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Show the normal ways of peace and ultimately ulti-mately lifting the excessive burden of taxation." 'Political bunk" was the retort of Democratic members of congress. They aserted the rejHtrt was deceptive cod thut the actual expenditures for the routine business of the government hnve increased rather than decreased. They called attention to deficiency appropriations ap-propriations aggregating $202,000,-000, $202,000,-000, but Representative Madden challenged chal-lenged them to deny that only $12,-000,000 $12,-000,000 of this deficiency was attributable attribut-able to the activities of the present administration. MR. SPENCER, the Junior senator from Missouri, got into an unpleasant un-pleasant muss through his efforts to have the senate confirm the unfortunate unfortu-nate appointment of Nat Goldstein to be Internal revenue collector for the eastern Missouri district. Mr. Goldstein was a delegate to the Republican national na-tional convention but was unseated after af-ter admitting he bad accepted. money from one of Frank O. Lowden's managers. manag-ers. The appointment was violently attacked at-tacked in the senate, and Mr. Lowden, who was on nn ocean steamer, sent a radiogram declaring that in his opinion Goldstein was unlit for the Job. Finally, Final-ly, to relieve the President and Senator Spencer from embarrassment, Goldstein Gold-stein asked that the nomination be withdrawn.. This was done, but the Democrats made it plain thut they intended in-tended to keep the incident alive for use in the approaching campaign. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Russia's Reply at Genoa to the Allied Proposals Merely Dodges the Issues. IS IfiACCEPTABLE TO FRIGE Text of Kusso-German Military Pact Published In Paris No Peace Yet in Ireland Chicago Wars on Labor La-bor Terrorists Daugherty on Army Contract Frauds. By EDWARD W. PICKARD RUSSIA'S reply to the proposals of the allied nations represented at the Genoa conference, awaited with greatest anxiety for days, was handed In last Thursday, and proved to be not a real reply but a long controversial controversi-al document. "Wholly unsatisfactory," was the verdict of the French and Belgians, but M. Barthou and his colleagues awaited word from Paris before withdrawing from the conference. On the other hnnd the British, though far from satisfied with the answer an-swer of the soviet delegates, professed to see In It a change for further negotiations nego-tiations which iulht well lend to an amicable settlement. They called the Russian note distinctly conciliatory. Concerning the crucial clauses of the allied note dealing with the restoration restora-tion of foreign property confiscated by the Soviets, the Russians made the general gen-eral proposition that all financial matters mat-ters between Russia and the powers be placed In the hands of a mixed commission com-mission of experts, but they rejected the proposed mixed commission to determine de-termine the payment for nationalized property becaure It "would make the sovereignty of the Russian state a plaything of chance." Since the other date, following formal agreement on the matter between Great Britain and pie United States. It was feared this f ould create another opening for frlc-Ion frlc-Ion between' France and Great Britain. Brit-ain. GENERAL WU PEI-FU'S victory over General Chang near Peking was complete. The Manchurinn army was scattered and thousands were taken tak-en prisoners and disarmed, each man being given a sum of money which Wu obtained by levying on banks that had supported Chang. The defeated leader tied Into the country with his body guard with Wu's soldiers In hot pursuit. Nenr Lttnngchow, on the railway rail-way to Mukden, Chang gathered some of his forces and entrenched, and at latest reports another flght wns expected ex-pected there. Wu, who appointed himself him-self governor of Chlhll province, approved ap-proved the appointment of Wang Shih Cheng as premier to succeed Llnng Shl-Yl, who fled to Japan. President IIsu then dismissed Chang ns governor gover-nor of Manchuria and deprived him of all his titles. More Important wns his nctlon In decreeing that hereafter eoch province shall be responsible direct di-rect to the central government In-stead In-stead of through military dictators. He thus sought to abolish the system of tuchuns or military Inspectors who hnve been ruling over two or more provinces nnd were virtually Indcpcn-ilent Indcpcn-ilent of Peking. General Wu Fays his sole aim Is the reunification of China and the end of militarism, and he urges the Immediate calling of a national na-tional assembly. He has no choice as to the form of government except that It be democratic and representative. representa-tive. F)R n few days It lool-.ed ns If Ireland Ire-land m'ght have something resembling re-sembling peace but only for u, few days. On Wednesday the peace committee, com-mittee, on which both sides were represented, rep-resented, reported to Dail Elreana that It was unable to agree on a basis for adjusting the differences between t tie Free States ami the republican extremists, neither party being able to LEADERS of building trade unions In the Chicago district who have been fighting the Landls wage award appear to have overreached themselves at iast. Not content with bomb throwing, throw-ing, Incendiarism and blackmail, some of them or their hired gunmen last week killed two policemen who Interrupted In-terrupted their operutlons, and wounded wound-ed a third. The brutal murders aroused Chicago to the determination to wipe out the outlaw bands. Swift police raids eaught a large number of labor leuders, includlug some who are cx-couvlcts and others who are now under conviction of crimes or awaiting powers reruse the immense loan me Russians demanded, the latter withdrew with-drew their renunciation of counter claims bnsed on allied help given the various antl-bolshevik lenders. Lloyd George wns hopeful that. If the financial questions were turned over to a mixed commission, the conference con-ference might be carried along until bis nonnst'resslon