Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23

and there will be associated with him
M. Surraut, minister of marine, an able
old hand, and M. Lamoureux minister
Of colonies, deputy Of limited expert
ence. I merely glance at the gossip to
the effect that such a contamination
thered, by BRAND.
1t is to be hoped that the new gov
eminent will happily falsify general ex-
pectations; for 1t has not q look of eff
cheney or strength, only few of its
members (including IL underSecre-
taries). having enjoyed extensive ex-
perience or demonstrated marked
ability
M. Chautemps is As years of age and
has been deputy on and off since 1919
He has held cabinet office briefly. He
does not, we hear, propose to repeat
M. Tardieus fatal error of absenting
himself from the capital. No doubt, it
was a magnanimous error in M. Tardieu
to assume a truce OF faction over the
period of delicate international negotia-
ton. but it was fatal error neverthe-
less
The reader Is advised, should M
Chautemp's combination be accepted by
the Chamber, to keep his eye on ensuing
financial developments.
RUSSIA.-Membershi in the Com
muniStic party is restricted to professed
atheists and one of the chief Soviet
slogans is Religion, an opiate for the
people"
Can the Bolshevists put 1t over their
resolve, namely, to deracinate the old
religions from Russia-the Orthodox,
the Roman Catholic, the Mohammedan,
the Jewish? OF the one hundred
and fifty or so million people Of the
Russian there must be still a hundred
million who adhere to the Orthodox
Church. at least fifteen million pious
Mohammedans, more than three million
protesting Jews. History has shown
that religious beliefs expand under per-
you know. The Bolsheviks have taken
on large order.
CHINA.-The prospect of revival of
the same old story in China, once the
rigorS OF Winter are relaxed, seems
favorable. At present hostilities are
mostly confined to Logomachy. The
other day Yen Hsi-Shan, the model
governor" sent a telegram to change
Kai-Shek, head of the Marking govern
ment, calling on him to resign and retire
piled Indignantly.
An agreement between the Chinese
and British governments providing for
retroceSsion to China of the Weihaiwei
leasehold, awaits contamination. The
town of Weihaiwei the bay with its
Islands, and strip of land 10 miles
wide edging the bay, were leased to
Great Britain in 1898 by the then
Chinese government
A bill of rights" is under considera-
ton by the central political council at
Marking.
X X
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Walter Hines Page School of inter-
national relations at Johns Hopkins is
to be set going at once, Owen D. Young,
chairman Of the board of trustees, hav-
ing announced that an annual sum of
$4,000 over the next three years Is as
sured, with good prospects Of an ade-
quate endowment for the period there
after. John Van A. MacMurray, until
the other day Minister to China, is
director Of the new institution, which is
the only one of its kind In the world.
Says DR.. Joseph S. Ames, president of
Johns Hopkins:
THE primary purpose of the school
Is to provide an opportunity for re-
search, with a view to ascertaining the
fundamental conditions of international
life. Its secondary purpose is the train
ing OF teachers and advanced instruc-
ton to q limited number Of we'll
qualified students. Provisions should
be made for publication of the investi-
cations carried on"