Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22
The Story the Week Has Told

for 10 do so would be to bargain away
the constitutional rights Of the people
of sovereign State and would be
recognizing the power OF an un-
authorized body 10 diS;ranchiSe All
entire State.
The governor of Illinois holds that
the rights OF the several sovereign
States which formed the Federal Union
, and adopted the Constitution OF the
! United States are the very foundation
OF our national existence and destiny,
and no right is more essential than the
right of the States as such To express
their views by two Senators OF their
own selection.
This attempted denial by the Sem
ate. IN my Judgment. is fraught With
the mos, serious consequences 10 con-
Stitutional government that have arisen
In the United States since the great
Civil War A recognition OF this unNar-
ranted and outrageous proceeding OF the
United States Senate in denying the
people Of sovereign State the risht to
select their own representatives would
sweep away the last vestige az Self-sov-
ernment and the political independence
OF the people OF u proud State
II would appear that the Navy De-
partmcnt's 30-year plan of rounding
out" and replacement, calls for an
average estimated annual expenditure
over 20 years OF about $4,000. 900 tat
present priccs,,
One hears OF charming project. said
10 be already we'll aioot, for restoration
OF large part OF WILLIAMSBURG. Va. seat
Of William and Mary College ana In
colonial days capital Of Virginia. IN Its
habit rs Il was" In colonial days
Not least important of recent de-
velopments Is the appointment aS Sec
rotary a. e. executive headl Of the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington
OF DIR. Charles q. Abbott. In succession
of DR., Charles ID. Walcott, lately de-
ceased The post il one OF the most
honorable and important in the world
and the line III secretaries has been an
Industrious one, conamencing with the
Immortal Joseph Henry and inrludlns
Samuel piespont tAngly. father Ut
aerodynamics. astronomer and aSsrc-
physicist, Or, Abbott Is, | believe. IN
the FIRST rank Of astrophysiclstS,
-
Notes,-~on Friday the Indian S'atu.
tory commission, headed by sir John
Simon. the great lawyer, which Is to
make an Intensive study Of the wofSlns
of the piarchy system In India, EN-
batked AZ London Tor India The com.
mission IL impartially made up "
Conservative. Lahor and Liberal
members ot Parliament, u has ter
rifc problem before Il and Its fepaft
may we'll prove epochai
-Four hundred and twenty eight thon-
sand Italians emigfated overseas IN
1918, only iiaoOu In iass,
The famous Ioltshs lithuanian Seven-
year practically bloodless war formally
ended at the last sesSian " the League
1T Nations Council and Negotiations
we're 10 follow loakMg ~ settlement Ut
matters Ia controversy between WARSAW
and koVna Hut the road leading a.
negotiations in chokvd With distractions
Apparently rremler Mathematics VI
lithuauia would MAKE nesNIiatth cam.
aitlena, on ptias remuneration M Nllna
by Poland obviously, 81 lans "a he
pess,S,s IN that attitude there VIII be-
"nathing doing"
pilerinase Ia Mecca and the >,.hes
"holy pikeS" oI Islam ny Aiiplane Ii
one Ut the la,es, developments.