Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27

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| Great Britain.-The government has
| submitted to the Commons two bills
relating to the coal-mining industry.
One makes permissive Should the
miners consent thereto) for the next
! five wears an eight-hour working day
| in the mines the seven hours act
remaining on the statute book. The
J other goes a considerable part OF
the way toward providing for the re-
organization of the industry recon-
! mended by the report of the Coal
| Commission.
Gen. Sir George Higginson, the
oldest living British general, cele-
hrated his Tooth birthday anniversary
on Monday. His townsmen of Great
NARROW. that charming town on the
| Thames, made holiday and turned out
en- masse to honor the magnificent
old man.
Sir Georges career has spanned
three reigns and overlapped two. he
was patted on the back by George ~,
as a lad at Elton he cheered Queen
Victoria on her wedding day, at ~
he received his first commission from
the hands Of the great Duke or wei
lington. AS a small boy he drank
tea in France with Beau Brummeli,
with distinction in the Crimean war:
Though the population Of England
and Wales has during the past 90
Years Increased from 20,000,0OO to
20 600 900, the number Of murders per
wear has not increased, the annual
total having been almost stationary
i.e.. about $50. The total number OF
homicides, including murder ana
manslaughter, in England and wares
during 1925 was 274, as compared
with 7,778 in the United States IN
1922, and 1888 in Italy in 1913. An
official report, noting some increase
in the number of "crimes of dishon-
estv." discovers some falling off OF
commercial probity, (which may nave
had it's origin in opportunities for
getting rich quickly afforded in Ger.
tain quarters by the Great war.
This is a reasonable explanation.
Erance.-It will be recalled that
on June IS Herriot undertook the
attempt to form a government.
BRANDS last effort had been Tor a
combination that should command
the support of the moderate Rlght'
the Center and a considerable MINOR
ity of the radical SoclallStS-l.e''
those who, against general OPPOSE
ton from the Left, had voted his
nronosal of a commission Of economic
EXPERTS which should draw up a
plan Of fiscal and financial rehab1l1-
tation and who had by so voting
prolonged the life of government
of prevailingly Left complexion. AT
first Herriot tried to 'conclllate the
support of the Center and moderate
Right. Intending, apparently. a gov
eminent of somewhat broader basis
than Brands last conception. in that
it should have the support OF most,
if not ALL of the radical Socialists. But
the Right and Center leaders turned
him down fiat. He then turned to
the unified Socialists, proposing
another purely Left government of
radical Socialists and unified So
cialists, but, as of old, the unified
Socialists demanded as the price of
their participation large concessions
to their extremist program. Her.
riot quit at once (Sunday, the 2Oth)
and BRAND again stepped to the fore.
After prayerful consideration
Poincare refused the finance post.
There is, of course, much specula-
ton as to his reasons. The most
plausible explanation Is that he
feared that, because Of the intense
dislike for him of even the more
conservative radical Socialists, he
might do BRAND more harm than
good. Doumer was next considered,
but in the end Caillaux was the
man. OF course, that meant that
neither Poincare (who had been
considered for the justice portfolio)
nor Painleve would adorn the gov
eminent. On June % the completed
new cabinet was announced as fol-
lows:
Premier and minister of foreign af-
fairs, Aristide BRAND.
Vice president of the council and
minister of finance. Joseph Caillaux.
Minister of justice, Pierre Laval.
Minister of the interior, Jean
Durand.
Minister Of war, Gen. Guillaumat.
Minister of marine. George Leagues.
Minister of education, M. Nogaro.
Minister of public works, Daniel
Vincent.
Minister of agriculture, M. Pinet.
Minister of commerce, M. Chapsal.
Minister of colonies, M. Perrier. ,
Minister of labor. M. Durafour.
Minister of pensions. M. Jourdain
The complexion of the above group
is seen to be prevailingly Left. APP
parently 1t looks for support from
the same elements that supported the
late cabinet in it's latter days. It is
understood that BRAND has pledged
to Caillaux as much power as he may
pledge including. ANYWAY the QQWaE