River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27

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 it. A
story from Berlin that the British and
French had arrived at a new basis for
negotiating the Preparations question,
was denied by British officials, who
said the lump sum" policy remained
in force, though plan for fiye-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, 100000. BY far the
largest single item is the merchant
fleet of more than 100000 tons, val
ued at S2,0O0,000000.
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
| ~ n
| into Germany and enter Berlin at the
| head of troops that have remained
| faithful to the Hohenzollern' dynasty.
| The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
4 don Times says 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 the plans
/ for the restoration of the empire I'M
| 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 Preparations 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, Roumania.
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 profiteering. also
| demand a plebiscite on the question
| of fusion with Germany-which the
peace treaty forbids. Finance Min
| lister Grim in 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. AmbusS'ng and Staying
of officers by the Iriss also continues,
| and now the governma~t 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
| lamation declaring that IL bomb and
| firearm attacks on crown forces in mo-
torcars do not cease, ''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 a. 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
ter on Irish affairs. Another witness
heard last week calls himself the ""on-
sui general of the Irish republic" and
the 'self-constituted committee of med
dlers carefully so addressed him by
that title.