THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1921
BRITAIN ID
ERIN
SIGN FORMAL PACT
Oath to Be Faithful to King Is
Required.
APPROVAL IS NEEDED
Sinn Fein and English Governing
Bodies Kxpected to Accept.
Lister Doubted.
(Contlnned From Firm Page.)
government in the nouse of commons
and of the unionist party, speaking at
Birmingham tonight expressed the
conviction that before Christmas
peace and good will would be estab
lished. Immediately after the signing of
the treaty, which took place at 2:30
A. St., a messenger was started post
haste for Belfast as Lloyd George had
promised Sir James Craig. Ulster pre
mier, that either new proposals would
be In his hands by Tuesday or the ne
gotiations would be finished.
Slgnins I In Historic Room.
The signing took place In the his
toric cabinet room, the premier and
Arthur Griffith being the first to
sign, after which all the members
hook hands all around.
Today the atmosphere at Downing
street was most cheerful. The? Irish
delegates are returning home fully
satisfied with the result of the nego
tiations. They expect some opposi
tion in the Dall Eireann but they
have little apprehension as to the
outcome.
In. the first place their free state
Is acknowledged by the government,
which will go a long way with the
rank and file among the Sinn Felners.
In the next place Mr. Lloyd George.
Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith
are given the greatest credit for the
uccess of the conference, though the
premier had the loyal support of
Austen Chamberlain and Lord Blrk
n ead.
Mnn Fein Chiefs Moderate.
The two chief Sinn Fein negotiators
came here with the reputation of be
ing bitterly opposed to any agreement
with England, they turned out to be
more moderate than their colleagues,
Robert Barton, who la an English
man, and G. G. Duffy, who has prac
ticed at the English bar.
Lieutenant-Commander Ersklne
Chllders and John Cgartrcs, English
ex-service men attached to the Irish
delegation, were said to have been
more Insistent In their demands for
south Ireland than either Mr. Collins
or Mr. Griffith, who were supported
by E. J. Duggan, and with Barton
and Duffy were opposed to submit
ting the government's previous terms,
which were taken to Dublin last
week, to the decision of Dall Eireann
cabinet.
Sir James Craig received the terms
of the agreement while the northern
parliament was In session this after
noon, but decided not to break the
seal until the cabinet met In the even
ing. Annex In Attached.
An annex Is attached to the treaty.
Clause 1 specifies that admiralty
property and rights at the dockyard
port of Bcrehaven are to be retained
as at present and the harbor defenses
and facilities for coastal defense by
air at Queenstown, Belfast, Lough
and Loughswllly are to remain under
British care, provision' also being
made for oil, fuel and storage.
Clause 2 provides that a convention
hall be made between the two gov
ernments to give effect to the fol
lowing conditions:
That submarine cables shall not be
landed or wireless stations for com
munication with places outside of
Ireland established except by agree
ment with the British government;
that existing cable rights and wire
less concessions shall not be with
drawn except by agreement with the
British government, and that the Brit
ish government shall be entitled to
land additional submarine cables or
establish additional wireless stations
for communication with places out
aide of Ireland: that lighthouses,
buoys, beacons, etc., shall be main
tained by the' Irish government and
not be removed or adcted except by
agreement with the British govern
ment; that war signal stations shall
be closed and left In charge of care
takers and maintenance parties, the
government of the Irish free state
being offered the option of taking
them over and working them for
commercial purposes, subject to ad
miralty Inspection and guaranteeing
the upkeep of telegraphic communica
tion therewith.
Convention la Required
Clause 2 provides that a convention
mall be made between these two gov
ernments for the regulation of olvil
communication by air.
The king's message to Lloyd George
aid:
"I am overjoyed to hear the splen
did news. I congratulate you with all
jny heart on the successful termina
tion of these difficult and protracted
negotiations, which is due to the pa
tience and conciliatory spirit whlcb
you have shown throughout, and I
am Indeed happy in some small way
to have contributed by my speech In
Belfast to this great achievement."
The agreement follows:
Article I.
"Ireland shall have the same con
stitutional status In the community
or nations known as the British em
pire as the dominion of Canada, the
commonwealth of Australia, the do
minion of New Zealand and the union
of South Africa, with a parliament
having powers to make laws for
j.eace and order and good government
in Ireland and an executive respon
sible to that parliament and shall be
styled and known as the Irish Free
State.
Artlrle II.
