Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08
The Story the Week Has Told

! Voyage Autour du Monde en- Quatre-
! VingtS Jours" and of that other excel
lent tale of his, Michael Strogoff." had
immense successes. II. @. Wells and
others have been much beholden to the
/ type of scientific romance" evolved by
him.
Germany.--On July 5, the Reischstag
| after debating the ministerial declara-
tion," gave the new government vote
| Of confidence, 26l TO 1874.
| Herman Mueller. the new premier OF
/ the Reich. Is So years of ege. He was
born at Mannhesm-on-t he-Rhine his
| father being brewer in small way
! After an ordinary school education he
! entered journalism. AS editor of So
cialist newspaper he commended him.
self to that most able of German So
| cialists August Bebcl, and through
| Bebel he soon attained prominence In
the Socialist party. When Ebert became
| President OF the Reich, he succeeded
Ebert as leader of the party, a position
he has held ever since, He Is Mod
crate Socialist Of the complexion of
Ramsay Macdonald and has something
OF Henry Clays genius for compromise.
| Like Erzberger. he has a strong sense
| of reality II was this which induced
Versailles treaty on June %, 1919. when
| Scheidemann and others refused to do
so. 1t was this which caused him to
! put To full use his famous powers Of
| persuasion toward inducing his Social
| ist followers to accept the Dawes plan
! despite that. by proposing the Surren-
| der of railway control by the Reich to
private company, 1t traversed Social
/ list doctrine. AS deputy Mueller rep
resents Franconia. He was chancellor
for few months In 1920.
! Cologne Is the great airplane Juno
ton point between western and cen
i trial Europe, and $50 planes daily land
on and take off from its field.
/ Germany has 81 leading fields and
! Others are under construction The
J Lufthansa will greatly expand its serv-
ice during this year. operating some 90
lines In particular. night flying is TO
| play a larger and larger role.
| Through ingenious devices the motor
roar has been neutralized In Lufthansa
j planes. so that conversation can be car
ried on IN ordinary tones plane
leaves Berlin at / O'Clock each night.
| arriving at Moscow at 3 O'Clock the fol-
lowing afternoon. Night service be-
tween Berlin and London Is projected
for the near future.
| Discussion advances beyond the whis-
pering stage OF super Dawes plan"
pursuant TO which Germany's reparation
debt should be completely commercial
lied, conformahly TO precise determina-
ton OF the present value OF its total,
such determination, OF course. TO be
jointly ratified by Germany and the
allies.
Italy.--The latest Of the great paint
ers Of the Venetian school, Paul
Veronese, SO called this real name was
Paolo CaliarD. was born 400 years ago.
the precise day being unknown AS a
painter Veronese has been likened to
Ariosto as a poet. He had scarcely
any intellectual quality but for pic
togial splendor, for effects of coloring,
he is scarcely equaled. The most
famous of his pieces Is the Marriage
al Cana" now in the Louvre
1t deserves its fame, but not for any
quality of verisimilitude, not for the
slightest suspicion Of faithfulness to
the asserted theme The scene pre-
sented Is, In fact. an Italian court
banquet OF unparalleled magnincence.
Many Of the 100 figures or heads are
portraits OF contemporary personages,
including Paolo himself playing VOL
For the masterpiece, executed for the
refectOry OF a monastery In Venice, the
artist received the equivalent of $500
In money. his living expenses during