Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-09

to the newly revised constitution and
to receive the crown from the constit-
uent assembly the streets were lined
and the precious body soon to undergo
royalizat1on (Which I take to be some
degrees higher than Qualification. bit
soupcon below deification) was safe
guarded by Albanian and Italian troops
Iogu. first, twice sWore fidelity to the
constitution, once on the Koran, and
again on the Bible. so as to sanctify the
pledge in the eyes of all his people
His majesty Is Mohammedan, but he
has pledged complete liberty of worship
and 1t is to BE- observed that the
Albanians are well nigh unique among
the people of the earth for lack of re-
llglous intolerance, and this despite their
grand division into Mohammedans and
Christians, and the division of tn.
latter into orthodox and Roman Catho-
lies.
United States.-George Lott of Chi
cago and John Hennessey of Indianap-
Oils won the national tennis doubles
championship at Brookline, Mass, in
the most dashing style. To accomplish
this satisfactory feat they had to beat
two most redoubtable combinations.
the Frenchmen. Cochet and Brugnon.
and the Austrians. Patterson and
Hawks, either of which combinations
mad generally been thought too much
for them. There was something little
singular about the victory over the
Frenchmen. On August 80, the Ameri-
can and French teams had each won
Two sets, and the third set stood at
TOUR all, when the match was stopped
on account of rain. The next day the
americans utterly crushed the French
men. 6-1, 81. GO.
on September l the Americans
beat the Australians with the same
case and by precisely the same scores.
We Americans are coming back.
AT Wheaton. ILL.,. our amateur golfers
Zones, Won Elm. Ouimet, Sweetser
johnston. Evans, Gum and MacKenzie)
successfully defended the Walker Cup,
oeating the challenging Britons per
kins, TWeddell, Hezlet. Hope. Storey
torrance, Hardman. Martin. Beck and
Maccallum), eleven matches to one.
Inc one American defeat was that of
Evans by Torrance.
The American polo team which is ia
meet the redoubtable Argentine team
mas been selected as follows: w. Averell
Hartman, No. 1: Thomas Hitchcock. jr.
.captalm. No, 2: Malcolm Stevenson,
NO. 8; j. Cheever Cowdin, back. The Ar
genuine team Is made up as follows: A.
henny. No. |; J. Nelson. No. 2; T.
Miles, No. ); L. Lacey, back.
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Geneva.-The ninth League Assembly
opened on September 3, the Council be-
ing already in session.
so far the Assembly session has
lacked of excitement. A Swedish dele
gate expressed a general view in his
remarks as follows on the preparatory
disarmament commission:
AS the matter stands. the work of
preparing draft convention has not
reached the stage enabling a date to be
ilxed for a general disarmament con-
ference. Yet no one can but JULY
realize the danger if the preparatory
commission does not achieve some
definite results in the near future.
Public opinion will be ready to conclude
from such failure that disputes and
rivalry still exist between governments
In spite of the League covenant and
locarno treaties and In spite even of
the Kellogg pact"
OF course, the everlasting POLISH
Lithuanian question came before the
Council again. Premier Waldemaras of
Lithuania had for some three hours
been dlscourslng on the subject when
detachment of municipal police broke
excitedly into the Hall of Council For
some time strange roaring sound ever
gathering in volume, issuing from that
quarter had disturbed the city author
tiles; whence the visit of the police.
On being awakened, the Council, as
of old, voted postponsment of further
consideration of the Polish-Lithuanian
question to the next Council meeting.
But If little has been accomplished in
Assembly or Council sessions, there has
been en- activity ION the side" which
may have important results. M BRAND
foreign minister of France. and Herr
Mueller, chancellor and acting foreign
minister of Germany. both Council del
egates. have been in conversation con-
corning Franeo-German relations-con
corning the Rhineland occupation and
reparations. These conversations are to
be extended 10 include representatives
! of the Other occupying powers.
Matters brisked up somewhat in the