Evening star., 1925-11-22
The Story the Week Has Told

On the eve of sailing for Syria, NJ.
Henri De Jouvenel, the new French
high commissioner for Syria, has
gone to London to confer with Austen
Chamberlain, at the 'Iatter's sugges-
ton, with view to cooperation be-
tween the French in Syria and the
British in Palestine, trans-Jordania
and Irak. Whether genuine Franco
British cooperation in those parts is
achievable in face Of immemorial jeal-
ousy and suspicion, remains to be
seen; II Mr.. Chamberlain and M. de
JouVenal can't together turn the trick,
1t probably can't be turned.
The total area of the Syrian ter
ritory under French mandate consist
ing of the greater Lebanon, the
Syrian, the Alaouite, and the Jebel
Druse states is about 10000 square
miles, the population about 100000.
China-Apparent some sort of tenn
porary composition has been patched
UP between those great military gen
tlemen, Super-Tuchun Chang Tso Lin
and Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang.
On Thursday the conference on Chi
nese customs unanimously adopted an
article to be embodied in the treaty on
which the conference is at work, by
which article the contracting powers
other than China recognize China s
right to enjoy tariff autonomy and
agree to removal of the tariff restric-
tions contained in existing treaties,
effective January ], 1929; by which
article also the government of the
Chinese Republic declares that abo-
lition of the likin shall be effectively
carried out by January |. 1923.
Apparently mot certainly 1t is the
Chinese Interpretation that removal of
the tariff restrictions is not to be con
sidered as conditional upon abolition of
the likin; that Interpretation would
seem justified by the wording of the
article.
MiscellaneOus.-Weh have heard much
in recent weeks of plots against the
Spanish directory, involving both mill
tary and civilians. F'rothy rumor most
ly, 1t would seem.
Poor little Albania is again in dis.
order and distress. Murder. loot and
rapineS are rife, say reports. Ahmed
Zogu. of whom good things were eX-
pected on his return to power from
| exile, has falsiiied hopes.
AMMAN has "A new Emperor: son
| peacefully succeeded his deceased
| father. AMMAN is a French protec-
| torate, the Emperor only nominally
| ruling. the real ruler being the French
resident superior, stationed at Hue.
Annam's area is slightly greater than
| that of New York state; its popula.
ton about 5000 900. The new
Emperor topped off his education In
France.
I The Associated Press sends us a sad
story from Tunis. An American nov
elist. having selected Tunis as the
scene of a romance, went thither TO
| check up on local color. He has re.
| turned to the L. S. A. completely dis.
illusioned. The only sheik he saw
dressed as d sheik ought to he had
| just been rugged to suit by an Ameri-
can moving picture outfit. The real
sheiks wore oxford bags, multi-coloreG
vociferouS socks and. horn-rimm2G
spectacles. Tunis has been American.
| lied by peaceful penetration.
| Clara Morris, one of the most dis
tinguished of American tragic ac
| tresses, is dead at the age of 79. The
| finest tribute to her power came from
Sarah Bernhardt, who, seeing her as
| Camille, exclaimed:
| My God. this woman is not acting
! she is suffering"