The Holly chieftain., 1924-01-10

can scout cruiser Raleigh. just COM
q the Swiss Alps, where the winter
mand for the investigation of the ad-
ministration of General Wood In the
Philippines comes up. 1t is likely the
latter inquiry will be enlarged to In.
clude the actions Of both Of the gen.
erals sons.
CLCRETARY OF LABOR DAVIS
~ has transmitted to the senate and
house immigration committees u draft
Of new immigration bill providing
for extension of the quota restriction
to all countries In the western hemi.
sphere, and for various notifications Of
the present entry reQuirements. The
Italian government, has made repre-
sentations against a proposed pro
vision that would restrict each nations
quota Of immigrants to 2 per cent Of
the number of Its native born citizens
In this country In 1890. This stipula-
tion Italy describes as an unjustified
discrimination to the detrIment Of q
friendly nation.
|nN THE eve Of the assembling Of
" the new parliament the British do
not know just what to do in the mat
ter Of a new government. King George
has demanded that the Labor party be
given Its chance. notwithstanding the
declaration by Its leader, Ramsay Mac
Donald, that the monarch's right to
dissolve parliaments should be curbed.
But the prospect of Labor or Social
rst government Is having bad effect
on the money market and the pound
sterling has had a decided decline
Consequently there sprang ub last
week n strong demand for some sort
of a fusion of the Liberals and Tories
to keep the Laborites out Of office, and
as 1t seems impossible to find any
other Conservative leader willing to
take the job, 1t may be that Baldwin
will be induced to hang on to the pre-
miership with the promise OF Liberal
support. though he is represented as
enger to resign. In the Labor party
there is growing friction between the
intellectuals. who include Its leaders
in parliament. and the trades union
lists, who assert they have done most
Of the work of building up the party
and therefore are entitled to most of
the offices II the party takes over the
government.
DREM1ER YAMAMOTO of Japan
l and his cabinet resigned following
the attempt on the life Of the prince
regent, and yiscount Kiego Kiyoura,
president of the privy council, was
asked to form a new government. He
announced two days later that he WAS
unable to form a ministry as he could
not get the support Of any political
party in the diet.
ORANGE and Belgium have sent to
4 Berlin Identical replies to the latest
German note, and their tone is quite
conciliatory, the German government
being assured that the two countries
are willing to cooperate with the Ger
mans in establishing system of ad-
ministration in the Ruhr and the
Rhineland. The armies Of occupation
already have been greatly reduced, and
only sufficient soldiers will be left in
the Ruhr to preserve the customs
boundary for the application Of taxes
on exports for the reparations account.
The chimneys Of the Ruhr are smok-
ing again. for the German and French
Industrial magnates have entered in.
TO agreements Independent Of their
governments and are exchanging coke
and iron ore.
Henry II. Robinson. the Los Angeles
banker who Is the third American
representative on the reparations com.
missions committees Of experts. con.
ferred with Secretary Hughes and the
President in Washington and is now
on his way to Europe.
q W. CLARKE. Imperial giant.
u. has issued a call for q national
congress of the Ku Klux Khan in At.
lanta, February 90. He asks the klans.
men "to gather together and prayer
fully consider methods to eliminate
existing evils. or else to follow the ex.
ample Of the founder Of the original
Ku Klux Klan, and have the courage
and manhood to devise ways ant
means for the Immediate disbnnd
ment of the organization"
IN ESPITE the protest Of Secretary
- Hughes, the Turkish government
insists that full customs duties mus,
be paid on the vast quantities of food
clothing and medical supplies tina,