Evening star., 1925-06-21
Story Week Has Told
Comprehensive Survey of Latest Events in United
States and Abroad
BY HENRY ". BUM

livered at Berlin on the 18th and soon
thereafter was made public. 1t went
forward approved by the British and
Belgian governments. 1t is very in
geniously framed SO as to draw OUT
the Germans. and it evidently con
templates long correspondence and
negotiation. Unfortunately 1t is want.
ing in lucidity here and there but
the correspondence published stimuli
taneously with It's publication) be
| tween the French and British foreign
offices. which largely determined its
character, lightens some of its OBJ
scurities and is. in effect, an i'm
portant supplement thereto. This
correspondence shows the British un-
willing to undertake specific commit
ments respecting any German from
tiers except those marching with
France and Belgium, and the extr .me
French solicitude not to prejudicd in
the slightest degree the Versailles
treaty arrangements respecting the
frontiers of Poland, Czechoslovakia,
| Austria and Lithuania which march
with Germany or the engagements
| supplementary thereto which have
been undertaken by France.
China.-After earnest study and
collation. of the dispatches, l conclude
that the far-flung anti-foreign agita-
| ton In China did not, on the whole,
diminish during the past week, that,
| II anything, 1t somewhat increased
For a day or two there seemed a
marked subsistence, but the very
latest dispatches are disquieting. Two
| incidents at Shanghai stand out. a
| BRUSH engineer in the employ of the
| municipal government of the inter
national settlement was murdered in
| cold blood. There is plausibility in
| the inference that the act was plan
ned to prejudice the peace negotia-
tions then in process In the city a
| British member of the international
| settlement police force attempted
| single handed to disperse a crowd lis
| tenlng to a student orator. He was
knocked on the head for his pains. l
see no extraordinary sinister signifi-
| canoe in that-mobs are that way.
What strikes me as significant is the
indiscreet overzeal of the officer.
The strike situation at Shanghai is
| worse than ever. One hears of
| monster demonstration at Shanghai
at which the cry was for war against
Britain and Japan, of a mob smash
ing the windows of shops containing
British or Japanese goods. of strikers
setting fire to a Japanese mill foreign
police extinguished the fire.. More
| important, the conference at Shanghai
between legation secretaries, commits
| sioners of the Central government and
| representatives of the local Chinese
broke up quite without result. The
| local Chinese would bate nothing of
their original demands, which import
ed nothing less than the complete
abolition of foreign jurisdiction.
From Kiu Kiang. Chin kiang, Tsi
Nan, Using Tao, Chung King, Tient
sin, Nanking, SwatoW. Annoy, Flu
| Chau, elsewhere, come reports of
anu-foreign demonstrations, strikes.
propaganda and the hke-not much
actual violence, but the mob beast
crouched as though to spring, 50 to
speak.
l should like to dwell on the little
war at Canton, but it wasn't i'm
portant enough in the comparison to
command much of my space. II was
a domestic struggle of factions, the
Reds and the Pinks, unconnected
with the widespread anti-foreign
agitation. and the Reds won. II be
gan amuSingly enough in the tradi-
tional desultory celestial style, but
ended horribly in massacre and loot
ing. Strangely enough, however, the
horrors seem to have ended quickly,
and the reports of our consul general
indicate that for the nonce Canton
is quieter than many another Chinese
| NAS- Dot ilO" lIldl lIlC illho Id We
been massacred or crushed, the Reds
will have leisure TO join in the anti
foreign agitation: and they may be
expected to do their part.
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Mexico.-James r. Sheffield, our
Ambassador TO Mexico, has been a
guest at the White House and in close
conference with the President, Secre-
tary Kellogg and others, respecting
Mexican developments. The repre9
sentations of Mr.. Sheffield and the
consultations thereon resulted in the
issuing TO the press by Secretary
Kellogg of a statement from which |
extract the most important parts:
1t will be remembered that we en-
tered into two claims conventions with
Mexico, under which joint claims com
missions were appointed TO adjust
claims of American citizens for
properties Illegally taken by Mexico
and for injuries TO American citizens
or their rights. These commissions
are now sitting and will in, due time.
adjudicate these claims. Conditions
have improved and our Ambassador
has succeeded in protecting American
as we'll as foreign interests. Our rela-
tions with the government are friend@
ly, but, nevertheless, conditions are,
not entirely satisfactory and we are
looking to and expect the Mexican
government t2 restore properties
! illegally taken and to indemnify
American citizens. :.
"A great deal of property of Amer
leans has been taken under or in
violation of the agrarian laws for
which no compensation has been
made, other properties have been
practically ruined and in one instance
property was taken by the Mexican
government on account of unreaSon-
able demands of labor. We will in.
sist that adequate protection under
the recognized rules Of international
, u law be afforded American citizens. =
II have seen the statements pub
lished by the press that another
! revolutionary movement may be i'm
pending in Mexico. l very much
hope this is not true. 1t is the policy
of this government to use its influ-
ence and support in behalf of sta
biIity and orderly constitutional pro-
cedure, but 1t should be made clear
that this government will continue
to support the government in Mex
leo only so long as 1t protects Amer
: lean lives and American rights and
complies with its International ems
gagementS and obligations. ~
on trial before the world. We have
the greatest interest in the stability.
prosperity and independence of Mex
leo. We have been patient and real
ize, of course, that 1t takes time to
: bring about a stable government, but
we cannot countenance violation Of