Evening star., 1926-01-24

~ HI, following is a brief sum
mary of the most important
news OF the world for the
seven days ended January %:
Great Britain.-Last week |
gave resume of the suggestions sub
nitted by the coal operators of Great
Britain to the Royal Commission.
which is investigating the British coal
mining industry: suggestions realiZa-
ton of which might. in the operators
view, enable the industry TO carry on
without loss, though without likelihood
OF appreciable profit. The leaders Of
the miners federation have since
countered with the program of tn"
miners. which may be summed up
in the word "nationa liZat ton. Ma
tionaliZation not only of the coal mines
and crude coal. but also of coal prod
uCtS, as coke and gas, and OF power
plants using coal or its products. The
scheme Of operation proposed seems
excessively ella borate.
The government has nearly com
pieted a great scheme OF elecIritica
ton, having chiefly in view that grand
iesideratum. nationwide supply of
cheap power 1t involves use and
linking together in efficient coordina-
ton OF existing plants and a great
it will be modified 50 as to dove
tail more or less with the recommend
ations of the Royal Coal Commission
their report will appear by May) as to
electrification 1t or near the pit
mouth. for example.
Government ownership is not con
templated. but Il conSidera ble degree
Of Government. supervision and di-
rection is. Vested interests are ex-
pected to make difficulties. which firm
but tactful statesmanship must hus-
tie itself to overcome. Premier Bald
win pointed out the other day that
British consumption of electrical Ell
ergy is in the ratio of / TO Canada S
AZ and our 80.
The National Union Of Railwaymen
has rejected the award concerning
wages delivered last month by the
National Wages Board, for which the
representatives o. the union as we'll
as those of the companies and the
public voted. A general railway
strike is possible.
Charles Montague Doughty. author
of that immortal work. Arabia Des
erts.' is dead at the age of 50.
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Italy.--It will be recalled that
Aatteotti murder. a group of anti
Fascist deputies calling themselves
the Aventine opposition withdrew
from the chamber vowing that they
would not resume their seats so long
as the Fa scisti remained in power. and
declaring that there was u moral
question against MusSolini: in other
words. that he was implicated in the
murder of Matteotti. They kept their
VOW until January 16, just passed.
when upon the reaSsembling of the
Chamber after the holiday recess they
resumed their seats They did not
keep them long. Mussolini announced
that the moral question must be
discussed and settled at once and that
on the morrow there would be a spe-
cial session of the Chamber for that
purpose. Thereupon. by way of
warming up for the debate, the Fas-
cist members seized the Aventine gen
tlerlen and threw them out of the
hall, bestowing many kicks and cuffs
in the process. The next day the
Fascist members turned up. but the
Aventine opposition didn't. Mussolini
announced that they would not be al
lowed to return unless they should re-
cant and utterly abase themselves.
"unreservedly acknowledging that
their nefariouS and ScandalouS cam
paign Of falSehood had utterly failed,
and that q moral question never eX-
listed against the Fascist government
or the Fascist party
REPRESENTATIVE of the Italian gov
ernment are in negotiation with repre-
sentatives of the British government
concerning the Italian debt to Great