The Holly chieftain., 1922-01-26

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he middle OF the last century, being ju
n annual show OF Pekingese Club of A
anese delegations blamed each other
for the delay. 1t was said the British
wanted to limit the fortifications sta
tus quo to the parts of the Pacific
where Japan and the United States
have neighboring possessions, and that
they Insisted that In any event 1t could
not affect Singapore, which Is their
most important naval base In the Far
East.
A LTHOUGH Poincare and Lloyd
\ George exchanged honey-worded
notes of esteem and assurance of cor
dial desire to resume examination of
the questions at issue between their
governments, the new French premier
took firm stand In his ministerial
declaration made to the chnmber of
deputies Wednesday. He said the
government was determined to base its
foreign policy on the Versailles treaty.
and was anxious to maintain and con-
solldate its alliances. Germany, he
insisted, must make up its mind to full
fill the obligations 1t undertook at YER
sailles. Before agreeing to take part
in the Genoa conference, he said,
France must have guarantees from the
soviet government of Russia. In talk
ing to correspondents NJ. Poincare
said he would not go to Genoa; that
French business men might meet Ger
man and Russian business men there,
but that France desired that the Genoa
conference should not be the means of
Bolshevik propaganda in Europe.
The Russians are very enthusiastic
over the Genoa meet and already have
announced the list of their delegates
1t is headed by Premier Lenin, whose
place will be taken by Foreign Minis
ter Tchitcherln II the chief cannot go; !;
the other members are all prominent in
the soviet government. Leon Trotzky,
however, does not think the confer
ence can be success unless the Unit
ed States participates and takes the
lead. He adds that Russia fayors gem
eral disarmament. but it is skeptical
of France.
THE soviet government Is not yet
l ut war with Finland over the
Karelinn revolt, but hostilities seem
not far off unless the Films yield com
pletely. They offered to have the af-
fair arbitrated, but this the Russians
refused. Tchitcherin now demands
the internment, dsarming and surren-
der to soviet Russia of all Karelian In
surgents on Finnish soil, the surrender
to Russia of their arms, and an indem-
nifty from Finland for all damages
done to Russia through the Karelian
revolt.
! TN ACCORDANCE with the decision
of the reparations commission, Ger
many is paying S7,5O0,OOO gold every
ten days until further arrangements
are made. The first payment was made
on Wednesday.
THE French were much aroused by
i resolution introduced in the
United States senate by Medill Nc
| Cormick of Illinois. 1t calls on the
State department for full information
| concerning the financial condition, the
budgets and the amounts spent on mil
itary establishments by European
countries that owe money to America.
There is belief in France that the
resolution was aimed Mt that country
| alone because Of Its stand concerning
Its land forces and on the subject Of
submarines. There was no Indication
that the resolution had the approval Of
the American administration, and II
may be that in stirring up something
of row 1t has done all Mr.. McCormick
ever expected 1t would do.
T ORD FITZALAN, British viceroy
~ of Ireland, on Tuesday formally
turned over Dublin castle to the pro
visional government of the Irish Free
| State, the official designation of which
Is Rialtas Sealabeach Ma Heireann
The government for the present con.
sists of Michael Collins and seven as
sociates. Griffith, who is president OF
the Dali Eireann, believed that body
should be kept separate from the new
state organization and so declined t.
head the provisional government A.
rapidly as is practicable the British
troops are being removed from tn,
island, and as they leave there ar,
many outbreaks by the irreconcilabl
republicans. Collins and his col
leagues are planning to send commits
sion to Canada to study the Dominion
form Of government and draft con
stituti0n along Canadian lines. TIL
Bank IF Ireland has agreed to lend tn
new government a million pounds.