Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-12-31

and the reduction Of their forces in III
Rhineland.
AS soon as the security pact be
came a certainty, President Coolidge
LET 1t be known that he would like Il
call an international conference on
land disarmament in Washington. The
reaction to this in Europe, especially
An France. was not favorable because
the League Of Nations was planning
the same thing. Early in December
the leagues disarmament council an
neuReed that special commission
would be created to prepare for such
conference. and the United States
and Soviet Russia we're Invited to ap-
point representatives on that com
mission, TfH ~ wv
The League Of Nations. which held
It's annual meeting in Geneva in Sep
TENDER with Senator RaOul Dandu-
rand OF Canada as president. received
Great Britain's protest against viola
ton OF the Mosul frontier by Turkey
and referred the dispute over that
rich oil region TO the World court. The
court ruled that the leagues council
was competent TO decide the matter,
and In December the council awarded
all OF the vilayet except a worthless
strip to Irak. at the same time extend
ing the British mandate over Irak to
twenty-five years. Turkey protested
angrily, but was somewhat Modified
by Britain's offer to negotiate per-
manent peace on the Irak frontier
with hints Of compensation for the
oil lands. The council OF the league
was called on to prevent one war.
and did So Greece and Bulgaria were
ready to fight over some trouble on
the Macedonian frontier, and the
Greeks went so far as to invade Bull
garian territory and occupy several
towns The league council ordered
that hostilities cease at once, saw to
It that the order was obeyed, and sent
a mission to settle the dispute. Greece
was found at fault and was ordered to
pay damages to Bulgaria.
Abd-el-Krim's attempt to drive the
French from the RIM and establish an
government In that part
II Morocco was not successful. but
,aused the two European powers
much trouble and expense. They
oined forces against the RlR leader,
md after the Spanish effected land
ng In AIhucemas bay In September
Grim was virtually surrounded and
vas driven into the mountains. A
'roup Of American ayIators formed
n escadrlIle and helped in the fight
gainst the Moroccan chfeftain.
Strikes In the Shanghai cotton
liils, fostered by Russian Bolsheyist
gents who sought TO stir up civil war
D China, resulted In fatal rioting In
fay and the anti-foreign threats made
ecessary the landing Of American and
bluejackets and the nrming
q force OF foreign volunteers. This
My enraged the Chinese the more
nd the government mt Picking was
tterly unable to straighten out the
lngle. On August the Washington
'eatIes relating to Chinese customs
1d the open door went into effect,
nd In October the international con-
renee to carry them out began its
sssions In Picking. China demanded
In the matter Of the tariff. |
i'd the conferees agreed TO give It t
lis not later than January /. 1929. |
divided that In the meantime China 4
ould abolish the Iikin. '
Great progress was made In the {
ttlement of international debts. In t
lgust Great Britain granted exceed n
gly liberal terms to France, but r
It'll the provision that IL France OBJ e
ined less favorable terms from the Il
1ited States the British would in S
It on the same terms that the Unit b
States exacted. The French mis-
IA spent some time In Washington N
I was unable to satisfy the demands !,
the American debt commission and =
mt home with temporary plan p
itch was rejected by the French II
rliament. In December. when Il
land became premier again NJ. Ber- Il
ger was appointed ambassador
Washington for the purpose Of re-
anlng negotiations. The American =
BITS OF Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Italy :
d Rumania were arranged satisfac- :. :.
lily to those countries. 7,
President Coolidge, to whom the -
g standing dispute between Peru n
4 Chile ever TaenA- and africa :.
,vinces had been referred, sent Gen. :,
i Pershlng down there to arrange j,
! conduct a plebiscite OF the In -
1itants OF the region. The Chileans -
tested when he deferred the date -
the pleblscite until April is, 1926, ~