The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-09-13
free and in the way of being freer very

free and in the way of being freer very
soon.
AS for the Chinese, If Yosuke Mat
sucka member Of the Japanese peace
delegation, is to be believed, the wind
will soon be taken out of the sails of
those who are shouting against the
Shantung settlement He thinks Japan
will open negotiations in very few
weeks for the settling of the Shantung
question in way that will satisfy evA
eryone. Tokyo will offer to restore the
territory to China, withdrawing all
Japanese troops STIMULATING that the
peninsula shall be open to internati0n-
al trade and that there shall be an in
ternational settlement at Tsing-Tao,
and that the Shantung railway shall
be operated by a Chino-Japanese joint
corporation. There are reasons to be-
lieve the Chinese government is not
nearly so angry over the Shantung ar
ticle as the American opponents of the
treaty pretend to be.
Hungary continues to present the
most annoying problems now before
the peace conference. The Roumanian
occupants Of the country so far have
been absolutely defiant of the orders
of the supreme council and are said
to be plundering it in a most shame
full way. Finally the exasperated
council last week dispatched to the
Roumanians an ultimatum couched In
drastic terms, demanding that they
eyacuate Hungary and hand over to
the allies for proper SiistriSSl. ss0n allti
the goods they have requisitioned. The
Roumanian diplomatic representatives
in the allied capitals also were sum
moned by the foreign ministers who
impressed on them the seriousness of
the situation that would arise If their
government should refuse ito comply.
The position Of the Roumanians is that
what they call the war between them
and the Hungarians is a new affair and
that the allied conference has nothing
to do with it.
In Budapest they were trying hard
to establish government that the al
lies would recognize. Friedrich offer
ed to resign in favor of coalition cab
met formed by Heinrich, wholesale
hardware merchant, on certain condi-
tions. All Jews are barred from the
Heinrich ministry, but all other classes
and parties are represented.
Serbia officially denied the report
Of a general revolt of the Montene-
grins, but neutral observers who have
arrived in Paris from the Black Noun
tain country declare the Serbs are fast
wiping out the loyal people Of Monte
negro and that they can be saved only
by military Intervention by America
and Great Britain. These observers
assert that much of the food Hoover
sent into that country fell into the
hands of the Serbs and that no Monte
negrin can obtain supplies unless he
denounces his own country and swears
allegiance to King Peter of Serbia.
Late reports from the Ukraine said
Petlura and Denikine were closing In
on Kleff and apparently were about to
take that important city from the boil
sheviki The Reds claim the capture
of Dubovka, on the lower VOlga, and
also announced that Admiral Kolchak
had evacuated Omsk and established
his government at Irkutsk, 1850 miles
further east. Kolchak has issued a
stirring appeal to all loyal Russians
to reioin the ranks, and his represents
tives have been granted the privilege
of recruiting in Japan. The Esthoni-
ans had the bolshevik armies in SO
tight a hole that the Lenine govern
ment offered to make peace with them.
Trotsky, addressing the Petrograd SOW
let. said the bolsheviki must stand inn
pregnably in the defense Of that city.
The reports that General Cough. the
British commander, was about to at
tack Petrograd appear to have been
untrue. The Poles also, using tanks
for the first time, whipped the bolshev-
Xxi, capturing the fortified town Of Bob
ruisk and 500 prisoners.
The supreme council handed to Aus
tria the final peace terms and long
reply to the protests Of the Austrian
delegates. The note impressed on he
Austrians the fact that they were pri-
marily responsible for the outbreak of
the great war and cannot escape ret
ribution by claiming they have thrown
off the yoke of the Hapsburgs The
people of Austria Hungary. it said, had
given full support to the ultimatum to
Serbia and to the prosecution of the
ar, and for years had supported the