Show R N 7 7 A y ki 0 it g 1 11 I 1 3 N 1 1 1 3 ZIA lioe ff bigi T 71 A 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 ff x 4 N MM r 77 y by I 1 view from the air or of tile the wilt arval transport leviathan at now new york with the twenty seventh reventh division 2 german parliamentary officers on oil their way to french headquarters at Sti litis lorraine on oil it diplomatic mission ints slon 3 company al three and sixty tirel infantry A I 1 K F I 1 lit in front of the hotel do da villo nt at Au Audeh deharde ardo belgium ISel glum NEWS REVIEW OF 0 CURRENT CORRENT EVENTS quick peace and food for the peoples of bf central europe are called for TO CHECK ANARCHISM FLOOD treaty and league of nations may be separated some features of terms germany must accept Sparta cans desperately fighting president eb erts troops by EDWARD W PICKARD immediate peace lind foud for tho the hungry peoples of central europe these lire arc the two essentials if overwhelming wh elming lining anarchy Is to be averted according to welt well posted authorities on the situation to these frank vander lip adds that the speedy resumption of production Is most imperative imper active or lie horrors of ar may inny be exceeded by tile the horrors of tills after period chich Is neither war nor pence but a breakdown of the machinery of civilization iza tion Ilo however wever wrong in sonie some respects respect 4 may lie he tile the senators and other americans who oppose the present plans plains for the lie league of nations nation they appear to have been right when they sad the pence peace treaty should be devised and ratified first and the matter matier of the lie league taken up lip liter later for inal settlement the two propositions are undoubtedly closely interwoven lind anil president wilson may yet have ills any and see them considered aw mul adopted ns as one hut the lie opinion lost last week in ili paris and elsewhere else whore was wag alint lite peace treaty should be closed up nt fit once so that its it ratification may nut not lie be delayed by the opposition to tile the league to ague and tho demands tor for din amendments e antl of the ilie present preset it plan the peace amee delegates recognize the lie necessity of nt submitting tit the treaty to tile the german government befort before eliat ant government falls and in ili order ti that t it may not flot fall because of longer delay it Is hoped the treaty tenn can be b ready by march 20 aljon tho ilie grman german plenipotentiaries will bu be called en to receive it they will lay iny it before the national national assem aly ly tit nt weimar and receive their instructions from that hody body while tile germans german 4 vylla III be given opportunity to suggest minor they will bo be compelled to accept tile pact ns as it stands since this treaty renty Is held to concern only tile the belligerent nations it will not he be submitted to the plenary session of the conference c n which includes representatives of the neutral nations only tile the ratification of the supreme council Is held necessary though ll 11 the theT to be 10 imposed on tile the germans will not be so harsh is first suggested they will be so severe that hat there are many predictions eliat tile the 17 ehert bert government e cannot sign them and alve tt tf the huns refue to sign them it Is up lip to io marshal shill foh foch and the wisdom of keeping a very large allied force under arms may become econie apparent at 0 n c e I 1 As it stood tit nt the time tills was uni written all the sert section lorf of tile the twity deal ing with the military cuts down tile the german army to pien men with 4 OW officers the force to he be raised by voluntary twelve year enlistments all equipment in excess of the lie requirements tf of this army Is to be surrendered ranil we munitions output kept down the itilene forts ire are to be demolished the reparation to be 1 p exacted exact NI has been reduced reduced to about i and e economic terms tire ire being arranged with n ale w to ger anany to ti resume its manufacturing and in order that it may pa any the hill bill this latter subject has glyen given tin tho supreme council considerable abl e trouble trIn Itil y 1 because cauce of tile stand aun mauei by the french Fre fich who want their own v n production in ilia de islat ed cd region regi it restored first the supreme council decided ahn t the lie diw alon of lite hie western flerin C lerin nn ad adriatic boundaries should so ild not be passed upon by the boundaries commission but determined 1111 tied by the council it itself jelf because of their vast ast importance and these include tile the frontier disputes 1 between betwee ll italy and jugo slovakia tit alie commission on oil waterways ports and railways d that tile and tile the luel kiel canal bo be opaenell to freo free navigation by nil all nations the coriner to bo be controlled by an all interns dional and the latter to remain ilider german ownership unit tind operation poland probably will be granted the ho dellied dedred outlet to the baltic sen sell und and it Is likely sho ho will bo be given danzig and tile entire vistula valley this rills would cut off alt cast pru prussia lit and it Is believed that state will be sot set up lip as a separate republic lit in accordance with tile the wishes of a large part of its population tha violent opposition which these measures inny arauso in Gerin germany apy probably will mill render it nd we the sending to poland of general Il hallers allers two divisions of poles ioles now in Fr france Lince that the germans must have food quickly if the flood of tind and anarchy Is to be stayed Is the flat statement of many who should know including secretary in this policy there Is no pity for the huns it Is merely a matter of self protect protection lon for the rest of europe if not lot tor for the world investigators for the hie allies to do not agree with the statements that there Is plenty of foot food in ili most of germany and the grent great majority of authorities tire are convinced that the anarchistic in central europe Is feeding on hunger and can call bo be checked by provisions the almert government go eminent virtually threatened to lie down and let the Sparta cans have their own way it f tile the allies ild did not consent to feed germany whether L r or not tho tha threat was a bluff it tin lias worked with this wn wa involved til he 0 matter of the surrender jer of Clerin german nn merchant shipping and tile huns induced the allies to agree to germany until the next harvest if the lie ships were given up lip letting a defeated notion nation dictate thus to its conquerors afis sald said by some to be a ser I 1 ou blunder but I 1 ts worst vorst effect ahl ably