Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18


of the most important news OF
the world for the seven days
ended January IT, 1881:
GREAT BRITAIN.-On January
Is, after four Gays of brisk nego-
tiation in which representatives OF the
government. of the coal mine owners,
and of the coal miners participated,
agreement between the latter groups
was reached. ratification whereof by
the South Wales Miners Federation
would end the strike or about 10000
South Wales miners which began with
the new year; better yet, would hold
out good promise of peace in the South
Wales coal district over several years.
British exports in 1880 totaled less
in value than those of 1929 by nearly
the equivalent of $800,000000 and i'm
ports by nearly the equivalent of $780,
100000. The foreign trade since and
including August has been quite deSper-
ately depressed and the December SHOW
ing was positively CHASTITY. However,
the hideouSness of the showing is e
good deal softened upon consideration
of the fall in wholesale prices. So 1t
would appear that total import fell little
if at all in volume and that price-fall
would account for about two-thirds of
the export fall in value. The slump
hit cotton textiles far hardest of all;
iron and steel coming next after a
considerable interval; silk and other
textiles, machinery, chemicals and dyes,
and coal trailing after in the sad story.
The only export improvement was in
respect of ships and aircraft; and that
but slight
The new London building ordinance
reduces to 30 feet the maximum al
loWance height of London buildings, go
having been the previous maximum.
The authorities had chiefly in view the
traffic difficulties caused by sky
scraperS.
This is the 2O0th year since the
building of the first Covent Garden
! Theater in London by John Rich, the
famous harlequin. 1t was opened with
Congreves immortal comedy, The Way
of, the World" Of the long line of
managers perhaps George Colman the
elder and the Kembles are best known
to fame.
GERMANY Owing to the general
| depression, airplane construction and
development in Germany slumps1
seriously in 1880. Important research
| however, continued under the handi-
| caps, and all is prepared for vigorous
resumption of full activity upon return
of prosperity. The LufthanSa was five
years old on January 5. 1t had pro-
posed in the course of 1880 establish
ment of a regular -Baghdad air
! service and of airmail service between
| Berlin and the CanarieS preparatory to
! Berlin-South America service. The lat
ter is preiudiced by refusal of flying
! facilities on the Cape Verde Islands to
any but those Of the Franco Portuguese
| syndicate.
Announcement is made that on jan
| uary 20 the DO-X, the great German
flying boat, her repairs completed, will
hop off from Lisbon for the Canaries,
thence to proceed via the Cape Verde
Islands and the Island of Fernando de
Noronha TO the Brazilian Coast at
Natal and thence on to Rio de Janerio.
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CLIMATIC Chinese government
has asked the League Of Nations to
send to Marking Sr Arthur Salter, di-
rector of the economic and financial
section of the Leagues secretariat, and
Robert Haas, director of its transit sec
ton, to assist that government in its
plans OF reconstruction. DR.. Louis
Rauchman, director of the health sec
ton of the Leagues secretariat, is al
ready in China by invitation, advising
as to reorganization of the Chinese
Health Service. Should Sir Arthur and
MIR. Haas go, the heads of the three
chief technical sections of the League
secretariat would all be engaged In
China's service; perhaps the most i'm
portant of the Leagues undertakings.
Sir Arthur is now in India giving
comfort and advice. He would be con-
suited by Marking regarding monetary
rehabilitation and reforms, in view, es-
pecially of the dreadful slump OF sill
yer and would no doubt be sounded
concerning the possibility of recon-
stEuction loan under League auspices