Evening star., 1923-10-14

through its charges d'anaires in Paris and
German commission to sit in the Ruhr and ne
gotiate issues as they might present them
seeing in 1t an attempt by the German govern
ment to acquire an important means of bar
he. until passive resistance has ended. Passive
resistance will be regarded as ended when 1t
has in fact ended, that is. when all hands are
once more at work. when reparations deliver
les are back to normal, when export trade is
tax and customs collections. providing for due
f to the hen Eranse % b is
ready to negotiate with Germany through the
reparations commission as provided by the
treaty.
OF course. the pEosram Of hpanclsi Sdal reform
what the mark is WORTHLESS apparently than
twenty billions to the dollar The soviet ruble
precious stuff. .-'
United States of Amerfca-The Oklahoma
Legislature summoned itself to convene on
October II. to consider impeachment of the
governor. The governor thereupon. executed
a maneuver of despair. He summoned the legis-
lature for the 11th, to enact anti-Klan legis-
lation He announced that, should satisfac-
tory anti-Klan legislation be enacted Che sub
mitted to the Legislature the draft Of bill), he
would resign for the sake of peace his grand
object achieved. But the legislature will nor
have it so. The slogan. I'VE want neither Klan
king" with emphasis king which
expresses the general popular sentiment seems
to be reflected in the intentions of the legis-
lature. II So we have here somewhat weird
the vox populi; for it seems established that
I" very large proportion OF the legislators are
klansmen. yet little opposition is expected
Whether no this expectation is destined to
be realized is of peculiar interest to the poll
tical philosopher It was Gov. waiton's idea
that the legislature must confine itself in the
session commencing October IL to the bust
ness referred by him to that body Instead, the
legislature is proceeding at once to the 6usi &
ended by executive order.
The situation in the Philippines demands
tice. but such notice must be postponed
If the divorce rate continues to increase and
the marriage rate to decrease. each with the
the time is in sight when there will be no
married persons in this country, Au contraire,
if one can grasp that elegant idea.
Miscellaneous.--No news this week of the
Fume situation nor of the Spanish situation
The third Asiatic expedition of the American
Museum of Natural History OF New York/cty
arrived the other day at Picking, en- route home
from Mongolia. caravan of camels is fol-
lowing with nine tons of fossils.
These fossil discoveries to prove that
the Mongolian plateau the land of origin
of the common ancestors of the most impor-
tant animals which hundreds of thousands of
years ago roamed Asia, Europe and the west
ern hemisphere Among the finds seventy
Dnosaur skulls, twelve complete Dinosaur
skeletons and twenty-five Dinosaur eggs The
pink-headed duck OF Mepat Is extinct, .,o,.,
labor bureau, approximately 100000 men
who suffered casualties in the great war are
drawing pensions. Figures for most Of the
countries are as follows: Germany. 1.537.o00;
s4ss SSs ssG ke@ Ans
10000: Italy. 500. GOO; Russia, 775.O00; Poland.
Gass9a sS Gnted s,asss
$4,000; Rumania, 100000; Belgium, $4,000