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Show ance with the terms which Kameneff said would lie proposed and included the demand that a proletariat army be formed In Poland. Naturally the victorious vic-torious Poles have rejected the terms of the Reds, and it was stated by Tehiteherin, soviet foreign minister, that this woulo. result in the immediate immedi-ate rupture of the negotiations at Minsk. General Wrangel, who had been rather quiet of late in the Crimean peninsula, started a vigorous campaign cam-paign Thursday with bis reorganized forces. One of his armies moved eastward east-ward onto the mainlnnd, speedily taking tak-ing the important Black sea port of Novorossiysk and other cities and almost reaching Ekaterinodar, capital of the Kuban Cossacks. At the same time another army occupied the Do-netz Do-netz coal basin 300 miles to the north. The loss of those mines will be an especially es-pecially severe blow to the bolsheviki. On the borders of the republic of Georgia, an alarming concentration of bolshevik forces is reported, supposedly supposed-ly in pursuit of a plan to march through Georgia and Armenia and establish es-tablish communication with the Turkish Turk-ish Nationalists in Asia Minor. The nationalist movement in Egypt, which has been more serious than censored dispatches made it appear, and which has been increasing ever since the establishment of the British protectorate during the war, seems about to meet with success. The British government, it is reliably though not officially reported, has agreed to recognize the independence of Egypt and a final treaty and alliance alli-ance will soon be negotiated. Fundamental Funda-mental points in the agreement, it is said, are: Egypt will recognize Great Britain's privileged position in the valley of the Nile, and agrees in case of war to afford every facility for access ac-cess to Egyptian territory ; Great Britain will maintain a garrison in Egypt in the canal zone; Egypt regains re-gains control of foreign relations, subject sub-ject (o her not making treaties contrary con-trary to British policy, and wjll have the right to maintain diplomatic rep- NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Defeat of Russian Armies in Poland One of the Greatest In History. HUNDRED THOUSAND CAPTURED America and Allies arn Poles to Stop at Frontier Britain to Recognize Egypt's Independence Cox Accuses Ac-cuses Republicans of Trying Try-ing to "Buy" Presidency. Presi-dency. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The week closed with four of the five soviet Russian armies that attacked at-tacked Poland practically destroyed or dispersed. The Reds, it was estimated, estimat-ed, had lost nearly 100,000 prisoners and about 40,000 others had been killed. Many thousands had been forced across the German border, where they were disarmed and Interned In-terned or were supposed to be, if the Germans did their duty as neutrals. The Russian cavalry and infantry that escaped from the Polish pincers retired re-tired on Grodno and Ossowiec and such reserves as they had were brought up to the latter place. It was expected that the Reds would put up a desperate desper-ate fight in the marsh country there to preserve contact with the East Prussia border and to keep the Poles from forming a junction with the Lithuanians. Lithuan-ians. The last real effort of the Red army of the north resulted in three clays of ilerce fighting in the Narew valley between Lomza and Ostrolenka, the Russians trying to force their way across the road to Bialystok. The Poles captured the river crossings, and next day another of their forces advanced ad-vanced along the Prussian frontier to pectedly present, and told the gathering: gather-ing: "I am an Ulstennan. and I'll stand by Ulster, but I am with you in toto. Have patience with Ulster and we'll bring her to the point of self-government as a part of united Ireland." Other Belfast leaders said much the same. ' It was believed this conference was a long step toward Irish unity and the settlement of the island's troubles. Meantime Terrence MacSweney, lord mayor of Cork, was dying of self-imposed self-imposed hunger in a British prison, and Irishmen nppealed to King George to save him, and to President Wilson and the heads of all European states, comparing com-paring his case to that of the burgomaster burgo-master of Brussels whom the Germans imprisoned. Mr. Lloyd George said that, whatever the consequences, the government could not take the responsibility respon-sibility of freeing MacSweney. The Sinn Fein leaders feared his death would lead to an outbreak that would piny into the hands of the British. Efforts of the anti-suffragists to prevent pre-vent or delay the promulgation of the ratification of the suffrage amendment amend-ment were foiled, and on Thursday Secretory of State Colby, receiving official offi-cial notification of the action of the Tennessee legislature, signed and issued is-sued the proclamation. The District of Columbia refused to issue a restraining re-straining order to Secretary Colby, so now the only hope remaining of the foes of suffrage is that the United States Supreme court will declare the Tennessee ratification illegal. It is interesting to read the opinion opin-ion of the venerable Cardinal Gibbons, Gib-bons, who has1 been a consistent opponent op-ponent of woman suffrage. He says : "I regret very much that the women have taken the plunge into the deep. I would much prefer that tilings had remained as they were. I nm, however, how-ever, of the opinion that after the first election or so only a small percentage of the women of the country will avail themselves of the privilege of voting." Governor Cox roused the Republicans Repub-licans by asserting that they are raising a minimum fund of $15,000,000 for the campaign. National Chairman Chair-man Will Hays and his associates at once denied the truth of the statement and both they- and the Democratic leaders demanded that the senate committee com-mittee on campaign expenditures investigate in-vestigate the charge. The committee, which is in session in Chicago subpoenaed sub-poenaed National Chairmen Hays and White and Congressional Chairmen