The Holly chieftain., 1922-09-14

general strike.
THE assembly of the League Of
4 Nations is holding another ses-
sion in Geneva and Augustin Eduards.
Chilean minister to England. was
elected its president. The chief mat
ter before the league is the Austrian
situation. Chancellor Seipel presented
the case for the suffering little repub-
lie and tried to make 1t clear that
unless the allies granted immediate
and liberal relief, Austria might have
to merge with another nation, possibly
Germany-which would violate the
treaty of Versailles-or preferably
Czechoslovakia, or maybe Italy, which
desires such an outcome The league
council, after hearing the chancellor,
soothed him with honeyed words and
referred TO committee the entire
question of how Austria shall be aided
and under what guarantees. Seipel
scored the British and French banks
in Vienna whose manipilations added
to the downward crash of the crown
and prevented the Austrian govern
ment from taking constructive meas
ures. Austria realizes she must sub
nit to financial control to obtain sums
necessary to her salvation, but this
| must not affect her sovereignty" he
said
Great Britain's seizure of the entire
| phosphate deposit on the island Of
Nauru in the Pacific was the subject
of protest to the league council by
| the United States, and Marquis I'M
periali of Italy also demanded fnfor-
nation concerning this. The treaty
of Versailles provides for equal ex-
| ploitation opportunity of national re-
sources In inundated territory by the
allied and associated nations. After a
heated debate Lord Balfour considered
and finally consented to the request
| for additional information as long
as 1t is expressly understood there
is no criticism of the British govern
ment's action"
HUGO SHINES, German Industrial
IL magnate, and Senator de Luber-
sac, president of the committee on
French devastated regions, have made
an agreement providing for the de-
livery by Germany Of one billion dol
lars worth of reconstruction material
and work. To obviate the bad effect
| of having many Germans working In
France, de Lubersac explains, 1t was
arranged that the greater part of the
labor will be utilized In Germany. The
| German manufacturers Of the goods
delivered are to have per cent profit.
The Socialist press In Germany attacks
the whole plan as purely selfish con-
tract at the expense of the German
government and labor, and it esti-
| mates Shines profits at 45 600, ,OOO, 600
marks
| DR.. Hermes, German finance minis
| ter, is negotiating with Belgium con-
cerning guarantees for six-month treas
| ury certificates which Germany is to
| give Belgium in lieu Of cash. His
difficulty is threefold, for he must
satisfy not only the Belgians, but
also the German cabinet and German
| financial and industrial leaders. It
seems likely he will have to seek for
the guarantees from foreign financlers.
G ECRETARY OF STATE HUGHES
oand his party arrived at Rio de
Janeiro, were given an enthusiastic
reception and housed In a palace, and
on Thursday the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of Brazilian
| Independence was inaugurated with
impressive ceremonies and patriotic
| festivities. The centennial exposition
Is still far from complete but will be
opened soon. 1t is interesting to note
that at the presidential reception
Secretary Hughes took second place
to Mgr. Cherubini, ambassador from
| the Vatican, because Brazil is a
| Catholic country. Two immense Vati.
| can guards In red uniforms and gold
helmets accompanied the representa-
tive OF the Pope.
Although the aviators who started
from New York for Brazil in the sea-
plane Sampaio Correa came to grief
a few days after the start and their
plane was wrecked, they are proceed
| ing on their way in another machine,
and are now in Caribbean waters.
n NE eminent American died last
~ week-Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows
of Chicago. head Of the Reformed
| Episcopal church. He was n veteran
Of the Civil war, from which he
emerged brevet brigadier general
and thereafter lie devoted his life ia
religious. educational and patriotic
work OF the highest order.