The Red Cloud chief., 1919-09-11

Washington 10 the effect that the
Shantung affair has caused a breach
between the president and Colonel
House. 1t Is said Mr.. Wilson took the
advice Of House In the matter, reject
ing that of the other members of the
American delegation, and that now the
Texan is In disfavOr and is resting In
London preparatory to coming home.
Naturally, those close to the president
denied the tale, saying House was in
London helping the British officials In
the organization Of the League Of Ma
lions.
The near East does not surrender its
supremacy among trouble-making re-
gions. The Turks continue to mas
sacre the Armenians; the Bulgarians
and Greeks are at swords points over
Thrace; the J%ugo-Slavs and Italians
are getting ready to fight over the pos
session of Fiume, and now the whole
Of Montenegro has broken out In re-
volt against the rule of the Serbians.
The latter are using strong measures
to suppress the revolt. but the ma
tional spirit Of the M~ontenegrins has
~reawakened and fighting Is general
throughout the country. Just how the
forced inclusion of Montenegro In the
new state Of Jugo-Slavia, against its
will, is squared with the principle Of
self.determination never has been ex-
planned to the world.
D-z- t.- n.tA -aa0 ~
the American naval forces in Turkey,
warned the Porte not long & that
the massacres of Armenians must
cease. This action aroused some criti-
cism In the supreme peace council, be-
cause the United States has not yet
Of the Turkish empire; but the vexa-
tion Of the French and British was al.
layed when Mr.. Polk explained that
the warning, though II came from
President Wilson, was unofficial and
was transmitted in an informal way by
Admiral Bristol. The British troops
are being withdrawn from Armenia
and It Is predicted that unless the
country is strongly policed by foreign
troops several hundred thousands of
Armenlans will either starve or be
slaughtered by the Turks, Kurds, Tar
tars and Georgians. Even now these
peoples are greatly hindering the work
Of the American relief commission.
A new government In Hungary has
not yet been formed, and though
Archduke Joseph was forced to relln-
quish his control. his premier, Fried
rich, asserts he is still favored by a
the leadership.
In Upper Sllesia conditions are re-
ported much improved. Most Of the
miners have resumed work and the
fighting between the Poles and Ger.
mans has grown less. The Fifth and
Fiftieth regiments OF American lnfan.
try, now In the United States, have
been ordered to Silesia to help In pc.
Icing that country during the pleb'
iscite provided for by the peace treaty
A resolution protesting against this
was introduced In congress by Wood
of Indiana, who said the work should
be done by European troops.
! Russian bolshevlsts last week claim
ed W o considerable vlctories-the cap
I ture Of Pskov, southwest OF Petrograd
$ and OF Kamishin, on the Volga. Gen
eral Denikine, the anti-bolshevil
leader In southern Russia, who occu
: pied Odessa, reported steady progress
into the central part OF the country
and the Kolchak forces denied tina
they had evacuated Omsk. Represen
tatives Of the people of north Russia
assembled M Archangel, have sent 4
President Wilson a cable urging tina
I the allied armed support be not with
r drawn lest they fall prey to the bol
e sheviki. However. the president ha
$ said that the American troops woul
X be brought home as soon as possibl,
l. The peace conference has been irwin
& to devise means TO protect the mort
e Russians, but has not arrived at an
Is definite plan.
After killing several bandits, inclut
r. Ing. according to report, the leader q
H. the gang that kidnapped the America
IL aviators, the American expedition int
he Mexico retraced Its steps. At first
lie was said this was because the "ho
ie traiF' had been obliterated by rain
IN but afterward 1t was admitted that N
ne expedition had encountered Mexica
10 troops and withdrew In order to avoi
ne a clash II. anything Of solid benef
=. was accomplished 1t Is not yet appa
IN ent.
1910