The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-22

accomplished sin the name of justice,
she must be under no Illusion"
Submission to the merciless obsti-
macy of French government" he add
ed, would have to be sealed with a
document which would be worse than
the treaty of Versailles, which weighs
like a curse upon the peoples OF
Europe"
THE United States and Turkey are
L now formally at peace, or Will
be as soon as the senate and the An
CORA national assembly ratify the
treaties that were signed in Lausanne
last week by Minister Joseph c. Grew
and Ismet Pasha. BY the new treaties,
which replace the obsolete document
of 1880, America loses all the special
privileges its citizens have enjoyed in
Turkey. After the allies gave way
time after time the American accept
ance of the new conditions in Turkey
was inevitable. American commercial
interests will be treated the same as
Turkish interests. American relief and
educational institutions will not be dis
turbed, but they will not be given spe-
cial rights to import supplies duty
free.
. With full diplomatic relations re-
sumed between the two countries,
American capital will be better pro-
tected on entering Turkey.
Q ECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
y MELLON, unoflicially in Europe
on a sightseeing trip, has been de-
voting much time in Paris to discuss
ing interallied debts and reparations
with the French government and the
leaders of finance. 1t is stated he has
not been considering the question or
details, and has made it plain to
France that the United States will
never cancel the debts owed it by the
allies. but is willing to arrange terms
conforming to the necessities of Eu-
rope. After receiving cablegrams from
President Coolidge, Mr.. Mellon post
I poned his return to America.
~ REAT BRITAIN and France agree
" ing, the temporary mixed dis
armament commission of the League
of Nations has submitted to the as
sembly of the league a new treaty of
mutual guarantees designed as an en-
forcement act for Article y of the
.L..oa,-+ l., ofcoa+ ~ D,olyac tho PnItn-
ell of the league a super-government
in the conduct and settlement of fu-
ture wars in which league states are
involved. The French delegate made
a reservation in order that a possible
extension of the Ruhr occupation
might not be hampered. The treaty
gives the council the power to decide
which state is the aggressor in case
of hostilities and to apply against it
an economic blockade; to decide what
other measures the signatories shall
give the attacked state and to arrange
for its financial assistance; to appoint
n commander in chief; to determine
the details of reparations, and to draw
UP Il general disarmament plan based
on guarantees provided by the treaty.
a BOLTON of the 12-hour day in
"A the. steel industry, which was one
of President Harding's last wishes, is
at hand. \ beginning is being made
mt Gary, Ind, where the eight-hour day
with three shifts is being put into eff
feet in several plants of the Enited
States Steel corporation. Others will
follow, and the Independent steel COM
panies, it is predicted, o 70 will fall
in line.
The change to three shifts of eight
hours each means employment of 3d.
600 more workers in the steel mills,
according to estimates. These same
estimates added $40, 100000 to the steel
industry's pay roll. In the r%eadjust-
ment, hour wages will be Increased
about % per cent, it was stated, but
the per diem will be decreased as a
result OF the change which will take
off one-third the steel workers time in
the mills and give it to him for rest
and recreation with his family and
J ltlihSs Ill II " bo, WV hNiP ~
ceiving 40 cents an hour will get 90
cents, while the daily pay will be re-
duced from $3.50 for twelve hours to
81 for eight hours.
HENRY SULLIVAN of Lowell,
II Mass, succeeded last week in
swimming across the English channel
the third mar and the first American
to perform the feat. He was in the
water ~ hours and % minutes, being
forced by tides and currents to swim
about Sc miles, though the distance be-
tween points is only 221A miles.
leased it, hardly expecting ever to see
it again and feeling rather mournful