Evening star., 1925-07-05
Story Week Has Told
Comprehensive Survey of Latest Events in United
States and Abroad
BY HENRY W. BUM

broken on at Shanghai, are to be re-
sumed at Peking in the near future
Discussion will be strictly limited to
the determination of Immediate re-
sponsibtlity for the disturbances. Pre-
sumably 1t is Peking's intention that
discussion of the larger questions in
the background shall be taken up in
due course. Perhaps the most i'm
portant news item of the week con
cerning China is to the effect that al
the instance of NJ. BRAND, the French
chamber has recommended ratification
OF the two Washington conference
treaties respecting China. The treaty
on Chinese Integrity" and the treaty
on the Chinese tariff" The only
ratification lacking to those treaties is
the French.
The treaty on Chinese integrity" is
OF tremendous importance as a gen
eral statement of the new attitude Of
the powers toward China. Indeed, it
may reasonably be interpreted as
conceding in essence all that China
claimed in the 10 principles which she
asked the Washington conferees to
adopt But of more immediate i'm
portance in the present situation are
the treaty on the Chinese tariff and a
certain conference resolution not, as l
understand 1t, requiring ratification
| This resolution called for commits
sion of jurists lone member to be ap-
| pointed by each government repre-
sented in the conference which should
meet in China within three months of
| the adjournment of the conference
! should investigate and should, within
Is months of adjournment of the con-
| ference, render a report covering rec
concentrations as to improvements
which might warrant abolition of the
exercise of extraterritoriaI jurisdic-
| ton in China.
| Certainly the powers are at most
only partially to blame for absence to
date of action pursuant to that reso-
luton. The Chinese government asked
for years postponement of the meet
| ing of the commission, the reason for
| the request being obvious-more IA
vorable conditions for the meeting
| have not since developed. Neverthe-
less, the Chinese public is, thanks To
the agitatorS, wrathful over the delay.
and no doubt the powers will soon
give earnest of their benignant inten-
tionS in this matter.
! Far more just is the resentment of
| the Chinese on account of the delay
| of action pursuant to the treaty Of
the Chinese tariff. The object of the
treaty was to provide the Peking gov
ernment with a revenue anSWerable
to the second-root principle" which
declares the intention of the powers
Ito provide the fullest and most un-
embarrassed opportunity to China to
develop and maintain for herself eff
fective and stable government"
No doubt France will soon ratify,
and no doubt suitable action by the
powers will promptly follow ratifica-
ton. Every one admits that China
has been monstrously ill-treated in the
matter of her tariff. But Chinese re
sentiment on this head is improperly
| concentrated against Britain and Jap
an. The British and Japanese treaties
of 1902 and 1903 with China provided
! for more generous tariff concessions to
/ China than those contemplated by the
| Washington treaty, on condition that
the other treaty powers would make
| like concessions, but of those powers
only the United States was willing.
\ =
United States of Amerfca.-A series
| of earthquakes at Santa Barbara,
Calf, on June % demolished, or seri-
ously damaged, a considerable proper
ton of the city's buildings and killed
| IL persons. The buildings of the
famous Santa Barbara Mission are
badly damaged. The total loss is es-
timated at about $4,000, 600.
! On July 2 the tri-diStrict convention
of the United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea representing $4,000 anthracite
miners) in session at Scranton, under
| the presidency of John L. Lewis.
| adopted a set of demands drawn up
| by the scale committee to be served
| upon the anthracite operators when
representatives of operators and
| miners meet at Atlantic City on the
! 9Th for discussion of an agreement
| to supersede the present agreement.
! which expires August 81. The most
| important of the demands are a two
| year contract, a wage increase of
fnr rsaN Il
81 a day for day men, and complete
| recognition of the union d. e. in chief,
! adoption by the operators of the
''check-off" as in the bituminous in
| dustryl.
Addressing the convention, Mr.
! Lewis charged reputation of the
| Jacksonville bituminous agreement
| (which expires April 1, 1920 by sew
eral soft coal companies, and a CON
| spiracy involving several large rail
road systems and bituminous coal
| companies to destroy The United Mine
! Workers, and he threatened a strike
| of bituminous miners should these
| alleged grievances not be remedied.
The situation is not unlike that of
! two years ago. when deadlock Tin
| volving suspension of work. was
| ended by the interposition of Gov
| Pinchot of Pennsylvania. On that oc-
| casion the operators most reluctantly
! granted a 10 per cent wage increase.
| The proceedings at Atlantic City will
| be watched with interest.
| The convention resolved in favor of
abolition of the prohibition amend
ment.
| Our fleet of 81 vessels left the Ha-
| waiian Islands on July l for its great
| voyage to Australia and New Zealand.
| Forty-three of the vessels are fighting
craft, the rest auxiliaries. No sub
marines are included. Twenty-seven
I hydroplanes are carried. The cruise
| is the consummation of this years
naval exercises, so interesting and
| important.
The return voyage will begin about
| August %.
The overnight New York Chicago
Air Mail Service was successfully in
stituted on the night of July 1-2. A
! splendid development. One plane
| leaves New York and one Chicago
each night in the week except Sat
| urday.
/ Our Army polo team, after it's glori.
Gus victory over the British Army
team, was on June 81 defeated by
the redoubtable four headed by the
Maharaja of Jodhpur.