Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12

France and Japan for the protection
Of the nationals in the north with
particular reference to Tientsin and
Peking) / must postpone detailed no.
tice, resume of developments since
the end Of April being in order.
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United States of America.-At sos
am. June 4 the Bellanca plane Co.
iumbia, Clarence D. Chamberlin. pilot;
Charles A. Levine, passenger and
owner. hoped off from Roosevelt
Field, and 43 hours later 1t landed in
a field of grain just outside Eisleben,
ITO miles southwest of Berlin in Prus.
sian Saxony. The distance credited is
$500 miles. new nonstop distance
record. Fuel exhaustion compelled
the landing, fogs and storms en-.
countered after passing the English
Channel having necessitated many
long detours and high climbs. 1t was
even found necessary to jettison some
gasoline to tighten the load. After
some viccisitudes, unnecessary to de-
tail. the adventures arrived at Ber-
lin, where they received a tumultous
welcome.
nowise dimmed the glory of Lind.
bergh's pioneering feat. 1t is pleas.
ant to note that charming Eisleben Is
Luther's birthplace. The Bellanca
plane. like Lindbergh's plane and the
plane In which Byrd made his polar
flight. is equipped with an air-cooled
motor Wright Whirlwind), and it Is
generally agreed that the motor con-
tributed equally with the stout hearts
and skill of Byrd, Lindbergh and
Chamberlin, to the success of their
flights.
The Naval COnference.-France and
Italy are each to be represented at
the Naval Conference to open at
Geneva June 20. by one or more sin
formateurs." Those knowing in such
matters inform us that an "informa.
teur" is almost, but not quite. an lob
server "a rank apparently appropri-
ated to us). Every one of the British
dominions except Newfoundland
!. e., Canada, Australia, New Zealand.
South Africa and the Irish Free
State-is to be separately represented
py a distinguished delegate or dele
gates, also India. One of the New
zealand delegates is Admiral Earl Jel.
ncoe. Great Britain's chief delegate is
V1scount Cecil mot as previously re.
ported, w. G. Bridgeman. first lord of
the admiralty, who, however, is a
delegated
Possibly Admiral Earl Beatty will
go, In which case he would be chief
delegate OF Great Britain. Our dele.
gates are Hugh S. Gibson, Ambassa-
Hilary F. Jones, president of the Gen.
eral Board Of the Navy.
They are to have a large staff of
technical assistants.
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Notes.-The British and American
debt accords having been incidentally
mentioned in the course of debate on
another matter in the Fr~nch cham.
Der, Deputy brusquely put this ques.
ton to Premier Poincare: Are you
proposing that the chamber ratify
them? to which Poincare replied: al
do not propose ratification of the ac
cords, because hope to obtain better
terms, and because Parliament cer-
tainly would not agree to bind the
country for 81 years" So that's that:
or is 1t really. after all?
On June ! there was another slunn
on the Berlin Stock Exchange: not
quite as dreadful as that of MAY 10.
known as "Berlin's Black Friday" but
still very dreadful.
Puncturing shams; salutary proc.
ess. So thinks DIR. Sclacflt, president
OF the Reischbank, who appears to
have been assisting thereto. Mean.
while German industry booms on. the
home market expanding prodigiously.
almost miraculously.
One hears of resumption of tribal
resistance in Cyrenaica to the Italian
occupation.