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THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL, 8. C IV* * J **• >>.■ \ ' .7 mi \ ^ i * :«<l -X ® a r*iM :< r. Pillar ./ s v " S8SSSiSSS«B(ES»! KMNS& fWi A !• A«auDching at Essex, Mass., of whoouer Puritan, American contender in the third International Fisher men's race next fall; America won the first nnd Canada the second. 2.—Republican house leaders who discussed with the President at the White House the bonus bill: (left to right) Mondell, Fordney, Towner, Campbell. Long worth, Fess. 3.—Viscount Peel, new British secretary of state for India, succeeding E. S. Montagu. NEWS REVIEW OF ' CURRENT EVENTS — J <■ Four-Power Pacific Treaty Is Ratified by Senate After Bitter Debate. lOUSE PASSES BONUS BILL Prtaidtnt Orders American Army Home From Rhine and Hughes Notifies Allies They Must Pay Expense Bill— Moe. lem Unrest. By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN * | 'HE four-power pucilte treaty was ^ ratitled b) the I'lilted St a tax senate Friday. March 24. lly agreement^ made ten days in •d\ance the vote had been aet for that date. It came aa the climax to a week of strenuous ormloT). The blt- tereat debate waa |*re«-t|dtated Mon day when sjmator tbirah (lte|.ul»lleai» of Idaho) reH Into the record a steno graphic report of a Statement attrib uted tv Paul D. Cravath. “the ret»re- sent alive of the Morgans and the K)ans,'’ to the effe«f that the flitted Mtatea had entered Into a secret agree ment tv rtMIpnniln With (treat Britain against Japan In the Partite. Senators l>xlge and futlerwotal. Republican and Ihnuocratlc f1<«»r leaders and American delegates tu the conference with Secre tary of State llugbea aud-Klihu R**k. •tenIet| the alleged Cravath statement. Senator It'ddnstm of Arkansas, lead ing the I *emocnitle op|a>aillon to the treaty, ■deiaaude.l M senatorial Investi gation and asketl that Secretary Hughes and Mr. Histt I* called lief ore Uie foreign relutlonif commit lee. At this p*dnt Senator I*odge said: “This deliate Is proceeding upon the theory that the" four American dele gates were not only Ignorant ynd In- cumixdent but that they were prepared to Itetruy their country- It 1* an Im- pllcatlon against the honesty and pa triotism of the President. I believe that they are ns patriotic and as de sirous of protecting the Interests of their country as those who are slander ing thym by Implication and Insinua tions. 1 will trust tiie |a*oj»le of the k ’nlted States to stand by the Presi- v*nt nnd the four delegates jn thU great conference.” Later Mr. Cravath emphatically de nied the statement attributed to him. Secretary Hughes wrote a letter In which be said: "In my letter to Senator Under wood on March 11th, in relation to t lie •four-power trea,ty. I said: “ There are no secret notes or un derstandings.’ “Permit me to express the hope that the American delegates will be saved further aspersions upon their veracity and honor.” To the Man In the Street the as tonishing part of this is the fact that anyone—United States senator or any one else—should expect to ge't .across with charges, direct or Indirect, against either the honor, the ejflciency, the veracity or the patriotism of the four American delegates. P ASSAGE of the “four billion dol lar" bonus hill was accomplished by the house Thursday, March 23. by a vote of 333 to 70, four voting present. A two-thirds majority was necessary to phss the Sills under a suspension of the' The bonus bill was put through In accordance with a program announced the preceding Tuesday. ..Chairman Campbell of the rules committee sub mitted a resolution providing for sus pension of the rules. Chairman Ford ney of the ways and means committee was recognized by the speaker for >the offering of a motion to suspend the rules anti pass the bill. Four ^ .jj^urs oT djghatq foLlowetf^witU time 'ivlded. |Ahv forecast of the treatment' of !e hill by the setutfe is largely guess work. Certain Republican senators have expressed opposition to the bill as reported to the house by the' ways and means committee. It'Is common report that any bill passed by the senate will contain a provision set ting forth the necessary taxation plan to pay the bonus, which Is omitted from the house hill. Some political prophets predict a deadlock between the two houses. Nobody pretends to he able to say whether or not President Harding will veto the bill. President Harding, mpon his return from u short vacation in Florida, was called upon Monday, March 20, at tl^ White House by a delegation from the house: Floor Leader'Mondell (Wyom ing) and Representatives Fordney (Michigan), Towner (Iowa). Campbell (Kansas). Longworth (Ohio) anti Fe** (Ohio). 