Evening star., 1922-04-02

II Iuo seven OdyS cuoeU ApII1 /.
United States Of America.-The Army bill
was passed by the House Thursday. 1t
provides for reduction Of the enlisted strength
of the Army to 115o00 men, plus 1000 Philip
pine scouts, and the officer strength to ll,ooo
Against the War Departments estimate OF
$3,500,000 for training organized reserves, 1t
would appropriate $25000O. about enough for
fifteen days training of 1000 officers, whereas
1t was intended to train $4,000 reserve officers
and 10000 enlisted reserves. Against the War
Departments estimate of $30.000,000 for Ma
tional Guard necessities. it would appropriate
$7,000.000. 1t seems to be thought that the
Houses devastating proposals will be Vigor-
ously opposed in the Senate in which body
Gen. Pershing's opinion to the irreducible
minimum of our military necessities has more
weight. it is alleged, than in the House.
During the week the Senate ratified the
supplement to the four-power treaty and the
declaration there anent the naval treaty. the
treaty relating to submarines and noxious
cases. and the two Chinese treaties-unani-
mously. except for one vote against the naval
treaty and against the Chinese customs
treaty The debate on the supplement to the
four-power treaty was of most singular
quality. Ratification Of the conference treaties
Is now complete.
No marked change appears in the textile
strike situations in Rhode Island and New
Lawrence. Mass went out during the week
On Thursday Secretary Of Labor Davis is
situation. He puts the blame for the strike
on the bituminous coal operators of the cen
tsai tsa, competitive heid: IN tnat they repudiated
miners representatives prior to April ! to
discuss new agreement Accepting the oper-
ators' word that the non-union mines can sup
ply SO per cent Of the bitumnous needs of the
country, and assured by a government survey
that there is in storage the ground
tons of bituminous coal. he declares that there
not he q fyp1 BOA with in turn
months. "on the strength OF these facts" he
says. there will be excuse for advances in
locality the fact should be reported to wash
ineton at once for action by the Attorney
Negotiations between representatives Of an
thracite operators and miners continue. but
the operators. the anthracite miners would
abandon their bituminous brethren and return
On ms Saturday morning ] approSimateiy ,r 1 n 10000
anthracite miners and 100000 unionized
On Thursday the House passed against
considerable opposition) the bill. already
Sy the m a
Apstria's debt to US Of s25ooo.ooo:
designated the week commencing April 2s as as
'Anti-Cigarette week"
Ircland.-Complying with a telegraphic re-
quest from Lloyd George. Michael Collins.
head of the provisional Free State government
of Ireland: Mr.. Griffith. president of the dali
eireann. and Sir James Craig, premier of
Ulster. met Lloyd George and other members
of the British cabinet in London Thursday
for three-cornered conference concerning
the conditions which have been menacing real
between north and south Ireland
If dispatches are to be believed. Michael
Collins has been accusing Sir James Craig of
not keeping his promise pledged in writing
some months ago. that discharged Catholic
workmen gould be reinstated and that there