Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
New Zealand.
EVENING POST, Wellington.

TIME EVENING POST, wellington
1t is true enough en- occasion
that you must 60 away from
Il home to get the facts. One OF
Americas iolliest land cleanest)
weeklies publishes as regular feature
what may be described as oddities IN
the news. One such curiosity had ref
erence to Australia and New Zealand,
where II was set down in print, mon
stop endurance contests are devastating
the country, like plague. Marathon
dancing. pole-sitting. pie-eating and
club-swinging are the most popular"
Our contemporaries veracious CORE
spondent overlooked the oyster -devour-
ing orgies down Invercargill way, the
marathon peanut-rolling contest up Egg
mont, and the rocking chair long dis
according to a London journal, Austria
liza Is almost overrun with wild camels.
One sheep station alone was, We are
assured, recently invaded by $4,000. The
writer concluded with the naive COM
ment that 1.-The dingo and the rabbit
should have taught Australia lesson"
Children Must Be
Sent to Certified Schools.
Irish Independent, publin-The
Northern Ministry has very properly
introduced bill to insure that private
schools shall not be permitted to fscili-
tate parents In evading the compulsory
school attendance laws. Attendance at
private schools will not be recognized as
compliance with the law unless these
schools are certified to be eficient.
We know that there are many excel
lent private schools In Dublin and else
where: but there are also others which
could not from any point Of view be
REGARDED as adeq1atfs substitutes n,1s Tor Tor
ministry refuse to certify these places
as suitable schools within the meaning
Of the act, but steps should be taken for
the guidance OF parents-who are not
always good judges In these matters
to publish the list Of these private
schools which have been certified as
suitable or efficient.
Macedonians Seek
To Work Out Own Ideas,
La Macedonia, Geneva Exterritorial
publication.) After nearly three years
of the dictatorship, King Alexander
finds himself obliged to grant a con-
stitution to his beloved people" What
this constitution is worth, and the rea-
sons which have prompted the crowned
autocrat to seek ministers courageous
CAOuBn W COIlScIlI W dCCcpL LIlG Ie-
sponsibility for the undiSguised dicta-
torship, and future responsibilities for
the same regime disguised. might well
form the subject Of special investiga-
ton.
1t would be interesting to examine
the assurances to those peoples, whom
the new constitution is supposed to
satisfy. II only to dissipate the mis-
understandings which have gained
n nj ~,
Ion. The claims of the different ma
tions constituting the kingdom of the
Serbs, Croats and Sloyenes were already
well known before the proclamation of
the dictatorship on January 6, 1928.
The idea of national unity" was
merely the basis of the "pan-Serb"
hegemony praeticed by all the govern
ments Of King Alexander, and most
strongly attacked by all non-Serb peo-
Piles. What they asked was not TO be
governed, with moderation by the Serbs.
or even to occupy the place to which
they were entitled in the administra-
ton OF the state, by the side of the
Serbian minority. The non-Serbs, who
constitute two-thirds Of the whole
population, were demanding the estab-
lishment OF the historical provinces into
autonomous units within federal
state.
These claims seemed to King Alex
ander to be dangerous, and he there
fore suspended the constitution, which |
he had sworn to defend, and established |
instead the dictatorship, for which he |
necessarily assumed the responsibility. |
What the nations are asking from the /
King, however, Is not q constitution ac- |
cording TO his own notions. Macedonia |
ans desire, for instance, that Serbian |
invaders leave their country and let /
them work out their own destiny. And