Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13

Unrest boils up fiercely again among
the trlbesmen OF the border.
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CHINA-I told last week Of a re-
ported cleanup by Nationalist forces
of the bandits south Of the Yangtze.
The Nationalist success seems to have
been exaggerated. A report of July 4
tells how bandits recaptured Yochow
Con the Yangtze southwest Of WI
chang) and looted and burned most of
the town, and later reports indicate
that banditry RACES as fiercely as ever.
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GREENLAND.-OnJ July the Quest,
Sir Ernest Shackleton's old flagship,
left London bound for the Farce Is
lands, Iceland and Greenland. having on
board the Is members of the British
Arctic air route expedition, who will
explore the Greenland ice cap with a
view to establishing an Arctic air route
from Great Britain to Canada. The
explorers are all youngsters-noto one
over 20 years old. The Quest Is only
ITO tons. She carries a Norwegian
crew Of 10, two De Haviland moth air
planes, two motor boats, dozen sleds
penmican for dogs and 5000 of better
quality for men, planks for Winter
house, etc. Forty-nine dogs will be
picked up at the Farce Islands.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
On July the President issued a procla-
nation directing the Senate to con-
vene in special session on July 7 fol
consideration of the London naval
treaty, and the Senate met as directed
The first official races of the -four
yachts, Yankee, Weetamoe, WhirlwinC
and Enterprise, which are candidates
for the honor of defending the Amer.
ica's Cup against the Shamrock v, tool
place OF Newport on July z. The
Weetamoe raced the Whirlwind and beat
her handily, the Yankee, the Boston
boat, with Secretary of the Navy Charles
F. Adams at the helm Gin the last cur
series he skippered the Resolute), raced
the Enterprise and beat her by about
two minutes. The course was Is miles
to windward and back. Light airs.
The next day (same course) the
Whirlwind easily beat the Yankee, and
the Weetamoe just made 1t against the
Enterprise. Puffy airs.
On the 9th (Same course), in light
wavering airs, the Enterprise gave the
Whirlwind u bad beating, and the
Weetamoe moderately outsailed the
Yankee. The Enterprise was easily the
best of the four on the wind. The next
day, over a triangular course of &c
miles (the first trial in reaching), with
a 12-mile breeze, the Enterprise beat
the Yankee by "a seconds, and the
Weetamoe beat the Whirlwind by IS
seconds.
On the 18th (same course) the Yankee
beat the Whirlwind by minute and IS
seconds. The Weetamoe and Enterprise
were pitted against each other. The
Enterprise was leading in a 17-mile
breeze when the Weetamoe's mainsai
ripped and she was out of 1t. Harold S
Vanderbilt, the Enterprises skipper, de.
clined victory on such terms and with.
drew his boat.
NOTES.-The Spanish government
announced that elections to a new
Cortes will take place on December /.
Another little Portuguese plot, aimed
to overthrow the dictatorship of PreSi.
dent Oscar Carmona" and headed BY
a Monarchist, was nipped in the bud
The dictatorship, now four years old
claims to have bestowed great materia
blessing on Portugal, balanced budget
government loans oversubscribed, better
business, ETC., but the other day 1t gavt
a hint of restoration of constitutions
normality" The plotters took up TIT
idea, so to speak.
A new Serbian patriarch has beer
enthroned most tremendously.
Jonas Tubeles, premier of Lithuania
since the resignation of Voldemaras or
September 19, 1929, is charged with
being no less oppressive of communism
socialism, even moderate liberalism