Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-03

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EVENTS OF "A WEEK.
Disturbances in the West Virginia mining re
%gion have reached such a stage that federal troop
have been dispatched to the district and a proclama
ton of martial law has been signed by the president
and will probablyLbe issued before this paragraph i
read. The authorities have moved in this MATES
with elaboration. The request for federal ait
made by Governor Morgan was followed by the dis
patch Of an officer representing the department t.
ascertain just what the conditions were. The re
port made censured the state authorities for negli
gence in dealing with the situation, but recognized
the need for action. The president issued a procla,
nation commanding all persons engaged in the OBJ.
struction of the enforcement of the laws to return
to their homes. This order went UNDECIDED. Then
followed the assembling Of the troops ready for &C.
ton, the preparation and signing of the proclama.
ton Of martial law, and the dispatch of the troops.
The West Virginia troubles are of long stand
ing. Involved i'll them are disputes over miners
wages and recognition, of the unions, with ~evictions
and attempted eviction of strikers from their homes
on corporation property. AS in all similar cases re
sentiment was caused by the importation of large
groups of men organized as private armies and com
missioned as peace officers. The situation is still
further complicated by the existence of local feuds
OF long standing, with liberal supplies Of moonshine
whiskey. One patriarch of the district, a member
of the famous Hatfield family, attributes the trou-
bles chiefly to the two latter causes. He recognizes
that labor troubles figure in the case, but he says
that when that is settled, the feudists will find
something else to row over"
The Sim Fein reply to Lloyd Georges latest
communication has been sent to London, thence to
the premier in Scotland where he has been .~rusticat-
/ ing for a few. days. Publication of its terms may be
expected at any moment The usual guess is that
without going deeply into questions Of Irish sep
saratism it seeks opportunity for further negotia-
tons. The cabinet has been calledto meet with the
premier in Scotland, where King George is also
available for conference
While the Irish truce is still, operative, disturb
ances in Belfast have almost caused it to be forgot
ten. The Belfast situation is somewhat obscure.
Labor troubles seem to have precipitated the fight
ing, but during the h~ostlities there seems to have
been a division Of the population along the old
unionist and Sim Fem lines. Belfast is the center
OF Orange activity, and the Orange group is as
prone to extremes as are the Sim Feiners.
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President Ebert of Germany has issued a proc
lamatlon ordering plotters against the government
to cease their activities on pain of harsh treatment,
his may be interpreted as an indication that the
n1ilitarists have become so active that strenuous
measures are necessary for their suppression. or that
the government feels itself so secure that it is now
confident of its ability to deal satisfactorily with the
various counter-revolutionary bodies. The procla-
niation1s said to have been prompted by the demand
iof labor bodies that positive action be taken for the
suppression of the royalist faction.
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Many omments have been made on the ran;d
revival OF German industry and commerce since the
war. Secretary of Commerce Hoover has been dig
g1ng a little beneath the surface, and he finds that
some OF this revival has been more apparent than