Evening star., 1926-01-10
BY HENRY W. BUM.

THE following is a brief summary
of the most important news of the
world for the seven days ended Jan
uary 8:
The British Empire.-The number
| of registered unemployed in Great
| Britain continues to decrease remark
ably. despite the adverse season. The
number on December q was LOO 900.
! less by 1000 than a week previous.
OF course. the Indian national con
! -sreSS at its recent annual session re-
asserted loyalty to the Swarajist pro
! gram. But a number of prominent
/ members of the congress formally SeV-
cred their connection with il. denounC-
| ing the policy of nOn-CO-OperatiOn and
| declaring the intention to work har-
moniousIy with the British authorities.
| The khalifat committee. meeting at
| the same time, also passed resolutions
! disloyal to the British, as follows:
! Declaring that the decision of the
| league council respecting Mosul was
| unjust. and that, if the Turks should
| be constrained to go to war to get
| their rights, the Indian MOSlemS would
! help them, urging, moreover, that non
| Moslem Indians refuse assistance to
| the government in men or money
should war between Britain and Tur-
key occur on that issue; urging that
! an end be made to nOn-MoSlem control
| of Irak (Which is under British man
! date. and denOuncing British inter
| ventiOn in the affairs of IiejaZ. tBy
| recent treaty with Sultan of Nejd, the
! British are to handle the foreign rela-
tionS of HejaZD But for a number of
| reasons. the explanation of which
| would require d good deal of space, l
! doubt there is much sincerity in the
! e 1,n Tr,H
! Indeed. | think it correct to say that
| the developments of recent months in
| India have been. on the whole. such as
/ to reaSSure the British Ra ia. and that,
! if the new viCeroy Mr.. Wood, proves
| himself a man Of the intelligence, in
| formation. tact, sympathetic insight
and imagination. combined with firm
ness. that many declare him to be,
| for some time ahead Britain should
| find less cause for worry respecting
India than for several lustrums past.
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/ Greece. On January I Gen.
! Pangalos declared the Greek con-
stitution null and void and formally
| assumed the dictatorship. The as
| sumption merely gives formal recogni-
| ton to a fact. Since in June last he
! became premier by a coup d'etat, Gen.
Pangalos has been dictator in fact,
and the constitution has meant
nothing to him. Henceforth, says the
| dictator, Il shall rely solely on the
armed forces and the national con-
| science"
| 1t would help us in our uneasiness
| about Greece if the general would
precisely set forth what he means by
| 1.-The national conscience"
| Those who approve the dictatorship
have much to say about rapid growth
of communism in Northern -Greece,
| especially among the refugees: to be
| suppressed only by strong methods
requiring your strong man" There
is, however, good reason for believing
that this menace has been eX-
| aggerated.
Some expect that Greece will revert
| ere long to constitutional monarchy
1t will be recalled that Nenezelos ad
| vised against establishment of re.
public as premature.
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China.--The commission on extra
territoriality provided for by the
| Washington conference assembled
and got to work at Peking on Friday
! 1t was to have assembled on Decem
Der 1S but several of the members
We're detained at Tientsin by reason
of the suspension of train service be
tween Tientsin and Peking caused by