Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-05-15
WORLDS NEWS IN TABLoIDs

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The military authorities have taken
possession Of Mansion House, the Off
cial residence of the lord mayor of
Dublin.
President Wilson personally wrote
the greatest portion Of the treaty Of
peace with Germany, it was reliably
learned at Paris.
designations of the members of the
industrial board of the department of
commerce were accepted by Secretary
Redfeld at Washington.
The Chinese delegation at Paris has
received instructions from Picking not
to sign the treaty of peace because Of
the Kiaouchau- Shantung settlement.
1t was stated in high quarters at
Paris that Thomas Nelson Page, Amer
lean ambassador to Italy, would re-
sign his post upon the conclusion Of
peace.
Wireless communication between
Nauen and the Eiffel tower in Paris
has been resumed so that the German
peace delegates can keep in close touch
with Berlin.
Alexander Kerensky, the former
Russian premier, is in Paris, it became
known there. He has not, however,
made an appearance in peace confer
ence circles.
Hard. but just" is the way Will
liam Jennings Bryan, engaged by the
American Biblical alliance to speak at
Green Bay, Wis.,, characterized the
peace terms.
The Victory loan committee at San
Juan reported total subscriptions Of
81, 100000. 1t is announced that there
is an increasing interest in the loan
in Porto Rico.
Maj. Henry D. Lindsey of Dallas,
Tex, was elected schairman of the
American legion over Sergt. Jack J..
Sullivan of Seattle, Wash, at the St.
Louis convention.
It is expected that the United States
will be asked to become mandatory for
Armenia. The indications at Paris are
that President Wilson will submit the
matter to congress.
Gunner Richie of the Charleston
navy yard was drowned and Pilot
Whelan seriously injured in the fall
of navy hydroplane into the Savan-
nah river near Augusta, Ga.
The Belgian peace delegation regis
tered a strong protest against the deci-
sion of the "big four to give the man
date for German East Africa to Great
Britain. says a Paris dispatch.
immigration Inspector Charles Hop
kins was killed and two other officers
were seriously wounded in battle be-
tween immigration and customs Off
Gals and band of Mexican snug
glers at Laredo, Tex.
AS President Wilson will not be
present at the opening Of the special
session of congress on May 10 he will
cable his message from Paris and it
will be read Immediately after con-
gress convenes. This was announced
at the White House.
| A Berlin dispatch says the entire
German press violently condemns the
terms of the peace treaty as given in
preliminary summaries. All papers
from the extreme left (radicals) to the
ultra conservative declare Germany
cannot accept the terms.
Secretary Baker announced Mt
Washington that by August the last
man of the American expeditionary
force will have been withdrawn from
France. He said this estimate was
based on the movement Of 100000
men month to the United States.
Michael ]. Ryan of Philadelphia and
former Gov. Edward Dunno of Illinois,
participated in Sim Fem procession
at Belfast. They expressed them
selves as being entirely satisfied with
the reception they received in the
unionist stronghold Of North Ireland.
A Paris dispatch says the italian diff
fculty is as far from settlement as
ever, according to the French press,
which asserts that President Wilson
maintains his position, and it is not
believed he will depart from it in the
slightest. He has not adhered, it is
said; to the proposed compromise by
which Italy would administer Fiume
as mandatory of the league Of nations
until 1923.
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