Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30

T%HE following Is BRIEF summary
of the most important news of
the world for the seven days
ended March 20.
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF
| NATIONS.-The demolished wing OF
Sulgrave Manor House, the North
amptonshire home of the ancestors OF
George washington, has been recon-
structed as faithfully as may be and
the north wing has been scrupulously
restored"
IT'S a gabled. Uncovered, two-story
building of simple dignity. The prize
rooms are the tagged kitchen, with its
meat-jack, and the Darkroom" walls,
ceiling and floor all of magnificent pol
ished wood. The grounds have been
| replanted with trees Gncluding an APP
| pie orchard of three acres inclosed by
| flowers, and the lawns have been put
in tiptop condition. Ivy from Mount
Vernon has been planted on one side
! of the huose. In the near distance is
| seen the square tower of the church
! in which the builder of the house,
Lawrence Washington, and his wife,
Amy, rest, and only a few hundred
| yards away is the little hamlet of Sui
| grave, secluded from the worlds dust"
| place of pilgrimage for Americans in
England and a symbol of the kinship
of the two peoples"
! Admiral Sir Frederick Field succeeds
Sir Charles Madden as first sea lord.
| The total of unemployed among the
! registered workers of Great Britain
has risen alarmingly above ,600,0
| On March % William T. CoSgrave,
| President of the executive council of
/ T,-4- Ankn i.4z
! Cthe executive counciD resigned, after
! holding the power for over seven years
the longest life of any European cabi-
! net since the war. This action was a
consequence of the passing by the Dali
1 Eireann on the previous evening of an
| amendment to the old age pension bill
offered by the Fianna Fail party The
| amendment was passed by very mar
| row margin, because of slack attend
ance by supporters OF the government.
! The Dali will vote for a President on
the coming Wednesday, and with full
attendance of his supporters reelection
| of Mr.. Cosgrave seems fairly assured.
] He would at once insist on a new vote
I on the amendment referred to, as he
| strongly contends that the country
cannot, in its present economic condi-
ton, afford the additional expenditure
carried thereby ($3,75O,00O). The
|
de Valera, and the Labor party T. j.
OConnell, for President.
Mr.. Cosgrave's party, the Cuman-
na-Gaedheal, or League of the Gael
has SO members in the Dali, as against
81 for the Fianna Fail, Is for the Labor
party moderate in policy, 6 for the
Farmers party, 2 for the National
League and IL independents. My un-
derStanding is that Mr.. CoSgraVe has
! kaI CT fU
Farmers party and the independents.
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FRANCE.-Five hundred years age
died one of the most romantic figures
in the saecular choir of poets, namely
Alain Charter. His La Belle Dame
Sans Merci' was precursor, If only ir
title, of Keats immortal ballad so en-
titled. 1T was translated into English
in 1640). He was of good family, 9
university man and much in employ
ment by the court. His place is high
among disinterested patriots, If only g
mediocre one in literature. BY reason
of several fierce satireS in which he
laid bare the abuses of the feudal army
and the sufferings of the peasants
fiercely attacked the vices of nobility
and clergy and winded Fontarabiar
blast against the national enemy. (This
was after Agincourt, when he was act
ing as secretary to the dauphin. latel
Charles VII) But his immortality de-
rives from the famous story of how
once as he lay alseep, Margaret Of Scot
land stopped and kissed his lips. Tt
translate Margaret's explanation to the
astonished attendants, "the precious
mouth from which has issued so many
beautiful sayings and virtuous senti
ments." The story gains immensely IL
piquancy from the fact that Charter
was reputed quite the ugliest man o.
! his time.
GERMANY.-On March 81 the coali