Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

! "In times long gone by there reigned
over these parts great king named
Alb Ibn Shaddad, whose capital was at
| Wubar. Glorying in his power and
in the extent and prosperity of his do
m1nions, he forgot his God and, regard
less OF the warnings administered to
him by the Prophet Hud, set out to
make his central city an earthly para
disc.
Among the gardens he laid out for
his pleasure he surrounded himself with
princely bodyguard of 1000 chosen
warriors, stable of 1000 peerless
steeds, and a bevy of 1000 maidens,
the fairest in all the world.
But there were limits to Gods pa
tience, and he transgressed them; and
God waxed wroth against him and
smote him with the west wind-the
dread west wind-which blew for eight
days without respite and buried 'Ad
and all his glory in a sea of sand which
is known to this day for its utter desc
lation as the empty quarter"
And now, in place of Jafura, only
salty pools, too salty even for camels
to drink. Really, there may once have
been a considerable oasis.
No doubt we shall soon know as
much Of Ruba-el-Khali as we now
know OF the Nefud Desert and the Syri-
an Desert in the north of Arabistan
The first and most famous notice of
the phenomenon of singing sands" is
by Marco Polo in his account of his
journey over the Cobb Desert Lord
Curzon refers to it entertainingly in his
Tales Of Travel"
LATIN AMERICA called atten-
ton last week to the very doubtful at
titude of the Peruvian Navy. The
doubt was removed on March /, when
the navy came out for the counter
revolution. Thereupon Provisional Pres
ident Cerro and his junta resigned and
a new counter-revolutionary junta was
set up, consisting of the chief Justice.
the communicative chief of the navy,
ana the chief Of the army general staff.
But the Arequipa rebels proceeded
to make difficulties about accepting the
new government, claimed to be i'm
portantly represented therein, even in
sisted that an Arequipa man should
head 1t.
The situation has since developed
uper-fantastically not to say absurdly.
1t Is said that the triumvirate who
established themselves on March / had
yielded to the Arequipa demands, when
a new face of things appeared On
HAdASA lnAlAtnly group IledueQ Dy
enc Lieut.. Col Jimenez sent the
triumvirate packing and established a
new junta at Lima, which is now in
negotiation with the insurrectos of
Arequipa and Piura.
It may be we'll to remind the reader
of the chief Latin American how-d'ye-
dos of 1880, as follows: Cd In Santo
Domingo, President VasqueZ is deposed
and succeeded by Gen. Trujillo; CD in
Bolivia, President SileS is elected after
brief revolt, a military junta taking
his place; 90 in Peru, as set forth by
me in recent issues; a. in Argentina,
a revolt OF army and navy throws out
President Irigoyen and establishes a
government headed by Gen. Uriburu;
(5) in Chile there is a petty uprising,
quickly smothered; co. the President of
Ecuador finds things very, very dubious,
and offers to resign, but he is overper-
suaded and remains on his job; Cd in
Brazil, great revolution compels the
resignation Of President Washington
Luis and establishes a provisional gov
eminent.
UNITED STATES-The Seventy
first Congress passed away at noon
March 4. Among the measures which,
as per glorious tradition, died through
a Senate filibuster were the maternity
bill, the Vestal copyright bill and bill |
In the interest of employ
ment, reduction by 80 per cent of tbs
immigrant quotas over the next two
years.
The "lame duck" measure was
wrecked in conference.
The President vetoed the Muscle
Shoals bill. The Senate sustained the