The Holly chieftain., 1923-06-28

confiscate and requisltion force of
Germans to operate oil the Ruhr valley
industries. the output of which may be
turned to the account Of reparafions.
Germans who refuse to do this work
will receive jail sentences up to 10
years, and sabotage may be punished
with death sentences on conviction BY
cOurt-martial.
Passive resistance Is steadily weak.
ure to the food situation. One of the
German government orders already
has been repealed and FIRMS are now
permitted to pay freight rates on food
transported on lines operated by the
French. One of the latest seizures by
the French was that of the sugar fac
tories at Frankenthal and neighborlng
villages.
This serious food situation Is af-
fecting all Of Germany. especially be-
cause of the further decline Of the
mark. which Is rapidly approaching
the worthlessness of the Russian
ruble. Flour imports from the United
States at Hamburg have stopped. and
importers there have lost heavily be-
cause buyers refuse to take shipments
they ordered. There Is shortage Of
fish. too, and the German high seas
fishing industry is about to suspend
because Of labor and financial troubles.
INSISTENCE by the Turks that their
country's bonds be paid in Turkish
paper money Is expected. at this writ
ing, to result in the breaking up Of
the peace conference at Lausanne.
This, however. does not mean resump-
ton Of warfare. The negotiations will
be carried on through the legations
and, IT is taken for granted a separate
peace treaty will be signed by Turkey
and Greece, permitting rehabilitation
In Thrace. The French, who would
be the main sufferers by the Turkish
plan of>payment, will not agree to 1t,
and presumably will have the luke
warm support Of Great Britain and
Italy.
ID ULGARIA'S civil war seems to be
y petering out, though the yellow
Guards" Of the peasantry have not yet
given up the fight. In Sofia 1t Is as
serted that when the little entente
meets to determine Its policy toward
Bulgaria, Poland and Runania will de-
clare in favor Of the new regime, TAX
ing the position that the revolution
was purely an internal affair. This
attitude, presumably. will be due large.
ly to the belief that the Zankoff gov
ernment will not make any alliance
with the Bolshevis,s.
THE British, through their repre-
| I sentatives In the house of COM
mons, are again fussing about condi-
tions on Ellis island, asserting that at
times as many as $50 persons Of varI-
GUS races are housed in the same
sleeping quarters and, thar English
subjects are subjected to this indig-
| nifty. Ellis island officials admit the
truth of the charge but can see no way
of remedying the situation unless a
gigantic building is erected. They say
the policy is to treat all alike, but that
the British seem to expect special con.
sideration.
ssp OOZE news" Of the week was
~ rather slim. The Wisconsin
senate killed the bill passed by the
lower house repeating the states en-.
forcement act, the vote being 10 to 12.
This had been expected. The British
liner Beregaria sailed from South.
ampton with a new plan to foil
our prohibition regulations. Besides
enough liquor in her bar for the trip
westward. she had In her hold, under
Quadruplicate British customs seal,
enough liquor for the voyage home, to
be opened only after getting beyond
the three-mile limit. 1t was argued that
this liquor technically was in British
bonded warehouse, and therefore not
liable to the laws Of the United States
so long as the seals were not broken In
United States port. American gov.
ernment officials. however, said they
would seize the liquor as soon as the
vessel arrived.
pRESIDENT HARDING has com.
: muted the sentences of "a Of the
AZ political prisoners" still In prison
Tor conspiracy TO obstruct the conduct
OF the war. Clemency is denied the
others because their offenses were
vicious In the extreme" In the words
OF the attorney general