Sioux County pioneer., 1922-03-30

SIOUX COUNT
amendment would have had the effect
of converting the foilr-p power pact into
a league OF nations 1t pledged allsthe,
signatories tt6 respect eatfl others, ter.
ritorial integrity and 70 commit noSact, !.
Of aggression against any nation OUT
side the pact. Furthermore, It sprOvid::.
ed, In case ;of disputes, that outside ma.
tions interested should be invited to
participate In conferences held under
the terms Of the four-powers pact
9 The vote was 55 to 30. Eleven mem.
bers were absent. SIX were paired
The five impaired absentees are ali
counted for ratification. Four Repub.
.llcans, committed against ratification.
voted for the amendment: Borah Of
Idaho, johnson of California, La Fol-
,lette of Wisconsin and France. of Mary
land. Four Democrats voted against
It: Underwood Of Alabama. Polnerene
of Ohio, Ransdell of Louisiana and
Williams of Mississippi, Later similar
amendments by Senators Walsh of
Montana and Pittman OF Nevada, both
Democrats, were voted down. by sub
stantially the same vote. Then 8
series Of amendments and reservations
was dumped into the hamper to bo,
ready for presentation before the fnal
roll call.
II IFE to Uncle Sam just now snug;
- seem just one treaty after an
other. Anyway, lie presented last
week to the allied reparations commits
sionln, Paris. u bill for $241 ,0OO, 600 for
the expenses Of the American army Of
occupation on the Rhine up to May i,
1921. The allied commissioners regiasa
tered frozen horror, but thawed sufti,
ciently to stick the bill on, spindle,
You see, they were engaged in divld.
ing up among themselves reparattons
payment Of / 900, 100000 gold marks BY
Germany and naturally regarded the
presentation Of the American claim:
which to date Is something like $500. 5,
900, ,O00---ns very bad form. They there
and referred it to the allied govern,
ments.
The French press sets forth what Is
presumably the allied View TIE Unit:
ed States declined to ratify the treaty
Of Versailles, hence 1t has nos lega!
claimito payment under its terms. The
United States made It's own separate
treaty with Germany; therefore 81,
should do its own collecting from Geri
mnny. The British press some of it.s.
thinks that, while Uncle Sam has nc
legal claim, he may have a. mora.
claim. but why didn't he speak uI;
! sooaer9 All OF which lends emphasis To
the saying Of the Man on the Street:
I'VE 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 Gun be
done about the eleven billions Of allied
debtsgis In for M adventure. --s
nO YOU remember London Punch's
~ famous cartoon depicting afafn-
Igily council Of the British Lion'ss,rest-
less brood during the World ward
Well, the Union, Of South Afrcia Ii sure
restless Last week saw the climax
and suppression Of the strike Of miners
which has held South Africa in itsSgrip
for.s.more than two months. 1t hM atI
Sthe eshallmNrlis of an attempt at reSolds
Stion,l The strikers captured lSlf d
f,dozsp towns and nearly got p4sesr
sionSof johannesburg. Gen. Jan Ghriss
ttiayt tia SHUTS, the premier, procl9fmed
martial law, called out all the gdEerns
ment troops and took command insper-
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 We're bombay He'd !:
thousands Of strikers were captured:
It was real: war for a week. stThs
South African Industrial federation
then declared the strike off and denied
complieityti in; the rebellion This. maH
Smuts is strong man. He has rise1
from Dutch general In the Boer war
to one Of the leading statesmen Of tle
British commonwealth Of nations, at
lie calls it. Many believe SHUTS to b.
the logical successor to Lloyd George
NEW tangles mark the complicated
~. situation in India. The arrest d
Gandti; leader Of the non-co- co-operatio1f,
lists, was followed by widespread: prei
tests from all the Moslem world: Thief
Britain was startled by the upauthols
lied publication by p. q. Moptagt
British secretary of state for India. ot
q telegram from the India government
making demands for the restoration of
Turkey: This constitutes an appeal
to the world BY q subordinate British
government over, the head Of the INF
perial government. Lloyd George cen,
Rsured Mr.. Montagu and demanded h15
resignation. Mr., Montagu resigned;
but talked back. utting Lloyd George
and Curzon on the defensive. LORD
DerbysWas asked to take tile seeretarH