The Arvada enterprise., 1922-08-24

mentOus one Of . rupture Of the en-.
tente and the wrecking Of the treaty
Of Versailles. The French premier
summoned his cabinet and 1t unauali-
hedIy indorsed all he had done and
said In London. 1t also decided the
government was competent to handle
the situation without convening parlia-
ment. unless conditions become much
worse. Though fully prepared to put
Into force the French sanctions
against Germany. the cabinet decided
to await the action of the reparations
commission concerning a moratorium.
Germany meanwhile defaulted In the
war debts due on Tuesday. declaring
In note 10 the allies that this was
due to the demand for foreign cur
rency to pay for urgently needed nee
essariex OF life and to the fall In the
value Of the mark. The reparatiOna
commission WAS trying to devise some
way Of tidlng over the situation until
November or December when, 1t be-
lieves. another meeting Of the allied
preIniers will have to he held to con.
slider the whole question Of German
debt and finances and the interalliei
war debts.
The breakup of the London confer
ence caused another great decline In
the value OF the mark, and at the
same time came series Of farm
strikes throughout the country led by
the communists and seriously threat.
enIng the harvests. Chancellor Wirth,
In statement to press correspond
ents. said:
"Germany cannot pay In gold. Ten
million gold marks. paid this week,
were drawn from money Ne: apart to
buy wheat this month. The first duty
Of the German government Is to give
bread To our sinking people.
I'm Austria. which In less densely
populated than Germany. the author
ity Of the state has been endangered.
Germany In now heading under full
sail into parallel conditions What
can France gain from her polIcyi Our
Inability TO pay in gold will be fol.
lowed by inability to pay In anything.
What comes after that Is not politics
1t In social revolution. We Of the
Germnn republic have restored har.
mony In central Europe. where for.
merly an entire upheaval threatened
We ARE today sitting at the deathbed
Of our work."
THOUGH expected for some time
the death Of Lord NOrthclifHe, the
famous British journalist and leading
publicixt of the world. came ms a real
shock. America feels the loss only
less than Great Britain, for he was
often In this country. knew thoroughly
Ito people and Its ideals and was the
greatest force in the promotion Oi
close friendly relations between the
two nations. His power In British poll
ties WAS tremendous, and there Is nc
one to MI his place. ViscOunt North
clifre WIS buried In Westminster Alb
hey Thurs,iny with all the honors that
could he bestowed. Eminent persons
including many ambassadors. filed the
editicc and the humber folk thronged
the streets outside.
IRISH insurgents. having been a.
most totally routed In the South
broke into renewed activity In the
North and among other exploits cap
tured Dundnlk In n surprise attack
hut they were unable to hold the
place more than u few days. Wher
the regulars rcoccupied II they took
hundreds of prisoners. Regular river
bont service has been re.csinbilsh
between Cork nnd Queenstown nnd
normal conditions almost restored Ia
that district. The Mnrconi rutio stu
tlon ut Clifden on the cOast north oi
Galway has been rescued from III,
rebels.
The new Irish Free Stnte lost on,
Of Its wisest and strongest supports IL
the death " Arthur Griffith. president
of Dali Eireann. on August IL. Irish
md English alike mourned him nnt
his funeral In Dublin WIS the occasion
of II very remarkable Demonstration.
aver In Chi.iR . peace pariey
" actually WIS begun. the agents o
Gen. WI Prl.fu. war lord Of IN,
North; nnd ~ General Chang. dictate,
Of Manchuria. and Sun YatSen. for
n,sr head Of ihc southern government,
getting together In Shanghai. Repre-
sentntives of President IL and other
also were present. Doctor Sun. VIII,
reached Shanghai from Canton VII
HonGkonE. sald he had no persona
ambitions and would obey parliament
ind support whOmcyer Il chose u
pfesidcnt.