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Show believe from personal knowledge and experience that it would be destructive destruc-tive of the best Interests of his country coun-try to become enmeshed In the. politics poli-tics of Europe Is branded as a Candidate Can-didate against President Harding" captives by the fuct that the government, govern-ment, Instead of withdrawing Its troops from the region, has kept It surrounded. Worse yet, a detachment of bandits that was moving to join the main band was attacked by soldiers sol-diers and driven back. Through the courageous efforts of several foreign residents food, clothing and medicines hnve reached the captives, some of whom are In serious condition. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS ii i" Secretary Hughes Declares League of Nations a Failure in Enforcing Peace. FRIENDSHIP IS ONLY WAY President Harding's Comment on New York's "Wet" Legislation Greece Threatens to Fight Turkey Great Britain and Russia Likely to Reach Accord. By EDWARD W, PICKARD IP THE peace conference at Lausanne Lau-sanne adjourns without doflnlte result re-sult It seems likely that war between Grece and Turkey will follow. Venl-zelos Venl-zelos Informed Ismet 1'nsha that Turkey's Tur-key's demands for reparations from Greece must be dropped, since his country would fight rather than pay a cent The prospect of renewed hostilities hos-tilities caused rejoicing In Greece and the economic and financial conditions there Improved Immediately. The Greek army In Thrace, numbering about 150,000, was said to be under orders or-ders to be ready to march on Constantinople. Constan-tinople. The French foreign office has made It clear that France will support sup-port Greece, asserting that It had positive posi-tive Information that responsibility for the war In which she was beaten does not devolve on Greece. By a financial coup a British syndicate syndi-cate has purchased control of the famous fa-mous Berlin-Bagdad railway, a pet project of the former kaiser of Ger-mnny. Ger-mnny. It Is, of conrse, but partly completed com-pleted and Is In poor condition, but Its potential value Is Immense. The concessions con-cessions connected with It conflict with the Chester concession, especially especial-ly along the Mosul frontier. This achievement by the English has enraged en-raged the French government, It Is said, as they and the Americans now have obtained the two biggest things In Anatolia. T i QAN FRANCISCO, Cleveland, J d Chicago and Buffalo are i seeking the Republican national J i convention of next year, with t Chicago apparently In the lead. t Which one do you think should be awarded the prize, and whyt , i. THIS leads to consideration of tne report from Washington, after a series of political conferences In the White House, that Attorney General Dnugherty will not manage Mr. Harding's Hard-ing's campaign for renomlnatlon owing ow-ing to bis continued 111 health. Indeed, In-deed, It Is believed he may soon resign re-sign from the cnblnet for the same reason. His successor as pre-conven-tlon manager for Harding was not selected, se-lected, but among the men discussed for that work were Charles D. Hllles of New York, Will II. Hays and A. D. Lasker, retiring chairman of the shipping ship-ping board. Those participating In fhe conferences had no doubt seemingly, seem-ingly, that the President would win a renomlnatlon. These leaders had a good deal to say about the situation In New York state where they fear the effects of the prohibition Issue. There was a rumor that Theodore Boosevelt would offer himself as a gubernatorial candidate can-didate next year, his admirers asserting assert-ing he is the one man who might defeat de-feat Al Smith., PASSAGE of a blil repealing the New York prohibition enforcement enforce-ment acts led a citizen of Newburgh to write President Harding urging that congress be convened and that every legislator who voted for the bill and Governor Smith, If he signs It, be suspended as traitors. In replying, the President reiterated the statement that his administration would use every means to enforce the prohibition amendment to the Constitution, and continued: "I venture that, If by reason of the refusal or failure of any state to discharge dis-charge Its proper duty, the federal government Is compelled to enter upon the territory and Jurisdiction of the state and to set up those police and Judicial authorities which would be r quired, the most difficult and trying situations would Inevitably arise. "More or less conflict between state and federal authorities would seem unavoidable In such circumstances. The Impression would be created that the federal government was assuming to Interfere with the functions of the states, and the distressing results that would ensue readily suggest themselves." SECRET ABY OF STATE HUGHES has definitely Joined the ranks of those Americans who are opposed to American membership In the League of Nations. Since his campaign statement state-ment In 1020, In which he and 80 other oth-er Republican leaders urged the election elec-tion of Mr. Hnrdlng as the most effective effec-tive way to obtain changes In the covenant that would make It safe for the United 8tates to Join the league, Mr. nughes has observed what he thinks Is the utter failure of the league to enforce peace and has concluded con-cluded the machinery set up by It for that purpose Is Impracticable. Mr. Hughes utterances, which it Is fair to assume had the advance approval ap-proval of the President, were made In an address to the National Conference Confer-ence of Social Work In Washington. He did not mention the league by name, but here Is what he had to say on that subject: "The more we reflect upon the es-sentlnl es-sentlnl conditions of peace the more clearly it appears that they are not to be found In any artificial arrangements. arrange-ments. Important as these may be as facilities; that it Is the disposition of peoples that counts. "Any sort of contrivance will fall If peoples are not disposed to peace, or are not able to find