Show NEWS REVIEW OF F CURRENT evearts lloyd george defeats attack of asquith coalition in debate on ireland BRITISH GOAL COAL STRIKE ON OH miners minere proposals for S settlement ett lement laid before Parl parliament lament recent events in central europe secretary houston tells bankers taxes cannot be reduced by EDWARD W PICKARD herbert grand anti govern ment combination in england scored a complete failure in its first attempt to overthrow premier lloyd george last week parliament had assembled and despite what must be considered tile more pressing business of the coal ml jul ners strike the opposition started in on the irish question calling for or a public inquiry into the alio alleged atrock ties of the police and military in tho the island tho the motion was made in the ole names of II enderson and adamson labor party leaders leadem and asquith and sir donald maclean Macl can lenders leaders of the liberals and the lie correspondents said it was supported by every party in the house of commons except tile followers of V lloyd 0 yd george notwithstanding such a powerful coalition after a long and heated debate tile the government forced tile the withdrawal ot of the motion by a yote vote of to 70 79 lord robert cecil speaking for tho the notion motion denounced the administration in ireland Ire lankas as ono one of the most disastrous anti and tactless things in the coun arys history and declared that mr fo r the sake kike of the lie count rys good name tile government must clear itself of the lio charge of connivance in the reprisals mr air asquith followed the same line of 0 argument and described in detail the 0 occurrences la in balbriggan and other towns sir alamar greenwood chief secretary for Ire ireland lanil set up afie governments defense in a fiery sli cech li ITO declared tile the acts of tile police were deplorable but understandable in view of oc the alie doings of the irish murder ers asserting that lie and no ono one else was the head of the irish government sir llanier said paid we are break ing irish terror it is being broken hy by the forces of the crown which are being condemned hero here today I 1 foresee at no distant date the end of the hie regime of assassination in ireland now being carried on by the irish republican call army which lias has members in every village we are breaking tile the boycott on oil tho the police and we are breaking the refusal to carry troops or police on the te rail ronda I 1 would rather see every irish railroad blaut abut down for a hundred years than jhan yield one jot or tittle of our right to carry any one we please it la Is the expressed opinion of certain american correspondents that the lie asquith following in this matter though heavily outvoted in tho the house of commons represents the majority of lie english people and the most thoughtful section of the country find hat flint the he members of the house cannot much longer ignore the feeling st it at their constituents this opinion however cannot be accepted unreservedly in III view of the bias displayed by these corre spon denN when denting dealing with irish h of af fairs efforts to avert the lie strike of h coal miners failed and lie men nil all quit pitt work industrial and economic condu slon blon set in at once but an am tile week drew to tb a clow clope tile situation was ns not without its hopeful aspects the government ern ment the lie people generally and at least the coders of tho miners federation fully realized the gravity of tile the crisis lad ind the threat of greater disaster to the country it if lib e rail and rang port workers should strike in bym badly with the lie miners primia minister lloyd george presented anted tile the matter to the house of commons tuesday night in a speech that won hearty ap blaue aind that showed tile tho gobern ent was vas leaving tile door open for an early settlement of tile alie trouble iio was preceded by william brace president elect of the miners who pleaded for pence peace and made these proposals propos ala for settlement first grant of 2 shillings dally daily raise in pay subject to review of the whole financial position of the lie mines at the end of the year second establish district committees in nil all districts to deal with the question of increased output comprising both miners and owners owrie rs third before december 31 establish H 1 national wage board of tile mining industry on oil principles to he be agreed upon to settle all wage fourth establish a joint committee of miners and owners in alio r ijes department part ment to settle the lU tallon of shares of the product of the mines for the miners wid and owners and tho 8 ato the alio premier in response said J 1 tile miners accept accepted ea the governments offer of tin an impartial tribunal til bunal to settle the two shillings a shift question nil all arguments in III support of their claim would be considered but undoubtedly the hie settlement that flint would best meet the permanent pernin nent well weil being of the nation would be a settlement which would promote increased output tills this would offer to the miners the inducement of a reward for their own labor and would certainly work toane to ano of 0 the nation hy by increasing tho the output ot of at a Iro product duct which Is most essential to they alio proper roper conduct of foreign trade extremists in the federation urged that the men left in the mines to op crate the pumps be withdrawn anti and the diggings allowed to nil fill with water but the officers of the organization strongly opposed tills this the delegates of the railway men and transport tian sport workers decided that they would call a strike if promising negotiations were riot not under way by saturday Satu iday thus far there lias has not been a great deal bt bf rioting lit in connection with the strike though there were disorderly demonstrations in III london and in wales usually fostered by radicals who are believed belied to be ink auie afi pay of tile the russian tile most serious outbreak was waa in whitehall london where a parade of the lineal aloyed tried to bleak into downing direct and fought tho police baron cl who Is sustaining the lie rull full force of the russian Ilus soviet attacks in southern russia met inet with a were reverse in the lie region of kak bevka bridgehead bridge hend and ills his troops were thrown back into the