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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Governor Parker cf Louisiana Ca'ls Out State Troops In Case Involving Ku Klux COfifEOEIiCE Oil PROHIBITION ! Precedent Consults Fifteen Governors n Prohibition enforcement Ritchie Rit-chie of Maryland in Opposition Cerman reparations anJ American Help for Europe. Dy EDWARD W. PICKAHD n S QECnTARY OF AGRICUL- J j TURE WALLACE says the J I farmers of the United States ( will get bstween $1,50O,0O0,CC0 J i and $2,000 000,000 more for i ! thei- crops this year than last, I despite the fact that a;rlcul. i tural prices are lower relative- J t ly than prices of other things. I I Is this true of the farmers in your locality? J L. GOV. JOHN M. PAHKER of Lou'sl-sna, Lou'sl-sna, who bns promised to squelch the Ku Klux Klun In his state, took bis first rsdlcul action In that line Inst week when he ordered a company of the Natlonnl Ounrl to proceed to Mer Howie and Hastrop. In Morehouse pariah, to await his orders. That par-tlcr,Ur par-tlcr,Ur parish has been the field of mucn Klnn activity and the ortcnnlzn-tlon ortcnnlzn-tlon was said to he connected with the celebrated Mer Rouee kldnap'ng case of Inst Angiist, which the authorities author-ities have been entirely unable to solve. Five citizens of the town were kidnaped and two of them. MnJ. Watt Dottle! 8 and Thomas Fletcher K'rh-ards, K'rh-ards, have not been seen s'nee. The mew who were released sold the5 kid-Dflpers kid-Dflpers "looked like what we know of the Ku Klux ss they bad hood and rons." There wns a rumor Wednesday Wednes-day that the bodies of the missing toon had been found and that this n-11 n-11 eonftted for the cnlllng out pf the troops. Another explanation of the These were cited ns the chief defects de-fects In prohibition enforcement: 1. Federal prohibition officers, numbering num-bering 4.000, are not sufficiently numerous nu-merous to cope with evasion of the low. 2. In many Instances federal officers are political heuchmen who wink at vto'atlons. 3. Until the natlonnl coternment stumps nut Interstate "rum running" state enforcement will be difficult. 4. State enforcement laws In many stales are too lax. 6. Federal Judjres are ton lenient. C. The metropolitan press Is too nrr-ne to treat prohibition enforcement with levity. "resident Harding said he woti!d call nnother conference next year, to Include rjw governors, ami that a program pro-gram of federal and state co-operation would be mapped out. SRNATOr.S opposed to the ship subsidy sub-sidy measure continued the fljiht In the senate, some trying to force It aside for conslderatlon of the Norrls agricultural financing bill and others cndeuvorlng to kill It entirety. Among the latter were McKetlar of Tennessee, Tennes-see, who Introduced an amendment to eliminate the entire government aid section; and King of Utah, who Introduced Intro-duced a bill proposing abolition of the shlpp'hg board nrd transfer of Its functions to the Department of Commerce. Com-merce. In the house further consideration of the Green resolution tor an amendment amend-ment to the Constitution prohibiting the Issuance of tax-exempt securl'les. as urped by the President and Secretary Secre-tary Mellon, was postponed until sfter the holidays. Opponents of the resolution reso-lution said It was beaten. STSNATOIt LADD of North Dakota. Republican, has Introduced a resolution calling for an Investigation by the senate foreign affairs committee commit-tee to ascertain the true state of nf-fairs nf-fairs In Nicaragua, tin fucts concerning concern-ing American occupation of that republic. re-public. In 1910: why American forces still are quartered there, and "the connection between certain New York commercial houses and the Chamorro Clan government of Nicaragua." The resolution set forth various criticisms of tha American policy In Nicaragua derlarlng that "no state of war exists between the United State and Nicaragua