Beaver Press | 1919-01-03 | Page 6 | News Review of Current Events

4 1 fg 4 3 aita m A t V 1 A ra 1 14 to by at I 1 president and anil president PoIn poincare pare of F france r ance riding down the elysses on the day of mr wll wil rons rona lu in parl s 2 V arst pho showing the llie occupation of constantinople gen sir henry wll son soft inspecting prisoners prisoner of 3 Aine rican sailors iri in london onshore leave sleeping in the great hall or of tho the cour 1 over to them liy by 6 order cordei of tile the lord N NEWS E W REVIEW EV I 1 ek 0 OF 1 CURRENT CURRENTI EVENTS VENTS PRESIDENT GIVEN ROYAL WELCOME OY BY THE BRITISH king AND PEOPLE CONFERS WITH WAR CABINET I 1 I 1 I 1 league of nations subject of warm De debate bitte here hera and abroad ress rasa of germanys germanas Germ anys revolution watched with suspicion by allied nations nation by EDWARD W PICKARD mingling business and pleasure president wilson spout spent n litt busy ay iy christ ans w geelt eek in france and Engla england tid after two tp days of coti conference ference in which several pressing problems notably alint of supplying food to the hungry peoples of europe were cheroti thoroughly ehly discussed sir mr wilson and ills hla party were token to 0 o choumont chadmon t to spead christmas day with the american troops there general pershing was vas ills host liest but the presIde bf devoted much oi of ills his time to tha th d doughboys dough ough boys ant ahal both lio lie and they enjoyer en joyel alie day tin inn tn nien ensely A review of american tro troops aps ops was n feature of lie taw anya doings I 1 in the course of life hla address to the men of the first army mr allson sold salil it was vas tile lie ji privilege of america toi to present the chart for peace peael ond and now jim IK process s of settlement lias been made voi comparatively islin simple ale li by tile the fact that all the nations concerned have accepted the cliart next tile ho presidential party traveled to ca calais bals oil ond thence to dover anti and london I 1 arriving in ill the british capital thursday day afternoon throughout tile thursday Thurl till ley were accorded nil all the honors that royalty could claim and tile the short drive through london rondo tj was like a royal progress king george queen mary anti and princess mary met them fit at the station find and the cavalry acted as escort As it was vas a holiday boxing day 14 the entire population of tile lie metropolis seemed to be out determined ter teri mined nihed to see the famous after if nights rest in buckingham mr wilson met the british war cabinet and discussed with it th ill Q british pence peace terms that the calliel cabinet tt had presentation to ill the 0 conference preceding tile lie peace congress on saturday ho fie con ferrod wl with ill Pre premier liller lloyd george foreign secretary balfour and cann alian ellor ellar of if tile the exchequer bonar I 1 law I 1 ind nd on oil sunday went ti to Carll sP whore where ills his mother spent lier her girlhood i ta t I 1 in loridon Loi Lo idon sidon there was more than a hint that the lie chief object or of mr wll sons visit to E england aside from froin tile courtesy fen feature ture was to if uncertain definitely the views of the lie british gov eminent en n the lie question of the terms of restitution to be imposed on ger many it was said lie had found on tile lie continent very hard set on this ills question which Is wot in id the const surprising the people who were most directly lilt hll b by the hard ships and horrors of the war tire are not likely 6 to he be forgiving and altruistic in their attitude altitude toward tho conquered huns if as tins has iteen been often sold cald america la is fo to ask nothing from ger many it would seem to most of us that the matter of payment might well bp left vIctor victorious long nations of en rope who to do ant intend nd to td be repaid so far as s Is possible for their enormous lo 10 losses I 1 laa IM the th e proposed league of no nations eions anti the cognate fuestion fuest lon or of tile ho freedom of the seas are still tile the subject of warin discussion both road rod and in ame america raen president wilson allson seena to ba 1 socking seeking the 1 support of the neutral notions nations lif in the matter of bf the afie lupu ln pu tind his hiis plans are hacked rip I 1 ay iy y various organizations in franco and england it I Is ii i reported ro that the neu nen li train MR will vill fie to in the deliberations Inch incident lent to tho the ani formation in antion of taw proposed league amigh I 1 ahey will I 1 not lot hip