The Raymer enterprise., 1921-04-07

accentuate Its need Of retaining the
civil military forces whose disband-
ment IS demanded by the allies,
For the second time the German gov
ernInent has filed with the League Of
Nations formal protest against the
occupation Of additional territory by
the allies; and the officials Of the al
lied nations are proceeding with their
plans to exact further penalties "
Germany persists In Its refusal to pay
1900 100000 gold marks by the first
Of May. There In no evidence that the
Germans will pay. and some Of the
allies, especially the French, are con-
yinced their former foes are actually
preparing for 4 new war. Marshal
Fayolle is quoted as saying the Ger:
mans are making cannon and machine
guns, and especially are forwarding a.
huge aviation program, and that in the
next conflict London and Paris will
be deluged with bombs from supposed.
ly commercial" airplanes. He Is
convinced that unless the allies take
firm action at once, Germany will
never carry out the Versailles treaty.
The vigorous Greek offensive against
the Turkish nati0nalists In Asia Minor
progressed merrlly until Eskishehr was
reached. At this railway junction.
where the Greeks were defeated some
months ago. disaster again overlook
them, according to dispatches from
Constantinople, and after q day-long
battle they were forced to retreat
after losing many b killed and cap
tured. The report Of the Greek defeat
may be exaggerated, for It emanates
from Kemalist sources.
Greek successes In Asia Minor are
not pleasing to any but the Greeks,
and possibly the British, and even
the regular" Turkish government al
Constantinople protested to the allies
against the Greek offensive. Italy es'
pecially is sore, and relations between
Athens and Rome were strained when
Greece announced blockade Of Asia
Minor and accused the Italians 0i
smuggling war munitions to Kemal
Pasha. The French fear that proposed
occupation by the Greeks Of the Oar
danelles will insure British control Of
that important waterway, and ROu
mania has entered formal and bitter
protest against the composition Of tht
commission controlling the Darda
nelles. insisting upon equal voting pow
er with the Greeks and the Turks
Bulgaria will not overlook any chance
to regain Thracs from the Greeks, bul
the latter hope to obtain the support
Of the Serbs In any conflict over thai
territory by helping them In Albanii
and Macedonia. Thus, according Il
world diplomats, war clouds are ono,
more appearing over the Balkans.
There was one little CLEAN Of tn,
sun 6f peace through the murk Of tn,
Irish situation last week. Sir VII
liam Gouldlng Of Dublin. a prominen
railway man. and three southern Irisl
unionists, conferred with Cardina
Logue, primate of Ireland. at Dundalk
with the object Of securing the open
Ing of0legotiations between the Irisi
republican parliament and the British
government. Meanwhile there is M
cessation Of the struggle betweer
the Sim Feiners and the British
police and soldiers In the island
every day bringing its stories Of at
tacks. usually with bombs. on the aux
iliaries and Of the reprisals Of the lat
ter.
The commission Of the volunteer
committee Of one hundred which ha,
been conducting In this country an In
quiry into the Irish question has made
its report. Admitting that It labored
under the disadvantage Of lacking
the official British side Of the case,
the commission declares that "ths
imperial British army In Ireland hal
been guilty Of proved excesses, not In
comparable in degree and kind with
those alleged by the Bryce report or
Belgium atrocities, to have been com
mitted by the imperial German army
The report says the Irish people have
had the protection Of neither British
nor international law and that they
fhave been systematically subjected tc
q 4terror" which, however. has failed
to re-establish imperial British civil
government and to suppress the Irish
republic. The published summary Of
the report does not show that the Irish
are blamed for anything except the
secret execution Of spies, traitors and
enemies Of the Irish republic who were
condemned In ex parte hearings.