'Fliey discussed bonus legisla tion for two hours, with this result, according to the official communique: “The legisiaHve situation relating to the-Imuiiis hill was fully presented to the President, with detailed ex planation of (he penvIsloiiN whhli re move I he menace of exceasive drafts on the treasury In the immediate lure and avoid any program of added taxation. The President went over the entire situation with an appraisal of coiiiiultmentH made. He advised the eotniulltre that the legislation la a res|Ninslhlllty of congress, and In view of expressions previously made lie did not think It essential to offer any recommendatlons.“ The President's “expressions pre viously made” were recommendations of a sales tax to (wovlde the revenue to pay the Itonus or pnst|>onenient of the passsge of the measure until the funds were In hand. The delegation was divided a^ to whether the Presi dent would or would not veto the bill If passed. Everybody waa on band when the house ojieiird Monday and nob«>dy seemed to know whut Speaker Ulllett Intended to do. liarner (l>en)ocrat. Texas) asked that Mondell he given two nduuiev to tell the status of the bonus bill. Campttell called for the regular order. Tbe,s|>eaker announced that no one would be recognized that day to bring up the bill. Then there was a conference In the *|»enker's i>ffice. It nowhere. The speaker held that he would not assume the re- s|K»nslhlllty of letting the bill come up until he had the express command of the majority members. Democratic member* of the ways and mean* com mittee made a minority rejiort which mlied the bill all the financial, eco nomic and* politieal name* on the calendar. Tuesday a definite program for the iwssage of the hill Thursday by the house under a au*|tenaion of the rules was announced by the Republi can leaders. PRESIDENT HARDING has ordered * all American troops in Germany returned to the Unitedstates by July 1, the beginning of th/l92^ tiscal year. This was the Ame/lcau government's tirst answer to the refusal of the allied reparation commission to pay its bill' Tor $241,000,000* for the expense of United States troops on the Rhine Up to May 1, 1021, out of a billion gold marks recently paid over by Germany. The allies argue tlrigway: The allies are not bound by the Berlin treaty, just as the United States Is not hound by the Versailles treaty. America’s claim is based on the Berlin treaty. Therefore the allies are not hound to pay the American claim. Secretary of State Hughes has made the government's second answer. In effect he has served notice on the allies that they cannot dodge pay ment of the Rhine debt by attempting to hide behind a technicality which doesn’t exist. Identical communica tions were placed Wednesday, March 21, by American ambassadors before the governments of Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan and Belgium. Secretary Hughes Insists that the fight of the United States to be paid is not only clearly equitable but -ffcee’ from any technical, objection. He sets forth In detail this rigid, as* established jointly under the terms of the armis tice, the treaty of Versailles and the treaty of peace between the United States and Germany. He says the United States will welcome any sug gestion front the allies for reasonable adjustment. And in the meantime will they- phytse refv^iji from giving effect to any arrangements for the distribu tion’of German eufch payments to the exclusion ot the claim of the United States. Evidently the situation Is one which requires an able secretary-of state. It apparetdly has many complications. In debate In the senate Senator Lodge said that our claim had nothing to do with either treaty, that U waa baaed on an agreement made under the armistice and that evasion was, a mere technicality. Senator