Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-11-03

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the strongest organization in Italy and
have announced that they will assume
control Of the government, legally or
otherwise.
CERMANY, whose mark made new
~ low record of 2h cents a hun
dred last week, is again threatening
to go into voluntary bankruptcy by
defaultfng in her reparatfons payments
in material as well as in cash. Chan
cellor Wirth, whose political life is in
great danger, has begun hedging and
now has adopted the slogan of First
bread, then reparatiOns," and has put
the problem up to the cabinet. The
Socialists are calling for more dras-
tic measures, including confiscation
of foreign money in the hands Of pri-
vate persons, and on the other hand
the bourgeoisie demand the suppress
sion of the decree against speculation
and the agriculturists insist on higher
official prices for German wheat and
corn. The allied PREPARATIONS COM
the government. The British commits
siOner, Sir John Bradbury, said he
would vote to declare Germany in vol
untary default of its agreement If 1t
should refuse to carry out within a
reasonable time requests for internal
reforms. This was a considerable
concession to the French demands.
1t may be that In return France will
agree to the indefinite postponement
of the Brussels financial conference,
leaving the entire reparations matter
in the hands Of the commission.
French, Belgian and Italian ex-
change rates dropped sharply last
week, going to the lowest prices Of
the year on the New York exchange
FEDERAL JUDGE HAND In New
/ York upheld the ruling of the at
torney general prohibiting the carry
ing of liquors on vessels entering
American waters, and the case brought
by number of steamship companies
Is now to go before the Supreme court,
which probably will not hand down
decision for six or eight weeks. Mean
time Secretary OF the Treasury Mellon
has informally instructed his agents
not to enforce the order against for
eign vessels whose supplies of liquor
are sealed when they enter our ports.
American ships, however, must obey
the ruling. The French government
has indicated that it will not comply
with the request, presented unofficially
by Ambassador Herrick, that it CO.
operate in preventing liquor smuggling
from the st. Pierre ct Miquelon is
lands off the southern coast of New
foundland. According to French off,
Gals, the islanders trade French
liquor for food at Newfoundland and
Prince Edward island ports, and do
not themselves smuggle the booze into
the United States. 1t is said this liquor
trading is essential to the fishermen
of the islands.
G AMUEL GOMPERS, Frank Morri-
" son and James O'Connell, the ex-
ecutive committee for the national
non-partisan campaign of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. have issued
a manifesto denouncing the present
congress as reactionary and calling
on the voters to put progress in" at
the November election. The appeal
says the congress has performed no
service for the people, but has tried
by every trick and device to serve pred
atory interests" Its action in re-
moving the excess profits tax and re-
ducing the surtaxes and concerning
the soldiers bonus is especially con-
demned.
TEN members of the l. W. W. are
i on trial in Sacramento for viola
ton of the California criminal syndi-
calism law, and last week the state
produced a witness who told star