Taiban Valley news., 1918-02-01
FOREIGN

States for 100000 bushels NOR,
wheat. This was one of the most i'm
portant statements which Lord Rhond
da, the British food controller. made
in an interview.
Reports received in Copenhagen
from Vienna, as forwarded by the Elk
change Telegraph correspondent, indi
cate that 100000 men there are still
on strike, and that the strike contin-
ues in Budapest.
Little news has come from Germany
on the political situation there, but 1t
is indicated that the Austrian emper-
or is not unmindful that the trouble in
his own land may force Emperor Will
liam to change his attitude toward the
peace negotiations.
Count Won Hertling, the German
chancellor, in answering the recent
speeches of President Wilson and
Premier Lloyd George, announced in
the Reichstag main committee that
Germany would not give up Alsace-
Lorraine.
According to a Petrograd dispatch
10 German newspapers, which was re-
ceived by an indirect route, the Boil
sheViki have seized a portion of the
FUNDS of the Rumanian treasury de-
posted in Moscow bank and also
taken the Rumanian crown Jewels at
Kishinev.
Comments in the French press on
the speeches of Count Czernin. the
Austrian foreign minister, and Count
Won Hertling, the German chancellor.
vary. Some of the newspapers con-
slider the speeches mere bluff or
brain-stuffing,' while others see in
the statements a genuine advance
toward peace.
chancellor Won Hertling's speech
was characterized in London bv Lord
robert Cecil, minister of blockade, as
very warlike, certainly not a peace
speech" He added that the speech
mad been dictated by Hindenburg and
Ludendorff, and contained no declar-
alton OF policy regarding Belgium.
which he had always looked to as
test of the reality of any proposals
from the other side.
Vlscount Motono, the Japanese for
elgn minister, in his speech to both
houses of Parliament at Toxic. an
bounced that the members of the Ian.
Inese mission recently sent to Amer
ca, mad after a frank exchange of
leWs established full mutual ac- ;
ora between Japan and the United
'tates In regard to military co-opera-
lon in the war. The foreign minis
er said: "The great war which has
athed Europe in blood continues and d
would seem difficult to predict the
nd" r
PORT n
JACK Dempsey defeated Homer
m1th in the first round at Racine
lis. d
The closest, most exciting and real p
hearttearing game of basketball -
yer played in Fort Collins was won
the Colorado Aggies from the Dem o.
'r university team. OF
Manager c. H. Winginder of the lc
University of Denver football souad
IS completed negotiations, and def or
ite date has been set for football ga
me with the Nebraska Cornhuskers til
Lincoln, Nov. 2. st
Billy Young, 1917 winner in the 1os-
una Glass; carried off the honors at su
Denver Athletic Club tourney in WI
same division that he did last Pi
ar by stopping Whitley" Lewis of in
Five Points Club in the second
IND of one of the prettiest battles Fe
AZ has been staged at the popular be
enarm swat parlors. of
GNERAL we
flood reported in the upper Rbine
ley has inundated the city of Co. ca
ne, destroying quantities of pro is
ions. tor
III New York newspapers were nut OF
2-cent an issue basis. Increasa Da
materials and labor was given as 7
reason. mi,
ne Wyoming board of equalization our
doubled the former assessment on or 6
ep' raised cattle s. per head and 7
ses $25 per head. ont
amage Of from 40 to so per cent" the
The winter oats crop with "mucb due
age to truck garden crons bv
ughout the South as a result of Ney
recent three successive cold r.
es was reported by the Agricul- .,
Department. " y.
lirty more negro soldiers will face ~
t-martial, the result of new test,. nou
y brought out in the investigation owe,
le Houston riot of Aug. 2S, when -
negro soldiers of the Twenty. ~
n United States infantry shot ND ror'
'ity of Houston, it was announced New
an Antonio, Tex. sent
q town 90 Moa, jecti
has been overwhelmed by CIV. a- M
which produced tidal wave MI
rlood conditions. Heavy loss Of eral
s reared. Fourteen bodies have yer
oy been recovered. There is a the
or assistance. Property damage tne
1eavy, especially to the stocks Of corp
;, or which more than 60 nm mn nen'