The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-28

an investigation ordered by Secretary
Daniels, the New York Evening Post
says.
WASHINGTON.
Criticising the league of nations as
1.-THE most radical departure from
President Washington's policies and
as spelling the end of the Monroe
doctrine, Senator Borah of Idaho, Re
publican member of the foreign rela-
tons committee. declared In the sem
ate that before the plan was adopted
the American people should be allowed
to give a verdict ON it.
No appropriations for the continu-
anee of several government agencies
created during the. war, including the
department of labor's employment SER
vice. are contained In the new sundry
civil appropriation bill reported to the
house.
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin,
vigorously defended his loyalty in a
long address February 20 in the senate
on what he pictured as causes for pop
ular unrest in the United States. The
senator declared he would no longer
permit aspersions on his loyalty and
declared that his sole aim was to pre-
serve pure democracy in this country.
Immediate resumption of trade be-
tween the United States and the colon
I ial possessions held by Germany on
August /, 1914, is permitted under an
order issued by the war trade board.
4 An informal agreement has been
reached by the senate banking and
currency committee that no action
could be taken at this session of con-
gress on the bill of Senator Weeks of
Massachusetts to abolish the office of
comptroller Of the currency.
/ Aircraft contracts totalling $469.O Co.,
600 have been Cancelled or suspended
! by the war department since the sign
ing of the armistice.
FOREIGN.
1 Kurt Eisner, the BaYarian premier,
was shot and killed February p, by
Lieut.. Count Arco Valley, as Eisner
was on his way from the foreign min
istry in Munich to the diet, says a Mum
ich dispatch.
The Rhine provinces of Germany oe-
4 cupied by the American and allied
armies We're opened TO commerce Feb
ruary p, by the allied economic coun-
Gil at Paris, subject to such Hmita-
lions as the council may prescribe.
The mining association of Great
Britain. which comprises all abe leading
colliery owners, has decided to invite
the formation of joint councils of
miners and employers to manage mines
in certain defined districts.
/ Reuters Limited says ID learns that
the commission inquiring into German
i submarine excesses has sufficient ey1-
dence to convict some twenty German
submarine commanders, nearly all of
whom are in Germany. of murder.
Premier Lloyd George, it is UNDER
stood, made new proposals to the
Miners federation at conference
February 20, with view to prevent a
strike which would be likely to in
yolye the railway men and transport
workers as wen as the miners.
The Duke of Devonshire, governor
general of Canada, declared in an adj
dress at the opening of the Canadian
parliament that a bill enabling
women to vote and comforting upon
them the privilege of sitting in parlia-
ment would be introduced during the
coming session.
The carnival of dancing, wine drink
ling and expensive night revels into
which certain classes of the popula-
ton of Berlin and other large cities
have plunged since the signing of the
armistice hereafter will be restricted
by the police.
.Undesirables" to be deported from
America will not be permitted to enter
i Australia. it is announced. The fed
4 eral ministers already have taken
measures to tighten the passport regu-
lations and prevent the outeasts of
America from entering this country.
The Berlin Deutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung says it learns the German min
/ iStI-v of defense has drafted a hill DrO-