Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15

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.
/ NEARLY 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 change
of the constitution so that the Dawes
railroad plan can be accepted. The
Nationalist claim 105 seats in the
reichstag, making them the largest
single party, and they assert the gov
eminent of Chancellor Marx must re-
i
given 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.
/ 001i 4 4
bining with the Peoples party and
i with some of the Catholics, Fascists
and Bavarian Peoples party members
to form monarchist bloc with total
of 234 votes, which is majority. 1t
/ is believed this bloc will gradually
work toward restoration of the mon
| archy. It's success depends on the
stand taken by the Catholics, who may
/ prefer a coalition with the Socialists.
i - ERMAN police not long ago raided
~ the Berlin Office of the soviet Rus
sian commercial delegation in search
| for some suspect, and seized lot of
documents. Russia protested strongly
against what it asserted was 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
i 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
4 would leave Britain largely in the debt
of Russia. But there is no chance
that the English will allow them.
4 RGENTTNA'S extraordinary old
i "A age pension law will be enforced
with great difficulty Both employers
and workers are fighting it and last
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
i COAST 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 flew 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 and thence
to Japan.
THE general conference of the Meth
4 odist Episcopal church in Spring
field, Mass, by vote. of 802 to ID, ac-
cepted in full the plan of unificatiOn
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 will vote for the
unification and the question will then
be submitted to all annual conferences
of both church organizations.
DEACE in Honduras was seemingly
= assured when on Monday the war
ring factions and representatives of
the other Central American govern
ments signed a treaty on board a
United States cruiser. temporary
president of Honduras was selected
pending new elections.
pointment Of the Canadian representa-
tive was approved it was agreed that