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military dictator of Germany
1els, 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 Preparations committee
! that it nominate committee of ex-
perts such as the United States re-
| 1ected" to examine Germany's capacity
to pay, and its resources in foreign
countries.
HUGO SHINES and his plans have
l. i 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,fy's misfor-
tunes, is said to have made up his mind
to start a combat with the Standard
Oil company for supremacy in the oil
industry on four continents. His
fields are in Argentina, Oklahoma,
Texas, China, Mesopotan1ia 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 that he was maintaining a soup
kitchen in Berlin and could do moth
ing more. The kitchen is supplied
30
Shines hotels. The fact that SHINES,
Krupp, and the other multimillionaire
profiteey3 of Germany could easily
provide all that their Starving coun-
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.
TING GEORGE of Greece, who is
IN 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
him a strong tie between Greece and
England. ,
VXTILLIAM G. M'ADOO 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 a Repub-
lican. Henry Ford, it is reliably re-
ported has decided not to be a 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 "revitalized Republican party,
the instrument neither of static reac-
ton nor of destructive radicalism."
His statement to the public was issued
n Chicago.
COL. CHARLES R. FORBES, former
" head of the veterans bureau, ap-
reared last week before the senate
committee which has been hearing
,rave charges concerning his manage
nent of the bureau, and denied those
charges all and severally. He said
iatly that the witnesses against him
lad lied and that some of them were
n conspiracy" to destroy him. He
attacked especially Gen. Charles E.
Sawyer personal physician to Presi-
lent Harding, and said most of what
we're termed the deficiencies in the ad-
of laws for the benefit Of ..
disabled veterans were due to politics !.
nd Sawyer" AS for the hospital con-
racts that have been the subject of I,
erious accusations, Forbes said he
ut the job entirely in the hands of
he army and navy engineering de-
artments and had followed their
COMMUNICATIONS. lHIS was Supporl- 4,
d by army and navy letters and re-
orts. That there were gross faults !,
/ the management of the bureau !,
GEMS certain, but judgment as to
nose to blame should be suspended
ntil the inquiry is completed and the ,
ndings of the committee made public.
ITO PLAN for the immediate relief
Of the American wheat farmer i
,rthcoming from the national whs
,uncil, for its production committee :"
iys It is combining its consideration q
} development Of longtime program "
nd policy of wheat growing and the =.