Evening star., 1925-03-29
History.

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President Coolidge stirred up q
furor in the National Guard last
week by ordering that the s1,3o0.0o0
appropriated in the deficiency bill fol-
drill pay of the National Guard be
held UP pending an investigation
to determine whether it is really
necessary. After his decision, Ma
fional Guard officers conferred with
him at the White House and he sum-
moned into conference the director
of the budget, Gen. Lord. The Presi-
dent is Withholding announcement of
his definite decision in the matter
until after he has talked further with
Secretary of War Weeks.
Completing their work of rescue
and supplying the immediate needs
of the victims of the great tornado
which swept the Ohio Valley last
week, the stricken inhabitants of the
devasted sections have begun the
mammoth task of rebuilding what
was destroyed. 1t is estimated that
four months of hard work will be re-
uuired to clear away the debris, con-
struct new buildings and establish
new systems of sanitation.
Returning from a mission as repre-
sentative of a great country in car
rying messages of good will into the
countries of South America, Gen. John
j. Pershing, retired, is given one OF
the most difficult assignments he has
ever received. He was appointed chief
: of the plebiscitary commission, which
is to carry out the award of Presi-
dent Coolidge as arbitrator of the
Tacna-Arica dispute between Chile
and Peru. Gen. Pershing recently was
sent to Peru as this country's rep
resentative at Peru's centennial cell
ebration. He then toured several
countries of Latin America on a mis-
sion of friendship.
Further honors may await the
general, for there are well founded
reports that he may run two years
hence as a candidate for the Senate
from Missouri.
Former Premier Zagloul Pasha has
been elected president of the Egyptian
Chamber of Deputies. Zagloul Pasha
was premier when Sir Lee Stack, the
sirdar, was assassinated. He opposed
the present Egyptian government at
the recent elections.
The sixth birthday anniversary of
Fascism was celebrated by 10000
"black shirts" who paraded through
the streets of Rome Sunday and were
addressed by Premier Mussolini, who
Incidentally made his first public ap-
pearance since the beginning of the
Illness from which he recently re-
covered. In his speech the premier
promised a resumption of Fascist
action against Everybody"
His appearance in the Italian Par
lament a few days later was the
occasion for wild demonstration on
the part of his friends, while the
Communists hooted and hissed
The much discussed proposal, un-
official in its present stages, of
another disarmament conference to
be called by the United States Gov
ernment is slowly moving toward the
time when definite action is expected.
The President, it developed last week,
has suggested to Secretary kellogg
that the State Department determine
some of the technical aspects of fur
ther naval limitation, and then sound
out the sentiment of foreign powers
to determine their reaction toward
the proposal
The present British governments s
policy to establish a great naval
base at Singapore was upheld by the
House of Commons last week, which
voted down proposal of former
Premier Macdonald to reduce the
naval vote as a protest against the
DullQlnB OIL the base. Mr. Macdonald
contended the construction was a
moved toward war, but proponents of
the plan countered with arguments to
show that Great Britain needed the
naval base as sensible move toward
preparedness.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon
tana, who was vice presidential can
didate on the Independent ticket last
election, was indicted here by a spe-
cial grand jury last week on a
charge of conspiracy to obtain illegal
use of public lands to prospect for oil
and gas. The Indictment of the Mon
tana Senator is the second brought
against him on virtually the same
charge-the other being reached some
time ago in his home at Great Falls,
Mont. The question of whether he
would be indicted here aroused a
storm Of debate in the Senate,
his friends charging the Depart
ment of Justice with persecution" as
a revenge for Wheeler's activities in
The recent Investigations of former
Attorney General Daugherty.
The body of another great Ameri-
ran has found last resting place be-
side that of woodrow Wilson at the
Cathedral at ST. AIban. Mrs George
Dewey, widow of the admiral last
week had the body of her husband re-
moved from the vault where it has
rested in Arlington National Cemetery
and inferred in the Bethlehem Chapel
at the Cathedral.