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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1922
Page
2
Edward W. Pickard writes on Baldwin’s cabinet choices and Curzon remaining foreign secretary, noting Laborites’ influence and potential reshuffles. He discusses Curzon’s replaceability, Lord Robert Cecil’s possible post, and implications for international relations and the Ruhr crisis.
Greece and Turkey stand firm over reparations and territorial demands along the Maritza. Ismet Pasha seeks Britain’s stance as both sides brace for potential hostilities, with Greek forces massing in Thrace and Turkish troops ready to strike toward Constantinople.
Prone Bonar Law resigns due to health, a sudden move that unsettles the Conservative party and risks party split. Two main contenders emerge Lord Curzon and Stanley Baldwin with Curzon facing a parliamentary hurdle as he sits in the House of Lords and Labour holds no peer representation.
A week earlier Washington reports the Soviet government sent a note to Lord Curzon outlining near full compliance with British demands. The note argues a rupture would threaten global peace by enabling militarist blocs, and shows Prime Minister Baldwin’s comparatively warmer view of the Soviets than Curzon's.
Reports from Europe describe communist strikes in Gelsen kirchen and Dortmund against food costs as Paris claims Moscow funds and Swiss francs fueled the unrest. In China, fourteen foreigners including six Americans remain captive near Suchow, with no government or powers securing their release, while Majors Pinger and Allen and Lee Solomon are held on a mountain summit.
The Presbyterian general assembly in Indianapolis saw William Jennings Bryan and fellow fundamentalists press a fight against liberalism. Bryan, unsuccessful in moderator election, remained active in debates and pressed a Darwinian evolution resolution.
Justice Day resigned as umpire of the American German mixed claims commission. Judge EOD Parker was named to succeed him. U S war claims against Germany amount to about 1.5 million dollars, led by a large claim from the United States government. Individual Lusitania sinking claims total 22.8 million dollars and were the first handled by the commission.
Delegates from major countries meet in Lamburg to form a new Socialists Internationale of the World uniting the Vienna and Second Internationals. Radical dissenters from Russia and the Baltic states are excluded. America is represented by Victor Berger and others. In New York the Socialist Party rejects a national labor party coalition while pursuing independent progressive political action. Attacks erupt against Italian Fascisti in both Hamburg and New York as Fascists face internal Naples resignations.
E. W. Hooper was re elected chairman of the United States railway labor board last Wednesday. Voluntary wage increases aggregating several hundred thousand dollars annually were reported to the board by many roads. The Pennsylvania system increased the wages of 55,000 shopmen by about 4 000 000 dollars annually.
An international banking group led by J. P. Morgan & Co. in the United States has arranged with the Mexican government a plan to adjust the Mexican public debt. American and Mexican commissioners negotiating the resumption of diplomatic relations are making good progress but face a likely month more of work.
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