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Show make more than before since the new agreements eliminate jurisdictional strikes -end they will have steady work. More Important In the long run Is the fact that Judge Landls has freed the union workers from the Imminent danger of the open shop. The carpenters, carpen-ters, plasterers and sheet metal workers declined to enter the arbitration arbitra-tion and some other crafts were excluded ex-cluded because they refused what the judge considered suitable agreements. It Is predicted those crafts will have to contend with the open shop before very long. Uncle Sam's troops did not have to fire a shot In West Virginia. As soon as they entered the disturbed region the rebellious miners submitted and were disarmed and sent home. Quiet came so speedily that preparations were being made last week to send some of the troops tack to their camps. Meanwhile another but less serious mine war was brewing in southern Illinois, where the union fluor spar miners were gathering, with arms, to march through Hardin county. Their objectives were the towns of Eosi-clare Eosi-clare and Elizabeth town. The miners had several clashes with deputies and detectives, who, according to the union officials, are creatures of the mine operators. op-erators. Governor Small ordered "an inquiry Into charges of persecution and abuse made against the Hardin county authorities, mine officials and guards. The trouble there involka both wages and unionism, and. as in West Virginia, is of long standing. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS British Cabinet Invites the Irish to Confer With It at Inverness. ULSTER ARMING FOR FIGHT League of Nations Assembly Confronted Con-fronted With Demand Involving Monroe Doctrine Judge Landis Releases Building Industry of Chicago From Its Bonds. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Ireland declines to relinquish her place on the front page of the world's news. As was predicted, De Valera's note to Premier Lloyd George merely continued the controversy, acceptance of the British dominion offer being again refused and the Sinn Fein arguments argu-ments repeated. Adherence to the principle of government by the consent of the governed was Insisted upon, and once more It was made clear that by this Ireland means that she must be treated as an entirely independent nation. Lloyd George was In Inverness, Scotland, when the note reached him, and the British cabinet was called up there to formulate a reply. The ministers min-isters were In bad humor at being forced to make the trip and the prospect pros-pect for a conciliatory answer to the Irish was gloomy. De .Valera forestalled fore-stalled an adverse decision by the statement that if England Issued an ultimatum war would result. Of probably more effect was a message to the premier from the parliamentary committee of the Trades Union congress con-gress and the national executive board of the Labor party urging the government govern-ment to Invite representatives of the Irish people to meet them face to face In a conference, and declaring that "It would be a disaster if the deep and spontaneous feeling for .peace now pervading the two peoples was allowed to evaporate while their representatives representa-tives engaged In a controversy by ex-rhnnge ex-rhnnge of notes." competent to revise treaties unless they are "Inapplicable." Obviously the Monroe Doctrine Is Involved in the dispute. Carlos Ara-mayo, Ara-mayo, head of the Bolivian delegation, delega-tion, stated that Bolivia on sevteral occnslons had requested the United States to examine the Bolivian-Chilean treaty, but the Washington government govern-ment had steadfastly refused. "The South American states do not consider themselves bound by the Monroe Doctrine" Doc-trine" he added. There are a number of prominent Americans In Geneva watching the proceedings, and they are urging President Harding's administration ad-ministration to make known its view as to the competence of the league to intrude in Central and South American problems In direct' defiance of the Monroe Doctrine, pointing out that the European states would be enabled en-abled to capitalize the petty differences differ-ences between the Latin-American republics re-publics by posing as disinterested benefactors, through which the allies would gain concessions. The league assembly was loath to make any decision in the matter, and at the suggestion of Van Karnebeek of Holland, who had been elected president, the discussion went over to a later date. Hjalmar Branting of Sweden in Thursday's session charged that the league had been extravagant and had discriminated against nations that remained re-mained neutral In the war. He especially es-pecially criticized the action of the league council In giving the Aland islands to Finland. Lord Robert Cecil, representative of South Africa, defended the league against these accusations, and then went on to severely criticize the "purely negative" nega-tive" position of the United States which he said was responsible for the delay in the application of mandates. The American government recently sent notes to the allies reiterating its claim to equality with them in the disposition dis-position of the former possessions of Germany and her allies In the war. Among the first things the assembly did was to reject the amendment to the covenant proposed by Argentina, that all sovereign states should be members of the league unless voluntarily volun-tarily abstaining from membership. In Buenos Aires It was bellevted the temporary withdrawal of Argentina from the league would now be absolute abso-lute and permanent and that certain other Latin-American republics might also withdraw. The conference between Mexican officials and American oil men concerning con-cerning taxes on Mexican oil resulted In an agreement highly satisfactory to the Americans and the resumption of work In the Tamplco fields. It was believed this would lead to the speedy settlement of the treaty dispute between be-tween the United States and