Evening star., 1927-08-28

kai Shek was hoist with his own
petard. The success of his amazing
drive from Canton to Wuhan was
largely due to propaganda. But when
ne broke with Hankow and set up the
Nanklng government. the m re talent.
ed of the propaganda artists adhered
to Hankow. Not merely did they un-
dermine Chiangs prestige with the
masses and the civilian upper stratum
OF the kuomintang, but they even
succeeded in fatally prejudicing his
military authority. Never was the
poster SO effective as in their hands.
He was most effectively assailed as
compromising with imperialism. One
famous poster shows him as a run.
ming dog of imperialism. A wonder.
ful dog is portrayed on the run Ia
beled Chang" Simple, but effective.
The total of China's last years Gus.
toms receipts exceeded that of any
previous year. Astonishing country.
Japan. ON Wednesday, in the
course of a simulated night attack
in the Sea of Japan conclude lg the
annual naval maneuvers, two destroy
ers crashed into two cruisers. One of
the destrOyers was sunk, IL officers
and 80 men being drowned, only
22 souls saved. The other DESTROYER
was very badly damaged, with loss of
u lives. but was kept afloat. One of
the cruisers was seriously, the other
slightly damaged: but with no loss of
life in either case. The beginning of
the maneuvers, on August 3, was
marked by the explosion of a mine
on mine-layer, killing or wounding
3S persons.
United States of America.-A deem.
er note was added to the tragic de.
velopments Of the Dole air race when
the fine essay of Capt. Erwin came
to. grief. On August 10 the mono.
plane Dallas Spirit, Capt William
p. Erwin. pilot, and Alvin Eichwaldt
navigator, took off from Oakland
airport in search of the ill-fated Miss
Doran and Golden Eagle. About
9 pm. the Dallas Spirit broadcast
an sos message telling of going
into q tail spin twice; then silence,
since maintained. The position of
the plane at the time the message
was sent was estimated by the naval
authorities about 600 miles from San
Francisco. and the destroyer Hazel.
wood, one of the fastest vessels of
the Navy. was dispatched in search.
In vain. No sign Of any Of the three
missing planes.
On Thursday Paul Redfern took
off from Brunswick. Ga, proposing
to make a nonstop flight to Rio
de Janiero. about 4,6OO miles, alone.
in the Stinson-Detroiter monoplane
Port Of Brunswick" He visioned
arrival at Rio last night. having
made new nonstop record super
seding Chamberlin's record of 1906
miles, New York to Eisleben, Ger.
many. This is not surpassed for dar-
in.S by any previous aerial adventure.
Through a gift Of $25O,00O from
Edward S. Harkness, the New York
Memorial Hospital for the treatment
of cancer and allied diseases has
acquired four grains of radium in
addition to the four grains already
possessed by it. 1t now possesses a
larger quantity of radium than any
other institution in the world 1t will
last long while, losing only per cent
of its virtue in % years. According
to a statement by an expert, cancer
causes the death of one-tenth of ma
ture persons. The most reliable
forms Of treatment are surgery, ra-
dunn and xrayS.
Enrolment in the citizens military
training camps of this Summer totaled
80 $40, beating all records. A total of
81, 127 applications was received, but
provision was lacking for more than
the number actually enrolled.
Notes.. st. Loe Strachey is
dead at 81. For about 80 years prior
to 1925 an editor of the Spectator,
he was a powerful force in English
life. His death resulted from a physi-
cal breakdown occasioned by over
work during the war. His mother was
\ daughter of John Addington Sy-
monds, and Lyton Strachey is
cousin. His ancestry is distinguished
one.
The army mutiny in Portugal-there
have been so many that one has lost |
count of these little affairs-has been
quelled.
Said Zaghloul Pasha, President of
the Egytian Chamber of Deputies and J
head of the Egyptian Nationalists. is
dead at "a,