Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-07
ENTIRE COUNTRY
IS PLACED UNDER
MARTIAL CONTROL
Army Units in Lithuania
Mutiny and Refuse
to Fight.
INDEPENDENT SOCIALISTS
VOTE TO BEGIN STRIKE
King Albert Fails to Reach
Brussels and Anxiety
Is Result.
PRESIDENT WILSON BETTER
Claim Peace Will Be Made by Easter
Rcvivcs Hopes in Hearts of
French People.
INDEPENDENT SOCIALISTS
VOTE TO BEGIN STRIKE
PRESIDENT WILSON BETTER
Claim Peace Will Be Made by Easter
Rcvircs Hopes in Hearts OF
French People.

Paris. April G.-Adviccs recelycd
toniGh, from Copenhagen state thai
the Hungarian Bolshevist government
mas declared war on Serbia. and the
entire country has been placed Under
martial law.
Chcon'lrmcd reports from Amster-
dam and Hudapcs; sources via Vienna
state that the Hungarian Soviet gov
ernmcnt has bcen overthrown. No
details, however, arc available.
Copenhagen dispatch SAYS the
'oisheVist front in Northern Lithuanfa
cracking Some units have mu,.ncd
ana refused TO continue lighting. This
70 to- h.,.. ,oreca :' NE boishevist commander
line. 81 'io"s the whole
From Budapest comes a mess,
arrivsd Lenerai h Jan Christian Smuts has
riHal the general who Is bera a.
MISSION .I, from the big four Il; Paris.
Hhrpred Hnpr,r in into communication with the
triah soviet government.
Workers In Berlin Strike.
Beritn messages TONIGHT ,n,io.,,
,hat INA general strike is Under wav si
and and sTnph mpioInss plant where the employees
question y on OF wages. The WORKERS e dse dne
From Frankkfornt' Fra kkfran'ee; Comes x.ord. ], IS,
me 5, situation ,a,s, has auieted down. n An
iat 1as1 G' shs
srshSes lily aeairoSea sohosa and aas
" large o,ias,,tis restiiied in the recovery OF
independent Socialists and Sparfa
cans decided today by vote Of M
IN Hoo Hop,in 10 5,oo9 to begin general strike
lists opposed the movement, but The
empioyces Of the large machine and
those eta faworsh,o works carried "a the day for
reinforced. e"
King Albert Reported Lost. ~
been ba,Ed a ,afe trnG' hour today nothing had
Paris yesterday in an airplane .homs.
ward bound from Brussels The Rel.
ss ah n iGSgaIion tSe t,iI, has received no news
Inc greatest concern is mantle sted q,
5he belgian capital as to his where
The Belgian delegation TO tho meas.
conference has issued the following
communique 's
The King of the Bclsians left Paris
stay in Paris His Majesty has had nc,
casion to converse with the chiefs Of
the sovernment on the subject of the
essential claims Of Belgium
Precise Information Given.
Fills Majesty was given precise in
formation on the principal points Of
the Belgian program and particuiarIy
on reparation which Is due to Belgium,
IN order to assure her economic re-
covcrE and on the conditions of her
security.
His Majcsty, left satisfied with the
impression he had received"
President shows Improvement. !.
President Wilson's condition con
tinues TO improve steadily. was the
gary FTsH rsHsos out the 'Gngh Sy
DlSSiciDn i,,,nt 81 -
the bed Is ascrbed as the cause foi.
his progress. Reports tonight indi.
the Monday session Of Of tho he Teesne peaes
council.
~, The n (, Official stassme9t, Issued this
mad good night and his temperature
mains in bed today
Pence by Easter Slogan
Peace by Eastor or bust is the
current slogan here. meaning that the
allies must agree and summon the
srmnm thn nn,d ddeleEniSs ndSs before the end Of
are REQUIRED for. pntting together and
revising the entire treaty:
the idea that Easter will find the con-
Terence ended, either successfully or
@ u@nsuGcessfuliy, and many newspapers
about the successful outcome are ap-
phrently less gloomy about the pros
No final Judgment was reached at
yesterdays discussions of the uues-
tion as TO how the damages done by
the Germans are TO be repaired. but
the differences of opinion, it is under
stood. have been whitfield down ar
most to the vanishing point The
same holds true of the Rhine frontier
problem. previous decisions on which
are now being modified by experts.
The biggest question at issue re-
mains, that of the Adria;ic. but on
this. too. optimistS are confident the
ncgo:iators viii reach an agreement
before the end of tho ensuing week.
Course Toward Germans.
What course shall he pursued rs.
ward the German delegates when they
finally come 10 Paris, is as vet un-
decided. Some predict they will be
allowed 70 discuss every point, which
" ould probably take as long as liz
took the allies TO agree.
Others think the practice observed
in the armistice negotiations will be
followed. which would mean the
enemy plenipotentiarieS would he al
lowed to make but a few observatioiis
and then be told, Please sign
This much seems certain: II the
Germans are 70 be allowed TO discuss
everything. new chickering's would cn-
snc among the allies with regard 10
concessions. and in that case peace
would be extremely remote.
one OF the big events OF the com
ing week VIII he meeting Of the full
commission OF The league Of nations.
at which the revised covenant VIII
be discussed, together with changes