Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-01-28

matter of reparations is the most Sc
rious, and it was expected Lloyd
George and BRAND would find diff
Guilty in reaching an accord on 1t. A
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 a plan for five-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 $4,000 1000. BY fur the
largest single item is the merchant
feet of more than 100000 tonA. val
ued at $1,000. 100000.
Though the story has not set bean
confirmed from any source, mention
must be made Of the report from Ber
lin by way of Paris thai: the Dutch
government has asked lie members
of the former kaiser's family to leave
Holland. The government Is said to
have come into possession Of docc-
ments proving that the H~ohenzollerns
were preparing for a coup d'cta. for
their restoration The former crcwr
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into Germany and enter Berlin 1T the
head of troops that have remained
faithful to the Hohenzollern dynasty
The Berlin correspondent of the 0
don Times says a Prussian rOyalist
party has been 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 h plans
for the restoration of the empire IN
der Wilhelm or n Of his sons. Lu-
dendorff is said to be the actual head
of the general movement.
There is no rift in the black cIcacs
that overhang Austria. The Austrian
section of the reparations committee.
which expects to report to the allied
premiers this week, are said to a-gle
that the situation must be remed'ed
by stringent measures to bring about
the free interchange Of products te-
tween Czecho-Slovakia, Roumania
Austria and Hungary, or Austria Is
doomed to starve, unless the world 's
willing to continue to feed 1t through
charity.
The workers of Austria, who de-
mand the stopping of profteering. also
demand a p%lebiscite on the question
Of fusion with Germany-which tine
peace treaty forbids. Finance Mir
lister Grim In a speech last week lie
clared that union with Germany would
be brought about of necessity. periiaps
by means of a revolution, unless for
eign credits to Austria were soon forth
coming.
Bishop Cohalan of Cork takes s.
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 a day passes
without reids in Ireland in which mill
tant republicans are captured and
arms seized, and on Thursday a 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 taking off
cial the reprisals hitherto only con-
doned. In Cork two houses where
members of the constabulary were at
tackled were Destroyer by the mill
tary forces. The British military au-
thorities in Dublin have issued a proc
lamation declaring that if bomb and
irearm attacks on crown forces in mo-
torcars do not ease, known rebels
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 a 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 r~epubIic,s and
the self-constituted committee of med
dlers carefully so addressed him by
that title.