Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-06-02

ny pageant at FRESNO, Cal. o-Gen-
eft of Salvation Army campaign.
reduce her proportion of % per cent
of the ~reparations, and for France to
cut down her expectations Of cash
payments.
DREMIER STAMBOULISKY of Bull
L garia had some private conferences
with M. Tchitcherin Of Russia when
they were at Genoa, and the result ap-
pears to be that the Bulgarian govern
ment, formerly the declared opponent
of b~olshevism, has changed front and
will line up with the soviet republic and
make its international policies conform
to those of Russia, Germany and Tur-
key. This will not only present a
solid combination against the allies
and the little entente, but also will
have its effect on the Thracian Ques-
ton, for the Bulgars have always sided
with the Turks against the Greeks
there.
The Bulgarian communists started
some kind of an uprising a few days
ago and at first it was reported they
had seized the government and that
King Boris was a fugitive. This was
false, and it appeared the row was
mainly an attempt by the communists
to force the removal of Wrangel's anti
%bolshevik Russians from the country.
The rebels really did begin a march
on Sofia, but the army remained loyal
and drove them off.
CHARLES r. CRANE Of Chicago,
~ former American minister to China,
is a great traveller but he is not likely
for some time to visit France or any
French possessions. Word has come
from Syria that a French military
court in Damascus, after a hearing by
default, has found Mr.. Crane guilty
of melting the recent uprising in the
French mandate and sentenced him
to twenty years in prison. A woman
Moslem teacher who was involved in
the outbreak was one of those selected
by Mr.. Crane to receive educational
benefit in the United States. He gave
her his check for $1,000 for travelling
expenses and this gave rise to the
charge that the American government
was substituting the rebels.
M CHAEL COLLINS, head of the
1N1 Irish Free State provisional gov
eminent, and De Valera have signed a
compact regarding the coming cleo
lions, and the later seem to have got
the best of it. The agreement virtually
will result in the reelection of the
present membership of the Dali Err
cam, so that the De Valera republi-
cans will again have nearly half the
seats Notwithstanding the fact that
they represent less than 20 per cent OF
the electorate. The British govern
ment is much exercised by the status
of affairs, realizing that the treaty is
in danger.
Whatever condition of temporary
peace may obtain in southern Ire
land, the warfare between that
part of the island and Ulster has ac-
quired new vigor, due to the outrages
perpetrated by Sim Feiners. Among
these was the murder of a member of
the Ulster parliament. This so en-
ragged the Belfast government that 300
Sim Fem leaders-all that could be
caught in the Ulster counties-were
seized in surprise raids and thrown
into prison. Premier Craig told parlia-
ment forcible action was demanded,
and he issued a regulation declaring
that membership in the republican
army was an offense in itself. His
energetic measures did 0 stop the
operations of the bombers and Shippers.
a L LEAST n interesting fight may
"A be expected at every convention
of the American Medical association.
In last weeks sessions of the ~organiza-
ton in st. Louis the contest arose over
the practice of group medicine or
clinics. The committee on amendments
to the constitution proposed new sec
lions declaring against this practice
which, however, cannot be acted on for
one year. Immediately afterward an
nOuncement was made of the organ
ization of the Association of Group
Clinics of North America, an indepen-
dent medical association.
a MOTHER step toward the con
IA summation of the Great Lakes
st. Lawrence waterway project has
been taken by the government. An an
nouncement by the State department
says 1t has Informed Canada that the
United States government would be
glad to take up with the Canadian
government the negotiation of a treaty
looking to the deepening of the water
ways which would enable ocean-going
SHIPS to reach the Great Lakes."
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