The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-08-21

81 international building trades unions
began planning for national strike
because of dispute there between two
unions of plasterers.
Considerable uneasiness, not to say
anxiety, was caused In the capitals
of the allied nations by the news that
the Kolchak government OF western
Siberia was ION the run" II not quite
collapsed. The bolshevik armies
gained repeated victories over Kol-
chak's forces, and at last reports the
latter were hastily moving eastward.
The admirals plight was laid to short
age of guns and ammunition, and large
supplies of both were dispatched to
him from the United States by way Of
the Pacific ocean. Whether they would
reach him in time to save his troops
from disaster was uncertain.
Better news came from both north
and south Russia. On the Dvina a
force of British and Russians de-
stroyed six battalions Of bolsheviki,
taking 1000 prisoners and many guns
and advancing its front IL miles. In
Volhynia the Ukrainians have taken
the railway center Of Lutsk and the
fortress of Dubno, and the bolsheviki
also abandoned the important city Of
Vinnitza in the Ukraine. General Den
ikine's armies were making steady
progress toward Odessa and at the
northwest corner of the Black sea
they were only SO miles from a juno
ton with the Roumanian forces.
The Roumanians who occupied
Budapest were stubborn lot and
fatty refused to take orders from the
allied commission there and get out
again, declaring they would remain
until stable government was estab-
lished. The peace council at Paris
was a bit flabbergasted and feared
that IL Roumania were permitted to
defy it's orders, Germany and other
enemy countries might be encouraged
to do likewise. The ROumanians
threatened that II they were forced to
withdraw they would strip Hungary Of
everything portable, and indeed they
are said to be doing that now. Their
representatives in Budapest said the
only policy for Hungary was union
with Roumania under a Roumanian
king. Antonesco, the Roumanian min
lister to Paris, says Roumania does not
favor the installation of Archduke Jo-
cav,h in i'm
tionary. The situation was strained
but the peace council was hopeful Of
ar amicable settlement.
According to an edlct of the peace
conference, Austria is to be known
as the Republic Of Austria, the word
German" being eliminated There
is a movement in Vienna to re-estab-
lish the monarchy, but the entire
armed forces of the country, there and
in other cities, are demanding that the
republican form Of government be re-
tanned.
After long delay, the British gov
eminent has found a man to represent
it in Washington, but only temporar-
lily. viscount Grey has agreed to I'LL
the post of ambassador until a perma-
nent appointment has been made, early
next year. Great responsibility at
taches to the position just now, for
financial and treaty relations between
the two countries must be readjusted.
The London press predicts that he
will have some difficulties, and the
Daily News says his path will not be
smOOthed by the British governments
Sustained refusal to make any ap-
proach to a solution of the Irish prob
lem"
Presumably viscount Grey will come
over soon and will be in Washington
when the prince of Wales visits our
national capital. That young man
landed In Newfoundland and Is now
making triumphal tour Of Canada.
The death Of Andrew Carnegie re-
moved one of the few survivors of an
industrial age that has passed when
men of vision made incredibly large
fortunes in ways that were not consid-
cred reprehensible. His avowed de-
sire to die a poor man was not real
lied, for though he gave away more
than $350,O00,OO0, II is believed he left
an estate worth nearly $500,OOO,OO0.
Henry Ford's libel suit against the
Chicago Tribune resulted In verdict
for the plaintiff, who was awarded
nominal damages-6 cents. The trial
Of the case had lasted many weeks, at
fording pecuniary profit to few per.
] sons and amusement to still fewer.