American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1919-09-06

Washington TO the effect that the
Shantung AFFAIR has caused n breach
between the president and Colonel
House. IL Is said Mr.. Wilson took the
advice Of House in the matter. reject.
Ing that of the other members of the
American delegation. and that now the
Texan Is In disfavOr and IL resting In
London preparatory to coming home.
Naturally. those close TO the president
denied the tale, saying House was In
London helping the British officials In
the organization Of the League Of Ma
lions.
The near East does not surrender It's
supremacy among trouble-maklng re-
glons. The Turks continue to mas
sacre the Armenans: the Bulgarans
and Greeks are ut swords points over
Thrace: the Jmgo-Slavs and Italians
are getting ready TO fight over the pos
session of Fiumc. and now the whole
OF Montenegro has broken ont In re-
volt against the rule of the Serbians.
The latter are using strong measures
to suppress the revolt. bur the ma
tional spirit of the Montenegrins has
reawakcned and fighting Is general
throughout the country. Just how the
forced inclusion Of Montenegro in the
new state of Jugo- Slavin, against It's
will, Is squared with the principle of
self-determination never has been ex
PINNED 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 over any parts
OF the Turkish empire but the vexa-
! ton Of the French and British was al.
, layed when Mr.. Polk explained that
| the warning, though II came from
President Wilson, was unofficial and
was transmitted In m informal way by
| Admiral Bristol. The British troops
are being Withdrawn from Armenia
and II is predicted that unless the
country H. strongly pollced by foreign
| troops several hundred thousands of
Armenians will either stnrve 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.
new government In Hungary has
not yet been formed. and though
Archdukc Joseph was forced 10 reln.
quish his control. his premier Fried
rich, asserts he Is still favored by II
majority of the people and will retain
The leadership.
In Upper Silesin 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
Flftieth regiments of American infnn-
try. now IN the United States, have
been ordered to Silesia to help I'm 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 b0lshevists last week claim
ed two considerable victOries-the cap
ture Of Pskoy, southwest OF Petrograd,
and of Kamishn, on the yolga. Gen.
eral Denikine. the anti-bolshevili
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-
tatiyes OF the people of north Russia,
assembled nj Archangcl, have sent ia
President Wilson a cable urging that
the allied armed support be not with
drawn lest they fail prey to the bol,
shevlki. However. the president hnS
said that the American troops would
he brought home as soon ms possible
The peace conference has been trying
to devise means to protect the north
Russians, but has not arrived nj any
definite plan,
After killing several bandits, incud
Ing. according to report. the leader OF
the gnng that kidnapped the American
aviatOrs. the American expedition into
Mexico retraced Its steps. Al first II
was said this was because the "hOl
trail" had been Obliterated by rains
but afterward II was admitted that the
expedition had encountered Mexican
troops and withdrew In order to avoid
a clash. II anything OF solid benefit
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