Evening star., 1925-03-01

The British Empire.-King George
of England is recovering from
severe attack of Influenza Wher
convaIescence has sufficiently pro-
gressed, he will start off on a Medi-
terranean cruise of several weeks.
The Prince of Wales will embark for
his delayed South African South
American tour on March 29.
The British Board of Trade has
issued some interesting regulations
to govern Investigations for deter
mining the application of relief un-
der the safeguarding of industries
policy. Any industry applying for
tariff benefits must show that 1t is
being efficiently conducted and that
the comforting of such dement's
would not injure some other equally
deserving industry. Furthermore
such benefits will be accorded for
only a named limited period And
finally no official investigator shall
be "a person whose interest may be
materially affected by any action
which may be taken.'' This is not
exactly protectionism, run mad.
Lord Blanesburgh has succeeded
Lord Bradbury as British member of
the reparations commission.
Dispatches tell us that the new
British submarine XII has a surface
speed of 81 knots.
The total strength of the British
regular army, all ranks, is 2le,oO0.
The strength of the territorial re-
serves is $4,000.
sweden.-Hjalmar Branting. three
times Socialist premier of Sweden, lis
dead at the age of 65, a man of note
able ability and lofty character, per-
haps the most distinguished Socialist
of his time, a doughty champion OF
the League of Nations.
He rendered a great service to the
allied cause during the great war, by
creating a popular pro-apply senti-
ment in Sweden as against the pro-
German tendency among the aristo-
Gratis. Like so many popular leaders,
he was of aristocratic birth. He re-
ceived the Noble peace prize. 1t is
said that only his personal influence
has prevented a definite split be-
tween the conservative and radical
elements of the Swedish Social Demo
cratic party, and that, now he is
dead, break up Of that party In the
near future is most probable. Mos
COW will rejoice in his death and
order a TIE Lenin.
/ Frapce.-The Franco Russian con-
yersations are a reproduction of the
Russo British conversations in the
davs of the British Labor govern
ment so you want your money back
cav the Moscovites. Forget 1t, dear
friends. That's not our idea at all,
Au contraire, as you would say,
What we want is loans, and lots of
EN-"
The French are not pleased seeing
that something like the equivalent of
81. 900, 900, 900 of hard-earned French
money has been sunk in Russia. Nor
are the French pleased to learn that
Zinoviev has sent 100000 francs to
Morocco to assist in releasing the
Moroccan proletariat from French
bondage"
According to report the British
government has made a kindly offer
| to France and Italy. Previously the
British government had proposed to
collect annually from Germany and
Britain's allied debtors enough to
cover it's annual war debt payment to
the United States, the less received
from Germany, the more the allied
debtors would have to pay and vice
versa The new British proposal is
roughly as follows: That France pay an
nually to Britain a small percentage
| (about per cent? OF her share of the
receipts from Germany plus a small
fixed sum (about f5,000,000), Italy to
make smaller payments to Britain
proportioned to her smaller debt, her
smaller share of receipts from Ger
many and her smaller capacity OF
payment. Should Germany pay the
minimum contemplated under the
Dawes program, Britain's share OF
German payments, plus payments as
| per above from France and Italy
! should cover Britain's annual Install
ment of debt to the United States
should German payments in any year
| fall short of the prescribed minimum
the allies would not be required to
make good the deficit Should Ger
man payments exceed the prescribed
minimum, the excess would be cred
| tied to the allied debtors. The above
of course, is only a rough summary
of the rough press reports of the
J British proposal, Obviously the put