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ton Of allied forces Of occupation and
| complete evacuation Of the Rhineland
| earlier than had been intended. The
| first fruits of the negotiations were
| the departure of detachments Of
| French troops from the occupied area,
| with the prospect that by the end of
| September about 5000 Of them would
be withdrawn. This was immensely
pleasing to the Germans.
EN-. GEORGE KONDYLIS, pre-
NJ mier-dictator Of Greece, has dis
solved his own party and will retire
from politics because political leaders
have been complaining that he was
working for his own interests. He ad-
vises his friends to join other parties
and announces that his government
will continue to function for the time
being and that parliamentary elections
will be held under the proportional
representation system. Dispatches
from Athens say it is believed the
former king Of Greece is in Bucharest
awaiting possible recall to the
throne.
90 SUCCESSFUL is the Red army
- of Canton in its operations against
the troops Of the north that the Brit
ish cabinet has been seriously consid-
ering abandoning its policy Of the last
two years and recognizing all de facto
provincial governments in China, es-
pecially the Canton regime. This
would mean the abandonment Of the
fiction Of a central government in
Picking. Meantime the third British
destroyer fotilla has left Malta for
Chinese waters to protect British in
terests. The Cantonese are pushing
back Marshal WI in Honan province
and are attempting to make junction
with the army Of Marshal Feng Yu-
hsiang, now their ally. Wuchang, sew
eral times reported taken by the Can
tonese, is still holding out though the
garrison is facing starvation. All the
women and children and 81 Americans
were permitted to leave the city.
m UEEN MARIE of Rumania insists
" that she is going to leave Buchar-
est for a visit to the United States
about October 2, and she has had her
hair bobbed in preparation for the
trip. The Rumanian foreign Office
some time ago denied the queen was
going to make the journey, but it now
declares it has approved Of her plan.
King Ferdinand, who is Ill, says moth
ing about it for publication. Court
circles are criticizing her majesty, who
is past fifty, for cutting off her golden
hair.
DRESIDENT COOLIDGE has given
L his approval to the selection Of
Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall as the
next chief Of staff of the army, to sue
coed Maj. Gen. John L. Hines in De-
cember. General Summerall entered
the war as colonel and made brill
liant record in France, where he COM
manded the artillery brigades and af-
terward the First division. He is con-
sidered stern but just disciplinarian,
highly respected by his subordinates
for his forcefulness and his ability to
get things done.
nj EARLY eight thousand veterans
IN of the Civil war gathered in Des
Moines for the sixtieth annual en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and the members of the
auxiliary organizations and members
of the delegates families swelled the
number of visitors in the Iowa city to
about $4,000. Much of the time was
given up to entertainment and to re-
unions of various units.
MAJ. GEN. ROBERT LEE HOWE.
lV1 commanding officer of the Fifth
corps area, United States army. died
| in Columbus, Ohio, following an opera
ton. He gained fame In the Indian
warfare in the Northwest, for which he
was given the congressional medal of
honor; in the Philippine revolt. the
Mexican border troubles and the World
war.
| X ENE TUNNEY, ex-marine, is the
VI new heavyweight champion of,
the world, having taken away Jack
Dempsey's crown in ten rounds of
rather mild fighting in the stadium at
Philadelphia. The spectators num-
bered 10000, and the gate receipts
were about $2,O0O,0O0. Dempsey's
power and judgment of distance were
gone, and Tunney won easily on
points. The victory was popular with
all except those who had bet on