The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-04-06

al. The Illinois mines cannot be OJ).
| Grated by pickup labor because of Il
state law which requires that no coal
digger may be employed unless he can
show at least two years experience
/ under ground. What Governor Allen
ana the Industrial court will do in
| Kansas is arousing general interest
If the promises of the union heads
are kept, there will he no violence i'm
! connection with the strike. Nor will
the mines suffer physically, for enough
men will be permitted to Stay in them
I" keep them from being flooded and
| otherwise damaged.
NJ lkOI.Al LENlN, premier of soviet
Russia. is again dead, according
1" reports, but, as on previous occa-
sionS, il is believed that tie rumor is
| greatly exaggerated" Probably ii Is
true that he IS quite III. and ii is not
likely that he will be able to attend
the Genoa conference. However. the
soviet delegates to that c0nfnh arc
lnNuriously on their way to Italy by
way OF Riga and Berlin. rejoicing in
The Tact thai III last ,hr!r government
|
| from the cnpitaliStic and bourgeois
governments they hate so intensely.
Ihey are hopeful OF obtaining lnan-
| cihl ana commercial assistance for the
task Of definitely establishing the
communist regime i'm Russia, but Lcnn
recently declared communism there
had reached the limit Of yielding to
capitalism and was now In q position
again to advance. But he told the
communists they must cease their
dreaming and get to work
| DtEMIER LLOYD GEORGES pol
icy concerning the Genoa confer
cnce was to be submitted to the house
or commons this week for approval or
rejection, and on the result depends
his retention Of Office Moreover. 1t
was said that the small majority that
was assured him on q vote Of conf.
dence would not satisfy him. Unless
ne was given a majority OF at least
300, asserted his friends, he would re-
sign. The resolution prepared for the
| house to act upon read:
Resolved, That this house ap-
proves the resolutions passed by the
supreme council at Cannes as a basis
| FOR the Genon conference and will sup
port his maicsty's government in en-
deavoring to give effect to them"
Already Mr. Lloyd George had quiet
ed the opposition In his cabinet by the
assurance that he does not inrend an
immediate or unconditional rccogni-
tion Of the soviet government Of Rus
| sia.
| a PPRECIATINGs the dangerous
Sthte OF angry unrest throughout
the Mohammedan world the failure Of
the Greeks to defeat the Kemalists in
Asia Minor and other conditions. the
| allies Near East conference in Paris
decided that the Turkish empire
| should he restored, with restrictions.
According to the plan adopted, the
Turks obtain Constantinople Il sover-
eighty throughout Asia Minor, includ-
Ing Smyrna and Thracc with Rodosto.
The Greeks retain Adrinnople and a
buffer corridor reaching to the Black
sea, fencing off the Bulgariuns from
the Turks. Abandonment OF the inter
the restoration Of the sutan's mower
Is safegnarded through the British in
sistence that GnllipOli be left TO the
Greeks, Dnrdanelles demilitariZed and
the allied military Inspectors oversee
the razing of all fortfications.
While the Greeks are not at all sat
isfied with this arrangement, nll fac
tions except the Venizeiists are sun
porting the Gounaris cabinet in ne
cepting It, The Turks. however nre
far from pleased and have not vet
agreed to the proposals Nor have
they accepted the recommendation of
the allied foreign ministers for a set
tlement of their differences with the
Greeks. For this latter the French
are blamed by British officials. They
are warning the Greeks much as did
Lord byron long ago when he wrote :
Turkish force and Latin fraud
Would break your shield, however
broad"
OPTIMISTIC foil; base renewed
- hope for unified Ireland ON 81
peace agreement signed by represent.
atiHeS of the Free State ana Iustcr
governments. 1t is not apparent how
ms VIII operate I" pacify the rcpub
iicans. whose latest exploit was tho do.
struction of the plant Of the Freeman,
Journal In Dublin.