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Saar Dispute. The British withdrew their request for an investigation by the League of the Saar Valley regime. It is understood that the Saar Valley Government (principally French) agrees to modify its attitude toward suspension of newspapers and arrests of men found to be fomenting strikes...
...first to take a kick at the ball. In its anti-entanglement ardor it declared that the Allies were attempting to " bilk " the United States out of payment for our Rhine Army bill (TIME, June 4). The State Department felt itself embarrassed and at its request the National Committee withdrew its article...
Russia gave assurances that she would not interfere with British shipping pending the decision of an International Conference to decide definitely the extent of territorial waters. She offered adequate compensation for British subjects killed in Russia and withdrew the offensive letters, and gave way on the anti-propaganda question, which threatened to wreck the peace...
Died. Joseph Wingate Folk, 53, former Governor of Missouri, of cerebral hemorrhage, in Manhattan. His aggressive record as Governor made him a candidate for the Demo-cratic nomination for the Presidency in 1912, but he withdrew in favor of the late Champ Clark...
...face for him on his Ruhr policy. He marched to the Elysee, official residence of the French Presidents at Paris, interrupted an important dinner party, tendered his resignation. M. Millerand, however, refused to accept it, stating that the issue involved was not political but juridical. Poincare then withdrew his proffered resignation...