ground for belief be-lief In each other. It Is Idle to talk of proscribing war unless the peoples are intent on maintaining peace. You cannot malntnln pence by force, for who will supply, who will control, who will direct, the force? RELATIONS between Great Britain and Russia probably will not be ruptured despite Curron's ultimatum. That fierce note, It seems, was really dictated by the foreign minister's offended of-fended amour propre and was not backed up by the business men of England. The soviet government, also, was not desirous of trouble and Leonid Krassln flew from Moscow to London In an airplane to try to smooth over the! difficulties. He declared Russia was quite willing to adjust any complaints, com-plaints, and was graciously received by the British officials. It was predicted pre-dicted In London that the net result would be that relations with Russia would be strengthened and made closer Instead of being broken. Bumnnla, however, has shown sharper sharp-er disapproval of the soviet regime. Envoys from Moscow were In Bucharest Buchar-est to negotiate a commercial treaty. They demanded that Rumania recognize recog-nize the soviet government, and Premier Pre-mier Brntlann replied that if this was necessary to the making of the treaty, his country would get along without the pact. The Moscow envoys were then given their passports and sent home. FROM various government agencies In Washington there came last week reports further confirming the stories of enormous general prosperity In the United States. The rullruads are doing a record-breaking business in hauling the products of factory and farm, and although agriculture hus not yet come In for its full share of the good times, the Increased buying power pow-er of the farmer Is shown by the spring orders of general stores and "Great nations may Indeed discipline a weak power, provided they are united In policy and provided always that the weak power Is not a necessary neces-sary weight In some contrived balance bal-ance of power. But when great nations na-tions do not agree among themselves, who shall guard the guardians? In that case, all the arrangements made to depend upon their harmony of view ere bound to fall. "If those who are keenly desirous of enduring peace will descend to the contemplation of realities. It will be seen that there Is only one way to the goal a long and difficult way that Is. by the cultivation of the spirit of friendship and good will among the peoples through which alone the sources of dangerous strife can be dried up. "If you find anywhere In the world as, for example, we happily find In the case of our relations to our neighbor neigh-bor to the north a complete assurance assur-ance of lasting peace, It Is not because nf treaties or political arrangements of any sort; It Is simply because the roots of amity strike deep In the thoughts and convictions of both peoples." the new business of mall-order houses. In Its report on Industrial employment conditions for April 30 the Department of Labor says there Is little unemployment unemploy-ment anywhere in the country, and Increased demands for all classes of skilled labor, skilled mechanics and farm hands were general during April. The predicted shortage of competent farm labor already Is a fact. What Is declared to be a "sfrious situation throughout the country" confronts con-fronts the building Industry, and representatives rep-resentatives of all Its branches who met In conference In New York last week adopted a resolution recommending recommend-ing that all new building construction be deferred for a few months In order to check the steadily mounting cost of both materlnl and labor. Projects under course of construction, It was agreed, should be completed. It is stated that building projects totaling $100,000,000 In New York city and $75,000,000 In Chicago already are lMd up Indefinitely by high costs. In the face of this some of the building construction unions In both cities are demanding further advances In wages, and dealers In materials show no disposition dis-position to lower their prices. AT THIS writing the Americans and Europeans held as hostages by the Chinese bandits near Llnchcng have not been released, and anxiety anx-iety over their fate Is Increasing. The outlaws have enlarged their demands, and there Is likelihood that they will lie Incensed to the murder of their SETTLEMENT of the costs of the American army of occupation wns reached last week so far as It could be by Elliott Wadsworth and the allied al-lied representatives In Paris, hut It may be Washington will not aceer-t the plan. The allies agreed, as Mr. Wads-worth Wads-worth asked, that the sums advanced by America for the costs of Its arm? of occupation shall be repaid over period of 12 years; second, these pay ments will be made by the reparations commission from the cash sums paid by Germany on the reparations account ac-count with absolute priority of 2.1 per cent on each year's payments for 12 years. But these conditions were attached: First, the United States Is to negotiate separately with Germany for the payment pay-ment of 1,000,000,000 gold marks; second, sec-ond, such payments when agreed on, are to go through the reparations commission, undergoing the customnry process of the Belgian priority before the American share Is taken out; third, the United States prom'ses not to pass any "recovery act" or high Import tax on German goods. NOT so serious as at first reported hut bad enough wa the disaster that befell Hot Springs, Ark., known as the "American Kpa." Following a terrific flood, fir, broke out and many buildings, Including several hotels, were destroyed. The pmperty loss was estimated at $1,000,000, but no lives were lost SENATOR MOSES of New Hampshire Hamp-shire has returned from a foreign tnnr ready to fight not only American membership In the league but also American membership In the world court, ne says he found no one In Europe who believes for a moment that the court Is distinct from the lengue. Mr. Moses Is vexed because, as he says, "anyone who happens to |