Evening star., 1927-05-01

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The British Empire.-The Nelson
n,iehtiest of battleships, was launched
a+ New Castle-on-Tyne on Apr1i ~
Che is 7O2 feet long and displaces
a 600 tons, and her total cost WIN o0
ohont equivalent to $35,000,OoO. her
armament includes nine l6-inch guns
Her complement is $500,
Every twelfth year a great rehslou9
festival tthe Kumbl- Melal Is held at
Hardwar, the Gate of the Ganges'
below Simla, in India, where the
mighty river issues from the great
mountains. 1t lasts several days anu
it's chief feature is religious Da0Illils
aaran,onv Hundreds Of thousands
ATTEND. 1t would seem that on the
last day of this years festlVal the
Great crowd anticipated the slsnal loi
oea,,on,encement of the bathing cere-
,,1onv and crashed against the WOODEN
harricades, with result that u WoIilet'
and 15 men were killed and many Sc
riously injured.
Austria. - Last Sunday genera
! elections in Austria were OF quite uil,
'.,',,ei i1,,,ro,.+ance The Socialists had
roade a tremendous effort to capture
the National Assembly Q65 members
They failed. The Conservatives cldlt.'
| that the effort represented tne Cieo. ,
! of the Socialist wave In AuSltia' l~l'e ~ , ,
are quite sure that never again ~, 49,
such an effort be put forth' that IN
little republic is secure against SUI =
| ist domination. or those eng loio .ho
vote az ner cent voted in vienna t,l1
| Socialist stronghold; 80 per cent IN tne
country districts. The Socialist VIC
torv in Vienna was even more over
whslrnine than usual: but tins IS ac
| counted for by the fact that the Com
n,rnists and the Jewish party threw
their votes to the Socialist candldates'
The parliamentary majority ol the
anti.Socialist coalition, headed ny
! Manager Seipel, seems to be reouceo
| from about 80 to about 20; but II u
| a safe and clean-cut majority -on = ns
nopulation Of Austria is about o'oVV'
600 of whom about 2'0oo'ooo az
| Viennese. ~,
1t is probably true that the Col
servatives' claims set forth above aI'
instified but it is significant and I'M
nortant that the Viennesse should 81
enthusiastically approve their SoclallS
municipal regime with its tremendouS
load Of taxation. 1t is highly slgnln
can't I'm sundry aspects that, desplt'
so many misfortunes and handlcapS
Vienna should remain a comnefcia
and financial capital.
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ChIna.-There were no very striking
developments in China during the pas
week Dispatches of the previous
week stated that Chang Kai Shek
having recovered footholds north O
the Yangtze. was resuming his drive
norfhward by two routes, one the lli'
of the Pukow Tientsin railroad, tht
other the line of the Grand Canai
incorrectly so stated, one must pre-
sumo, since the past week s dispatches
contained no hint of such importan'
matter At any rate, PukoW, oppo
site Nanking, is strongly heid p9
Northern troops. At Yang ChoW
north Of the river and east OF PukoW
there is considerable concentration
Of troops under Sun Chuang teng
late lord of Shanghai. Rumor has i
that Sun would fain desert the North
ern Alliance and join Chang Kai Shek
but that his subordinate officers vii
not have 1t so. Again, rumor has !
that that prime rascal. Chang TsunE
Chang. Tuchun of Shantung, is wa
yering and may go over to Chang la
Shek,
The report that Feng Yu Hsiang
the Christian general" has de
nounced the Hankow government i
probably correct, but it is most diff
cult to credit the rumor that Fent
has come to terms of composition
with Chang Tso Lin, and, even were
the rumor true. considering Feng'i
record. Chang could not be secure o
his loyalty to such terms. Scarcel.
may Chang Tso Lin commit his main
strength to southward drive so Ions
, as Feng, with his kouminchun, re
| mains in position TO threaten his righ
(westernl flank.