Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-24

der Marking, governor of the Picking
area, Chang Hsueh Liang, super
Tuchun of Manchuria, and Chang
Tsung Chang that Celestial flower OF
infamy. Rumors hurtle terrifically In
all directions
Late dispatches indicate that fighting
of some Importance is going on along
the borders of Human and Kiangsi
provinces. The reader will recall that
some weeks ago Gen. LII ii Ping. the
governor of Human province, appointed
by the Marking government, was after
some fighting, elected by Gen. Yeh Chi,
who was backed by the Wuhan Kiangsu
group and usurped the governorship or
Tuchunship of Human. Marking is sup
porting LII I'll Ping in the effort to re-
cover his position, and Wuhan is REIN
forcing Yeh Chi. Hence the fighting.
which. according to the dispatches, is
going in favor of Yeh Chi.
F. W. Maze an EngliShmln. former
~ commissioner OF customs at Shang-
hal. has been appointed inspector gen.
eral of Chinese customs, in succession
to A. II. F. Edwardes. who. in February.
1927, succeeded Sir France Anglen, who
had been ousted by Chang Tso Lin.
The inspectorate general is being moved
from Peking to Marking. Mr.. Edwardes
could never quite adapt himself to the
new order of things in China. while
Mr. Maze has shown himself somewhat
ostentatiously friendly toward it. Mr..
Edwardes steadily protested that by
reason of the changes really efficient
management of the customs administra-
ton had become impossible. Mr.. Maze
has been in the customs service for over
a quarter of century. There seems
little doubt that the Marking govern
ment contemplates elimination. at no
distant date. of foreign control from the
customs administration. 1t will be re-
called that such control was instituted
about so years ago. at the instance of
the imperial Manchu government, its
function of safeguarding the foreign
debts secured on the customs being In
cidental
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gov. Henry S. Johnston of Oklahoma
has been found guilty by the State
Senate court of Impeachment on the
charge of general incompetency" and
has been removed from office. I'M
parchment of the governor Is an old,
old story in Oklahoma.
The late Congress deserves gratitude
for It's legislation insuring preservation
of the forests in the Yosemite National
Park, and for the enlargement of that
park to include some especially flne
stands Of the sugar pine: also for the
act creating the Teton National Park in
South Dakota, and for the migratory
game refuge act. With proper admins
tration, there should be no further dew
aStation of the forests in any of the
national parks.
It is expected that air mail service
between the United States and Brazil
via the Antilles will be installed with
in a few months. In its third annual
report the Federal Oil Conservation
Board emphasizes the obvious fact that
we are exhausting our petroleum re-
sources at dangerous rate. Our best
petroleum experts figure that our oil
reserves are only Is per cent OF those
of the world.
In 1928 in New York State about
SO, 900 persons were injured in auto
mobile accidents About 800 children
we're killed and nearly 10000 were in
jured while playing in the streets. Says
the official report: Practically all of
the accidents could have been avoided
or minimized If the driver had not been
driving his car at a high rate of speed"
A committee of jurists appointed by
the Council of the League OF Nations to
Draw up terms under which our Govern
ment might adhere to the World Court
has adopted draft protocol which Is
said to correspond almost exactly to the
formula" proposed by Elihu Root.
The only absolutely authentic infOr-
nation of importance that we have to
date respecting the proceedings of the
International experts comittee which. sit
ting at Paris, is working with a view to
revision of the Dawes plan. Is In the
form of communicate issued by that
body on March 8, presenting in outline