Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-28

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~ Parliaments are in.session in many
II the chief capitals of the world, their
members maneuvering either for sched-
suled domestic political campaigns or to
force or avoid such event, according TO
whether they are pro or anti govern
sneYlt. !,
An exception is Italy, where the old
Parliament has passed and the first SET
election under the one-party Fascist
system is in the offing. In Jugoslavia
King Alexander has announced that he
intends to restore the national Legisla-
ture as soon as his dictatorship minis
try can reorganiZe the body polite after
dissolNing all the old political machines.
Japanese Premier on Defensive.
Japan's new Diet, the first under uni
versal manhood suffrage, saw the gov
eminent of Baron .Tanaka on. the de-
fensive early in thesession: The premier
made an important speech at the open
Ing of the Diet, discussing foreign re-
lations at length. He referred to the
United States immigration laws as hav-
ing created a question which still
needed patient treatment.
He also assured the Diet that Man
churia's action in hosting the flag OF
fhe Chinese Nationalist government and
the subsequent events in the territory
ruled formerly by Chang Tso-lin. friend
of Japan, had not changed Toklo's de-
termination to- preserve Japan's Speclai
interests there. Another attempt Is pc
ing made to settle the differences be-
tween the two countries. Hitherto
China has refused to treat unless
Japan first withdrew all her troops
from Shangtung The latest advices
said SHE had modified this to demand
for an absolute guarantee OF evacua"
ton.
Britain and France Have Problem.
Great Britain and France have again
been discussing the boring OF a tunnel
under the English Channel. In former
DAYS this was vetoed by English circles
which had not forgotten the Spanish
armada or Napoleon's planned invasion
of Britain. But the specter of invasion
has been given some luSty Bullets re-
Gently. advocates of the tunnel saying
that recent denominations Of the effi-
cacy of aircraft in attack has laid the
ghost.
Doom Manor has witnessed its an
nual pilgrimage of the lovers of the Ger
man innperialistic regime. Hundred OF
former army officers and representatives
of the old German nobility Journeyed TO
the Holland refuge Of the former
Emperor Wilhelm II and congratulated
him. on his seyentieth birthday ami
versary. "a .-s+' '. "'.1'
Afghan Turmoil Continues.
Afghan, which week before last had
three kings, had virtually none at all
last week, according to, the tenor OF
various dispatches.
Moscow heard that Amanullah had
rescinded his abdication, then it report
ed that the Ja1lalabad tribes, which
Several weeks ago accepted gold from
Amanullah as the price Of renewing al
legiance to him, we're fighting their way
toward Kabui.
British frontier points said that
Bachao Sakao. the water boy" who
drove Inayatullah, brother of Amanul-
lah, from the capital, was helpless In
the face of the responsibilities which
events had thrust upon him, r'.9e.t
Unemployment thrust itself into the
notice of several governments. A march
on london was started from Glasgow,
with auxiliary bodies forming in dozen
other British industrial centers. The
Price Of Wales Is starting today ON a
tour of the distressed mining districts.
In Budapest there we're riotous de-