, 1922-05-25
FOREIGN

the OF the
commission.
The eight-month non-aggression pact
was adopted unanimously at a plenary
meeting of the political subcommission
of the Genoa conference. The pact was
not signed, but was adopted in the form
of a resolution each state pledging IT.
self to respect it.
The council of the League of Ma
lions refused to take up the Russian
problem and referred to the Genoa
conference the Norwegian govern
ments request for an immediate in
quiry by the league into the general
situation in Russia and the effect of
the famine on economic reconstruc-
ton in Europe.
The French budget for 1923, sub
mitted to parliament by the govern
ment, provides for expenditures
amounting to 3D. SO,OOO,OOO francs
with receipts amounting to only 49,
~2S5,OOO,OO0 francs, of which 1,250,
100000 would be derived from the
sale of war stocks. taxes on war prof
its and other temporary resources.
Austen Chamberlain. government
spokesman, denied in the House Of
Commons that France is preparing to
extend her military occupation of Ger
many. Indirect threats nae been
made by France to take over addi-
tional German territory unless the
Germans accepted the new demands
of the interallied r~eparations commits
sion by May 81.
A dress of pure gold is one of the
most conspicuous of the wedding gifts
received by Princess Marie of tuina
mia, who will be married here June l
to King Alexander of Jugo-Slavia. The
dress was presented to her by the peas
ants of the country. King Alexander
has received from the Serbians in Mac
edonia a shirt of pure SILK, woven on
a hand loom from a medieval design
that now is nearly extinct.
Silver by the ton, gold by the hun
dredweight, pearls by the bushel and
diamonds by the peck, dumped into
wooden boxes, jute sacks, %pasteboard
cartons or merely wrapped in parcels
this treasure hoard awaits open
ing and sorting at the %storehouse for
valuableS conflscated by the soviet gov
eminent from the churches and syna-
gogues of Russia for the benefit of
famine sufferers.
GENERAL
Gang terrorism was held respon-
sible by Chicago police for an outbreak
of incendiarism in Chicago recently in
u~hfnh th,.a. ft.n- ,,,.,.l cDEn nAn h..
ages.
Maj. Edward D'Ardery, engineers
corps, United States army, has been
nominated by President Harding to be
a member of the California debris
commission.
Miles G.. Buckingham, Memphis,
Tenn, clubman, has been arrested,
charged with Staying his wife, Mrs.
Lorraine Harrison buckingham. He was
released on $4,000 bond.
Former Governor James NJ. Cox, who
was the Democratic candidate for
President in 1920, has declined the in
vitation of a political club to enter the
race for governor of Ohio this year.
Earl E. Gordon. % years old, stu
dent of Miami, Okla, must stand
trial on charges of murder for the
shooting to death of Beckham Cobb,
%. Birmingham, Ala. This was the
decision after Gordon had been given
a preliminary hearing.
State Finance Commissioner Hughes
has announced revocation of licenses
of a number of corporations 10 do
business under the blue sky" laws of
Missouri. Some of the ~revocations are
due to unsatisfactory reports filed by
the corporations, and others to failure
to file as required by the statutes, it
was announced. The list includes:
Columbine Mining and Reduction Com
pany, Pueblo, Colo. California Hotel
Company of Delaware, Pasadena,
Calf, and the Melrose Mining Com
pany, Denver.
The degree of doctor of laws will
be conferred upon President Harding
when he goes to Princeton University
on June 8 to dedicate the Princeton
memorial monument, 1t has been an.
nounced.
A new record paid for a seat on the
New York curb market was paid re-
Gently when Joseph ii. Hirshorn pur-
chased a membership of William f.
Reardon, deceased, for $1,000. The
previous record was $4,000.
A thousand convicts brnved death
and acquitted themselves like men
when the levee broke at the prison
firm at Angola, twenty miles from the
state capitol at Baton Rouge, In. They
displayed the bravery OF men who
have never been called upon to wear
the stripes of shame or serve time in
payment of their debts to society.
Carrying a cargo of more than 5000
rare specimens of African jungle denl-
zens, the Dromore Castle has arrived
In port at New York. One OF the odd.