The Arvada enterprise., 1922-06-15

pfeme court, read BY Chief Justice
Taft. In effect sets aside the damages,
finding the acts which caused the de-
structiOn Of property were not melted
for the purpose Of restraining inter-
state commerce. But the court also
held that labor organizations, even
though not Incorporated. are not only
suable, but are amenable to the Sher-
man antitrust law. and under It may
be prosecuted for restraint Of inter
state commerce.
Samuel GOmpers, a. might be ex-
pected. denounced this decision bitter
ly, saying that It set precedent under
which capital "can impose any cOndl-
tion ON the working people Of the coun-
try. and they would not dare resist" :"
He declared he believed congress and
the people Of the United States would
repudlate the ruling. and continued: !:
Tile court has, for the first time In
the history Of federal legislation, laid
down the principle that a voluntary
corporation is liable for damages by
any act Of one or a group Of Its men,
bers. no matter how far unrelated
they may be In distance or supervi-
sion."
Unless 1t Is nullined by congresslon-
al legislation. this decision Of the
highest court In the land will power
fully and widely affect the future rela-
tiOns of union organizations with EN-
ployers and with the general public.
% RITISH, italian and Belgium mem.
- bers Of the reparatiOns commits
sion voted to enlarge the international
committee Of bankers that was trying
to adjust Germany's financial affairs
and to permit 1t to make its own In.
Quiry into Germany's capacity to pay.
ignoring the London schedule. Amer
ica's unofficial delegate. Roland w.
Boyden. though he could not vote.
stated that he considered the repara-
tlons demanded-$33. 900. .OOO OOO-to be
too high Frances representative.
however. voted In the negative. This
created Q tense situation. for although
. unanimous vote ID necessary for the
reparatiOns commission to reduce the
sum demanded from Germany. until
1925 only q majority vote Is needed to
give Germany 4 partial or full mora.
tOrtum.
The bankers. recognizing that una.
niinity does not exist among the nations
that would be expected to participate
In the immense loans they were plan.
ming for Germany. decided to give up
ell idea Of an International loan. and
10 reported to the reparations commits.
sion.
Premier Poincare and President Nil.
lerand-whO. It may be said. are
backed up completely by their govern
ment-asked a special meeting Of the
commission. and to It the statement
was made that France denied the right
OF other allies to reduce the French
claim on Germany since the amount
Of reparatiOns has been fixed and ap.
portioned; and that the French gov
ernment would not consider reduction
Of the reparatiOns unless the war
debts were reduced prOportiOnately.
The latter proposition, Of course.
would put the matter up to the United
Stntes. which IN to the present has
shown NO disposition to scale down the
vast amounts owed her by other M
tions. Meanwhile there hangs over
Europe the menace Of independent ac-
tion by France against Germany.
EXASPERATED by the continual
= and increasing warfare In ireland
between the Sim FeIners and the VI.
ster folk. the British government has
undertaken to resume control Of the
situntlOn. Large relnforcements were
sent to the troops already In the island
nnd vigorous attacks were made on
the republicans who infested the b0r-
der md regions adjacent. The British
used nlrplanes and small war vessels
with telling effect. The Free State
leaders and the. British government
arr discussing changes In the Irish con.
stItutiOn which the latter demands,
and both sides are awaiting the Dali
elections, which come on June 10. II
has been xurmised that the De Valera
faction might win more seats because
Of the bitter feeling aroused by the
f,ehting, md indeed II wns intimated
TINT the fighting WINS instlgnted for
that purpose.
COvIET Russia, having failed ia
y frIghten the rest Of the world into
giving II large credits. has resumed
its old incorporating attitude. For.
eign Minister TchitcheFin. who says
hs is nat going to the conference at
The Hague. declares Russla will M