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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS President Wilson and Bryan Split on Ratification of the Peace Treaty. LATTER ADVISES COMPROMISE Chief Executive Urges Issue Be Submitted Sub-mitted to People and Nebraskan Opposes San Francisco Captures Cap-tures Democratic National Convention Developments Develop-ments In War on Reds. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Predictions of a great split in the Democratic party, with William Jennings Jen-nings Bryan leading the revolt against President Wilson's policies, came to the verge of fulfilment at the big Jackson day dinner in Washington Thursday evening. Sensational developments devel-opments had been expected, and they came. The president sent a letter in which he reiterated lids demand for ratification of the peace treaty without with-out changes that would alter its meaning, mean-ing, strongly condemned the Lodge reservations and urged that the entire issue be referred to the people at the coming presidential election. Mr. Bryan, addressing the huge gathering of leaders, challenged Mn Wilson's treaty policy and his utterances utter-ances gave assurance that he and his followers will fight the matter to the finish in the Democratic convention if necessary. He condemned the action of the Republican majority in the senate sen-ate while conceding its right to dictate dic-tate the senate's course, and continued contin-ued : "Our plan has been rejected and we must face the situation as It Is. We must either secure such compromises compro-mises as may be possible or present the issue to the country. The latter course would mean a delay of at least fourteen months and then success only In the case of our securing a two-thirds two-thirds majority of the senate." The party, said Mr. Bryan, cannot afford to share with the Republicans responsibility respon-sibility for further delay, and cannot go before the country on the issue that such an appeal would present. He even went so far as to repudiate article arti-cle X and to uphold the Lodge reservation reser-vation on that article, saying: "If we do not intend to impair the right of congress to decide the question of peace or war when the time for action arises, how can we insist- upon a moral obligation to go to war which can have no force or value except as It does Impair the independence of congress?" It remains to be seen whether Mr. Bryan can secure enough of a following follow-ing to bring about a real split In the party. He himself is a potential candidate can-didate for the nomination, now more than ever, and it may be President Wilson will be compelled again to accept ac-cept the place of standard bearer. His letter made no reference to this whatever. what-ever. San Francisco captured the Democratic Demo-cratic national convention after a warm contest with Chicago and Kansas Kan-sas City. The Pacific coast metropolis pledged $125,000 and free use of the Municipal auditorium, which, seats some 15,000 persons. This is the highest high-est price ever paid for a convention. The date for the convention was set for Monday, June 28, three weeks after the Republican convention meets in Chicago. The national committee backed up President Wilson by adopting resolutions resolu-tions indorsing the treaty of Versailles and denouncing as unpatriotic the attitude at-titude of senators who" are trying to defeat it or to qualify It by nullifying reservations. The Republicans also had an Important Impor-tant gathering, earlier in the week, when the party lenders of the 14 mid-western mid-western states held a two-days' powwow pow-wow In Chicago. General Wood, Governor Gov-ernor Lowden, both candidates for the presidential nomination, and National Chairman Hays were chief speakers at a big dinner, and it was taken for granted that their utterances, or at least those of Mr. Hays, gave a definite defin-ite indication of the platform on which the next Republican nominee for the presidency would stand. As suming that this is true, the main planks of that platform will deal with labor and industrial relations and with the radicals who seek to overthrow the government. A fair summary of the propositions with which the party may be expected to go before the people peo-ple this year Is: Fair representation for labor in all the councils of the nation. Development of closer relations between be-tween capital and labor with justice to both and also to the third side of the triangle, the public. Sympathetic help for business, not antagonistic curtailment, as part of the economic readjustment. Strong repressive measures against I. W. W.-ism and other forms of extremism ex-tremism which advocate overthrow of the present form of government. Efficient and honest administration. No taxes which kill initiative. Adequate Ade-quate taxes, but none for extravagance. extrava-gance. A plan for spreading payment of the war debt over a long period of years. No undue federalization of industries indus-tries and activities, such as railroads; strong federal regulation, but not government gov-ernment ownership. No toleration of attempts to array group against group, section against section or sect" against sect. Back to the Constitution in times of peace. General AVood handled the reds without gloves, as might have been expected. ex-pected. His hearers vigorously applauded ap-plauded such epigrammatic sentences as these: "The big issue today Is, first and foremost, maintenance of law and order, or-der, respect for constituted authority, and maintenance of a government under un-der the Constitution. "Give labor American leadership. Don't allow it to drift into the hands of anarchistic, red leaders. "As for the reds, let's stamp them out. They grow only in communities where government is timid and slae'k. They are a cowardly lot, assassins and murderers often, cowards always. With them go the I. W. W. ; their brand is treason. "We've got to follow up our immigration immi-gration