Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
{ BY HENRY w. BUM.
following is a brief summary
of the most important news of
the world for the seven days

the world for the seven days
4 ended September 20:
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF
NATIONS show a substan-
tial decrease of drunkenness in Eng
land.
The round table conference on India
is to open in st. James Palace, London,
on October 20.
The new Canadian Parliament, in
special session, is by way of passing an
emergency tariff measure affecting 100
important items, the declared object
being move to stimulate native indus
try, decrease unemployment and con-
serve the Canadian markets for Cana
dian products. General tariff revision
is postponed TO the coming regular
session. The act provides that its ben
ef1ts to producers shall not increase
costs to Canadian consumers. I'm the
event of producers in Canada increas-
ing prices in consequence of the i'm
position Of any duties under the pro-
visions OF this act, the governor, in
council, may reduce or remove such
duty"
The countervailing duties imposed by
the Liberals and criticized by the Con-
ServativeS as placing the making of
the Canadian tariff on the commodities
affected in the hands of the United
States Government are abolished
being replaced by special duties almost
equivalent to those imposed on like
commodities by the United States,
which is-what shall we say?-a less
invidious manner of dealing. OF course,
Washington is very, very much interest
ed in the development, though equally,
of course, there's no such thing as a
tariff war in process or in prospect.
The development is scarcely favorable
to the project of empire free trade. On
September 30 the imperial conference
opens at London, 1t promises to be a
momentous meeting. more correct
name would be conference of the Brit
ish commonwealth of nations" Premier
Hertzog of South Africa is expected to
insist on a direction as to whether or
not member of the commonwealth
has the right to secede therefrom. In
its recent session the British Trades
Union Congress resolved fayorably,
though in vague terms, toward the
project of much closer economic ties
among the members of the British COM
monwealth of nations to involve fiscal
discrimination against the rest of the
planet. The matter is still so much
in the air that the above seems a
sufficiently precise statement of the
congress attitude The grand ques-
ton before the imperial conference is
that of economic relations among mem
bers of the commonwealth. 1t is prob
ably the most important question in
debate in the world.
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GERMANY. The German elections
of September IA resulted in astound-
ing gains for the National Socialist
"Fascists," or "Hitlerites," the party of
uncompromi ing opposition to the YER
sailles treaty to the Locarno accords,
to the Young plan and TO the project
of European federation, to the Weimar
constitution and the peace of Europe.
In the late Reichstag they had IL seats,
in the new Reichstsg they will have
107 Nor did the German Nationalist,
the party headed by DR.. Alfred Hugen-
berg, Of complexion not so different
from that of the Hitlerites, fare so
badly as had been expected The won
Al seats, as against rs in the late
Reichstag. No doubt most of their loss
was the Hitlerites' gain, but seats
are counted for by that number won
| by the Conservatives, the new party
headed by Treviranus, a so-called
moderate" group which broke off from
the Nationalist and made very disap-
pointing showing, Treviranus himself
failing of election. "Moderates," If you
please, but in the election campaign
they DISTINGUISHED themselves by vio-