"Subject to provisions hereinafter
Set out, the position of the Irish
Free State in relation to the imperial
parliament. the government, and
otherwise shall be that of the do
minion of Canada and the law, prac
tice and constitutional usage gov
erning the relationship of the crown
or representative of the crown and
the Imperial parliament to the do
minion of Canada shall govern their
relationship to the Irish Free State."
Article III.
Article t provides that "a repre
sentative of the crown. In Ireland,
ahall be appointed In like manner
as the governor-general of Cnnada
and in accordance with the practice
observed in making such appoint
ments." Article IV.
Article IV provides that the oaths
to be taken by the member! of the
parliament of the Irish free state .shall
be in the following form:
"I do solemnly swear true faith
and allegiance to the conatltution of
t Irish free state as by law es
tablished and that I will be faithful
to his majesty. King George V and
his heirs and successors by law. In
.virtue of the common citizenship of
Ireland with Great Britain and her
adherence to and membership of the
group of nations forming the British
commonwealth of nations."
Article V.
"The Irish free state shall assume
liability for service of the public debt
of the United Kingdom as existing at
the date thereof and towards payment
of war pensions as existing on that
date in such proportion as may be
fair and equitable, having regard for
any Just claims on the part of, Ire
land by way of set off or counter
claim, the amount of such sums being
determined, in default of agreement,
by arbitration by one or more inde
pendent persons being citizens of the
British empire."
Article VI.
"Until an arrangement has been
made between the British and Irish
governments whereby the Irish free
state undertakes her own coast de
fense, defense by sea of Great Britain
and Ireland shall be undertaken by
his majesty's Imperial forces but this
shall not prevent the construction or
maintenance by the government of
the Irish free state of such vessels
as are necessary for the protection
of the revenue or the fisheries. The
foregoing provisions of this artlsle
shall be reviewed at a conference of
representatives of the British and
Irish governments to be held at the
expiration of five years from the date
hereof with a view to the undertak
ing by Ireland of a share In her own
coastal defense."
Article VII.
"The government of the Irish free
state shall afford to his majesty's lm
perlal force (A) in time of peace such
harbor and other facilities-as are in
dicated in the annex hereto, or such
other facilities as may from time to
time be agreed between the British
government and the government of
the Irish free state, and (B) in time
of war or of strained relations with
a foreign power such harbor and
other facilities as the British govern
ment may require for the purpose of
such defense, as aforesaid.
Article VIII.
"With a view to securing observ
ance of the principle of International
limitation of armament. If the gov
ernment of the Irish free state estab
lishes and maintains a military de
fense force the establishment thereof
shall not exceed in size such propor
tion of the military establishments
maintained In Great Britain. Ws that
which the population of Ireland bears
to the population of Great Britain."
Article IX.
"The ports of Great Britain and the
Irish free state shall be freely open
to the shipa of the other country on
the payment of the customary port
and other dues.
Article X.
"The government of the Irish free
state agrees to pay fair compensation,
on terms not less favorable than those
accorded by the act of 1920, to Judges,
officials, members of police forces
and other public servants who are
discharged by It or who retire In con
sequence of the chane of govern
ment effected In pursuance of the
hereof paragraph:
"Provided that this agreement shall
not apply to members of the auxiliary
police force or persons recruited In
Great Britain for the royal Irish con
stabulary during the two years next
preceding the date hereof. The Brit
ish government will assume respon
sibility for such compensations of
pensions a'j may be payable to any of
these excepted persons.
Article M.
"Until the expiration of one month
from the passing of the act of par
liament for the ratification of this
instrument the powers of the parlia
ment and the government of the Irish
free state shall not be exercisable as
respects northern Ireland and the
provisions of the government of Ire
land act of 1920 shall so far as they
relate to northern Ireland remain on
full force and effect and no election
shall be held for the return of mem
bers to serve In the parliament of the
Irish free state for the constituencies
of northern Ireland unless a resolu
tion is adopted by both houses of par
liament of northern Ireland in favor
of holding such elections before the
end of said month.
Article XII.
"If. before the expiration of said
month, an address Is presented to his
majesty by both houses of parlia
ment of Northern Ireland to that ef
fect, the powers of the parliament
and government of the Irish free
state shall no longer extend to North
ern Ireland, and the provisions of the
government of Ireland act of 1920
(including those relating to the coun
cil of Ireland) shall, so far as they
relate to northern Ireland, continue
to be of full force and effect, and
this instrument shall have effected,
subject to the necessary modifica
tions: "Provided, That if such an addTess
is so presented, a commission con
sisting of three persons, one to be
appointed by the government of the
Irish tree state, one to be appointed
by the government of Northern Ire
land and one, who shall be chairman,
to be appointed by the British gov
ernment, shall determine, in accord
ance with the wishes of the inhabi
tants, so far as may be compatible
with economic and geographic con
ditions, the boundaries between
northern Ireland and the rest of Ire
land, and for the purposes of the
government of Ireland act of 1920
and of this instrument, the boundary
of northern Ireland shall be such as
may be determined by such commission-Article
XIII.
