, 1923-06-07
FOREIGN

cation.
A Reuters dispatch records the APP
pointment of the first woman dlplo-
matist, Nine. Alexandra Kolontay,
having been named representative in
Norway by soviet Russia.
A son and heir was born to the here
ditory Prince of Monaco. The child
was named Rainier Louis Henri Max
ence Bertrand. A salute of twenty
n guns was fired in honor of the
event.
France is paying $500, 100000
francs In interest yearly on money
borrowed to reconstruct the devas-
tated regions and pay pensions. These
figures apply to loans floated previous
to this year.
Jamie G. de Veyra, former resident
Philippine commissioner at Washing
ton, recommends an intensive publicity
campaign in the United States in favor
of Philippine independence. He says
the American people are in favor of
i~nsular freedom inc that the expendi-
ture of 100000 or $4,000 0 a year
in publicity will accomplish the de-
sired end.
1t was reported in Canton recently
that northern troops under General
WI Pei Flu were approaching Shiu-
chow in the north of Kwantung and
that General Hsu Sung-Cbi, COM
mander of Sun Yet-Sen's forces, had
evacuated Swallow in the same prov
ince. At the same time Suns Yum
nanese troops on the East river were
reported to be advancing on Wal
chow.
A cabinet crisis at Toxic threatens
over the question of recognition of
Soviet Russia. After a bitter five.
hour debate on the proposal to recog-
nize the Moscow government the
cabinet adjourned. Premier Kato led
the fight for recognition. Baron Goto.
former mayor of Toxic, said he
would stump the country in favor of
recognition If the present negotia-
lions fail.
Rioting has been In progress In the
Dortmund district. Several miners
have been killed and others wounded
In a conflict with the police. Accord
ing TO reports received at French
headquarters at Dusseldorf 10000
striking miners held a demonstration
in the square In Dortmund. The bort
mund police, in endeavorrng 10 dis
perse the gathering, fired into the
crowd, killing several persons.
Captured documents made public
recently by the . Free State govern
ment show that cannon de Valera
and his chief of staff, Frank Aitken,
have definitely ordered a cessation of
active hostilities by the Republicans,
admitting that 1.-THE republic can no
longer be defended successfully by
your arms" There will be no formal
surrender of arms, but the order by
Aitken that they shall be dumped is
almost the equivalent, for arms
dumps are easily discovered by the
Free State patrols. 1t is believed
the Republicans now are likely to
concentrate their efforts upon the
election campaign.
GENERAL
Smugglers who bring liquor from
Canada across the Detroit river to
Ecorse, Mich, ten miles from Detroit,
have been carrying on smuggling oper-
atoms for years, and even generations,
according TO the Chicago Daily News.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, urged
Governor Smith to sign the Mullan-
Gage repeal bill, Withdrawing state of
New York from support of federal au-
thorities in enforcing the Volstead law.
The United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals ruled that the government
need not prove the alcoholic content
of whisky or whether 1t was fit for
beverage purposes in cases where in
dictments charge violation Of dry laws
in which the liquor is specified as
whisky.
Receivership for the Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan was asked in n petition
filed in the Fulton county Superior
Court, Atlanta, Ca, by David NJ. Rit-
tenhouse and others of Philadelphia,
who charged gross mismanagement TO
W. II. Evans, imperial wizard.
Damage estimated at 100000 was
caused a few days ago when Missouri
Pacific extra freight hauling live
stock. grain and merchandise from
Omaha to Kansas City was wrecked
at Fort Leavenworth. None OF the
crew was injured, the engineer and
fireman leaping in the Missouri river
and swimming to safety when the en-
CINE overturned. The wreck was
caused by an open switch, railroad
men ay.
Captain Harris william Baker, one
Of the best known men on the Great
Lakes and up until seven years ago
owner of n fleet of boats operating
on the Lakes and the Atlantic ocean,
Al ..da.,f,. ~ al. homo In nafrnft