The Holly chieftain., 1924-04-10

srted on nm extensive exploration Of
twice that given Mr. Coolidge. The
however. will get several
delegates from that state. In the
Democratic primaries Gov. AL Smith
of New York defeated McAdoo. Smith
says his name was entered without his
consent or knowledge.
a S WAS expected, Ge>.eral Luden-
n dorff was found not guilty Of
treason in connection with the Munich
"beer-cellar putsch" of last Novem-
ber, by the Munich court. Hitler,
Kriebel and Weber were convicted and
received sentences of five years In
prison. Their actual time Of service
Will be short. Ludendorff protested
the sentences of his comrades. He
was greeted with vociferous cheers and
will be elected to the reichstag by the
radical nationalists known as the Ger
man Peoples Party of Liberty.
ERANCE, which persists in consider
I ing Germany the loser in the World
war, and insists that Germany should
carry out her pledges In the treaty Of
Versailles, was not unnaturally
peeved by a note delivered to her last
week by the German government. 1t
was in reply to the demands of the
allied council of ambassadors that the
allied military control mission be per-
mitted to resume its activities In Ger
many to check up on these five dis
armament promises by Germany:
Pass laws prohibiting the import
and export Of war materlal-make re-
cruiting for the army conform to trenty
provisions and suppress the prewar
general staff. demobilizing all excess
officers.
Surrender all documents relative to
tion of war factories at the time Of
the armistice.
Deliver the balance Of war material
not authorized by the treaty, especial
ly equipment and uniforms.
Transform factories manufacturing
war materials. into plants making
peace products.
Reorganize the state police (the
schupo) into local police forces. with
the policemen not receiving military
instruction and not living together In
barracks like soldiers.
Berlin's answer Is a refusal to let
the mission ascertain whether these
pledges have been carried out; state
ment that the allies and Germany
should negotiate an accord covering
that. and proposal that the League
of Nations handle future questions
concerning the disarmament Of Ger
many in its general dealings with
world disarmament. The note con-
tains direct challenge TO Frances
right to maintain a large army.
The committee Of experts on Ger
man resources in foreign lands esti-
mates that s,OOOOOO,OO0 gold marks
(s2, O00.OOOOO0(, has been hidden by
Germany in other countries. The
Dawes committees report has been
given to the reparations commission.
Chancellor Marx of Germany has
warned the world that 1t is not certain
Germany will accept this report and
Premier Polncare has gone no further
than to express the hope that the COM
mittee would he able to offer "ele-
ments of solution"
a FTER IN nll-night session the
"A British house of commons reject.
ed the policy OF capital levy, which
was the chief plank Of the Labor party
in the recent elections. John Robert
Clynes, government lender in the
house. admitted the laborItes could
not hope for the passage of such
measure in the present parliament, but
the country would ulti-
mately be forced to 1t by It's crushing
burden of debt. The government evad-
ed inevitable defeat in connection with
the recent bill by consenting to re-
vision of an eviction clause.
n RGENTINA began on April 1
"A most extraordinary experiment In
the form of law by which everyone
in the country, citizen or foreigner,
who has worked for 25 years, for him
self or others, is retired on a pension
amounting to his present salary.
Those with years yet to serve mus.
pay 5 per cent Of their salaries into Il
national pension fund, from which the
rewards to the elder workers are paid.
Employers must augment the general
fund by contributing another per
cent of their pay rolls. Salaries OF
workers nre to continue during sick.
nass or other disability.