Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15

through German channels, that the
attacks were by. the way of retaliation
for "19 new attacks by Chinese and
White Russians" and for Chinese SOW
ing of floating mines on the Sungari,
the which. entering the Amur, greatly
endangered navigation of the latter
Our experience of dispatches from that
corner Of the planet is not such as to
justify perfect belief in the reports
above noticed.
Later reports are very vague, but
some credence is permissible to a re-
port that the Chinese positions in the
vicinity of Pogranichnaya have been
abandoned, the troops falling back to
new line crossing the railroad near
Muling, some 40 miles west of Pogran-
ichnaya.
ARGENTINA.-At the instance of
President Irigoyen of Argentina a bill
is about to be submitted to the Argen-
tinian Congress providing for 10-year
program OF highway construction by
the national government, the roads to
be macadam, with concrete foundation
and the expenditure to be about the
equivalent of $4,200,000 yearly. Per-
haps Argentina's greatest need Is of a
good highway system, and realization
thereof should be an economic boon of
the first order. The announcement is
of peculiar interest to American auto
mobile manufacturers.
The population of Argentina is nearly
100000, and that Of Buenos Aires
about 100000. Buenos Aires is be-
ing close pressed for the primacy in
population among South American cit
les by Rio de Janeiro. whose popula-
ton is about 1900 900.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Immediately after receipt, on Septem-
per IL, OF q note from Washington
bearing on the Anglo-American naval
exchanges it was officially announced
from Downing street that Premier Mac
Donald would sail for the United States
on September 20. The presumption is
that tentative Anglo american agree
ment Is IN sight of a nature to Justify
the converting of a five-power naval
conference looking to further consid-
cradle naval reductions by the five
powers.
The Niagara Hudson Power Corp,
formed not long ago by j. P. Morgan
q Co. and associated concerns, has
acquired the properties of the Frontier
Corp, including sites on the st. Law
1000 600 horse power. Before this pur-
chase the Niagara Hudson outfit owned
installations at Niagara Falls and else
where with total capacity of / TOO, 900
horse power. It now controls almost
every important water power site in
New York State.
On September Z, Harrison r. john
ston of st. Paul became the new ma
tional amateur golf champion by de-
feating the redoubtable DR.. o. F. Will
ing of Portland. Ore. In the final on
the Pebble Beach, Calf, course.
1t is a matter of satisfaction to us, If
not to Chinese pundits, that Mr.. Roy
Chapman Andrews has been able to
ship to New York all his specimens
gathered in Mongolia, including one
Of the dainty animal "embolotherium.
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THE LEAGUE noticed in last
weeks issue the speeches of MacDon-
aid and BRAND to the Assembly. On
September Stresemann made his
speech. It was sensible, conciliatory
foreign minister urged the Assembly to
give its required consent to immediate
return Of the Saar Basin to Germany,
by which restoration, he said, liquida-
ton of the war would be completed,
and the way would be opened for CLOSE
and fruitful cooperation between Ger
many and her f,-mer adversaries."
He referred approsingly to Arthur
Henderson's proposed amendments to
articles XII and XIV Of the covenant
with view to bringing them into help
full accord with the Paris pact. and
suggested that similar process be ap-
piled to other provisions OF the cove
nant; but he did not develop the sug-
gestion.
He intitrated the view that BRAND
was Iii advised TO stress sanctions; that
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