Nica-ragua which would Justify the permanent per-manent qtiarterli g of our mll'tary forces upon a territory of a friendly, neighborly nation"; that "the executive execu-tive department has no constitutional floated In this country at some future tin e, not a large loan, but enough to enable Germany "to get over the hill.' These conditions were, he said, the settlement of the reparations problem prob-lem ami the fixing of u definite aura so that Germany would be aware of her obligation. "Following on the fixation of this sum." he continued. "Germany must set out on a period of deflation. There may possibly come with hat a scheme of the allies for the supervision of such deflation. Including the administration of Germany's Ger-many's customs. Even if a loan Is advanced I doubt If Germany will be lent a sum sufficient to discharge Iter reparations debt." TTNTIL the nllled .premiers gather In Paris on January 2 It will not be known what course France will pursue In regard to sanctions against Germany. At present Premier Poln-care Poln-care Is standing firm. To American correspondents he said France would not accept an; chunge In the treaty of Versailles calling for the evacuation of the Uhlneland within less than the IS years specified In It. He Indicated that his government was strongly opposed op-posed to any solution of the repara-t'ons repara-t'ons question which Involved expensive expen-sive French sacrifices, and thnt Germany Ger-many must give new guarantees for future payments In order to obtain a moratorium. One result of the rnmnrs of Amer- lenn help was the sudden rise of the mark In Berlin. The people expected to And prices correspondingly reduced, but were fooled. TX7HILE the experts at Lausanne V " were drafting the Neur Kuat peace treaty the conferees continued to wrangle over the plans for the control of the straits and certain other oth-er matters In dispute. Tchltcherln'a proposals concerning the Dardanelles were turned down flatly by the allies, and the Kusslans threatened to take their tlollrags and go home. The Turkish Turk-ish plun wus greatly at variance with that of the allies, but Lord Curzon was vexed because It wns so long delayed de-layed and Insisted the allied scheme be taken us the basis for discussion The Englishman used severe language to Ismet Pnshn and that gentleman wus considerably affronted and said Turkey Tur-key would not submit to be thus dictated dic-tated to, Ismet nnd his colleagues were worried by news from Angora to theVfTect that Premier Uaouf ly had told the national assembly the Turkish Turk-ish government would not yield to British attempts to run the "steam govvrnor's anion was that residents ct .lena. In La Salle parish ndJnVng Moiehouse parish, bnd passed resolu-tlocs resolu-tlocs asking to he "relieved from the oppression of the Klnn." At the recent conference of governors gover-nors In White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.. Governor Tarker sought to ohtaln assurance of co-operntloti from other ett-cutlvcs In his witr on the Klnn. bur. he was rather disappointed In the result. Pnnsmr.xT iiAnnixapinved hot for l." of the governors nt lunch-tA lunch-tA In the White House and discussed with them the problem of enforcing the prohibition lnv. Fourteen of them ereed with the President that measures meas-ures must be adopted fur rltfd enforcement en-forcement of the Volstead act. The other. Governor Ritchie of Maryland, denounced the law ns nn Intolerable ertenslr.n of pnternallsin In contravention contraven-tion of stnte rights. "The jrreat majority of people of Maryland believe the Volstead law simply rnnnot be enforced there." Covcrnor Itltchle nsserted. "Our people peo-ple are Imbued with a fine traditional respect for law nnd established ordr, and we were effectively solving the temperance question by toctil option. During thnt method, when the people of a community wonted proliib'tlon they ncti!"l!y Ret It. "The Volstead Inw clmn?''d nil thH Our people, in tin main, reran! It us an unnecessary and drastic fotlon.l J-t filnjrciiifiit of ihelr state and personal rUrlits. The lack of respect fur law nnd the nctml lawlos-in's -lile!i have resulted Is deplorable, 'Pie o ily remedy rem-edy f Fee Is In reeocn'.e that llie Vol-Stead Vol-Stead In'v Is destructive of tl e r'yM 'of -the stales end to turn lli" wl-n'o question back to tie Hate hi tl.