Show I. I What's Going on in n the World I By fly CHARLES I P. P STEWART STEART NEt XEA Service Ser Writer rIter Every day It l plainer that to the average voter prohibition will be the main issue of ot the 1924 political campaign The politicians would like to straddle but President Harding has put the Republicans on record as drys drs and theres there's small chance that anybody can J get et the Democratic presidential nomination who Isn't somewhat sympathetic at least to toward toward toward to- to ward the wets The eighteenth amendments amendment's re repeal repeal repeal re- re peal wont won't be asked The rho demand will be for fOl what the wets call reasonable reasonable rea ron interpretation or What's an intoxicating drink AT Al SEA The administration admits its it's in inthe 11 the air over the question of or letting letting let let- ting foreign ships bring liquor Into American waters for tor their own use under seal while here Our law says they Several Sev eral countries have laws compelling their ships to servo serve wine to their crews They must break thel their laws lawsto to obe obey ours The administration pays says they must obey ours ours anyway This causes such a snarl that they're told on the q t t. t they wont won't be bothered If It they're very careful The administration realizes this positions position's dangers so keenly that congress Is to be asked to change chango the law The trouble is is congress surely wont Most dr drys s 's wont won't vote for a change Neither will the the wets for for forone one like this They want wine and beer in the United States They dont don't care about foreign ships They're glad the administrations administration's In trouble They figure trouble will hasten a 1 change change-a change a big change not the little one the administration wants S SMUGGLING PRO PROBLEM One administration plan Is to al allow al low foreign ships to bring liquors under seal Into American ports It tr their countries will wiil let America ex- ex tend her drink antl raids from three to twelve miles out at sea British newspapers call attention to the fact that England almost went to war with Russia a few rew weeks ago rather than permit the I latter to stretch her territorial Wates's waIters waIter's waters water's wa wa- Iter's ter's tess limit from three to twelve miles I The French e and It Italian press taJ takes taken Re Reth th the view f w that tha the anu United States Is 11 to dry dr up uv foreign for tor- sign eign ships so that they'll no longer have a big advantage In getting passengers away from Americas America's own dry merchant vessels MEETING IS POSTPONED D. D The president was going to meet the governors of at the states to talk over with them plans for mal making prohibition work Hes He's postponed this meeting he doesn't say for tor how howlong long Of course the wets say he found out that some governors meant to t tell ll him they dont don't think the law ever can be made to work The administration answers that when the president called the meetIng meeting meet meet- ing Ink he ho really intended to have one in good faith MORE IORI CHINESE CONFUSION Wi With LI Ju Yuan Hung's s resignation as president of 7 China rn the powers are talking more than ever of ot Intervening Intervening In there to protect their resident citizens ens and interests They might grab a few tew cities The Chinese haven't an army or arms armsworth armsworth armsworth worth mentioning and dont don't stick together together to together to- to gether well A small well armed force could hold a given spot or cut cuta a path across the country quite easily Cruisers and gunboats can control the coast and big rivers But to police pollee all China Chin Is differ differ- ent It If would take millions of ot ol older ol- ol Her der a n. generation or two and they might fall fail then However foreign meddling can can Keep the Chinese squabbling amon among themselves President Li fled Peking PekinA when Feng Yu Hsiang the so-called so Christian general threatened to seize elze the cit city Maybe LI meant to set up his government somewhere else but Feng's followers caught him at Tl and made him re re- re sign The Tho Pekin cabinet Is trying to govern Jovern temporarily without a dent OVER OYER BULGARIA Europe's badly worried over o what I may follow the militarists militarists' overthrow overthrow over over- I throw of or the farm tarm bloc cabinet I under Premier In Bul Dul- garia Bulgaria took the losIng In Inthe Inthe inthe the World war Beaten Starn bull ski came into power He submitted to the allies' allies terms These were severe Bulgaria lost much Yet the allie allies promised her a a. few ad advantages advantages advantages ad- ad vantages to console her a little Their promises weren't kept All Bulgaria reaped l ee was eit a a. n net te loss ss Bulgaria's neighbor Turkey didn't submit She defied tho the allies and fought England's Greece Instead of at being weakened as Bulgaria was by submitting Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- ke key strengthened herself herselt Immensely What Europe fears is that King i Boris Doris and his new premier Professor Pro Prof- fessor are figuring on following following following fol fol- lowing Turkeys Turkey's example now and trying to take forcibly What Bulgaria Bul Bul- Buli i garia garin wants I WhERE WILL ILL IT STOP i Bulgaria can satisfy her ambitions ambitions ambitions ambi ambi- only at RumanIa's Human Human- las ins and Greece's expense Their troops are ready to lo resist Hungary probably will take a hand If It fighting fighting fight fight- ing ing- starts Even farther away Czechoslovakia is uneasy If these countries took the war tar trail where would it stop In Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope these times nobody can tell That's why theres there's so BO much anxiety over what In itself Itsel is a small dis dis- dis- dis For awhile the powers hoped would stage a come comeback comeback comet comee back t. t They know now he wont won't Has Hei e been killed I II I |