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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Congress Reconvenes and. the Senate Is Confronted With Plenty of Work. PEACE TREATIES SUBMITTED I Revised Tax Bill Reported But Not Before Be-fore Radical "Drys" Get Into Action Ac-tion Tentative Agenda for Arms Conference Serbia and Albania Al-bania Fighting. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Congress is in session again, with the house marking time while the sen-I sen-I ate tries to catch up. There is a tremendous tre-mendous lot of Important legislation before the senators, and President Harding, through Senator . Watson of Indiana, warned them that they must speed up, not only for the benefit of the nation but in order that Republican Republi-can campaign promises may be redeemed. re-deemed. As a starter the President submitted the treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary, without a special spe-cial message but with the understanding understand-ing that they shall be ratified before the conference on limitation of armaments arma-ments opens in November. The treaties wer referred to the foreign relations committee and the old opposition of the irreconcilables, led by Senator Borah, developed at once. It centered on the section reserving re-serving to the United States the right to have a representative on the reparations repara-tions commission. Borah contended that If this right were exercised this country would become involved immediately im-mediately in tSe reparations dispute that forms the crux of the present European problems. At the first session Senator Penrose reported the tax bill as revised by the finance committee and he said be would seek to keep it before the senate sen-ate continuously until It is disposed of. Next day the measure was called up for consideration. It may be two weeks before a final vote is taken on It. Senator Gerry was given permission permis-sion to file a minority report for the Democratic members of the committee Within seven days, and Senator La Fol-lette Fol-lette was accorded the same time to Hie his dissenting views. The senate calendSr, In addition to this tax bill and the treaties, contains con-tains such important measures as the tariff bill, the $500,000,000 railroad funding bill, the Borah bill to exempt American coastwise vessels from payment pay-ment of Panama canal tolls and the bill authorizing the President and secretary sec-retary of the treasury to refund the $11,000,000,000 owed by the allied gov-1 gov-1 ernments to the United States. Nev- ertheless. In what appears to be utter disregard of the best interest of the : people, the radical "drys" made an attempt at-tempt to capture the right of way for the Campbell-Willis antibeer bill. Senator Sen-ator Sterling of South Dakota forestalled fore-stalled Senator Tenrose as soon as a quorum was obtained and moved renewal re-newal of consideration of that measure, meas-ure, the conference report on it being the Issue. Senator Reed refused to agree to the fixing of a date for a vote. Tlie "wets" then renewed their filibustering tactics, but failed to get an adjournment. From now on there will be no lack of partisan politics In congress. This was made evident on the opening day when Pat Harrison of Mississippi entertained en-tertained the senate with a violent attack at-tack on the administration in which lie asserted it had displayed "pitiable Inellicieney" and practiced "outrageous extravagance." He scored the President Pres-ident because he plays goif and spends week ends on the Mayflower. The immediate cause of Harrison's outburst was the letter written by President Harding to Senator McCormick of Illinois Il-linois recounting the achievements of he Republican party since March 4. This, declared the Mississippian, was for the purpose of influencing the New Mexico senatorial, election. Senator Lodge arose to reply to Mr. Harrison, but contented himself with reading the returns from New Mexico, showing tlmt Holm O. Btirsnm, Republican, had been elected by a large majority. Mr. Bursum fills the vacancy caused by the resignation of Albert Fall for the purpose pur-pose of entering the cabinet. President Harding made two diplomatic diplo-matic nominations last week. Joseph C. Grew, who is now minister to Denmark, Den-mark, is appointed minister to Switzerland Switzer-land ; and Dr. John D. Prime of New Jersey is named to fill the post In Copenhagen. Dr. Prime Is a professor profes-sor In Columbia university. The conference summoned by the President to devise measures to relieve re-lieve the stress of unemployment and business depression is now in session In Washington. The conferees, who were selected by Mr. Harding and who number forty-eight, Include Secretary of Commerce Hoover as chairman and the country's leading authorities on economics and industries. Four women wom-en are among them Elizabeth Christ-man Christ-man of Chicago and Ida M. Tarbell, Mrs. Sarah Conboy and Mary Van Kleeck of New York. Monthly reports of the bureau of labor statistics show improved employment employ-ment conditions in a number of industries. indus-tries. In nine groups of industry there were increases in the number of persons per-sons on the payroll in August as compared com-pared to the July payroll and In five a decrease. Presumably all the. powers Invited to the conference on limitation of armaments and Far East questions have indicated their approval of the tentative agenda submitted by Secretary Secre-tary of State Hughes, for an outline of the proposed outline has been made public In Washington. It is as follows: Limitation of naval armament. Ba-sis Ba-sis of limitation, fulfillment of conditions. condi-tions. Rules for control of new agencies of warfare. Limitation of land armament. Questions relating to China, principles prin-ciples to be applied. Application to subjects : (A) Territorial Terri-torial integrity ; (B) Administrative integrity in-tegrity ; (C) Open door. Equality of administrative and industrial opportunity oppor-tunity ; (D) Concessions, monopolies and other economic privileges ; (E) Development of railways; (F) Preferential Prefer-ential railroad rates; (G) Status of existing commitments. Questions relating to Siberia. Similar questions relating to China. Mandated islands. From London comes the regrettable news that Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Minister Curzon will not- be able to come to the conference. Their constant attention will be required by Great Britain's domestic problems. The prohibition unit of the treasury department gave the home brewers an awful jolt last week. To dispose of unfounded reports that permits were being issued for home manufacture of wine and beer, it issued a statement in which the following things were declared de-clared illegal: 1. The manufacture of any intoxicating intoxi-cating beer, wine or spirits in the home, even for strictly private home consumption. 