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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVEMTS
President Urges Independence
for the Philippines and a
Loan to Armenia
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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.
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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.
The system which we revolutionists have called capitalism is regnant
today because it has shown itself practical, workahle and human. It was
not invented by any One. It was not blue printed by theorists. It did
not come to us, brain-blown, from the stqdies of economists.
Instead, it was a growth. What we call capitalism is an accumula
tion of social institutions which have 1 slowly developed through the agm.
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