The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-28
WORLDS NEWS IN TABLOlDS

The Paris correspondent Of the Lon
don Telegraph said he understands the
supreme war council has decided to
grant POland's claim TO Danzig.
Ukrainian soviet forces stOrmed and
captured the city Of KheTson March 8.
1t was reported In the Official com
muniQue Of the white Russian republic
received at London.
The Victory Liberty loan campaign
will open Monday, April q. and n
Saturday night, May 10, according to
an announcement by Secretary OK
Treasury Glass at Washington.
A London dispatch says the British
navy from August, 1914, to March Z.
1919, transported more than 26,5OO,OOO
soldiers and other personnel connect
ed with the conduct Of the war.
Estimates so far received ut Paris
from Latin-American governments or
damages incurred In the war indicate
that the total bill for PREPARATIONS from
those countries will be approximately
ST. 100000
All the relatives of officers Of the
Eighty-siXth Russian regiment, which
went over to the White Guards, az
against the soviet government, have
been executed. according to a dispatch
from %Petrograd.
A Paris special dispatch says the
aerial terms of the German disarma-
ment as adopted by the supreme war
council provide that airplanes and
dirigibles shall no longer be used for
military purposes.
Emile Coffin, who recently made an
attempt upon the life Of Premier
Georges Clemenceau, was sentenced to
death by the court-martial which was
trying him In Paris. The verdict OF
the cOurt-martial was unanimous.
The commission on international la
Dor legislation at Paris has refused to
consider various proposals, such as
adoption of universal eight-hOur laws.
affecting child labor and IN labor
and the Decentralization of labor.
Decision to proceed with deporta-
ton Of 81 of the 43 aliens now held
at Ellis island has been reached by
Secretary Wilson at Washington aft
er conference with immigration off,
Gals and attorneys for the aliens had
asked review Of the proceedings.
Satisfactory health conditions in
army camps at home, with a decided
decline In the number Of influenza and
nna,,n,onin cnCaC 10 pntnl ;n Tho rnnnrt
Of the surgeon general for the week
ending March Z, made public at the
war department at Washington.
Action by the peace conference to
eliminate race prejudice, which he
termed a fruitful source of discomfort
and uneasiness among nations in the
past" was urged by ViscOunt Ishii.
Japanese ambassador TO the United
States speaking before the Japan soci-
ETY. ut New York.
A Berlin dispatch says DR.. George
Michaelis, former imperial chancellor,
Is the latest German statesman slated
to join the ranks of the officially un-
employed. The Prussian ministry OF
the interior has requested his resigna-
ton from the post Of Over-president
of the province of POmerania.
The food administration at Wash
ington 1t has repealed its
regulations prohibiting licensees from
selling, delivering or having In their
possession food commodities in excess
Of a reasonable 60 days supply. By
previous orders these regulations had
been removed from all foodstuffs ex-
cept meats.
The bolshevik general staff at Mos
COW claims that during January and
February the bolshevik army occupied
territory the size of France, having
1866 miles of railroad under it's con-
troll, and declares that the soviet
troops will reach Archangel by May 1.
according to a Helsingfors dispatch to
the London Mail.
American marines have raided the
Japanese concession at Tientsin, fore
ing their way into the Japanese CON
sulate, according to dispatches re-
ceived at Picking. The trouble is said
to have been caused by the rough
treatment given American soldiers
who became disOrderly in the Japanese
quarter of the city. japanese soldiers
drove out the Americans, with fixed
b%ayonets, it is said. %wounding two Of
them quite seriously.