Show sap k Q N 91 I 1 desperito Desper nto efforts 10 0 san it i big avee nl lit pills dalilig till the river valley thouds 2 protessor sor C Oli artes F pay dean of duits tufts coll fege boston dell delivering vering the nast lecture inthe college collonus col lopus radio lecture course 3 former U q clator S IL II Il lesof seattle who ailts lilts been minister to colombia NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS russians asas and germans almost break U up p the economic Econom io con ference at genoa genoa TREATY OF THEIR OWN wiles adlle bar derbany germany der many from chalef corn com cittee mattec but neutrals protest fight 1 ing in InI ireland riland increases little l ittle A navy advocates are defeat ed in the house by EDWARD COWARD W PICKARD volt oil se veral days das last eck it was thought the genon genoa conference vas mis about to briant up in a row but ut tit this writing it appears po possible isible that tile tho trouble 1 will l be fixed axed up and tile lie discussion of plans for tile economic regeneration of hurole will continue gliniany germany nud and precipitated tile lie row and an the fennei got most of the blame the delegate Tc hItch erin being abeln credited with u clever move following up tip the negotiations begun in aier afu lie he and doctor got together lit in Kii pallo and signed for tier their respective reflective gove governments a treaty thal thai what might be ilone done hy 1 the hie conon conference the two c countries agree to cancel nil war ar debts nil 0 claims for war and ill all clainos for damages due to tile the soviets nationalizing german pro pr lerty pro pin lulng russia ru I 1 asin does not repay other for eign nations for this lit in tile the litter latter case germany the right to claim damages it Is agreed that germany end ausla rec each golier at tier and till it full diplomatic and trade relations that they tr trtat at each b other ap 03 most favored stations nations anol ati stint at the creati treaty of of brest lhost js Is canceled announcement of 0 f this brought brou flit expressions of indignant protest from lod lloyd george and tin Barf Har thou hou who lio ware ere rather weakly by lacta of liely atoll and more earnestly earnesd y by theunis of belgium and ashli or of japan ja pah these flye statesmen then called in the Ae delegates legates of 1161 poland and and juga and all signed a abote note to the german delea tion being of their pained at t its action which they said bald violated the conditions germany accepted when site blip entered the conference sad and their decision that as a result germany should not he be permitted to take part in any future clis cussons or relating to affairs tile germans took this kick rather calmly and of bf them said they would ajaj r lenvi lene genoa than all oliah araw the treaty treatis trea tiB a cholee which lloyd george offered them wednesday da nut but the neutral nations rint ions nor I 1 wa way Y sweden denmark spain find switzerland promptly lined up against the ahe nilles and joined rus sin la in jahp decant statement chat hat gerr ger many could not li aie barred from par in discussion of russian affairs except by full vote oie of tile lie inn con faience fbi ence this action nas iran artuh ted hoth both by bv resentment against tile lie M iorii ish attempts us the conference anti ny by tin the I 1 mir thid to the private conversi tlona that thai awen goina on in hlf allt villa nr ar would ile hp nial made wilh jil ja the fig ta of tile lie smaller livors pi powers vors the Rusi lains also insisted that germany must fitt alt in nil of con f bean nse there bere iere ere many questions sit at issue betwee ll germany and alussia on oil thursday Thuri lii hoier lloyd I george sald said the ger mollis hold had agre agreed ednot ant in ons of russian affairs i of france held field with lilloyd lloyd george that the ilusko ger ralla iuan pact act repealed rivea am violations of th the treaty of versailles and that the gr C binds ninna mut must te be excluded exclude lie ile was backie up td toe the ilaw by his goyoni moni ment premier Po lacare sent to the trench ambassadors lit the allied countries instructions to lo insist eliat energetic be aalten band penalties applied to it the its ha pallo pall greaty reaty were not Abr abrogated opted re of what the genoa confer ence might decide in the matter ire ile held beld haat the execution of the lh tree treaty tr of versailles must lie fie insisted upon now both the and the french feel that the t german pa pact while nominally initially ea economic Is in it reality political and embodies a distinct threat of u complete gom alliance ol of ille lie two countries against ilia alie entente it Is believed too that it would result in the commercial suffocation of poland and anil perhaps 0 of the other small nations that lie russia Ilus fila and and along the baltic and those those orthe little ep entente tente one tiling thing Is evident cil dent frances fear that tile lie genoa conference awauld get into a muddle and her absolute distrust of germanys germanas Germ anys good falth faith and good intentions are ju justified stIfled A writer in the paris lcclair says sas germany lifts lias sent shock shack troops into the lie and Is ready for resistance in Slie silesia sill alte nalle the soviet armies are threatening the polish and front lers lie adds there heie Is tie no time to lose if we want to avoid war the nationalists of italy are no less 1 goeing seeing in III the pact llon for a great alliance between germany and russia and probably tile the entire islam world and a war in n tile the 1 inot cot distant distad future between those powers and the allied nations LANS tire ore under tinder way for a financial P PLANS conference to be called by tile the Fur european banks of issue to discuss plans for tile the regulation of currency in which conference tile the united states federal reserve bank will be asked to tali take part pait Alean while great bankers including J Iler pont morgan tire are arranging to meet mck in eurove to ti study the question of an international lonato loan to get ninny to help in tile the reconstruction of that oui itri to improve tier her apt ail to assist tier her in paying pacing thoi lie in bew lew of germanys germanas Germ anys repeated refusal to pay the lie allied reparations commission virtually lias ailts turned that problem 01 over er to financial experts T alin fir long ion out pe peace ace negotiations lit at dairen between japan and the for far eastern republic have been brolien broken off and japan tins has