K HRPP? ggMiKk *t I BSa '' „ mm V H Hai si W ■& / 9 I |flM>w/ Yy' 1 fAdtiFfV |j^.- HE ■ I HBEj I—President-elect Harding greets Senator Lodge In Washington. a—Poor Poles beiag loaded Into freight curs to get them oat of the typhus-stricken, regions. B—General Nlvelle of Franc* being decorated by Sec retary Baker with the American Distinguished Service medal. . •■.'/* ~,) •___■. . - NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVEMTS President Urges Independence for the Philippines and a Loan to Armenia — *, BOTH OPOI TO OBJECTION Canadian Delegate Stirs League As nmbly by Scoring European States manship—Attack* on Artiels X Prospects for Irish Settlement Good, Says Lloyd George. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Congress Is' on the Job again, with plenty of work to do and the prospect of not getting a great deal of it done before.March 4, with the exception of appropriation legislation and the.pos*. sible passage of bills for the creation of a budget and the restriction of Immigration. President-elect Harding, who occupied his seat In the senate for a day or two, urged upon his col leagues the need of quick and non partisan work, and intimated that an extra session would be called soon after his inauguration. President Wilson was, desirous of appearing In person before congress to deliver his message, but was dis suaded at the last minute by his phy sicians and the document was read by the clerks. In his opening generalisa tions Mr. Wilson said autocracy was agaip to the fore in Europe, and that It was np to the United States to aave democracy by giving an example at Its successful operation, enacting and enforcing just tows and "standing far right and justice as toward Indi vidual nations." Aside from domestic matters be made just two specific rec ommendations. The first was that a large loan be made to Armenia, the money to be expended under the su pervision of an.American commission. Compliance of congress with this re quest Is made somewhat doubtful by recent developments lfi Armenia, where the Russian Reds are now In almost complete control and have set np a soviet government The Presi dent also advised that complete Inde pendence be granted at once to the Philippines. This, too, will be opposed by many congressmen who do not agree with Mr. Wilson that the people ithe Islands have succeeded in main- Ding a stable government. Prob ably most of our law-makers would be glad to get rid of the Philippines, how ever, If it were not for the proposition that we should guarantee their Inde pendence, a policy that likely would Involve us In serious complications. If not wars, in the not distant future. The President recommended the early adoption of a budget system, the - Institution of rigid economy In gov ernment expenditure*, better care for disabled soldiers, revision and simpli fication of the tax laws and protection for the agricultural Industry—all of which meets the approval of most of the people. The message made no mention of the League of Nations, but the predlc-. don was made in Wsshlngton that Mr. Wilson would toy the treaty and cove nant before the senate again, un changed. and would continue the fight for ratification up to the moment of his retirement from the White House, aad afterward a* a private dtlsen. Another matter which he omitted from his message was the restriction or stoppage of immigration. This was taken by some to mean that If con gress psssed a drastic set he would veto It Senator Harding announced that he would resign from the senate between January 10 and January 15 and that Benatortelect Willis would be appoint ed his successor. Governor Cox there upon courteously wired Mr. Harding that If he wished to leave the senate earlier he wonyi gladly name Mr. Wll- Ito Uf fill the vacancy. Mr. Harding returned to bis bome In Marlon to pre pare for the series of conferences with national leaders concerning the policy "of hto administration. Withdrawal from the League of Na tions assembly by the Argentine dele gation caused a lot of talk, in Geneva and elsewhere, but It didn't disrupt the gathering by any means. Indeed, Pueyrredon and his colleagues found they had put themselves In a rather ridiculous position and the chief re tired to Paris, disappointed but still defiant Their argument that proposed amendments to the covenant should be discussed and acted on at this session was upheld by the Scandinavians and certain others, but their action in quit ting because they found themselves In the minority on the question was not* approved by anyone, and was attacked by some of the Buenos Aires papers. Pueyrredon stated that his mission In Paris was to consult with Senator Mc- COrmick of Illinois In the hope that the ~ United States x and Argentina would become the leaders of a move ment to give to the world a substitute for the present league. Wednesday's session of the assem bly was enlivened by a hot speech by Newton Row el I of Canada In opposi tion to the plan of Hanotaux of France to have, three new organiza tions set up, each with an annual con ference, to take care of finance, trans portation and health matters, and to be supported financially by the league as Is the labor bureau. The labor bu reau's budget for the coming year is 7,000,000 gold francs, and Mr.oßowell protested that nations like Canada would not agree to be saddled wltb the immense additional expense that the three proposed commissions would require. Nor could such nations af ford to send their best technicians each year to the conference, he said, and consequently the problem Involved would be handled exclusively by Euro pean nations, which would not at all suit Canada. "Why," he cried, "do you think we should have confidence In Eu ropean statesmen and leaders when It was European « policy, statesmanship and ambition that drenched the