Evening star., 1926-05-23
Current News Events
Summary of Important National, Foreign
and Local Affairs Specially Arranged
for the Convenience of Students.

The preparatory conference to dis
cuss disarmament, fOstered by the
League Of Nations and participated il
by 20 nations, got under way in Ge
neva last week with an agreement
that only peace time armament car
be limited by any conference of nations
and that it Is impracticable to think al
this time OF reducing the ultimate
war strength of countries. 1t was the
understanding. also. that disarmament,
Is a complicated subject which cannot
be decided on the basis of men anG
guns alone, but must take into con
sideration such factors IS economic
conditions and the population in the
Inherent countries. 1t was the Opin
ion OF France. and several other ma
tfons, that another consideration must
be the speed with which aid from the
outside can be rushed to an attacked
country through some agreement OF
mutual assistance. Germany advo
Gated the abolition OF airplanes and
posion gas In warfare and the sup
preston Of heavy artillery and tanks
Her proposals We're put forward by
Count Won Bernstorff, former Ambas
sador to the United States.
A bomb was exploded last week II
front Of the American embassy fr
Buenos Aires. but caused little dam
age to property and no casualties. The
outrage was evidently perpetrated by
radical sympathizers with Nicola
Sacco and Tarbo Lomeo Vanzetti, con
victed of murder in Massachusetts
and denied a retrial. The Argentine
police are investigating.
Poland's future depends largely
rA Slf n tnf
cuted last week by the Polish Mar
shall Joseph Pilsudski, who. with revo
lutionary forces. seized the govern
ment after q battle in which about
500 persons were killed and l,00(
wounded. Many Of those killed in
cluded civilians and women and chill
dren. who, instead of fleeing from the
battle between revolutionary and gov
ernment troops. drew near and watch.
ed the conflict and were struck by
stray bullets. Pilsudski, who now
holds the reins OF government, is sale
to be opposed TO taking the role O1
dictator and prefers that new head
Of the government be elected in the
regular way to succeed those he de
posed. A counter movement agains,
the revolutionists was begun by Gen
Haller, who was reported to have beer
on the march toward Warsaw, the
Polish capital. Later he abandoned
this move.
Cuba celebrated the 24th anniver
sary of her independence last week
and messages OF congratulation were
sent TO the Republic from the United
States and other nations. The date
of the anniversary, Thursday. recalled
the simple ceremony at Havana 2
years ago, when a regiment OF United
States troops stood at attention, and Z
squadron OF American war vessels II
the harbor doomed Il salute TO the
newly born republic.
President Coolidge signed an execu
tive order last week which Is expected
to assist the enforcement of the pro
hibition laws. Briefly. the order al
lows state, county and municipal Off
GERS to serve as Federal officers al
some nominal salary-perhaps, become
dollar-a-year men. 1t invests the
state officers with authority now helG
only by Federal of!1cers.
Capt. Thomas ]. Belts. United
States Army. and attached to the
captured by bandits Of the Yumnar
Province. in one Of the most mac
cessible parts Of China. and was re
leased two days later.
After many difficulties. the Stone
Mountain Memorial Association has
the necessary funds in hand to com
plete its great memorial to the Con.
federacy, which Is to be carved out
of the solid granite of Stone Mountain
near Atlanta, Ga. This announcement
do loo p,,l
trian figures of Gen. Jackson, Gen
Lee and Jefferson Davis will be fin.
ished in two years.
A race around the world against
time began last week when two men
set sail for Europe OH the Maure
tania. They expect to use airplanes
wherever possible. to find how much
this new means of transportation will
enable them to shorten previous rec
ords for around-the.world trips. The
record which stands today is 80 days
II hours and 35 minutes. and was
made by New York newspaper re
porter in 1918. The present route
will be by way of Plymouth. Berlin
Moscow, Harbin. Yokohoma. Victoria
Elko. New: Chicago and back to New
York
Another court battle TO find out the
authority possessed by the Federal
Government to control the "air" is
promised by the announcement of the
Chicago Federation of Labor that i,
Will complete new radio station
and broadcast on a wave length OF
391 meters. whether the Government
gives it permission or not. The fed
GRAFTON anticipates that the Govern
ment will refuse It a license on the
ground that there are too many
radio stations around Chicago now
The federation intends to take the case
into court, if necessa~- The Gov,
ernment has already lost one such
case by decision of q lower court
which it has appealed.
Capt. Karl Boy-Ed, German naval
attache here during the early days OF
the World War, can't come to the
United States. A correspondent ir
Berlin said last week that the captain
has been denied passport visa by
the American embassy in Berlin or
the ground that his activities in Wash
ington have not been forgotten. Capt
Boy-Ed was withdrawn from Wash
ington at the formal request Of the
American State Department because
of his efforts to secure food and muni
tions for German submarines, thus
violating this country's neutrality
He married a prominent Washington
society girl.