Evening star., 1930-06-22

port, soon to appear. Sir William Bird
wood, commander in chief of the forces
in India, declares that the Indian con-
tingentS are entirely loyal. In their
extensive employment of mendacious
propaganda the Swarajists are paying
the West the f1attery of imitation.
Lord Irwin has announced that gen.
eral elections for a new legislative as
sembly will be held in September, that
the council Of state will soon be dis
solved, and that elections to a new
council will be held concurrently with
the elections to a new assembly.
The rainy season has halted the raids
on the salt works. The disobedience
movement is now concentrating on tax
evasion and the government is dealing
vigorously Herewith, attaching NOV
able property of evaders, etc.
CHINA.-Dispatches of June II told
of success Of the drive toward Wuchang
(after capture of Yochow) of the chief
Of the three Notwithstanding columns
Of force of the Kwangsi group. But re-
ports of June II told different story,
rout Of these Southerners, the fugitives
betaking themselves toward Nanchang
and Kiukiang, recovery by the National
lists, apparently commanded by Chang
Kai-Shek in person, of Yochow, even Of
Changsha. Dispatches relating to the
Northern battlefield are conflicting, as
usual.
Again our old friend WI Pei Fu
comes into the picture, announcing from
his retreat in far Szechwan that he pro-
poses to go down to Hankow and medi-
ate, forcibly mediate, or something of
that sort. Sun Chuan Feng is also alive
and kicking somewhere.
Y X
UNITED STATES.-On June IA the
House passed the Hawley-Smoot tariff
bill, 222 to 153. On the 18th the Presi-
dent signed it. To put 1t softly, Europe
is profoundly displeaSed.
w. Cameron Forbes of Boston, one
time governor general of the Philip
pines, has been nominated by President
Hoover to be our Ambassador to Japan.
On June 16 Elmer Sperry, the in
ventor, died in his 10th year. He took
out nearly 400 patents, several for in
ventions of quite extraordinary i'm
portance, and was, indeed, a very great
inventor. He invented the gyro COM
pass, eliminating the variations due to
the earth's magnetism; Metal Nike"
the automatic steersman, which keeps
a ship on a set course; the gyroscopic
device for stabilizing shpis, airplanes
and aerial torpedoeS, ETC., says Secretary
of the Navy Adams.
''It Is safe to say that no one Amer
lean has contributed so much to our
naval technical progress"
We are all following with eager inter-
est the struggle among sundry yachts
for the honor of defending the Amer
ica's Cup against the effort of Sir
Thomas Lipton's Shamrock v to re-
cover the famous trophy for old Eng
land. Four new boats have been built
for said honor, and the trial contests
began on May IL, when the new Enter
prise beat the glorious old Resolute, the
next day beating, though less decisively,
the Vanitie, the Resolute's unsuccessful
competitor for the role of defender
against Shamrock w, but since then
generally successful in numerous races
with the Resolute. OF the new boats
Weetamoe and Enterprise have shown
up best to date. The old Vanitie and
Resolute are plainly outclassed, though
the former has CALAMITY hustled her
self for ancientry.
John Hays Hammond, jr., announces