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Show l , x , t - l 4 sr i r r e 4 ; -; .t.,f'.V.f -if s , ' y.v&yy f,,,!t,,...C , ,w..,. AjMj .. ....r? ' .Qitj 1 German jirisoners of war returned to their homes from Etighuul and decorated with flowers. 2 The Glenn L. Martin bomber, largest airplne in the United States mail service. 3 Men of the United Slates mine-sweeping mine-sweeping fleet that has just come home after two and one-half years of duty, mostly in the North sea. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Carranza Refuses to Release Jenkins and Hostilities With Mexico Impend. ARMY AND NAVY ARE READY Jenkins as deliberately designed to affront af-front the United Stales, the slate department de-partment officials say the execution last week of Gen. Felipe Angeles also indicates indi-cates the hostile attitude- of Carranza toward this country. Angeles was the foremost Mexican soldier of tills day, and was the outspoken admirer of the United States. Bai ne bad been the chief aid of Villa and was captured; therefore he was condemned and shot to death. While this may have been technically just, It is likely that the life of so eminent a man would have been spared if he bad not so freely given voice to his friendship for this nation. Less startling, perhaps, than the Mexican crisis, but no less moment, is the collapse of the government's efforts ef-forts to end the coal strike by negotiation. negotia-tion. Its final offer to the miners was a 14 per cent wage increase. This the operators voted to accept, and thelnin-ers, thelnin-ers, through Acting President Lewis, rejected. Mr. Lewis declared that "responsibility "re-sponsibility for the crisis now confronting confront-ing the nation must be upon those : statesmen who are using the powers of the government to oppress and deny justice to the great element of citizenship citizen-ship directly concerned in the mining industry." The operators and the miners then adjourned sine die, and it seemed that there was nothing left for the government govern-ment except to take over and operate the mines. question will be reached, satisfactory to all parties, including D'Annunzio. This is the expected result of conversations conver-sations there between British, French, Italian and .lugo-Slav representatives. The Jugo-Slavs are still nervous and claim to have information that Italy plans to take all of Dalmatia and Montenegro. Mon-tenegro. Maxim Litvinoff, representing the soviet government of Russia, is in Copenhagen Co-penhagen conferring with British emissaries. emis-saries. Primarily the matter in hand is the exchange of prisoners, but Lit-vinofT Lit-vinofT admitted that if the British at-ritude at-ritude was favorable, peace negotiations negotia-tions would be taken up. He beaded the bolshevik delegation that met the representatives of the Baltic states in Dorpat, and the latter say his manner was cold and threatening throughout, and that unless he behaves otherwise in Copenhagen it will be difficult to negotiate ne-gotiate with him. The Baltic states already al-ready have lost faith in the bolshe-vlst's bolshe-vlst's professed desire for peace with them. The soviet government of Russia Rus-sia has announced new victories over Denikine's forces and further advances In the Omsk region. On Thursday Premier Stambullwsky of Bulgaria signed the treaty of peace between his country and the allies. The pact was signed by all the allied nations except Roumania and Jugoslavia, Jugo-slavia, which are awaiting the signing of the treaty with Austria. Bulgaria Government's Efforts to End Coal Strike by Negotiation Fail, Miners Min-ers Rejecting Garfield's Offer of 14 Per Cent Wage Increase. In-crease. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. It appears at this writing that the breaking point with Mexico has been reached at last or should one say again? Carranza's government, defying defy-ing the United States, has flatly refused re-fused to release Consular Agent Jenkins Jenk-ins In response to the demand made by our state department. Since that demand was in the nature of an ultimatum, ulti-matum, threatening unpleasant consequences, con-sequences, it would seem either Washington Wash-ington or Mexico must back water, or hostilities will result. The Mexican foreign ofhee said the demand of the United States was not based on any legal foundation or principle prin-ciple of international law ; that the executive department cannot under Mexican law intervene now In an affair that is strictly in the hands of state courts; that the imprisonment of Jenkins Jenk-ins was neither arbitrary nor unjustified, unjusti-fied, and that he is preventing bis own freedom by refusing to give bail. Mexico's Mex-ico's assertion that Jenkins, as a consular con-sular agent, was not immune from arrest ar-rest Is not contested In Washington, but Secretary Lansing has stated that his department has more information bearing on this case than has beeu made public, and presumably it is this information that led to the demand for the release of Jenkins. Reports from Mexico that have come through official channels show that the Mexicans have done all possible to discredit dis-credit Jenkins. The court at Puebla refused re-fused to hear witnesses who would refute re-fute the story that he was seen in conference with members of the gang that kidnaped him; and according to the correspondent of a newspaper of Mexico City, a number of peons declared de-clared the judge and police inspector bad exercised pressure on them to testify tes-tify against Jenkins. It was believed in Washington that the administration would maintain its firm stand in the crisis. Otherwise, said the well-posted, congress would take up the matter promptly after convening, con-vening, call for all the facts In the case and proceed to frame a definite policy. In both bouse and senate, It was asserted, the great majority was In favor of a showdown with Carranza, who for years has flouted the United States and In Innumerable ways displayed dis-played his open hostility. There is no forgetting or forgiving his attitude and actions during .the war. which the government gov-ernment knew all the time and with which the public is becoming better acquainted ac-quainted every day. The government's compromise offer, approved by the cabinet and made by Fuel' Director Garfield, provided there should be no increase in the price of coal to the consumer and that a joint advisory hoard of operators and miners min-ers should be created, with Secretary Lane as chairman, to work out the details de-tails of wage adjustments and furnish information and advice in future disputes. dis-putes. This