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Show ,1-73 WWi- 41 i V.Ul& '. rEifi I " . 'W 1 Italian model for mother airship, designed to curry and launch airplanes, soon to bo built by United State. J British troops arriving In Constantinople to curb the over-ambitions Turks. 8 Gen. Alberto Salinas, second to command to the Mexican rebel leader Murguia, who has been captured nnd sentenced to seven years' Imprisonment Imprison-ment ' ' NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS British Tories Quit Coalition and Lloyd George and His Cabinet Resign. BOHR Lfi'.V TO EE FREEER America's Attempt to Dry Up the Sas Meets With Various Kinds of OppositionDoings Oppo-sitionDoings of the American Ameri-can Legion Convention. seizure by our dry navy of a Cnnndlan schooner eight miles oft the New Jer-seyfoast Jer-seyfoast France, Holland, Italy, nnd perhaps other countries, are only awaiting the necessity of contesting the right of the United States to enforce en-force a ruling that will mean eltlmr that their seamen will be deprived of the dally allotment of wine guaranteed them by their laws or that their vessels ves-sels must refrain from entering American Ameri-can waters. In addition to these embnrrussments. the government Is being told that the trade of our Insular possessions, especially espe-cially the Philippines and Porto Rico, will suffer greatly If foreign vessels carrying liquor are barred from enter-ins; enter-ins; their ports. Secretary of War Weeks is espoclnlly Insistent on this point, and it Is said to be likely the government will follow his suggestion nnd ask congress speedily to revise the Volstead act so that the ruling of the the other band, a Down-Enst post of the legion, composed of former marines, ma-rines, has dissolved because It believed the legion hikI another organization of veterans were being used for political purposes by their members. OEVERAL recent victories by the Ked army in eastern Siberia over the White Russians have caused great deal of apprehension In that region. re-gion. The Reds ure odvnneing on Vladivostok with the evident Intention of occupying It as soon as the Japanese evacuate the city. More serious Is the threat of the Reds against the Chinese Eastern raiiwoy, toward which other columnn of the soviet army are moving. mov-ing. Gen. Chang Tso Lin, the Munchn-Han Munchn-Han military lender. Is prepared to resist re-sist the Reds end, if necessary, will make an alliance with the White Russians. Rus-sians. The Moscow government , has demanded that China cease aiding the White forces by permitting them to concentrate In Chinese territory for at-tacks at-tacks on Siberian soil . By EDWARD W. PICKARD 1 PRESIDENT HARDING, In t letter addressed to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, to be t read at a Republican meeting, said: "Agricultural production Is t very nearly restored, taking the world as a whole; but agricultural agricul-tural prices are so low that it is apparent to all of us that the farmer ts not being eompen-"sated." eompen-"sated." Asserting that the administration ad-ministration has done all In Its pewer to restore the balance between be-tween prices and costs of production, pro-duction, he said the trend is "strongly toward better condl- ; tions for the farmer." Do you and the farmers of your acquaintance agree In this with Presldert Harding? t COALITION government In Great lirltnin hns gone to smash. Lloyd George has resigned ns prime minister and his entire cabinet Is out. A. l'.o-nar l'.o-nar Law has been asked by the kln to form a new concert utlvc minis' ry. Lloyd George hr.'3 promptly begun a fight to regain power as chief of a new party. The Rritlsli are enterlns on the most exeltlng political contest they have had fur ninny years. A cnll for a general election Is expected shortly. The downfall oi" the coalition ministry minis-try uas brought nhout when the conservative con-servative otherwise tory or union 1st members of parliament and of the cshln't. In caucus ut the Carleton dub. dK-lded theft- party should go to the country as un Independent MOSCOW also Is taking a firm stand concerning the coming Neur East pence conference. The soviet so-viet government says If It is not rep resented In