Underwood agreetl as to the technicality and then said this In effect: “Nevertheless, payment rests In the reparation commission. The supreme war council—not to he confounded with the supreme council of the League of Nations—was given charge of wind ing up the war. We hud a representa tive on that supreme council until af ter the defeat of the Versailles treaty. That supreme council turned over to the roparation commission the ad- . ministration of the funds to be col lected from Germany to pay the troops on the Rhimx The commission Is now handling these funds. The only way we am get our share is to sit In at the ; reparation table.” • (.’lose observer* In Washington say ^ that the Bresident’s informal utter ances , ludlcate that he would look wliji favor uftort the appointment by congress of an American represent*- Tire on the allied reparation com- , mission, lie will not prtqsNte It, but he thinks congress should realize Its necessity. L LOYD GEORGE has announced that he will attend the Genoa con ference. \ Iscount Peel has accepted the |MMt of secretary of state for India, after Lord I»erby had declined It. So It looks as if the British cabi net crisis growing out of Uie Indlscre- 1 tlun and enforced reulgnation of E H. Montagu la over. Back of It. how ever, Is a condition of world-wide , Interest—unrest and concerted action In the Moslem world of quarter of a i billion fanatical religionist*. What the Moslems consider the ill treatment of Turkey since the World war has boiiiMl (hem more closely together and | quickened their activities. They ap- i pear to l»e In touch the world over and i propaganda Is everywhere. The de mand of the Indian government for the restoration of Turkey Is convlnt^ Ing evidence of Moslem solidarity. Thi sultan of Turkey as caliph of Islam Is leader of all Mohammedans. E UROPE Is confronted by the danger of a devastating plague of typhus, according to the health dei>art- j ineiit of the League of Nations. Ten million emigrants- boa ring typhus germs are hearing down on the west- eni frontiers of HOnsia and no bar rier Eiiro|H*an nations can erect will stop this panic-stricken horde of peasants tleelng from famine ami death. Already the Polish harrier lias been broken down; 000,000 Russians have swarmed Into Eastern Gallrlri'. Everywhere the route of the hordes is lined with unhurled corpses. In the famine districts they are dying so fast that little effort Is made to bury the dead. The league will at tempt -to establish a sanitary cordon. Bayonets will be abandoned and an attempt made to cleanse and cure the millions. M AINE furnished the first test of strength in the congressional elections. John E. Nelson, Republican, defeatetUEfnest McLean. Democrat, in a special election in the Third dis trict. The Republican, victory was in the face of "Democratic weather.” The Democrats cut down the majorltyv however, in a district which is normal ly strongly Republican, basing their campaign largely on the bonus and •treaty Issues. Query: What does the test of strength show? S TEFANSSONj the Arctic explorer, has planted the flag of’Great Bri tain on Wrangell island and claimed it for the British government. Just the same, in 1881 Capt. 0. L. Hopper of the Corwin and Lieut. Robert M. Berry of the Rodgers landed on Wran gell island, erected an American flag, took possession in the name of the United States by right of discovery and left a written record in a cairn. The island is Important—if it is im portant—because of strategic domi nance of northeastern Siberia. npHE United States Cupreine conrt' A lias held valid the New York rent law of lirjO curbing the rent ling. The court*held That the social emer gency caused by a shortage of dwell ings "-*rrants the use of police power by the state. Anyone desiring to study jnndertt warfare should visit the trenches on the border between £Wter and Booth Ireland. ' • ^ C X. TRAM HARM REOISTEREO F.S.R0YSTER GUANO COMPANY Norfolk, Va. : Tar boro, N. C. Columbia, S. C. Macon, Ga. Richmond, Va * Lynchburg, Va Charlotte, N. C. Washington, N.C Spartanburg, S.C. Atlanta, Ga Columbus,Ga Montgomery, Ala. Birmingham, Ala Baltimore, Md. Toledo, Ohio WHY SOMb MbN LEAVE HOME HAD NO “COMEBACK” TO THAT uuu> ulVbtf VICTORIA CROSS Thl* Kind of Thing, Sorvod Up Dally, Marino's Wintorflold Uniform Scored Throo Havo Booh Awarded Htfhodt Would Orivo Almost Anyone From Heavily on the Khaki Which B, tfth Decoration for Bravery Hi* Lovod Firottdo. Started the Controversy. In Faca of the Enemy. '•<;****rge, •lair ' med wlfey frum the hedmom. ”h;t\»- \uu shut the dining r*"*iu window?