Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-01-28

matter of Preparations is the most Sc,
rious, and it was expected Lloyd
George and BRAND would find diff
Guilty in reaching an accord on it.
story from Berlin that the British and
French had arrived at a new basis for
negotiating the reparations question,
was denied by British officials, who
said the lump sum" policy remained
in force, though plan for tlve-year
annual payments is being discussed.
There is no likelihood that any of the
pleas of Germany will be granted
The official German report on the.
carrying out of the terms of the Yer
sailles treaty has been completed, and
asserts that the total value OF the
property so far turned over to the
entente is $5,O00,OOO0O0. BY far the
largest single item is the merchant
fleet of more than 100000 tons, val
ued at $2,0O0,0O0,OO0.
Though the story has not yet been
confirmed from any source, mention
must be made of the report from Ber-
lin by way of Paris that the Dutch
government has asked the members
Of the former kaiser's family to leave
Holland. The government is said to
have come into possession of docu-
ments proving that the Hohenzollerns
were preparing for a coup detat for
their restoration. The former crown
prince, it was discovered, was to pass
into Germany and enter Berlin at the
head Of troops that have remained
faithful to the Hohenzollern dynasty.
The Berlin correspondent OF the Lon
don Times says Prussian royalist
party has Deem formed and plans to
bring the "Orgesch' into line with
similar movements in other German
states These stories are in, accord
with others that have appeared re-
Gently giving in great detail the plans
for the restoration of the empire UNI
der Wilhelm or one of his sons. Luz
dendorff is said to be the actual head
of the general movement.
There is no rift in the black clouds
that overhang Austria. The Austrian
section of the reparations committee,
which expects to report to the allied
premiers this week, are said to argue
that the situation must be remedied
by stringent measures to bring about
the free interchange Of products be-
tween Czecho- Slovakia, Rouman1a,
Austria and Hungary, or Austria Is
doomed to starve, unless the world is
willing to continue to feed it through
charity.
The workers of Austria, who de-
mand the stopping of profteering, also
demand plebiscite on the question
of fusion with Germany the
peace treaty forbids. Finance Min
lister Grim in a speech last week de-
clared that union with Germany would
be brought about Of necessity, perhaps
by means of a revolution, unless for
eign credits to Austria were soon forth
coming.
Bishop Cohalan of Cork takes a
pessimistic view of the Irish situation,
saying he sees no prospect of peace.
Nor is there any so long as the Irish
persist in their demand for independ-
ence and so long as the present Brit
ish government lives. The British
authorities are making this plain in
every way possible. Not day passes
without raids in Ireland in which mill
tant republicans are captured and
arms seized, and on Thursday num-
Der Of Sim Fein centerS in London
were raided. Ambushing and Staying
of officers by the Irish also continues,
and now the government is making Off
cial the reprisals hitherto only con-
doned. In Cork two houses where
members of the constabulary were at
tackled were destroyed by the mill
tary forces. The British military au-
thorities in Dublin have issued proc
Iamation declaring that if bomb and
frearm attacks on crown forces in mo-
will be carried as hostages for the
safe conduct Of the occupants OF all
motor vehicles which are the property
of the armed forces of the crown"
Lord Mayor O'Callaghan of Cork,
who came to America as stowaway,
and whose deportation was decided on
by the State department, despite the
opposition of the Labor department, in
tends to carry the case to the Supreme
court if possible. Meanwhile he has
told his story to the unofficial commit
tee on Irish affairs Another witness
heard last week calls himself the "con-
sui general of the Irish republic" and
the self-eonstituted committee of med
dlers carefully so addressed him by