Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03

%HE following Is DrleI SUMMARY
of the most important news OF
the world for the seven days
i ended February q
SPAIN.-Another lnsurrection IN
Spain, the precise nature and extent
OF which, however, are not clear. But
we do know that, as OF old, Spanish
artillery officers are involved. Inc
SPANISH artillery officers did, and ap-
parently, notwithstanding the re
forms" which followed their treason
able conduct in September, 1875, SUN
do, constitute the most inef1aole SET
of pestilent snobs In the universe; ana
that, considering certain trends IN our
own country, is saying much. Appar-
emily a simultaneous movement oyer
the whole country was planned, as SO
frequently In history, and history re-
peats itself in the preposterouSly petty
outcome. One hears of what you might
call gestures in Barcelona, Valencia,
Coruna, Cartagena, Malaga, etc, but
only at Ciudad Real was there some
thing like real business. There field
artillery regiment definitely mutinied
and set up it's authority over all the
services of the city. Straightway Die
tator Primo de Rivera dispatched some
infantry (you see, the infantry officers
do not regard themselves as special
breed and SO are loyal to the state)
and large contingent of that mag
nificent body, the Civil Guards. against
the mutinees. One infers from the
somewhat vague dispatches that the
| mutiny has been suppressed and the
mutining officers consigned to good.
| Condign punishment for the latter, in
| stead of the extremely gentle, almost
apologetic punishment inflicted for the
| 1925 mutiny, would seem to be the
ticket The Spanish artillery officers
as a body are an utter disgrace to
Spain, byword among the nations
and an occasion of nausea to all decent
military men. The gestures in Sundry
cities (other than Ciudad ReaD van
ished Into air, into thin air.
FRANCE-The new Spring and
| Summer models are out. For evening
| wear fancy most Redfern's tailored cut
away jacket of robins egg blue taffeta
lined with peach, joined to robins
egg blue frock with two-tiered skirt,
/ the latter edged with deep ruching
of peach taffeta. This is almost incred-
itably stunning. In general lovely fra
gility unmarried by sophistication" char
| acterizes the evening gowns. For better
or for worse, backs are less exposed
than heretofore" Flying f1anges, cir
cular fiounces and flared deep pep
lums are to be fore, and cocktail jack
cts continue the ticket. Hartnell pre-
sents Spring Song" bodice which has
precisely the psychological effect OF
Schubert's setting of "Hark! Hark! the
Lark!'' One regrets to observe that
Patou has turned reactionary, lengthen-
| ing street skirts to inches below the
knee. Some afternoon ensembles OF
beige over pale green are not so bad.
| X X X
| JAPAN AND CHINA.-Negotiatio
| continue at Marking between represent
! atives of the Toxic and Marking gov
ernments respecting the individual mat
| tiers issued between those governments,
whereof the most important Is the Chi
nese tariff. It is probably correct to say
that Japan presses her claims on other
issues Gas, the TSinan business the
Shantung Railroad, etc. chiefly by way
of bargaining points" in relation to the
| grand issue. AS every one knows, of all
the treaty powers Japan stands to lose
most by the proposed upward revision
of the Chinese tariff.
| X X X X
UNITED STATES.--On January %,
addressing the sixteenth meeting OF the
business organization of the Govern
ment, the President reviewed the
achievements of the administration OF
seven and one-half years under the
budget system. The main point driven
home in his speech was that contin-
uance Of national prosperity Is depend