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POLK COUNTY NEVg. TRYON, N. , C . . . I ' .. - ' ) ! -I IMPORTANT flEl'JS THE WORLD OVER IMPOHTANT HAPENINGS OF THIS ANO OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN. DAYS GIVEN 1 THE NEVS OF. THE SOUTH What U Taking Place In The 8out.V ; x i land Will Be Found In " i J ' . Brief Paragraphs Domestic . William H: 'Albright; the 24-year-old slayer 'of Carlisle H. Chrsty, at' Atlan ta, Ga., on the night of January 2, this , year, is now a free man, An -? erne rgenpy , committee . on em ployment for soldiers and sailors has been organized by . the council of na- : ttonaL defense with the approval of the war and. labor departments. Gen. N. D. Forrest of -the United Confederate JVeterans announces . that Savannah has been , selected for the 1919 reunion of the veterans.: For the first time since - the signing - of the armistice -unemployment oyer . the' country shows a decrease, accord ing to department of labor reports. George B. Williams, president of the Cosmopolitan bank, reported recently '; to the police thit $36,432 had been stol- en from the vault during the night." The robbershad discovered the combirih- tlon. ,., '".'" .;' .'''',' Returns from eleven towns .which voted on the question of . issuing liquor licenses show that eight changed from dry to wet. Liquor advocates con tend that the result was a protest against the national prohibition amend . ment. - ."'., ' ' . William Jennings Bryan has issued a statement endorsing the league of nations, but suggests amendments to the: proposed- constitution which, to- gether with pther things, would pre serve specifically the Monroe doctrine, iiilarge the proportionate voting' pow er" of the " United States and " make ' it clear that "each member nation might decide for itself whether it would sup port decrees' of, the league's general council. European The. number of victims of the latest . Spartacan disturbance in Berlin is so - grea,t that it is difficult to find accom modations for the bodies in the Ber lin; morgues. , . , Recommendation that the naviga s tion of the Rhine be opened to all na tions without discrimination is made f in a report to the peace conference by the commission on the international regime of waterways, railways and ports. It is suggested that the Rhine be controlled by a commission similar to tne uanuDe commission. . - The status of the Kiel canal has been settled by the peace commission on the basis' of the freedom of use for all nations for merchant vessels or war ships in time of peace. The canal would continue under German owner ship and' operation.,, r ' A vigorous protest is made in Alba nian4 Circles against- the designation of Turkhan Pasha, Albanian premier, - and 'Mehtoed Bey, representative' of -the Albanian federation in Europe, to submit-the' claims of Albania to the peace conference. . Reports from Paris tx the effect that 'the peace treaty will provide that that Poland shall have Danzig and that a buffer state shall - be . formed along the Rhine, have stirred up the German press, 'both conservative and radical: 'Y;V 'y.".""- ri :y The German' delegates to the peace conference will be Court von Brock- - dorff-Rantzau, the foreign minister; , i)r. Eduard I David, majority socialist, ajid first president of the national asf v sembly ; Max "Warburg; Dr. Adolph Muller, minister to Switzerland ; Prof. Walter ,M. A. Schuecking, of Harburg university, and Her Geisberg, minister of posts and telegraphs in the Prus sian ministry. , Lieutenant Lemaitre, a leading "avia tor during the war, has completed a ' .ftjght from Toulouse to Casablanca on - the western coast of Morocco, a dis tance of 1,900 kilometres, approximate- ly vl,18Q:milesJ in eleven hours , actual flying time. .Louis Klotz, French minister of fin- affce, began his eagerly awaited speech J in the chamber of deputies on, the fin ancial situation by denying that .he ' had made the .statement that France had become richer since the war. . ' During the war 8,000 enemy, air . 