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Show I ALL'' " - - V ' r HM ! p .".ML- ?h ;J ' TTrfl 1 First photograph of Villista prisoners taken by United States troops in Mexico. 2 Men of the British royal air forces ut work on the moorhigs on Roosevelt field, Mineola, L. I. for the great British dirigible R-34, which was scheduled to make the trip across the Atlantic. 3 Sunderland House, London, the seat of the Leagu of Nations committee until permanent headquarters are established in Geneva, Switzerland. paid by Germany for the armistice, and in sinking them the Germans deliberately de-liberately stole that which they had paid. The fact that they apparently settled what might have developed into a dispute among the allied nations na-tions as to the disposition of the ships does not mitigate the crime. The flag incident, small in itself, was characteristic charac-teristic of the low-minded Hun. The recalcitrant spirit of the Germans Ger-mans exhibited itself in various ways during the week, and the several factions fac-tions took advantage of the conditions each in its own manner. The radicals and the mobs that always support them turned Berlin into a Bedlam, rioting and plundering and fighting the troops that were sent to suppress them. Shops were pillaged and citizens citi-zens robbed by armed bands of marauders, ma-rauders, while agitators incited them to further outrages. At last accounts the battle was still going on and barricades barri-cades had been erected in the streets. In Hamburg, too, there were bloody riots in which many persons were killed. Representatives of the industrial indus-trial councils seized the political and military power there, but Gen. von Lettow-Vorbeck was sent with strong forces to restore order. In military circles In Berlin it was asserted that as soon as a real communistic com-munistic revolt was started there would be a counter-revolution. The Junkers and militarists everywhere were laying plans to regain control of the country on the expected early fall of the present government, and there was a story that Hlndenburg was to be the leader of an independent Prussia Prus-sia that would defy the allies and the rest of Germany. The Poles Intercepted Inter-cepted messages that revealed a plot to reopen the war on the eastern front with the secret support of the government govern-ment at Berlin. The peace conference thought this of sufficient Importance to warrant the sending of a note to President Ebert warning him that his government would be held strictly responsible for unofficial support of opponents of the League of Nations In that body almost to abandon hope of its defeat, but enough of them still demand the amendment of the covenant cove-nant to prevent its ratification as It stands. Senator Borah is unremitting in his fight against both the covenant and the treaty, attacking them on every occasion. In talking against the proposed American army of 400,-000 400,-000 men he said the league covenant offers no hope of disarmament, but Instead In-stead makes certain an era of the greatest armaments the world has ever seen. The senate passed the bill, which carries an army appropriation of $888,000,000. The bill as passed by the house provided for 300,000 men and appropriated $718,000,000. The house majority In opposing the larger temporary army is seeking to hasten the entire reorganization of the army and the adoption of a permanent military mili-tary policy. The naval bill presented to the senate also is larger than that passed by the house, carrying an appropriation ap-propriation of $646,272,000 and increasing in-creasing the personnel to 191,000 men. Plans for President Wilson's speech-making speech-making tour In support of the treaty and League of Nations covenant ar not yet completed, but It Is said he certainly will go as far as to the Pacific Pa-cific coast. His return to America will not be much longer delayed, and as soon as he has spoken In Washington and New York he will start on his trip. The opposition senators also are arranging tours in which, it Is understood, under-stood, they will both precede and follow fol-low the president. The agitation in this country in behalf be-half of "Free Ireland" Is increasing, and the movement has reached such proportions that it cannot be ignored. The propaganda is carried on enec-getically enec-getically and openly and the government govern-ment could not do anything to check it if It would. Eamonn De Valera, "president of the Irish Republic," w ho has been in America for several weeks visiting Washington and other cities, has emerged from his privacy and is HEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Signing of the Peace Treaty at Versailles Brings the World War to a Close. EX-CROWN PRINCE RETURNS Bloody Rioting In Berlin and Hamburg Strong Indications of a Military Counter-Revolution "Free Ireland" Agitation Increasing Increas-ing In United States. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The peace treaty with Germany was ligned Saturday, June 28, and the Horld war officially came to a close Just five years to a day after the event that precipitated the mighty conflict, the assassination of the Austrian grand tiuke at Sarajevo. The ceremony was performed In the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles with a stately dignity befitting be-fitting the most notable event of the kind In all history. After the representatives repre-sentatives of the allied and associated associ-ated powers had taken their places In the hall and the privileged spectators were In their seats, the German delegates, dele-gates, Mueller, Lelnert and Bell, were ushered in. M. Clemenceau, without 'making a speech, declared the meeting meet-ing open and, as president of the peace conference, first signed the treaty. President Wilson next attached his mime and Premier Lloyd George came mxt. One hundred and sixteen other representatives of nations opposed to Germany then signed the document, and last of all the German delegates were called up to attach their names. The entire ceremony took several hours. any movement against Polish authority authori-ty in the territory given Poland in Posen and East and West Prussia. The bluff that Germany would "go bolshevik" if not treated leniently is no longer heard. Much greater Is the probability that she will revert to her natural condition