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

BY HENRY w. BUM.
TINE following is a brief summary
of the most important news of
the world for the seven days
Il ended March z, 1881.
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
OF NATIONS.-On February ~. the
| first issue of the amalgamated New
Statesman and Nation appeared. with
rather remarkable list of contributors
including Walter de la Mare, Edmund
Blunden, Henry w. Nevinson and Vir-
ginia Woolf. Politically the new week
| ly is independent and lively. It calls
the present labor leaders scarcely less
| Tory than the Tories" and, like the
new week end review, it demands a
national plan" as no less necessary to
Great Britain than to Russia.
Lady Cynthia Mosley, wife Of Sir
Oswald, Manifesto" Mosley has re-
! signed from the Labor party on the
ground that it fails to represent that
Socialism of which she, daughter of
earls, is so ardent a champion. Oliver
Baldwin, son of the Conservative chief
but Socialist stalwart, has likewise
detected from Labor and joined her
ladyship in the wilderness Wilder
ness? Maybe not There is or isn't
cit is so difficult to make out the latest
developments) new party" to which
the Labor indictments are adhering
and which is expected to draw to it
/ self the illuminate of all parties and
to realize the program set forth in
Sir Oswald's latest manifesto.
A section of the Imperial Always
route from Croydon to Cape Town,
Union OF South Africa, was inaugurated
on February % with the departure of
an argosy air liner for Mwanza, on the
southern shoTe of Lake Victoria, Tan
ganyika territory. The craft flew to
flying boat, the which has to proceed
via Cairo and above the Nile to
MwanZa, STA miles from London. The
service is to be weekly in either direc-
ton. In a few months the remainder
Of the route will be opened enabling
one TO go from London to Cape Town
in IL days, the fare being $3.50, as
against frst-clsss boat fare of $3.50;
but six days are saved. Here is the
consummation of the work started sew
eral years ago by Sir Alan Gotham.
On March 3 Viceroy Lord Irwin and
Mahatma Gandhi signed a truce be-
tween the British government in India
and the Indian Nationalist party. The
articles include suspension of civil dis
obedience on the one part and a gen.
eral amnesty for those suffering punish
ment for civil disobedience offenses not
involving violence on the other, and the
Nationalist agree to participate in the
new Round Table Conference, which is
to continue in India the work of the
London Round Table Conference. Salt
manufactured by the poor for home
consumption is allowed.
4 X
SPAIN.-Of the IL members of
SPANS new cabinet, are over 10 years
old
The following may have some signifi-
canoe: Gen. Berenguer was forced to re-
sign after just four days of liberty of
the press. OF the 10 newspapers of
Mad.id, are now Republican.
Admiral Aznar, the new premier.
though stanch monarchist, is said to
have somewhat liberal views.
The minister of labor, the Duke of
Maura. is the son of a famous former
premier. He is an intellectual and lit
erary figure of some note. The Count
Of Romanones, minister of foreign af-
fairs, is sufficiently well known. He is
head of the Liberal party and the rich
est man in Spain.
Juan de la Cierva, minister of public
works. is father of the inventor Of the
autogyro airplane and Conservative
leader.