Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10

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GERMANY.--Yes, indeed, one should
not count ones chickens before they
are Matched. We had been assured
that the German Nationalist had fail
ed by humiliating margin to- secure
the required number of subscriptions
to a petition for reference of their
liberty bill" to the. German people
(the bill which proposes rejection of
the Young plan) should, as seems GER
tain, the Reichstag accept the Young
plan. 1t now turns out that the re-
quired number was, after all, obtained;
just. 1t is. however, alleged that the
Nationalist employed illegal methods
on a considerable scale to obtain sig
natures, and there seems a possibility
that enough will be invalidated to kill
the petition.
DIR. julius Curtius has been appointed
foreign minister of Germany in success
sion to the late DR.. Stresemann, he
had been acting foreign minister since
Stresemann's death. He was an inti-
mate friend of Stresemann and is in
run agreement with the StreSemann
policies He is lawyer by profession
and is said to be a man of culture and
H.,
CurtluS OF the Peoples party, succeeds
the latter as minister OF economy: he
is actively identified with the potash
industry.
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CHINA.-Dispatches of the fourth
instant told of very serious reverse to
Nationalist forces in the vicinity of Lao
Ho-Kan in Northwest Hupeh, while
other dispatches of the same date re-
ported an important Nationalist success
some so miles west of Chenchow in
Honan. Dispatches of the 5th an
nounced Kuominchun victory in the
vicinity OF Yenshi on the Luneiiai Rail-
way, little east of the city of Horan
Whlle otner dispatches of the same date
vaguely indicated success, however, slow
OF the kuominchun thrust down the
Han River. Reports persisted import
ing reasonable defectionS from the Ma
tlonailst cause and loyalties to Marking
maintained only at heavy price.
That important gentleman, Yen Hsi-
Snan, governor of Shansi, seemed to
be sitting on the fence, as usual The
previous weeks announcement from
Nanklng that he had definitely declared
TOT the Nationalist cause and that his
forces, descending from Shansi would
soon be attacking the Kuominchun in
rear, seemed to have been falsified.
Cnougn, on the other hand, one lent a
very oupltating ear to Feng Yu-Hsianes
alleged assertion (said to have been
mace to foreign correspondentSl that
zen was In complete accord with him
10 repeat, Yen seemed to be sitting on
Ine renee as usual, and the thought sup-
seSteo user that 1t might not be too
% Wan,n 70 tne Confucian benevolence of
lens character to conceive that he
t mouiS not De altogether unhappy should
and choke up the yellow springs. thus
olence -'-" OeAieV-
On the whole, things looked rather
oIaGk Tor the Nationalist cause. But a
caDie OF the eighth instant, quoting a
M r news agency, carried an ac-
e eU NJ OF q sweeping Nationalist victory
AL a.. a!ong the lines in Honan and Hupeh
Provinces; $4,000 rebels captured The
reSt IN retreat. Moreover, Yen Hsi-
Snan really mobilizing to attack the
imsi .N OF course, this report.
IlAe AL reports from or as from Chinese
v fronts, decidedly calls for confirma-
Si AS 10 Yen, 1t is reasonable to
suppose tnat II the Nationalist have
won decisive victory, he has fiopped
W TIC nationalist side of the fence.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Inc recent little unpleasantness in wall
1tIeet mas lett many persons sadder,
though, considering the human car
aclty. OF self-gullibility, 1t NAV be
doubted If it has left many wiser on
the other hand, by its destruction of
raise values, it is having q very salu-
tary erect on our general economy and,
through the return to Europe of cap
ital lured hitiher by the preposterous
rates, is Of great benefit to the European
economy.
Jonn V. MacMurray has resigned the
post Of minister to China In order to
join the stan Of Johns Hopkins Uni.
VeHsitY, He has kNAxa.. raapaiakSR "a fSlaiua