that conference any results of It will be of no efTect, and It especially espe-cially protests against Its exclusion If Rumania and Jugo-Slavia partlch pate. Russia supports fully all th Turkish claims on frontiers and fo sovereign rights on tho coasts of the straits, opposes any control of the straits by the League of Nations or by mandate, and declares for absolute freedom of commerce In the straits. Large numbers of the refugees from Thrace, chiefly Armenians, entered Bulgaria the early part of Inst week, and on Thursday the Bulgarlnn frontier fron-tier wns closed to them. Half a million mil-lion of the fugitives are In Macedonia, lacking shelter, food and clothing. French troops In considerable numbers are arriving In Thrace to preserve order, or-der, and In some places, notably Adrl-nnople, Adrl-nnople, a big part of their task Is to prevent the Greeks from burning th city and slaughtering the Moslems before be-fore they depart PREMIER FACTA of Italy api arcnt-ly arcnt-ly has successfully withstood the demands de-mands of the FnsctstI that he and his cabinet resign. The ministry refused to yield and Facta made an unexpected unexpect-ed allowing of strength, llenlto Mus-soll.il, Mus-soll.il, leader of the Fascists was so impressed with this that It was said he would Instruct his followers, at their great gathering In Naples this week, to refrain from causing the gov-eminent gov-eminent any more trouble. Gabrlele D'Aiinunzlo. the soldier-poet, hat signed an agreement with Mussolini establishing common action between their forces. PORTLAND, ORE., doesn't propose to be pestered by "wobblles." Learning Learn-ing that thoupunds of numbers of the Industrial Workers of the World were gathering there to participate In the waterfront strike, the city council appropriated ap-propriated funds for a lot of extra po- attorney general may be modified. Mr. Hughes' note to Great Rrltaln, fuggesting extension of the right of search dcult especially with liquor-smuggling liquor-smuggling operations. In reply, Ambassador Am-bassador Geddes said his government was doing and would do all It could to prevent such smuggling, but that It has consistently opposed any extension of the limit of territorial waters and "do not feel that they can properly acquiesce, ac-quiesce, In order to meet a temporary emergency, In the abandonment of a principle to which they attach great Importance, THOUSANDS of former service men spent last week In New Orleans, taking port In the fourth annual convention con-vention of the American Legion, nnd they hod as guests a number of much-decorated much-decorated heroes from the uilled nations na-tions nnd some distinguished American civilians. It was a lively gathering anil woke up the old Crescent city. Moreover, it did and snld and heard some things that nre likely to have effect ef-fect on governlnental and congressional congression-al action. Naturally the bonus, or, as the legfon members prefer to call It, the adjusted ccmrwtlon, came In for much illscusshm. This wits very onesided, one-sided, however, for the organization as a whole was decidedly In favor of the bonus, and a resolution, strongly worded, word-ed, wss sdopted declaring that the men who fought the war were tfhderpald and thnt there should be on adjustment. adjust-ment. Frmer Judge Landlx, In a fiery speech, upheld this view ami wns wildly wild-ly cheered. Col. A. A. Sprague, chairman of the legion's rehabilitation commission, submitted sub-mitted a report severely criticizing the government's achievements In that line to date and excoriating Individual congressmen con-gressmen and senators. "The story of hospltnl cirtistructlon by the government govern-ment up to date," the report declared, "Judging by actual results. Is a tragedy for the sick, n discredit to the government govern-ment and an affront to the American Legion. There Is not a redeeming feature fea-ture In It politics, promises, plans, failure to prepare anything but alibis In advance, red tape, excuses nnd contentions con-tentions conspired to defeat the actual providing of r.ceded beds." President Harding's delay In the matter of pinning co-openulve committees commit-tees on rehabilitation tu various districts dis-tricts was the subject . comment Thursday the cunventiou after an exciting delmte adopted n resolution demanding the removal from office of General Sawyer, ro-crdinstor of the federal hospitalization bocrd. The vote wns 001 to IlTl On Wednesday the to; r.r.d their parade, rnd if was a big one. Some ten thousand oi them were In ilnr nnd they hnd 23 military hands. 