Evening star., 1928-01-29

the world for the seven days
ended January %,
Rumania.-M Titulescu. foreign MIN
lister of Rumania, Is on tour. visiting the
capitals of the great powers. converSin8
with the heads and foreign ministers OF
the governments thereof. He begins
with Italy. and. OF course, the other
dope-cotes are fiuttered. The Avarescu
government, which preceded the last
government of the late Ion Bratianu,
made up TO MuSsolini. An ltalo-
Rumanian treaty Of amity was struck,
and an Italo- -Rumanian commercial
| treaty vas in negotiation. But the sue
ceeding government OF Ion Bratianu.
looked away from Rome and TO Paris.
Rumania's old love. The negotiations
LOOKING TO an Italo-R -Rumanian CONNER
ciai treaty were suspended. The gov
ernment OF the younger Bratianu
(Which succeeded that Of the late Ion)
Is resuming those negotiations.
Does this mean that Bucharest Is
lifting Paris is taking on once more
9ith Rome? That Mussolini has broken
the solidarity OF the little entente. has
again put one over" on France In the
Balkans? One may not say, An ltalo-
Rumanian commercial treaty need not
be pre- judicial 10 France nor boastful To
M1sSolinian schemes if such there be-
Of ACKNOWLEDGMENT In the Balkins. But
one las 10 take note OF Balkan gossip
which is about all We have TO go on In
that quarter.
Afghanistan.-Ame Amanullah OF
Afghanistan, with his pretty wife and
suite OF IS or so. arrived at Paris
Wednesday on his grand tour OF Eu-
rope. He has visited Rome ana mas
still To visit London. Brussels. Berlin
and Moscow. He was received with inc
proper honorS at the railway station
on the Bois de BouloRne. reserved iof
detraining OF heads OF states Prehi-
dent Do,imcrgle and the entire Frencn
cabinet were there 10 greet him. ana
he vas driven the t"o miles 10 tle
"Quai DOrsay." down The CnanlLh
EiyseeK. lined with troops. the bann"
| playing a. best as they might me
! Afghan national hymn. while thr Al
! CHAN flag took the winds from the ON
cjal building: It's device mosque. t"o
! sabcrz and RISING sun agalhs' pae"
! ground of black and white.
'T1n utmored that at the conclusion
| az the grand tour the Ameer VIII set
/ up for Khaiif ~ Islam. but the TACT
/ that The ladies OF his suite are hn"
| ve,ied white on visit 10 the UiaOur
/ germs 10 indicate that his iundameh-
/ taiisn IN tempered by common sense
/ The Gown prince III Afghanistan has
/ b,.eu resident AT Paris for SIX years
and is now "A student at the st, Cyr
! Military Academy IL Is sa'hIacnIy
| 30 learn that the discipline ni tiiat N
s,ttu,i0n forbids his participation IN
| The h0nors and high links ol ilS par
euts' visit,
T
Chin. aix of The chief railway lines
of China. constructed wiih foreign
money tchiefiy British. French, Ger f.
man American and Japaneseb principal
and tutefeht thereof being uncondition-
/ ailv uilaranlerd by the PekIng govern
nrut are now together IN debt to the
FOREIGN investors ~ the tune 0i soj ODD
/ 0UG lAfneFican money!, Al pI tflcsr
lines are behind la wage payments, one
beiuQ lb months IN arrears ana tiie
wages being paid are paid IN sadly ne'
nyectaied currency The explanation oi
thts state of affairs Is that The lines
are in lhe civil war znne Troops
baunits aud peasants tear nut ths hpikcs
from the hletpers and convert tIlen'
| into weapons The rolling a'ofk ia
cDmmandeefed at VIII ny ihe military
and Is eoiup 10 rack and ruin The
generals seize the offices and tutn thf
cash into their war chests MliilhIy
ifafilc pays nothing
similar conditions obtain as to slthni
shin lines. chiefly on The fangthr
China Is feverting 10 primitive inehhh
II transportation carts, anlnihih, llihks
II In picturesque but mol Gfickrt. Under
steady peace conditions railway frame
nu the lines considered was hiEiIly
lucrative IN respect of foreign TONNAGE
Dairen Is nov thf SECOND port oI tht
y provinces II China Manchufia has
only 20 900 COO acres under cultivation.
l,nI ish ~ 900 400 more arrss ~ equally
ileh sneiu WN. Last yeat. Mani hutia