The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-11

ton Illegal and a failure. insisting
on an impartial Preparations Inquiry
after the plan suggested by Secretary
OF State Hughes. and saying France
must pay enough OF the money lent
her TO enable Great Britain TO paw
America. Again no results, Premier
Poincare declaring Germany must set
tie the reparatlons question before
an economic accord could be reached
Chancellor Stresemann, who had sue
ceeded DR.. Cuno. announced the aban-
donment of passive resistance and
said no more reparations would be
paid and the treaty of Versailles would
be repudiated. He also put an end
to the aid which the government had
been giving the inhabitants Of the oc-
cupied regions. Soon after this the
industrial magnates of the Ruhr and
Rhineland signed a pact with the
| French for the resumption of work
and Of payments of material.
In December the Preparations com
mission decided to appoint two COM
mittees of experts, one to examine
German money In fore.kh lands and
the other To try to devise means by
which Germany might balance her
budget and stabilize her finances.
Poincare now seemed in a yielding
mood and President Coolidge an-
nOunced he approved of unofficial
American participation through the
selection of Americans Gs members
of those committees.
Turkeys diplomatic victory at Lau-
same was not easily won. While the
conference there was deadlocked in
January Mustapha Renal modified
armies to move against CONSTANT
nople, Mosul and other points and
called three classes to the colors TO
combat the Greeks in Thrace. The
quarreling in the peace conference
was incessant. On January 81 the
allies submitted treaty TO the Turks.
demanding its acceptance within four
days. The Turks agreed to sign ii If
the economic clauses were reserved
for future settlement. Lord Curzon
departed In a rage, and on February
conversations continued. however; the |
British indicated they would make
concessions. and the conference was
resumed on April %. Russia being ex-
Guided. On July "a a treaty was
signed which gave TO Turkey nearly |
all she had demanded. the question of |
oil concessions being left for later |
consideration. A few days later the |
United States and Turkey signed |
treaties of amity and commerce and |
on extradition. BY October 2 the al |
lied military forces had evacuated
Constantinople and the Turks soon |
after took formal possession of their
old capital.
Warfare between Italy and Greece
in the autumn was narrowly averted.
An Italian military commissioner and
his aids were murdered in Albania
and on August % Italy demanded that
Greece apologize abjectly and pay
The Greek reply being
unsatisfactory. the Italians promptly
bombarded and occupied the island of
Corfu. Greece appealed 70 the League
of Nations. which was disposed to
take up the affair; but Premier Mus
solini declared Italy would withdraw
from the league and ignore its deci
sion If II insisted on arbitrating the
dispute. The situation was most EN-
barrassing for the league, but the
allied council of ambassadors rescued
Il by assuming Jurisdiction and order
ing Greece to comply with Italy's de-
mands almost In their entirety. Greece
gave in. apologized and paid 100000
ire indemnity, and on September 81 .
Italy evacuated Corfu.
Mussolini achieved another triumph I
~ an agreement with Jugo-Slavia
whereby Italy obtained possession of
Tiume
In January American and British
met in Washington to ne I
rotate the refunding of the British I
var debt to America. and their task [
vas soon completed to the apparent q
of both nations The I
Washington treaties on reduction of a
rmament and concerning the Pacific T
we're ratified by Italy in February and b
" France in July. Through the eff i
orts of an American commission sent
0 Mexico. the government of our n
eighbor was finally brought to ami {
able terms and the long-withheld rec a
gnition was accorded by Washington 4
n August 81. II
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