The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-03

his fellow.concessionair The British
are inclined to support the French con-
tentions In the matter. and It may be
the whole dispute will be referred to
arbitratOrs.
France and Turkey now have a
mad on" at each other, and both have
made threatening gestures in the way
Of military concentrations along the
Syrian frontier. The Turks. however,
say they do not expect war, and an
official statement from Angora indl-
Gates they will make enough conces-
sl0ns to insure peace. At present they
are assuming IN unyieldlng attitude In
the conference.
A IL THE world has been waiting
"A to see whether Chancellor Cuno
would give Into the demands Of the So
cialists and others and make a def.
mite offer on reparations. 1t may be
he will have done so before this Is
read. For few days the Germans
were encouraged In their fight against
the French In the Ruhr by gnrbled re-
ports Of speech by Marquis Curzon,
indicating that England might inter-
vene. Then they learned that Curzon
had meant just the opposite, and later
he also made 1t clear that Great Britain
would not act as an intermediary for
any offer from Germany to France.
The Berlin socialist press says the
Industrial magnates. by buying foreign
exchange heavily on the Berlin bourse,
have negatived the efforts Of the
reichsbank to maintain the mark at
stable level, and Cuno Is called on to
investigate. 1t Is believed, however, he
will do nothing because an inquiry
might implicate him.
% ENITO MUSSOLINI Is preparing to
- put into effect In Italy some more
drastic reforms, according to reports
from Rome, and Is likely to drive all
non-fnscist members from his cabinet,
SO that there shall be no effective 0pp0-
sition. Moreover. he proposed to the
Fascist supreme council that all the
Fascist be embodied Into a national
militia rs reserve naval force, and
to this the council agreed. The militia
thus becomes an army Of 100000 men,
but no additional expenditure Is en-.
tailed. because the new men enter the
actual service only In an emergency.
In this way Mussollni, II would appear,
would hold the whip-hand over all his
opponents.
Having effected many economies
since coming into power, Premier Mus
solini has reduced the budget deficit
for the fiscal year 1923-24 to three Bill
lion lire or less. BY dlscharging su.
perfluous political employees and
checking the waste of coal and sup
plies, he cut some 100000, 900 lire from
the huge loss on the operation Of rail-
ways, and he hopes to lease the state
owned lines to private capital. The
italian Ira, It may be remarked, Is
now worth little less than 8 cents.
TURKS, reparatlons and all other
L kinds Of trouble were forgotten for
a few days in London, and the people
turned their attention to the marriage
Of the duke of York, second son Of
King George and Queen Mary, and
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. daughter
Of the earl of StrathmOre. The cere-
mony was performed In Westminster
abbey and the whole affair was stately
and magnificent. Our ambassador and
his wife were present In the abbey, Mr..
Harvey being resplendent In full court
regalia, including velvet knee breeches.
Only seven other Amerlcans-nll news
paper men-witnessed the wedding
ceremony.
TALIFORNIA'S anti-alien land laws
~ were before the United States Su-
preme court last week In a hearing to
test their constitutionallty. Attorney
General Webb, presenting the states
case. was interrupted by questions
from the bench.
"What we want to know" Chief
Justice Taft interjected. "is what the
japanese are doing to which you take
objection"
"The white people refuse to assimi.
late with the japanese" Mr.. Webb re-
piled, "and as the japanese line nd.
vances we retreat, and we do not like
to retreat.
"When the japanese occupy land In
our state, they exclude from It people
who might become citizens. We be-
iieve our government; state and ma
tional. will be hest protected and
served when our lands are occupied by
those who have sympathy with our In
stitutions and can be compelled to con.
tribute to its preservation"