, 1919-05-15

Slavs' contention lay in their need of
a port on the Adriatic.
Latest reports of the operations of
the bolsheviki were that they were be-
ginning an attack in great strength
against Wilma, capital of Lithuania,
which had been captured by the Poles.
The city was under heavy artillery fire.
The allies in northern Russia had sew
eral successes against the reds and
believed the crisis along the Dvina
river had passed. The American rail-
way detachment recently sent there
had its first engagement with the boil
sheviki and helped in the capture of a
town, losing n officer.
Dispatches concerning Hungary have
been conflicting. From Vienna came
the word that the communist govern
ment of Bella Kun had surrendered I'M
conditionally, but this was not wholly
confirmed. Anyhow, the communists
were being hard pressed by the Czech,
Roumanian and Serbian troops. which
were surrounding Budapest. Copen-
hagen advices were that they had re-
fused armistice terms offered by the
R~oumanians and decided to fight to a
finish.
The collapse of the soviet govern
ment Of Bavaria apparently was COM
plete, and was followed by the whole
sale slaughter of Spartacans and sus-
poets, the excuses of the victors in
Munich being about as bad as had been
those of the reds while they were in
control. The German government
troops were aided by some 5000 Aus
TRANS in regaining the city.
President Wilson last week issued
his call for an extra session of on
gress, summOning the lawmakers to
meet on May 19-an earlier date than
had been expected. He cannot be in
Washington for the opening Of the ses-
sion, owing to the work still to be done
in Paris. The Republicans, who will
ing their program. The house must
hurry through a lot of appropriation
bills and in the senate will be staged
the great debate over the peace treaty,
and especially the covenant of the
league of nations. 1t is predicted that
the senate will give the entire treaty
its approval. though many of the men,
bers will argue long and earnestly
against the league covenant as 1t
stands. The supporters of the league
undoubtedly will have the immense as.
sistance of addresses by the president,
who will return in time to take the
field in championship Of the great In
te%rnational union with whose forma.
ton he has had so much to do.
Secretary Baker says the millionth
American soldier leaves France for
home this week, and 1t is certain that
all of them will be returned before
long. barring unforeseen complications.
However, it is apparent hat we will
continue to be represented in the al.
lied expedition in Siberia, for the war
department is recruiting 5000 volun.
teers for hat service to relieve those
now there, and the first 1000 already
have started.
The American Legion, in process Of
organization by veterans of the great
war, opened a caucus in st. Louis with
a thousand delegates present and Lieut..
Col. Theodore Roosevelt in the chair.
The first sessions developed a decided
~dissension between the National Guard
and the regular army. The feelings OF
the former were voiced by Col. Bennett
Clark, son of Champ Clark, in the Ma
tional Guard convention, when he de-
clared that the regular army must be
smashed" However. he is fighting
against the effort to have regular army
men excluded from the Legion. Some
Of the Southern delegates were work
Ing hard against the admission of
negroes to membership.
Messrs. Walsh, Dunno and Ryan,
whom the Americans of Irish blood
sent across to work for n free Ire
land" have succeeded in arouslng the
hot resentment of the British against
what many of them say is the unwar.
ranted interference of the United
States in a matter that does not con.
Germ 1t. The delegation, visiting in Ire;
land. was feted and escorted by Sim
Fein leaders and at the same time, &C.
cording to hostile journals, was openly
boasting that 1t has received strong en-
couragement from President Wilson
and that Lloyd George would receivs
IL on Its return to Paris.