"For the purpose of the last fore
going article the powers of the par
liament of southern Ireland under the
government of Ireland act of 1920 to
elect members of the council of Ire
land, shall after the parliament of
the Irish free state is constituted be
exercised by that parliament.
Article XIV.
"After expiration of said month, If
no such address as mentioned In arti
cle XII hereof is presented, the par
liament of the government of north
ern Ireland shall continue to exer
cise as respects northern Ireland the
powers conferred on them by the gov
ernment of Ireland act of 1920. but
the parliament of the government of
the Irish free state shall, in northern
Ireland, have In relation to matters,
in respect of which the parliament
of northern Ireland has not the power
to make laws under that act (includ
ing matters which, under said act,
are within the jurisdiction of the
council of Ireland) the same powers
as in the rest of Ireland, subject to
such other provisions as may be
agreed to in the manner hereinafter
appearing.
Article XV.
"At any time after the date hereof
the government of northern Ireland
and the provisional government of
southern Ireland, hereinafter consti
tuted, may meet for discussing pro
visions, subject to which the last of
the foregoing article is to operate in
the event of no such address as is
therein mentioned being presented,
and these provisions may include (a)
safeguards with regard to patronage
in northern Ireland; (b) safeguards
with regard to the collection of rev
enue In northern Ireland; (c) safe
guards with regard to import and ex
port duties .affecting the trade and
Industry of northern Ireland: (d)
safeguards for the minorities In
northern Ireland; (e) settlement of
financial relations between northern
Ireland and the Irish free state; (f)
establishment and powers of a local
militia in northern Ireland and the
relation of the defense forces of the
Irish free state and of northern Ire
land, respectively, and If at any auch
meeting provisions sure agreed to. U
same shall have effect as if they were
Included amongst provisions subject
to which the powers of parliament
and of the government of the Irish
free state are to be exercisable In
northern Ireland under article 14
hereof.
Article XVI.
"Neither the parliament of the Irish
free state nor the parliament of north
ern Ireland ahall make any law as
either directly or indirectly to endow
any religion or prohibit or restrict
the free exercise thereof, or give any
preference or impose any disability
on the account of religious belief or
religious status or affect prejudicial
ly the right of any child to attend
school receiving public money with
out attending the religious instruc
tion of the school, or make any dis
crimination as respects state aid be
tween schools under the management
of the different religious denomina
tions or divert from any religious de
nomination or any educational in
stitution any of its property except
for public utility purposes and on the
payment of compensation.
Article XVII.
"By way of provisional arrange
ment for the administration of south
ern Ireland during the interval be
tween the date hereof and the con
stitution of a parliament and a gov
ernment of the Irish free state in ac
cordance therewith, steps shall be
taken forthwith for summoning a
meeting for summoning members of
parliament elected for constituencies
In southern Ireland since the passing
of the government of Ireland act in
1920, and for constituting a provi
sional government. And the British
government shall take steps neces
sary to transfer to such provisional
government ' the powers and ma
chinery requisite for the discharge of
Its duties, provided every member of
such provisional government shall
have signified In writing his or her
acceptance of the instrument. But
this arrangement shall not continue
in force beyond the expiration of 12
months.
Article XVIII.
"This Instrument shall be submitted
forthwith by his majesty's govern
ment for the approval of parliament
and by the Irish signatories to a
meeting summoned for the purpose of
members elected to sit in the house of
oommons of southern Ireland, and if
approved, It shall Be ratified by the
necessary legislation.
"Signed on behalf of the British
delegation:
"Lloyd George.
"Austen Chamberlm.
"Birkenhead.
".Winston Churchill.
"Wort hlngton-E vans.
"Hamar Greenwood.
"Gordon Hewart.
"On behalf of the Irish delegation:
"Art of Grlobhtha (Arthur Grif
fith). Michael O. O. Sllain (Michael Col
lins). '
"Rlobard Bartun Robert C. Bar
ton). "E. S. Dugan (Eamonn J. Dugan).
