The Winslow mail., 1923-08-24


accomplished Gin 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
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
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 G. Grew
and Ismet Pasha. By the new treaties,
which replace the obsolete document
of 1880, America loses all the special
privileges it's 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
~ MELLON, unofficially 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 Of
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
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 new treaty OF
on
forcement act for Article x of the
covenant. In effect 1t makes the cOun-
ell of the league super-government
In the conduct and settlement of fu-
ture wars in which league states are
involved. The French delegate made
reservation in order that 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 1t
an economic blockade; to decide what
other measures the signatories shall
give the attacked state and to arrange
for it's financial assistance; to appoint
a commander in chief; to determine
the details of reparations, and to draw
up a general disarmament plan based
on guarantees provided by the treaty.
4 BOLTON of the 12-hour day in
n the steel industry, which was one
of President Harding's last wishes. Is
at hand. A beginning is being made
at Gary, Ind, where the eight-hour day
with three shifts is being put into eff
feet in several plants of the United
States Steel corporation. Others will
follow, and the Independent steel COM
panies, it is predicted, soon will fall
In line.
The change to three shifts Of eight
hours each means employment of 65,-
900 more workers in the steel mills,
according to estimates. These same
estimates added $45, 600, 900 to the steel
industry's pay roll. In the readjust-
ment, hour wages will be increased
about 25 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 1t to him for rest
and recreation with his family and
friends. In other words workers re-
ceiviPG 40 cents an hour will get 80
cents. while the daily pay will be re-
duced from 81 so for twelve hours to
$4 for eight hours.
HENRY SULLIVAN 81 Lowell,
L L Mass, succeeded last week in
swimming across the English channel
the third man and the first American
to perform the feat. He was in the
water q hours and 25 minutes being
forced by tides and currents TO swim
about SO miles, though the distance be-
tween points is only 221a miles.