Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-04-17

during the speriod-probably thirty
years-in which damages are to be col
lected. The Americans would have
preferred that the treaty should name
the fixed amount of indemnity to be
collected. but did not insist on this, in
order to hasten agreement The five
billion first payment is to be made by
Germany, in cash or securities, before
May /. 1921. 1t is supposed the total
to be demanded will be about s45,0O0,-
100000.
Owing to the illness OF President
Wilson during the early part of the
week, the commission on the league of
nations did not meet until Thursday
evening. At that time the completed
draft Of the covenant, comprising q
articles, was submitted. There is no
longer any doubt in Paris that the
league covenant will be a part Of
the peace treaty, and in this country
the opposition seems to be losing some
of its vehemence.
1t was announced that the commits
sion had adopted section specifically
safeguarding the Monroe doctrine, and
that Geneva, Switzerland; had been Sc
lected as the seat Of the league of ma
tiOns.
An important and interesting part
of the treaty, which has been forlnu-
lated. deals with water and rail COM
munfcations in enemy states. Freedom
of transportation through Germany and
Austria and equality of treatment in
ports and harbors are provided. The
regulation of transportation over the
Rhine and Danube provides for the
entrance Of France, Switzerland and
some nonpartisan states to the present
Mannheim convention between Ger
many and Holland covering the navf-
cation Of the Rhine.
The European commission control
ling the mouths Of the Danube will be
continued, representatives Of present
enemy states being excluded from it,
and similar international commission
will be established Professionally for
the upper Danube. This will last until
a new general Danube convention is
established.
A new international convention COW
ering the navigation Of the Elbe and
Oder rivers is recommended to protect
the interests Of Poland and Czecho-
Slovakia and give them freedom of
navigation without discriminating du-
ties, down through German territory
to the North and Baltic seas. These
states would be further given free port
privileges at certain north German har-
bors in order that they may be enabled
to develop their export and import
! commerce.
Bolshevism made another big play
| last week when soviet government
Of Bavaria was set up in Munich by
/ the revolutionary central council. The
landtag was dissolved and peoples
commissions appointed. This action
was supported in Wurzburg and Rats
bon. but throughout Bavaria generally
it was violently opposed not only by
the bourgeoisie but also by the peas
ants. The latter hold control Of tho
food supply and declared they would
refuse to deliver food while the sovie
government remained in power. Th'
| bolshevists prepared measures for th'
communication Of property and th,
formation Of Red army, while tn,
i government they sought to replace re
fusing to retire, set itself up in BAN
berg. Later in the week the citizen
and officials of Wurzburg strucl
against the soviet government an,
ousted it's agents after severe fighting
The diet met in hamburg and the min
listers said they regarded the situation
| with confidence and that outside he'll
to suppress the bolshevists was no
needed.
The communist government of Hun
gary rejected the propositions made b.
General SHUTS for the allies, concern
ing the neutral zone and other matters
and made counter-proposals, wit
which Smnts returned to Paris. Near
while the Hungarian bolshevists wer
cheered by the news that Lenine wa
sending them 10000 men. In an intel
cepted wireless message to Tchitchel
in, Russian foreign minister, Bella Kur
said: 1--WE do not want to use the dit
tatorship of the Hungarian proletaria
4 to take bourgeois chestnuts out Of tn
3 fire for the bourgeoisie. When tn
j German proletariat shall have .powe