Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-01-05
Observation-Disclosures

lUodjIgy nssd bad srz-5s1jiubs toll To
The League fqf Nations, Though
isais funetioping without the, cooperation
L 81, the tinted States, accomplished
!, much during the yeattY, chiefly Though:
its qcodneif, Which met aih Paris -6n
s11 iFeBF6aF9 21sakdo imhedia fefetred
shs proposed amendments ITO theic0yan9pH
-sImoto rasedmRhittee. 4 President Wilson,
who during January NJ had do YjtAdraW9
the American REPRESENTATIVES from the
council Of ambassadors and the repa-
'oo''- TatfOns sC0mmisBf6n n dJ FSBtuHfy 92Sf
sent to the league council aIostrongI
~ b9ppotsst oagainst the bnhIusibm of thsi
island Of Yapoip telrite8Bh srsub5ectedc
ioi tei thes mandate LET Japan, wand also
egit formally demanded for, America a,
voice In the disposal of the Former,
German colonies. tSThet codhctl IN feEI
ply said IT, was not concerned Rithi
90 Tie ALLEGATION h5f 0Yaplat6 Japan ana
invited the lUhitRduS States to take pHrtr
Dsnmih discussions cencetnipS tie Turkish
-ni dcand African man dates "A mOnth after
the Republican administration took
Office Secretary Of State Hughes reit-
Grated Mr.. Wilson'S stand concerning
'noo zap ana mandates Ii general, and
Ilater1 France and Italy indorsed fAmero
tcaH position IN the contrOversy over
!. She fEdIla. tllo1Ei IL pan yfOfmallg y re-
"a fused to give up her mandate. There
S after that dispute was the subject of
IA long drawn-out negotiations between
Y the United States and Japan which
9 l statte :.s5 Te esSSl q Enlte =
q TS8Hs2 hes kl'.4' n 4saRa5 4
m The council Of ambassadors in Janu-
n army airy gave aDeo GsF1PPg I :I3
u on Austria's economic status, decided
n that Latvia and Esthonia should be
f3I recognized as sovereign states, and
E3 then fixed the GERMAN irepATa ions sat
81 226D0e OoO, e99sgola rlmEEkss aHaydBle lhs
"a annual installments, sand 512Dpericautl
b tax ON exports during the period of
81. paytneht. THIS registrations decisions
q created CONSERVATION In Germany and
" Berlin at once began efforts to per-
q suade the United States to intervene
n in her behalf. The wilson, Administers
= ton mades A6-fesb 6iss, bit on fApEI
a 2 Secretary Hughes @informedA &erA
q many the United States would not
Il eountenancs her escaping full respon-
u sibility fOt the war or getting out Of
4 paying to the 4lmif Of stels ability! a,
q few days earlier, BsIlins having failed
q o-make tbe,aanst1 RaEments, French
q troops occupied Dusseldorf, Duis-
"A burg and Ruhrort. The British OBJ
3 jected strongly to this Independent
II action and France withdrew. 1t would
be tedious to detail the negotiations
Il owe, the reparstiops bill. Suf1ce II to
say that Germany, with Doctor -WIrthS
as chancellor, was compelled to &C
cept the figures Of 1876 900, 100000 gold
marks finally decided on by. the SUI
preme COUNCIL mgieGt1s EFglPe4 ts'tlgar
during the year But, on December IA
anhbnheea thatfhe-ip VdalprEpaFt or
the sums due b the enrlk part OF
1929 coaldAnet Be>Faiseds AID. slneel
many economists agreed that to drive
her into absolute bankruptcy lwouid
be disastrous to the rest Of the world,
toward the close Of the year there
was increasing talk Of ARRANGING %
snoratoEium Of two to three years for
her, France Ras the chief eb5eeteR
such delay, as she relied % the
money ne her from Germany. but