The Holly chieftain., 1923-06-21

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British cabinet sympathize with him
hut Premier Baldwin and most Of his
ministers are determined that Great
Britain shall not be put in the posi.
tion Of appearing to approve Of the
French adventure In the Ruhr. ~
German Foreign Minister Won Rosen.
berg is said to be trying to work out a
compromise proposition. His govern
ment would express Its willingness "a
drop passive resistance during the
opening Of negotiations with France II
assured the French would evacuate the
Ruhr when satisfactory terms were
reached and II amnesty were granted
political offenders Imprisoned or ex-
PEELED by the French. Under the plan
the German railway men in the Ruhr
would resume their duties and the
workers In the Rhineland would do
their work under supervision Of the
French engineers. II is admitted III
Berlin that the passive resistance is
weakening because living conditions In
the occupied region are becoming Inn
possible. Meanwhile. stimulated by
the nationalist societies, the Germans
In the Ruhr ure renewing their cam
paign Of sabotage and violence. With
In a ek-they have killed three French
soldiers and wrecked several trains.
The natural result is the sterner appli.
cation OF restrictive measures by the
French. Eleven Germans have been
killed for disobeying orders; some Of
them disregarded the curfew hour es-
tablished In various towns where there
was disorder. m
A AiERICANS Interested in the Ches.
ter concessions have learned with
some dismay of a combination designed
TO control trade with Turkey, signed
at Lausanne by Rustem Bey, repre-
senting Leslie Urquhart and group OF
British banks, and Sheriff Bey, repre-
senting new Turkish syndicate. The
combination, which is capitalized for
SIC, 100000. will begin operations as
soon as peace Is signed. end Its Turk
ish charter is so broad it can embark
in any business. The Urquhart group
embraces most Of the big London
banks, which have bought control Of
the Anatolia railway from the German.
Swiss interests. and most Of the Brit
ish corporations engaged in business in
Turkey before the war. The financial
backing Of the group is almost un.
limited.
WITH Impressive ceremony the
~ world court established by the
League Of Nations opened on Friday
at The Hague. In the Carnegie peace
palace. 1t publicly proclaimed its in
dependence Of the league. but for the
present Its clerical work is being done
by men and women sent from the
leagues headquarters In Geneva. Three
cases were on the agenda for the ses-
sion. The first is the dispute between
Finland and Russia concerning the
autonomy of East CareIia. but Russia
has denied the courts competence, say
ing the affair is an Internal matter.
The second, concerning the expulsion
of German nationals from Poland.
probably will not be contested by the
Berlin government. The third case IN
wolves Germany's right to bar from
the Kiel canal. In March, 1921. Brit
ish ship which was carrying French
war munitions to Poland at the time Of
the Russian attack on Warsaw.
TT WOULD take more than PhIla.
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situation In China and make clear its
complexities. After his cabinet quit
him, President Ii Yuan-hung fled to
Tientsin, where soldiers held him pris-
oner In his train until he formally re-
signed. The functions OF the govern.
ment at Picking were undertaken after
a fashion by representatives of five
ministries who requested Premier
Chang to return and resume his Office.
Ii was virtually driven from peking
by Feng Yu-Hslang, the Christian
general" M
All the foreign captives Of the
Chinese bandits have been released
and are again with their friends. BY
the compromise agreement with the
outlaws 1000 of them are to be en-
rolled In the army and ttey were paid
$S5.000.
EOREIGN ships coming to America
: now enter our ports with only
enough liquor for medicinal purposes,
In accordance with the decision Of the
Supreme court and the regulations of
the Treasury department. But there
Is 80 much dissatisfaction that the
government at Washington is trying to