Williams news., 1922-07-21
FOREIGN

her finances" Premier Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons. It is impossible for Great Britain to | remit the separations payment due her from Germany in favor of France, even to settle the indemnity problem, Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons.
 Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, deposed president of South China, sailed into Canton harbor aboard the gunboat Wingfung,
 escorted by two cruisers and one de stroyer, after bombarding the Macao
 forts, two miles below the city. Sun
 declared he would not again lombard
 the city proper.
 The Japanese government is consid-
 ering an offer for the purchase of the
 island of Sakhalien from Russia, ac-
 cording to the Yorozu, a ToEio yer nacular newspaper. The island of Sak-
 halien, approximately 400 miles in length, lies off the coast of the mari time province of Siberia, immediately north of Japan.
 The publicity department of the Irish irregular army has announced that Eamon de Valera is at field gen. eral headquarters, serving on the staff of the director of operations. It is be- Heved headquarters has been trans ferred from Mal1ow to Limerick The provisional government reaffirms it's determination to suppress the revolt.
 Chen Chiung-Ming's troops have broken the drive of Sun Yat Sens forces in the vicinity of Shfukwan, in fnctfng considerable losses. Chen Chung Ming, who controls the railway between Canton and Shiukwan has T T-w, ton. Reserves around Shiukwan ap- pear to have 1eSsened Suns chances of recapturing Canton
 The reparations commission in Paris notified the German government in re- ply to the demand for a moratorium for separations payments that it would give a definite answer only when it has in hand the full report of the com mittee on guarantees which went to Berlin a short time ago to supervise reforms to which the German govern ment gave it's assent
 Formal and official announcement that Great Britain will pay her debt of &, BOG. 100000 to the United States. was made in the House of Commons by Sir Robert Horne, chancellor of the British exchequer. "Our debt to the OulC0 OLdICS 1S d SOlCHl1A obhSooOh and it will be met" said Sir Robert. put an end to discussions of @debt can ceIlatfons-"
 GENERAL
 Three persons killed, at least two others so badly injured that their re covery is doubtful and property dam age that may reach $3.OOO. 900 was the | toll of storms and a tornado tint swept parts of South Dakota and Ne braska recently
 Millions of dollars are to be spent | for building during the ensuing year by | the Benevolent and Protective Order of EIks, according to the report or re firing Grand Exalted Ruler William Wallace Mountain, presented at Allan hc City. The assets of subordinate odges now amount to $5S, S,O99 234, and the elaborate building program for the year shows that there are to be erect ed in various parts of the country thir- .y-one new homes
 Grand jury action to fix respens5- 1flfty for the recent coal mine warfare near Herr1n, ILL, will begin as soon as he community has had a chance to tcooI down." Attorney General E. I.
  ago upon his return from a personal rip of investigation in Williamson county. Brundage said that -it looks IS though the mine owners were i'm nscreet in their display of armed rength-" He declared that the mine ,uards were accustomed to tcrrorize he community
 Governor Hardwick of Atlanta, Ga, Ias declared that unless the Ku kluX Qan discards it's masks and removes u secrecy about it's membership that e will ask the Legislature to take trong steps to make the wearing of masks crime" in Georgia
 Slight danger of a serious epidemic f black rust exists in the spring wheat tates of Minnesota and North Dako- B. unless weather conditions from now ntiI harvest are unfavorable, accord lg to Donald G. Fletcher, federal lant disease expert, who recently , nded a crop inspection trip across the 7vo states. Little damage has been one thus far by rust, MT Fletcher f aid his observations revealed Edward G. Workman, of Water ,wn, New York, evidently missed le war, so he brought it to i is porch, in the form of a -millime- 1 1T shell, tta dud" Salvaged from the ] rtilIery range at Pine Plains Either t le heat of the sun or the blow from a [ liId'S crO0uet maIIet eyDIOded the 1 C