The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-03-21

In their murderous warfare. and why
any criminal court In America. Great
Britain. France or Belgium Is not com.
petent to try the accused individuals,
whatever may have been their rank.
Eminent legal bodies In several coun.
tries have reached conclusions at total
variabce with the reported finding Of
the commission over which Lansing
presides. The Pan German league also
Is taking steps to protect the ex-kaiser
from justice. having issued & procla-
nation declaring the national assembly
or the Ebert government Is in honor
bound to furnish him a safe retreat on
German soil.
That Ebert government, by the way,
is becoming rather cocky In its attitude
toward the allies. The cabinet held a
meeting the other. day with party lead
ers and others and all agreed that
Germany could not submit to coercion
from the entente powers in the ar
mistice negotiations or In the peace
pourparlers. 1t was declared that the
government would decline responsible.
ity for possible consequences ''if the
entente tries to speculate on German
patience" The demands Of the allies
for the immediate surrender Of mer-
chant shipping were held to be mac
ceptable because they would "paralyze
the cOuntry's economic future" and the
dismissal OF German crews from the
ships requisitioned was also OBJ.
| jected to.
In many parts Of Germany the disor.
ders created by the Spartacans con.
| tinue undated, and there has been fire.
| quent and bloody fighting, In Berlin as
well as other places. The Reds keep
up their method Of starting strikes, and
in addition are said to be trying to
open up the way through KoenIgsberg.
East Prussia, for the entry Of their
| bolshevik brothers from Russia. This
move was temporarily checked by the
| sending Of strong forces of troops.
| Government soldiers also operated If.
| fectively in Berlin, where the Sparta
cans were trying to get possession OF
| the police stations but were routed
| by artillery fire. The government press
| predicted that the workingmen and the
| government would reach an agreement
| and that the general strike would fail
| leaving the most radical Reds as the
| only malcontents. The government
has proposed that the soldiers and
workingmen's council be made an or
| game part of the governmental sys-
| tern under the new constitution that 10
being constructed at Weimar.
are stili against any concessions to
| the demands OF the Poles as to the
eastern frontier. and the allies COM
| mission now in session at Kreuz on the
Brandenburg-P osen border. has a dim
cult question to settle. Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg is quoted as saying
that the territory In dispute never will
be held, by the Poles. but will belong
to either the Germans or the bolshe-
wiki. He declares the anarchist hordes
cannot be beaten of unless the people
there rally to the defense Of their
homes and their families.
The allied forces in northern Russia
have retired somewhat before the At
lacks OF the soviet troops but have
| indicted great losses on them. Trotsky
Is getting his big army more organized
and Is reported TO be planning to drive
through Bessarahia and into Roumania
and Hungary with the expectation Of
capturing Budapest The most amax-
ing story coming from Russia recently
is that the soviet government hopes TO
| arrange a biz loan in America in re-
turn for mining and railroad conces-
sions. And nj that. IL might be done.
The Irish question pestered the
president almost 10 the hour OF his de.
parture. The house before adJourning
adopted resolution asking the peace
conference to recognize the right OF
Ireland To self determination and
big delegation Of Americans Of Irish
blood waited on Mr. Wilson ia New
York 10 urge that he support that
proposition. He refused 30 meet them
until Justice Coh1isn Of Nes York had
withdrawn. that individual having been
| accused OF taking part In Sim Fem
consplracies and having been defend.
er ~ Jeremiah OLeary Who was
charged with ohStructing the draft.
What the president told the delegs ION
was not made public.