he admitted lit d to tile it labe la be 11 IV id fil many 11 i y af pf f them will w cavor althe hea t i lf ohp fifty ny plan of representation yet suggested ge abed would give them th cut much greater power in ili world affairs they now flow wield in the united stoics states there theio hi to he be it Alkov doVil on oil the league of nations plan in ili n very short time us its its opponents and others booi too feel that alint the lie president should know htow definitely the majority opinion of the hody that inest finally accept 0 or r reject tle tile pence treaty that lint lie and ills 1114 colleagues assent to fit at though I 1 tile lie lu in the senate sen tite are nearly nil all opposed 1 to 1 0 the pl L adenis plin plan to inake tile gutlon of the jrygue bengue a part of of flie tie peace tre nty they IM not stand alone quite a number of tho democratic senators also tire arc against again st that hut believing that lint it at least tile the question should ile he anade the lie subject of a separate kep sep irate orate treaty lifter after matters relating directly to the war filial 1 have been disposed of As for tile freedom of the sens seas 11 the e expression Is now interpreted nenn that alint britain may not at one and tile same saine time fline have tile the largest navy and he be the exclusive interpreter of sea ea laws las and tills this I 1 it k Is believed britain will accept consenting to tin an ment dumong nations iks regarding tho laws find and rules ru lesof of to t e sen sea to which nil all must submit aca prompt dental denial came from paris of oe the report that the american Atner lon dulean oil had greel agreed coalie to the sinking bof f the surrendered german war vessels tho president salt said lie he was absolutely op posed to such mich a course and secretary lansing declared tho the proposition lia biad not even been discussed lea it Is not likely that 1110 general police pence calif conference hlll I 1 lefore the die ll middle lIddIe tf of january nor la Is any om ofal binl I 1 statement expected before then as ag to tl alie le number of go government vermil to be represented it Is considered probable that the united atutes great britain BrI france italy and fill perhaps belgium will ft determine the matter of admission of delegates the representatives senta tives of 0 the lie central powers will vill not ile be called in until pie th final bial stage anges S nie ire rea reached cheil for fo I 1 they 11 ll villine vil lIJe tie compelled to accept whatever the ifie others decide upon and to hagelie lime been n pre 1 during the preliminary G 1 would only prolong the proceedings unnecessarily pa i ii the entente nations nation are rather coldly i anti and watching tile apparently deslie rito efforts of oc the now new german government to establish itself the distrust of the hun hula engendered by tile war and add destined to last for generations Is applied to pres pies ent events and the attitude of the conquerors is ig rightly one of watchfulness the revolution was an the main so easily and smoothly accomplished and tile the pillars of autocracy are arc so rapidly sliding in g into positions of power behind the nominal heads of the peoples government that there Is reason to bo suspicious still controls con trola a large part pari of the army and ills UI u explained intention forming it a new defensive line a 1 few miles from tile the rhine liaa has been accepted by eiert rind his colleagues such men as prince max and the treacherous unit and hyl hypocritical to von bernstorff Ceni Bernst orif fire still powers in the rand it almost seems that llie jib only gen genuine bine sincere advocates n of it mireal real re revolution in germany tire mu lie under the leadership of anil and Lo debour Lede hour they are unremitting in their struggle to overturn tha ebert government their latest manifestation being n bloody revolt in verlin last lacot week mutinous seized the red aind and ne buildings and for two days fought the th e republican guard about persons breling killed Thesal the sailors lors demanded that flint ebert chert and kinase resign to be replaced fly by Le debour and lit in the end tha cers were forced to td surrender anti wire evere permitted to tk leave the c city under guard ahls ans i regarded I 1 ns n sa n v vic by alie spa aal next nest 1 day I jn they seized the plant of the organ and the offices of the prussian war ministry and tin nn bounced that tant they would at ance arn claim the downfall of the ehert gov e rement the chan chancellor ello called ed out drill ali irl berlin ill imd had been 1 heard feofil the