Evening star., 1926-05-30
The Story the Week Has Told

challenged, on Tuesday the Senate
passed a resolution directing the Sen
ate judiciary committee Ito inquire
and advise the Senate" as to whether
the executive order Of May II rs
within the powers Of the Executive.
(Attorney General Sargent has ad
vised the President that 1t Isl
A subcommittee of the judiciary
committee has been appointed 10 eA
anime the matter and to report &c
the full committee.
Many, while admitting the legality
in a strict technical sense of the
order, bitterly oppose 1t as traversine
the genius of our governmental sys
tenn and cite in this connection tne
following paragraph of an executive
order issued BY Gen. Grant In 1873
ut is believed that, with but few
exceptions, the holding of both State
and Federal Offices of the same po.
sition is incompatible with a due and
faithful discharge of the duties OF
either Office; that it frequently gives
rise to great inconvenience and often
results in detriment to the public
service, and, moreover, is not in har
mony with the genius Of the Govern
ment."
passages from the Presidents
speech of May IS at Williamsburg, Va,
are cited against the order; the speech
was q condemnation Of further ag
erandizement Of the Federal power at
the expense Of States rights-an ap
peal to the States to refuse to make
further surrender OF the management
Of their affairs.
The President is quoted as energeti
cally depreciating Interpretation OF
the order as calculated" to encroach
on States rights; as explaining that
there is no intention to apply the or
der except as States may indicate a
desire for its application.
Islam.-The much heralded Pan
Islamic conference to discuss the
caliphate question opened at Cairo
on May IA and ended on May 20. ap-
parently with very little accomplished.
A plausible explanation Of its brevity
is suggested by dispatch which tells
of fierce rivalries; presumably between
CAPTAINS Of this and that aSpirant to
the caliphate. A permanent caliphate
committee was formed, tO'which sub
committee throughout the world< OF
Islam should from time to time report
the results Of their deliberations on
the grand question, and 1t was re-
solved that when it should consider
the time ripe therefor, the permanent
committee should summon another
conference. There appears to- be ex.
traordfnary diverGencies Of opinion as
to what the caliphate really Is or
should be, and as to the proper qualifl-
cation of caliph.
The so-called Christian nations may
we'll congratulate themselves upon
these divergencies'o Of opinion and per.
sonal rivalries, for II Islam should get
together
MiscellaneOus.-One hears of an cpl
demic Of suicides In Germany.
The Rumanian general elections.
held on May 25, turned out a victory
for the government. That the govern.
ment's victory will be honestly obeyed,
few will believe.
Another terrible disaster occurred
in Japan on May "a, when a. volcano
Of Mount Tokachi, on the Island of
Hakkaido, thought to be, extinct
erupted. The crater held q lake and
all the water Of the lake was elected
along with lava, and mud. Many
hamlets and a town of some size on
the mountainside were obliterated,
dLlu dPPi CVV PCASO WSTS
killed and 200 injured.
The, Egyptian general elections of
May % resulted in landslide for
the extremist leader, Zaghloul Pasha,
and his party, known as Wafdists.
The result is embarrassing to King
Fuad, who Is not on speaking terms
with old Zaghloul. 1t is extremely
embarrassing to Lord Lloyd. the
British high commissioner in Egypt,
who, fortunately, is the right man for
his difficult job. a
On Wednesday the preparatory
commission, which Is to pave the way
for an international disarmament con.
ference under the auspices of the
League OF Nations, which commission
met at Geneva on May II; adjourned
for an indefinite time (perhaps as
long as three months) to give time
to sundry technical subcommittees
TO- examine ana rspoet on questions
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