The Raymer enterprise., 1922-03-30

y, rOtuuey, 1OWuer, C6mpDelI, Long
succeeding q. 8. Montagu.
on an agreement made under the
armistice and that evasion was 3
mere technicality. Senator Underwood
agreed as to the technically and then
said this In effect:
Nevertheless, payment rests In the
reparation commission. The supreme
war council-not, to be confounded
with the supreme council Of the League
Of Nations-was given charge Of wind.
Ing up the war. We had q representa-
tive on that supreme council until af-
ter the defeat Of the Versailles treaty.
That supreme council turned over to
the reparation commission the ad.
minlstrati0n of the funds to be col.
lected from Germany to pay the troops
on the Rhine. The commission Is now
handling these funds. Tho only way
we can get our share Is to sit In at the
reparation table,"
Close observers in Washington say
that the Presidents informal utter
ances Indicate that be would look
with favor upon the appointment by
congress Of an American representa-
tive on the allied reparation COM
mission. He will not propose II, but
he thinks congress should realize Its
necessity.
7 LLOYD GEORGE has announced
- that he will attend the Genoa con-
ference. tisc0unt Peel has accepted
the post Of secretary Of state for
India, after Lord Derby had declined
1t. So 1t looks us II the British cabl-
net crisis growing out Of the indlscre-
ton and enforced resignation Of z.
8. Montagu Is over, Back Of II, how
ever, Is a condition Of worldwide
interest unrest and concerted action
In the Mcslem world Of quarter Of a
billion fanatical rellgionists. What
the Moslems consider the III treatment
Of Turkey since the World war has
bound them more closely together and
quickened their activities. They ap-
pear to be In touch the world over and
propaganda is everywhere. The de.
mand Of the Indian government for
the restoration Of Turkey Is conv.nc-
Ing evidence Of Moslem solidarity. The
sultan Of Turkey as caliph Of Islam
Is leader Of all Mohammedans.
EUROPE Is confronted by the
~ danger Of devastating plague Of
| typhus, according to the health depart.
ment Of the League of Nations. Ten
million cmlTnnts bearing typhus
germs are bearing down on the west
ern frontiers Of Russia and no bar
rier European nations can erect will
stop this panic-stricken horde Of
peasants fleeing from famine and
death. Already the Polish barrier has
been broken down; 100000 Russians
have swarmed into Eastern Gallcia.
Everywhere the route Of the hordes
Is lined with unburied corpses. In
the famine districts they are dying
80 fast that little effort is made to
bury the dead. The league will at.
tempt to establish sanitary Gordon.
Bayonets will be abandoned and an
attempt made to cleanse and cure
the millions.
MAINE furnished the first test Of
AvA strength In the congressional
elections. John D. Nelson. Republican,
defeated Ernest Mclean, Democrat, in
special election In the Third dis.
trict. The Republican victory was
In the face Of Democratic weather"
The Democrats cut down the majority,
however, In district which is normal.
~ strongly Republican. basing their
campaign largely on the bonus and
treaty issues. Query: What does the
test Of strength show7
G TEFANSS0N, the Arctic explorer,
y has, planted the flag Of Great Bri.
tain on Wrangell island and claimed
1t for the British government. Just
the same, in 1881 Capt. G. L. Hopper
Of the Corwin and Lieut.. Robert NJ.
Berry Of the Rodgers landed on Wran.
gell island, erected an American flag,
took possession In the name Of the
United States by right Of discovery
and left a written record In caIrn.
The island Ii important-if It ls i'm.
portant-because Of strategic donI-
nance Of northeastern Siberia.
THE United States Supreme court
! has held valid the New York rent
law Of 1920 curbing the rent hog.
The court held that the social emer.
gency caused by a shortage Of dweIl.
ings warrants the use Of police power
by the state.
Anyone desiring to study modern
warfare should visit the trenches on
the border between Ulster and South
Ireland.