Evening star., 1925-06-14
Story Week Has Told
Comprehensive Survey of Latest Events i'm United
States and Abroad.
BY HENRY W. BUM

dnds, Drothers, nylng from pursuit
on the Greek mainland, sailed the
other day with a small following for
the Island Of Samos
There they created a little army
of sorts by making a Jail delivery,
seized and fncarcerated the govern
ment authorities and set UP a Dunn
viral tyranny in emulation of the
famous polycrateS. a Greek feet now
blockadeS the island, and troops are
to be landed. 'Tis a pity. This drab
age will not allow romance out Of
the movies. Samos, once so famous
for its wine, its vases, it's sculpture
and its temple of Hera Zone of the
most splendid fanes of antiquity
whereof there remains just one col
| umn) and as the birthplace of Pytha-
goras, today enjoys a certain prosper
| ity. It's chief export today, as of old
is wine, of quality not so Inferior
| probably, to that so priced by Lucul-
| lus and his kind.
The Greek cabinet, headed by
acknowledgements, which took office on
October 6, 1884, has resigned. NJ.
acknowledgements is head of the con-
servative wing of the Republican
party.
China.-The situation at Shanghai
| still Justifes uneasiness. though anti.
| foreign agitation during the past week
| seemed to have confined itself to
| oratory propaganda. a partial boycott.
and efforts TO spread the strike so as
to deprive foreigners, especially
japanese and British, Of the services
| of Chinese, of whatever kind These
efforts (no doubt largely terroristicl
have been most successful in respect
of shipping.
The coastal trade is pretty well tied
up for lack of Chinese crews. The
| trial by the mixed court "a Chinese
magistrate and an American assessor)
| of some 40 Cinnamon charged with
criminal activities in connection with
! the recent riots mas ended. but the
verdicts have not been announced.
| The court was protected by police and
volunteers. An immense crowd Wit
messed the proceedings, but there were
no demonstrations.
| n mixed commission, which includes
special commissioners appointed by
the provisional government at Peking,
| a deputation of legation secretaries
| from Peking and representatives Of
the municipal government of the in
ternational settlement and of the local
Chinese, is investigating the whole
situation.
The detachments of foreign sailors
and marines in the settlement have
been somewhat reinforced, and the
number of foreign vessels in the road
Importance in this connection that
the japanese government finally de-
cided on full cooperation with the
United States, Great Britain, France
and Italy, sending a number Of addi-
tional vessels to Shanghai and other
| Chinese ports and landing marines at
/ Shanghai. 1t was a most reluctant
decision, since it may undo the results
mot inconsiderable, though not too
obvious) of the painful and patient
efforts of the Japanese government to
erase the effects of the Japanese
policy toward China which was set in
motion by the serving of the q de-
mands in 1915 and which may be said
to have been definitely renounced at
the Washington conference.
Activities in sympathy with the
Shanghai agitation are reported from
other towns; As, Han kau, Flu Chau
Kai Feng, Chin Kiang, Tsing-Tao.
Tsi Nan, mostly demonstrations led
by student agitators, but thanks to
the interposition of the Chinese au-
| thorities) not resulting in anti-foreign
!, violence except in two instances. At
Tsi Nan some mot much) damage
was done to a foreign plant. But at
Han Kau there was serious incident.
| Rioters began by demoliShlng Japan
shops, (roughtly handling one Jap
anese shopkeeper) and ended by at
tacking the armory of the British
volunteer corps. Finding the fire hose
inadequate, the defenders were at last
constrained to use machine gun.
Result: Eight rioters killed and many
wounded.
The question remains unanswered:
What is the true significance of these
incidents? Merely the sort of hurly-
burlY that small groups of malig-
nants might easily stir up in great
centers of population amid conditions
of unrest and the disorga aniZation in
cident to a great transformation, in
dustrial, social and political, or symp-
toms of a blind ferocious surge OF
nationalism? The former interpreta-
ton may turn out to be wrong, but
there is a good deal in the dispatches
to justify it. The Saner heads or
young China are asserting themselves
For example: An organization calling
: itself the Shanghai Patriotic Aim As
sociation, manifestoes denouncing the
agitators as venal tools of Moscow,
declaring that they are discreditinS
the nationalist movement by giving
it a vicious anti-foreign turn
!; A group of the most distinguished
men of young China, former Premier
Wang Chung Hui (member of the
inner temple), Wellington Koo, and
!; others, circularize the country, en-
joining at the least suspension of
agitation, pending report by the
mixed commission at ShanSnal.
The provisional government at Pc
:. king broaucas sts a similar appeal, and
, otherwise acts senSibly.
; The business at Canton is of quite
different complexion, less important
than the matters above discussed, a
; civil broil, chronic confusion only
little worse confounded than usual.
OF this tragic comic situation l pro-
pose to treat next week.
X x X X
II MiscellaneouS.-The Soviet authori-
ties are reported TO he cavorting in
joy over developments in the Balkans,
Morocco and China. Trotsky declares
that the Shanghai movement is fun
of the Moscow spirit" He is glad to
bestow the honorable name of BolShe-
vik upon the Shanghai workmen and
students.
Eight Egyptians charged with the
murder last Fall of Sir Lee Stack.
: sirdar of Egypt. have been condemned
to death. When the sentence was pro-
nounced, they made a frightful scene.
| The council of the League of Ma
, tions met at Geneva on June s, and on
June IL, adjourned to September 4.
1t does not appear that it accom-
plished much business of prime i'm
portance.
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