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


GREAT BRITAIN.-On July King
George and Queen Mary celebrated their
thirty-seventh wedding anniversary.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Is dead at
II. Few creations of modern days have
given more entertainment than the
Sherlock Holmes stories.
The Macdonald government has its
hands full, very full, over a number of
observation-disclosures naval construc-
ton, coal mining legislation, income
tax legislation, etc. It is less vexed
by the opposition proper than by the
left wing of the Labor party itself. One
hears that the important education bill
is to be dropped.
On July 8 the Macdonald government
escaped defeat by margin of only
three votes in q division on q Liberal
amendment to the finance bill. It was
saved because q number of Liberals re-
fused to follow Lloyd George.
In a parliamentary bye election in
Glasgow the other day the Labor can
didate beat the Conservative candidate
by only 1876 votes, as against the late
John Wheatley's Gabor) majority of
6724 in the previous election in that
division.
In a parliamentary bye election in
North Norfolk on July 10 the Labor
candidate won by ITO votes against the
Conservative candidate, whereas in the
previous election the Labor candidate
obtained plurality of 1883.
The Wimbledon tournament this year
was, so to speak, mostly an American
affair, its most striking feature being
the recovery, after nine years, by Will
liam T. Tilden of the singles champion
ship. The process involved the elimina-
ton Of the great Frenchmen, Cochet
and Borotra. The former seems a good
deal off his game this year, while the
younger Americans are coming on fast.
It was Allison who put Cochet out and
who faced Tiiden In the finals. The
victory must have been inexpressibly
sweet to Tilden; the history Of athletics
shows few such comebacks. OF course,
Mrs. Moody once more won the wonl-
ems singles.
On July 8 King George officially
opened the superb new India House on
the Strand in London, designed by Sir
Herbert Baker, architect of many OF
the buildings of new Delhi Indian
princes and princesses in gorgeous array
gave color to the ceremonies. The King
repeated that plea for a wider SYM
pathy" between the British and Indian
peoples to which he gave voice in India
on his visit to that country a quarter
VI d CcIltuIy ago.
Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire,
near Sherwood Forest, once the home
OF Lord Byron, has been bought by Sir
Julien Calm and is to be presented by
him to the British nation as q national
memorial. The abbey was established
in ITO and in 1888, upon the breaking
up OF the m0naSueries, was bestowed by
Henry VIII upon "Sir John Byron with
the great beard.''
BELGIUM.-The American visitor to
Europe this Summer will do well to
have Belgium feature Importantly IN
his plans. Belgium is celebrating 100
years of Belgium independence by way
OF a number of exhibitions. Thirty
countries have exhibits in the Antwerp
Colonial and Maritime Exposition. This
is mostly commercial and industrial in
character. but it has an extraordinarily
attractive feature in Reconstruction"
OF old Flemish and Walloon houses,
shops, cafes, ETC., with their occupants"
dressed, Of course, to the time.
Brussels and Mons have picture exhi-
bitions-that at Brussels said to be
the finest collections of Belgian paint
1ngs ever assembled"-and the contri-
button of Belgian painters to the worlds
artistic output is something. At Lege
there Is . notahle exhibit Of ARTS and