The Holly chieftain., 1924-02-21

IF Moscow. .. Lieutenant Commander
ah on her polar flight, and Lieuten-
jam in the Niugara river near the
NJ ATIONAL1STS of the Bavarian
Palatinate cornered lot of Sep
aratists Wednesday night, In Pirma.
sens and Kaiserlautern and massa-
cred them In most brutal fashion.
While the French remained neutral
during the lighting the German police
We're placed under orders of the occu-
pational authorities and 1t was an.
nounced that those who participated
in the attacks would be court-mar-
tailed. The Separatists are aroused
to fury and it is feared they will stage
an uprising. In several German cities
there were serious Communist out.
breaks.
HOWARD CARTER and his broth.
1 4 er psychologists last week raised
the lid of Tut-Ankh-Amen's huge pink
sarcophagus at Luxor and revealed
the most magnificent mummy case
ever found in Egypt. The eftigy of the
Pharoah, more than twice life size,
was covered with thick sheets of solid
gold; the curled beard was of gold,
and the sacred uraeus on the head
dress was of lapis lazuli. 1t was an-
, nounced that the opening of this
mummy case would be postponed for
time, and then came the sensational
news that the foreign archeologists
had gone on strike" and refused to
proceed with the exploration. This
was due to the interference of the
Egyptian ministry of public works
which eliminated in an order forbid
ding an inspection of the tomb by the
wives of the scholars and scientists
who have been doing the work. The
director general of antiquities appears
to be in sympathy with the ministry's
policy. Back of the whole trouble Is
said to be a contract signed by the
late Lord Carnarvon giving to the
London Times the sole rights to de.
scriptive articles and pictures Of the
discoveries In the tomb.
ITALY and Norway have followed
L the example of Great Britain and
recognized the soviet government of
Russia, and the first mentioned got
the jump on the English by immedi-
ately naming her ambassador to Mos
cow. NJ. Litvinoff, deputy minister of
foreign affairs. announced that Russia
would not enter into trade paNts with
any nation that had not first given
recognition to the soviet regime.
Some countries go on mutterlng
about old debts" Litvinoff said. "We
refuse to consider any preliminary
condition to commercial treaties.
Countries first must recognize us de
jure, then we will discuss matters
with them"
DRIME MINISTER MACDONALD
outlined to parliament his foreign
policies, which seemed to his oppo-
nehts exceedingly idealistic and hazy,
and his plans to solve domestic prob
lens, which were not alarming even
to the conservatives. The first divi.
sion In the house of commons was
won by the government with the sup.
port of the liberals, the vote being 200
to 103.
IN HIS Lincoln day speech President
l Coolidge talked Of a lot of things
besides the oil scandal. In discussing
the agricultural situation he said that
because of improved methods of tillage
and inventions in farm machinery, the
production of farms had outrun the
power of distribution and consump-
tlon; that the prices of the great food
staples was not on parity with manu-
factured products, and that the farm
er was not receiving his fair share.
The President did not discuss specific
methods to relieve the situation, but
expressed satisfaction at the way the
bahks We're moving to supply money
for agriculture. He reiterated his op-
position to the soldiers bonus and said
the passage of bonus bill would post
pone tax reduction indefinitely and
jeopardize the welfare of the entire
country. "A few months of good times
would be worth more to the service
men themselves than anything they
could receive in the way of bonus"
he said.
G EClETARY OF THE INTERIOR
~ WORK and Secretary of Apricul.
ture Wallace have asked congress to
Investigate the right Of the Northern
Pacific Railway company to acquire
approximately 100000 acres of gov.
ernment land in Idaho, Montana and
Washington. under the terms Of old
! land grants.