pact Is made a reality. The Italians are suppnrtln" him, while Japan shows signs of standing stand-ing with France Hiid Belgium In demanding de-manding Immediate and definite reply I y Russia. THAT story of a military convention s'gned by representatives of the RuMlnn soviet army and the German general staff In Berlin April 3, first sprung by the London Times and vigorously vig-orously denied, will not down. Now the Purls Journal L'Eclnir prints what purports to be the text of the pact, in it the Gerrouiin arce to (uiuis'ii the Red army with arms and material for ISO regiments of Infantry nnd heavy field artillery for 1M) Infantry divisions; to train 00 Russian Instructors Instruct-ors In the latest developments of chemical chem-ical warfare and to send technical experts ex-perts to Russia to speed up the munition muni-tion plants ami open new ones. The German general staff pledges to reorganize reor-ganize the Russian Baltic and Black seat fleets nnd to supply at the earliest earli-est possible date WX) new airplanes together with a supply of spare parts, and l.V) field wireless outfits. The Russian nnny staff guarantees ibe establishment In Russia of three German plants, one for the manufacture manufac-ture of airplanes, one for poison ens and one for nrtns, on condition that th Russian army can use the output when needed. German si-erinllsts would be admitted to "the new nrius factory In Afghanistan." The two K'nfTs. it Is agreed, will prepare a joint plan of operations to g've Russia access to toe Baltic sea. ANOTHER session of the comic 1 of the League of Nations opened Thursday In Cenevii wish Count (Jul-nones (Jul-nones ile Leon of Spain presiding. Unexpectedly, the earl of Balfour Interjected In-terjected the matter ,f Palestine, nn- ; noii'iclnc tint lie Mould demand Immediate Im-mediate sipprow' o" 'h" '.'-,'ih nr'.u- ' compromise wmiour complete surrender. surren-der. At the same time the truce expired ex-pired automatically. The radicals declare de-clare they will try to prevent the holding of the election scheduled for the second week In June nnd the Free State men declare It shall be held! which conflict of Intentions furnishes fur-nishes the basis for n continuation of the bushwhacking warfare. NAGGED by congress through a resolution for on investigation of Attorney General Daugherty's failure to proceed legally against those who .have been robbing the government In war contracts, that ofiidal made a report to President Harding In which he blamed the delay on congress. The attorney general laid the blame for failure to prosecute upon congress and promised an energetic campaign ngalnst war profiteers as soon as necessary nec-essary legislation is enacted. He railed for prompt action on the measure meas-ure creating twenty-three additional addition-al federal Judgeships, the bill establishing estab-lishing a special grand Jury In the District of Columbia to grind out Indictments In-dictments ngalnst accused contractors, and an additional appropriation of $.100,000 to enable the department of Justice to continue Its Inquiries. Mr. Daugherty called attention to the fact that nearly nil the transactions transac-tions In question took place during the preceding administration and that naturally little was done then to bring them to light. Ile promised that he would soon make public the names of intluentlal personages who had knowledge knowl-edge of the transactions but were personally per-sonally Interested in concealing them. DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET DAWES made a report to the President on' the operation of the budget system In which he showed It bad resulted In economies totaling rri.ooo.ooij for the current fiscal year, and that there would be a reduction of over $l,GCK),(i(H),0)0 from the actual expenditures for l'J'1. In transmitting the report to the house appropriations committee Mr. Hanl'iig said It conveyed con-veyed to the people the determination of those in authority to operate the government effectively nt the leust possilde cost, to make the government's govern-ment's full contribution to a return to j rial. A,niong the prisoners, asserted the police, are the men really responsible respon-sible for the reign of labor terrorism which has gripped Chicago for so long a time. Samuel Gompers of course always has refused to countenance violence In labor disputes, but It Is hard to see how he cume entirely avoid some moral responsibility for these crimes In Chicago, Chi-cago, In view of the open encouragement encourage-ment he recently gave the unions Unit are seeking to repudiate their agreements agree-ments to accept the verdict which might be rendered by Judge Landls, the arbitrator choseu by themselves. AMERICA lost one of her most eminent financiers in the death of Henry P. Davison, who passed awny at the conclusion of an operation to remove tumor from the brain. By his own efforts be had attained high position anions bunkers and he bad also al-so accumulated a large fortune. During Dur-ing the World war he made a fine record us head of the American Red Cross. Mi ' AT THIS writing President Harding bus not stated which of the plans for a soldier's bonus bill the sules tax or the Insurance be prefers, or whether he will a'-cept either one. The prediction In Washington Is that he will veto tie 'bill and that it will be passed over his veto. Leaders In congress con-gress have refused to let the matter go beyond July.. THE Interallied war council, . at Paris, has agreed that Germany shall .manufacture a Zeppelin of 70,000 meters capacity to replace the one allotted to the United States by the Versailles treaty but destroyed In Germany. Ger-many. It will probably be delivered within nine months and a German crew is to bring It across the Atlantic. 1 1 E federal railroad labor board Issued an order last week that may serve to avert the threatened strike of 0oX),00 shopmen and switchmen. switch-men. This ruling places a bun on the contract system of farming oit job work under which many roads are said to l ave been evading the osders of the board as to wages, -orkleg ion ditii.ns and vthtr muti-- |