The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-11-19


hio. to Fort Smelling, Minnesota.
nds in England.
, sentence of the convicted men In Mas
sachusetts has been deferred pendlhs
plea for a new trial.
On Monday General Pershing laid
the congressional medal on the grave
of the unknown warrior in Westmlh-
ster abbey, America thus paying the
highest possible honor to the gallant
! dead of Great Britain. The ceremony
attended by host Of notable person
ages. was most impressive. General
Pershing was accompanied by guard
of 500 picked doughbOys from the
army of occupation. In gracefui
message of thanks to President Hard
ing and the people of the United
States, King George announced nat
the Victoria cross would be bestowed
on the American unknown soldier at
Arlington on Armistice day.
At the opening of parliament Pre-
mier Lloyd George announced that he
hoped to come to the armament confer
ence in Washington as soon as Me
public business permitted, and that
the other British delegates will be
Arthur J. Balfour and Lord Lee of
Fareham. Sir Auckland Geddes Will
act for Mr. Lloyd George or any other
ldelegate in their absence. The other
empire delegates will be Robert Bor-
den for Canada, Senator George Eos
ter Pearce for Australia, Sir James
Salmond for New Zealand, Mr.. Sastri
}, for India, while General SHUTS COM
mits the South African interests to the
British delegates. The British ex-
perts will be Earl Beatty for the navy.
, Earl Cavan for the army, and AIT
| Marshal Higgins for the air force.
The two main problems which are
, likely to delay the arrival Of Premier
, Lloyd George in America, are, of
| course, the Irish negotiations and the
: matter of unemployment. OF the for
p mer there is little newe to be said.
!. The conferences in London are pro-
: ceeding internationally and the public
|. can only guess as to the progress that
0 is made The prime minister laid be-
q fore parliament on Wednesday the
e governments plans for the relief OF
) unemployment. The main feature Is
j. a scheme to restore trade with central
( Europe, now impossible because OF
;. exchange conditions, by insuring cred
3 it's to the full value Of 100 per cent,
y with recourse against the exporter for
d one-half the risk in case Of loss. I'M
mediate relief measures include a
d special fund to increase the unemploy-
4 ment dole and financial assistance fol
It former service men to emigrate to the
q British dOminions.
h The Greeks announced another con
siderable victory over the Turks II
Asia Minor, but their successes there
al are not sufficient to satisfy the people
d and the government is much worried
r. British support did not materialize, 81
n 1.-THE Greeks have turned to France fol
II help. This week Premier Gounari
70 is in Paris, and Bekir Samy Bey, Turl
rs leader. also is there. The expectation
d lis that secret negotiations started b.
=. Premier BRAND will result in peac
l. in Anatolia before long. A British
J. mission is about to leave Constantine
nc ME to confer with the Kemalists.
Is
10 At the time of writing, the cabine
~ crisis in Germany had not arrived, be
I'd cause the decision on the partition Q
oh Upper Silesia had not been formal
communicated But Chancellor Writ
% had announced his impending resigns
IN ton and President Ebert was strus
20 Cling to keep him in Office at the hea
as of reorganized ministry to be SUI
Mt ported by the coalition parties. Ratf
in enau, it was said, would remain in tn
ar- cabinet, but Foreign Minister Rose
would be eliminated. SHINES, tn
most powerful man in Germany. wa
rio said to have turned against Writ
nd The. steady recovery of power by tt
at. conservatives and monarchists was r
or. yealed in the Berlin elections, .whie
resulted in great victory for tt
be, bourgeoisie parties over the Socialis
cd and Communists. The Independel
he Socialists, already split over commu
his ism, suffered further heavy losses.
ro-
wo The military movement against Il
Ter government in Portugal eliminated
md a successful coup which forced Il
lon resignation of the ministry. TrOO
ers occupied strategic positions in Lisb'
ess and it's environs, and though there W
us little opposition, several cabinet mel
on bers were killed. a new minist
the was formed by. Manuel Maria Coelf
the once well-known revolutionist.