ivill be to encourage the germans to be b stubborn tuh born on other questions question w here the allies cannot afford to io yield three hundred thou thousand tons of german shipping now in german ports lias has been bean allocated nl located to the united states 1 in about tona on of german shipping interned tn in chilean ean waters was allo allocated caNd to america Atner lint but this way not lie be accepted it if th lie shipping board finis finds the lip necessary repairs would mould not be ju justified stifled if tile hie vessels are to be used by us f for 1 I r it a chort period the lie Iti Int cinal terrial condition of germany IT Is s described ns fig almost almos t hopeless there lias itus ben continuous tigh fighting ting in berlin and other centers tint and while the spar tacana have genc nilly got the he worst voist of it they abc persistent anti and very desperate in the suburbs of the capi capital tat the battles were especially bloody lechtenberg seeing tile most sanguinary ar encounters tito gover government troops used artillery and mine thron ers there and aft utter ersome some d bayar MIC ceedee in ousting tile the nany many prisoners were mere taken and cre summarily executed the th e reds devoted a great deal ot 0 their attention to plundering the shops 11 politically tile majority socialists are not meeting with grout grea t success or inspiring much enthusiasm in the people hugo and the minori minority tf socialists tire growing stronger ond some joer observers veis ay any the only salvation fro from M th the c cola nitin imn sm or chaos they would bring about aboud Is in tile the new democratic party winch which Is get geang liiK aiato action the fact tile tho chief oi of tills hils efty Is count coulie on will not give gh it much standing with the ilie allies it into Is to lie be noted too that doctor albert alberer former lender leader of plots nil propaganda santes lias bean it cabinet position under one can almost i 1 discern alread already y alie ali e finish of the so called Gerin german nii revolution autocracy even at Is reported thea alie people are vi ignoring the lite national assembly and alts ts deliberations seemingly kentne and trotsky lave given up any idea of coming to terms 14 j with the rest of the world and tire arc going 1 ahead arvith their plan of forcing on oil nil all peoples dispatches front from moscow say tile lie soviet government lias ilis appointed n swiss named moor to lo he 10 international commissar matli ted and political with a view to promoting a worldwide c revolution in ili tile region the bolshevists continue their attacks on tile the allied forces and though severo severe losses have compelled them to norths ird front from informs cioll front from tile part of oe controlled OY by tile the I 1 la Is that though their birly Is increasing and Is well drilled tit and well fed the rest of the alic people are arc barving to death deaf li production ProdUCt IOU of nil ill tills lias ceased and transports ploll lon Is so sa utterly demoralized that lint what grain they be distributed aji 11 word the soviet ilas haq demonstrated its absolute incapacity and lack of ability except in the matter of raisins raising n conscript army in ili this Is inage ly IY following tile the old system of the ilia empire tito war of words lind and ideas dens over the league of nations continues former president taft and others of tile the plans supporters admit the present draft should be amended and have suggested desirable changes senator baralt and the alie rest of the attackers do not seem to approve the league at all the pope has rather weakly reverted to the old idea of an agreement for international ter national arbitration with ce economic ono in ic PO Jpy cott of tile nation refusing to submit to the award of the arb arbitrators arbitrator Itrato ile he also would admit to the league every nation in tills this lie ho Is supported by air bryan who thinks to require a two thirds vote to admit a nev mein cneill ber buggi suggests ats tile social club where a few black balls may keep keel out autran outran an jl congenial applicant opponents of the league plan iau la in america havu havo formed a national organization of which cot col henry glenry watterson or of Louls louisville Is resl dent ilent lind and george gcorge wharton tirton popper pepper of philadelphia is the ina managing lend head and df director f its P Is to create ti alic a baclit nery for conducting nil an active campaign a against the proposed league throughout the lie nation it will undertake to reach every voter by distributing literature tit attacking tacking the league pinn among the members are arc many nabors and prominent publicists all neutral tint nations ions aro are to have something to say concerning the league before action Is taken they jiava have been invited by the conference authorities to attend a private and conference tit in paris stanch march 30 to express their views on alio constitution as drafted it la Is bell believed eved now that go nova maybe may be made the permanent sent seat of tho the league of nations ireland Is not the only country that it id seeking to take advantage of the l self elf determination principle enunciated by president wilson and accepted by the belligerent nations porto illco illch I 1 strongly urges that it be made a state or given independence and tha philippines Ip tire urging that they be permitted to paddle their own canoe president wilsons Wll Wil sons record leads to the belief that lie he will not offer tiny serious opposition to the desires of the fill panos koren korea also has hai declared its independence from japan and the declaration la lit ration which says it represents tho the voice of 1 people asserts they will tight to the last drop of blood in the alie grent great cause of liberty the leader ot of the koreans Is said to have come to tile lie unit d states to conduct a press campaign with the immediate object of obtaining a hearing at the paris peace two pieces of news concerning mex 6 co aroused Interest last week one ai as that president carranza was v as insisting on the payment of tile conns coffis eltory royalty tax on oil product produced 63 foreign operators and that the en tire controversy was likely to reach a 1 l critical stare stage again the other was tho the bif information that tile 1 I W W had it a revolution revolutionary ark confederation in for the alie purpose olover throwing the clergy and and that the chief of the Carra imn cabinet had signed an all agree agreement with them to ta have enacted the tiec necessary essary legislation members of the 1 I IV IV are to be designated d tl as du mobilized soldiers for foi any duty in fin tiie alie way af tiie desired results |