offer must have been made without hope of its acceptance, for Secretary of Labor Wilson previously previ-ously had declared the men were entitled en-titled to an advance of 31.6 per cent, and the operators had offered an advance ad-vance of 20 per cent. The acceptance of Mr. Wilson's conclusions con-clusions may be affected by the fact I hat he was a miner himself. Lewis says the men consider his offer a pledge which the government must redeem. re-deem. Former Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo projected himself into the controversy con-troversy with a statement that the operators op-erators have been making excessive profits since the war began and can well afford to pay much higher wages without increasing the price of coal. He said the treasury's records of excess ex-cess profits taxes would prove this. Of course the operators entered indignant indig-nant denial, and Carter Glass, still secretary, sec-retary, came to their defense with a modified refutation of McAdoo's assertion asser-tion as to profits. While the dispute goes on the country's coun-try's stock of fuel shrinks alarmingly. In some regions, however, the mines are being operated steadily. Out in the Sheridan (Wyo.) field the United States officials, civil and military, solved the trouble surprisingly and effectively. ef-fectively. They learned that the miners min-ers had voted to return to the pils but were prevented from doing so by a campaign of intimidation by the radicals. radi-cals. The military, therefore, at the request of the sheriff, rounded up nearly three score alien agitators and sent them to Fort MacKenzie. A meeting of the miners' union was then called, and the entire strike situation explained by Major Dean, whereupon the men voted unanimously to end the strike Friday. Governor Allen of Kansas has called for volunteers to work the mines and protect the people of the state frmi, "unspeakable suffering." and hundreds of men have responded. Union leaders say these volunteers will be regarded as strike-breakers. Is to pay an indemnity of $445,000,000; to surrender all works of art and other valuables taken from allied countries; to abolish compulsory military service, and to reduce its army to 20,000 men. It is deprived of Thrace and of Strum-nltza, Strum-nltza, the latter going to Serbia. Germany, at last reports, was still holding out on signing the protocol which the allied nations drew up, and the supreme council has expressed its surprise and displeasure at this course. The council told the Germans that if the treaty of Versailles were not put into effect on December 1 the responsibility respon-sibility would rest entirely with their government. In another note to th German delegation at Versailles M. Clemenceau, as president of the council, coun-cil, sternly refused to deviate from the terms of the treaty in favor of German prisoners employed In reconstruction recon-struction work in the devastated part of France, and he used some very plain language concerning German brutality and insincerity. Another Irish crisis is at hand, for the British government, according to dispatches from Dublin, has Issued a proclamation prohibiting and suppressing suppress-ing the Sinn Fein and other like organizations or-ganizations In all countries and boroughs bor-oughs In Ireland. It is believed the British now have 150.000 troops in Ireland, Ire-land, and on the other hand Ibe supporters sup-porters of the Irish "republic" claim they have an army of at least 100,000. ready to fight for the cause. The new Labor party held its first national convention in Chicago last week, and It was scarcely what could be called a success. The official list of delegates showed .that 728 presented credentials, but a good many of them faded away before the convention came to a close. Moreover, not one of the 121 international labor unions was represented, and of the 34,000 local lo-cal unions In the American Federation of Labor and 0.0X10 indeixmdent unions only 042 sent delegates. One delegate from Boston said about SO per cent of those In attendance were Socialists and ex-Socialists. Among those who deserted the convention were the metn-liers metn-liers of ihe Nonpartisan league, headed by Governor Frazier of North Dakota. The platform adopted is alinosr identical iden-tical wilh those of other radical groups. When the congressional commit toe Should armed intervention be -necessary, we are in good condition for quick action, for the army has had this possibility in mind for some months. Along the border these forces are now available. Both wings of the aviation service, including l"i aero stpiadrons. ten balloon companies, five regiments of field artillery, ten of the 1.'! regiments of cavalry remaining in the army organization, three regiments regi-ments of engineers, one brigade of infantry, in-fantry, wilh four within calling distance dis-tance In the central department. 10 motor transport companies, one field battalion and two telegraph battalions of the signal corps. 'J3 or more pad; trains and all the additional force of supply to care for an army of that siv.e. The marine corps is ready for the emergency, and so is the navy. With ;i lleet in the Pacific as well as the Atlantic, forces could he landed on both coasls. If the. navy needs more men the reserve force can be called on. and that includes a large parr of the extra personnel in service during the war. I Besides looking on the arrest of D'Annunzio. the Italian firebrand, seems to have as many schemes of annexation an-nexation as the kaiser had. According to various reports, he plans to return with strong forces to Zara and proceed I thence to Sebenico; aflor seizing Hint city, he will attack Spalato, and there he may run afoul of the American navy, which is guarding that part of Datmaiin : also he is said to aim at establishing' a militarist government tit Tries;, ami now has emissaries in that city. The allied otlii ials in Paris, however, how-ever, now have renewed hope that a compromise settlement of the Adriatic went to l-.llis island to investigate ttv cases of Ihe radicals held here for deportation de-portation it ran into a hunch of tartars. tar-tars. The reds refused to he tpies-tioned, tpies-tioned, and moreover wore 'Ml a hunger hun-ger strike because they were separated from callers by bars. (If course the obvious course is to let them starve, and Ihe applause would he general. It was also disclosed that Frederic ('. Howe, former commissioner of immigration immi-gration at the islam!, had maintained a strangely sympathetic attiiude of mind toward the reds who had been caught in the federal net. There may be more about him later on. |