Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-03-02

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| tee, In one Of Its economical spasms,
reduced the estimates Of the Depart
ment of Commerce to the extent Of
S3,090,991, and those of the Depart
ment Of Labor by S1,227,712.
DREMIERS LLOYD GEORGE AND
L POINCARE met privately In
France Sunday for the purpose Of ar
ranging the agenda for the Genoa con-
! ference on the economic and financial
regeneration Of Europe. There are re-
ports that the conference may be post
| poned for several weeks. OF course
| the European nations are exceedingly
desirous that the United States shall
take part in the meeting, but this
| grows more unlikely as time passes.
Secretary Hoover, in Washington's
birthday address In Chicago, gave
| what might be considered an unofficial
expression of the administrations
views on this matter. Without becom-
ing too specific, he made 1t plain that
the United States could not be ex-
pected to lend assistance to the nations
of Europe until they had worked out
some Of their present pressing prob
lens, including unbalanced budgets.
overtaXed peoples, large armies and
an unbearable debt, both domestic and
external-all bearing their fruit Of In
flation and instability"
Mr.. Hoover added: "We find our
selves much torn between an earnest
desire to be Of service and a rightful
desire to keep ourselves free from
matters to which we are not q party
and which we cannot remedy; partici-
patton In which, nevertheless, would
undermine our strength, our influence
and our ability to render real service
In the future"
TRUCE has been agreed upon by the
i Quarreling Irlsh-Free State sup
porters on one side and republicans on
the other. Ard Fhels, the convention
Of the Sim Fein, on Wednesday ad-
journad for three months, at the end
Of which period the people of the is
land will be called on TO vote on q
constitution, and also en acceptance OF
the treaty with England. No election
Is to be held until after that referen-
dunn. Michael Collins announced he
would resign the craftsmanship Of the
provisional government II In tho three
months the opposition gained control
Of the Dali Elreann. His majority
now Is exceedingly slender. One thou
sand members Of the Sim Fein met
with De Valera and formally organ
lied the republican party, and plans
were laid for q campaign in every
county against the Free State and the
proposed constitution.
THE resignation Of Judge Kenesaw
l. NJ. Lands from the federal bench
of the northern Illinois district Is
cause for sincere regret, except pera
haps on the part Of baseball fan
Though often spectacular in method
and speech, Judge Lands was alway
fearless, just and impeccably hones1
and he had an uncanny ability to ge
at the truth and q commendabl
tendency to ignore unimportant tecf
nlcalities. If these latter Qualitie
were shared by the lesser judiciary
the region where Judge Landis ha
been exercising his activities there
would be less cause to complain Of the
prevalence Of crime there and Of mis-
carriages Of justice.
ID REPRESENTATIVES. Of 16 railway
IN unions and of the United Mine
Workers Of America met In Chicago
and entered into q defensive alliance,
but there will be no sympathetic rail-
strike on April /, when the coal miners
are expected to quit work. The agree
ment, moreover, does not become op-
eratiye until 1t has been ratified by all
the organizations. If any Of the labor
unions embraced IN the agreement SIS
made the victim Of unwarranted at
tacks, or It's integrity Is Jeopardized,'
ways and means will be considered,
any action to be approved by each Of
the IT organizations. An executive
committee, composer Of the chief e1-
ecutives Of all the unions, will make
the necessary recommendations.
WHAT may develop into new
w political party was born In Chi
cago last week when several hundred
farmers, Socialists, union labor leaders
and others started a movement for the
election to congress Of men and women
Of the working class At present the
participants In this movement are
pledged to nonpartisan political ac-
tion. Radicals Of many types and de-
grees, were present at the conference,
but /. w. WIS were not admitted.
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