'iSeorsa Ghabgain Ul Dhublthaigh
(George Gaven Duffy).
"Dated the sixth of December,
1921. "
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FREE STATE
IS BORN OF PARLEY
Equality to Other Colonies Is
Gcanted.
MOVE HELD EPOCHAL
SESSION IS NEXT WEDNESDAY
Lloyd George Abandons Intention
lo Visit Washington.
LONDON, Dec. 6. (By the Asso
ciated Press) The British parlia
ment will meet Wednesday, Decem
ber It. for a session limited exclu
sively to the Irish settlement ques
tion, it was officially announced to
night. King George will apen the
parliament In state.
Prime Minister Lloyd George has
abandoned his Intention to visit
Washington owing to the early meet
lng of parliament to act on the Irish
settlement. It was stated this afternoon.
BANK MAY BE REOPENED
State Superintendent Declares
Jordan Valley Assets Good.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 6. (Special.) Ths
bank of Jordan Valley, which was
Closed this morning because of its
inability to liquidate as rapidly as
had been expected, probably will be
reopened for business within the next
few days, according to Frank Brara-
"well, state superintendent of banks.
The bank was closed by the board
of directors. Mr. Bramwell said to
day that he had been In touch with
the affairs of the depository for sev
eral weeks and had found that the
institution had approximately $200,000
or cattle raisers paper minm ib
eligible for acceptance as collateral by
the war finance corporation.
The percentage of estimated losses
on paper now In the bank is small.
Mr. Bramwell saia. wnen comparea
with the total resources.
ARMY CADETS SELECTED
Ashland and Marshfleld Guards
men Recommended for West Point.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 6. (Special.)
Harold R. Clary, first company, coast
artillery corps, Ashland, and Haroia
C Savage, private, first class, Second
company, coast artillery corps, Marsh
fleld, have been recommended by
Governor Olcott for appointment to
the United States Military academy
at West Point. This announcement
was made here today by George A.
White, adjutant-general.
The two alternates are Fay M.
Bragg, corporal, separate company A,
Infantry, Medford, and James V. Van
Winkle, private. Fifth company, coast
artillery, Albany.
Final examinations for the appli
cants will be held in Salem several
months hence. These examinations
will be conducted by the government.
VETERANS TO HOLD JOBS
Ex-Servlce Men and Women With
"Good" Rating Are Sequred.
H!T.i.rvl.A man anrl toawij,. ... 1 1 1
ment jobs as long ts they are rated
rrA" Kv thn K ,, . ,,
according to an Interpretation of the
law by Attorney-General Daugherty,
which reached department headquar
ters of the American Legion in Port
land yesterday. The ruling affects
25,000 employes who served during
By executive order. President Hard-
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Ratification of Frontiers Is De
clared Essential Share of
England's Debt Assumed.
BIRMINGHAM, England, Dec. 6.
(By the Associated Press.) Ireland
hereafter will be known officially as
"The Irish Free State," under the
agreement reacned at last night's
London nnnfp.rriv it was announced
by Lord Chancellor Birkenhead in 3n
address here today.
"With one single Important reser
vation." declared Lord Birkenhead,
"we place Ireland and I shall define
Ireland in a moment precisely in the
position of Canada. Australia, New
Zealand and South Africa. There Is
no power, subject to the reservation
which I shall indicate, that is given
to any one of these great self-governing
dominions that we shall not
equally concede to the state which
Is to be created."
Negotiations Are Reviewed.
Referring to the negotiations. Lord
Birkenhead remarked:
"One of the Irish delegates said
across the conference table: 'You
cannot quite dismiss us and our
claims and our history in that way.
We, too, are an ancient parent state,
and we have through the centuries
flung our sons and our settlers Into
every corner of the habitable civil
ized globe.' "
In discussing the financial phases of
the agreement he said:
"In matters of finance there again
the parliament to be set up is supremo
in It's own house. They (the Irish
delegates) have recognized that It is
necessary to strike a balance between
this country and Ireland in financial
matters.
Part of Debt to Be Paid.
"On such a balance being struck,
they shall pay us a due proportion,
having regard for any set-off or
counter claim they may think proper
to put forward a due proportion of
our national debt and our expenditure
on war. The amount of this will bo
determined by arbitrators to be cho
sen from among the citizens of this
country and who, it is hoped, will in
clude a distinguished colonial judge.
