Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08

ment an affront to the Abyssinian
sovereignty. 1--WE would like to
hear he concludes. from members
or the league whether they think it
right that pressure should be exerted
on us which they themselves would
doubtless never accept"
Sir Austin Chamberlain, questioned
In the Commons, AYERS that the agree
ment Is innocent, that no pressure is
contemplated, that AbySsinia is free
to grant or refuse what may be asked:
and Mussolini processes himself mex
presSlbly shocked that Abyssinia
should have so misinterpreted the
benevolent. not to say altruistic, in.
tent1ons of the Italian government.
But the British press, including con-
serVatiVe organs, is not satisfied with
these prOteStations and finds in the,
agreement relapse into the wicked
OLD methods sufficiently discredited in
the instances of Persia, Asia Minor
and China. 1t finds Ras Taffari's use
OF the word pressure" pat and lust.
good many think it would be we'll
Tor all concerned that the business
should be threshed out before the
league council.
Perhaps the AbySSinian government
might be prevailed on to allow. under
league guarantees, the British to
build at Lake Tsana the proposed
barrage, which, by controlling the
flow of the Blue Nile, would benefit
not only the Sudan and Egypt, but
Abyssinia also. But there is a curious
difficulty. The barrage would raise
the level of Lake Tsana sufficiently
to submerge certain much venerated
shrines on islands in the lake or on
its shores. Perhaps, if properly APP
preached, the abuna (archbishop) of
Abyssinia might find a solution for
their difficulty
Perhaps Ras Taffari might improve
the occasion of the hearing to lodge
claim (surely JUST for sea front
for Abyssinia. AS for Italy, she too
might profit by the good Offices of the
League. She is probably still re-
garded with great distrust at Adds
Aba ba.
1t is only 30 years since she chal-
lenged. with such disastrous conse-
quences to herself, the independence
of Abyssinia. After the battle of
Adowa she acknowledged the absolute
independence of 4Abyssinia.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Belgian franc
has been moving sympathetically with
the French franc, though It has not
quite kept the pace of it's sister. On
July 80 it stood at 2.53 cents on New
York Exchange. At Friday closing it's
quotation was 2.7SA.
Last Sunday an attempt was made
on the life of Primo de Rivera the
Spanish dictator. The weapon was
dagger, and it only just missed it's
aim. Some reports describe the
assallant as an anarchist, others as
a Catalonian separatist.
The expulsion of Gregory Zinoviev,
chief of the Communist International.
from the politburO of the Communist
party of Russia is the most striking
recent news item from Russia. Zinc
view has been opposing the policies
of the majority of the politburo. the
policies guided by Stain. of which
the most important is Cancellation of
the peasant population.
| avoid discussion of the Mexican
business. 1t is not to be expected
that whatever adjustment ends the
present crisis will end a controversy
of equal age with the Mexican repub-
lie, one which has known a number
of important crises. No doubt, how
ever, the present crisis is the most
important of the series.
Reports indicate a greater prosper.
ity for the railroads of the United
States this year than ever before.
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