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...main obstacle to the smooth running of the Conference was Premier Herriot of France. With a vigilent Poincare and an eagle-eyed Briand watching his every step from Paris, ready to pounce upon him should he make one move that could be construed as weakening the position of France, the Premier was not exactly a free agent. Moreover the French press raved against the U. S., declared that the bankers had exceeded their right in barring sanctions, counselled Premier Herriot to return home and leave the Conference to itself. He, perforce, remained hostile to any attempt at depriving the Reparations...
...this empty noise Chancellor Marx turned a deaf ear and remained mute. It was learned, however, that either he or his henchman, Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann, would go to London if invited by the Powers assembled there. An attempt by the Parties of the Right to move a resolution of no confidence in the Government was defeated by 172 to 62 votes...
Political Revolt. The insurgent-farmer move in politics will undoubtedly be affected by the uptrend which wheat and corn prices have taken in recent weeks. September wheat went up to about $1.25 a bushel. The Department of Agriculture reports from 11 countries which last year produced 64% of the world's wheat, showed an estimate of 15% below last year's production. This, if it comes to pass, means improved prices. It means more money in the pockets of our farmers. It is a worse blow to the LaFollette ticket than any political maneuver which could be engineered...
Massachusetts seconded Governor Smith as the man "who never equivocates." The Smith howlers, mostly non-delegates, set to work again, ceasing only when Senator Walsh threatened to move the Convention elsewhere...
...Thomas, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated for the benefit of those who see in the appointment of an Irish envoy to Washington the first move toward the establishment of an Irish republic, that the Government was convinced that peace and friendship could be maintained in Ireland only by the existence of the Free State as a self-governing dominion within the British Commonwealth and in no other...