The Clio messenger., 1922-06-15

ME delectaDle Senator Tom wat
son of Georgia INDUCED In another
outburst in the senate because Sena-
tor Lenroot intlmated the Georgian
had made an untrue statement con-
corning the Hoover relief fund ac-
counts. Watson yelled that he was
not afraid of "the insolent Junior SEN
ltor 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
at his word and knock his block OFF,"
over 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
$660,000 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
was denied bail and locked up in
BriXton prison. Bottomley will lose
his seat in parliament If the convic-
ton stands.
IRELAND has about two weeks in
Il which to establish government in
accordance with the treaty creating
the Free State and to restore order TO
q measurable degree. If 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
Inns and Arthur Griffith. The Irish
elections are. to be held on June 16
and Churchill said that If 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
Churchills statement and afterward
said they believed they could work
out the affair If they had time. Sir
Lamington Evans, minister for war,
has complete plans ready for military
land, one of the preliminaries being
the full occupation of Dublin.
Along the Ulster border the fight
ing goes on merrily and every day q
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.
observance of Memorial day
~ was made especially notable by
the dedication of the beautiful Lin
coin Memorial in Washington, now
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 a prediction
made early in the year by treasury
officials was fulfilled last week. All
issues of Liberty bonds sold at par or
better, for the first time The trading
In them on Wall street was very
heavy. At the low quotations Of last
year most of these bonds were yield
ing from 3 TO almost .6h per cent. On
the present basis Of values the 3hs
net exactly 3h per cent and the as
and Ans from to Az per cent.
TWELVE balloons started from Mil.
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 great
bags, belonging to the navy and there
fore q non-contestant, Is filed with
helum and carries a new secret radio
detlce from which much is expected.
The three balloons that travel the
greatest distances will be Americas
entries In the international race In
France later in the year.
DLANS for the unification of China
are moving forward. Uuon the
meeting Of the old Republican parlla-
ment, backed by General WI, the
President. Hsu Chlh Chang, resigned
and was succeeded by Former Presi-
dent Ii Yuan Hung. Overtures have
been made to Sun Yat Sen.