Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-07-20

portation. facilities. The surface street
car men already had voted to strike
against a wage reduction Of 2O'cents
an hour, and on Thursday the en-
ployees Of the elevated roads also
voted for a walkout. The unions
agreed on a joint policy and plan Of
action, and there was hope that fur
Their negotiations might avert strike.
The situation was complicated by
local politics and the desire of some
of tine city officials that the munich
pality should take over the surface
roads and operate them.
THUS far only partial success has
L been achieved by President Hard
ing in his attempt to end the coal
strike. The anthracite operators SUBJ
mitted what he regarded as COM
plete acceptance of his plan Of arbi-
tration, but the bituminous operators
and the miners union had not at this
writing sent in their reply. Govern
ment officials thought both sides were
evading an immediate decision with
the intention Of rejecting the settle.
ment plan If public opinion seemed
to approve such a course. Two con-
ditions to the anthracite operators
acceptance were that separate COM
mission consider wage scales, and
that the commission render it's de-
cision by August TO- they agreeing to
pay in the meantime the scale Of
March II.
DREM1ER MACKENZIE, KING Of
Canada, went to Washington last
week and submitted to Secretary Of
State Hughes an interesting and, on
the face of 1t, reasonable proposal.
This was that the Rush-Bagot agree
ment between Great Britain and the
United States concerning the Great
Lakes and the other boundary waters
between this country and Canada be
modernized and made permanent. The
agreement, which has stood for los
years and Is terlninable on six
/; months notice, limits the armament
on the lakes and the St. Lawrence to
four vessels Of not more than 100
tons burden, each carrying not more
than one 1S.pound gun. Mr.. King
thought this an opportune >>time to
suggest to our government that the
agreement be given permanency in a
1 formal treaty. Some of the author
tiles in Washington thought the Cana.
dian prime minister was "trying to
take a flier Of his own in the dis
armament market for political pur-
poses"
NOTWITHSTANDING the strong
y opposition Of France, it appeared
probable the allled' Preparations COM
mission would grant Germany's for.
NAL request for a moratorium on
cash reparations payments, after the
payment by Berlin Of the $4,000, 900
due on July Is. The amount was re-
,duced from $12,5OO0OO by the credit.
ing Of Germany with $4.5O0,OO0 on
delivery Of coal and dyes. The mora
forum asked is for 80 months and
3 the prediction was that 1t would be
granted on condition that the allies
be given control Of Germany's finances
during that period.
The French asserted the collapse Of
( the mark and the threatened financial
downfall Of Germany is due to the Ger
man policy Of issuing unlimited marks
and to extravagant government ex-
! penditures, and that the granting Of a
4 moratorium would not change the
basic factors. They believe in fact,
that Germany has deliberately engi:
neered her own insolvency in order
to obtain reduction Of the repara-
lions bill. In Paris It was said the
chamber Of deputles would overthrow