Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-04-11

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Poles shall find anything Of value left
In this territory II they are awarded
1t by the peace conference. 1t Is q
case Of Belgium and northern France
over again.
Again setting out to overthrow tho
Ebert government. the Spartacans and
minority socialists Of Germany have
started general strikes In Berlin,
Frankfort, Stuttgart and other cities.
Bloody riots ensued In some places,
notably Frankfort, where several hun
dred persons were reported to have
been killed. Ten thousand workmen
there paraded the streets and looted
great warehouse that was full OF
foOdstuffs and then battled with the
government forces sent against them.
The German troops opposite the Cob
lenz bridgehead occupied by the Amer
leans were moved toward Frankfort,
after permission was obtained from
the French military authorities In the
Mayence bridgehead zone to enter the
disturbed city. The streets of Stuff
CART were filled with great crowds and
with troops and there was much
shooting; the government, at last ac-
counts, was master of the situation
there. Martial law was proclaimed
throughout the entire Rhlneland. The
strikers demanded that Germany re-
sumo diplomatic relations with Rus
sia at once. In Berlin, though the
leaders of organized labor were sup
porting the government, more than
10000 workers were out by Thurs
day night and more struck later. Reu-
ter's correspondent In Berlin says
sympathy with Spartacism Is spread
ing among the better classes, includ-
ing officials, teachers, clerks and peo-
ple In similar walks of life. They
are all thoroughly discontinued and
argue that things cannot well be
worse thnn they are, while bolsheyisn
Mt least opens prospects OF better
things some day for their children In
the way of food The people assert
that the only way the poor can be per-
suaded of the fallacy of bolshevism Is
by giving them liberal food rations,
especially meat. bread and fats. The
correspondent quoted said there was
H., - Al ,tt,n Of
coup.
The evident aim of the Spartacans
was to upset or greatly disturb the
government before the meeting OF the
soviet congress, called for this week.
| This assembly Is fraught with peril
for Ebert and his associates, for the
delegates may not take at Its face
value Scheidemann's promise that the
soviet principle shall be anchored
firmly" in the constitution.
The covenant of the league OF ma.
tions was completed last week ana
submitted by the drafting committee
to the commission. What was done
with the various amendments suggest
ed was not announced. Organized la'
Dor I'm Great Britain at Its national
conference adopted resolutions de-
mandlng that the league plan be In
corporated In the peace treaty ana
proposing certain changes In the cove
nant. 1t asked that the principle OF
selfdetermInatlon be extended to oil
colonies and dependencies, which, OF
course, would include India, Egypt
and presumably Ireland; II also asked
that CONSUMPTION be definitely prohib
tied and that the principle or unlyer
sal military training and service bt
adopted In Its stead. This will be OF
interest to union labor of the United
States, which always has fierce!y OPP
posed anything like universal military
training
From far.off Abyssinia comes new
of two revolts against the government
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hunnes II, who died in 1889, and tn
other by the governor of Dedlazmach
wherever that may be. 1t Is said tn
AbyssInlan government will send
delegation to Paris to ask for the ad
mission of the country to the leagn
of nations. Spain also has announce
its adherence to the league when II
constituted.
Political interest In the Unite
States last week centered In Chicago
where William Hale Thompson wa
reelected mayor, despite his wretche
. war record. His victory gives his fa'
tlon commanding position In the II
publican affairs of Illinois, accordin
, to Its claims, and there Is talk agal
of trying to obtain for him the nom
! nation for the presidency. Probabl
! no other asplrant for that honor
i. worried by this.