Fess and Doremus, and "invited" Governor Gov-ernor Cos also to appear before it and present such evidence as he might have to substantiate his statements. The Democratic candidate said he would furnish what information he had in due time, and meanwhile he went ahead .with his speaking tour, repeating his accusations. When he reached Pittsburgh, Thursday night, he opened up and made public the alleged al-leged facts upon which he based his charge that the Republicans are trying try-ing to "buy the presidency." The "expose" really was not so sensational sen-sational as might have been expected. Cox read a list of 51 cities and the amount which the Republican national committee proposed to raise in each, the total being $8,145,000. This figure, he asserted, had nothing to do with "the large amounts being collected in hundreds of smaller cities, towns and rural communities." He gave no names of contributors, saying the Republicans Republi-cans could produce those. The governor gov-ernor also read documents which he resentatives abroad. The Albanians and Serbs, who are fighting a little war of their own, have been having some bloody battles and the Albanians claim to have driven their foes back into their own country. coun-try. The victors halted, at least temporarily, tem-porarily, at the demarcation line fixed in 1913. Two deposed rulers of Europe are figuring on climbing back onto thrones. Constantine, former king of Greece, believes that the Greeks will call him back if they have full freedom of expression ex-pression at the coming elections, but he fears Venizelos will prevent this. He was deeply grieved the other day because Lloyd George, on vacation in Lucerne, refused to see him. The premier pre-mier gave as a reason "the dastardly attempt on the life of Venizelos," for which Constantine asserts he was in no way to blame. The other hopeful ex-ruler is Charles, former emperor of Austria. According to a report circulated in European capitals, the Hungarian people peo-ple want him to be their king, and Great Britain and France have agreed to permit it. Italy and Serbia object, but it is thought the Vatican can persuade per-suade the former. Charles has said he would accept the throne of Hungary. Lloyd George departed for his Swiss holiday in the expectation that the Irish question would await his return. But Irish leaders would not stand for the delay. On Wednesday Wednes-day the standing committee of the Irish peace conference called on the lords justices, representatives of the lord lieutenant, to present resolutions tlemanding dominion home rule, stoppage stop-page of coercion and the calling of an Irish convention. They also telegraphed tele-graphed the premier asking that he receive a deputation immediately, in view of the urgency of the situation. This peace conference was an assemblage as-semblage of some 700 representatives of moderate opinion in all parts of Ire-land, and in all parties. Most of them were unionists, and among the conferees were members of the house of lords. Protestant bishops. Catholic priests, prominent husiness men, and great land owners. The earl of Shaftesbury, who owns the land on which Belfast was built, was unex- Myszyuies. The Reds were caught between be-tween these forces and had to surrender. sur-render. Of all the invaders of Poland, only General Budenny's forces, mostly cavalry, cav-alry, appear to have escaped. They were operating in Galicia toward Lemburg. and when the fate of the soviet adventure was certain they made a rush forward with the intention inten-tion of destroying the great oil wells in that region. They reached the outskirts out-skirts of Lemburg but were driven away by volunteers and a few regulars. regu-lars. As they retired they destroyed villages and crops and carried oil all implements, furniture, clothing and animals. Unbiased observers describe the defeat of the Reds as one of the greatest great-est of military disasters and say the campaign that brought it about was of surpassing interest. They agree substantially concerning the utter rout of the soviet armies, but in this they are contradicted by such bolshevik leaders as have been heard from and by some Germans. These assert that the retreat of the Reds has been conducted con-ducted In an orderly manner, that they saved most of their supply trains and that the number of casualties has been greatly exaggerated by the Poles. If now the Poles can restrain their enthusiasm and ambition all may be well with them. They have been warned by the United States. France and probably Great Britain that they must not again attempt an invasion of Russian territory but must stop their advance at the ethnic border of Poland. If they disobey, the allies will withdraw with-draw their support. The French foreign for-eign office, while agreeing that the Poles must not try to seize any Russian Rus-sian territory, admits the exigencies of the campaign might make it necessary neces-sary for them to cross the frontier temporarily. The entente allies came into full accord ac-cord concerning the Polish question last week, much to the surprise of Germany, and probably to its dismay. They really adopted the policy of France and it is supposed. Lloyd George was brought to this view by the pers;stent attempts of tho Reds against British rule in various regions and by some of the terms they tried to force on Poland. These latter were at van- said proved that Senator Harding had detailed knowledge of the financing of his campaign. Republican Treasurer Upham, who had previously told something of the quota list, says the quotas are vastly larger than the actual amount called , for by the budget, and asserted that the national committee had collected, to date, only $09G,977.S2. A rather weak come-back was the charge made by Congressman Fred Britten, that the British parliament h;id appropriated $57,500 in favor of the British ambassador at Washington for "entertainment purposes." and that this fund had already found its way to the Democratic national committee. This was. of course, denounced as absurd ab-surd by both Ambassador Geddes I and Democratic Chairman White. Gov- j ernor Cox said the charge was "too I i silly for words." j |