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...naval reserve oil scandals (TIME, Feb. 4 et seq.) came to a head many weeks ago when the Senate Public Lands Committee discovered that ex-Secretary of the Interior Fall had received an unsecured loan of $100,000 from Edward L. Doheny about a year before Naval Reserve No. 1 was leased to one of Mr. Doheny's companies. Since then nothing of equal importance has come to light. The investigation has wandered far afield digging up new tidbits to set scandalous tongues wagging for another day, after which a new name or new names were discovered...
...Paris Chamber of Commerce, Alexandre Millerand, President of the Republic, declared that the Government would not borrow any more money, would undertake no further expenditure without corresponding receipts. He called upon all French citizens to aid the Government by accepting the new temporary tax burdens (TIME, Feb. 18 et...
...Italian elections were announced for April 6. There are 1,354 candidates and 535 seats. Under the new electoral law (TIME, May 28 et seq.), 356 of this number will receive two-thirds of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies; the remaining 998 will battle for the remaining one-third, or 179 seats...
...Honduran Civil War (TIME, Feb. 11 et seq.) was reported to be getting worse, but no definite news was obtainable, except that at Tegucigalpa, the capital, disorders were rife and threats were made against foreigners and foreign property, even against the American Legation...
After three weeks of embittered bickerings over the Emergency Taxation Bill, which is to give the Government power to enforce taxation by decree (TIME, Feb. 18 et seq.), the Government closed discussion and the bill was passed by a majority of 136 votes. It has now to go to the Senate. It was hoped that the bill would, if passed, become law by March...