Mexico and the recognition of the Obregon government. At present, however, tha diplomatic deadlock remains unbroken. Memorial services, solemn and beau, tlful, were held in Westminster abbey ab-bey for the American and British victims of the ZR-2 disaster, and about the time the muffled notes of a bugle there played "The Last Post" the British cruiser Dauntless steamed slowly out of Devonport harbor bear-fng bear-fng the remains of the American dead back home for burial. As the Daunt-less Daunt-less passed every battleship In the harbor fired minute guns. Several hours of debate put the cabinet members In a more cheerful trame of mind, and a new note was Jispatched that Invited De Valera to hend delegates to a conference with ihe cabinet at Inverness on September 60 for a renewed consideration of the peace proposals. This sounded fine, but there was a fly In the ointment. The condition was imposed that it must be understood that Ireland was to remain In the empire. No doubt De Valera will send delegates to Scotland, Scot-land, but whether the discussion will be fruitful so long as they are asked to accept this compulsory stipulation Is questionable. In a speech at Armagh Commandant O'Duffey of the Irish republican army declared that fcouth Ireland would compel Ulster to unite with It by use of the boycott, and that If that failed, lead would be used. Belfast Unionists Union-ists have accepted this as a direct challenge and are arming themselves Tot the conflict. Steps are also being taken to revive the Ulster volunteer forces. The Ulster press Is exulting over the prospect of a renewal of hostilities between the British and Sinn Fein. Sir Horace Plunkett, one of the wisest of Irishmen, sees nothing but two ..Incompatible contentions no progress whatsoever towards reconciliation. recon-ciliation. He wants a vbte of the whole Irish people on the matter. The assembly of the League of Nations, Na-tions, now holding Its second meeting In Geneva, has been put up against a difficult proposition by the delegates from Bolivia. They demanded that the old dispute over 'the provinces of Tacna and Arica, now under Chilean administration, be placed on the agenda of the assembly, and that the treaty of 1904 between - Bolivia and Chile be taken under consideration for possible revision. The Chilean delegation, dele-gation, led by Augustln Edwards, argued passionately against the proposal, pro-posal, vjglug that the league is not The Greek and Turkish Nationalist armies were locked In bloody battle on the route to Angora, and the Greeks are reported to have the best of the fighting, although their losses are heavy. The Turks lost some 12,000 men and are falling back steadily. Equally fierce but with fewer fatalities Is the fighting between the Spanish forces and the Morocco tribesmen. tribes-men. The Spaniards are using bombing bomb-ing airplanes against the Moors who occupy almost Inaccessible strongholds strong-holds In the mountains. The tribesmen tribes-men besieging Melilla also are kept busy dodging air bombs. However the Spanish supplies are running short and the offensive may be abandoned. Directly applicable to the Chicago district but materially Important generally gen-erally was the decision of Judge Landls as arbiter of the building trades disputes. After several months of careful study the Jurist decreed that tl) wages of the men In the trades concerned should be reduced by from 10 to 36 per cent and promulgated new rules and working conditions that It Is believed will speedily restore the building industry of Chicago to a sound condition. The new rules free the Chicago district from the domination domina-tion of the contractors' association, labor la-bor unions, material men's cliques, or from combinations entered Into by all three of them. The home builder can now put up any kind of a house he llks, with any kind of material, without with-out fear of Interference from business agerts. Employers can now employ and discharge men according to their efficiency or Inefficiency, and not because be-cause some business agent gives the word. Material men are free to compete com-pete opee'v against each other. The nnlfVJ workers naturally were greatly dissatisfied with the lower wages granted them, but, Mnee the unions selected Judge Landls for the Job. they will abide by his decision. Oim builder said the men actually will Charles G. Dawes has completed a tentative draft of the federal budget for the next fiscal year and submit-ted submit-ted It to President Harding, who heart, ily approved it. The President has also declared himself pleased with the course adopted by Chairman Lasker ot the shipping board and with the progress prog-ress made by the joint committee on reorganization of the departments and bureaus. In a long letter addressed to Senator McCormlck the President replied to the criticisms of the administration admin-istration by Chairman White of the Democratic national committee. He, praised the work accomplished by congress, and said : "It Is plain that we are working our way out of the welter of waste and prodigal spending." spend-ing." The senate finance committee Is struggling manfully with the housa tax revision bill, and called on Secretary Secre-tary of the Treasury Mellon for a lot of Information, after which It began rewriting the measure. Senator Cal-der Cal-der has devised a plan for inclusion la the bill of a tax on distilled splrlti and beer which he believes would yield $175,000,000. The great hordes of unemployed In England are In an ugly humor and are holding demonstrations In many cities that are little short of riots. In Bristol they carried red flags and attacked the building occupied by the board of guardians, and In Liverpool they were kept from violence only by the pledge of the lord mayor that a plan to give them work would b formulated. The British Trades Union eongreM adopted a resolution approving tha calling of the conference on limitation limita-tion of armaments but declaring th) affair would be a failure unless labor were adequately represented. |