Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-08-18

Democrats of Arkansas renominated
Governor McRae, who was supported
by organized labor and the Ku Klux
Khan, defeating Judge Toney. In Ala
bama Judge w. w Brandon won the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination
by large majority.
ITO THE allied premiers and other
statesmen assembled in London,
Premier Poincare submitted Frances
plan to compel Germany to pay rep
arations or to get the money from the
country in other ways. He declared
France was In a desperate financial
condition, and threatened TO act alone
against Germany II the allies failed to
support her just claims. Poincare's
demands, briefly, were for control Of
the following: First. licenses Of ex-
ports; second. financial explorations
Of mines; third state forests; fourth,
participation in German industrial
companies
Lloyd George, with the support Of
the Belgians, Italians and Japanese,
forced the submission of the French
plan to a committee of experts. say
ing: ut is all a question Of the
method of getting everything from
Germany, whether the method bring
trouble or cash. and every sanction
should be submitted to a test
TINE experts fulfilled expectations by
4 rejecting the French propositions,
all but the F'rnech members being
agreed in opposition to them on every
major point. The situation became go
acute that both the British and French
cabinets We're called together, and each
gave full support to the stand taken
by its premier. AS neither side showed
any signs Of yielding, it appeared as
if the entente were soon to break up,
leaving France isolated. The British
position may be summarized thus:
Germany is unable to pay; she Is
ruined. and an effort to squeeze large
sums from her would merely add to
her difficulties without profting the
allies and, besides, would delay the
economic reconstruction of Europe.
The French contention is that Ger.
many still is economically powerful
and able to pay a great deal, but that,
partly by design and partly by cir
cumstances, she has assumed an APP
pearance Of weakness which in fact
does not exist. Poincaire IS willing
to grant Germany a brief moratorium
to see whether she Is willing to pro-
mote financial reforms and apply pro-
ductive measures that would yield
some money for reparations. But he
has no confidence in The good faith
Of Germany.
IRISH rebels, still on the run, are
4 doing as much damage as they can.
Before abandoning Queenstown they
set that city afre, blew up a railroad
bridge, and blocked the entrance to
Cork harbor by sinking barges in the
narrow channel. They thus hoped to
head off the attack of the nationals
on Cork, to which they retreated. The
Free Staters, however, landed at sew
eral points and the fight for Cork was
under way at last reports. The ir-
regulars also seriously interrupted
cable communication between Ameri-
ca and Europe by selling the Irish
coast landing places OF ten Of the
seventeen lines between the CONT
nents. 1t was feared they would de-
stroy these plants.
Joseph O'Sullivan and Reginald
Dunn, the murderers of Field Mar
shall Sir Henry Wilson, were hanged
in London, all pleas in their behalf
having been denied by the English
courts and officials.
portugal is having general
1 strike caused by the rising prices
of food. Martial law has been de-
clared, constitutional guarantee sus-
pended, and the government has
moved to Fort Cascaes.
a MONG the train wrecks mentioned
a in the discussion of the shop
mems strike, the worst was near st.
Louis, Mo-, when a steel coach pas
senger train on the Missouri Pacific,
running past the block signals, col.
nded with the rear Of local train.
Thirty-seven persons were killed and
1873 injured.
r AFTER reports from Swallow, on the
IL China coast, show that the typhoon
which struck that city recently was
one of the worst in history. Estimates
of the number of dead have risen from
5000 to $4,000, and it is said fully
100000 are homeless.