more closely. Why not instruct in-struct the newcomers in Americanism? When they get over the gangplank the literature of the reds is placed in their hands. Let's meet them with the literature liter-ature of Americanism. "It is very fine to picture America as the refuge of the oppressed of the world, but there Is danger in making America the dumping ground for the degenerates of the world. We've got to watch our Immigration more closely." The government evidently has accepted ac-cepted with alacrity the challenge of the reds and the war on them is extending ex-tending to lengths which they probably did not anticipate. If their cause needs martyrs, they will soon have thousands who may be so classed by their sympathizers. Since the year opened the agents of the department of justice have been making daily and nightly raids on the headquarters, resorts re-sorts and homes of the radical leaders, and as fast as they can be examined by Immigration commissioners the prisoners are being sent to the Atlantic Atlan-tic coast for deportation. Ellis island could not begin to nccommodate all of them, so one of the army camps is used for that purpose. At the time of writing Martens, self-styled ambassador ambassa-dor from the soviet government of Russia, was still at large, though the authorities were searching for him, believing him to be the real lifad of the revolutionary communists in America. Amer-ica. His 'chief of staff," Gregory Weinsteln. who Is rated as Trotzky's best friend In the United States, was captured. He has been in control of the distribution of bolshevist money and propaganda. The Chicago Federation of Labor doesn't yet see the light. At a recent meeting It adopted a resolution denouncing de-nouncing the raids on the reds as a plot to kill labor unions In America, and also called on congress to give to Victor L. Berger "the seat to which he Is entitled." Then the delegates of the painters' union were applauded when they announced that plans were being formed to oust from their union every member who belonged to the American Legion. Of course such silly action cannot hurt the legion in the least, for, as Commander in Chief D'Olier has made clear, the purposes of loyal organized labor and of the legion are in full accord. How much longer will union labor of Chicago permit per-mit the reds to lead It about by the nose? As for Berger of Wisconsin, he delayed de-layed presenting himself for a seat in congress, and issued the boast that if he were again excluded he would be elected governor of Wisconsin and then go to Washington as senator. There seemed small likelihood that the house of representatives would seat him, though Representative Mann of Illinois caused some surprise by declaring that he would oppose summary sum-mary proceedings for the exclusion of the convicted Socialist. New York's legislature started its session by denying their seats to five Socialists. A resolution was passed questioning whether they could be loyal to their oaths of office while bound to act subject to the instructions instruc-tions of the Socialist party, and the speaker ordered them brought before the bar of the house. They must now prove their fitness to occupy their seats before a special tribunal of the assembly. Only six assemblymen voted in their favor. Though the reds are having such a difficult time in America, as much cannot be said concerning Russia. Over there they are sweeping ahead in a way that is most disheartening to their antagonists. The soviet troops have smashed their way through the armies of Denikine and reached the Sea of Azov at Taganrog, and are pushing ahead both east and west, with a prospect of soon being in full control of all of southern Russia. Already Al-ready they are threatening Odessa and reports from Moscow say the people peo-ple of Odessa are fleeing, though other dispatches assert they are preparing to defend their city. In their progress eastward the bol-shevists bol-shevists are said to have taken the important im-portant railroad town of Krasnovedsk on the Caspian, and this, if true, will open to them the way to north Persia. In London the fear is expressed that the reds will be able to overcome the i small British forces in Persia and the poorly organized native troops and seize Teheran, after which they might obtain control of the entire country. It is considered likely, also, .that the bolshevists will capture Baku on the Caspian, the great oil center. The one setback which the soviet armies sustained was in the west. The Letts, evidently not caring to participate par-ticipate in the armistice arranged by the Esthonians, joined forces with the Poles and drove the bolshevikl out of Dvinsk and eastward in Letgalia, a district which Letvia claims. The supreme council in Paris decided de-cided the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of Versailles should take place on Saturday, January 10, in the French foreign office, but at this, time there is indication that the Germans have dug up some additional excuses for delay In the assertion that the several sev-eral states In their "republic" must be consulted. However, the patience of the entente allies probably will not last much longer. The full extent of the damage done' by the terrible earthquake In southern Mexico probably never will be known. It is certain that many thousands of lives were lost, and numerous small towns were wiped out. The disturbance disturb-ance was centered about Orizaba, an occasionally active volcano. Again the United States government has been compelled to call the attention atten-tion of President Carranza to the murder of American citizens. Three recent murders have come to the notice no-tice of Washington, and Mexico is asked to use every moans of bringing the slayers to justice. There Is not the slightest reason to expect any result re-sult from this protest and appeal. Already Al-ready the Jenkins case soems to be forgotten, together with the vigorous language it called forth In Washington. |