Evening star., 1925-11-29

| tives of the parties to the dispute are
| not to be counted in ascertaining
| whether there IS unanimity."
| Well, rather, as to the last. Even a
moron would so adjudge.
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| China.-The dispatches indicate that
| what with defeats and defections,
! Chang TsoLin (super tuchun of Man
churia and grand champion of the
provisional government at Peking
| headed by Tuan Chi JuD no longer dis
| poses of troops or exercises power
| outside Manchuria and that within
Manchuria itself his control is des-
| perately imperiled, his chief lieuten-
| ant having revolted from him and
civil war raging for the mastery of
Manchuria.
| The situation of Tuan Chi Jui's gov
ernment is inexpressibly delicate.
Troops Of Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang hold
the metropolitan area and reports in
innate strong probability that old
Tuan will soon be ousted. (But for
reasons l must omit here, 1 think it
| equally probable that Tuan will be
| allowed, perhaps even constrained, to
| retain his job for a while. his gov
ernment, however. being purged of
Chang and Anfu men.) Assume Chang
| finished or in eclipse and Tuan out.
what next? Without more information
than we have as to the strength and
the program of WI Pei Flu and his re-
| lations with Feng Yu Hsiang. specu-
| lation were futile. 1t is a good guess
that ChangS misfortunes. like those
| of little Hsu" in 1920, are largely
due to nationalist propaganda.
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Chile.-On November 81 the Chilean
delegation was withdrawn from the
| Tacna-Arica plebiscite commission and
a note from the Chilean government
to Gen. Pershing, chairman of the
| commission, announcing the with
| drawal, made certain demands that
| must be complied with before re-
| newal of Chilean participation in the
work of the commission. On Monday,
In speech at the funeral of a
Chilean carabinero murdered at a
border post on the goth. Senior
Alessandrf, recently president Of
Chile, delicately observed that those
charged with carrying the olive
branch as messengers of the great
people of the United States, instead
| OF bringing peace seem to have car
ried out program bringing conflict
and hatred between the two peoples
they were to Join with the holy bonds
! VI lIdtcTHlly ana lONe.
Full information of this curious
business will be awaited with interest.
| Obviously the work of the commission
| is embarrassed.
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United States of America.-The
Smithsonian Institution is appealing
to the public for $1O,0OO,O0O to add
to its present endowment, the annual
| income from which is only $65, 900.
Considering the great amount of
| scientific work of the first order ac-
| complished by the institution. it is
| astonishing to learn that its income
/, Is so small. No doubt the amount
asked for will be subscribed at once.
The institution has in contemplation
16 major projects for research look
ing to useful results, which it lacks
funds to undertake.
| / postpone comment on Gov. Pin.
/ chot's efforts toward ending the coal
! strike.
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| Miscellaneous.-The Reichstag has
passed. 291 to 174, the government s
bill providing for ratification Of the
| Locarno instruments and entrance of
Germany into the League of Nations
| The reinforced French appear to be
getting insurgency in control in
Syria.
| The permanent wave is of the past
already among the old forgotten far.
off things; the permanent swirl Is now
the ticket. The new mode is at once
more merciful and less kind than the
/ old. 1t deprives man of the delightful
spectacle of the line of beauty, but,
| on the other hand, it conceals the
| absence OF that line. Some say 1t
herahs the return of long hair.