Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-23

EVENING, 20, 1922.
EVENTS OF A WEEK.
War clouds, which are always more or less
visible in southeastern Europe and the adjoining
tAsiatic territory, have thickened and darkened OF
late, following the defeat of the Greeks IN ASA
Minor and the capture and practical destruction OF
SMYRNA BY the Turks. Late dispatches have con-
frmed the earlier stories~of the massacre of Chris
tians at Smyrna, and the condition of the living
who have been banished, or who have fled from
their homes, is such that the fatalities must be
greatly increased in spite of the efforts which are
being made by agencies of many kinds to save lite
and relieve suffering.
The situation is such that actual hostilltles
NAV break out at any time between the turkish
forces under the command of Renal Pasha and the
British contingent which is left as the sole guardl-
an of the waterways connecting the Mediterranean
and Black seas. French and Italian troops have
been withdrawn from the vicinity, and the French
government particularly, in all the diplomatic eS-
changes, has opposed the use of force to prevent
the re-entry of the Turks into Europe and their re-
sumption of control of the straits.
Coal has been moving freely during the week.
Large cargoes of soft coal are arriving sae<Duluth,
and these will be followed shortly by anthracite
unless the movement is checked by the threatened
sailors Strlke, WHICH Il SCl1CuuNO vi oNIoDSA -
Union sailors on the lakes number 1000, and the
Carriers association has in service over 400 boats.
If the strike against the carriers of this group is
made effective it will affect IS per cent of the lake
transportation.
The British attitude has been declared on this
! occasion in a manner which leaves no room Tor
| misunderstanding The government has said in so
! many words that if the Turks attempt a movement
| on the Dardanelles they will be opposed by force.
I The British land forces in the vicinity are too few
j to hold the straits against a sustained attack, but
. war vessels Of all types are being hurried to the
: scene. The serious manner in which the British
. government is approaching this subject is lndl-
{ Gated by it's invitation to Jugo-Slavia to join. in the
{ defense of the straits, and by the messages sent to
: the governments of the several dolnlnions OF the
{ empire asking if they wish to be represented by
j forces of their own in military activities which
! may become necessary. 1t is evident that London
) sees in the present situation something much
& more grave than a mere local disturbance, to be
handled by a detachment of marines.
Bonus legislation has been disposed of SO far
B as this session Of congress is concerned. The ex-
pected veto message. of the president came early in
. the week, the grounds advanced for the veto being
1 substantially those given for the presidents oppo-
sition to this particular form of bill some months
ago, namely, that the bill committed the govern
n,ent to the expenditure of several billion dollars
without making any provision for raising the
money. Incidentally the message referred to the
political considerations back of some of the sup
port given the bill in terms which must have
caused some tingling of ears which were not too
sensitive to tingle. The house, as was expected,
voted by a large majority to pass the bill over the
veto, leaving the coup de grace to be admins
tered by the senate. The latter body sustained the
! veto by a margin small, but sufficient.
The new tariff bill is at last a law, and in op.
Grafton. Matters in dispute between the twe
houses were settled after repeated conferences
among the decisions reached being that to term.
mate the dye embargo, around which there hac
been one of the most stubborn fights in connection
with the bill; apd that to retain the elastic" fea
ture Of the blk with power vested in the presi
dent, through fhe tariff commission, to vary dutic:
and standards Of valuation within certain pre-
scribed limits. The duties provided in the new bill
are materially higher than those in the Underwood
tariff, and many OF them are. higher than in an,
q previous tariff bill. In anticipation Of the sigma
t1re of the bill by the president, importers had 70
n some time withdrawn goods from bond at a at
IA which brought into the treasury in duties sum
ranging from 100000 to $3,ooo,ooo a day.
III The strike situation itself has quoted materially
IWhatever the cause may be, there has been a ma
n terialslessening 81 disorder in connection with til
81 strike and many 81 the strikers hayesIeturne
n tosWorky@ some under the terms Of what is knew
as the Baltimore agreement, and some by accept
III ing The rms of roads which refused to be partie
20 thsts agreement. On the whole the transports
ton a~ssisnation has improved greatly.
After hearings IN the course of which Adg
al Wtikxfson granted the motion sof the defendant
III III III rejection of much of The testimony ohere
Il he@ecYernmei with reference to acts of VII
Aaien6e accompanying the railway shopnsnhs stYik
Itheeeurt took inder dviserdsnt ne mixing pel
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