The Raymer enterprise., 1922-08-17

wv girl, ut Cheyenne Frontier Days.
Democrats of Arkansas renominated
Governor McI.ae, who was supported
by organized labor and the Ku Klux
Khan, defeating Judge Toney. In Ala
bnma Judge W. W. Brandon won tho
Democratic gubernatOrial nomination
BY u large majority.
ITO THE allied premiers and other
1 statesmen assembled In London,
Premier POincare submitted Frances
plan to compel Germany to pay rep
arations or to get the money from the
country In other ways. He declared
France was in desperate financial
condition, and threatened to act alone
against Germany II the allies failed to
support her just claims. Polncnre's
demands, briefly, were for control Of
the following: First, licenses Of ex-
ports; second, financial explorations
Of mines; third. state forests; fourth,
participation In German industrial
companies.
Lloyd George, with the support of
the Belgians, Italians and japanese,
forced the submission of the French
plan to committee of experts, say
ing: ut is all question Of the
method Of getting everything from
Germany, whether the method bring
trouble or cash. and every sanction
should be submitted to test"
THE experts fulfilled expectations by
1 rejecting the French propositions.
all but the Frnech members being
agreed In opposition to them on every
major point. The situation became so
acute that both the British and French
cabinets were called together, and each
gave full support to the stand taken
by Its premier As neither side showed
any signs of yielding, 1t appeared rs
II the entente were soon to break up
leaving France isolated. The British
position may be summarized thus:
Germany is unable to pay; she Is
ruined, and an effort to squeeze large
sums from her would merely add to
her difficulties without profiting the
allies and, besides, would delay the
economic reconstruction of Europe.
The French contention Is that Ger.
many still is economically powerful
and able to pay great deal, but that.
partly by design and partly by cir.
cnmstances, she has assumed an ap.
pearance Of weakness which In fact
does not exist. Poincaire Is willing
to grant Germany a brief moratorium
to see whether she Is willing to pro-
mote financial reforms and apply pro.
ductive measures that would yield
some money for reparations. But he
has no confidence In the good faith
of Germany.
IRISH rebels, still on the run, are
doing as much damage as they can.
Before abandoning Queenstown they
set that city aflre, blew up a railroad
bridge, and blocked the entrance to
Cork harbor by sinking barges In the
narrow channel. They thus hoped to
head of the attack of the nationals
on Cork, to which they retreated. The
EraA hnun,tar Ia rIn1 ar
eral points and the fight for Cork was
under way at last reports. The ir.
regulars also seriously Interrupted
cable communication between Ameri.
ca and Europe by Selling the Irish
coast landing places Of ten Of the
seventeen lines between the cont.
nents. II was feared they would de.
strOy these plants.
Joseph O'Su,. 7an ana Heginal0
Dunn, the murderers Of Field Mar.
shal Sir Henry Wilson. were hanged
In London, alf pleas in their behalf
having been denied by the Ensiish
courts and officials.
portugal is having a general
strike caused by the rising prices
of food. Martial law has been de.
clared, constitutional guarantee sus
pended, and the government has
moved to Fort Cascaes.
a MONG the train wrecks mentioned
- In the discussion Of the shop
mems strike, the worst was near ST
Louis, Mo-. when steel coach pas
senger train OH the Missouri Pacific
running past the block signals. col
lided with the rear Of locnl train
fhirty.seyen persons were killed an
1888 injured.
III ATER reports from Swntow, on Tn
- China coast, show that the typhoo
which struck that city recently wa
one Of the worst in history. Estimate
OF the number Of dead have risen from
J 1000 to $1,000. and II Is said full,
100000 are homeless.