Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

war with a third power. When the
war came. he observed with natural
satisfaction the magnificent behavior
OF the expeditionary force. and he sat
on the war council created by Mr..
Asquith in November, 1914. But GER
tain facts glanced at above were false
~ interpreted by fools and enemies In
such wise as to create public diStrust
of this great patriot so pronounced as
to eonstrain Mr.. Asquith to leave him
out of the first coalition ministry in
1918 and ne did not return to Office
during the war.
Returned With Macdonald.
He now devoted himself to schemes
OF national improvement of education
and To philosophy, his philosophical
studies being consummated by two pro-
found works: THE Reign of Relatively
and THE Philosophy of Humanism. .
III 1924 he returned to politics as lord
chancellor in Ramsay Macdonald
Labor ministry. and as chairman of
the committee Of imperial defense.
and Mr. Baldwin did himself honor by
inviting him to continue in the latter
capacity. III many fields~~-in the army,
in education, In research toward scien-
tlf1c improvement of civil government,
in the law and In philosophy---he has
left his mark on the kingdom, on the
empire and on the world. He had the
greatness Of soul TO rise serenely above
cruelest misprision.
Mrs. Frances White Emerson of Bos-
ton has presented TO the British
Museum over 500 water-color drawings
made by William Blake to illustrate
Young's Might Thoughts" Blake re-
ceived 20 guineas for the lot. There
IL something peculiarly pleasing In the
character Of this gift. Obviously the
treasures belong In the British Museum.
They came to this country a genera
ton or so ago.
Austria.-On August Is, DR.. Michael
Hainisch, president of the Republic OF
Austria, reached his SEVENTEEN year. and
all Austria (including the Socialist ele-
menD congratulated him upon his ro-
bust health and itself upon having SO
perfectly satisfactory chief of state
Or, Hainisch spent the day with his
mother (his chief cause of happinessD
and few friends ON his farm near
Vienna We, too, congratulate Austria
OH its good fortune and wish DR. Hahn
tsch many happy returns Of the day.
The population Of Austria tincluding
VIENNA Is about $4,000 that of
Vienna about 1000, 900. Austria exports
about 10 per cent of her Industrial pro-
duction and imports about two~thirds
of her food. The area of Austria IL
about 3 900 square miles New York
State about 10000
1t Is pity to miss the SalzDurg fes~
tival Of this year. presided over by thu
great Max Reinhardt. with its produc~
lions Of clergyman" and THE Robbers
OF Schiller, It's glorious renderings Of
Mozart and Beethoven, etc, etc, One
Wistfully hears that the worship OF
Bacchus Is being conducted In Salz~
burg no less earnestly and artistically
than that of the muses.
Max Reinhardt IL TO take over the
famous theater at Der Wien at Vien-
ma and use 1t for production of drama
SO. as the Vienneae press laments, ends
the glorious age OF Viennese operetta,
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Albania. The recent general elections
III Albania resulted Overwhelmingly IN
favor Of government candidates, Dis
patches from Tirana the capital de-
clare that the other day the entire
population OF Ttrana and It's vicinity
demonstrated vocferously, demanding
that the new Parliament designated also
as constituent assembly, make Presiv
dent Ahmed Iogu king, and that other
towns followed suit The demonstrations
may or may not have been as compfe-
henaiVe AS reponted and they may OF
may not haye Aen spontaneous or SIN,