Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-05

denied the tale, saying House was in
London helping the British officials In
the organization of the League Of Ma
tionS s.1sz -. - ,ngssT-s
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The near East does not surrender itsl
supremacy among trouble-making re-
gions. The Turks continue to mas
sacre the Armenians; the Bulgarians
and Greeks are at swords points over
Thrace; the Jugo-Slavs and Italians
are getting ready to fight over the pos
session of Fiume, and now the whole
Of Montenegro has broken out In re-
Volt against the rule Of the Serbians.
The latter are using strong measures
to suppress the revolt, but the ma
tional spirit of the M%ontenegrins has
r~eawakened and fighting is general
throughout the country. Just how the
forced inclusion of Montenegro in theI
new state of Jugo-Slavia, against Its!
will, is squared with the principle of
self-determination never has been ex-
planned to the world.
Rear Admiral Bristol, commander of
the American naval forces In Turkey,
warned the Porte not long ago that
the massacres of ArmenianS must
cease. This action aroused some criti-
cism in the supreme peace council, be-
cause the United States has not yet
accepted the mandate owe any parts
of the Turkish empire; but the
ton of the French and British was al
layed when Mr.. Polk explained that
the warning, though 1t came from
President Wilson, was unofficial and
was transmitted in an informal way by
Admiral Bristol. The British troops
are being withdrawn from Armenia
and it is predicted that unless the
country is strongly policed by foreign
troops several hundred thousands of
Armenians will either starve or be
slaughtered by the Turks, Kurds, Tar
tars and Georgians. Even now these
peoples are greatly hindering the work
of the American relief commission.
A new government In Hungary has
not yet been formed, and though
Archduke Joseph was forced to relin-
quish his control, his premier, Fried
rich, asserts he is still favored by a
majority of the people and will retain
the leadership.
In Upper Silesia conditions are re-
ported much improved. Most of the
miners have resumed work and the
fighting between the Poles and Ger
mans has grown less. The Fifth and
Fiftieth regiments of American infan-
try, now in the United States, have
been ordered to Silesia to help in po-
Icing that country during the pleb-
iscite provided for by the peace treaty.
A resolution protesting against this
was introduced in congress by Wood
of Indiana, who said the work should
be done by European troops.
Russian bolshevists last week claim
ed two considerable victories-the cap
ture of Pskov, southwest of %Petrograd
and of Kamishin, on the Volga. Gen
eral Denikine, the anti-bolsheviB
leader in southern Russia, who occu'
pied Odessa, reported steady progress
into the central part of the country
and the Kolchak forces denied that
they had evacuated Omsk. Represen
tatives of the people of north Russia
assembled at Archangel, have sent tt
President Wilson a cable urging tha'
the allied armed support be not with
drawn lest they fall prey to the Dol
sheviki. However, the president ha'
said that the American troops would
be brought home as soOn as possible
The peace conference has been trying
to devise means to protect the nortl
Russians, but has not arrived at an,
definite plan.
After killing several bandits, includ
ing. according to report, the leader o
the gang hat kidnapped the American
aviators, the American expedition int
Mexico retraced its steps. At first |
was said this was because the "ho
trail" had been obliterated by rains
but afterward 1t was admitted that tn
expedition had encountered Mexica.
troops and withdrew in order to avoi
a clash. If anything of solid benef
was accomplished it is not yet appal
ent.