world in blood?" Senator Mtllen of Australia warmly supported Rowell, and Lord Robert Cecil's compromise,' that the existing International health organi sation continue, > under league -super vision, and the other two be aban doned, was adopted. Earlier In the week another Cana dian, Minister of Justice Doherty, pro posed an amendment to the covenant that would erase article X, and though he was forced to yield to the assem bly's determination to put over udtll next year action on amendments; be made a bitter protest against domina tion of the league's affairs by the council. On Wednesday Lord Robert Cecil took another wallop at article X, offering a motion to relieve members of the league from obligations laid on them by that article. When France, Holland. Sweden and Czecho-Slovakia objected, the proposal was referred to the legal section secretariat to ascer tain If the league could make reserva tions on Its own covenant. The assem bly committee on new members de cided In favor of admitting Finland and Luxemburg, hut deferred action on Albania and the Baltic states. Considerable time was devoted by the assembly to discussing the wdV on typhus In the Near East. Several delegate* appealed to the world to stamp out the scourge that Is gradual ly spreading over Europe, and good progress was made In raising the 250,- 000 pounds necessary to set the cam paign' In motion! Despite the knowledge that the res toration of Constantlne would cut Greece off from all political and finan cial support by the great powers, the Greek cabinet sent word to the for mer king that tbe people had voted In favor of his return, and Invited him to resume the throne. Premier Rhallls of course recognizes the seriousness of the situation, but probably he feels be must obey the mandate of the peo ple. Paris bad a story to the effect that Constantlne plans to overcome the financial troubles of the country by giving concessions for a number of great gambling casinos in various Greek cities that are favorite resorts of tourists. Another Parts report wss that tbe Greek cabinet had asked Con stantlne to abdicate M> favor of tbe crown prince, but at this writing this has not been confirmed. O'Annunslo's comic opera "state Of THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. 0. war" with Italy has not y£t broken out Into actual fighting, and as nego tiations between Italy and the "re gency of Quarnero" are under way tbe affair to likely to be settled with lit tle or no bloodshed. It Is believed the poet will yield If his services in sav ing Flume from the Jugo-Slavs are of ficially recognize*). That city to still blockaded. Last week two of the Ital ■ ton warships went over to the D'An nunzio side, their crews first binding and gagging the officers. » Affairs in Ireland continued to oc cupy much of the attention of the English-speaking world. As the week closed the prospects for a settlement according to Lloyd Geosg* were much better than they appeared on the sur face. . This tbe premier said after be had cottferred with Mgr. Patrick Clune, archbishop of Perth, who had been acting as his Intermediary and. consulting with Sinn Feln'leaders. It was said tbe bishop bad conveyed to Lloyd George a message from Michael Collins, commander of the Sinn Fein army, which presumably contained the Irish terms for a' settlement' or at least a truce. Father" O'Flanagan of Roscommon, acting president of Sinn Fein, also sent a message to tbe pro* mler concerning a truce, and the cabi net considering this, was reported to have decided, on a reply embodying these terms: "No amnesty, no repub lic, and ft cessation from tbe present campaign "of outrage and murder." • Sir Horace Plunkett chairman of the Dublin peace convention, sailed for *NOw York to appear beforp the American committee of Inquiry, and before starting said: "I aee no hope of a truce in Ireland jior any hope In tbe overtures reported In the press. There cannot be peace while there to frightfulness on both sides. In my judgment the British government to blamable." » Tbe American committee beard one of its star witness*, Mrs. Terence MaeSwthey, widow -of the lord mayor of Cork, whose * appearance before It was very Interesting though probably her views on the Irish are gSNren an exaggerated value. She was preceded* by her sister-in-law, Miss Mary Macßwiney, who told a long story of the wrongs of her country, and freely admitted that In 1910 Ire land turned to Germany for arms snd would have accepted f|om that nation all the help It could get This she jus tified by the assertion that Ireland WJUI "at war with England." Because of that "war" she defended all the killings of British policemen and sol diers, while In the same breath she denounced the killing of Irishmen by the English. Tbe American committee's delegates named to go to Ireland for a first-band Investigation cannot go. Thpy ob tained their passports, but tbe British embassy in Washington refused to vise them for tbe stated reason that "the proposed visit to British territory Is not agreeable to bis majesty's gov ernment" Delegates to tbe'American Farm Bu reau federation In Indianapolis adopt ed a resolution ssklng congress to pro hibit short selling In agricultural products on the Chicago board of trade. Banking and commercial In terests were asked to co-operate In their efforts to get Immediate relief from the present economic conditions by the extension and renewal of notaa. The legislative bureau of the federa tion Will make a special study of rural persons! credits. The federal farm loan act was approved snd sn amend ment was asked to Increase the loan limit from 110,000 to $25,000. F. W. Thompson of Chicago, bead ing a delegation of farm mortgage hankers, told tbe senate agriculture committee that bankruptcy waa threat ened In many quarters through the farmer's being called upon to carry an undoe share of tbe burden of defla tion. He urged that the war finance corporation be revived to take ever the task In order to prevent business chsos and save the future food supply of the country and tbe world. For the third time the Noliel peace prise baa been awarded to an Ameri can, tbe recipient this tlma being Pres ident Wilson. Tbe honor carries wltb it a gift ftf 940.000. Theodore Roosevelt , aad Klilra. Root .were the otMtr AmerV cane to receive this prise. 