The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13
FOREIGN

DoldeSt stroke or MS career by coup
ling home rule for Ireland with the
conscription of Irishmen.'
"As long as we have a ship afloat
we will not accept German peace"
declared Premier Lloyd George. "If
we win the present battle, the doom
of Prussianism is sealed"
The corporation of the city of Dub
lin has adopted a resolution warning
the British government against dis
astrous results Of any attempt to force
conscription upon Ireland"
Americans may determine the issue
OF the battle on the west front, Pre-
mier Lloyd George declared in the
House of Commons, in referring to
the dramatic assistance rendered by
President Wilson.
1t is reported in semi-official circles
that Japan has proposed to send
200, 900 troops to China to cooperate
with 100000 Chinese troops officered
by the Japanese, to restore order
throughout China and to protect the
borders.
The official announcement at Paris
that no casualties resulted from Sun
days bombardment of Paris by the
Germans says the Petit Paris1en was
not in strict accordance with the facts.
It affirms that there were victims
eight chickens.
All London was talking about the
latest war rumor-the landing in Eng
land of an American aeroplane after
a nonstop flight from New York with
twelve passengers. The authoritieH
declared there was no basis for the
story, but this denial served merely
to give it additional currency.
Official kilograms from Toxic say
that the landing of Japanese and
British forces at Vladivostok was a
purely local affair and has no relation
to any Japanese Intervention in Si-
IBERIA. The landing followed the pill
Laying of Japanese business houses,
during which three Japanese were
killed.
Extracts from German newspapers
giving circumstantial narratives of 4
panic in Paris and riots after the re-
ceipt of official statements from the
front, reached Paris at the moment
when the confidence of the French
was never so high, and were greeted
with characteristic French railery. AT
no time since the victory of the Marne
have the French people looked for
ward to the issue of the conflict with
greater faith and sincerity.
A brilliant asseblage, including
ntx Dfpf toll Ifra1n &c md
Americans at Paris, celebrated the an
niversary of Americas entry into the
war in the magnificent festival hall of
the Hotel de Vile. Ambassador Page
spoke on the efforts America had made,
saying the United States had built a
vast military structure on broad bas-
is. The reading by the ambassador of
General Pershing's words to General
Foch when the American commander
placed the American troops in France
at the disposal of the entente allied
commander, evoked a great round of
applause as did his reference to Presi-
deaI wilson's resolve ito see the
struggle through to the end.'
SPORT
intercollegiate athletics will be sus-
pended for the duration of the war at
Stanford University, it was announced
at Palo Alto, Cal, by the Board OF
Athletic Control.
]. A. Metzger and William Nicholl
worked their way into the finals in
the handball tournament, class B, OF
the Denver Athletic club. Thorwald
Birkedahl already has won in class A..
Prize fighting would be taxed out
of existence by bill introduced by
Representative Blanton of Texas.
Each spectator. would be required to
pay tax of $25, and 75 per cent. Of
receipts, exclusive of the S25 tax,
would go to the government.
GENERAL
Orders have been issued to increase
size of ships being built.
An airplane convoy from Richfield
escorted Miss Margaret Wilson,
daughter Of the President, when she
left Waco, Tex, for Austin.
National recognition for the first
place in the race for third Liberty
loan honor flag will have to be divid-
ed among probably 100 communities
which subscribed their full quota
within a few minutes after 9 o'clock
Saturday morning, April 6. and report
ed in such close order that it is i'm
possible to give each an individual
rank.
A boy in knee pants played lead
ing role in the lynching OF Robert
Praeger, alleged pro-German, wit
nesses at the coroner's inquest testi-
fled at Collinsville, Ill. Directed by
a leader of the mob, the boy climbed
the death tree and put the rope in
place for the execution. Other wit
nesses declared Praeger was first