Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

Of Western Australia is $4,000 square
miles, it's population about 333, 900.
It's capital and largest town is Perth,
with a population of about $4,000.
The only other towns of any consid-
cradle size are as follows: Boulder.
$500; Kalgoorlie, 1900; Claremont
$3.50; COttesloe, $500; Midland juno.
ton. 1900; Bunbury, $500; Albany,
1000; Northam, $500; Collie, $500.
United States of America.--Radio
phone commercial service between
London and New York was inaugu
rated on Friday with appropriate cere
| monies. Commercial transatlantic
cable service was inaugurated IS
years ago. There was an immediate
rush of business. private calls having
i been booked weeks ahead. Deals to
a total value of 100000 were eff.
fected through the new channel, on
the opening day. Some difficulty in.
volving delay has been experienced
from static, but on the whole recep-
ton has been distinct. We have here,
of course. an epochal advance in the
science Of communications. There Is,
however, to be sure, room for much
improvement. How to neutralize
fading" that phenomenon of twi.
light? How to eliminate the factor of
publicity, that fatal bar to counting
by radiophone?
| On Friday the House turned down,
| 1873 to 161, an amendment to the
naval appropriation bill proposing lin
face of the Presidents advice in his
annual message to Congress" an ap-
preparation toward commencement of
work on three cruisers, authorized by
the naval act of 1924, but toward
work on which no appropriation had
been made. This is very important
| development in a business whose
larger aspects hope to set forth in
a future issue.
With the reinforcements recently
| ordered to join him, Rear Admiral
| Lat1mer, commanding for us at Mica
ragua. has, I understand, at his dis
posal 10 vessels and 400 officers and
men, strength no doubt adequate
| Ito enable him thoroughly to protect
American interests and the lives and
property Of American and other for
eign citizens in Nicaragua"
| The Mexican slant on the situation.
Is, OF course, peculiarly interesting. 1t
is of whatever significance you please
that our fleet in Nicaraguan waters
is within easy steaming distance of
| A"AhpASOt Al luC AcSlOn VI WHICH are
the most important Mexican oil prop
critics held by American citizens.
| The Agricultural Department esti-
mates that the total value of our most
| important crops in 1926 was less by
| $1,148 100000 than that of the CORE.
spending crops in 1925 The value of
the cotton crop fell by 1851, 900, OOO
that of the corn crop by $3.50, OO0, 900
1t is said, moreover that the farmers
capital fell from $4,000. OOO, 900 in 1920
| to $4,000 100000 in 1925; and that the
return on capital investment in 1926
was only SA per cent. AS against the
above one Is apt to point to the $145..
100000 net earnings Of the United
States Steel Corporation for the first
nine months Of this year.
This is the fiftieth year since the
publication Of the epochal work of
Josiah Willard Gibbs, entitled 1.-THE
Equilibrium Of Heterogeneous Sub
stances" and 1t is pleasant to note
that European universities and scion
tiflc societies are therefore doing
signal honor to the. memory Of that
great man. Gibbs was t. father of
thermodynamic chemistry. His is far