Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10

stances the airplane fare is less than
the f1rst-class railway fare. The Ger
man government is substituting com
mercial air navigation to the annual
| tune of about 100000, as against
about $500, 900 for France, and $685.
! 600 for Great Britain. Moreover. ex-
| traordinary efforts are being made by
| the Germans to deyevlop air sense"
| in the rising generation, especially by
way of gliders and glider clubs.
Again we hear of the project of a
nonstop Zeppelin fight around the
planet against which the most elab-
crate meteorological studies are being
made. 1t is estimated that our ridicu-
lous little spinning toy can be cir
cumvolated in % days, speed being
moderate so as to economic fuel.
Experiments are vigorously a-mak-
| ing, involving principles of construc-
ton not hitherto utilized, looking to
super-planes to carry over 100 pas
sengers. Perhaps the most attractive
| German airplane service now being
offered is the night-fiying one between
Berlin and Koenigsberg.
| Sleeping compartments for eight
| passengers, hushed motors, vibration
small, 100 miles and hour through air
of incredible sweetness.
| Germany aims to be queen of the
air" SO does Britain. So does France.
1t is glorious competition.
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| Italy and Hungary.-On April a
| Premier Bethlen of Hungary arrived
at Rome to talk things over with Mus
solini, and the next day the two
premiers signed an Italo-Hungarian
| treaty of friendship and arbitration.
| And a preliminary agreement looking
to enjoyment by Hungary of free port
facilities at Fiume. To be sure, salts
! factory results from the E1ume conces-
sion must presuppose facilitation by
Jugoslavia OF Hungarian traffic over
a long stretch Of Jugoslav railway.
But, really. Fiume is the natural port
| for Hungary, and it is scarcely to be
supposed that Jugoslavia will bite Off
| her nose to spite her face by way OF
refusing such facilitation.
/ Jugoslavia's offer of free port faciil-
ties at Spalate was not to be consld-
cred in the comparison. AS TO the
| treaty of friendship and arbitration
| the Fascist press halls that as another
and very important step toward ac'
QUESTION by Italy Of commanding IN
| fiuence in Southern Europe. AT the
/ expense of France; that's the ldea.
that makes Fascist joy almost too
great to be borne. But the French
ceivably it will turn out that
French influence in Southeast Eu-
rope has not been so sadly shattered
as the Fascist journals would have us
believe.
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Poland and Lithuania.--Apparen
the British government has been
quite unsuccessful in it's attempts to
reconcile Poland and Lithuania. The
issue preventing reconciliation Is that
of possession of Wilma, the town and
district. Polish possession was APP
proved by the Council of Ambassa-
doris and the League of Nations, but
| the Lithuanians passionately claim
| that they have outrageously been de-
spoiled, and you have there one OF
the sorest Of sore spots. The pop
ulation Of wilma is about 100000. The
Poles claim that of these 100000 are
! Poles and that of the remainder only
5000 are Lithuanians, the others being
mostly Jews. The Lithuanians claim
that there are 100. 900 Lithuanians
and only 10000 Poles, the rest being
| mostly Jews. Men believe what they
wish to believe, and one may not
/ properly charge conscious bad faith
in either claim. Meantime the port
| Of Memel suffers from absence of
| Polish shipments down the Nlemen,
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China.--On April 2. at Chungking
| dn Szechuan PROVINCE far up the
YangtzeD guard from the u. s, =.
Nonocacy river gunbeat) on board the
American merchant .tteainer Gilman
! were compelled to use their riot guns
to repel ct attack BY Chinese II aAHa,