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Show CURRENT EVENTS N i RIiVESi ; i; u BlA y- The civil war Which lias been racing rac-ing in i hlna and caueing oneern to the United States and other nations Interested In Chinese trade, is prac-j tUally over. But now new trouhlo has arisen In' China that Will cause fresh worries to our country and to European com-1 merclal nations. Reports from Urga, In Mongolia, an inner part of China, say thai a Hoi .htist or communist government hasi oeen set up there. The renoris sav this eovernnient ' has heen set up by Kuselan Bolshevist Bolshe-vist agents who arne from the I'm-Eastern I'm-Eastern Republic of Chita in Siberia Si-beria Th Kuvsian soviet government, govern-ment, it is said, has recognised the new Mongolian government. The Mongolian government. according ac-cording lo the reports, lias aaked American merchants and other for- eign merchants in Monuli'a to turn over at once all of their property to the Mongolian Kovernm- ni Thin annoys our government and it is almost certain that trouble will result If the Bolshevist government in Mongolia lasts. Many American business men are Interested In the fur. hWlr- nnrl wool business In Mongolia. It their possessions pos-sessions are seized they will lose heavily. Our government, of course. must protect its citizens who are In business busi-ness abroad ( 'onsequently our government gov-ernment probably will ask ihe rhl-nese rhl-nese government to send soldiers to Mongolia to restore order. If the i.'hmeso government is not able lo protect the interests of our people in Mongolia, our ov. n government ma) :aUe a hand In the matter What Is the meaning of the term "communist government'.'" That means a government thai does not believe in private property thai believes be-lieves in the state owning and operating op-erating all factories, stores and industries in-dustries for the benefit of the pcopv instead of for the benefit of private Investors. IRISH PE I B3 I (ilt'ls Another Irlkh jip co meeting now hi in progress at Indon The first meeting, you will remember, took j.i.i' a at Eondon several months ago when representative of Irish revolutionists revo-lutionists met to talk peaci with rep- resentatives of the British government. govern-ment. At the mectinr, the British representatives repre-sentatives agreod to give up control con-trol of Ireland and allow the Irish people to govern themselves. Eut Ireland did not become peaceful. peace-ful. Eamonn Do Valera and other Irishmen did not believe th British government hod yielded enough to the Irish people. other were well satlfied vith tlo terms 'be British government had made. These two prot.p those who are satisfied ami those who are not have been fla?htina reaselAsslv and ! many lives have been lost Finally, a few days ago. Eamonn ' I e Valera. leader of those who are 'not satisfied. and Michael Collins, head of the Irish governemnt. I agreed to Instrue their followers to cease fighting and hold a peaceful election J That brings us to the present meeting at London. Representatives of the Irish government gov-ernment are meetlnr with representa- inrs of th' British Rovernment to I decide whether the agreement between be-tween De Valera and Collins violates i the original agreement between Ireland Ire-land and Englano. giving Ireland Its freedom. 11 NOW FREE Egypt now Is making preparations to be n self-governing nation, Just ! like the United States or the other great powers. King Fund will be head of the new Egyptian government which win be a monirehj inv: 'Hi of a republic, Uk our country. Self-government will be a new thing for the Egyptians. For a while jBgypi Is one of the oldest eountrles Oh earth. Its people have not governed gov-erned themselves (6r more than 2000 ye- First, Egypt was conquered b the Greeks. under Alexander the Oreat. Eater it was ruled by the ', Romans. : I or man yearn Egypt was a part of the great Arabian empire or Caliphate. loiter it became a part of I I io- Turkish empire. In modern times France and England Eng-land struggled for the control of this old count r and England won. ! Now England r.as given Egpt ts Freedom and the Egyptians once 'more will taste self-rule. |