Evening star., 1922-04-30
The Story the Week Has Told

It is expected that the subcommittee %. OF
seven will within day or two present to the
materially differing from the note of April is.
which. with the Russian reply thereto has
with the Russians. II dispatches are correct.
these proposals wilf 60 into some detail as to
1t is said that the great committees on
ready to report and that the finishing touches
are being put on the ten-year truce agree
no! By no means! Nix! Mercy. no!
Ireland-Gen Adamson, commanding at
Athlone brigade of troops loyal to the pro-
visional government, was murdered on Tues
day. presumably by one of the "dissident'
army faction-a deed especially atrocious
even in Ireland. In Cork county, on Wednes-
day and Thursday, seven persons were MUIR
dered. 1t may be coincidence that all seven
were Protestants, but it is generally inferred
that the murders were in revenge for the
many murders Of Catholics in Belfast
The reopening Of the dali eireann this week
eirif1th and De Valera, each giving the other
the lie direct. The free state party maintains
Of representatives of the provisional govern
provisional government. the "dissident" sec
ton of the army. the dali eireann. the church.
labor, labor and an the opposition to discuss peace
The Irish labor party declared general
dissatisfaction Of the Working population with
the disorders in Ireland. The summons was
and fewer atrocities are reported from Bel
fast: But; striking a balance. the news from
comforting than usually
* X X X
promptly answered the German governments
reply to it's recent note to the latter, which
note was characterized by Chancellor Wirth,
in an address to the reichstag, as "presump-
tuous." The German reply is the same, in
substance the chancellors speech. The.
German government will not comply with the
commissions proposal of additional taxation
to the amount Of sixty billion marks. nor will
it brook any form of control supervision
incompatible with Germany's financial inde-
pendence."
Now. why did Wirth postpone dispatch of
the incompliant German missive until he
about to board the train for Genoa? Perhaps
merely in the expectation that further i'm
portant action would not be consummated by
was on and n ,ha he hen the e. great
turn-up at Genoa to change all-or perhaps
tson tsome % will say. most certainly in the hope
matter that discussion thereof would be
precipitated at the conference. despite the
FRENCH But any such expectations hopes
have been belied.
Two things should be borne in mind in this
connection. One is that the commissions
March note proposed a generous modification
OF the reParation terms for the current year.
The other is that there amt no such thing"
as German financial independence. The Yer
sailles treaty explicitly authorizes degree of
control and supervision limited only by the
allies interest. Germany will not be financial
ly Independent short of abolition of the Yer
satlles treaty or such drastic revision thereof
as to take all the virtue out of it,
The reparations committee notified Germany
that, II prior to- May 81 she does not act con-
FORMALLY to the commissions note of March
Il. penalties will be set foot. Without
such compliance, they pointed out. an inter-
national loan to Germany is out of the oues-
tion. The French also obtained a fresh
promise from Lloyd George not to permit dis
Foiled of his hopes of the allies, wirth ad-
Ventured that little coup at Genoa. Whether