Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-26
BY HENRY w. BUM.
81 HENN1 W. BUM.
following is brief summary
of the most important news of
the world for the seven days

the world for the seven days
ended February IS:
Great Britain.-Magnificen prepara-
tons are being made by the British
government for the entertainment In
London OF King Amanullah OF Afghan
istan. his Queen and his suite OF 25.
II is estimated that the total cost OF
the business will be upward OF 10000.
The royal visitors suite In Buckingham
Palace Is being redecorated and re-
furnished TO suit the ascertained tastes
of His Majesty. The so footmen OF
The palace have been provided with new
scarlet liveries. The floral decorations
viii be sumptuous beyond precedent.
The most superb giants of the life
guards will be in attendance. etc. etc.
On February 10. on the Daytona
Beach, Fla. course. that redoubtsble
: Briton. Capt. Malcolm Campbell. In a
Campbell Napier Bluebird car. estab-
lished new world automobile speed
record Of 207 miles per hour. beating
The record OF 2o3.S miles per hour made
last March over the same course by
his fellow Briton. Maj. H. o. %. Sc
grave. in Sunbeam.
Germany.-The latest political devel-
opment in Germany is highly fantastic.
Actually the government coalition Is
hopelessly disrupted over the bill pro-
posing restoration OF clerical control
over the schools the Protestant Ma
t!onalist and Roman Catholic CentriSts
favoring the bill. and the Peoples party,
Q! ant-clerical tendency. opposing It
But there Is important work that should
not De postponed-in especial, the pass
ing OF the budget So President Hin
denburg has interviewed to avert an
immediate snash-up. and the coalition
parties have agreed TO drop discussion
Of the school bill To clear the slate
rapidly OF other business pressing for
conclusion and then to adjourn, the
Reichstag thereafter To be dissolved and
general elections 10 be held In May, the
present government to function until
after The elections. So much. at any
rate. ! piece together "a little doubt
fully. / confess) from the dispatches
A leftWard swing In the elections Is
generally forecast. with the prospect Of
n coalition OF the Peoples. Centrist.
Democratic and Socialist parties. IL Is
asserted that DR.. Stresemann expects
and desires such an outcome that h"
believes II would dispose france toward
concessions to Germany, would promote
# n
The Kingdom of the Serbs, Greats
and Si0venes.-~eIn a recent survey ]
noted the resignation OF the coalition
Radical Democrat cabinet headed by
Yukitchivitch and the Kings invita-
ton To NJ. Raditch. leader OF the Croa-
tlan Peasant Party TO form a govern
ment Details are lacking. but appar-
emily Raditch failed In his enterprise.
Al any rate. Yukitchivitch received an
other mandate aud has reconstructed
his old cabinet. with some slight
changes. The new cabinet includes nine
Radicals. three Democrats party head
I'd by David0vitchJ, one ElOyene Cieri-
cal, one MoSlem and one non -party
man "a general al the head Of the war
officej.
It's high time for the kingdom to
shake down.
Japan. General elections were held
| In Japan on February 90 the first under
| the suffrage act increasing the eiect0-
| rate from about 1000. 900 To about H.
| 900 900 practically complete manhood
| suffrage, 0.7ii 900 electors cast bal
, lots an astonishing showing Observe
! that the japanese voters must write IN
! The names NJ their candidates on The
! ballots. You have there then II vivid
| demonstration Of the extremely Interest,"
ing and significant fact that litefacy Is
almost universal In japan Democracy
| progresses on the whole happily IN
japan. IL does not In Russia, where q
| handsome majority are iilitefate, IT
does not In spain, where upward NJ ~
| per cent u the population are Hitter
ats; nor In Italy. where the other day
about 20 per cent Of the married men
we're ascsriained Ia be iliitetate. Yer
| bum zap,
! The result 0f The elections for the
| House III Representatives, was as fnl~
! lows. Eeiyukai ~ government party. AL
! seats, Minselt0 OF opposition party. ia:
| independents. 10, Labor g. Kakushin
! !. Business. 4 The ssiyukai chiefs con-
Gdeutly ekneet ei,DDuft from SIX indie.