-u cse!) may v.(t;e it In nceordatuv with the v ill ( f Its own people." powers to maintain such Invasion without the consent of eonsresn." TI1R nnvnl appropriation bill, rnr-rylPR rnr-rylPR a total of $TJ.- (V.)0.(K)0. nn I providing for nn enlisted personnel of 8G.009 men, wns passed by the houe on Monday. It Includes a request flint the President negotiate with for elpn powers relative to llm'tlnx con-"fructlori con-"fructlori of v.'nrcrnft under 1004M) tons, though representative M -mdell told ti e house Mr. Hardin? needed no urglns nnd would s'nrt the negot'n tlons "when he deems It wise and practicable." A MRASSAPOK IIAIIVHY l on h's way home from Knglnnd. bavins been cal'ed for a ron'erence with the President nnd his advisers coneernlnT the possibility of the lln'ted States' brlnRlna; about n settlement of the reparations qucrtlon and thus help'ne to relieve the financial distress of Europe. Eu-rope. The admln'strntlon. It Is understood. under-stood. Insists the reparations settle mcut must be mnde without a can-cellstlon can-cellstlon of the nllled debts to this country. F.n:!and nnd Prance appear to think this cannot or should not be done, Mr. Harvey's advice In the matter Is rcgartled as valuable nnd iiccufiiiry. The Kuronenn nations nre sVentlcnl eoncernlr.K an American loan, anil the Preneh especially d'Mllke fie bleu thnt Is Kitld t be under consideration derlarin' It bears the stamp "Mule In Germany." Thomas W. I. anion' nf .!. P. Morgan & Go. ti-'serteil In New v,v',- !., tl'e A i'i"-''-a!) ppotile ha e no Intention of in ft 1 In': a b-an t" Or 'iit'iiv I ceat'sc that entn-.ti-v N ii"t hi a pn'-irhm at t'' nr. '''.i t'ta" "in In '-p?re ieir t"1 "id ' w'sh r"iV! '"'i"' t- ' t V II- !" n-'. " At t'-e .i-e 'i-n- ' ! t.n o- f .!! ,-ie .l'f ..- .- ... ! I'i htd'c ed ft '"r ' " -i I ) ' ' '' I e roller" over them and that It stood squarely on the Turkish nationalist pact. Ismet fears that If he yields too far any agreement he may nmka will be i ejected by the assembly. It was announced In Angora that the Chester project for railroad con st met Ion In eastern Anatolln and for mineral concessions lias been accept ed and the principal flnnnclnl ar-ran'emen'N ar-ran'emen'N will s nn lie effected. This concern Is lurgely financed by Americans. Amer-icans. " AMtll'l. NAKUTOWK',. the re-cently re-cently Inaugurated president of Poland, paid the- penalty of high pn sltlon In a eountry where racial niiI religious animosities always have caused strife and bloodshed. Ue was murdered by an an 1st who In sup posed to have been the tool of the faction led by General llaller. I' s opponent said he was elected by the votes of the Jews and Germans snd that he did not represent the mil Poles. Uist week the national assembly assem-bly was called together to choose his successor. Stanislaus Wojclechowskl was elected to the perilous pos tlmi. He Is a friend of Padeicwskl nnd succeeded suc-ceeded t he pianist as uctln prime mln Ister. yy-'NVnit wns startled Monday, and the federal law forces through, out the country aroused, by the hold exploit of seven masked bandits who sto'e K'.'ixituxi In paper currency which was he'i);: trans "erred from tho I tenter mint to a reserve bank delivery deliv-ery truck. The robbers hail a re-vi'hs-r hal-lc ;ih armed guards of the in'iii. mi. of whom they killed, and "-ca';id In an automobile. An-thor'l'ew An-thor'l'ew are Inclined to believe the '"P-l w-!H b d Ir Hov 1 1. Sherrill. train o'.lcr, '.'ho ex'M-i-d from the federal tiK'i.n a! I.aawnworth h, .tune. )'J.:. |