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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Bolsheviki Must Accept Miller-and's Miller-and's Terms if They Want to Negotiate Peace. LraDGRFF OFFERS ARMY the territory through which the Russians Rus-sians might pass, but a corps of Lithuanian Lith-uanian troops joined the bolshevik cavalry operating eastward through Augustowo and Suwalkl and the combined com-bined forces were reported massing on the East Prussia frontier. The German relchswehr was concentrated at Insterburg to repel the Invaders. The diplomats of Europe were not especially hopeful last week that the conference at Baranovitchi would bring about peace between the two warring nations and were awaiting the Russian armistice terms with impatience. im-patience. It was reported that Le-nine Le-nine favored moderate terms, while Trotzkv wished thorn sn nnnrpssive though no one would predict an immediate imme-diate end of the trouble with the bituminous bi-tuminous miners of the middle West. President Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America asked for a joint conference of operators and miners "to deal with the confusion that exists ex-ists in the coal industry," and the Illinois Illi-nois operators consented to meet the workers for the purpose of discussion, but would not agree to reopen the wage agreement until they received authority from Washington. So serl-rious serl-rious is the threat of a fuel famine that Governor Lowden of Illinois urged the authorities at Washington to act quickly quick-ly in bringing about a settlement. In Will Provide a Million Germans to Fight Russia, on Conditions Armistice for Poland Villa Surrenders, Cantu Rebels, in Mexico. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The dove of peace is being treated roughly in Europe. Every time one nation puts up a nice perch for her fo alight upon, some other nation shoos her away, Insisting that she must sit on its perch or stay up in the air. Tremler Lloyd George thought he had found the way of peace with the Russian bolsheviki and went to Boulogne Bou-logne to tell Premier Millerand all about it and to get his indorsement. But Millerand had his own ideas, and the result was that the little Welshman Welsh-man hurried home, virtually admitting that the Frenchman's plans must prevail. pre-vail. Briefly, Millerand declares that If the London conference proposed by the soviet government is held, peace with Poland nmst be the first subject discussed, anfc, that representatives of Poland and all other states bordering on Russia must be invited to participate partici-pate in the meeting. Another condition condi-tion Is that Baron General Wrangle shall not be delivered up to the bolsheviki. bolshe-viki. Millerand's first consideration is the safety of Poland, which he insists must be constituted a buffer state to keep bolshevism out of Germany. He did not need even to mention the claim for recognition of the Russian debt to France, for the discussion did not get that far. He refused to sign the note to Moscow stating the conditions of the conference. So Lloyd George returned to London, pretended he was quite satisfied with the situation, and said the note would be forwarded to Russia as soon as it had been approved ap-proved by Italy. Meanwhile Poland Is being overwhelmed, over-whelmed, and if she is to be aided, the form of aid and the source from which it Is to come remain undecided. Neither Great Britain nor Italy is in a position politically to send troops, and Germany will not permit the allies al-lies to transport munitions of war through her territory nor to turn over to Toiand the arms and ammunition she surrendered to her conquerors. In this Germany rests on the terms of the peace treaty. France alone could send an army to the rescue of the Poles, and this she may do. One other alternative is offered. General Ludendorff, the former German Ger-man war chief, is said to have told the British charge d'affaires at Berlin that he will raise an army of 1,000.000 men to fight the bolsheviki if the allies al-lies will consent. But his conditions are that Tosen be returned to Germany Ger-many and that certain clauses of the treaty of Versailles be annulled, among them those dealing with Danzig. This and humiliating that the Poles would be forced to continue fighting or overthrow over-throw their government if the terms were accepted. The press of Warsaw is especially skeptical concerning the intentions and good faith of the soviet Russians, expressing the belief that the latter do not want peace. "Poland is fully aware that negotiations negotia-tions may be broken off any minute and that, while they last, soviet Russia Rus-sia will make all efforts to cause an outbreak of bolshevism and revolution in Poland," the Gazeta Warszawska declares. "Therefore Poland must, in order to safeguard an honorable peace, gather all her patriotic spirit and energy." en-ergy." The Russian patriot Barzew, now in Warsaw is quoted by the Corier Po-ranny Po-ranny as saying: "I do not believe peace will be made between Poland and soviet Russia. The sovet regime needs a temporary rest and it will sign an armistice. If It signs peace it will mean that the soviet rule hopes through propaganda to establish a soviet government in Poland." The French in Syria professed to find that King Feisul was insincere in his submission, so they stormed and captured Damascus and ordered Feisul Feis-ul to leave the country. So far there has been no outside opposition to this procedure, . but it Is conceivable that Great Britain will in some way help that Arab chieftain who gave them such valuable assistance in the capture cap-ture of Palestine. In Thrace the Greeks have been making great progress against the Turkish nationalists and after desperate desper-ate fighting they occupied Adrianople, the headquarters of Jafar Tayar, and captured that leader and his staff. King. Alexander himself entered the city and was warmly welcomed. The Greeks also took Kirk-Kiliseh and other oth-er strategic points, and it was announced an-nounced that It would now be comparatively com-paratively easy to clear the country of the nationalist bands. Poor old Mexico ! No sooner does she get rid of one disturbing element than another springs up to continue the turmoil. Last week "Pancho" Villa, having received assurances of forgiveness and financial reward for his efforts in the past, surrendered to the government and promised to spend the rest of his life as a peaceful farmer. farm-er. But at the same time came the news that Esteban Cantu, governor of the northern district of Lower California, Cali-fornia, was considered by the government govern-ment to be in open rebellion. Cantu Can-tu professed to be astonished by this view of his position and denied the charge. He said he had been advised that the provisional government was sending two bodies of troops, numbering number-ing ifhout 3,000 men, against him, and retary of Labor Wilson was about to make a report to the president. Mr. