Evening star., 1929-06-30

tag failed to provide the two-thirds
majority necessary to renewal Of the
famous law for the protection of the
republic" the most striking clause of
which in effect forbids residence in Ger
many of the former Kaiser. Renewal
was voted 263 to 1865, just short of the
required two-thirds. Having so acted,
Unless renewed, the law lapSes on July
%. The government announces that it
will submit a new bill of the same
complexion as the present law. Con-
ceivably its enactment will depend on
satisfaction of Germany's pressing de-
mandS upon the allies on several heads
That was an interesting observation
made by DR.. Stresemann, the German
fore gn minister, the other day in the
course of debate in the Reichstag.
Count WeStarp, the ferocious leader of
the Nationalists. had in his dainty way
declared that Germany was becoming
a colony OF France and of Great
Britain.
No" replied Stresemann, 1--WE are
not colony of Frenchmen and English
men. To me it seems doubtful whether
all Europe is not in danger of becom-
ing colony of those who are luckier
than we. The fact that the colonists
sat down together to work out ameliora-
not give them amel!oration-that is
something that cannot be removed from
the history OF the Paris negotiations"
Or. Hllferding. German finance min
lster, declared the other day that for
1929 Germany stands to liquidate a
burden entailed by the war of about
$500, ,000, 900 marks (about 81 l,O8O, ,OOO,-
OOO; ,5o0,000,o00 for reparations, the
rest for pensions, care of wounded
soldiers, etc.
CHINA.-So the difficulty between
Chang Kai-Shek and Feng Yu-Hsiang
has been composed. Evidently Feng
decided that the odds against him were
too great, despite the benevolence of
MOSCOW. But Chang is magnanim0lls,
he allows his rival to save his face The
latter is not merely permitted to travel
abroad for his health, according to the
delightful Celestial formula, but he is
invited to serve his country still in an
important capacity. He is to be named
special investigation commissioner of
foreign economic affairs for the Nam
king government" and he is to be
allowed magnificent sum for travelling
expenses and by way of douceur. In
some ways, indeed, China retains the
grand style.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The victory of the Columbia Varsity
eight at Poughkeepsie on June "a in the
most fantastic of boat races was we'll
earned by superb workmanship. Ow-
ing to sundry delays the crews did not
get away until 1t was almost completely
dark, and in the course of the race four
crews (those of California, Syracuse,
Cornell and the Massachusetts, Institute
OF Technology were swamped and the
oarsmen had to swim for their lives.
Columbia thus crowned what was per-
haps the most glorious seasons record
on the water ever made by the Ameri-
150-pound crew won the Harlow eight's
challenge cup on the English Thames,
and its prospects look good for winning
the grand challenge cup at Henley.
Merger is announced of the Wright
Aeronautical Corporation, the Curtiss
Aeroplane Motor Co. and the Keystone
Aircraft Goa tremendous affair
The Department of Commerce esti-
mates that American tourists spent over
$500, 100000 in foreign countries last
year. We received In war-debt pay
ments of 1928 something over $200. .000,-
600. But to juxtapose these figures. as
people are doing. is silly. A sensible
comparison would be between the total
net profit to Europe for our tourists
expenditures and the total paid on war
debt acceptanceS. Our tourists get ap-
proximate value for their money; the