Evening star., 1926-06-06

questions regarding Portugal as re-
garding Poland and Greece and Spain
and Italy; though. to be sure, Musso-
lini claims to have given the right
answers for Italy. A very interesting
new development.
Italy.-Premier Mussolini has for
mally announced the going into effect
of his new politico-economic system.
1t has been called, not unhappily, an
adaptation of guild Socialism under
autocratic control. It's career will be
watched by the political philosophers
with sympathetic interest. Mussolini
declares, 1.-The Democratic Liberal
state, weak and agnostic, is no more;
in it's place rises the Fascist state"
That is certainly partly true. but
that Fascismo will turn out anything
more than a brief episode remains to
be seen. Conceivably the Democratic
Liberal state is not dead, but sleepeth.
Certainly one is disposed to smile a
little at the finality of the following
from a Roman daily: After the Lib
eral English charter and after the
French Democratic code. the Fascist
law puts in concrete form the final
ideal of history. the final type of or.
ganization and political civility."
It Is estimated that Italy profited
from American and other tourists last
year to the tune Of 100000, 900 lire
about half the amount Of the coun-
try's adverse foreign trade balance.
X * X \
POland.-The National Assembly
Diet and Senate in joint SESSION. met
on May 81. Piludski was elected Pres
Ho1 .
votes, as against 1913 for the candidate
of the Right. But there were 60 blank
ballots and 10 abstentions, indicating
potential opposition of at least 263
(possibly more if votes were insin-
cerely cast for Pilsudski). The marshal
refused to accept, recommending Prof.
Moscicki a chemical engineer and de.
voted personal friend, to his support
ers as candidate. The next day Mos
cick was elected by 2S2 votes against
200 for the Right candidate. He was
inaugurated President on Friday. He
Is universally regarded as merely Pill
sudski's puppet.
The following Is understood to be
Pilsudskis program in immediate
sequel to inauguration:
ID Resignation of the Bartel cab
met.
(2) Appointment of new cabinet
satisfactory to the marshal.
(3) A. vote of confidence by the AS
sembly to the new cabinet.
(4) Amendment of the constitution
"a three-fifths majority Of the AS
sembly required) SO as to empower the
President to dissolve Parliament.
(5) A grant by the Assembly of
EXTRA ordinary lin effect, dictatoriaD
powers, nominally to the new Presi-
dent, actually to Pilsudski, to remain
effective until a new Parliament Is
convened.
|. (6) Ordering by the Assembly of
general elections in October.
() Dissolution of Parliament.
This program shows some nodera-
ton of earlier demands by the
marshal.
IF the Assembly comes across as
per the above program, well. If not,
Warsaw is strongly garrisoned by
troops enthusiastically loyal to the
marshal. OF course, there has been
there will be-no pressure on Parlia-
ment, but no one seems to doubt that
directly or indirectly Pilsudski Is 60
| ing to play the dictator for some time
| ahead.
EgyDt.-Following the overwhelm-
ing victory of his party in the gen.
eral elections, Zaghloul Pasha was at
first determined to force King Fuad
to make him premier in the teeth of
renresentations by Lord Lloyd, the
British high commissioner. But. "on
better judgment making" he decided
not to challenge Britain too brusquely.
J For the present, apparently. he will not
oficially call in question the reserva'