Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS attempt of communists to run metal industries of italy likely to fall fail TECHNICAL MEN HOLD OUT lithuanians Lithuania ns open hostilities against the poles british wont release irish hunger destructive earthquake in italy de in politics by EDWARD J PICKARD soviet rule in the industrial region of northern anly came rather suddenly but it was not unexpected by phoso who were wera watching developments there tito the experiment of tho the workers Is of great interest but the indi indications callons are that it will be a failure employers in tile tho big metallurgical works of that part of the country undertook to bead off a threatened general strike for increased wages by putting a lockout into effect the immediate result was the tha seizure of the plants by tile the workers who put them under the management of tho the soviets ond are arc to operate them on noncom corn muni principles tile the owners did not resist but the technical and administrative 1 stats staffs unanimously refused to join in with the others and c consequently on the latter tire lire having a hard time in making good they havo have tin no one capable of directing their cf efforts end and thousands of them are drifting away ind and refusing to work nt at all in the lie plants that are running the waste Is said to be so for tile communists have generally refrained from violence indeed there has heen been no occasion for it therefore tho government lins lias declined to interfere trusting that the employers and men will finally adjust their differences the government of italy Is in a more precarious position than any anny other of the great powers and cannot afford to antagonize the labor ites and communists if the soviet movement spreads to other industries and interferes with the public services and the provisioning of tile the people premier Glo may be forced to lo intervene ter vene in order to meet blint eventuality bality it Is bald the employees of tho the communize automobile factories at turin are building armored cars and tanks and tho the airplane it tit at brescia ore are mounting on planes a number of machine guns that were secret ly removed from the arsenal tit at venlee venice tile situation may be cleared up by two conferences that opened near the close of the week italian manufacturers declare that the ilia wage increase lo creaso demanded by tile tho metal workers employed by them would add nt at least tire lire to their pay roll and that thai this burden could not bo be sustained they point out that italy pays paya 18 times the prewar pre war price tor for coal while england pays ays P only three times america only 35 franco france six and even germany aly 11 As a result foreign production 1 I on Is replacing italian polish troops in their operations the Itus have run afoul of the ll 11 lans and hostilities have lieve broken out between the two countries the bone of contention Is the province of ki which Is inhabited mainly by and was given to Lithun lithuania nin by russia rula when the poles were driven out recently attacking sud demy the defeated the poles in ili the region of scilly and then lien by forced marches advanced yond tile city of ki with the evident of assaulting the augustono Augus towo vor fortress artress ur tress to which heavy beavy polish reon reen re on en Corce menta cements were rushed poland protested to the coninie of nations against the action of lithuania but that coun try refused to tho the blame stating that it does not recognize the lines of demarcation by U earl nil curzon and marshal foch but inh t ready to cease hostilities and negotiate a 0 new line of course tho the russian reds took advantage of tills this complication and renewed their attacks on the ho poles but with small success or utter failure general 1111 denny it was reported was mas gathering largo large forces in tile tho pripet marshes with which lie ho intended to move against either lemberg or lublin predictions that tile tho germans would bo be unwilling or unable to disarm end properly intern tho the many thousands of russians who were forced fareed across the most prussian border have been godles fulfilled several times lately large bodies of these reds have re crossed the frontier and attacked polish positions sit ions they were captured or repulsed but poland naturally is peeved she has sent seat notes to the alie allied powers demanding that germany be compelled to follow tile rules of warfare arid and keep these bols bolshevik hovik forces in restraint tit the poles allege that tho the entire third bolshevik cavalry corps in enst prussia has boon been neither disarmed nor interned intel bcd and their horses haap not been taken away from them they say these troops are arc in n position to charge across the frontier whenever they wish the germans reply that they have 0 retells felir troops to guard fie BO many reds the independent socialists of germany lune turned against tho the letilee regime in ili russia and in conference lit at berlin they declared against union with moscow prof karl kallod ono of their wisest lenders who lias has been in III russia for several months told them the alie russian soviet chiefs have failed to show that they can establish socialism lit in their country and have proved themselves wholly incapable of effecting nil an economic restoration of russia lie ile pictured tile tho food transportation and industrial conditions there as deplorable the germans were highly displeased with tha anti socialistic policies adopted by lonido and trot aly ric from southern russia during the lio week cek were arc contradictory one day there gouid would he be a story of the defeat of baron Wr wrangell angels forces niia the next adny dispatches telling of victories over the reds at this time the latest report is that krongels Wron gels troops hail had surrounded the nt at koch evka and met a florce battlo was in progress pro gicas with tho the bridge over tha Dif leper river ns as tho the immediate prize tito alie town Is of great strategic aaltio the alio russians tire using most of their reserves servos rc in combating the polish general staff lias has declined to dundei it