Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-07
By CHARLES P. STEWART.

gresslves' against him:
Considering that the Progressives
will hold the balance Of power in
the next Senate, it might seem as
# this meant defeat for the court
plan.
1t doesn't follow, however, be-
cause, whether or not the court idea
really is step in the direction of
the League of Nations, many Dem
ocrats claim it is. For that reason
those of them who roiginally sup
ported the league are now for the
court, on the ground it's all right
as far as it goes.
So, between the Republican reg
Jlars' and the friendly Democrats,
the president may have a majority
after all.
FOR THE
OPEN DOOR.
The powers have begun negotiat-
ting with the Turks again at Lus-
anne.
Joseph4C. Grew, representing the
United States, told the meeting that
his government stands for "the open
door"
he was generally interpreted as
referring especially to an equal OPP
portunity for the Chester syndicate
of Americans, to whom the Turks
granted an enormous concession for
development work. British and
French interests contend that this
concession infringes their rights.
Most diplomats appear to have in
ferred that Grew meant the Wash
inpton government won't back the
Americans in being greedy, but
doesn't intend to allow them to be
crowded out.
LOOKS LIKE
COMPROMISE.
Edward J. Bing Of the United
Press European staff, long resi-
dent in Turkey, calls attention to
the fact that the Chester conces-
sion conflicts only in part with Bri-
tish and French claims"
Bing adds:
"The Turks resent the imperial
istic designs of European powers
and believe the United States the
only country strong enough to- CO.
operate in the economic reconstruc-
ton of their territory without secret
political motives"
However, he says he doubts if the
concession will get as strong Wash
ington support as. the claimants eX-
pect or the Turks hope, because the
Chester group faces not only ''the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company, but al
so the standard Oil, Sinclair and
Gulf, and a number Of other pow
erful American concerns which
have a Joint exploitation agreement
with the British.
Frances claim, Bing pronounces
rather weak"
lie predicts an Anglo-Franco-
American compromise.
TWO SIDES
TO 1T
From another authoritative source
comes the suggestion that old
world politicians don't much OBJ
iect to such American concessions.
They want the United States in
volved in their affairs for their own
European good, and figure that in
terests of this sort will lead to it.
TAKES GLOOMY
VIEW.
Colonel David L. Stone. who rep
resented this country for three
wears with the Inter-Allied Rhine
land Comnlission, takes gloomy
view of the European situation.
He told meeting of northern
Ohio business men in Ohio in Cleve-
land last week that he sees no
chance of improvement so long as
France is afraid to let Germany get
strong enough to pay the French
claims against her.
According to the colonel, the
German workers have no choice but
between serfdom and bolshevism
and he thinks they'll choose bolshe
vism.
mont Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce seemed to agree with
Colonel Stone, for they advised Ohio
business men who want export mar
ko+s TO look for them in Latin
America and the Far East, not in
Europe.
MAYN'T
MEAN MUCH.
london dispatches say the Bri-
iish Government expects an early
nropOsitiOn from Gefmany LOOKING
toward a Ruhr settlement, but there
are so many Of these reports which
lead TO nothing that few people are
likely TO pay much attention to any
thing but actual results.
TRUCE IN
IRELAND.
The truce declared by Eamon de
Valera. rebel leader, against the
Trirh Free State government, came
unexpectedly u 1, late in Che week.
De Valera names conditions, how
over. which may not suit the other
SUI He .inaists on the sovereign
rigbts'' of Ireland He says all
legitimate authority must be "de-
rived from the Irish peonle." In
the last analysis, he declares every
tbinq must depend on Ireland's own
rnllie majority W. vote. he specifies that no
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