The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-05-05
IN NATIONS CAPITAL
Indications That Soldiers Bonus Bill
Will Not Pass for C0nsidera-
BILE Length of Time.
Labor Department Cancels Arrange
ment by Which Chinese Stu
dents Could Enter Country.

ment by winch CHIAeSe Olu'
dents Could Enter Country.
The soldiers bonus bill seems out Of
luck at this session of congress. In
dications make clear that the measure
cannot pass for several months, and
even then it will mean little to the
buddie who wants the cash. No reve-
nue. raising provisions have been made,
and the bonus couldn't be paid for
lack of funds even with the present
bill enacted. The plan now is not to
make the bonus effective until June,
1922, and members are worried over
how the necessary revenue is to be
raised then. This does not mean a
Discrimination in congress to grant the
bonus and to do whatever is possible
for world war veterans. The difficulty
is that no member of either house or
senate has yet been able to devise a
plan for raising the money-from
$500, 100000 to $5,o0O,o oO,ooo-with-
also raising taxes.
With every amendment relating to
disarmament defeated, the naval ap-
preparation bill, carrying a total Of
1896, 900, 900, was passed by the house.
The vote was PIP to Is.
Only 1900 applicants for free prac-
teal military training of civilians can
be received this year at the summer
military training camps in each corps
AGRA, the war department announced,
owing to the limited appropriations.
Throughout the whole country only
10000 men can be accommodated at
the training camps. According to the
plan the government pays all expense
Of training. In return the candidate,
in consideration of his time, will be
taught five of the most essential
principles of American citizenship.
Passage of legislation regulating
grain exchanges in some form at the
present session Of congress appeared
to be assured when representatives Of
grain dealers, testifying before the
house agriculture committee, ex-
pressed willingness to join in eradicat-
ing abuses in their trade,
Reduction of the standing army of
the United States to an average of
$4,000 men during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1922, was approved
by the house. The vote was 100 to
80.
Secretary Of State c. E. Hughes
has sent another note to Panama on
that country's refusal to accept the
award Of Chief Justice Edward D.
White on the boundary dispute with
Costa Rica. In view of the repeated
refusals, the present note is under
stood to state finally the unequivocal
position of the United States that
Panama must accept the decision and
that this government stands back of
the award with all necessary force.
The labor department announces
cancellation of the arrangement with
officials of the Chinese industrial STU
dents to enter this country. Assistant
Secretary Henning said he was in
formed this was scheme to bring in
10000 Chinese laborers.
Senator D. I. Walsh of Massachus-
etts charged the government with
failure to properly provide for dis
abled former service men, asserting
that "vetcrans are housed in so-callcd
hospitals under conditions in which a
self-respecting community would not
tolerate it's incapacitated criminals to
live"
The senate, by vote of 40 to %,
adopted the Knox resolution declaring
the war with Germany and Austria
formally at an end. This resolution
was sent to the house on Monday, and
it is not expected it will be called up
for week or more as it goes to the
foreign affairs committee, where an
effort will likely be made to amend it.
AS passed by the house the resolution
virtually repcals the war resolution
passed by congress in 1917 and brings
a state of peace with Germany and
Austria; provides for impounding the
property of nationals pending consum-
nation Of the treaty Of PREPARATIONS;
lifts embargo on importations Of dye
stuffs and sodium nitrate from Ger
many, and officially establishes COM
mercial relations with Germany.
President Harding on Monday night
forwarded to the German government
a formal rejection of the rcparations
proposals suggested for submission to
the allies. The president served no.
tice on the Berlin authorities that they
need not anticipate any additional
steps by this government looking to
mediatory influence between Germany
and the victors in the war. In simple,
direct language, Secretary of State
Hughes advised the Germans that the
United States had interposed it's good
offices but that no proposal worthy of
submission to the allies had come for
ward. He suggested that Germany
"at once make directly to the allied
governments clear, definite and ade-