Evening star., 1926-11-14
BY HENRY w. BUM.

(The following is a brief summary
of the most important news OF tne
world for the seven days ended NO
vember 13):
The British Empire.-The renewed
negotiations looking to settlement OF
the coal mining controversy nave
been dragging on, the owners TN the
opinion of this writer stupidity and
without understanding of their ult1
mate best interesD, holding ou'
against compromise. There are, now
ever. strong indications that the strike
will end in the very near future IN aA
most complete victory for the owners
The following statistics from the re-
mort of the British Board of Trade 1oi
september showing effects OF the Goa
strike should be interesting: Expor,
of coal totaled $500 tons, as agalns'
9 900 900 tons in September, 1879. FIX
port Of steel and iron products totaieo
16O.21S tons, as against 2lo'ZIl tonS
in September, 1925. Export OF Go''or
and wooden goods, however, held uE
remarkably: less than tenth belo"
at September's export. 2,7OO ships OF
y total tonnage of 3.400.00O, cleared
from British ports as against las,
vear's showing of 5000 vessels OF
( 200 900 aggregate tonnage.
The Federated Malay States nave
nresented $4,000, 900 to the British
government toward the costs OF the
Singapore naval base.
Col Amery. addressing the Imperial
/ Conference the other day, salo the
following: .oo.
"Airships are going to play a great
part in altering the Wnole ihIer1i rtso 1is.
of tho ann1re. Il NE
question Of business development IL
the more distant parts Of the empire
viii he fundamentally altered II
business man can spare the Time
within a month to run to Austrana OF
New Zealand, see the propos1tlon aro
return to England to report.
"NIen who could spare a month are
1oo times more numerous than men
who could spare five or six months:
..It is perfectly possible that Ne"
foundland may not be on the handles.
o,rship line between this country and
canada. There may develop, follow
ing that wonderful exposition OF
Amundsen. quite a normal a1rshlr
route from England to the northwest
of Canada over the Polar Seas.
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Spain,-After all, it seems that. de
spite sundry reports to the contrary
Primo de Riveras promise OF a span
ish National Assembly is 10 De Iul
filed in the near future. one mas pee1l
panting for information as to the sort
of institution it is to be. Here IS q
little from the redoubtable Gen. Mar
tinez Anido. Primo de Rivera's min
lister of the interior, who should know
| "Parliamentarism," says he, lis ever!
where in decadence, because 1t has loSt
its original economic value ana tnere
fore has ceased to represent the true
interests Of the nation On the con.
trary, the new National Assembly OF
Spain will represent all the vital IN
terest of the country through ITS cor.
norate bodies and as such it will lend
great assistance to the government
Asked whether the new body would,
as he seemed to intimate, closely re-
semhle the reformed Italian Senate, he
replied: IT believe that anti-parlia-
mentarism is a general movement,
but that it will work out its destiny
in each country according to the char
acteristics and habits Of the people.
I admire Mussolini and Fascism, but
would not follow blindly either the
Fascist program or Fascist methods.
A leaf out of Mussolini's book. I
take it, but no slavish copy Of the
text.
The government has issued state.
ment announcing that the artillery
officers dismissed for participation in
the incipient mutiny of several weeks
ago will be fully pardoned and rein
stated.
Our DESIRE" reads the statement,
'is to reorganize the corps. but with
out conditions humiliating to any one.
All will be arranged shortly and
amicably, because of our sincere wish
TO be generous, and disagreeable
memories viii 10 forgotten"
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Germany.-Sir Robert Donald, a
British captain of journalism. de-
clares that Germany has it all over"
Britain in the matter of commercial
aviation. He asserts that during the
mast five months German commercial