The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-06-22

not be paid to shipowners who sell
liquor on American ships outside the
three-mile limit.
So long as Mr.. Laskcr is able to
maintain his position-that an Amer
lean ship is not American territory
after 1t passes the three mile limit
thousands OF thirsty and grateful
Americans will DatrOnize the shipping
BOARD vessels If and when he is
driven from that position, the thirsty
American travellers will transfer their
patronage to ships that fly some other
flag than the Stars and Stripes.
pRESlDENT HARDING is so in
slstent on the passage of the ship
subsidy bill. which has been re-draftcd
by the house committee on merchant
marine, that he has warned congress
It's failure In this respect will certain
~ lead him to call an immediate ex-
trnordtnnry session. The President has
also let congress know that in his
opinion the tariff is the most important
matter before It, and that it should
have undivided attention until it is
disposed Of. Then. and not until then.
he thinks the soldiers bonus bill
should he taken up. McCumher and
other senators who are pushing the
bonus legislation showed disposition
to disregard this advice from the
White House and went ahead with
plans for sidetracking the tarifr in
favor OF the bonus this week They
believe the latter measure can be put
through without a long debate
flag DAY was observed generally
throughout the country ana among
the celebrations was one especially
worthy OF note. This was in historic
Fort Mcllenry where was unveiled the
monument erected by congress to
Francis Scott Key, author OF the "Stur
Spangled Banner" The handsome
Shaft stands near the spot where
flonted the Flag while Key was writing
his immortal lines. President Harding
delivered a graceful dedicatory ad-
dress.
~ nee more the European experts
- are gathered together to deter
mine the best method of dealing with
Russia and accomplishing the re-
generation Of the nations suffering
from the effects Of the World war.
This time they are Mt The Hague. and
for the present no representatives Of
Russia and Of Germany are admitted
When q plan has been settled on, the
soviet government Will be asked to
send delegates to take part in pour
parlers, beginning June GO.
First the attitudes Of Great Britain
and France must be harmonized At
present these arc Numerically op-
posed. The British want Europe to
forget the war; to do away with inter
national debts: to cOnciliatc the van
quishcd states and make concessions
to them: to jolly soviet Russia: and
generally to base the new Europe
largely on economic interests and com
pei the smaller states to enter into
agreements accordingly. The French,
us dcsirous ns the British for peace
and stable conditions. believe the war
cannot he forgotten; and that intcrna-
tional obligations should be fulfilled as
far as possible. They want the new
order maintained by physical force
and the alliances REINFORCED and
gradually extended to include all of
Europe. AS for Russia, they Insist, as
they did Mt Genoa, that suitable
guarantees must be supplied by the
soviet government, and the mcmor-
andum OF May II withdrawn before
official relations are renewed
1t is probable that proposal will
be made to Russia that commission
be permitted to investigate economic
condition there. If they maintain their
present attitude. this will likely be
rejected. The bolshevk leaders are
quite unyiclding. asserting that their
attitude at The Hague will be the
same as at Genoa. and that the only
possible concessions to foreign capital
will be on the basis Of the recently
enacted laws governing private
property. Their publicity man, Karl
Radek. said the conference at Tie
Hague would prove hindrancc rather
thnn n help, and continued:
"If we are not to consider the dec
larations Of Hoover and Hughes and
the memorandum of Poincare as empty
threats, what they ask before the pour
parlers with Russia is Russia's with
drawal OF the memorandum Of May II
in which the principal position Of Rus.
sia was expressed.
1.-THE Russian government is not in |
such low position as to allow itself