** “Ye*. »ove.“ “Put the plate hu«ket lieliind the bookcase T* “Utt - “Have you put the dog out?" “Ye*.“ “Sure you bolted the scullery d«*or?” “Sure.” “Turned off the gus In the cellar?” **Ves f |»fecloti*." “Wound the clock?” “Ye*, thirling.” , “Brought In the mat from the porch Y* • “I have, my ownest.” “Have you locket! up the wine?" “Ye*, yes, jpiy sweetheart. I have done e\ea that.” “Welf. then*'* no need fn get wild about It. Why cqn't .you come to bed at some decent Ttotir? Whut <>n earth have you been doing down there all this tltneV”—London Tit-Bits. The marine's three uniform* hung aide by side undemeuth Ms thing shelf: one wlntertleld, one blue and one khaki. • Suddenly the khaki uni form grew rritici^ “You look pretty green,” It said to the wlntertleld. The wlnterfleld uniform made no re ply. "And that outfit right next to you must l»e downhearted—It l(*ika so blue,” the khaki uniform went on. The wlntertleld then s|M»ke up: “I might be green." It said, “and that outfit right next to me might have the 'hiip**.’ hut doggone your hide—you’re yellow!” ■ r . The khaki unlfonn piped down.— The Leatherneck. Proper Place. Judge—Where were your supporters In this crime? Prisoner—1 had ’em on. Judge. In Tahiti serious critpes are punished i by tattooing a mark u|mui the fore head of the delinquent. Ex|*erlence I* the extract of suffer ing.—A. Helps. To find fault Is easy; to do better may he difficult. The English In asking that the Vic toria Cross he awarded to the eat which wi heroically saved her younff during the fire of the Prtntempa only follow an example given by the queen ^ of England herself. To appreciate the value of this reward we must re member that the Victoria Cnsia la for a soldier, general or private, the high* eat military onler. Jn the last war at the utm<ait .V> ! have been awarded. However, several dog* Iwlonglng to the British army have received this honor. These were: B«*b of the Royal Berkshire, which In the Afghanistan war saved the life of seieral soldiers; Jack, which accom plished (he.same feats at the battle of the Alma, and Jerry, the hero of thr Crimean war. which received from thn city of Dublin a medal and—a dinner. The odds are thut the mess made (ho dog happier than the medal.—Now • York Tribune. —T 1 ■ Idle to Borro'.v Trouble.. Sorrow comes soon enough vitlumt despondency. It doe* a man no good to carry around a lightning rod to at tract trouble.—Aughey. ■- Wishing for sleep is a poor way to get it A LITTLE wisdom in the daytime is a better assurance of rest than any amount of anxious wishing when nerves are a-jangle at night. What you do at noon often has more influence on sleep than what-you want and hope for, at midnight. »> .• Coffee’s drug element, caffeine, whips up the nerves, and when its use is continued there’s usually a pen alty which no amount of mental effort can avoid. The part of wisdom, as so many thousands have found, it to turn away from nerve- stimulation and adopt rich, delicious Postum as the,.,mealtime drink.’ Postum delights the taste, hut brings no dis- '•OTAi; WSTUN turbance to nerves or digestion. Even the little children can share in the en joyment of Postum at any meaL It’s better to anticipate warnings than to be driven by them. It’s better to encourage and pre* aerve sound nerves and complete health than to listen to the clock ticks at night^ndjay, “I wish!” .You can get Posturn wherever good food or drink is sold and served. An order today may be the beginning, for you, of the great satisfaction and comfort which so many others have found in Postum. Your grocer has both forms: Instant Postum (in tins) made instantly in the Cup by th# addition of bcaliug .water..^-Puamm Cfsal (in packages of larger bulk, for those who preier to make the drink while the meal is being pr* paied) Quale by boiling for JO minutes. ^ Postum /or Health—‘‘There’s a Reason Meda by PusUicu Cereal Co., Inc., Battle Creek, Mkb.