Evening star., 1929-12-01

COW. But it is quite possible that this
Is only Save-face, even possible that
Marking was privily consenting to Muk-
denS action. At any rate, It seems
very probable that it will acQuiesce in
the development. The indication Is
that the powers appealed to by Nam
king will consider that the situation has
so framed itself as no longer to call
for their of1lces.
The reader is requested to regard the
above notes on the Sino- Russian dis
ing an attempt to feel my way through
the murk.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Senator Francis Emroy Warren Of
"The Father of the Senate" having
served uninterruptedly in that body for
more than "a years. He served four
years in the Civil War, enliSting at 18,
and winning the Congressional Medal
of Honor, born and raised" in MaSSa-
chusetts, he went to Wyoming as q
pioneer In 1868. He served several
years as Governor of Wyoming Ter
ritory, and was the first Governor of
Wyoming State. Wyoming has ap-
propriately named her loftiest mountain
Tin the Windy River Range) for this
her most distinguished son. Senator
Warren had large business interests,
chiefly In Wyoming, where he owned
more land and live stock than any
other person.
THE ANTARCTIC.-At S:2s pm,
November % l0:29 pm. New York
time), Comdr. Byrd takes of from
Little America, Antarctica (Bay Of
Whales, Ross Sea-, pointed for the
South Pole, 7s0 miles away. The
redoubtable Balchen is at the controls.
and the huge Ford plane, the Floyd
Bennett, carries also Radioman June
and Capt. Ashley g. Mckinley, photog-
rapher and surveyor. It Is necessary
to climb $4,000 feet to Surmount the
mountain barrier between the base and
the vast polar plateau, which itself is
about 5000 feet high. But here is a
happy consideration. The foot of the
mountains is less than 400 miles from
the Pole. The going should be simple,
over comparatively low and level
ground, till the mountains (Queen Maud
Range) are reached, and eight supply
depotS have been established at regular
intervals in straight line from Little
America to the foot Of the mountains.
The weather Is divine for the start,
and there Is promise of good metero-
logical conditions ahead. Win or lose,
this is one Of the supreme aventures.
The commander carries food for
three months, and suitable equipment
against the possibility of forced land
ing, including clothing, camping and
travelling outfits, etc.
Well, they did 1t, arriving back at
Little America on November 20, having
made the round trip in 18 hours and
SO minutes. including an hour for re-
fueling at depot No. near the north
foot of the mountains. Comdr. Byrd
has clinched the immortality achieved
by. his north polar flight. It was
Tight to get over the mountains. I'VE
had to dump month and half of
food to do it," says the commander
1T was nip and tuck all the way"
NOTES.-The new Australian labor
government has decided to abolish COM
pulsory military training in the COM
substituting volunteer train
ing, with ample encouragement for
flying and rife clubs"
The Jaspar cabinet of Belgium, rep
a Catholic-Liberal coalition
(76 Catholics and % Liberals, together
a majority of the chamber) has re-
signed. M. JaSpar is chairman of The
Hague conference, SO that. presumably,
unless M. JaSpar succeeds himself as
Belgian premier. The Hague conference
will have to find a new chairman.
Rykov, Tomsky and Bukharin, chief
spokesmen of the right inclination"
lleresy within the Russian Communist
party have made confession Of their
sin, have recanted their hereSy and all
is now harmony within the party. The
last remnant of bourgeois" sentiment
has been derancinated No member of
the party hereafter will express, how
ever he may feel, doubt of the success
of the f1ve-year plan. The drive for
socialiation Of agriculture gathers
strength.