Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
The Story the Week Has Told

The combination Is regarded as
merely provisional 1t Is expected that
there viii be reshuffle when the
Reichstag reconvenes after the Sum-
mer recess. The Centrists are very
much disgruntled over the meagerness
of their share.
The new government Is the seven
teenth since establishment of the re-
public. II all the deputies Of the parties
represented In 1t stand by that gov
eminent, II will command at least 304
of the 489 votes of the Reichstag,
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Hungary.-~On April Ia Count Ste
phen Bethlen had been premier of
Hungary seven years, the longest hold
of power enjoyed by any present ex-
ecutive head of government In Europe.
He Is your strong silent man, but can
speak with effect Is indeed master
parliamentarian. He Is In fact an
authentic dictator ostensibly employing
constitutional means He knows the
value of reticence and gives his con-
fidence TO nobody. He has kind OF
Napoleonic sense of detail and a
Caesarean political fineSse. He Is re-
spected though not loved.
Itaiy.~-March 10 was the three hun
dredth anniversary of the birth of Mar
cello Malpighi justly held in high
honor as the founder Of microscopic
anatomy Though Harvey inferred
capillary circulation. Malpighi was the
fist to see 1t -four years after Harvey's
DEATH He disclosed the structure OF
the human lung $50 making possible
an understanding of human reSpira-
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much else. He lectured at his alma
mater, Bologna: at Pisa. at Messina.
For 20 years he maintained intimate
relations with the Royal Society OF Lon
don, to which body he left his unpub-
lished papers, including an autobiog-
raphy. An important name In the
great roll of italian men OF science.
An English company has received a
contract for arresting the TIT OF the
Leaning Tower of Pisa. The present
angle Is to be maintained. We are
told that for sentimental reasons the
contractors refused more than a NOM
inal profit. One hopes that Is not too
good to be true.
China. The Chinese Nationalist flag
is red with light blue rectangle in the
upper left hand corner and white ball
In the center OF the rectangle.
The population of Manchuria, with
an area OF about 100000 square miles
In estimated at about 20.00O.000 more
than twice the figure at the beginning
of this century. Its grain export In
1926 totaied 1855 900 tons. The grain
export from Soviet Russia in that yeai
totaled about 2.250000 tons. Since 1929
the grain export from Manchuria has
increased by about 10000 Japanese
In Manehuria.
u Il III
United States of America, ~- The
Democratic national convention opened
at Houston on June 40 and adjourned
on the 29th. Gov Alfred II, Smith OF
New York was nominated for President
and Senator Joseph r. Robinson OF Ar
kansas for Vice President.
Thanks to Its large new endowment
fund, Yale University has notably raised
the salaries of considerable part OF Its
teaching staff. This Is one OF those
many items which, though not enjoy
Ing headline honors. are OF major Inn
portance,
California won the Poughkeepsie race,
establishing new record for the course.
Columbia made u magnificent fight
of IT, ending only three quarters OF a
length behind. with Washington third.