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for one day last week to decorate the
resting places of those who fell in its
cause. Leading the national observ-
ance of the day. President Coolidge
delivered an address at Arlington, in
| which he defined the ways of this
Nation as being the ways of peace.
and pleaded that disputes, interna-
tional or domestic, be settled without
! the use of force.
The 150th birthday of the republic
and the Tooth anniversary of the
death of Thomas Jefferson were joint
ly commemorated last week in the
official opening of the Sesquicenten-
| NAL Exposition at Philadelphia, which
| will last through December Of the
present year. The President, in a
special message prepared for the
opening OF the great exposition, call
| ed on the American people to join in
! the program of observance. After
citing in his message the achieve
| ments Of the signers of the Declara-
ton of Independence. President Cool
idge declared: "As long as Americans
| remain worthy of such sires the peo.
pie of the United States must pledge
anew in every generation their faith
in the ideals expressed in the Declara-
ton of Independence. and observe the
Nations natal day in such a manner
as to carry inspiration to all freedom
loving people,
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur has
notified Congress that he approves of
the proposals made to decorate Lieut..
Comdr. Richard L. Byrd and Floyd
Bennett. his machinist and pilot, who
flew to the North Pole, with the Con.
dol ,f i,
token Of national esteem previously
has been conferred only upon men
who risked or lost their lives in some
hazardous undertaking in war time,
and did it voluntarily. Another pro-
poSal to reward the aViatOrS Is to ad
vance Comdr. Byrd to the rank of
commander on the retired list and
Bennett to a higher non.commission-
ed grade.
The Senate last week adopted a
resolution authorizing the erection of
statue in front of the Treasury
Department to Albert Gallatin. one
Of the early Secretaries of the Treas
ury. The statue would be presented
to the Government by an association
now being formed. and the Govern
ment, in turn, would appropriate
$4,000 for erection of base upon
which to place it.
The second bombing of an Ameri-
can legation in South America within
a few weeks took place Friday when
a bomb was exploded In front of the
American legation in Montivideo,
Uruguay. Some damage was done.
but no one was injured. On May 16
bomb was exploded in front of the
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agitators, who have been taking part
In movement of protest against the
conviction in Massachusetts of two
convicted radicals. Another bombing
took place in the United States when
the home of Simon Johnson. one Of
the star witnesses in the Sacco-Van-
zetti prosecution, was dynamited at
Bridgewater Mass. The house was
demolished. but no one was injured.
Bartolomeo VanZetti and Nicolai
Sacco were tried and convicted for
murder in connection with the rob
berry of a paymaster in Massachusetts
in 1920. The case attracted irterna-
tional attention and the radicals in
many countries undertook to raise
funds for the defense of the two men.
Several bombing outrages have been
attributed to the work of the SYM
pathizers.
Poland, just recovering from her
revolution, which ousted the president
and his cabinet, last week elected
Prof Ignatz Moscicki president after
Marshal Pilsudski, who led the re-
volt, had been elected to the same
office. but declined to accept 1t on the
ground that the president lacked suffi
cient constitutional powers. The un-
ic hnf q nTaGi6pnt
will occupy his office short time
only, and as soon as measures have
been passed which give to the presi-
dent additional power, he will resign
in Marshal Pilsudski's favor.
Another European government
changed hands over night last week,
when the Portuguese ministry, head
ed by Antonio Maria Da Silva, was
overthrown through the execution of
coup detat engineered by revolu'
tionists. who declared that they acted
to save the country from politicians.
who, they said. were overrunning it..
The revolution was accomplished with
out bloodshed. It's leader, Comdr. Ca
becadas, who in 1910 took a promi-
nent part in establishing the Portu-
guese Republic, took over the govern
President until a new cabinet was
formed. Hardly had this been done,
however, before the president of the
republic resigned.
Masanao Hanihara, former Ambas-
sador to the United States from ia
pan, and who was recalled by his
government in 1924, has been appoint
ed Japanese Ambassador to Italy. 1t
was Mr.. Hanihara who. in 1924, COM
municated to Secretary of State
Hughes a note concerning the Jap
anese exclusion clause of the immi-
grafton bill, and who warned him. at
the time, that if the bill were enacted
it would cause grave consequences
The language of the note caused an
international sensation at the time 1t
became public.
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