The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-19

is that the council of ambassadors Is
competent to deal with the murder of
General Tellini and his staff but that
the League of Nations is the only
proper body to deal with the seizure
Of Corfu. Greece takes the same posi-
ton and has offered to post a suffi-
cient sum to cover whatever indemni-
ties shall be fixed by the ambassadors.
Italy has presented to Greece a formal
claim for 20,00O 600 lire for the cost
of the military occupation of Corfu.
Paxos and Antipaxos.
DASSIVE resistance in the Ruhr Is
L admittedly at its last gasp, and
the German government is moving
toward an agreement with France
which shall make possible the restora-
ton of commercial relations and the
resumption of negotiations concerning
Preparations payments. Chancellor
Stressemann is acting with caution for
his position is precarious. but he does
not pretend that passive resistance
has not collapsed, and he practically
has paved the way to its abandonment.
This may not be a formal abandon
ment by the government, for 1t is al
ready going on in the Ruhr, where the
workers and the other inhabitants find
they have reached the limit. Strese-
mann says that only a Franco-German
Industrial union will solve the repara-
lions problem, and France, it is said,
recognizes that an economic accord
with Germany is indispensable and
will be the best form of guarantee
against German aggression. For the
present the negotiations for such an
agreement are limited to private con-
versations between the German and
French industrialist magnates.
Berlin was startled Wednesday by
the statement that the chancellor had
decided on the arrest and prosecution
of DIR. Andreas Hermes. finance min
lister under Cuno, on a charge of ma
nipulating a huge financial swindle. 1t
was believed the case would involve
Hugo SHINES.
GOVERNOR PINCHOT was still
" working hard last week to bring
about a settlement of the anthracite
coal strike, and seemingly was max
ing some progress. Each side was
said to be moderating its demands In
some degree. 1t seemed likely the
operators would abandon their demand
for arbitration, and that the miners
would accept the 10 per cent wage in
crease for contract miners and would
modify the check-of demand.
HNCE more the soldiers of the
" Grand Army of the Republic,
survivors of the Civil war, have met
in annual reunion, this time in Mil
waukee where on Wednesday some
ten thousand of them trudged bravely
If haltingly in parade between solid
walls of cheering, weeping spectators.
Not one of these marchers was less
than seventy years of age and many
were forced to drop out of the line of
march.
Gaylord NJ. Saltzgaber of Van Vert,
O.. was elected commander in chief.
The Woman's Relief corps also held
its yearly meeting, and Mrs. Belle w.
Bliss Of Baraboo. Wis, was elected
president.
A IR service experts who witnessed
"A the trial flight of Fri, the navy's
new rigid dirigible, at Lakehurst, n.
J., expressed great satisfaction with
the test. The huge ship was in the
air for an hour and it's working was
closely observed from two airplanes
that accompanied 1t. The dirigible
will be taken to st. Louis for the in
ternational air races October l to 3.
PROHIBITION COMMISSIONER
L HAYNES asks for an appropria-
ton of ten million dollars for federal
work in enforcing the dry law, an in
crease of one million over last year.
If he gets this sum, he plans an in
crease in, the number of field agents
and in the Washington and field mead
quarters staffs. Mr.. Haynes had a
long conference with President Cool
idge the other day and it vas stated
the President was inclined to call a
convention in Washington of gov
ernors to devise means for federal
and state cooperation in the enforce
ment of the prohibitson law.
4 MERICA'S defenders of the Davis
n cup. Tilden. Johnston and Will
liams. decisiveIy defeated the Aus
tralian team, and the international ten
another year.