1 fa' * —f So Many Women Now in Business That They Should Share in, Government . i ————— By VISCOUNTESS RHONDDA, British Business Woman. ' It if more than ever necessary nowaday*, when 80 manV women 1119 breadwinners and wage earners ' ' n a '' P™^ BB ' ollß md in business, when so many are jV actual leaders in the professions and business, with V hundreds of men and women in their employ, that they should have a share in running the country. WmmL Women should be represented on every public an * governing body. Their right to «t in the house llafllfc of commons has been conceded, but parliament is not only "toade up of the house of commons; it consists ~ , 1 also Of the house o£ lords, which ha» an important voice in the affairs of the empire. in their own jight are lwred itary members of the house of lords, and as Inch should be able to take , their seats side by 6ide with the peers in the upper house. I do not see how my petition to King George to be allowed to take ' my seat in the house of lords can be refused. However, no action is ex- J pected to be taken upon my application for some time. The foremost con stitutional authorities are at a complete loss to decide how King Geotge should treat the petition, as never in the history of these islands has such a delicate problem before confronted the estates of the realm. In all like- i lihood it will eventually be referred to the committee of privileges. There are twenty-fix# peeresses in their own r%ht who could invade i the second house, is at present constituted, should I succeed; but there is j no concerted action among them to support me. SeveSal of them are en tirely, unsympathetic to my claims; the remainder are closely watching* every move in the fight. , I do not share the opinion of those who look upon the hoaee of lords as a mere figurehead. To me it represents an integral part of oor govern ment Recent 5,800-Mile Circle Tour of the National Parks Is Significant >•* Br STEPHEN T. MATHER, Director National Park Service. The recent 5,800-mile circle tour of the national parks of the West by a large caravan, traveling on a predetermined schedule without re* gard to weather conditions, has a large significance. It has demonstrated that these wonderful regions belonging to the people may be visited by motorists from all parts of the country, particularly those carrying camp, ing equipment and living out-of-doors, without fear Af finding impassable stretches which would break up their trip as they journey from park to i park. j I believe the opening of the National Park-to-Park highway will greatly stimulate automobile travel to the West next summer. In addition to demonstrating that good roads connect the parks— j Bockv Mountain, Tellowstone, Glacier, Mount Bainier, Crater Lake, To- , semite, Oenerkl Grant, Sequoia, Grand Canon and Mesa Verde—it has j aroused western communities to the need of providing comfortable auto mobile camps for visitors, not only as a matter of hospitability, but as att 1 investment, for such tourists necessarily spend much money in the townf they visit, and mean new population in that some of them decide to settle I In certain states through which the highway runs most of the land i belongs to the federal government Such country is usually sparsely set- 1 tied. In such cases, particularly where, the road would be used princi pally by motorists en route to the national parks from all parts of the United States, it would seem that the federal government would be under the obligation of repaying the cost of such sections of the inter-park system. States must do their part in creating state parks tt> supplement thft national park iystem. It ought to be made possible for a family to start in their little automobile from Atlantic coast and spend every night in the open on ground set aside for the pnrpose. Lack of Kindergarten Classes Is the Greatest Defect in Our Schools. By BESSIE LOCKE, Secretary Natl Kindergarten Ass'n. ,f We have just awakened to the fact that the education of the Amer ican child has fallen below the standard necessary for the protection of our future," says President-elect Harding. When we consider that the public school kindergarten is just fifty years old, it seems strange that classes have been provided for only 500,000 children, while 4,000,000 others are being deprived of this educational advantage. This is the greatest defect in our entire public school system, for the habit* formed in the ejtrly years of childhood determine in great measure the type of the future citizen, whether he will be an asset br a liability to the nation. In a country which is spending more than $1,000,000,000 a year on its criminal classes, the early moral and ethical training of its children is a matter of supreme importance. Weakness of Revolutionary Thinker Is Lack of Historical Sense. By HAROLD LORD VARNEY, Former L W. W. Propagandist. The trouble with the revolutionary thinker Is that he has no historic sense. In his impetuous, fanatic ardor to realize an ideal he does not attempt to understand the institutions of today. He does not glimpse the agony of the ages which have brought us up to our present system. He blinds his eyes to the awful gulf which lies waiting to swallow us if our delicate artificial system should crumble. 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