'planes were shot down by the British air forces, while 2,800 British ma ' , chines were missing, Brigadier Gen- pral I. B. B: Seeley announced in the ' house of commons in introducing the army s air estimate of- $332,500,000. When the armistic waa signed Eng land wasy turning out 4,000 airplanes ; a month , and had 200 squadrons in, 'commission, compared to six at the ; beginning of the war. ' , ; A London- dispatch says fighting is going on in Berlin with great fury. The ' dispatch says that witnesses of the . - fighting in the last few days say both the Spartacans and; the government 'soldiers acted like wild beasts. Hos tilities in the northern and northeast ern sections of Berlin are bitter, and l it; is stated that the government troODs and the spartacan soldiers are show ing' no quarter.' . ; r:: Reports say that the celebration of mass has stopped in ; many citiea in - Russia. ;. '' j-- : .Typhoid and smallpox tare reported . t b"iKRii. ia Petrograd.V . .Emile Cottin,-the anarchist wlio re centlymade an' attempt upon, the 'life of Premier Georges Clemenceau; was sentenced "to death by the court-mar tial which tried him. I The verdict was unanimous. 1 v f President Wilson, returning to the peace conference after his trip to the United, States, has arrived in 'Paris Without any. mishap: Although the time of the president's arrival had hot been made public a great crowd gathered J at the station. 1 ' '? ' V. , ; . Washington - ' . Official advices received by the state department Xrom the Orient describe the independence movement in Korea t.s a spontaneous one v which ' had , as- samed large proportions. .No effort at o rganized resistance to Japanese au thority has been undertaken,, but dem onstrations and meetings-have , been held throughout . the country. ' President Wilson's determination to reorganize the civil service commis sion, together vwith the fact that he has askexl the resignation of two mem bers, Hermon- W. Craven and Charles M. Galloway, became., known with , the announcement at the white house of the appointment of two new commis sioners, Martin A. Wales, of Vermont. Mi. Morris was a Democratic member of the house of. representatives from 1909 to 1917. t His home is in Frank fort. Mr. Wales is a Republican and has been connected with the civil ser vice commission since 1891. . " -Decision of the war department to maintain sixteen flying iields and three balloon fields as a part of the perma nent military establishment has been announced. - 1 : . i It is announced that piere is strong probability that the president will be home ' by the latter part; of May. American workers must be given a share in the industries they help cre ate and maintain a share; not measur ed in wages, Senator Borah, next chair man of the senate labor committee, de clared! . sailor's will, closely written on an envelope and covered by two postage stamps, j was declared valid by the Nova Scotia supreme court. . Col in Wentzell, of Mahone Bay, left $2,500 in cash and his shares in a schooner to his fiancee, Miss Gladys Keddy, in the will which was written during his last voyage to the) Barbadoes. Went zell drowned on his return trip and the letter beaming his will was received in December. . ; . The British government announced in the house of.commons that the total strength of effective and non-effective British troops in the armies of occupa tion in all -war theaters amounts to 902,000 men including officers. Plans of the shipping board for the establishment in the near future of 'regular passenger and freight steam ship service between the United States and South and Central American coun tries through the use of twenty-two 12,000-ton vessels now under construc tion were disclosed by Chairman Hur ley in an addre3s at a meeting at the pan-American union of government of ficials . interested in Latin-American trade. : . ;- Possibility that the whole battle cruiser, program of the, United States' navy, involving an ; expenditure -of nearly half a billion dollars,, will be abandoned in favor of a new type of cruiser battlehip, is indicated by an announcement that Secretary Daniels has ordered suspension of work on the six 35-knot cruisers already authorized until a decision as to the future type of capital ship can be reached. There is a wide difference of opinion among United States naval officers as to whether the slow battleship and the fast 'cruiser should not give way in the future to a ship combining the power of the one and nearly the speed of the other. ; . Italy has been warned by the Ameri can government that unless she puts an end to delays in movements of relief supplies to the newly-established Jugo-Slovac and Czecho-Slovac states, steps will be taken to cut off the : flow of American i foodstuff to Italy. Italy has been depending, in large measure, on the United1 States for foodstuffs. The disintegration of Russia : and the depredations - of the central powers in Rumania cut oft European sources of wheat, so in 1918 this country shipped Italy : 1 6,000,000 bushels . and 3,000,000 barrels of flour. ;This