decided to send semi more replacement troops into siberia tile the chita delegates according to tikva statements after lifter gaining some solve of their points made what tile the Jn japanese considered impossible demands to mands concerning pro of IN lles es and property of foreign residents and tile the open door and threatened to ti qu quai tiie conference if these were not conceded tokyo thereupon instructed delegates Its to withdraw STILL another bence conference u that between the leaders of the file irish factions ans not vein sweir to tn be accomplishing much for the fighting in ireland goes on with increasing bitterness de valeras leras haster anster coup did not eventuate but one of ids his adherents attempted ihna day dav to asins allitt collana Col Vol llna lIlls head dead of ohp provisional government and there were bloody clashes between tile the republican and pree free state forces which were continued nit nil through the week in dublin tile rel rebels PIs tile the four courts and other buildings bill ing and engaged in bottles with the collas troops and in belfast the catholics and protestants killed and burned lind looted to their hearts content by president hardings kj 1 fit ir employees of the bu renit of eli gray ing and printing and other lun hur junnus epim nus and in 1 rumors of plans toros toi restrict tile the operation of tile the law inn the Nat national lonal calill sery ee engled a f of nl tiong alono and individuals 0 teleet in washington april 27 that an bureau affair la iq cau causing the administration a lot of trouble lr and the end Is not yet in to explain tile the presidents action the official organ of the plate printers union asserted aster ted the country was flooded millions ft cot counterfeit federal reserve notes and other treasury tren gury issues this was flatly denied by secretary fallon inMAN PAT KELLEY of stich C ClIA igan and his big cohort of little navy wen men went down to defeat in the he house of representatives lost last week and if the senate does as it Is ex petted peeled to do tile lie united states will be able to malit maintain tain a nay navy of respectable proportions in 10 committee of the whole tho the house by a vote of Is to adopted tile the amendment to the bill which provided for nn an enlI enlisted personnel of instead of men A few days das litter later tills this was confirmed confIrm conal nihed ea by a record vote of to US allot am then the bill was passed and handed on to the senate ninety voted against the personnel increase and 48 democrats supported it the measure carries a total appropriation of vv which aich Is inore titan than wits was fixed by tile appropriations committee further increases are expected in III tile the senate HE light fight of those who b elleve believe in Tild adequate equate national defense Is now centered on the army bill in this the Amo american rIcan legion li Is taking active part national commander ifton ider before the senate appropriations committee to denounce uio the house bill 1111 which provi provided dei for only men ile he sald said tile the american lesion legion unqualifiedly backs up the president the secretary pt of war ar and general pershing in their bf necessary appropriations for the national guard organized reserves off officers leers training f ng corps and civilian military train I 1 im ill camps ns recommended by tho the war department and also supports tile hie that approximately OW eiyo melt inen la 18 the minimum num number b or needed for the regular establishment to perform its proper mission in our plan of national defense S ON ir T I 1 during the present se son n son the senate will pass soldier honus bonus legislation so much was determined ter mined by the republican senators in caucus hy by a 3 to 1 vote ote and they asked the lie finance committee to report a bill within a reasonable time hut but they reached no decision as to tile the forth form the bill will mill take lake the right of tile tho to add any revenue provisions to tile the bill passed by the house Is questioned since the constitution requires that revenue measures must originate in the lie house republican le lenders vilers of both senate and house are Alse discussing the plan of financing the he bonus by the sale of british bonds anil and it Is understood that if these are found available through the work vork of the foreign debt commission president hording will not object to that method of 0 ralson raising the funds with this in view efforts ore being made to postpone senate consideration of tile the annus measure until after tho thi tariff IIII hill has been passed by which time it Is expected the work of the commission will be far enough advanced to give ghe assurance that the long term tenn british securities will W be available and torrin tornadoes does have been F FLOODS playing placing havoc in the middle west through much of the mississippi river valley ulley the rivers and strolling streams have broken their levees and overflowed their hanks banks doing vast damage in ninny many towns and inundating of acres of land unseasonably cold weather added to th alstrom ot of tha people abo were ere arici ch from their homes hoines tle the windstorms wind storms were vere most severe mere illinois a and southern indiana several towns were badly decked and about fifty lives were mere lost III ard aviators who arted from lisbon to ly fly across the atlantic to brazil in several jumps got cot na its for far ns as st pauls rock about a thousand rolles miles front from tile the capo verde islands but smashed their plane in making the tillI difficult cult landing there A now new plane will mill be sent to u them by the portuguese government to enable thero them to complete their journey W domn ON I 1 EN from all parts of he western hemisphere assembled in baltimore md aid nt at the call of the not national ti n al league of women voters to confer on such euch subjects as education child women jn in industry pae entson of the traffic in women civil and political status of wo woman and international ter friendliness it Is hoped the cm ference will all lead to close cooperation among the worsen women of tho the entire world BLANT BLAND of in dlana disna tins lias drafted a bill which authorizes the president to appoint a coal investigation agency composed of the director of the geological wr survey director of the bureau of mines director of the census mid cid commissioner 4 of labor statistics an and I 1 ax oth h ara to be confirmed by the senate ii it would he 14 alve ail n sweeping convers ts t obtain information |