lie behind tile he river which they still con arol it was reported that leon himself was directing tho the move inells of the tha cited briny there on other fronts fronta wi angel was successful and lio lie was informed by many prison ers rs that eliat tile the red lied armies would not be ba able to go through another winter campaign being without shoes clothing and stores lot bf food dispatches from say the american lied cross lias bas given to general about worth of relief ma ilia aerial it rial and to Is sending him tons tolls of supplies a i week the reports lint flint alagno the guerrilla leader had de dc parted turn out to be false on tile the other oilier hand moscow admits that general budenny former cavill ry lender leader of the lias hah deserted ane no soviet cause and Is operating against the government in the lie neighborhood of kiev reeling feeling that eliat the league of nations Is im not yet et strong enough to 0 o insure their safety and determined bilat the house of shall not he restored to tile the throne of hungary the czecho nka anks Bohem bohemians ians and Jugo slavs Klap liao IR entered into nil an agreement for fit mutual offenses offen set and defense which Is already known as the little entente they assert their league in primarily pilm arlly beave ful and defensive but admit ali aliez bave made provisions for it military force if that Is necessary for some days it appeared ns as it if tile the yugoslav Jug government had blocked the proposed peaceful discussion with italy J for the settlement of the lie Adda adriatic ilic dispute tho the Magen furt district of had voted to remain a part of matrin austria and the jugo refining to tile ordered tile tho serbians Serb Ser ians blans to occupy the district on thursday they apparently recognized their mistake and promised to evacuate tl the I 1 0 territory it then announced I 1 tant bat tho the representatives of tile two countries would begin begill the negotiations nt at once according to a home paper if tho the jugo slavs refuse to accept tile the italian propos proposals aiN italy wll will resume her completo complete liberty of action it Is declared italy will ask that the frontier bo be fixed axed along the crest of ilia julian alps alm anti and that independence bo be grunted granted f jume which will have territorial con with italy besides liberty of zara and uio the possession of s several islands along the const coast in III reply to tile tho identical british find and french noto regarding the lio occupation of gllnn the polish government neither refuses ictus ea nor agrees to completely disavow general ekls action in III ILI filtering the lie city but urge a further inquiry wid points out eliat athu anlu has haq become n nation yet tho the french government it la Is said rather sympathizes with willi poland in tile the matter because of her situation the king of greece was still alive nt at tills this writing hut but his condition was so BO serious that preparations tor for tile tho succession vve avero ro being made in III athens athena it wao ander understood stood that it if alexander ole die the throne would be 10 0 offered to his bli brother vaul but with such con actions that lo lie 10 would not accept it then ilien presumably it will be offered to ft a foreign prince and if lio lie refuse tho the republic will bo be proclaimed secretary of the treasury IT houston ii annn ain address befaro tile american hankers association in III washington ingwoll Ing toll gave the country warning that there Is little chance that taxes will bo be ro deuced became receipts from inconis and profits taxes tire aro decreasing in order older to meet current bills including interest on oil sinking fund charges said tile the secretary and also to retire tile indebtedness find a considerably considerable part of the victory notes before ali tho close of tile alie fiscal year icar 1023 1022 tax receipts must be kept up to the level of not lehs than a year mr stoll said that on oil tho the baste of preset present diminishing receipts recel lits the ho total for tile fiscal year car 1021 1921 may not materially exceed that figure there Is little immediate prospect of tile payment of the war debt of foreign nations according to mr houston but lie ho said ald lie ho did not believe tile people would receive with favor the proposition to cancel that debt since they would have to vay pay taxes to meet tile tho interest anti and redeem the principal of discussing discus sing the general credit situation mr houston said sald tile alie farmers are naturally disturbed and distressed but tire seeking relief through incas tires somo soine of which are not practice tica blo ble and others of which are suicidal tho the thrift committee has pla tilled a alnee ve year icar thrift campaign to reach every family in the country that lias hns no bank account tile tho recent orgy of extravagance declared the report lias has indicated nery cry clearly tile lio need for moro more popular realization of the need for saving when find as the opportunity pro gents itself the time Is nt hand when thrift and saving will be regarded nil as not only possibilities but actual feces gitles small savers are to bo be the chief source in III financing the normal growth grow of commerce anti industry tile report mild haid adding that present tax poli policies clem offer a serious check to increased investment by holders li of largo large wealth the conduct conduct af american affairs in haiti lins lias been the th subject of much und end charges of in discriminate killing of natives by the th marines made in III a rf port by llna major r cli general lin linnett mett furmer former commandant of if tile corp carpi 0 o led secretary daniels to HUi gomill innon on a court of inquiry geneal barnett now sois anys the lie matter matte r involves Involve i lilily at a portion of tho the marine corps on oil duty in hiltl and that in generi general tile warines marines have dono done their duty splendidly admiral knapp who lias bas studied conditions in n haiti fur for sec bee retney daniels says american intervention in ill tho island republic continue for nt at least another ganci a tion flon lie he admits that hat perhaps am W lick natives have been killed in necessary 0 operations P erat ions since american occupation but denies that fin anny y we apri re k lurd irately pr or wantonly |