Evening star., 1923-11-25

the occupying authorities 1t is my under
standing that with the signing Of agreement
on the 23d by representatives of the SHINES
and Thyssen groups, practically all Industrial
interests of the Ruhr and Rhineland have
On November % Chancellor stresemann
went before the reichstag to defend his poll,
Of a Xxi Kind of martial law known as the Eek
ceptional state,' which has been in force in
Germany Tor two months now: He played
eff' Of o6taining ~ foreign. especially American
credits for food and raw materials rested on
the internal situation hopeless. not exactly
manly statement. The next day he again went
Confidence The reischstag repudiated him. 23o
to l55 he and his rump mp raa eft
prophet.
seeckt commander r-in-chief of the reichswehr,
ordered dissolution of the party organizations
of the extremist groups of left and right, In.
Guiding the communist party. the natlonansst aias
party. the liberty part and the national social
aiming ' TO corrupt the o reichswehr and the gem
eral charge of subversive activities. what nat
heh doet tban anis fa
Again / eschew the role of seer and content
reputation of an honest champion of the re-
public.
ened~of an irremediable catastrophe by rea-
of the food situation There is. as | nave
prevent starvation (the crops are 40 per cent
better than last years). The problem is one
annihiation of all value in the mark, which
the farmer will not accept in exchange Tot
his boarded produce. The rentenmark
may may not be found answerable for the
purpose Of its being. 1t is. of course. being
issued in discreetiy small quantities; Reports
are comine in of renewed riotins, plunderlng'
vicious clashes. ~.
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United States of Americn.-Dr Frederick A.
Cook, time mountain climber and arctic
explorer has been found guilty by a jury
in federal court in Texas Of using the mails
with purpose to defraud in connection with
a confidence" scheme known as the Petroleum
Producers Association, and has been sentenced
to fourteen years nine months in Jail Pc
publics proverbially ungrateful. Dr.
Cook is the greatest American exponent of
the art of mendacty. Nay, he is perhaps the
worlds greatest exponent of that art of all
time. He may be said to have put the United
States on the artistic map. But perhaps, the
doctor-and the world-a service. Mark Twain
used to lament that he had never served time,
pointing out what great works had been pro-
duced in Jail An autobiography by the doc
tor is ''indicated.'
ON November 10 James c. Walton of Okla
homa was removed from office $ governor
of that the state senate. sitting
court Of Impeachment. finding him guilty as
charged under eleven articles of Impeachment.
So that's over.
MfsceIIancous.-One would like to have full
Information about the japanese naval base
and arsenal at the Island of Tsitsi Shima (or
is 1t Chichi Jima?). Father Island" known OF
old TO British and American mariners
Peel Island" in the Ronin group. The island
is a partially submerged extinct volcano.
rocky hills :nclosing a magnificent deep lagoon
entrance. Omne ignotum
magnitco, in the Roman saying; the base may
may not be as great as rumor gives out.
The discovery Of twenty five dinoSaur eggs
(may be ten million years Odd by the third
Asiatic expedition of the American Museum of
BILE a science of archaeological embry oogy.
At last, at last