest expedl-
ton. That and the attempts to cir
cumvolate the globe seem to me the
most important doing of recent
weeks When Mallory was in New
York some months ago he was ask ed ::
why do you wish to reach the sum
nit of Mount Everest" He replied:
Because it is there. Its existence
is a challenge" A sufficient answe er.
France.-M. Herriot's cabinet took
Office on June IA Except for Herriot
himself, NJ Renoult, the minister of
justice, and M Clementel, the minis
ter OF finance, none of the fourteen
ministers has had important official
experience, and none except these
three and Gen Nollet, the minister of
war, is well known. NJ Clementel is a
recognized expert in finance and eco
nomics; he will have need of all his
ability and experience. for his work
is surely cut out for him The selec-
tion of Gen Nollet as minister of war
is equivalent to an announcement
that in the matter of German ID dis s..
armament as per the Versailles
treaty France will tolerate no nom
sense. Gen. Nollet has been head of
the interallied military control COM
mission in Germany and probably
knows more than any other non
German about military conditions
within the reich. But this suggests a
discussion for which 1 lack space.
On June II NJ Herriot made a state
ment of his policies to the French
chamber. summarize the main
items as follows:
The French ambassador to be with
drawn from the Vatican; the law Of
congregations to be strictly applied; !;
social peace, and to that end a gen.
eral amnesty of political offenses, in
cluding even treason; the recently
passed law authorizing the govern
ment to effect bureaucratic changes
by decree to be abrogated; liberal
unemployment and old-age insurance
legislation; military reor ganlza-
tion" (curtailment of the military
establishment is probab bly, fmplied)
ana reOuCllOH ol lnc lSILi VI
service-but discreetly, so that the
security of France shall in nowise
be prejudiced: evacuation of the
Ruhr, but only after the Dawes plan
is in full operation. including the
guarantees contemplated by it: "a
solution of the problems of security
in compacts of guarantee, the latter
under control of the league OF ma
tons: strengthening of the league
and of "all international institutions
of information, conciliation and arbi-
tration"; release and amnesty of all
German political prisoners and en-
nesty and permission to return to all
persons exiled from the occupied dis
tricts of Germany except those con-
demned for attempts against the
troops. The statement about Russia
is a little curious. Russia is to be
recognized, but it is necessary ito
take certain precautions and as
semble certain information now in
process of collection before a formula
of recognition can be evolved ade-
quate to the protection of French
interests"
Except for the proposed reversal
of the late governments policy of
rapprochement with the Vatican and
the proposed amnesty of traitors,
NJ Herriots program seems mild,
cautious and Calculated" to conciliate
the opposition. In throwing their
votes solidly in favor of M. Doumergue
for president. instead of for M. Her
riots candidate, the Senate left (the
Senate majority gave a broad hint
to NJ. Herriot to hold his radical
horseS>- .HeEEiot- -EeSsiNsd d stu