Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
The Story the Week Has Told

move vigorously for changes in the
electoral law. In the recent elections
increasing their popular vote over the
1924 showing by 100000, the Liberals
won only IL additional seats in the
Commons, whereas the Laborites. in
creasing their popular vote by 1890, 900,
won 100 additional seats.
But what changes? Proportional rep
reSentation or the. alternative vote
method would definitely end the two
party system.
The home of Charles Darwin for the
last 40 years Of his life, namely. Down
House, near Orpington, in Kent, has
been converted into a public memorial.
It has been very exactly restored. in
Guiding, in particular the study in
which THE Origin of Species" was
written.
The idea finds favor in Canada of
an imperial economic conference Ito
study means of diverting to the empire
f400,000.00 annual trade with the
United States"
FRANCE.-Louis Loucheur, French
minister of labor, renews the plea which
he made several years ago at the in
ternational economic conference In
Geneva for an economic united states
of Europe. Ever more multitudinous
grows the chorus chanting song with
that refrain. Where art thou. Count
Coudenhove- Kalergi, who in thy book
"Pan- Europa" didSt argue so powerfully
for that idea?
M. Loucheur did not put the case
badly In an after-dinner speech the
other day, as follows:
I'VE have before us the United States
o young, active and energetic Nation
with vast homogeneous territory, and
BY that I do not mean that we should
organize to combat the United States
but we should organize a European
economic unit to treat with America foI
reciprocity, which will enable all to CO.
operate in world production"
TTALY.-Here is good news for tour.
lists. An expenditure of the equivalent
of about $4,000 900 for improvement OF
old and construction Of new roads In
Italy has been authorized. The most
striking item of the new construction
planned is a fine automobile highway tc
start at Ventimiglia and run eastward
to where the Ligurian coast turns
south (taking In San Reno and Genoa)
and thence to follow the western coast
south along the entire length of the
peninsula to the TOE of the Boot" al
the Strait of Messina taking in Pisa
Civita, Vecchia, Rome, Naples anc
Salerno).
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CHINA.-On July ii the Chinese gov
eminent severed diplomatic relations
with the Soviet Russian government
and the Manchurian authorities tool
complete possession of the Chimes
Eastern Railway (by treaty previously
under Joint Sine Russian controD, ovel
800 officials, including all the impor'
tant Russian railway executives ant
trade union officials being arrested anc
deported to Siberia, while Chinese sol
diers closed all the important Russian
offices. The new Chinese manager
states that red Russian employees OF tht
railroad will be replaced by white Rus
SLAMS or Russians naturalized as Chinese
The Chinese charge that the Russian
railway officials have infringed the 1921
agreement providing for joint contro
by usurping almost complies control
But a still more important charge find.
expression as follows in an ofncia
communique:
Soviet Communist propaganda
through all agencies connected with TIT
railway is proved by documentary EVIL
dence seized in the recent raid OF thu
Soviet consulate generalsin Harbin."
The communicate adds:
III Russia resorts TO Teta1tat0Fl