Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-01-26

formed by the premier that the gov
eminent would not accept any decision
of the council of ambassadors regard
ing Memel unless it reflected the will
of the inhabitants of that territory.
Late dispatches from Memel carry
the story of Anthony Twas, an Amer
lean citizen from Boston visiting his
parents in Lithuania, who says that
he both instigated and financed the
inSurrection. He declares the Lithu-
anians would accept an English and
Italian administration of the zone
until a plebiscite could be held, but
would resist the return of the French
because they have been trying to find
an excuse to give Memel to Poland.
a THOUGH both the British and
a American wal debt ~refunding
commissions are still apparently conf
dent of the success of their negotia-
tons, the sessions were broken off
temporarily last Thursday by the
Englishmen, who announced that "the
conversations had reached a stage
making desirable a personal report to
their government" For this purpose,
and to obtain further instructions,
they sailed Saturday for London. The
difference in views between the COM
missions is not believed to be great,
relating mainly to the interest rate.
The Washington administration is
hopeful the entire question can be set
tied in time for action during the pres
ent session of congress, and the feeling
in England also is quite optimistic.
CAMUEL GOMPERS and the general
~ executive board of the Brewery
Workers union have arranged for the
mobilization of the forces of organized
labor to obtain a modification Of the
Volstead act so that the manufacture
and sale of light wines and beer may
be permitted. Said Mr.. Gompers: "We
plan to make America once more the
home of the sane and the land of the
free. Wine and beer of light alcoholic
content are sure TO come back. and
| they will come back soon"
If Representative Upshaw of Georgia
sought notoriety by the rather cheap
means of charging that many members
of congress and high government Off
Gals were liquor drinkers, he has
achieved his purpose. Washington
seems unduly annoyed, and Congress
man Hill of Maryland has demanded
that the house investigate the charges.
Governor Silzer of New Jersey, in
his inaugural address, made some very
moist recommendations to the legisla-
ture, and Governor Pinchot of Penn
~sylvania, on being installed, made an
equally dry speech. These pronounce
ments were coincident with the third
anniversary of the prohibition amend
ment.
Deaths from poisonous moonshine
and b~ootleggers' booze are becoming
so numerous that the government has
decided to curtail the dealings in de-
natured and industrial alcohol. 1t also
will bottle, for medicinal purposes, all
bulk liquors now held in bond and
guarantee them as to proof and quality.
DRESIDENT OBREGON, it is report
L ed, is about to begin a campaign
against the Catholics in Mexico and, as
an opening gun, he last week expelled
from the country Mgr. Fflippi, the papal
delegate, as a pernicious foreigner.
The c%hurchman, who is believed to be
the instigator and organizer of the Fas-
cisti movement in Mexico, was charged
with holding a large public religious
meeting at Silao, contrary to the law,
and with refusing to obey the orders of
the governor of Guanajuato. Mgr. FL
lippi, who came to the United States,
denies that the law was violated by
the meeting.
Obregon declared that he would see
that high dignitaries of the foreign
clergy should not come to Mexico and
direct the church of Mexican Catho-
lies, making themselves arbiters of the
church. Mgr. Filippi is an Italian. In
official circles in Mexico City this ut
terance is said to NEAR that 10 future
papal delegate will be allowed to come
to Mexico.
a MONG recent deaths that of
= Judge" William FL. Moore, ma