The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01

| to employ non-union men. Judge Ian
| dis is recOnsidering some of the awards
he made, at the request of some trades
that thought they got too much the
worst of It.
The latest war to break out in this
peaceful world is between Albania and
Serbia, and the immediate objective Is
possession of zone twenty miles long
/ and eight deep. The Serb commander
on the frontier ordered the Albanians
to evacuate six towns in that territory,
and twenty-four hours later began
hostillties. Bishop San Noli, Albanian
delegate to the League of Nations. re
| ported the affair to that body, and
| later it was secretly considered by the
council of the league. The Serb dele
gate was quoted as saying Serbia
would not permit the league TO intrude
| into the Albanian question; that the
| supreme council of the allies must fix
the frontiers of Albania and thus JuSo-
slavia would be protected and guar
anteed by Great Britain and France.
Though the actual war in this case
may Dt t'lllliui lllNtiN NiiiiiiSs Aiit iiitit
ter is fraught with serious complica-
tions. Serbia, it is said, plans to cut
through to the Adriatic by way of
Tirana, splitting Albania in two, and
hopes eventually to absorb the north
ern half of that country. Greece Is
credited with an ambition to grab the
lower half. Italy stands ready to
seize the naval base and port of Va
Iona, which would make the Adriatic
an Italian lake, and this is vigorously
| opposed by Great Britain.
The League of Nations admitted
three new nations to membership. They
are Esthonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
| The vote to take them in was unanl-
nous for the several nations that were
opposed refrained from voting. The
council of the league set a precedent
by referring to the assembly for set
tlement the dispute between Poland
and Lithuania concerning Wilma.
Intervention in the Greco-Turkish
war was suggested by several dele
! gates and probably 1t would be well
coined by Greece, for her army in
Asia has met with another setback.
| The Salt desert again proved itself an
efficient guard for Angora on the west
and the Greeks have once more re-
tired to the Sakaria river with the
Kemalists in hot pursuit.
OF writing many notes there is no
end, apparently, in the Irish affair.
De Valera wants the proposed confer
ence with the British cabinet, hut he
wants it on his own terms-that the
Irish delegates enter 1t as representa-
tives of a sovereign state. From this
attitude he dare not back down, for
his own official" status depends on
his firmness. Lloyd George is equal
ly intent in denying this demand. and
is fully supported by the cabinet
whose members returned to Scotland
where the premier was somewhat un-
der the weather at Gairloch. In one
of his latest notes De Valerasuggested
that Britain and Ireland conclude a
treaty of accommodation and asso-
ciation," expressing the belief that this
would end the dispute forever and en-
able the two nations to settle down In
peace.
The British official announcement
several weeks ago, that the Moslem
revolt on the Malabar coast of India
had been suppressed was premature.
| The trouble is about as acute as ever
the rebels control large districts and
except where troops are stationed, the
lives and property of non-Moslems are
not safe. The British authorities in
India have obtained a document call
ing on all Mussulmans in India to
proclaim complete independence from
Great Britain and set up a republic
in the event that the British take ac
tion against the Angora government of
Turkey.
The greatest Industrial catastrophe
Germany ever experienced occurred
Wednesday when large synthetic nj
trate plant at Oppau blew up. Prob
ably 1900 persons were killed, thous
ands were injured and the entire town
was destroyed. The shock of the two
explosions was felt and damage done
within radius of fifty miles. Among
the victims were French troops on
guard duty at the works and others on
transport. Oppau is in the Rhine
Palatinate in region that was devel-
oped during the war into one of the
most extensive and productive of Ger.
many'ss chemical munition supply dis
] tricts.