2:5 drum corps, lots of tiiidtri nnd Hosts mid Mays and standards, !!!. above tl.ein circled two squadroiiS of nil ph'.nen and tn!:ti- seaplanes. Gct'crnl I'er'diiru: arri.cd In New Orleans ii Tlmrsday and whk given a rousing weleo;r,e. Ir was said lie was particularly pleaded with the report re-port of the military affwlrs committee, adopted by tho convention, calling for the drafting of Industry and lubor in the event of war. One of i lie distinguished guest of the convention vwis to huve been Col. C. II, Forbes, director o the federal veterans' bureau. lie went, with his staff, but departed almost at onre, be-eause, be-eause, according to report, the supporters support-ers of one of the candidates for the position of national commander charged thgt he wus sent flute by President Taring to play politics. On psrty. and. If elected, choose a conservative con-servative premier. This actlevi was taken against the protests of Austen Chamberlain, their leader, and In accordance ac-cordance with the advice of A. Kor.nr Law, hitherto a staunch supporter of Lloyd George. It was precipitated by an election In Wales which wns won, surprisingly, by the -Mnserviiflve er.u-dldnte. er.u-dldnte. At Mils writing It Is not certain that B'nr I-aw will attempt to form a ministry, but he nmhahly will do so. and If Is taken for granted that all Its members will M conservatives except ex-cept Lord Grey. wi0 will be ofTercd the post 'of minister for foreign affairs. af-fairs. The life of this uiinistry un-Joubtedly un-Joubtedly will be short. As Is snld nbew Lloyd George has not qnlt the fight. He delivered d hot tpeech nt Ieods Saturday nnr! several others oi his way there, and mode it plain thnt lie won't "'take his punlsh- Uce and the mayor ordered Immediate raids. Between two and three hundred hun-dred men were arrested and held on charges of vagrancy. It was said the I. W. W. pluu contemplated the swannlng of 23,000 members of the or-pnnlzntlon or-pnnlzntlon to Portland an other Pacific Pa-cific ecu st points. WORLD'S records went by the boards. Irt the ovlat'on races uf Mount Clernuis, Mich. Lieut. It. I, Mn:ighan of the army won tln PuMtzei trowhy, and later set a new si.eed record rec-ord of 2'S fi i:l! an hen.- 'th the si.mo plane. This was not considered cfuch.i. lieoni'f no official of the Federation Fed-eration Acroritiultque Internationale was on onf. but later (Sen. William Mitchell, ussl'-tai'.r chief of the army air service, took the sate machine and drove It nt a speed of It4.or miles un hour before official observers. Our Jack with dirigibles continues bad. I.ust v. ok the big army balloon ;;!, which hud tnud the trip from coast to eout, was destroyed ut Sun Antonio. Tex,, on Its return Journey, While being taken fnm the hangar ! was f;t ruck by a high v!ud and its gaf bag was ripped. Explosion and tiro resulted. Several members of t.- crew were Injured, but ull esrapnc diath, ment lying down." IP; has the nucleus nu-cleus of n ,.jw and strong party in such conservative leaders n Lord Balfour. Bal-four. Austen Chaiiiherinln, Lord P,!r- l-enhetid. TVortWngton Mckix and oth-; oth-; era who l.ve .-dnod by liii-i U thN i crisis. It '"l be :i f'iirt.v of niod-! niod-! rntes and I .iy lm culleil J.e cen'rr or national party. J.NCI.K SAM tn the r-se pn.hiht-flon pn.hiht-flon enforcer Is not tun. tig things nil his own way on tt" ".e-i. Federal Judge Lent nod Hand In New York, after bearing Arguments In rhc suit brought by foreign and Amrienn. shipping ship-ping companies to njd flic United States government from enforc'itg the ruling of Attorney General Daugherty. reserved his decision and extended the temporary restraining order. The British Brit-ish government bus rejected thu proposal pro-posal of Secretary Knghes for a treuty to extend the right of search of vessels ves-sels up to twelve miles off shore, and Uas formally protested against the ' ., , - . t |