2. The manufacture of any beer or wine of any alcoholic content without with-out a permit, which permits are not issued to home brewers and wine makers. 3. The sale of any hops or other "makings" to a person without a permit, which permits are not issued to home brewers. Only nonintoxicating fruit juices may be made without a permit, to the extent ex-tent of 200 gallons. The railways are facing the prospect of another big strike, with the probability prob-ability of disorder and the open shop as results. The six federated shop crafts unions have voted to strike against the general railroad wage reduction re-duction of July 1, last, but have deferred de-ferred action until the United States railway labor board promulgates the working rules it has been considering. The men are bitterly opposed to many of the decisions already made by the board. They believe the railroads want them to strike so that the open shop may be instituted. The union carpenters of the Chicago Chica-go district, who refused to be a party to the Landis arbitration, have voted to maintain their position, and conse-auentlv conse-auentlv the contractors are beirinnine j to employ non-union men Judge Landis Lan-dis is reconsidering some of the awards he made, at the request of some trades that thought they got too much the worst of It. The latest war to break out In this peaceful world is between Albania and Serbia, and the immediate objective Is possession of a zone twenty miles long and eight deep. The Serb commander on the frontier ordered the Albanians to evacuate six towns in that territory, and twenty-four hours later began hostilities. Bishop San Noli, Albanian delegate to the League of Nations, reported re-ported the affair to that, body, and later it was secretly considered by the council of the league. The Serb delegate dele-gate was quoted as saying Serbia would not permit the league to Intrude into the Albanian question ; that the supreme council of the allies must fix the frontiers of Albania and thus Jugoslavia Jugo-slavia would be protected and guaranteed guar-anteed by Great Britain and France. Though the actual war in this case may be comparatively trifling, the matter mat-ter is fraught with serious complications. complica-tions. Serbia, it Is said, plans to cut through to the Adriatic by way of Tirana, splitting Albania in two, and hopes eventually to absorb the northern north-ern half of that country. Greece Is credited with an ambition to grab the lower half. Italy stands ready to seize the naval base and port of Va-lona, Va-lona, which would make the Adriatic, an Italian lake, and this is vigorously opposed by Great Britain. The League of Nations admitted three new nations to membership. They are Esthonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The vote to take them in was unanimous unani-mous for the several nations that were opposed refrained from voting. The council of the league set a precedent by referring to the assembly for settlement set-tlement the dispute between Poland and Lithuania concerning Vilna. Intervention In the Greco-Turkish war was suggested by several delegates dele-gates and probably It would be welcomed wel-comed by Greece, for her army In Asia has met with another setback. The Salt desert again proved itself an efficient guard for Angora on the west and the Greeks have once more retired re-tired to the Sakaria river with the Kemallsts in hot pursuit. Of writing many notes there is no end, apparently, In the Irish affair. De Valera wants the proposed conference confer-ence with the British cabinet, but he wants it on his own terms that the Irish delegates enter it as representatives representa-tives of a sovereign state. From this attitude he dare not back down, for his own "official" status depends on his firmness. Lloyd George Is equally equal-ly intent in denying this demand, and is fully supported by the cabinet, whose members returned to Scotland where the premier was somewhat under un-der the weather at Gairloch. In one of his latest' notes De Valera suggested that Britain and Ireland conclude a "treaty of accommodation and association," asso-ciation," expressing the belief that this would end the dispute forever and enable en-able the two nations to settle down in peace. The British official announcement, several weeks ago, that the Moslem revolt on the Malabar coast of India had been suppressed was premature. The trouble is about as acute as ever, the rebels control large districts and, except where troops are stationed, the lives and property of non-Moslems are not safe. The British authorities In j India have obtained a document call-1 Ing on all Mussulmans in India to proclaim complete Independence from 1 Great Britain and set up a republic i in the event that the British take ae- ; tion against the Angora government of ! Turkey. The greatest industrial catastrophe Germany ever experienced occurred 1 Wednesday when a large synthetic nl-' trate plant at Oppau blew up. Probably Prob-ably 1 . r( K) persons were killed, thoiis- ' ands were injured and the entire town was destroyed. The shock of the twe j explosions was felt and damage don I within a radius of fifty miles. Anions the victims were French troops ot I guard duty at the works and others ot a transport. Oppau is in the Hliim ! Palatinate in a region that was (level ! oped during the war Into one of th( most extensive and productive of Ger many's chemical munition supply dig Lrictg. |