The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-09-20

I Already the railroadsof the country
are greatly hamperedF the strike Of
the shop workers. If was not au-
thorized by the natidna unions, and it
began to collapse vhA the president
told the men their dtmnds would not
be considered until thgiesumed work.
|
Both England and nnce are ham
ding their tremendouslbor difficulties
/, fairly well. In the inner the strike
Of city policemen seem to be a fail
ure, though in Liverpoddt was accom-
panied by serious rl0tilL In France
the workers have senshy agreed to
postpone all strikes form months and
meantime they will tinwith the en-
| plOyers and the goverpnnt in earnest
efforts to solve the prc1ens Of wages
and prices to stimulah greater pro-
duction, which alone b is believed,
| can save their coutnry nm economic
disaster. 1t would bea unmeasur-
able blessing if some dthe common
sense that has moved ~ French la
borers to keep up prodE6on could be
instilled in the Amerit1 workers so
they might realize thath cutting of
production they are cuttg their own
threats.
Chicago's race war, VIM st bottom
was largely Industrial q partly po-
litical, practically came nin end, and
on Thursday more than poo colored
employees Of the pach9 houses re-
turned to work. As the alked in, a
large number of white @oyees laid
down their tools and fa some of
them because most ofAe colored
workers are nonunion a1tothers be-
cause they objected to ring under
police and military protee1kn.
After Bella Kun and h6sommunist
government OF Hungary qlHand made
way for the Socialists &kgs moved
rapidly in Budapest. TIL loumanian
army, which had routed tteEungarian
Red troops. advanced to IL city and
occupied it, and Roumanhlssued an
ultimatum to Hungary wka was not
countenanced by the alliedrace coun-
Gil. Therefore French All American
troops were sent to Budap4 and as
Sumed control and the Dnmanians
were told they must get out Next the
socialist government was oerthrown
and its members arrested Id Arch
duke Joseph assumed powefwith the
title of governor of the stan He was
supported by the entente Hssion in
the city and announced he Wild form
coaiition cabinet witt Stephen
Friedrich as premier. #
Inc Austrian peace delesdes made
their contemporaries to Is treaty
terms submitted by the alliel These
were Unexpectedly mild andhe COM
plants Of the Austrians an almost
pathetic. They assert that IL much
territory is taken from theiKsountry,
citing especially the Tyrol a south
ern Bohemia, I'D say the ar debt
loaded on themfs soIheavyAey are
not sure the Austrian people In exist
under such conditions. NJ
Japan, through Foreign Minister
Uchidas promises to restore &antunq
to China on conclusion Of rrange-
ments with the Peking govern emf to
carry out the pledge given the
agreement of 1915. PresidentsEilson,
however now reVeais the fact lat the
Japanese peace delegates gsm sub-
stantially the same promise inthe in.
ter-allfed conference of April with.
out any reference to the agreenen OF
1915. The president believes IL Ian.
anese statement clears up thSdoubt
ABOUT the Shanlung AFFAIR. S&etary
of State Lansing told the SEM, for.
elgn relations committee thatEhina
had never protested to the prudent
against the Shantung settlemxt by
the allied peace council; thu the
clause was accepted by the decSibn OF
the president and that he, Mr. Ian
sing, did not believe it was neetd To
obtain Japan's adherence til the
League of Nations.
Secretary Of War Baker has pre-
sented to the house and senatecom.
mirtees on military affairs the atnin.
istration bill for a permanent miItary
policy. 1t calls for a regular srmy
with peace strength Of $4,000 nd q
war strength Of 1,250.0OO, the resx-ves
to be provided through modified Iorm
Of the selective service act. Inchded
is a system Of military traininS Of
three months for all eligible youtk In
their nineteenth year. This femu-e
may gain for the bill the support Of
the advocates Of universal miliiary
training.