"Represenattives from Sinn Fein
are prepared to recommend to the
Dall Eireann that the newly consti
tuted Irish Free State shall not
merely make a treaty of association
with the British empire, but shall en
ter Into the British empire for all
purposes. The fidelity of the Irish
Free State to be constituted will be
declared in plain language, in the con
stitution as created by this instru
ment, to the commonwealth of na
tions and to King George.
Dall to Be Summoned.
"The Dail will bo summoned at an
early date and the terms will be
placed before them. The terms will
be placed before both houses of par
liament in the new year.
"If they do not assent, the people
of England will hae an early oppor
tunity of deciding."
Ho said one must face the contin
gency that Ulster "might say she was
not prepared to send representatives
to the all-Ireland parliament. If this
was Ulsters' attitude, It was the atti
tude which, under the instrument
agreed to, she would be entitled to
maintain, and would be protected In
mantainlng it. He said the scheme
agreed upon gave free option to Ul
ster. If. within a month of the pass
ing of the statute, Ulster determined
she would retain her existing powers,
she should retain them. If, equally,
she elected to retain her membership
in the British house of commons, that
decision would be respected.
Guarantees Are Given.
He declared the Sinn Fein
given reasonable guarantees fo
tectlon of the minority in South Ire
land.
"There is only one reservation to be
made." he said. "If Ulster decides to
stand side by side with England, we
are committed in one respect to a
modification of the parliamentary ar
rangements of a year ago. There
must be a ratification of frontiers.
We do not propose to interfere with
the arrangements of countries. It is
proposed a boundary commission
should examine into the boundary
line with a view to rendering im
provement of the boundary. It might
be rectified on one side or the other.
It Is not an artificial boundary, but
one which could be worked out with
inflpite flexibility."
Lord Birkenhead, characterized the
epoch making agreement as a docu
ment representing a sane and reason
able settlement. He made an Inter
esting historical reference to the
place where the Irish agreement was
signed.
"In the same room At No. 10 Down
ing street, which witnessed the loss
of the American colonies and the
most momentous decisions in the
great war, a new phase in Great
Britain's history has been entered,"
he said.
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MOVE PRAISED BY POPE
Great Satisfaction Is Expressed
Over Irish Agreement.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dee. 6. (By
the Associated Press.) Pope Bene
dict, a message from Rome today
said, expressed great satisfaction on
learning that an agreement had been
reached by the British and Sinn Fein
delegates, affording a basis for set
tlement of the Irish question.
In outlining the general terms of
the agreement, the lord chancellor
aid:
"We propose In the first place, that
within the area of Southern Ireland
we shall make those who beyond all
question -within that area at this mo
ment are entitled to speak for the
overwhelming majority of the popu
lation, masters In their own house."
Lord Birkenhead said the parlia
ment to be set up would be supreme
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In its own domain in matters of
finance, but that arbitrators would
determine the amount to be assumed
by Ireland as her proportion of the
national debt and war expenses.
AID BY MR. GLYNN REVEALED
Part of New York ex-Governor in
Conferences Announced.
ALBANY, N. Y.. Dec. 6. The part
played by M. H. Glynn, ex-governor,
and of Albany, In arranging confer
ences which led to the agreement in
the Irish peace negotiations was dis
closed by Mr. Glynn tonight.
He said that while In London last
April he was honored by Lloyd
George In extending an Invitation to
Mr. De Valera to come to London to
discuss the Irish question.
"That invitation." he said, "led to
the meetings between the premier of
England and President de Valera
which have brought about this settle
ment. "My work started In Rome with
Bishop Manntx of Australia and
others. Bishop Mannix and I also
were together in London and worked
together there. Archbishop Hayes of
New York did great work for the
cause In Rome.'
AGREEMENT BIG SURPRISE
No Display of Jubilation Made in
Dublin, However,
DUBLIN, Dec. 6. (By the Associ
ated Press.) The first intimation
that an agreement had been reached
in the Irish peace negotiations came
to Dublin through morning newspa
pers as a great surprise.
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latlon, but evidence of the people's
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reiiei was hiluiucu uy iuc
with which every edition of the news
papers was snapped up by eager
readers.
MURDER TIPS RUN DOWN
Threatening Letter Causes Specula
tion in Yoder Case.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 6. (Special.)
Whether the arrest of James Abra
ham. 17, of Woodburn. on a charge
or sending a threatening letter to Roy
Yoder, will throw any light on the
mystery1 surrounding the murder of
Simon Yoder, Woodburn garage op
erator, a year ago, is a matter of
speculation, according to Oscar
Bower, sheriff of Marion county.
