Show 44 R if 1 dedication at whiting ind of memorial community house donated by the standard oil company of indiana 2 0 general von heeckt now supreme military dictator or of germany 3 estate of former crown prince fredereck freder lck william of germany at Sli silesia esla to which he lias returned from holland NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS manri rr to repudiate treaty and abandon the ruhr and rhineland MELLON HELLON FOR FOB TAX REDUCTION C of germany made two momentous decisions decision last week the first was that the national government would temporarily abandon the rhineland Uhl neland and the ruhr economically to tho flu french find and belgian armies of occupation the workers and state employees of those regions being warned that henceforth they could not look to berlin for help the second was to repudiate the treaty of versailles ond and refuse to comply with any of its pro vIs visions lons as ae long as aa the french and belgians continue to occupy the ruhr but was playing a desperate game in the endeavor to stave off on his own downfall and at this writing it seems likely he will fall the democrats and catholics decided to quit him bim and the socialists already have done so president ebert has firmly supported mann but as aa the week was drawing to a close it appeared that lie he too was ready to abandon the chancellor band and place his bis reliance irk in general von heeckt whom he had made supreme military dictator the decision to fo abandon the occupied pied regions was niada made necessary 6 according to the chancellor by the welchs Aba banks fiks refusal of paper credits with which to meet the expensed expense of main tal kalning ning the unemployed during tile the next two weeks expenses which will call for gold marks tho the government said Str was wan forced because of the total breakdown of industry and commerce to choose between the destruction of all germany with the possible salvation of the occupied areas anti ami abandoning those regions to their fate temporarily to germany of the former crown prince Is complicating matters cabre more than had been expected the allies demanded his immediate delivery for trial as i a war criminal but the berlin government replied that if 0 he was to be tried he would bo be tried by a german court frederick all wit ilam ham went quietly to hla his estate it at oela but a french correspondent la in berlin says he is about ready to spring a coup for seizure odthe of the throne ind and is being financed by a group of american english and dutch bankers the story continues that the ex prince prance lias bas obtained the solid support of the and will soon march on ber alln in at the head of a division of infantry with the assurance that thai no other ill dl visions of the national army will oppose him the french also assert that scores of german factories are corking wor liln night and day making amal u nhuon and other war material it Is 10 believed in parts parla that france may proceed to occupy frankfort and hamburg if t frederick william to 1 not ex ej polled or surrendered rendered nur to the A flurry was wag caused last week by a story that the former kaiser was preparing to return to germany and already had bad his passports passport this was wa flatly de wad advises advices from rome are to the effect that the vatican would like to see lee the german monarchy restored la in order to prevent seizure of power by the communists the government of the united chates has bail informed the allies that it will not intervene to keep the iivohen hollems xo llerna from returning to the throne and it to Is not certain what want course great britain will pursue france probably la Is aror stron s enough to do all that Is necessary without help are ar not wholly by the failure of the coup bui seem unable e to do anything snore inore jus a except create dis disturb ances buttler lUtt ler wounded woi la Is under r arrest ladendorff Luden dorff also was wa arrested tint was released on ro el all S epe fornan on an agreement on tile the rushes reparations plan t ir w was as abandoned when washington informed tile the world it could not accent the french restrictions premier poincare thereupon instructed at barthau to propose to the reparations committee that it nominate a committee of experts such as the united states rejected to examine Germun ys capacity to pay and its resources in foreign countries STINNES and his plans have HUGO hu acom b become e of intense interest to the world the industrial magnate who has made himself one of tho ri richest eliest men on earth by taking advantage of his countus coun tys dys misfortunes to Is said to have made up his mind to start it a combat with the standard olt oil company for in the oil industry on four continents ills fields are in argentina Argent lm oklahoma texas china mesopotamia and the caucasus store more of ills c colossal 0 to s s a I 1 schemes will be heard later not even stinnes himself knows the ex tent of his vast wealth yet when he was asked to contribute something for tile hungry children of germany lie he replied that lie he was maintaining a soup kitchen in berlin and could do nothing more the kitchen la supplied with leftover left over food from one of stinnes hotels the tact fact that stinnes krupp and the other multimillionaire profiteers of germany could easily provide all that their starving countrymen need makes many americans wonder why wa bi be called on to contribute to that hat cause general allens aliens appeals will fall on many deaf ears K KINO ING GEORGE of greece who Is accused of complicity in the recent revolt was speedily put down has been asked by the party in power to abdicate and leave the country in order that the people may decide cide unhampered on the ilie regime they prefers prefer host alost of the creeks it Is believed wish for a republic great britain however la Is doing its best to keep georgeon george on his throne considering hlin him a strong tie between greece and fingland WILLIAM 0 MADOO and senator hiram jankun have declared their candidacy tor for the presidential nomination the former na as a democrat crat and the latter as a been henry ford it Is rell reliably ably reported has decided not to be a candidate mr