The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-08
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CURRENT EVENTS

,CENATOR UNDERWOOD, before the
~ Alabama legislature, definitely flung
his hat into the ring, saying that ito
have my state for the second time sug-
gest my name as the presidential can
.didate of my party would be the
GROWING honor Of them all, one that
i would greatly cherish and am de-
lighted to receive" He then outlined
his position ON various leading issues.
Reciv,Hg ~ those who have branded
HIM a. a wet. he recounCed his reasons
t"r rs votes in congress in opposition
-. he eighteenth amendment and the
Yolstead law, and asserted that, de-
spite these votes and since the eight
eenth amendment and the V0lstead
act have become the law Of the oun
try, he stood for rigid enforcement.
~ American participation In Euro
49, affairs he said: 81 hope that
when the next national convention of
the Democratic party assemblies. 1t
will have the courage and the wisdom
and the patriotism to face this ques-
ton boldly and say to the American
people:
1--WE have not forgotten what Our
dead soldiers sacrificed their lives on
the battlefelds of France to attain.
W. have not forgotten the great In
terests Of the producing masses Of the
American people, and that so far as
we are concerned as a party, we will
stand true to q principles, and IL
victorious we will take our place In
international affairs as becomes the
great American nation"
He gave his views on taxation, and
the tariff, asserting that Europe fur
nished the emily market for Americas
surplus agricultural products, that
,sincs the war the only means with
which Europe could pay for American
products was in trade, but that the
Republican party had erected a tarifi
barrier to European goods which will
create a depression In this country as
well as the rest Of the world.
In Topeka a crowd of Democrats
started a boom for Gov. ]. NJ. Davis
of Kansas as a presidential nominee
TOR the present there will be NJ
L joint allied reply to the German
note on reparatiOns. France and Bel
GUM sent to London their replies Il
the British note, and Premier Baldwin
and Lord CurzOn informed parliament
that these replies held out no pros
pect for a settlement Of the Ruiz
situation in the near future nor fol
the opening Of q discussion of repara
lions. CurzOn said his government wa
inviting the other governments t.
agree to publication Of the notes ex
changed on the situation, hoping tina
publicity might aid in determining tn.
problem and might convince the worl,
ST the imperative necessity Of prOmp
and united action.
It Is said that Premier Poincare'
reply to Great Britain was in effect
rejection of every British proposs
and that some Of them we're treate
In a spirit of sstirical contempt.
Prime Minister Baldwin seemingl
is exceedingly 10th to bring on q
open breach with France, and there
q considerable body Of opinion, bot
in the government and out of 1t, tbs
is against such q breach.
@ HORTAGE Of foed, strikes, the col
- tinued decline Of the mark ar
other conditions point to the impenl
ing collapse of Germany. Fritz Thy
sen, one Of the Industrial magnates
the Ruhr, discussed with Ambassad'
HOughtOn the hunger situation in thu
area, and the German papers are as
ing why the United States cam,
send its grain surplus owe there.
the cities of Germany the food shol
age is very serious, for the farme
refuse to bring in their products. P
~litically, It seems likely that the (,
Of the CunO ministry cannot be {
ferRed much longer. Stresemann M
be the next chancellor, with a COVER
ment based on a coalition of Socialis
Democrats, Catholics and Industrii
ists. The threat Of a Bolshevist rev
luton, so often put forward by g,
many to blur the allies into gen
treatment, was much lessened by I
nat failure Of the "Red Sunday" pls
on July 20. The widely advertis
demonstration for a Rhineland rep'
lie also was a hzzle,
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MO ONE has yet devised q way
N put the price Of wheat up ag1
where the farmers think 1t should
but statisticians are now demonstr
ing that, In the Middle West at le'
what the agrlculturist Is losing
wheat this year he is more than m
ing up by good prices for corn, cat
poultry, alfalfa and other produ
Senator Brookhart has been max
a lot Of fuss about the sad lot Of
farmer hut 70. Il. Meredith. for