Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
BY HENRY w. BUM.

(The following is brief summary of
the most important news of the world
for the seven days ended october 12.)
FRANCE.-Paul Painleve, French
minister of war, informed the finance
committee of the French Chamber the
other day that complete realization Of
the plan for reorganization of the de-
tense system of the French northern
and eastern frontiers would require
four more years and expenditure of an
additional $500 100000 francs, though
the most important features would be
completed within 18 months. He added
that government experts were diligently
engaged in research work and expert
ment respecting chemical and other
advanced methods of warfare"
In his fight from lie Bourget to
Manchuria 0ack of fuel finally forcing
descent) Capt. Coste of France made a
new nonstop record of 1888 miles.
Capt. Coste's plane is picturesquely
named Question Mark There's the
answer record beating by 1910 miles
the previous record, made by Ferrarin
and del Prato in flight from Italy to
Brazil. The average time was ia
miles per hour.
RUSSIA-The world will await with
profound interest the results of the
labors of commission of experts which
recently left Moscow for a study, to
cover two years or more, of the
economic possibilities of Northeast
Siberia: /. e., roughly, the Russian ter
ritories on the Sea of Okhotsk and
Boring Sea. bounded on the west and
northwest by the Stanovoi range, and
including Kamchatka, Primorskaya, and
he ~ af CoL IN Tel
The experts were to go by the
Siberian Railway to Khabarovsk, on the
Amur. thence by boat on the Amur
to Nikolaievsk. at its mouth. From
Nikolaievsk they will cross the strait
of Tartary to Alexandrovsk, on Sakhalin
Island. 1t will be recalled that by the
treaty of Portsmouth Russia ceded to
Japan the part of this island north
of the fiftieth parallel. The only COM
pletely ascertained riches of Northern
Sakhalin are the magnificent fisheries
and the abundant timber. Some coal
and gold have been found and i'm
portant oil deposits, for part of which
latter a Japanese company has con-
cession.
From Sakhalin the experts will pro-
coed by steamer along the coast of the
Sea of Okhotsk to Ayan, which is des-
tinued to be the port for the Valley OF
the Lena, famed Tor gold. a GOOD road
between Ayan and Yakutsk on the Lena
$500 miles, is future labor. A little
| farther along the coast is Okhotsk. a
town of considerable Importance
hitherto the port for Yahutsk, with
which there is communication by dog
and reindeer sleds.
Thence on and on till the Peninsula
of Kamchatka is reached, which is Il
| be the chief scene of the commission's
labors Iron, copper, oil, coal, Ignite
! and gold are known to exist; it will be
! for the commission to determine guam
tity, quality and eXploitableness. No
doubt the seal fisheries will be surveyed
especially the famed ones of the Com
| mander Island. off the eastern coast
| OF Kamclls tka. end bclike even the
grim coast of the Gulf of Anadyr will
| be summoned to confession. Moscow
needs moro than the wealth of Ormus
and of Ind to finance its economic pro-
grams: let us hope that the commission
headed by Tomachev will reveal the
same.
Andreas Bubanov, the Russian COM
naissar OF education, makes the astound-
ing announcement that within the last
nine months SO Soviet teachers and
cultural workers" have been killed BY
villagers who distaste their activities
while as many more were attacked Of
prosecuted.
Bubanov goes on to say that recent