cereal ration was supplemented by. 2,000,000 bushels of corn. 1 J Failure of congress beforfe final ad journment to take any action on pend ing "bills ' providing ' for repeal of the daylight saving act made certain that the nation's clocks again would be ad vanced An hour during the period be tween (the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. The cotton futures rider to the guar antee wheat price bill, which was sign ed by President Wilson, becomes ef fective at once. Under it only thirteen grades of cotton from low to mid dling an be delivered on future con tracts, and all cotton so delivered must be classified by government grad ers. General ' Pershing haa ' cabled the war department that- he has issued orders for the 42d (Rainbow) division to prepare for embarkation. This prob ably means that the Rainbow boys will be home in April. ':';.;.;' A dispatch from London recites that Premier. Lloyd-George, addressihe the first meeting cf the joint 'committee of employers and . employees constituted by ( the industrial parliament; said ; "Civilization, unless we try to save it, may be precipitated and shattered to atoms. It can be saved, by the tri umph of Justice" and fair plnyto all lRPs-'like. ft "Waalcrn NwsMner Vnionl$> PhAlA hv VI ... J m I View from the air of the great' transport Leviathan arriving at New York with the Twenty-seventh divl ' si on. 2 German parliamentary officers on their ivay to "French headquarters at Chateau Salins. Lorraine, on a ' diplomatic mission. 3 Company M, Tliree Hundred and Sixty-first infantry. A. E. F., In front of the hotel de vllle at Audenarde, Belgium; NEWS REVIEW OF Quick Peace and Food for the Peoples of Central Europe r Are Called for. i TO CHECK ANARCHISM FLOOD Treaty and League of Nations May Be. Separated Some Features . of ' . -Terms Germany Must Accept Spartacans; Desperately Fighting President Eb- : art's Troops. " By EDWARD W. ''ICKARD. v Immediate peace. and food for 'the hungry peoples of ceptral Europe. These are the two essentials, if over whelming' anarchy Is to be averted, according to well posted authorities on the situation. To these Frank Yonder lip adds that the speedy resumption of production is most Imperative, 'or the horrors of war may. be exceeded by the horrors of this xafter period," which Is neither war norpeacc but a. breakdown of the 'machinery of civil-' Izatlon.' :' ;.7" , . : KL -,.-y.t However wrong In some respects may be the senators and other' Amer icans who - oppose the .present plans for the league of nations, they appear to have been right when they said the peace treaty should be devised and' ratified first and the matter of the league taken up later for final settle ment. - The two propositions are un doubtedly closely Interwoven and President .Wilson may yet haveihis wny "and see them considered and adopted as one, but the opinion last week in Paris and elsewhere was that the- peace treaty should be. closed up at once so that its ratification may not be delayed by the opposition . to the league and the demands for amend ments of the present plan. I -: The peace delegates recognize the necessity of submitting the treaty to the German government :.' before that government falls, and in order that It may not fall because of longer , 'de lay. It Is hoped the preliminary treaty can, be ready by March 20, ,when the German plenipotentiaries will be called to Versailles to receive It, They, will lay It before the national assem bly ; at t Weimar and . receive . their in structions from that! body. While the Germans will ; be given opportunity to suggest minor changes. : they will be compelled to accept the pact substan tially as .It stands. Since this treaty Is held to concern 'I only the - belliger ent nations: it will not-be submitted to the plenary 'session of the- conference,- which Includes representa tives of the neutral nations; only the ratification of , the supreme council is held necessary. '.Though the terms to be Imposed on the Germans will not be so harsh as those first suggested, they will be, so severe that there are many predictions that the Ebert gov ernment cannot, sign them and live. If the Huns refuse to sign them,' It is up to Marshal Foch. and the wisdom of keeping a very large allied ; force under arras may become apparent at once. -' ,- - As It 'stood at the -tirrie this va written, the section of the treaty deal ing with the military cuts down the German army to 100,000 men with 4,000 officers, the force to be raised by voluntary twelve-year enlistments. All equipment In