The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-12-12
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THE EUROPEAN WAR.

THE EUROPEAN WAR.
Dispatches Of last Thursday state
that machine guns were used In sup
pressing food riot in Cologne. Ger
many. two days prior to that date
1t was announced in the dispatche.
last Thursday that Berlin was ut the
mercy of a gang Of nlarauders. and
! there appears to be 10 authority
| there"
A dispatch made public last Thurs
| day said: "A number OF formerly
J prominent leaders In Austria Hungary
have arrived in Switzerland with large
! sums Of money to further campaign
/ of BOlshevism elsewhere than In Switz.
| erland, the Zurich correspondent to
the Paris Journal says he learns from
a reliable source. Among the men are
the former grand admiral Of the inlpe.
rial fleet, former AustrO- Hungarian
| foreign minister and a former member
/ OF the Hungarian cabinet The cores
| pOndent adds that other men are to he
sent to Alsace- Lorraine to spread Boil
Shevism.'
| 1t was announced last Friday that
American troops had already entered
| Mainz. capital of the province of Rhe.i-
ish Hesse and one of the principal for
tresses Of Germany.
The growing menace of civil strife
| i'll China was noted. 1t was annOunc-
ed that other nations had decided to
cooperate with that government tp
unite all factions and restore order.
A London dispatch Of the 9th SAIL,
in part: Serious disorders have arisen
In Berlin and considerable firing has
occurred IN the principal streets. ac-
corling to reports reaching the Dutch
German frontier. The trouble is said to
have been caused by the German Boil
| Sheviki.
The new Turkish Sultan stated last
Friday to a newspaper correspondent
| that the fOmenters Of the slaughter pf
| the Armenians will be punished. lie
closed the interview by stating: = The
great majority of the nation Is entirely
innocent Of the misdeeds attributed To
it. Only limited number Of persons
| are responsible
Two Belgian cavalry detachments.
800 men strong, Friday Of hsxt week
entered dusseldorf, on the left bank of
the Rhine. twenty-on miles northwest
of Cologne. All intercourse with the
other bank Of the river was forbidden.
The cavalry later proceeded to Cleves,
twenty three miles northwest Of Vessel,
being relieved at Dusseldorf by i,l-
fantry.
One of last Fridays dispatches read /:
Allied aud American forces will tempe
rarity occupy BeffffM, ~ eSeFE my -
lice supervision. according to the
Dcntsch .ilgemcinc ZcitMng, of Berlin,
which Says that an American wireless,
dispatch to this effect has been inter.
cepted by the Germans. The newspaper
says that Mannheim will be similarly
occupied. The reason for this action
OH the part Of the Allies is said to be
"a regrettable incident during which a
supervisor Of prisoners camps shot
three Frenchmen."
The rioting of Friday in Berlin,
the mysterious raid on the executive
committee of the soldiers and work
mems council, and the demonstration
by soldiers and sailors on behalf of
Chancellor Ebert (when he was ac-
claimed as president of the republic
but set aside the honor), have intensi-
fled the existing gaps between the two
wings Of the social democracy, which
seems now more than ever hOpelesslv
divided" read Berlin dispatch dated
last Saturday.
The editor of the Paris Martin was
quoted In last Saturdays dispatches as
having said: The United States gov
ernnent will have AZ its guests in
the near future President POincaire,
Of France; King George. of England: !:
King Albert, of Belgium; King Victor
Emmanuel, of Italy, ana the heads of
any other nations President Wilson
may visit during his stay IN Europe.
1t has been u diplomatic custom from
time to time that the head Of one gov
ernment who entertains the head of an
other invariably repays the visit
The surrender Of the 1000 German
airplanes required under the terms of
the armistice convention has been pro-
ceeding during the past week, and 1t Is
expected the full complement of enemy
machines will shortly be in the hands
of the Allies. 1t was announced Sunday.
A dispatch of Sunday, with Zurich,
Switzerland, date line, reads: /. The
casualties in the fighting ut Berlin
Friday amounted to $50, according to
latest Berlin advices received here Sat
urday. The. Spartacus or radical So
cialist group are reported to be defend
ing with machine guns three sections
of the suburbs Of Berlin. street fight
ing is reported by the Cologne Gazette
to lie going on In Mayence, capital Of
the province Of Rhenische Hesse and
one of the principal fortresses Of Ger
many. Many persons have been killed"
A Berlin dispatch Of the 9th reads !:
Matthias Erzberger, head of the Ger
man armistice delegation, announced
to-day that the French government has
requested the German army command
to designate plenip0tentiaries to confer
regarding the prolOngation Of the ar
mistice. The delegates will meet ut
Treves, il Rhenisl Prussia, December
18th and 18th.
An Amsterdam dispatch dated Mon
day says the Polish-American divisions,
according to q well Informed source.
says the Warsaw correspondent Of the
Wescr ZeifMng, have embarked at
Havre for Danzig, In West Prussia,
with the intent Of occupying the prov
sinces of P0sen and Silesia. The head
quarters OF the I'olisll-4AMericaa troops,
according to this Information, will be
ut the town Of pOHeH.