Evening star., 1927-09-04

The third Dawes year ended Au-
gust 81.
1t has been sensibly suggested that
the silly flag controversy had best be
ended by adopting entirely new en-
blems, and outlawing use of any
others, the colors to be what you
please except black, white, red and
gold.
1t is reported that by compromise
Ghe British had proposed reduction to
$4,000 the allied army Of occupation
in the Rhineland is to be reduced to
SO, 900, France withdrawing 5000,
Great Britain 1000 and Belgium 1000.
Cl,ina.-Dr. c. C.. WI, foreign min
lister of the Nanking government. has
announced fusion of the Marking and
Hankow governments, while the Han
kow government announces it's self
abolition and acceptance of Marking
as 1.-The fountain head of Nationalist
China" The Kuomintang central
executive committee is to meet in
Nanking on September Is to de-
termine the personnel and policies of
the government to be reconstructed
by reason OF the fusion. We are told
that unanimity in the committees pro-
CcCulIl2S Is dSSuICu w lHS SdtlOh
of Communists therefrom.
According to the latest reports, Sun
Chuan Feng utterly failed in his effort
to throw his army across the Yangtse
and recapture Nanking and Shanghai.
the troops that got across tnumher
variously given, but apparently very
minor part of the army, having been
mostly slain or captured by Nation
alist forces. Worse than that. II the
dispatches tell the truth. Suns troops
north of the Yangtse, having been
simultaneously attacked by cholera
and by forces rushed from Hankow,
have been compelled to retreat north
ward, Pukow, on the Yangtse, op-
posite Nanking. being once more In
Nationalist possession. The ravages
of the cholera are said to be very
dreadful.
The Japanese government has or
dered immediate withdrawal, part to
Manchuria. part to Japan, of the
Japanese troops now In Shantung
province. A government communique
to this effect ends as follows: I'VE
are firmly convinced that the timely
dispatch of troops accounts for the
fact that notwithsta nding serious
disturbances. we have fortunately
been able to protect our residents
lin Shantung) satisfactorily and to
prevent the occurrence of any un-
toward event"
We are told that Michael Borodin
is back in Moscow and that Eugene
Chen, lately foreign minister OF the
Hankow government. is en- route TO
Moscow. accompa MED by the widow
of Sun Vat Sen.
United States Of America.-The gal
liant attempt of Paul Redfern, who on
August 25 took off from Brunswick,
Ga. proposing to make nonstop
fight to Rio de Janeiro. about 1900
miles. came to grief. How, we do
not know.
The adventure of William S. Brock
and Edward F. Schlee is striking
enough to call for particular notice.
MIR. Schlee. owner and co-pilot of the
Stinson- -Detroiter monoplane Pride Of
Detroit, is a Detroit business man,
who, having made comfortable
fortune. mostly in oil, within a
very few years, decided to see the
world while yet young. He Is making
the grand tour with vengeance. His
pilot, William Brock of Detroit, has
been flying since before the war dn
which he served as an ofncer ana
flying INSTRUCTOR and is well known
as a daring and successful aviator.
These bold spirits propose to cir
cumvolate the globe, expecting to
beat the round-the.world record OF 2S
days and IA minutes made last year
by Edward Evans and Linton Wells,
who travelled by steamer, train. auto
mobile and airplane.
Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, was
selected as the starting place, whence
they took off early in the morning of
August q. Twenty-three hours later
they arrived at Croydon Airdrome.
near London, having apparently bat.
tied even worse weather conditions
than those experienced by Byrd or
Alcock.
On Monday they flew on. Unable