Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-11

J@.4 CttO EVENING, FEBRUARY IL, 1922, 81
:. EVENTS OF A WEEK.
The arms conference is over. The delegates
have been congratulated and hidden farewell BY
- President Harding and have started for their homes.
News OF the decisions of the conference have been
~ circulated throughout the world, and everywhere
there are expressions of qualification over the work
2 accomplished, and praise for the men who partici-
I pated in it. The United States government, an
90 ticipating the ratification of the treaties resulting
q from the conference, has discontinued work on Pa
7scihc island Notifications, thus giving an impressive
e demonstration of its absolute good faith in carrying
@s..out the full spirit OF the agreements. The seven
% treaties embodying the decisions of the conference
l,,have been laid before the senate by the president in
person, with the recommendation that thew be
promptly considered in a spirit of full sympathy
T with the purposes for which the conference was
SCALED. Such are the chief facts in relation to the
- rounding out Of the work of a gathering which, in
1.-THE light of its ultimate results, is likely to be re-
= garded as one OF the most important asse1nblages
ii IN the history of mankind.
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j In placing the conference treaties before the
ID senate the president emphasized the fact that they
j deal entirely with the problems of peace, and that
~ in no sense do they commit the United States to
any embarrassing alliances with other nations. Rat
: ihcation is asked for as an act of good faith, and in
the interest of the peace of the nations. The pros
J. pect is that the treaties will be ratified, but that be-
lore ratification there will be a discussion which
:. will revert back to partisan politics, and in which
g the discussion of the Versailles treaty will be re-
= called, possibly in a manner somewhat embarrass-
ing to several OF the men who are now urging the
se ratification of these treaties. There is no general
= expectation, however, that this will actually stand
IN the way Of acceptance.
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j An interesting indication of the estimate placed
on the program OF naval reduction which is enter
4 tanned in some quarters is found in the fact that
). since it has been regarded as probable that this pro-
: gram would be followed, there has been an unusual
9 number of applications from Annapolis cadets for
81 transfer to technical and other schools, the infer
. ence being that the changes actually brought about
3 and in prospect increase the desirability of civilian
j training as compared with training for a naval ca
/ reer. Another development which, of course, has
J been foreseen, and which is unfortunate while it
4 lasts, is that cessation of naval construction work
8 has thrown a fairly large number Of men out of en-
! ployrnent, a condition particularly undesirable lust
4 as this time.
3 The demand of France for a postpone1nent of
3 the Genoa economic conference for three months
/ or more, and the reluctance of the United States to
! accept the bare promises of the Soviet government
] at Moscow that it will be good in future, indicate
J, the possibility that plans for the conference will be
. abandoned for the time being.
3 Ireland has been the scene of fresh disturb
q ances, the acts of violence this time being along the
I Ulster border, where serious clashes have occurred
between the more turbulent representatives of the
W SiSdt illoA SlOupS. TOT II ClHe IL mas seemed
! that instead of peace between the two sections,
which it was hoped that the recent agreements
J mighttpronote, actual civil war might result. There
] has been decided disagreement between Michael
4 Collins and Sir James Craig on the boundary qucs-
! ton, and much bitterness has developed.
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! The consistory in the Vatican at Rome for the
/ selection of a new pope ended last Monday with
/ the choice OF Cardinal Ratti, archbishop of Milan,
4 as the head Of the great Catholic body. The new
n nope. who has chosen RI he known q G pi,,y Y &c ,
\ man OF great learning, of physical vigor, and of lib
eral tendencies. 1t is expected that he will seek
\ to carry out substantially the political plans Of his
predecessor.
In the American congress substantial agree
s n1ent appears to have been reached by the Repub-
lican majority on the bonus question Which has for
so long been an embarrassment. There has not at
any time been serious question of the enactment of
. bonus law, but the problem of finding means of
providing the necessary funds has caused delay.
For months there has been in progress a frantic
search for painless methods OF raising the money,
bit apparently all thought of this innpossibility has
been abandoned, and the house leaders are now
prepared to grapple with the question OF the basis
which Secretary Mellon has insisted is the only one
possible, that OF raising the fund by direct taxation.
The plan now under consideration ~contemplates the
raising of the fund by additional taxes, chiefly on
gasoline, automobiles, real estate transfers, docu-
fnent stamps and tobaccos.
S# Hearings are still in progress on the subject Of
assaric,iltural relief. The guarantee by the govern
E4ynent Of prices on the great staples occupies a large.
3Ease Of attention in all the discussions, and the
aa99ans of providing some such guarantee, for 4 limit
IN time only, and avowedly as an emergency meas-
aige.ib receiving considerable support.
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d The struggle between the state Of Kansas
a66A re miners who have resisted the authority Of
8e industrial court, the state seems to be gaining
Esthe strength Of its position. Howat and Dochy,