The Holly chieftain., 1922-06-15

recede one step from It's May IL memo
randum, which disrupted the Genoa
confab. 1t will make no more cUnces.
sions, he asserts, and rejects Amer
ica's demands for additional guuran.
tees as the price of recognition, He
said America would recognize the fu-
tility of her policy, and then launched
Into an attack on Charles Il. Crane and
Others whom he accused OF assisting
the counter-revOlutionary movements.
Persistent reports come from places
near Russia to the effect that Premier
Lenin is a desperately sick man. His
physicians have issued bulletin stat
ing that he suffered an acute attack
OF gastritls, which affected his nerves
and heart. but that he Is now well
on the road to recovery.
THE cabinet In Japan has resigned,
= owing to opposition In the parlia-
ment. But the privy council has de-
cided that this does not affect the
treaties and agreements signed at the
Washington conference, these being In
ternational in character and outside
the sphere affected by a cabinet
change.
A LEXANDER, king Of Jugo- Slavia,
4 \ and Princess Marie of Rumania
were married Thursday In Belgrade
in the presence Of representatives of
nearly every nation In the world. The
affair was marked by all the splendor
and display of medieval times and the
ceremony in the ancient Byzantine ca
thedral was followed by great pro-
cession Of quantity clad deputations
from the provinces, with wonderful
floats and pageants. Ordinarily the
marriage Of royal personages excites
only passing interest in these days,
but this one is Of more Importance In
that by 1t are linked the dynasties Of
three Balkan countries. It serves to
strengthen the little entente, and pos
sibly to lessen the danger Of future
wars in that long turbulent part Of the
old world.
DROGRESSIyES in the Republican
party scored another victory last
week in the nomination of Col. Smith
w. Brookhart for United States sena-
tor from Iowa. Really this was tri-
umph for the radicals, for Brookhart
is rated as more than a progressive.
He is a former soldier and a lawyer,
residing In Washington, la. 1t was
necessary for him to obtain 85 per
cent Of the primary vote to obtain the
nomination independent of the state
convention. He got Al per cent. Chair
man Mccormick Of the Republican
senatorial campaign committee says
the committee will join the national
committee and the Republican state
committee In Iowa to assure the cleo
tion Of Colonel Brookhart. Colonel
Brookhart bears the reputation Of a
citizen of high purpose and high cour-
age and had fine record Of service
during the war;"
A T LAST the senate has before It
"A the soldiers bonus bill, as drafted
by the finance committee. Chairman
McCumber's accompanying report
placed the probable cost to the federal
government at $3,s45. .659. .4s1, spread
over a period Of 43 years from next
January /. The estimate Is based on
the theory that rs per cent of the
4, ass, 100 veterans who would be ell
gible for compensation would elect the
adjusted service certificate option;
22h per cent farm, home and land
settlement aid. and 2is per cent voca-
tional training aid.
With reference to financing the leg
islation. Senator McCumber's report
said It was hoped that the reduction
in governmental expenditures plus the
payment OF interest on the refunded
foreign obligations would be sufficient
to obviate the imposition Of additional
taxation.
T LILLIAN RUSSELL = Mrs. Alex
- ander P. Moore OF Pittsburgh-is
dead. For years she was the typical
American stage beauty. but she was
more than that. She was FIRST rate
light opera singer, the helpful and be-
loved friend Of many in and out Of her
profession, good newspaper writer
and devoted and hard working
patriot in time Of war. In recognition
of her services to the country during
the war she was buried with military
honors, and detachment Of marines
stood watch over her casket. since she
held the rating Of gunnery sergeant In
the United States navy. One Of the
the most gracious figures in American
life thus has passed away.