excess of the require ments i of this army : fa to be ' sur rendered and the';." munitions output correspondingly kept down. The Rhine forts are to be demolished.,. ; : The reparation to be exacted has keen reduced to about $35,000,000,000. nnd- economic terms . are being ar ranged with a view to permitting Ger paany to - resume Its -'manufacturing and commerce in order that it may pay the bill.' Tlils latter? subject has srlven?' the; supreme . council i;eohslder able trouble, mainly i because of ; the stand taken by the French who want their ; own ; production in the devasttt- ea region restored first. V : Tl)r, supreme council decided that the question of the western German.. Turkish . and ' Adriatic..,.-, boundaries CURRENT EVE TS iKWestern NcwsfMpcr ViJoiyf should not be passed upon by the J boundaries ' commission, " but determined-by the council Itself, because of their vast importance and difficulties. These Include tire frontier disputes between Italy and Jugo-Slovakia. ; . t The commission . on v waterways, ports and railways recommended that the Rhine and the Kiel canal be opened to free navigation by all nations. -. the; former to be controlled by an Interna tional , commission and the latter to remain under German ownership and operation. - ' - r r- . Poland probably1 will be granted the desired outlet to the Baltic sea, and it is likely she will be given . Danzig and the entire Vistula valley. .This would cut off east Prussia and it. is believed that state, will be set up as a separate' republic, in accordance with the wishes of a large part of Its population. The , violent opposition which these measures may annise In Germany, probably will render ad visable the sending to ' Poland of Gen eral Ha ller's two divisions of Poles now In France. . V i m -- -K That the Germans must have food quickly If the flood of bolshevik and Spartacan anarchy Is to be stayed "is the flat statement of many who should know, including Secretary Lansing. In this policy there I no pity for the Huns; it Is merely a matter of self protection for the rest .of Europe: if not for the world. Investigators -for the allies da not, agree with the state- ments that there is -plenty ' of food , in most of GertSany, an(J the great ma-, jorlty 'of authorities ... are - convinced, that the anarchistic movement In cen tral Europe Is feeding on hunger and can be checked by provisions. . The Ebert government virtually threatened to lie down and let the Spartacans have their own way If the allies dd not consent to feed Germany. Whether or. not the threat was a bluff. It has worked,:- With this, was involved the matter of , the surrender of German merchant shipping, and ' the Huns In duced the allies to agree to revictunl Germany until the next harvest - If the ships were -given up. ' Letting a de feated nation dictate thus to Its con querors was 'said by some to be a seri ous blunder., but its worst effpet prob ably will be to encourage the German?! to be stubborn on othr .questions where the allies cannot afford to yield, Three hundred thousand tons of Ger man shipping now In German ports has been allocated to the United States.. In addition about 100.000 tnn of Gennan shipping Interned In Chil ean waters waa allocated to America,' but this may not be ' accepted If the shipping hoard finds the necessary re pairs would not be Justified if the vessels are to be used by .us for a short period." . , The Internal . condition of Germany is' described, as almost hopeless. There has been continuous fighting In Berlin and other centers, and while the Spar-, tacans have generally got the worst of It, they are persistent and very des perate. In ; the suburbs of the cap! tal the battles were especially bloody, Lichtenberg seeing 'he most sanguin ary encounters. : The government troops used art jllery and mine throw ers 'there and after some ,. days suc ceeded in ousting the Spartacans. Many prisoners were taken and were summarily, executed. I The - reds devot ed a great deal; of their attention to plundering the shops. Politically, the majority socialists are not meeting with great success or-lnspirlng much enthusiasm in the people. Hugo Haase and the minority ' socialists' are grow ing stronger, and some obervers say the only Salvation from the comrauii ism or chaos they would bring about is in the new democratic party : which is getting, into :. action. The fact that the chi ef i of this party is Count von" Befnstorff will not give It much stand ing with the allies. - It Is to be noted, too, that Doctor Albert, former leader of plots and pivpaganda In. the United, States has been given a- cabinet posl- tion'under ScheldemannOt One can al most discernr already the finish' of the 'so-called German -i revolution iagalnst autocracy -Evensnow-t- is reported,; the people are Virtually ignoring the .n&ttooat-ssM tions. :iJ-L v - Seemingly; Lcnlne and -Trotsky have given up any -idea of coming to terms wl th the rst- of the world, and a re sro-; lng ahead with their plan of forcing. 