Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05
BY HENRY W. BUM.

~ HE following is brief summary
of the most important news OF
the world for the seven days
j ended August 4:
h ~
Great Rritain.-The realm has hon.
ored self by paying the greatest honors
to Lord Baifour upon his eightieth
birthday anniversary. The British
aristocracy are long-lived tribe.
There are over so octogenarians among
the peers and three nonagenarians, and
most Of them are in the best OF health.
At last, at 3 pm. Eastern standard
tin1e) August /. Capt. Frank Courtney
with him a mechanic, a wireless opera
tor and his hacker, Montreal banker)
took off from Horta, In the Azores. IN
his Dornier- Napier flying boat The
Whale, pointed for Merchandising,
about 1900 miles away, About MID.
night he was forced 10y fire aboard
the craft, details not yet reportedj 10
descend, the sea being Iairiy calm, he
sent out a S o S call by short-range
wireless and a dozen vessels raced TO
the rescue about 5 pm. eastern
standard time) the I'd. The Atlantic
transport liner MinnewaSka took aboard
the unlucky four, their craft being
about abandoned. Capt. Courtney had
arrived at Horta from Lisbon on June
% after an I1-hour fight. Until july
rs ne waited for satisfactory nleteoric
conditions. Thereafter he failed In
several attempts to rise with his heaVy
load. A flight from the Azores 10 the
North American Continent has yet 10
be made.
PortugaI.--The following Is belated
hut interesting. Portugal has had af1-
other little instruction; the nineteenth
or twentieth. ! believe since the insti-
tuition of the republic. A regiment or
part of a regiment stationed near Lis
bon mutinied and was joined by some
civilians, failing to secure the adhesion
OF other troops, the mutineers were sur
rounded in barracks by loyal units OF
the garrison, which after some ex-
change OF fire. charging home, MADE
prisoners of the lot. The casualties
we're killed and 80 wounded, including
some civilians outside the military res"
ervation not involved In the business.
Rose water critics will tell you that
mutinies and instructions In Portugal
are salutary like pimples. drawing on
peccant hnmoTs.
China. of course China Will derive
no palpable material advantage from
her new treaty with US unless and untli
! the other powers having treaties, oiu
| model, with her still In force, follow our
lead as 10 such treaties or until all such
| treaties shall have lapsed IL seems
/ likely though IL IL by no means certain,
| that these powers will follow our lead
| and that the powers the terms OF whose
id-model treaties with China have been
| passed will make new treaties OF tenor
| similar 70 that OF the treaty Just con-
| GUIDED by us.
MOT many days ago the Nankin gov
| eminent addressed a note 10 the TOXIC
| government reminding the latter tnai
| the old Sino~Japanese connefciai
| treaty "lapsed" In the Fall OF 1920 ana
proposing negotiations with Q view 20
| new treaty. My understanding y t!lht
| the Toxic government stands upon
| clause In the old treaty, Which pro-
vided that 1t should continue ~ ioIce
| for 10 years after the date named loi
| its expiration unless a new treaty
| should have been asked for by either
| party within six months after thal
! date, that, however, Toxic IL Wiling te
/ negotiate with a view 10 more or Iesf
revision of the old treaty.
Nov. observe certain complications IN
this connection. The other day CSC
goes the report. anyway Marshal
| Chang Hsueh-Liang Super TMchnn oil
Manchuria, I'm succession 10 ms iather
Chang Tso-Lin, abruptly broke on nego-
tiations having In view peaceful reunion
OF the 3 Manchurian provinces with thf
! other Ia Chinese provinces under thf
National government. This action nl
CaAng's is widely attributed 10 pressure
from Toxic. and We sfe invited 70 be-
lisve that Toxic so acted IN order "
force Marking TO yield In the treaty