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, Wil-son, said a satisfactory solution of the problem would be reached through the efforts of Attorney General Palmer, who named a committee to fix profit margins, and the orders of the interstate inter-state commerce commission. Others were not nearly so optimistic as Mr. Tumulty. Governor Cox of Ohio was signally honored, on Friday by his home town, Dayton. His fellow citizens, regardless regard-less of party affiliations, made him the chief figure in the "home-coming" celebration, and he delivered a speech in a handsome "court of honor." The city was beautifully decorated and was thronged with visitors from all parts of the state. Dayton also has prepared for the Cox notification ceremony, set for August Au-gust 7. This will take place in the county fair grounds and the governor will deliver his speech of acceptance from ' the grand stand of the race track, in which will be sound amplifiers ampli-fiers such as were installed in the national na-tional convention halls. Most of last week was devoted by Governor Cox to the preparation of this speech. A great many persons profess to be intensely in-tensely interested in what he will say about liquor. It is predicted that he will steer skilfully around that question, ques-tion, and may advise the people of the United States that if they want a liberal lib-eral enforcement of the law, they must elect congressmen who are in favor of such a course. Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts was formally notified of his vice presidential pres-idential nomination on Tuesday and responded with a speech in which he did not markedly deviate from the lines laid down by Senator Harding. The burden of it was that the country must be speedily rescued from the reactions re-actions of war. Senator Harding's campaign Is not by' any means to be confined to his front porch. Plans are being made to take him on an extensive speaking tour, which probably will include Denver, Den-ver, Memphis, New Tr)rk, Boston, Chicago Chi-cago and Indianapolis. He may even go as far as the Pacific coast. To avoid certain errors of past campaigns, he will not enter any state until its primary pri-mary fights are over. Winning three races In a row after losing two, the yacht Resolute successfully suc-cessfully defended this country's possession pos-session of the America's cup against the fourth attempt by Sir Thomas Lip-ton Lip-ton to lift the international trophy. His yacht, Shamrock IV, was out-footed out-footed and out-sailed by the American boat and its crew, and the tea merchant mer-chant admitted that the Resolute was the better boat. But he Is coming across again in 1922 unless some other would he a bitter pill for the allies to swallow, but it is in effect the prescription pre-scription also of Winston Churchill, the British war minister, who asserts that Germany alone can stop the forward for-ward march of bolshevism, and that to permit her to do so would aid her to recover speedily her place among the nations. Such a recovery probably proba-bly is desired by those who would profit prof-it financially thereby, but not many others are deeply concerned in it. Friday saw the beginning of tire armistice between the Poles and the soviet Russians and the start of negotiations ne-gotiations for peace in the town of Baranovitchi. Fighting was supposed ti cease at that time, but it was continued con-tinued up to the last minute, the bolsheviki bol-sheviki capturing Blalystok and forcing forc-ing the Poles steadily back toward Warsaw. The Lithuanians restricted that he would have 4,000 men ready to resist in the field any attempt to invade his province. He assured protection pro-tection to Americans and other foreigners for-eigners engaged in lawful occupations in Lower California. The prospects fur a stubborn conflict were good, though United State Consul Boyle at Mexican urged our government to use its good offices to prevent hostilities. "I am surrendering because the country needs peace for reconstruction," reconstruc-tion," said Villa to General Martinez, who arranged for the capitulation of the bandit chief. But the story comes from Mexico that Villa "has beeu given giv-en very pleasing financial guaranties." His men are to be mustered out at Torreon, and each of them is to receive re-ceive a year's pay and a -.ract of land. There was some relief In sight in the coal situation in the United States, Britisher captures the cup next summer. sum-mer. It is estimated that Sir Thomas spent In the neighborhood of a million dollars in trying to win the trophy this year. The congressional Junketing party that has gone to the orient arrived at Manila very seasick, because of typhoons ty-phoons that wrought havoc in parts of the islands. The visitors were Just in time for the raising of a red flag by angry farm tenants near Manila, whose rent has been increased six times. This, a small Incident in itself, shows the Filipinos, like the rest of the world, are full of social unrest. After ten days in the Philippines, the party will be taken to China under the escort of Doctor Reinsch, former American minister to China and now the adviser of that government. |