Evening star., 1925-05-24

mary of the most important
| news of the world for the
i seven days ended May %:
The British Empire.-FieId Mar
| shall French, Earl Of Ypres. is
| dead at 72. Whatever may be the
| final judgment as to his adequacy to
command on the grandest scale, the
following cannot be gainsaid: That in
the Boer War he proved himself
| one of the greatest cavalry leaders
| the world has seen: that in the re-
| treat from Mons to the Marine and
| the subsequent advance to the Aisne
he handled his men with mastery
| skill, and that in the series of battles
commonly known as the four battles
of Ypres he displayed a tenacity in
| face of overwhelming numbers,
which was an acceptable substitute
| for genius, II indeed he lacked the
| latter. A successful tenacity for it
| held back the Germans from the
channel ports. He was in supreme
| command of the British forces on the
| western front from August, 1914, to
December, 1915, during which time
! the number of British divisions was
| increased from to "a.
| His relations with Lord Kitchener,
| secretary Of state for war, were un-
satisfactory, whereof and his other
| embarrassments the earl discoursed
| in his book 1914" He was chiefly
embarrassed by deficiency of artillery
ammunition. 1t was due to his rep
Presentations on this head that Lord
Northcliffe>made his famous visit TO
the British front. Northcliffe dtscov-
cred the facts to be as stated by
French, and Northcliffe's consequent
press campaign resulted in the crea-
ton Of the ministry of munitions,
with Lloyd George at its head, which
counted for so much toward allied vic
tory. Let them wrangle about the
Flanders operations to the end of the
chapter. and, conclude what they Will,
Field Marshal French's fame is inn
mortal, as that of the man who turned
the tide of war in South Africa and
who led the 'Old Contemptibles."
A private" bill offered by Lord AS.
tor proposing TO allow peeresses in
their own right to sit and vote In
the House of Lords has been rejected
by the lords, so TO IS. 1t Is expected
that a government bill in the same
sense will be offered in the near future
and will be passed. The noble lords are
not hospitable TO the idea, but they
see the handwriting on the wall am
are preparing to act accordingly. II
absurdity of excluding women from
the House of Lords when they are
iadmitted to the Commons is obvious
Perhaps the reform" will be ma lie
a feature of that general reform OF
the House of Lords which cannot be
much longer delayed.
Sir George Lloyd has been appointed
British high commissioner for Egypt
to succeed Field Marshal Fiscount
Allenby of Megiddo. Sir Georges ap-
pointment Is justified by his record
and experience. He began his career
as attache of the British embassy at
Constantinople. He was, prior to the
! war, a special commissioner to study
the prospects for British trade with
Turkey. Mesopotamia and Persia. Dur
ing the great war he served in Egypt.
at Gallipoli in Mesopotamia and in
the Hejaz. He was governor of Bonn.
bay. 191S-1923.
Field Marshal Sir Herbert c. O.
Plumer has been appointed British
high commissioner for Palestine and
commander-in-chief of the British
forces in that country, in succession
10 Sir Herbert Louis Samuel. Lord
Plumer's record in the great war was
very distinguished one and he has
shown marked ability as an admins
traitor.
The Mount Logan expedition, organ.
lied under the auspices of the Alpine
Club of Canada. is off from the rail
| head at Mccarthy, Alaska. bent on
the conquest of Canada's lofttest peak
09.400 feet; $50 feet lower than Mount
| Mckinley. The climbers are all anna
teurs, but amateurs of prowess and
with distinguished climbing records.
Their leader is A. P. Mccarthy. one
time of Summit, n. j.; now a rancher
3-,%s s-l,
&
French Morocco.-No striking de.
velopnents in the past week in the
war between the French and Abdul
| krim. The French have been improv.
ing their lines and communications
| disposing the constantly arriving re
Inducements and accommodating: as
observed by the French airmen, Abdul
lkrin, preposterously secure behind the
frontier of the Spanish zone, is max
ing dispositions which compel the in
ference of an intention to attack in
| force. Meantime Riff detachments ha
rass the French by petty attacks and
the Riff leader continues his propa
gandist efforts.
Apparently two advanced French
lblockhouse posts are still invested.
--latest dispatches indicate a discreet
French aggressive)
Marshal Lyautey's chief danger, il
would seem, is not from the Rifenos,
but from French enemies of the
French Moroccan policy, lie, the Com
munists and the Socialists. The for
mer, Of course, would like to see the
French African empire smashed and
obliterated with every circumstance OF
dishonor to France, in the interest OF
general anarchy and the gospel OF
Lenin. The latter, while processing pa
triotism, would have the French gov
ernment at once negotiate peace
with Abdul Krim-that Is, concede his
demands.
To concede the Riff leaders de-
mands would be to betray the Sultan
of Morocco. whose authority in the
territory under the French protec-
torate France Is obligated by treaty
to uphold against aggression from
without or disaffection within. Such
betrayal would compromise. perhaps
fatally, the entire French position ir
Africa; moreover, it would give ar
immense impetus to that revolt OF
Islam of which the premonitory
rumblings are audible to a good
many giaours. The French Chamber
meets tomorrow. May 25; conjecture
is rife as to whether or no the Social
lists will then make a common cause
with the Communists in repudiatins
the empire powerful argument fol