hea german capital nt at the the german democratic party in assembly at coblenz adopted a pent forni on oil which it will stand in tile the 1 ain I lional assembly combating hotia the reactionaries anti and tile the socialists s it calls for a united Geri nany including german austria austren ln equality of till all I 1 citizen zens male and fen female inte freedom of thought religion press and speech of tile the It henish province have suggested another plan of reorganization the formation of seven minor republics which shall be united under mider a central government go vern ment in nil all their planning and scheming the germans of till all shades of opi opinion lilon and sincerity ae arc counting more find more on the influence of president dent wilson and of americans generi generally illy to obtain caster terns terms from their con chiv quei quer ors their words and actions make tills this evident notwithstanding the fact that there Is little on which they have love tiny any right to base such hopes our army of occupation to reports Is having nn an elaborate exposi tion of the german policy of spreading soft soap and the doches boches there took full u I 1 advantage a d va of we ilie christmas Christ mil 1 spirit t that alint pervaded I 1 the lie troops lea charles Cli arles it II crone crane of Clit chicago engo just returned from siberia says no one knows anything about Itus russia sla it Is a tragedy that sums up the situation at ionIn in the distracted starving coun try that spreads from the baltic to tho the Paci pacific no one knows just what Is happening there still less what Is likely to happen the stories storie s of those who claim to have accurate information are utterly conflicting nod and confusing one says sayd the ire gaining in strength und abd tire are the only force that cabbe can be counted on to restore order tin aind save e tho country from absolute disaster i another avers thattie that the be bolshevik movement Is waning and that the government nt at amsk must ho he relied on yet others call loudly tor for intervention in force by allies and they are arc opposed by those who declare the allied troops must be withdrawn and the rus russians left to work out the their irown own salvation in ili the baltic provinces the bolshevik vik I 1 continue con to tb push back their coppom ants including such germans ag as remain there and both prussia and poland are becoming anxious concerning their borders on oil the archangel front tle the denine forces tire are said to be numerous anti and well organized and tile the position of 0 the allied expedition in ili that region Is none too comfortable Glen general ertil the leader who refused to recognize tile the ab au thornty of admiral XIn dral Kb kolchak Ichak dictator in tho the amsk government Is salt said to have love consented to give hief hl recognition provided kolchak holchak retires in favor of general gen aral Deni kine hetman lief ninn of the cossacks its as soon as a junction of bf the eastern and western forces Is effected the russian mission statesmen who are in paris by prince lvoff fire are relying lying g largely onno on no kolchuk belink and alid hut but they are also urging that an expedition of bf ni af least ile be sect sctt alpy tit y have not received much enc aur of their plea pica for ln on here Is one of the many instances that made it impossible for tho the outsider to understand what Is going on in Itus russia sla last summer lie lietman of the ukraine was deposed R abid i tid driven out because lio lie was notoriously the tool of the germans A fe bev days ago a dispatch from warsaw mild and the french troops were advancing from odessa to brine the ukrainian situation under control ta italy and the jugo slavs are no nearer agreement concerning the lie western coast of the adriatic than they were wt re a week ago and their dispute undoubtedly must be settled by the 1 conference jugo slavin hag not yet been recognized ns as it nation and it its 8 fic aders want to know who will represent its component parts serbia aion montenegro and largo large parts of the former austrian empire in tile the peace I 1 congress te PM I 1 tile the seriate senate passed without a roll rill alil the chri largest twe tn measure in tile the worlds bi history story it Is designed to rals raise in 1010 1019 and in 1020 among inong the amendments accepted MIT 3 one making the district of columbia bone bonc dry uirl and another levying an fn a per cent tax on nil all campaign contributions in ili elc of 00 the latter hitter it la Is supposed will weaken the lie 1 influence of big politics s