The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1922-01-12

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Anxiety to Make Foreign Il
Washington, D. C.-Twenty million
dollars has been appropriated by con-
gress and approved by the president
tor the purchase Of supplies in this
country for the relief of famine vic
Tins. & g: s -
The appropriation was made on con-
zdition that Russia spend 10 million
dollars more of its treasury fund for
the same purpose and our government
is to allow the representative Of Rus
STA to come to the United States to
supervise the use Of this money for
the purchase of such supplies.
:. Instead of appropriating the money
from our general funds, however, CON
gress has taken it from the profits OF
the old grain corporation, which real
ly belongs to the farmers of the Unit
ed States and should be used as a spe-
cial fund for the relief of farmer dis
tress in this country. H. ~
BY insisting that Russia also spend
10 million dollars. our: congress gave
the direct lie to the basis of the prop
uganda against renewing trade rela-
tions with Russia. Following the
leadership of Secretary of State
Hughes, our nti-Russian enthusiasts
have maintained that Russia was an
economic Vacuum and that there could
be no trade If trade relations were
restored. Since the beginning Of the
famine, Russia has been purchasing
supplies from us in roundabout ways
and last month one consignment for
this purpose am olEted to IS million
dollars. - -. -@s..-.2:s$ ~, p. .
There does not appear to be any
great advantage to us in doing bust.
ness with Russia through English rep
resentatives and it is likely that con-
gress. will soon remove the ban on
Russian trade. 3 1879 y. =, =,
; While congress and the president
should be given credit for thus sup
plying much needed help to section
of the white race, suffering from
drouth, it is none the less true and
should be recognized that the motives
for it are not unmixed The publicity
and excitement regarding the Russian
famine serves to cover UP the vast
amount of distress among our own
farming and laboring population, for
which nothing practically SO far has
been done. j. IS. Is rs . 80
SUBMARINE DISRUPT
/ So much disagreement has devel-
oped over the submarine issue that
President Harding is said to be ready
to call another conference on that
particular question. It appears that
France is unwilling to modify her de.
mands for 10000 tons Of submarine
equipment and there is less readiness
in other quarters to cut down this
form Of warship than there was in the
reduction of battleships proper. r ~. +,
The controversy over Japanese
control Of parts Of China has also
reached q more serious aspect and
Japanese representatives have been
cabling home for fresh instructions.
At first the Japanese declared that
they considered their railroads in the
Shantung Province as worth about IL
million and there was much pretense
Of readiness to turn the property over
to Chinese control. But when the
Chinese representatives offered to put
up the cash for the railroad the Jap.
sanese representatives refused to &ac'
cept it. They insisted rather, that the
amount be paid of over q series Of
years. 49, S: ssS.i fl =, rSsg5s.s<% < & +.
One has to understand the Far East
conditions to appreciate why long
termed payments rather than cash
payments are more desired by Japan
The credit obligations have been used
by all the great powers to force con.
%cessions from China. America, dur
ing the Wilson administration, par
@ticipated with several other powers In
a forced loan to China. That Is, we
forced China to accept money which
she did not ask for and on certain
conditions which she did not desire.
Along with the loan went the right to
develop certain Industries in certain
territories. These were divided among
the fnanciers OF the different powers
and the concessions thus extended
were worth far more than the loan It.
self. BY refusing to pay cash, Japan
continues her official hold upon the
Province OF Shantung. s.
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pEBs DENIED CITIZENSHIP
Rights Of citizenship were withheld
from Eugene ". Debs when he was
pardoned on Christmas day, as II he
were an ordinary criminal and not
one who had gone to Jail as q protest
against the government war policy.
The denial Of citizenship rights ap.
pears to be regarded in many quarters
outside the Socialist circles as q piece
of petty revenge, which does not re-
fleet well on the Harding administra-