The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16

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Republican Women. at opening Of
for the purpose Of divorcing the world
court from the League OF Nations, and
that the United States join the court
on that condition.
NJ EARLY dozen political parties
~ or groups were active In the re-
cent elections In Germany, and the re-
| suits are that In the next reichstag
certain groups favOring the acceptance
of the Dawes committee report prob
ably will be able to combine and con-
troll the vote of that body. Their
majority, however, will not be large,
and unless some Of the groups change
their views, the necessary two-thirds
vote cannot be mustered for q change
Of the constitution so that the Dawes
railroad plan can be accepted The
NatiOnalists claim 105 seats In the
relchstag, making them the largest
single party, and they assert the gov
eminent Of Chancellor Marx must re-
sign and the CHARACTERISTIC must be
given a Nationalist The Communists
will play big part IN German poll
tics, for they polled almost four MIL
lion votes and have 60 members in the
reichstag. They have revived their
threat of Red revolution and already
have melted numerous strikes, both In
the Ruhr and in unoccupied Germany.
| The Nationalist are said to be COM
bining with the Peoples party and
with some of the Catholics, Fascists
| and Bavarian Peoples party members
to form mOnarchist bloc with total
| of pa votes, which Is a majority. II
| Is believed this bloc will gradually
work toward q restoration of the mon
archy. Its success depends on the
stand taken by the Catholics, who may
prefer a coalition with the Socialists.
ERMAN police not long ago raided
~ the Berlin Office of the soviet Rus
sian commercial delegation in search
for some suspect, and seized a lot Of
documents. Russia protested strongly
against what It asserted was a viola
ton of her extraterritorial rights and
demanded satisfaction, which Berlin re-
fused to grant. All trade relations be-
tween the two countries were suspend
ed and Krestinsky, soviet ambassador.
was summoned to Moscow.
| AS was predicted some time ago, the
negotiations In London between the
British and Russian government are
not getting along well. The soviet del
egates presented an extraordinary list
Of damage claims to Offset the old
debts TO the British. If allowed, they
would leave Britain largely in the debt
of Russia. But there Is no chance
that the English will allow them.
A RGENTINA'S extraordinary old
"A age pension law will be enforced
with great difficulty. Both employers
and workers are fighting II and last
week there was combined strike and
lockout throughout the country. The
workers refuse to pay their part Of
the pension fund, and the employers
refuse to collect from their employees.
However, the government is deter
mined and the opposition Is gradually
weakening, and the federation Of labor
ordered the strike discontinued
HOAST guard cutters, trappers, fish
ermen and Indians are continuing
the search for Major Martin and Ser
geant Harvey, the lost aviators of the
army's globe-circling squadron, and an
offer Of reward has spurred the Aleu-
tan islanders to renewed effort. vari-
Gus reports indicated that the missing
plane few to the north coast Of the
islands. The other three planes of the
squadron proceeded to Atka island
and were awaiting favorable weather
for the flight to Attu island aAd thence
to Japan.
THE general conference of the Meth
i odist Episcopal church In Spring
field, Mass, by a vote OF SO2 to 13, &C
cepted In full the plan of unificatlor
with the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. The union cannot be formally
consummated for two years. but appar
emily the breach which has existed
since 1874 Is now healed. The bishops
OF the Church South win vote for IN,
unification and the question will ther
be submitted 10 all annual conferences
OF both church organizations.
DsACE In Honduras was seemIngl,
\ assured when on Monday the war
ring factions and Representatives o
the other Central American govern
menis signed treaty on hoard {
United States cruiser A feinpornr,
president of Honduras was seleeiet
pending new elections.