Evening star., 1925-07-26
Current History.


Germany last week replied to the
r-overnments of France and England
IN their plans for a security treaty
nd the reply was considered to have
hown Germany's desire for a con-
'inuation of the negotiations for the
nact. The main point stressed by
5ermany in her reply. however. is
hat further discussion of the treaty
rom Germany's standpoint depends
1pon a clarif1cation by the allies of
he conditions under which Germany
may enter the League of Nations.
Whistles blew and chimes rang out
the glad tidings along the valley of
he Ruhr at midnight last Monday,
he hour which officially set the val
ley free from occupation by Belgian
and French troops. The troops moved
into the valley in January, 1928, TO
force Germany to meet her repara-
uons payments.
Leopold schepp, s5-year-old phi.
lanthropist, who made his millions
from cocoanuts, wants to retire from
active business and devote the re-
mainder of his life to philanthropy.
But what is troubling him is how to
spend his money. He has asked the
public for advice and the public loves
nothing better than to give 1t, espe-
cially where the spending OF money
is concerned. While he has estab-
lished a s2.5O0,000 trust fund to aid
deserving young boys and has given
another S3,500, 900 in individual dona-
tions, lump sum gifts and pensions.
the millionaire has other millions
which he wishes to put into use in
worthy causes. There Is little doubt
that he will get all the advice he can
possibly take care of.
Just as the country was recovering
from the ordeal of one evolution trial
in Tennessee. which ended in the
conviction of John Thomas Scopes
for teaching the principles of evolu-
ton, another case bobbed up here in
Washington last week and made a
short bid for the spotlight. In tho
latter case a Treasury employe
sought an injunction to restrain the
payment of salaries to school off,
cials because they permitted the
teaching of certain things he termed
contrary to the Bible, and thereby
violated a provision, inserted In the
last District appropriation bill deny
ing payment of salaries to those who
taught "disrespect to the Holy Bible"
The case probably will not last long
trial.
Gen. John ]. Pershing, who not so
long ago left this country at the head
of a great mission which had for it's
purpose the winning of a great con-
f1ict. last week left the United States
as the chief of a mission of peace
He has gone to South America to
take charge of the plebiscite which
will determine the nationality of the
contested provinces of Tacna and
africa, in dispute for 40 years be-
tween Chile and Peru. Gen. Perish
ing confined his statement on his
Forthcoming work to a promise that
1t would be handled with the strictest
tmpartiality and justice.
Substantial agreement among the
world powers has been reached, it
was reported last week, on a plan to
deal with the whole Chinese problem.
Briefly, the plan, which will be sub
mltted to the Chinese government as
proposal. would include the Wash
ington conference scheme for revision
of Chinese customs, the appointment
of commission to inquire into extra!
territorial questions and also the
British proposal of new judicial in
quiry into the loss of lives in the
recent Shanghai rioting.
A fight in the British cabinet be-
tween the admiralty and the
economy group headed by Winston
Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer,
was won by the former last week
when Prime Minister Baldwin an
nounced in the House of Commons
that the British government had