joint offensive against tile reds lit in combination with pointing out that folco negotiations tit nt illga are and that the allied prevents pr eventa tho the renewing of tho the campaign unless tile tho soviet government refuses equitable terms at this writing terence Aftic SwIney lord mayor of cork was still alive but very weak and there was no prospect of his relief save by this may bo be delayed a considerable time as lie ho Is fed during aaring ills his periods of unconsciousness ness sir blaniar greenwood chief secretary for ireland on returning from it visit with lloyd george lu ili switzerland announced tito decision of tile tho government Is final and irrevocable ra neither tho the lord mayor of cork nor any other irish hunger striker will be released it would be a monstrous thing if any prisoner political or otherwise could secure tits his delonce nt at will by refusing food the british government has fins undo made it clear that tho the irish need expect little leniency as long as they cantli ne their 0 assassination against the file constabulary and military in ireland land it was reported from rome home that 00 pope lind had interceded intercedes Inter ceded in III behalf of Alne Swiney and the mayors mayora of n number of Amer american ionn cities sent cable grams asking ills his release dispatches from london sold archbishop of australia might be permitted to go to ireland within n few days haying convinced convince the authorities that ho he Is opposed po aed to extremist measures and seeks to act as aa peacemaker R earthquake arth quake shocks in northern italy killed several thousand persons made many more thousands homeless and did tremendous damage to property the region afflicted lies between floronce florence milan illan and tho the adriatic coast Nume numerous towns and villages were wholly or kurtly destroyed and edl flees lemons for centuries were laid in ruins tito great carrara corrara marblo i quarries are about in tho the center of tile tho shaken region and it wits reported that hundreds of workers on cn bombed there relief ngen cles got into operation quickly and king victor kin hill imanuel hurried to the scene to do what lie he could directing the efforts of the rescuers and feeding and consoling tho the survivors later in the week there were new quakes in tile the emilia district causing further loss of lives and destruction of property in matters political the president I 1 tit candidates and tho ilia campaign fund investigation it vesti gation had to interest last week with sonio some important primaries the results of cheso were not satisfactory to tile up upholders holdem of president wilsons Wll Wil sons draft of tho the league covenant ifor for their opponents scored in three states widely separated in new hampshire united states senator moses 0 who o Is ono one of tho the ables was noted by tho the llo ile having re majority of over oer it II L spaulding in a total yoto vote of spaulding advocated a a league with tile tho clodgo reservations what moy may have counted more lie ho was opposed to woman suffrage georgias democratic primaries resulted roll rell at ll 11 t ed 1 in n tho nomination of thomas I 1 13 sha f former for united I 1 1 11 senator ills opponents were acro S senator na to r hioko smith find gov hugh dorsey tile tho latter making tho the race na as an all administration enri didato and tic nc hepting tho the league as submitted by president wilson watson has bas been an open foe of tho the administration and opposes abe league lit in tiny any form A third test WOH was in wisconsin where tho the republicans senator irvine L Lon lenroot root a clodgo lot senator was by the of connecticut and senator Al marcus aretis smith by tho pio democrats ot of Arl arizona ionn persistent digging by the lie senatorial committee on campaign funds brought 0 out ut facts favorable to hot both I 1 I 1 sides among tho ilia witnesses heard was harry M 11 assistant to republican treasurer upham and the author of tile now famous form plan for larger cities lie iio bold that lie ho hall had copies of this circular made locked most of them in ili a safe but took several to new york where ills his idea ot of raising the limit of subscriptions wua wits rejected by tile republican committee consequently tho the circular was never issued but mr ar blair admitted some copies might have got out and thus come into the hands of sir ir cox cor dudley S blossom of cleveland gave evidence in support of tho ilia cox chargo that special quotas were fixel fixed tor for ilia larger cities admitting that tile the clove land quota was and that ho was in charge of 20 teams named 0 to o raise tant sum slim ire iio jali eald that only 74 been raised or pledged other evidence board by the th committee established tho cox charge that tant w within thin tajo alio republican lonal committee comi I 1 there was a volunteer fin as well as an a paid organization for raising funds and refuted the democratic candidates candidate 6 c charges h a rg P that the hie republican Rep ubil fund was to bo be or anything like that and that subscriptions of moro more aban 1000 were sought tito the fact wits waa developed that santo and local managers all down the una line expanded the quotas they word asked to ralpe raise in order to get tho the amount asked by the ho national committee A man from augusta ill produced letters to tho the postmaster of that town soliciting contributions to tho the democratic fund those bore tho signature of charles charlca Boesch enstein national committeeman for 1111 oril tito republican members of thin hives gating committee asked that boca bacs bo be summoned to explain one Import importing int event in ili tho the world of 0 aport place on labor day that was tho the attempt of hilly billy anisko to tako take away from jack dempsey thy hea heavyweight champ championship ionah ip tile the fight was staged nt at benton harbor midi ond and wal waif witnessed by somo some men ond and a few women mr bilske was waa game but ile 10 never lied had a chance in tha third round mr dempsey knocked him aown end as lie he arose shota shot ft right hook hooft to the jaw that put hm him on th tho mat B at for the count A |