5. i -----vV.-'!--'i..-'-'B' bolshevism on all peoples. Dispatches from - Moscow say -the soviet govern ments has,: appointed a Swiss named Moor to be ? ntermi tiona I coinmissa r with unlimited financial and' political: powers, with a view to promoting a world-wide communist revolution. In the Archangel - region the' bolshevists continue their attacks on the allied . forces and, though .' : suffering severe losses, have compelled ' theni- to move northward from Vista vka t In forma tion from the part of Russia controlled by the bolsheviki is that though their array is increasing and Is well 'drilled and well fed. the rest of the people are starving, to death.. Production of all kinds has ceased' and transporta tlon is so utterly demoralized that what grain they have cannot be distributed. In a word, the soviet government has demonstrated its absolute incapacity and lack of administrative ability, ex cept In the matter of raising- a con script array. In this Trotzky is large ly following the old system of the em pire. . ' . v . :y , '" ' ', '.'... i - ."' The war of words and Ideas over the league-of nations continues unabated. Former President TUt, and others of the plan's supporters admit the pres ent draft should be amended, and have suggested desirable changes. Senator Borah and the rest of the attackers do not seem t6 approve the league at all. The pope has rather weakly reverted to the old Idea.of an agreement for in-5 terna tiobal arbltra tion w I th ' economic boycott of the nation refusing to:sub mit to the award of the arbitrators: He also would admit to the league, ev ery nation. In this he Is supported by Mr. Bryan, who thinks to require a two-thirds vote to admit a new mem ber suggests the social club, where a few black balls may keep out an un congenial applicant. v ::"'"-;,v.-r'.'vtv Opponents of the4 league plan In America have iforn- k! a national or ganization of which Col.' Henry Wht terson of Iouisvllle , is president and George Wharton Pepper of Philadel phia . is the managing head and di rector... Its . purpose , is to create the machinery for conducting an active campaign against the proposed league throughout the nation. It will under take to reach every voter by distribut ing literature attacking the league plan. Among the members are- many senators and prominent publicists. - -. All neutral nations are to have some thing to say concerning the league be fore action is taken,; They have been invited by the conference authorities to attend a private and unofficial con- ference in Paris' March 30. to express their views on .the , "constitution as drafted. It Is believed now' that Ge neva may be made the permanent seat of -the league .of, nations. r ' ' Ireland Is not the 'only country that 4s seeking to take advantage of -the "self-determination' principle' enunci ated by President Wilson and accepted by the belligerent nations. Porto Rico; strongly urges that it be made a state or given independence, and the Phil ippines are urging that they be permit ted to paddle their own canoe. ; Presi dent Wilson's " record leads to the be lief, that he will not ; offer any serious opposition to the desires .of . the Fili pinos, z Korea, also, has declared Its Independence from Japan, and the dec laration, which says it. represents the voice of 20,000,000 people, asserts they, will fight to the last drop of blood in the great cause of liberty. The leader oi the Koreans is said to have come to the United States to conduct ; a press campaign with the immediate object of obtaining a hearing-at the Paris peace &mtereice.;-: "::! .Two pieces of news concerning-Mexico aroused interest Jast week. One was that President Carranza 'was nv sisting on''the payment of ' the -confiv catory 'royalty tax!, on, oil - produced bj . foreign operators and that the en tire ; controversy was" likely to "reach a critical stage again. The other was the information that the I. W. W; had' established a "revolutionary ' confedera tion in Mexico for the purpose of over throwing the- clergy, capitalists "and bourgeoisie, arid that the chief of the Carranza 