Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
BY HENRY w. BUM.

The following is brief summary OF
the most important news OF the worlo
for the seven days ended May IL:
THE BRITISH EMPEROR May
10 Parliament was dissolved. There
are 1885 candidates for the SIS seats
Of the next House of Commons, $50
Conservatives, $50 Laborites, 493 Lib
erals, "a Communists, and 81 others.
There are 81 woman candidates, In
Guiding % Laborites, 25 Liberals, 3
Conservatives, 2 Communists, and l in
dependent. Among the Conservative
candidates are peeresses and Miss
Margaret Bevan. one-time lord mayor
of Liverpool The Labor candidates IN
clude several titled ladies. Among the
Liberal candidates are Mrs. waiter
Runciman and Mrs. MaSterman, wives
of distinguished public men, and Miss
Megan Lloyd George, daughter OF the
doughty Welshman.
mentioned in a previous issue the
institution of q regular air mail pas
senger service between London and
Karachi. On the seaplane stretch be-
tween Genoa and Alexandria, stops are
made at Corfu, Athens and Suda Bay.
The fare Cncluding hotel rooms and
meals Is $500, London to Alexandria,
FRANCE.-France continues to cele-
brate the fifth centenary of Joan OF
Arcs great year. On Tuesday was re-
enacted here entrance into Orleans,
held by Dunois and besieged by the
British. A lady related to the maid
bv collateral descent, Mile. Nicole
Chavane de Dalmassi, clad in full
armor, with white and gold banner
in her right hand, riding black steed
(but presumably not, except in color.
like that one which mounted the maid.
80 malicious that no man dared to-
ride it'O, and accompanied by piano.
piled knights, rode into the stored city.
o shades Of Ladies Dead and Lovely
knights"
The municipal elections Of May re-
suited satisfactorily to the government.
To be sure, the Communists held their
own, but the Radical Socialists suffered
considerable losses. Moreover, the
autonomists In Alsace were overwhelm-
ingly beaten.
CHINA.-Theres another little kick
up in China. It will be recalled how
the other day Chang Kai-Shek added
greatly to his military renown by
quickly disposing of the So-called
''Wuhan rebellion" Now the most i'm
portant element of the forces Of
the Wuhan group was furnished by
KwangSi Province. at the South of
China, marching with Kwangtung Prov
ince, of which Canton is the capital.
When Hankow fell to the Nationalist
forces, and the Wuchan army was dis
persed. the Kwangsi warriors made the
best of their way back to KwangSi.
Their losses had probably been slight,
their morale was unimpaired, their spirit
was that of Paul Jones, they had just
begun to fight. They would at once
renew the war upon Chang Kai-Shek
and the Marking nest of renegadeS, of
traitors to the three principles, but
upon better plan. First, they said
let us capture Canton; thereafter as
may seem best.
Their zeal allowed them no rest
AT once three columns were set in
motion, converging upon Canton. At
this moment all three columns are ap-
preaching the walls of the ancient town
The Nationalist garrison Is much less
numerous than the invaders and the
loyalty Of many Is suspected; funk is in
the air. Succor from Marking is not
to be hoped. Having to keep close
watch to the north upon that old fox
Feng Yu-Hsiang. Chang Kai-Shek can
AAOb WCdhCA1 Al1o
Yangtze.
So there you are. Another check to
the Chinese millennium.
Under date of April 81 the Chinese
government dispatched identic notes to
the powers expressing the desire of
China to have the restrictions on its
jurisdictional sovereignty removed at
the earliest possible date"
On May TSinan was evacuated of
japanese troops and garrisoned by
troops of the Nationalist government.
Col. Max Bauer, military adviser to
the Marking government. Is dead of the
smallpox. The remarkable recent sue
cess of the Central governments forces
against those Of the Wuhan inSurgent
group Is largely attributed to him. He
was a distinguished member of the
German general staff during the great
war; was, indeed, Ludendorff's right
hand man and pronounced by him
the shrewdeSt efacer In the German