The Holly chieftain., 1922-04-13

to her debtor nations in Europe by
notifying them that they must begin
paying interest on their debts to her
next October, or make some new ar
rangement then, so. that Britain can
pay the interest on what she owes
the United States. The French believe
this will cause the whole matter of
inter-allied debts to be brought up in
the Genoa conference.
MICHAEL COLLINS and his pro-
lVA visional government of the Irish
Free State are facing critical situa-
tion and 1t is debatable question
whether they will survive officially.
This despite the fact that the British
government Is assembling large bodies
of troops to go to their support in
case of necessity. 1t is believed De
Valera and the radical republicans are
planning the establishment of a mill
tary dictatorship. and continuous raids
and outrages by republican bands lend
support to this belief. Murders, am
bushes and seizures of arms are of
daily occurrence, and in northwest Ire
land 1t is said large districts which
had supported the Free State have
gone over to the republican camp. As
was Intimated In these columns last
week, the peace pact between the
Free State and Ulster is quite Ineffec-
tive In restoring peace to the island.
Catholics and Protestants, Free Staters
and republicans, are in never ceasing
conflict and when they cannot do
better the Irish get up private fights"
CHARLES, ex-emperor of Austria
~ Hungary. who died Of pneumonia
ar Funchal. Madeira, may have left a
legacy of trouble for some of his
former subjects. On the receipt of the
news of his death, the royalIsts of
Hungary got busy and started move
ment to declare his son Otto. nine
years old, king of that country. The
legitimists in the parliament planned
to introduce measure for Otto's i'm
mediate return to Hungary and his
education under Hungarian teachers.
There is no likelihood that majority
of the Hungarian people would favor
restoration of the Hapsburg dynasty,
nor that the allies would permit 1t.
nPPOSITION to the allied plans
" for reviving the Turkish empire is
growing in Greece. Thrace and Smyrna.
especially protest against being re-
stored to the sultan. the former de-
mandlng the status quo and the latter
autonomy. The Thraclan deputies in
the Greek chamber have wired to
President Harding, Secretary Hughes
and the chancellors of other nations
that 'the Greeks In Thrace would
sooner die than return to Turk
slavery London hears that the
Greeks of Smyrna are ready to revolt
and set up an independent state rather
than have the land turned over to
Turkey. They have an active COM
mittee In London and are raising
money among Greeks everywhere. 1t
is believed the leaders in this move
ment may use Smyrna as an excuse
for coup to return yenizelos to
power in Greece.
A LTHOUGH efforts to bring about
4 agreements that will end the
coal miners strike are continuous, it
cannot be said that they are meet
ing with any conspicuous success. The
house committee on labor is taking the
lead in these efforts and through Its
chairman, Representative Nolan, in
vited the miners and the bituminous
operators Of the central competitive
field to joint conference. The opera
tors Of western Pennsylvania and
southern Ohio already had refused to
take part in such conference, but
President Lewis of the mine workers
said the men would accept the invita-
tlon II sufficient tonnage was repre-
sented. Then declinations were re-
ceived by Mr.. Nolan from practically
all the other groups of operators,
chiefly because they felt conference
Of fragments of the central field would
be unavailing Besides, they asserted
they had been and still were willing
to meet the miners Of their own states
or districts for separate wage settle
ments.
In the anthracite field the conditions
We're more promising, for the miners
and operators subcommittee was in
continuous session in New York and
both sides were submitting their cases.
In non-unionlzed regions good
many mines were In operation, but the
union organizers were busy and
claimed to have made large gains
there. This the operators disputed
The great majority Of the strikers are