The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-02-03


I matter of PREPARATIONS is the most Sc
rious, and it was expected Lloyd
| George and BRAND would find diff
Guilty In reaching an accord on it.
story from Berlin that the British and
French had arrived at q new basis for
negotiating the PREPARATIONS question,
was denied by British officials, who
said the ''lump sum" policy remained
| in force, though a plan for five-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 $5,0O0OO0,000. BY far the
| largest single item is the merchant
fleet Of more than 100000 tons, val.
ued at $2OOO,OOO,000.
Though the story has not yet been
| confirmed from any source, mention
must be made Of the report from Der.
! 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 coup d'etat for
| their restoration. The former crown
prince, it was discovered, was to pass
| into Germany and enter Berlin at the
head of troops that have remained
| faithful to the Hohenzollern dynasty.
The Berlin correspondent of the Lon.
| don Times says a 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. Lu.
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 allieo
| premiers fTis 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-Sloyakia, .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 plebiscite on the question
/ of fusion with Germany-which the
peace treaty forbids. Finance Min
lister Grim in a speech last week de-
/ clared that union with Germany would
| be brought about of necessity, perhaps
| by means of revolution, unless for
| eign- credits to Austria were soon forth
| coming.
| Bishop Cohalan of Cork takes a
/ pessimistic view of the Irish situation,
! saving he sees no prospect of peace.
/ Nor is there any so long as the Irish
j persist in their demand for independ-
ence and so long as the present Brit
| ish government lives. The British
! authorities are making this plain 10
every way possible. Not day passes
i without raids in Ireland in which mill
tant republicans are captured and
| arms seized, and on Thursday mum.
| Der of Sim Fein centers in London
were raided. Ambushing and Staying
of officers by the Irish also continues,
and now the government is making OIL
cial the reprisals hitherto only con-
doned. III 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 a proc
lamation declaring that if 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 to 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
tee on Irish affairs. Another witness
heard last week calls himself the econ
sui general of the Irish republic and
the self-constituted committee of med
dlers carefully SO addressed him by
that title.