Mr. Bower said he had been work
ing on the Yoder murder case for
several months, and that he had in
terviewed a number of persons who
had been reported as having some
knowledge of the affair. In each in
stance. Sheriff Bower said, the leads
had little, if any, bearing on the mur
der. John Carson, district attorney, went
to Oregon City two weeks ago. where
he questioned a young woman who
was alleged to have made statements
Indicating that she had knowledge of
Mr. Yoder's slayer. The district at
torney, upon his return here, said the
purported statements of the young
woman had been exaggerated, and
were not of sufficient importance to
continue the investigation.
SHORT SESSiON FAVORED
Senators Vinton and Joseph Give
Views on Legislature.
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 6. (Special.)
W. T. Vinton, senator from Polk and
Yamhill counties, and George Joseph,
senator from Multnomah county, fa
vor a brief session of the legislature
when called into special assembly
here December 19.
"There Is no valid reason why the
legislature should remain In session
more than four or five days," Senator
Joseph said. "The call revolves
around two Important matters and
these should be considered and dis
posed of without any unnecessary
delay."
Senator Vinton also expressed the
view that a short session of the legis
lature would suffice to consider all
important matters needing attention
at this time. To prolong the session,
he said, would create unnecessary ex
pense and result in no benefits to tbe
taxpayers.
Street Improvement Dlseaaaed.
CANBY, Or.. Dec. 6. (Special.) At
a regular meeting of the city council
held In the city hall yesterday eve
ning, the recent street Improvement
occupied considerable time In discus
sion. It wis decided to take up this
matter again at a meeting to be held
tomorrow evening. At this meeting
M. J. Lee will also present his electric
light proposition.
Northwest Miners to Meet.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 6. Ths an
nual northwest mining convention
will be held in Spokane February 14
to 18, according to an announcement
made today by Secretary Frank C.
Bailey.
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BILLS ARE APPROVED
President's Indorsement Is Taken
as Applying to McNary and
Smith Proposals.
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REAU. Washington, D. C. Dec. 6.
President Harding said the words In
his message today which western sen
ators and representatives declare
mean the early and ultimate recla
mation of all of the arid lands of the
west. In the same breath he asserted
the necessity for extending reclama
tion to the south wnere millions of
acres only await drainage to be made
tillable and productive.
The president's indorsement of the
plan to develop tne west and the
south was given as an Intended ap
proval of the bills now pending In
senate and nouse, introduced by Sena
tor McNary of Oregon and Represent
ative Smith of Idaho. These bills
provide for advancement to the rec
lamation fund over a period of years
of $360,000,000 which by a revolving
process may be used many times be
fore repayment to the government is
required.
Annual Report la Made.
Simultaneous with the president's
Indorsement of a broader national
reclamation policy. Secretary of In
terior Fall submitted his annual re
port to congress. In which he devoted
pages to a plea for more Irrigation In
the west. Mr. Fall told in his report
something of what he saw during his
visit last summer to most of the
great Irrigation projects of the west
and answered those in the older east
ern states who oppose federal aid in
reclaiming western lands.
He pointed out that the older states
of the east received In their earlier
history several millions of dollars
from the .sale of their public lands
which they have never been required
to repay. He said that the money
which the federal government Is ad
vancing to reclaim the west is being
repaid.
Westerners Are Enthusiastic.
All of the western senators and rep
resentatives were enthusiastic over
the president's reclamation boost.
Senator McNary of Oregon, chairman
of the senate committee on reclama
tion, and Senator Polndexter of Wash
ington, especially were loud in their
praise of Mr. Harding's bold assert
iveness. "I was greatly delighted by the
reference the president made In nis
message with regard to the develop
ment of agriculture and for provid
ing homes for ev-servlce men through
reclamation by Irrigation and drain
age," said Senator McNary. The sen
ator continued:
"The message forcibly comments
the bill now pending which I Intro
duced prior to the extra session. Th3
president fully sanctions It in prin
ciple' and a great good will be ac
complished by Its enactment 'nto law
The president's position materially
weakens the opposition to the meas
ure and, In my opinion, assures Its
passage In the present session of con
gress." Senator Polndexter aald:
"The president's strong declaration
In favor of an active and enlarged
reclamation policy will give a power
ful support to this vital movement. I
hope It will be taken advantage of
and utilized to Becure early appro
priations for the purpose. There is
mch a conflict and rivalry between
committees and individuals in both
houses of congress that action has
been unduly delayed and the presi
dent's Influence, powerful as It Is,
ought to result In an agreement for
prompt action."
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