The Holly chieftain., 1922-06-08

THE delectable Senator Tom Wat
son Of Georgia indulged In another
outburst in the senate because Sena-
tor LenrOot intimated the Georgian
had made an untrue statement con-
cerning the Hoover relief fund ac-
counts. Watson yelled that he was
not afraid of 1.-THE InsOlent Junior SEN
atOr from Wisconsin" on the floor Of
the senate or anywhere else, and that
he defied him. Some day one of the
husky senators will take Tom Watson
ut his word and knock his block off"
|nvER in England short shrift is
~ usually given criminals. Horatio
BOttomley. member of parliament, edi-
tor of John Bull and professional
hater of America. has been found
guilty of fraudulent conversion Of
SGG0,00O in connection with the vic
tory bond clubs he organized among
poor people. and was promptly SEN
fenced to seven years Imprisonment.
He announced he would appeal but
WINS denied bail and locked up in
Brixton prison. Bottomley will lose
his seat in parliament II the convic-
tlon stands.
IRELAND has about two weeks in
which to establish n government in
accordance with the treaty creating
the Free State and to restore order to
measurable degree. II she fails the
British troops now in Ulster and 9TH
ers to be sent over will be used to
suppress the republicans and the Sim
Feiners and put an end to the border
warfare. Such Is the warning given
In the house of commons by Winston
Churchill, who added that the British
cabinet still has faith in Michael Col
elections are to be held on June 16
and Churchill said that II De Valera
and others who have rejected the
treaty are elected to the Irish parlia-
ment they must publicly announce
that they are bound by the treaty,
otherwise the pact will become worth
less and will be automatically vio-
lated. Collins and Griffith heard
Churchill's statement and afterward
said they believed they could work
out the affair II they had time. Sir
Lamington Evans, minister for war,
has complete plans ready for military
operations for the reduction of Ire
land, one of the prelimlnaries being
the full occupation Of Dublin.
Along the Ulster border the fight.
ing goes on merrily and every day a
number of persons are murdered. In
many localities the Free Staters and
republicans are making common cause
against the Protestants of Ulster
Bloody conflicts between the military
and constables and gunmen take place
daily in Belfast.
JnBSERyANCE of Memorial day
was made especially notable by
the dedication of the beautiful Lin
coin Memorial in Washington, nov
virtually completed. 1t was turned
over to the nation by Justice Taft as
head Of the memorial commission and
was accepted by President Harding In
an eloquent address. In the great
throng that witnessed the ceremonies
was Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the
Great Emancipator.
|NNE of the pledges Of the Harding
" administration and prediction
made early in the year by treasur,
officials was fulfilled last 'week. All
Issues OF Liberty bonds sold at par OIL
better, for the first time. The trading
In them on Wall street was yer,
heavy. At the low quotations Of last
year most of these bonds were yield
ing from 8 to almost 8h per cent Or
the present basis Of values the 3las
net exactly 31a per cent and the Al
and 4As from to Az per cent.
TWELVE balloons started from Mil
L waukee Wednesday in the nation
al race, and at this writing six have
landed. In Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
Missouri The others probably were
travelling northeast. One Of the greal
bags, belonging to the navy and there
fore nOn-contestant, Is filed with
hellum and carries n new secret radio
device from which much is expected
The three balloons that travel the
greatest distances will be Americas
entries In the International race iI
France later in the year.
DLANS for the unifcatlon Of Chin,
are moving forward. Uuon tn,
meeting of the old Republican parlla
ment, backed by General WI, the
President, Hsu Chih Chang, resigned
and was succeeded by Former Presi
dent Ii Yuan Hung. Overtures hav'
been made to Sun yat Sen.