Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

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Of the most important news o
the world for the seven day
ended August 10:
GREAT BRITAIN.-The-e was a Pc
culiar felicity in the bestowal by King
George of a peerage upon Sir Robert
Baden-Powell, Chief Scout aud father
of the Boy Scout movement, in connec-
ton with the recent Boy Scout Jamboree
at Birkenhead.
On August the White Star liner
Britannia was launched from the Har-
land g. Wolff yards at Belfast. She is
motor ship of 27,840 gross tons, the
third of her name, and will ply between
New York and Liverpool.
Sir William Joynson- Hicks (popularly
known as "JinX'), secretary OF state for
home affairs In the Baldwin govern
ment, was recently ennobled, with the
title OF Lord Brentford.
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CHINA.-The latest from Manchuria
informs that the pourparlers at Man
chuli looking to settlement of the con-
troversy over the Chinese Eastern Rail-
way have broken down and that
frontier tension has revived.
The important news arrived that T. v
Soong minister of finance in the Nam
king government, has resigned in in
d;gpation at his failure to get the
military items of the budget retrenched
despite sundry promises Of such re-
trenchmef1t to the taX-burdened people.
In a note to the Chinese government,
our Government declines to accede to
the latter's request for immediate abcli-
ton of extraterritoriality in China:
Other powers enjoying eXtraterr1torial
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ing similar replies.
Ernest P. Goodrich, engineering adj
wiser to the Marking government, de-
clares that the group Of government
buildings now under construction at
Marking will be the most beautiful
group Of government buildings In the
world They will, he assures us, COM
bine the useful and sanitary features
Of Western construction with what Is
most charming in Chinese design. He
has very high words of praise for Chi
nese engineers and architects. The
plans for greater Marking contemplate
city beautiful which should serve as
a model mot least in sanitary sense)
for city replanning and reconstruction
throughout China.
1t is of great significance that Chi
n:se journals are devoting great deal
cuSsion Of birth control.
EGYPT.-On August King Fuad of
Egypt and his prime minister, NAH
moud Pasha, after a fortnight's con-
ference with members Of the British
government Tin chief, of course, Arthur
Henderson, the foreign ministeD, left
London for Egypt. carrying with them
British proposals for a treaty between
Egypt and Great Britain. embracing ID
articles. In this connection the reader
may be glad to see again the text OF
the famous four reservations" which
accompanied recognition by the British
government of Egyptian independence;
to the which reservations Anglo-Egyp-
tan disputation has since their pro-
mitigation chiefly referred itself. The
document Is dated February %, 1922,
and reads as follows:
'The following matters are absolute
ly reserved to the discretion Of his
majesty's government until such time
as it may be possible by free discuss
sion and friendly accommodation on
both sides to conclude agreements in
regard thereto between his majesty's
government and the government OF
Egypt:
"(a) The security of the communica-
lions of the British Empire in Egypt.
"(h) The defense of Egypt against
all foreign. aggression or interference,
direct or indirect.
"(c) The protection of foreign in
terests in Egypt and the protection of
D1inorities.
"(d) The Sudan.
Pending the conclusion OF such