'cabinet had uslghed an agree-' metwith hein j tii ''haVj'aied?tb(r necsarysyndlcallst iegislatlonr Memi bers of the I. W. W. are to bcTdesignat ed a$ unmoblllzed soldiers for anj duty In the way of estaMlshlng the desired results. J ";-.'"' -- FIGHT: OH CLARK UUINUtttMAN LtVER CLEARy INDICATES HIS POSITION To. '"''.XWARDS MISS0UR1AJ)4 SOLDiRS ALL: FAVOR LEASUE Will Support No Man Who Will 'That a Conscript is Synonymous " ' -" With a. Convict. - Washington. The fight on chama Clark for Democratic leader ot th house is becoming bitter. He has nounced some "of his opponents liars. .. VThree ! North . Carolinians, Mea6rs': Godwin, Doughton and Robinson, of whom are away from here now at saia to oppose Mr, ;iark. Representative Lever of South Caro. lina, announced, that he would not sup. port him. He said: "It-is my firm belief that the over, whelming majority of the people o thercountry. are in line with the prj. dent in - his wonderful fight to mini, mlze to ' the very Punt the possihihtj of wars in the future.' ' 'The million,; three hundred thou sand .soldiers who have gone through the, brutal murder of this war, return ing'to this Country, are as certain t, give their support to the idea of a. league bf nations as it is certain that the sun will rise tomorrow morning . "Democrats cannot allow personal relationships or' sympathy to stand in the way of party success and they ar& not going to do it. Personally I win support no man who will say' that a Conscript is" synonymous with a eon vict." ; - 270,000 TONS OF FOOD 'Zy v S PAID FOR BY GERMANY ' Copenhagen. -Germany in conidera tiori of a deposit of 11,000,000 in gold at Brussels, will receive an immediate delivery, of 270,000 Hons of foodstuffs, accbrdinV ."to" Berlin version of tht agreement entered Unto between th& German delegates arid representatives of the allied powers at Brussels. Germany will further be entitled to purchase monthly 370,00 tons of food In enehiy and neutral countries, be sides fish - from European waters and Vegetables. The restrictions on fishing in the Baltitc will be removed, the dis patch adds. AMERICAN ACE KILLED BY FALL FROM HIS AIRPLANE Seabreeze, Fla! Maojr David McK. Petersen, one of America's officially recognized "aces" was killed in a fall of his airplane at Daytona Beach Maojr J Petersen's address is Hones dalei'Pa. V f The Tair plane piloted iy Major Pet ersen; ' and in which Lieutenant F. X. Paversick was a passenger, dropped nose -forward after reaching a height of- about 75 feet while ascending from the beach. Major Petersen was killed instantly and Lieut Paversick was in jured seriously. THOU SAN DS DEAD AN D DYING t OF STARVATION -IN. CAUCASUS New York. Thousands of men, wo men and children are starving to death in the Caucasus, according to the first report from Dr. James L. Barton chair man of the committee recently sent to that region by the' American commit tee -;for relief.' in the Near East, r fr ee vied at the headquarters of the cora mittee here. " " "There is no. breaa anywhere," said the report. "The government has not a pound. ; There are 45,Q0Q people in Erivan wholly without bread and the orphanages and troops all through Eri van are in terrible condition. "There is not a dog, cat, horse, camel or any living thing ixvail the Ig dir region. ;We . saw refugee women stripping , the flesh from a dead horse' with , their bare hands, today. : "Thirty deaths a day are reported fronl Ashtag; 25 from" Etchmiadzin, Izeir arid LSadabad certainly more. Another week will; score 10,000 live lost. a- -: ;-. LETTISH TROOPS CAPTURE ;, THE CITY OF FRAUENBURG. Stockholm.--Lettish troops captur ed Frauenberg, northeast of Libau, from the bolshevik! several days ago and took a great quantity of war ma terial, a large number of machine guns and many prisoners, a dispatch from Libau said. The " bolsheviki retired in the direction of Mitau. . The Letts also advanced west of Frauenburg and drove ; the 'bolshevik! from the regioa of the Baltic port of Windau. GERMAN U-BOAT ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE AND IS SUNK Paris.The" German submarine U48,; while attempting to escape front Ferrol, Spain was i chased by a de stroyer; and sunk, according to a Ha yas dispatch from Madrid. The U-48 took refuge at Ferrol in March, 1918, aril Was : interned. The attempted flight ot the TJ-boat was ob served and the torpedo boat destroy sr;AntoU pursued her. ' The Gennaa boat ' iraa sunk ! outside ' the Ferrol ttads ; The crew was saved. 1 v- X ' v.;
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