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...town of Repelen, near the Dutch border, decided to impose a tax of 2,000 marks a month upon all bachelors over the age of 18. Young men were to be allowed an abatement of 25% if they were between the ages of 18 and 23. Those with little or no income were to be given immunity. The Federal authorities however, were quick to prick this Repelen bubble. They declared that the question of income tax was a matter for the Federal Finance Ministry in Berlin...
...last week's deliberation was the diplomatic duel over Syria. Ismet Pasha, a small shrewd-looking man, with a smile and courtly manners, and a reputation for diplomatic skill, lives right up to all his name means. His frank statement that the Turkish troops now on the Syrian border were sent there to " drive a hard bargain with the French" can only mean one of two things-bluff or business. The situation is extremely delicate and might lead to war between France and Turkey on the smallest inadvertent provocation by local troops. Neither Turkey nor France can afford...
...like magnitude. Georgia, the State worst hit, is said to have lost 32,000 of her Negro farm population; South Carolina, 22,750; Alabama more than 20,000; Arkansas, 15,000. These figures would be even greater if we knew accurately how many Negroes had left the towns. The border States were immune for a while, but are now joining the movement...
...also informed Ismet Pasha that France is prepared to send two divisions (or more if necessary) to Syria. At the same time as General Pelle was making French policy clear to Ismet Pasha a Turkish member was explaining to the press that Turkey had sent troops to the Syrian border " because deeds were better than words...
...warn Mustapha Kemal Pasha who has massed troops on the Syrian-Turkish border, and who, it is feared, will use them as a lever to exert pressure at the Lausanne Conference...