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more serious because the latter haN>
been scoring notable victories over the
CZechs and Roumanians. The peace
conferees in Paris were forced to take
especial notice of this condition and
the council of four decided that the
boundaries between Hungary and
ROumania and CZechO-SlOvakia must
! be fixed speedily and Bella Kun told to
what lines he must withdraw his
| forces unless he wished the great
powers to interfere with an army.
Bolshevik successes in other regions
caused uneasiness i'm conference cir
cles. Admiral Kolchak suffered several
rather severe reverses at the hands Of
| the soviet troops of Russia and the in
terruptiOn of the EsthOnian advance
on PetrOgrad strengthened the boil
shevik hold on Moscow. In the for
mer western provinces of Russia the
Germans were accused Of hampering
the operations of the opponents of boil
shevism. Questioned by the allies,
they replied they were merely carrying
out the orders of the armistice COM
mission To withdraw their forces from
Lithuania and Letvia north of a GER
| tain line. The Esthonians, however,
insist that the Germans are fighting
them in the region of Riga and that
when they went to the assistance of
! the Let's the Huns attacked them. In
| northern Russia the campaign of the
allies directed ut Petrograd made
progress. much aid being rendered by
American launches on Lake Omega.
American troops guarding the railway
in the vicinity of Vladivostok have
come into conflict several times with
bolshevik forces that tried to tear up
the tracks and burn bridges.
On Thursday the council Of four, now
become q council of five by the addition
of Baron Maxine of Japan, sent to Adj
miral Kolchak assurances that the al
lies would furnish the Omsk govern
ment with munitions and supplies.
To return to Germany: The leaders
of affairs there still insisted last week
that the peace treaty could not and
must not be signed. There appears to
be a marked revival of sentiment In
favor of the former kaiser, and IL Is
even reported that an organization Is
being formed for the purpose of bring
ing him back and restoring him to
power. Gustav Stresemann, leader Of
the national liberal party, has warned
the allies that they must not demand
the surrender of Wilhelm and says his
Indictment will mean the overthrow
of the republic. All Of which probably
is more interesting than important.
But there are many evidences that
the Germans are preparing for eventu-
alities in case they do not sign the
treaty. Most recent of these Is the
information that they are systematic
cally and rapidly withdrawing all ma
terial from the regions Immediately to
the east of the zones of occupation
and from the probable pathways the
into Germany were ordered. The in
science Of the Huns, in the occupied
territory and elsewhere, is increasing
and results in frequent clashes with
the allied soldiers, some of which have
been attended with fatalities.
Messrs. Dunno and Walsh, ennis
saries of the Irish-American societies,
finally succeeded in obtaining a brief
interview with President Wilson in
Paris and laid before him the claims
Of the representatives, of free Ire
land" to he heard by the peace con-
ference. They asked Mr.. Wilson what
he was going to do In view Of the pro-
Irish resolution adopted by the senate,
and according to the statement Of the
emissaries he replied that "the Ameri-
can commissioners could not take up
the case of Ireland officially with the
peace conference. hut that he himself
and others had done, and would con-
tinue to do, unOfficially what they
could do in the interest of Ireland;
that the American commission had not
yet taken up the senate resolution re-
questing them to use their efforts to
secure hearing for De Valera, Crit
fifth and Plunkett."
The general strike Of the CONNER
cial Telegraphers' union In the United
States at first looked like a fizzle, but
took on more serious aspect when
the railway operators organization or
dered its members to accept no COM
mercial messages for the Western
Union or Postal Telegraph companies.
Konenkamp, head of the Commercial
operators, said their fight was direct
ed mainly against Postmaster General
Burleson.