The Holly chieftain., 1922-02-02

-nor's annual visit to the Manua group.
| The gentlemen from the ChIta gov
ernment must perforce be content with
this. and Ii may be said that there is
no apparent reason 10 doubt the good
| faith of Japan in the matter.
The four powers signatory to the
Pacific treaty have agreed to an ex
| change Of notes defining the treaty
as not applicable to the mainland of
| Japan. Whether this includes the
BONN and Loochoo islands. as Japan
| Wishes is not yet known
All three Of the chief parties in the
Japanese diet. which opened last
week, are on record as approving the
results OF the Washington conference.
THREE hundred delegates to
L the agricultural conference called by
Secretary Wallace were In session In
Washington, and considerable friction
developed during their deliberations.
The farmers hluntly set forth their
woes, and President Harding and Mr..
| Wallace let them know that the con-
| clusions reached by the conference
| would form the basis for a drive by
| the administration to obtain for them
relief measures from congress- Not
only temporary relief will be asked.
but measures that shall so stabilize
agriculture that there will be greater
remuneration for the farmer and
lower prices for the consumer. Before
the conference had been in session two
days insurgency made its appearance.
Some delegates declared the purpose
OF those responsible for the meeting
was the destruction Of the agricul-
tural bloc in congress. Making the
same charge, the Farmers National
| council started a conference Of its
own on Friday.
DRESIDENT HARDING has given
! hearty approval to sife st. Law
renee waterway project, and under
his direction Secretary of State
Hughes already is negotiating with
the government OF Great Britain for
a treaty under which the United
States and Canada can undertake the
project Jointly. The report of the
international joint commission, which
was made to the house, caused sharp
parliamentary fight Several commit
tees claimed Jurisdiction over it, but
Speaker Gillett ordered 1t referred to
the interstate and foreign commerce
committee, and later the ways and
means committee was given joint con-
sideration Of 1t. Opponents of the
project, mostly from Atlantic coast
states, made futile effort to have the
report turned over to the rivers and
harbors committee. which Is counted
as hostile to the project. Probably
there will be no legislation until the
necessary treaties are negotiated.
| ECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
" MELLON told the house ways and
means committee that additional taxa
tion to yield $3.50 600 in the next
two years would be necessary to make
the initial payments Of the proposed
1920, 100000 cash bonus to former
service men. He also condemned as
futile. unwise and improvident the
plan Of Chairman Fordney to finance
the bonus from the sale of the re-
funded foreign war debts. All pay.
ments ofprincipal and interest on those
debts, he said, should go toward retire.
ment Of Liberty bonds and payment
OF interest on them. Notwithstanding
Mr.. Melons warning the majority
leaders in congress decided that a
bonus bill should originate in the
house and be pressed to passage at
once. Fordney still clings to his for
eign debt plan, but MELONS talk led
to a revival of the proposed sales
tax.
CHILE Is not very enthusiastic over
~ the meeting in Washington with
Peru to settle their differences. She
accepted the invitation but now says
she will not take part II Bolivia IL
allowed to be represented The lead
ing Chilean newspaper says II must
be stipulated that negotiations shall
not alter the terms Of the AncoI
treaty. The appointment Of the
Chilean representative has been de-.
ferred by the cabinet.
M ENTION should be made of tho
AVA death of viscount Bryce, former
British ambassador to Washington.
He was an eminent man Of letters ana
publiclst and was so warm an admirer
Of the United States that he was
sometimes called an English Yankee"
His work entitled 1.-THE American