The Holly chieftain., 1923-11-22

upreme mllltuTy ulcLAtOE Oh 0tlIudpy.
els, Silesia, to which he has returned
was abandoned when Washington in.
formed the world 1t could not accel the
French restrictions. Premier Poincare
thereupon instructed NJ. Barthou to
propose to the reparations committee
thnt 1t nominate committee Of ex-
perts such as the United States re-
Jected" to examine Germany's capacity
to pay, and Its resources in foreign
countries.
IJUGO SHINES and his plans have
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.ty'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. Mesopotamia 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 thet 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 nnultimillionaire
/ profiteeys Of Germany could easily
provide all that their Starving" c0un-
| 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.
KING GEORGE Of Greece. who IL
N accused Of completely in the re-
cent revolt which was speedily put
down, has been asked by the party in
power to abdicate and leave the coun-
try in order that the people may de-
eide unhampered on the regime they
prefer. Most of the Greeks, 1t is be-
lIeved, wish for a republic. Great
Britain, however. is doing its best to
keep George on his throne. considering
MIN strong tie between Greece and
England.
yXIILLIAM G. MADOo and Sena-
w tor Hiram johnson have de-
clared their candidacy for the presi-
Dental nomination, the former as a
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
Senator Johnson's was formal and at
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 Ameri-
cas- foreign policy. He also declared
war on reaction" and made an appeal
for a "revitalized Republican party,
the instrument neither of static reac.
tion nor Of destructive radlcalism.'
His statement to the public was issued
in Chicago.
ICoL. 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 severally. He sale
fatty that the witnesses against him
had lied and that some Of them wert
in conspiracy to destroy him. Ht
attacked especially Gen. Charles E
Sawyer. personal physician to Presi
dent Harding, and said most of wha
were termed the deficiencies in the ad
ministration of laws for the benefit O
, disabled veterans were due to "politicl
and Sawyer" AS for the hospital con
tracts that have been the subject o
serious accusations, Forbes said h'
put the Job entirely in tile hands o.
the army and navy engineering de
partments and had followed thei
recommendations. This was support
ed by army and navy letters and re
ports That there were gross fault
in the management of the burea,
seems certain, but judgment as t
those to blame should be suspended
until the inquiry is completed and thu
findings of the committee made public
MO PLAN for the Immediate relle
IN of the American wheat farmer II
Forthcoming from the national whea
council, for Its production committee
says 1t is confining its consideration
to development Of longtime program
and policy Of wheat growing and th'