of autocracy and, stewing in the bitterness of her defeat, devote herself to schemes of revenge. On Thursday the news reached Paris that the former crown prince had escaped from Holland and entered en-tered Germany with members of his staff. This, together with the report that the former kaiser Intended to return re-turn to Germany as soon as the treaty was signed, aroused great Interest in peace conference circles. The sentiment senti-ment in Germany in favor of William has revived markedly, but there is little lit-tle fear that the reactionary elements will rally around his unpopular eldest son. If the civilized nations of the world have learned their lesson, they will take the advice of Clemenceau: "Be careful ; keep your powder dry." Incidentally, In-cidentally, the "Tiger," having seen the day for which he says he waited forty-nine years, has announced his early retirement to private life. He has greatly accomplished a great task. Austria will follow Germany's lead and accept the terms imposed on it, and Italy's new government, headed by Nitti, has given assurance of its adherence to the treaty prepared. Dispatches Dis-patches from Vienna said a political rapprochement was materializing between be-tween Italy and Austria, especially concerning Tyrol. At home Nitti Is having a hard row to hoe. his political opponents, especially the nationalists headed by D'Annurr.io, attacking him fiercely for his attitude on the Adriatic Adri-atic question. Bulgaria remains to be dealt with, and so does Turkey. The latter has not helped her cause any by her recent actions. Strong bodies of Turkish soldiery sol-diery have attacked the Greek forces in Asia Minor and forced them hack toward the coast. Of course Greece has made protest, and so far as is known the Turks have not explained their action. Slowly changing sentiment In the United States senate has caused the publicly working for the independence of his country and arranging for a bond issue of $5,000,000. He gave out the text of a letter his "government" sent to the peace conference warning It that Ireland would not be bound by any treaty signed in Its behalf by English commissioners. His-main purpose pur-pose in coming to the United States is to compel our government, by force of public opinion, to recognize officially official-ly the Irish republic. In the senate he has a number of supporters who assert the principle of self-determination should apply to such countries as Ireland, India, Egypt and Korea as well as to the countries of central Europe. At least, they declare, these people should have the chance to present pre-sent their claims to Independence to the peace conference. The American peace delegation was taken to task for not complying with the resolution of the senate requesting the president to procure a hearing for the Irish representatives. The great sympathy strike in Winnipeg Winni-peg came to an end Thursday, being called off by the strike committee. The terms of settlement were left to a government commission. On the whole the strike was a failure. Chicago and New York both had serious and embarrassing labor troubles trou-bles last week. In the former city the street cleaners, garbage and ash handlers han-dlers and job foremen and the teamsters team-sters and chauffeurs working for the city and on city jobs went on strike, and many other city employees made demands for more pay. In New Vork a strike of teamsters almost deprived the city of its supply of vegetables and fruits. An Interesting innovation was the organization of a labor union of navy officers, begun in the Atlantic fleet, for the purpose of obtaining increased pay and other concessions from the government. It is planned to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor La-bor and to extend the union to include the Pacific fleet and the European and Asiatic squadrons. A clause in the navy regulations virtually forbids the formation of such organizations, but the facts that their pay has not been increased since l'JOS and that the commutation of quarters to officers at sea now is in danger of being cut olf apparently have made the officers defiant de-fiant of the rule. Gustav Bautr, having succeeded Scheidemann ns premier, urged the Germans to abide by the vote of the national assembly, accept the peace terms and endeavor to carry them out and to try to hold the country together. togeth-er. At the same time, in fiery words, he denounced the treaty "this mockery of self-determination, this enslavement enslave-ment of the German people, this new menace to the peace of the world." His words were echoed by the Hun press and the Hun orators, and many were the open assertions that Germany Ger-many accepted the treaty only under compulsion, looking on it as another "scrap of paper," and awaiting only the chance to violate it and to get revenge. re-venge. All week the Hun government sought for someone who would consent con-sent to be the "goat" and attach his name to the pact. First Haniel von Haimhausen, secretary of the peace delegation, wast selected, but he was too unimportant to suit the allies, and so he declined. Finally Dr. Hermann Mueller, foreign minister; Herr Lelnert Leln-ert and Doctor Bell, minister of colonies, col-onies, were named to sign the treaty and accepted the unthankful task, promising to be in Versailles by Saturday Satur-day morning. It fell to the lot of Haimhausen to notify M. Clemenenceau formally for-mally of the decision of the government govern-ment to accept the treaty, and In the course of his note he remarked with unconscious humor "No act of violence vio-lence can touch the honor of the German Ger-man people" as if anything could touch a thing so illusive, not to say nonexistent. If there were such a thing as German Ger-man honor, the violence of the Germans Ger-mans themselves would have touched It twice the other day. First, when the crews of the surrendered war ships sank them in Scapa Flov and, second, when a mob took from a mu-! mu-! feum and burned the captured French I flags of 1871 which Germany was I pledged to return to France. In these 'acts they are accused of violating both the armistice and the treaty and 'will be called to account. Also, the Allies, or at least the French, will de-jmand de-jmand reparation for the destruction of the. war vessels. The surrender of liiooe vr-Huls was part of the prlca |