The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-26

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be paid In paper. Under the provisions
Of this law the government will repay
more than $20,O00,OOO,O 900 war loan
and other debts for less than 8 cents
on the dollar.
I Unless another coalition govern
ment can be arranged, Great
Britain may find it necessary to hold
another parliamentary election In the
near future. In the new parliament.
which meets January g., neither Of the
three parties will have a majority.
After Prime Minister Baldwin had
talked with King George and the party
leaders had held many conferences, Ii
was announced that the Baldwin cabi-
had assembled. About the same time
the Labor party chiefs announced that
they would undertake to form a gov
eminent If called upon, with Ramsay
Macdonald at the head. The prospect
is that soon after parliament meets
address to the throne and that this
will be Of such a nature that the lib
erals cannot refuse to support 1t. This
would mea the overwhelming defeat
of the government and the immediate
resignation Of the Baldwin cabinet,
followed by the summoning Of Mac
Donald to form a new ministry. But
this, too, would be a minority govern
ment and could be ousted at any time
by a combination Of the conservatives
and liberals.
~ Mexico makes 1t difficult to learn
just how the revolt against President
O~bregon's government Is progressing.
If the information given out by the
rebels is correct, 1t is doing very well.
Indeed, 1t may be that Obregon will
have been overthrown before this
reaches the reader. Revolutionary
armies from various quarters were
moving on Mexico City last week, and
1t was said De la Huerta had an
nounced that he was In control Of the
country and had begun appointing his
cabinet. However, the latest dis
patches at the time this is written say
Obregon has checked the rebel ad-
vance from the west. Gen. Angel
Flores dealt the rebellion a blow by
renOuncIng his candidacy for the pres
idency and casting in his lot with Obre-
gOn, for he Is believed to have the sup
port Of Sinaloa, chihuahua, Tamauli-
pas and the federal district. An upris-
ing Of the Yaqui Indians probably was
squelched by the execution Of theiI
chieftain.
a MONG those taken by death las
"A week three are worthy Of men
ton in this column. Two were Ameri
cans-William A. PinkertOn, head o.
the detective agency that bears hi
name and hero Of many exciting stories
of criminal life; and John R. RathOm
: editor of the Providence Or. L. Jour
r nal, an eminent newspaper man who
during the first part Of the World wal
obtained numerous scoops" concern
J ing the activities of Germans in tn
United States. The third was Baro
Shaughnessy, chairman of the board o
q directors Of the Canadian Pacific raj
2 road, who is properly regarded as on
4 Of the builders Of modern Canada.
4 ~ MI of fho x,orSt r,rcoks in fho hi,
Y ~ tory of the New York Centr,
l. lines occurred at F~orsythe, N. z, whe
} one section Of the Twentieth Centul
l. train ran into another section whiC
had stopped after hitting an autOm
r bile. Nine persons were killed in the
Is berths and about forty were injure
ot Darkness, fog and an engineers negle
lie of warning signals were blamed for Il
d disaster.
IL y ENITO MUSSOLINI, premier
ed - Italy, believes he and his Fascii
government have proved so acceptah
to the country that 1t Is no longer ne
essary for him to exercise dictatorI
MT powers. Therefore, at his request, t
nd king has closed the present session
d. parliament and new elections will
If held. probably in April, at which MI
he solini will ask Vtaly to approve his az
nd by returning him to power as premi
n There is no sign Of organized oppO
nd ton to him.
Of
of ERNEST CHUARD of Lausanne v
mt H elected president of the Swiss c
o. federation for 1924. The Swiss parI
Ids ment, which chooses the preside
Is gave him 1s0 of the 219 votes. ]
old new vice president Is Jean Musy
u