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brances OF the great industrial mag
mates, eliminating in an "unparai-
lelled maldistribution of wealth"
II the plan crrs in respect of-abso-
lutte justice. study of the French
and British budgets will show that il
does not err in the direction of harsh-
ness to Germany
The. report Of the MclIenna COM
Hittee is of far less Importance. That
committee was instructed to estimate
the amount of German exported CAPT
tai and TO consider means by which
1t might be brought back to Ger
many. The committee estimate the
total of German capital now abroad
to be about sl.700, 000.0 600. They sensi-
bly, opine, that. if effect is given TO
the recommendations Of the Dawes
committee, a. considerable part Of the
"Apatriated assets will return in the
ordinary course of trade. They note
that the chief method by which Ger
mans have acquired foreign credits
since the arTiStice has been by sale
of mark credits: Foreigners (half of
them AmeriCan) having been fleeceu
through m,Ck devalUation, 10 the
tune of about s., 600. 900. 600
Hugo SHINES is dead. He possessed
astounding genius for economic or
Eanizatlon and finance; but. accord
ing TO the best Obtainable informa-
ton. that genius was sinister and
completely selfish. He was the great
est of war profiteerS and is conSid-
cred to have been largely responsible
for the German war policy respecting
Belgium. He seems to have been as
much responsible as any other for the
postwar policies which have proved
50 disastrous 10 Germany. and no less
responsible (through the influence
exercised by his far-fiung press) for
the present phase Of German PSI
chology
On April II the reparations COM
mission issued communique declar-
ing that IL was disposed. at once and
within the limits of its powers, TO ap-
prove the conclusions Of the Dawes
! and Mex emma reports and to adopt
the me thodS therein set forth; and
therefore. to recommend to the gov.
ernmentS concerned the conclusions
of the report falling within the juris-
dictlon Of those governments" It
was. however. obliged to reserve such
official approval and action until the
government of the Reich should have
declared its willingness TO conabo-
rate IN the execution Of the expert
plans" ITO this end" concludes the
communique, "it will grant a hearing
to delegates Of the German govern
ment on or after April II. unless that
government prefers to send a written
reply"
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ItaIy.-MusSolini won hands down
in the general elections last Sunday.
the fascist rolling up $4,000 600 votes
against a combined total Of 2.500, 900
for other parties. But since the lib
erals and social democrats have de-
clared for full support of fascis mo
policies. Practically the vote was
100000 for fascist and 100000 for
their opponents.
The new Italian cham Der will con-
sist of 374 fascist and $50 OF other
parties. but it is thought that Musso-
iini can count upon the support OF
400
The Catholic (popular party) and
the socialists suffered the worst re-
Bluffs in the elections.
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United States Of America-The
nomination Of Harlan +. Stone to be
Attorney General was confirmed by
the Senate on April :.
The eight American aviators who
are attempting to girdle the earth
hoped off from Seattle in their four
machines on April 6. On the 10th they
had arrived at Sitka, Alaska.
DR.. A. +. Dochez. associated pro-
.fesser of medicine at the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons. New York
city, has. after a long investigation,
fairly satisfied himself that the
streptococcus hemolytacus. not the
common or garden s. II. which you
find at work in cases of sore throat.
erysipelaS. pneumonia. measles, etc,
but a curiousiy differentiated type. is
the chief guilty one in scarlet fever.
DR.. Francis q. Blake, professor of
medicine at Yale, has been expert
menting on dogs. guinea pigs and
other animals with d serum concocted
on the theory of the guilt of S. H..
with hopeful results in certain cases.
Assuming, however, that DIR. DocheZ
is on the right track. a good deal
of further investigation and expert
ment is required to perfect the serum
for human use.
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eIianeous-Poincare has form
ed a party called the Republican
Union and National Concord" to
s,Ipersede the national bloc, declared
defunct.
reported to have as its Two most I'M
portant planks:
Approval of Poincare's Ruhr policy
and a sympathetic attitude toward the
Dawes plan.
been appointed commissioner general
for Hungary, under the league of ma
lions, to supervise the execution Of
the leagues plan for Hungary's re-
Mobilization.
On April :. two Americans. while
motoring along the Tirana-Scutarl
highway in Albania were ambushed
and shot dead by party Of six ban
dts.
Gendarmes sent in pursuit IS soon
as news of the crime reached Tirana.
he ha o,
n nd wounded one the rest escaping.