The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-20
the proposition. which was proposed by
the French.

the proposition. which was proposed by
the French.
Barcefonia. Spain. is without water
or lights Oh account Of the strike Of
$1,000 workmen.
The British Government has decided
to convene conference Of representa-
tives of capital and labor in Great |
Britain.
Bolshevik armies III the Ukraine
have suffered a defeat, and in North |
ern Russia they have been checked by |
the Allies.
The German radicals are again ac
tive in many parts of that country and
| upriSings are occurring in the Rhine
provinces.
Premier Clemencau. of France. was
shot in the back yesterday by a would
he assassin. His wound is not thought
to be very serious.
| Hungary is in Il state of terror over
the threat Of Bolshevism The authori-
ties are considering an appeal for mill
tary occupation by the Allies.
\ Geneva dispatch forecasts an at
tempt by the German Government, fol-
lowing the signing of the peace treaty.
to float a loan in the United States.
President Wilson having left France.
his place in the Supreme Court of the
Allied Nations and America; at Ver-
sailleS was taken last Saturday by Col.
House.
President Wilson c;bled from France
last week his approval Of a plan to eS-
tabliSh price-fixing board to stabilize
conditions resulting from the sudden
ending Of the war.
George Nickoll Barnes. labor member
!, Of the British delegation to the Peace
Conference, favors provision that no
private person or corporation shall be
allowed to manufacture arms.
One Of the conditions of the renewal
Of the armistice with Germany by the
Allies is the inclusion of one of the
long-range guns that was used in firing
/ upon Paris in the lot Of heavy guns to
: he turned over to the Allies by Ger
many.
The 1Albanians have asked for con-
sideration at the Peace Conference.
They want all the territory returned
: tenegro and Greece by the treaty OF
, 1913. which they claim is inhabited by
Alhanialls.
e President Wilson. it is announced
f from Paris. has agreed to return tt
: Europe in order to be present March
r 18th. when it is proposed to celebrate
d the final conclusion of the labOrs OF
the Versailles Peace Conference an6
the signing Of the treaty.
Eisner. the Bavarian radical who ad
e voeated the separation of his countr,
e ffom the rest Of Germany, was defeat
~ ed in the elections and it is understood
according to Munich dispatch. tha
his defeat means an end to both radi
y calism and separatist talk.
= A general insurrection is reporte,
throughout Roumania-a result Of Bol
y, sheyik propaganda. The king has beel
]. wounded and driven back to the capi
tai after trying to escape from tn
: country with the royal family. TIL
army is said to have partially give
L. way to the insurrectioniStS. The foo
+ situation is very bad.
= !. William Brace, labor leader an
member of the British Parliament, i
addressing the house last week allude
u to the general unrest throughout Gre;l
IL Britain and attributed it to the pcct
e mutation Of grievances during the wa
~ He demanded the naturalization OF til
2 land, the railroads and the mines. ].
=. Thomas, another labor leader. sal
ce there were already 1.OOO,OOO unemplo,
"a ed men and women in that country.
ne A book recently issued by an Oxfor
n professor Of history and aided in col
rilation by high British governn,el
he officials. asserts that the ass;,ssinatit
NJ Of the Austrian Archduke. just prior
he the outbreak Of the World War. W;
llf not ii stage managed affair."" as h;
on been claimed, but even had not the q
SaSSinatiOn occurred the war WOu
sh have been begun by Germany. as SUI
ne. il course had been finally determine
rO- upon.
re- The President Of China has instrut
ty- ed the Chinese delegates to the Ee
he sailles Peace Congress to disclose
the conference the secret treaties fol
ed upon China by Japan, which ga
the latter all the colonial privileges
- ShantIng which Germany had he
.r granted. The pro-Japanese cabinet
.>f
on tne ireSiueh, - 'n'' g. ..al,.;
nn stop the publication Of the treati
,o,, Notwithstanding threats Of war fri
,,n Japan. according to numerous q
~ patches from Peking, Paris and lA
mn don.
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