Evening star., 1926-02-14

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| In the history of the country came to
a close Friday, when both sides. meet
ing in Philadelphia and aided by
/, conclliators from the Department of
| Labor, agreed to terms which include
! an immediate resumption of work at
the mines. While the Government
/ pursued a policy of "hands-off" from
the very start, Secretary of Labor
| Davis has worked hard to bring about
| the agreemept. keeping. at all times,
| his plans to himself and denying to
| newspaper men on more than one oc-
| caSion that the Government. officially,
! was doing anything. Among the
terms agreed to Is a contract for five
| years, with wages remaining az they
! were before the strike. but with the
J provision that either side may open
| negotiations on the wage question
/ during the tive-year period. The set
tiement is said thus to assure peace
| IN the anthracite fields for five years
at least. The settlement is designed
so that there should be no increase
| in the price of coal. il Is stated
! W neither ii was a mere coincidence or
| not. feature of great interest at
taching to the settlement of the
strike is that it followed by three days
the passage of a resolution in the
senate requesting the President to
intervene In the coal strike. Presi.
dent Coolidge's reaction to the Senate
resolution, as described by the white
House spokesman" was that he was
not bound by the Senate's request
and that he would continue his policy
of non-interference. The announce.
ment of the strike settlement was
made three days later and 1t became
known. at the same time, that Secre.
tarN of Labor Davis had "a large part
IN negotiating the settlement
Another view of the church's stand
on prohibition came last week from
Boston where Cardinal OConnell Of
the Roman Catholic Church. declared
that while his church applauded vol.
untary abstinance, it opposed COM
pulsory prohibition. He warned
Protestant prohibition leaders that the
Cathollc church would not allow it
SELF to become entangled in the com.
pulsort total abstinance movement.
The statement of Cardinal O'Con-
nell comes at Il time when there is
still much discussion over the recent
report of the Church Temperance So
ciety of The Episcopal Church. advo-
eating modification of the NolStead
act and legal sale of light wines and
beers. This report. while issued in
the name OF the official temperance
organization of the Episcopal church.
evidently lacks the sanction of many
Of its bishops. A poll of all the
bishops of the Episcopal church by
the New York Times disclosed a ma
jorfty of them against the report. and
therefore opposed TO modification.
While the talk goes forward mer-
rily. however, the Treasury Depart
ment. which enforces prohibition Is
preparing to ask Congress for revi-
sion OF the Nolstead act to make it
more strict-not more lenient-than
it is today.
"A sick man" Cen John J. Perish
ing came back to Washington last
week from his unsuccessful efforts as
head of the commission to carry out
the plebiscite in Tacna and africa.
Chile He saw President Coolidge and
Secretary Kellogg the day of his re-
turn, and expects to enter Walter
Reed Hospital soon for treatment be-
cause Of his impaired physical con-
dition.
Representative Martin L. Davey of
Ohio made himself very unpopular
with the ma jority Of Government
workers last week. when he declared
that those outside the postal service
were 'drones," who We're paid more
than they We're worth and who loafed
on Government salaries He adro-
Gated the dismissal Of about 100, 900
employees, with resultant saving, he
said, Of 100000, ,O00.
Ziang sun Wan, charged with the
murder of a member of the Chinese
Educational Mission here in 1919, must
stand third trial as the result of the
jury's inability to agree on verdict
in his second trial last week. The
young Chinese thus loses his second
fight for freedom. He was convicted
and sentenced to hang after his first
trial after written confession was
introduced as evidence against him.
The Supreme Court Of the United
States. however. ordered another trial
when it was proved that his confession
was made as the result of police
third degree methods. Now he must
stand trial third time.
Possibly because of the publicity in
volved lawyer has begun legal pro-
ceedines designed to keep the United
States out of the World Court by ask
ing that Secretary of State kellogg be
restrained from proceeding with neSo-
tiations for the entry of the United
States into the court. Similar efforts
in the past on different occasions have
met with little success.
A speech by Premier Mussolini re-
garding an alleged anti-Italian cam
paiGn on behalf of Germans in the
Upper Adige caused a slight commo-
ton throughout the world last
night regarded by some as an in
auspiciouS omen for Germany's entry
into the League of Nations. Premier
MuSsolini answered recent speech
by Dr. Held. the Bavarian premier,
who requested all good Germans to
help their fellow countrymen in
Southern Tyrol. awarded to Italy by
the treaty of st. Germain. Premier
MussOlini uttered statements con-
sidered the strongest used by any
statesman toward a friendly country
since the war.
Russia continues her refusal to at
tend the coming disarmament confer
ence unless it is held in some coun-
try other than Switzerland. 1t would
be preferable if the conference could
be held in some country which now
maintains diplomatic relations with
the Soviet, Russia has informed the
League of Nations.
Congress.
The Senate judiciary committee rec
commended to the Senate last week
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