Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-29

and increasing warfare In Ireland
between the Sim Fetners and the Ul-
ster folk, the British government has
undertaken to resume control of the
situation. Large reinforcements were
sent to the troops already In the island
and vigorous attacks were made on
the republicans who infested the bor-
der and regions adjacent. The British.
used airplanes and small war vessels
with telling effect. The Free State
leaders and the British government
are discussing changes in the Irish con-
stitution which the latter demands,
and both sides are, awaiting the Dali
elections, which come on June 16. It
has been surmised that the De Valera
faction might win more seats because
of the bitter feeling aroused by the
fighting, and indeed it was intimated
that the fighting was instigated for
that purpose.
COV1ET Russia, having failed to
" brighten the rest of the world into
giving it large credits, has resumed
its old uncompromising attitude. For
eign Minister Tchitcherin, who says
he is not going to the conference at
The Hague, declares Russia viii not
'recede one step from its May II memo
randum, which disrupted the Genoa
confab. 1t will make no more conces.
slons, he asserts, and rejects Amer.
ica's demands for additional guaran.
tees as the price of recognition. He
said America would recognize the flu.
tility of her policy, and then launched
into an attack on Charles r. Crane and
others whom he accused of assisting
the counter-revolutionary movements.
Persistent reports come from places
near Russia to the effect that Premier
Lenin is a desperately sick man. His
physicians have issued bulletin stat.
ing that he suffered an acute attack
of gastritis, which affected his nerves
and heart, but that he is now well
on the road to recovery.
The cabinet in Japan has resigned.
= owing to opposition in the parlia-
ment. But the privy council has de-
gclded that this does not affect the
treaties and agreements signed at the
washington conference, these being in
ternational in character and outside
the sphere affected by q cabinet
change.
"A LEXANDER, king Of Jugo-Slavia.
= = and Princess Marie of Rumania
were married Thursday in Belgrade
in the presence Of representatives of
nearly every nation in the world. The
affair was marked by all the splendor
and display Of medieval times and the.
ceremony in the ancient Byzantine ca
thedral was followed by a great pro-
cession Of quantity clad Populations
from the provinces, with wonderful
floats and pageants. Ordinarily the
marriage Of royal personages excites
only passing interest in these days.
but this one is Of more Importance il
that by it are linked the dynasties Of /
three Balkan countries. It serves to
strengthen the little entente, and pos B
sibly to lessen the danger Of future
wars In that long turbulent part Of thu
old world. lj13 !. 3.s.E.. If
DROGRESSIvES In the Republican
! party. scored another victory last
week in the nomination Of Col. Smith
w. Brookhart for United States sena..
tor from Iowa. Really this was a tri-3
umph for the radicals, for Brookhart
is rated as more than progressive.
He is a former soldier and lawyer
residing in Washington, Ia. i It was
necessary for him to obtain IS per
cent Of the primary vote to obtain the
nomination Independent Of the state
convention. He got Al per cent. Chair
man Mccormick Of the Republican,
senatorial campaign committee says
the committee will join the national
committee and the Republican state
committee IN Iowa to assure the cleo
ton Of Colonel Brookhart. Colonel
Brookhart bears the reputation az q
citizen Of high purpose and high c0ur.
age and had a fine record Of service
during the war. !"
5; "A 7 LAST the senate has before it
~ the soldiers bonus bill, as drafted
by the finance committee. Chairman
MeC unlber's accompanying report
placed the probable cost to the federal
government az $S.S45, 869, 481, spread.
over a period &of As years from , next
January "a The estimate is based On
the theory that Is per cent Of the