Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
BY HENRY w. BUM.

The following is brief summary OF
the most important news Of the world
for the seven days ended June l.
GREAT BRITAIN.-King George is
seriously i'll again.
In the general elections of May 80
the Laborites won a mighty victory,
but lacked a majority.
The Duke of Gloucester, third son
of King George, has just ended visit
to Japan in the interest of Anglo-Jap-
anese cordial relations, sailing for Van
couver He was entertained with Of
fetal magniflcence.
On May rs 10000 London hobbies"
paraded in celebration of the Tooth
anniversary of the establishment, by
Sir Robert Peel, of the metropolitan
| police, the most efficient police force
in the world. 1t is now commanded
by Viscount Byng
GERMANY-The experts commit
tee at Paris dealing with the German
reparations problem) achieved great
/ was reached on the very important
point of the date from which the
Dawes plan schedule of annuities
should cease to run, and the date from
which the new schedule of annuities
| should commence to run, respectively.
| 1t seems to be agreed that the Dawes
plan schedule shall pass into limbo on
August 81, 1929. and that the Young
plan schedule shall take effect on Sep
TENDER !, 1929. There had been dis
cussion of some curious scheme of
| overlapping)
Word has just arrived of compost
| ton con the balance. favorable to Ger
many respecting all but two of the
| Sundry German reservations and con-
ditionS, and it seems probable that by
| the time this is read complete accord
will have been struck.
! No doubt the reader noted with salts
faction the notification by our Govern
ment (acting, apparently on. sugges-
! ton from Mr.. Young. chairman OF the
| experts committee), of its assent Sub
! ject TO the approval by Congress- 10
the proposal that payment OF the total
due us from Germany upon the ac-
| count Of the cost OF our Army OF Occu-
! patton and to liquidate the awards OF
I the Mixed Claims Commission) the
spread over a longer period of years
than as contemplated under the Paris
agreement of January, 1925 providing
| for distribution of the Dawes plan an
nuities). My understanding is that the
| total, present value, receivable by us
| from Germany would, by the proposed
new arrangement, be cut by about per
| cent, amount Que creators unoeI tne
awards of the Mixed Claims Commission
not to be affected. The total proposed
| to be sacrificed by us Is comparatively
small, but the offer is thought to have
been notably reassuring to our allied
| debtors.
CHINA-For weeks Chang Kai-Shek,
head of the Nationalist (Nanking) gov
eminent, and Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang,
super -tuchun Of the provinces of Honan,
ShenSi and Kansu. had been exchang-
| ing Enthusiastically celestial kilograms
and issuing manifestoes of like bouquet,
each accusing the other of perfidy, pee
ulation and "sic things" The world
was beholden to these heroes, for they
showed themselves supreme artists i'll
elegantly mendacious vituperation and
innuendo. The Marking government
had buttressed its charges by publica-
ton of documents purporting to ema-
nate from the Central Political Council
at Moscow, offering Muscovite support
TO Feng in an attempt to overthrow the
Marking regime. and stating that on
March Is a first CONSIGNMENT Of arms