Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-11-23

l N'ihiiiuiliAN hVusSs dphutCh
ipreme military dictator of Germany.
els Silesia, to which he has returned
was abandoned when Washington in
formed the world ii could not accel the
French restrictions. Premier Poncare
thereupon instructed NJ. Barthou to
propose to the reparations committee
that ii nominate Il committee of ex-
perts such as the United States re-
lected'' to examine Germanys capacity
to pay. and its resources in foreign
countries.
HUGO SHINES and his plans have
L become of intense interest to the
world The Westphalian industrial
magnate, who has made himself one
of the richest men on earth by taking
advantage of his coun,.'y's misfor-
tunes, is said to have made up his mind
to start combat with the Standard
Oil company for supremacy in the oil
industry on four continents. His
fields are in Argentina, Oklahoma,
Texas. China, Mesopotamla and the
Caucasus More of his colossal
schemes will be heard later. Not
even SHINES himself knows the ex-
tent of his vast wealth, yet when he
was asked TO contribute something for
the hungry children of Germany he re-
piled that he was maintaining soup
kitchen in Berlin and could do moth
ing more. The kitchen is supplied
with leftover food from one of
SHINES hotels. The fact that SHINES,
krupp, and the other multimllionaire
protitee-s of Germany could easily
provide all that their starving" coun-
trymen need makes many Americans
wonder why we should be called on to
contribute to that cause. General
Aliens appeals will fall on many deaf
ears.
LING GEORGE OF Greece. who Is
IN accused of completely in the re-
cent revolt which was speedily put
down, has been asked by the party in
power to abdlcate and leave the coun-
Try III 'lutE tilut tile peppit may uc-
eide unhampered on the regime they
prefer. Most of the Greeks, 1t is be-
lieved, wish for republic. Great
Britain, however, is doing its best to
keep George on his throne, considering
MIN strong tie between Greece and
England.
XIIILLIAM G. MADOO and Sena-
w tor Hiram johnson have de-
clared their candidacy for the presi
dental nomination the former as
Democrat and the latter AS Repub-
lican. Henry Ford, 1t is reliably re-
ported, has decided not to be candi-
date.
Mr. McAdoo's announcement was in
formal and rather by inference, but
length. He challenged President Cool
idge and any other aspirants to go be-
fore the voters, especially in the pri-
mary states, on the issue of Amerl-
cas- foreign policy. He also declared
war on reaction" and made an appeal
lpi Il ItNilullLtu Iul
the instrument neither of static reac-
ton nor of destructive radicalism."
His statement to the public was issued
in Chicago.
COL. CHARLES r. FORBES, former
" head Of the veterans bureau, ap-
peared last week before the senate
committee which has been hearing
grave charges concerning his manage
ment of the bureau, and denied those
charges all and seyerally. He said
fatty that the witnesses against him
had lied and that some of them were
in conspiracy" to destroy him. He
attacked especially Gen. Charles +.
Sawyer. personal physician to Presi-
dent Harding. and said most of what
were termed the deficiencies In the ad-
mnistrhtion of laws for the benefit of
disabled veterans We're due to politics
and Sawyer" AS for the hospital con
tracts that have been the subject of
serious accusations, Forbes said he
put the job entirely in the hands of
the army and navy engineering de-
partments and had followed their
recommendations. This was support
ed by army and navy letters and re-
ports That there were gross faults
in the management OF the bureau
seems certain. but judgment as to
those to blame should be suspended
until the inquiry Is completed and the
findings of the committee made public.
MO PLAN for the immediate relief
Y of the American wheat farmer is
forthcoming from the national wheat
council. for Its production committee
says 1t Is confining its consideration
to development Of longtime program
and policy of wheat growing. and the
hand but refused to leave the field. and