mcafoos McA doos announcement was informal and rather by inference but senator johnsons was formal and at length lie he challenged president coolidge and any other aspirants to go before the voters especially in the primary states on the issue of americas cas foreign policy ile he also alao declared war on reaction and made an appeal tor for it revitalized republican party the instrument neither ot of static reaction nor ot or destructive radicalism ills statement to the public was issued in chicago COL C OL CHARLES n R FORBES former head or of the veterans bureau appeared last week before the senate committee which has been hearing bearing grave charges concerning his manace ment of afi the bureau and denied those charges all and severally ile ai said flatly that the witnesses against him had lied and that some of them were in n a conspiracy to destroy Ca stroy him he attacked especially gen charles charlea E sawyer personal physician to prest dent bardln Hard ln and said most of f what were termed the deficiencies lathe in th administration ot of laws for the benefit of disabled veterans were due to politics politico and sawyer an A for the hospital contracts that have been the subject of serious accusations forbes said bald he put the ob entirely in the hands of the array army and navy engineering departments part ments monts and had bad fell followed owed their this won was supported by army and navy letters and re ports that i there were gross faults in the management of the ibe bureau seems certain but judgment as aa to hose to blame should be suspended until the inquiry IS completed and the findings of the committee mrle mage public 0 PUN PIAN for or the immediate relief N NO of the Amer levri wheat ts raier to la forthcoming fram rom the national wheat council for its ais production committee sayo eay it Is ic confining its to development of a ong allme and policy of wheat the economic measures necessary to carri cans out that policy the tha committee em plin sizes the necessity of standardization of production and says co opera tive marketing should be developed by the farmers as a part of the longtime long time program I 1 secretary of agriculture wallace in an address before the chicago bustness business men said tile the improvement in agricultural ri XI conditions during the year had been remarkable although the improvement pro has haa act been sufficient to put agriculture on a parity with industry commerce or labor from hlo his report to the president he cited figures figurea showing that the value of eleven principal crops has increased from fr in 1021 to this year he declared that of relief measures proposed price fixing was wa hopeless operative cooperative co marketing would reduce borne costs but bring better prices and buying the surplus s and giving it to needy would helps help if it could be done practically then lie sprung a new plan tile the government might well consider the setting up of a government agency which would take the surplus wheat and handle it in exactly the saffie way many manufacturers have handled their surplus products lie said so that atwould it would not be the gov eminent carrying the burden but the producers many who have given the matter consideration believe that of lot all the proposals suggested this one offers the most hope hop K an r OP OF THE TREASURY S MELLON stirred up the tha animals with his tax revision program and it Is a cinch that his proposals will cut an important figura figue in tle tile coming session of congress mr mellon recommends sweeping reductions in income gincomo taxes tuxes that would benefit both the large and the he small tex taxpayer payer and would mean an annual reduction la in revenue of about ii primarily he proposes a 25 per cent reduction in the tax on earned income meaning income derived from wages and professional services str vIces as distinguished from business or investment income lle he also recommends big reductions redactions in surtaxes sur taxes having them begin aj at income instead of and with the maximum rate 25 per cent ceni instead of 58 per cent the secretary says how ever that none of hla his recommendations I 1 a can be carried out now or for years to come it the government iare quiren to finance a bonus in deed it congress insists on pissing passing a 4 bonus bill means must be found for providing additional reve revenue nue president coolidge Is believed to approve of 0 mr mellons plan and members of congress agree that it will bo be attractive to small taxpayers 0 but they think there will be some gome objection because the special reduction will not apply to earnings of a farmer or a man running a small business the big contest will come over the choice between tax reduction and a soldiers bonus GREAT neat imperial conference having buying approved of the tha protective tariff plans mentioned a week ago prime minister baldwin dissolved parliament last friday and called a general election f or December 6 ills reason for doing this it should be explained la Is that on assuming power he prom promised lied there would be no radical change chance in the count rys cacal policy during the life of 0 the present parliament ills action however ho waver Is ii at attacked ticked bitterly by hla his political foes and the conservatives will hive have a hard time to obtain a working majority in the new parliament lloyd george returned from america at once effected a reconciliation with asquith and thus thin the two big branches of the liberal party are reunited and win will light the ta battle jor ifor free trade the th 01 0 ale 9 party IS it I 1 or it a capital levy to relieve unemployment but the Lab labovites laborites Labori orites tw bitterly complain compla tn that baldwin has delayed unemployment relief until ha could use it for or campaign purposes purpose 0 THE hr supreme court of the united states resumed its lt sessions ce glona last week ond and among amon its ita was waa one upholding the coat coast antl allen land laws providing they 1 not contravene treaties treat lesi jap japan an I 1 Is now about to seek ecela to negotiate golate ne it a tr treaty aty with the 6 united states conferrer confarr lr 1 on japanese the right to awo and lease land la in counter count rr N |