Evening star., 1928-11-18

of the most important news of
the world for the seven days
ended November IT:
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The British Empire-The glori-
Gus lord mayors show, followed by the
lord mayors banquet, to big-wigs, ma
tive and foreign at the Guild Hall took
place in London on November 8. Prime
Minister Baldwins speech consisted
chiefly of a millenial forecast of conSe-
ouences from the Kellogg pact. Mr..
Baldwin deprecated the widespread false
Interpretation of the provisional Fran
co-British understandings.
Close cooperation between France
and Britain could not, he asserted,
properly be imagined to operate to the
prejudice of q third power. Peace"
he declared, means not less collabo-
rating. but more, and the fact that his
maiesryS government has SO often be-
gun by seeking collaboration with its
nearest neighbor does not mean that it
is in the slightest degree less eager
to cooperate with others. Germany's
relations" he added, with her former
enemies are. restored to position Of
mutual frankness and understanding.
She stands today as great country
among equals"
All the world recognizes Mr. Bald
win for a statesman of almost unique
candor and honesty. This utterance,
therefore, should give the quietus to
the silly and vicious twaddle Of oppo-
sition elements importing a sinister
quality in the Franco-BritiSh under
standings.
The new lord mayor, Dick Whiting
tons successor, is Sir Kynaston Studd.
It's an expensive honor being lord
mayor, for one has to foot the bill of
the lord mayors feast; but there's the
certain reward of barony when the
jobs over.
The lord mayors show this year was
up to the glorious tradition of that
pageant. Old Sol was kind for once,
and cog and magog nodding from their
floats we're delightfully."- horrific beyond
the deans of Sir James Barrie, the
children we're entranced and the
burghers jolly we'll pleased. Really,
there is nothing in the world to warm
the cookies like the lord mayors show.
BY an overwhelming majority New
Zealand has voted to abolish prohibi-
ton and substitute licensing system.
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Trance.-On November IL. Poincare
formed O new cabinet without Radical
Socialist participation. The makeup
is as follows:
President of the Council without port
folio, Raymond Poincare; vice president
and minister OF justice. Louis Barthou;
| foreign affairs, Aristide BRAND; inte-
rior, Andre Tardieu finance. Henri
| Chcron; war, Paul Pain!eve; public in
struction, Pierre Maraud; marine,
Georges Leygues; public works, Pierre
Forgot; commerce, Georges Bonnefous;
agriculture, Jean Hennessy; labor, Louis
oucheur; colonies, Andre Maginot;
pensions, Louis Anterior; air, Laurent
Eynac.
observe the important departure, In
that Poincare takes no portfolio.
| Cheron, who takes the finance port
folio, relinquished by Poincare, is an
able and much-trusted man. Several
| of the ministers, as BRAND, Painleve,
! Maraud and BonnefouS, are left of
| Center, but the right predominating
Maginot for example, being far to the
! right.
Though the Radical Socialist party
as a body has declared war on the
: new government, 1t Is expected that
Poincare will have the support of a
good many moderate members of the
| party, perhaps as many as 40. Bitter
| fighting between Marin's Nationalists
and the Left wing of the Radical-So-
cialists is looked for. Poincare has his
| work cut out for him.
The articles of Poincare's budget bill