Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-03-24

sooner? All of which lends emphasis to
the saying of the Man on the Street:
1--WE have all the real money in the
world and for that very reason not a
single real friend Evidently the new
funding commission to see what can be
done about the eleven billions Of allied
debts Is in for an adventure. .
N YOU remember London Punch's
~ famous cartoon depicting a fam
lily council of the British Lions rest
I less brood during the World war?
| Well, the Union of South Afrcia is sure
restless. Last week saw the climax
and suppression Of the strike of miners
for more than two months. 1t had all
the hallmarks Of an attempt at revolu-
ton. The strikers captured half a
dozen towns and nearly got posses
sion of johannesburg. Gen. Jan Chris
tan SHUTS, the premier, proclaimed
martial law, called out all the govern
ment troops and took command in per-
son. Censored reports show the killing
of more than 1000 strikers, police and
soldiers. Grenades, bombs, machine
guns, airplanes and tanks figured in
the fighting cities were bonbarded;
thousands of strikers were captured.
1t was real wal for a week. The
South African Industrial federation
then declared the strike off and denied
completely in the rebellion. This man
SHUTS is a strong man. He has risen
from a Dutch general in the Boer war
to one of the leading statesmen of the
British commonwealth of nations, as
he calls it. Many believe SHUTS to be
the logical successor to Lloyd George.
NEW tangles mark the complicated
IN situation in India. The arrest of
Gandhi, leader of the non-co-operation-
lists. was followed by widespread pro-
tests from all the Moslem world. Then
Britain was startled by the unauthor-
lied publication by T.. S. Montagu,
British secretary of state for India, of
a telegram from the India government
making demands for the restoration of
Turkey. This constitutes an appeal
to the world by a subordinate British
| government over the head of the i'm
perial government. Lloyd George cen
sured Mr.. Montagu and demanded his
resignation. Mr.. MOntagu resigned,
but talked back, putting Lloyd George
and Curzon on the defensive. Lord
Derby was asked to take the secretary
ship for India and declined. This, com
ing upon the failure of the unionists'
meeting Tuesday to give Lloyd George
a vote of confidence, has raised again
the possibility of the resignation of the
premier. His political enemies hold it
impossible for him to retain the posi-
ton. Nevertheless, it has been an,
will attend the Genoa conference
April 10.
D EVISION of the Republican sol
IN der bonus bill was finished Tues
day by the ways and means committee,
which thereupon reported the measure
to the house by a vote of 10 to 5. The
program calls for prompt passage of
the bill by the house. Report is that
the senate will not accept the bill as it
comes from the house and that a long
delay in the senate finance committee
is inevitable. The bill provides cash
bonuses only for veterans entitled to
less than $50. Four options are given
to others: an adjusted service certifi-
cate, farm or home aid, land settle
ment aid, and vocational training.
TT LOOKS as if All Fools Day would
4 be celebrated by a strike of the coal
miners. Secretary of Labor Davis did
not succeed last week in getting the
operators and men for conference on
a new wage agreement. Neither side
appears to care particularly whether
or not the strike comes. The only con
ISOLATION for the public lies In the prob
ability that some of the mining dis
tricts will keep at work.
Mary Garden, Chicago's arbiter of
grand opera, says that some of the
high-priced stars-must fill the house or
take less pay or get put.
Uncle Sam is reported to be consid-
ering the negotiation of treaties with
Great Britain and Cuba to put an end
to liquor smuggling into the United
States.
Radio experts are predicting that the
presidential campaign Of the future
will be conducted by wireless tele
phone. What's that story about the
mayor who was elected because he
broke his leg and the voters never saw
himf