The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-06-19

| more serious because the latter have
! been scoring notable victories over the
! Czechs and Roumanans. The peace
conferees in Paris were forced to take
especial notice of this condition and
! the council of four decided that the
| boundaries between Hungary and
Roumania and Czecho-Slovakia must
be fixed speedily and Bella Kun told to
| what lines he must withdraw his
forces unless he wished the great
powers to interfere with an army.
Bolshevik successes in other regions
caused uneasiness in conference cir
| cles. Admiral Kolchak suffered several
rather severe reyerseS at the hands or
the soviet troops of Russia and the in
terruDtiOn Of the Esthonian advance
on Petr0grad strengthened the boil
shevlk hold on Moscow In the for
Northwestern provinces Of Russia the
Germans were accused Of hampering
the operations of the opponents of boil
shevism. Questioned by the allies,
they replied they were merely carrying
out the orders Of the armistice COM
mission to withdraw their forces from
Lithuania and Letvia north of n Ger.
tain line. The Esthonians, however,
insist that the Germans are fighting
them in the region of Riga and that
when they went to the assistance of
the Let's the Huns attacked them. In
northern Russia the campaign of the
allies directed at Petrograd made
progress, much aid being rendered by
American launches on Lake Omega.
American troops guarding the railway
in the vicinity of Vadivostok have
come into conflict several times with
bolshevik forces that tried to tear up
the tracks and burn bridges.
On Thursday the council Of four, now
become a council Of five by the addition
of Baron Maxine of Japan, sent to Adj
miral KOlchak assurances that the al
lies would furnish the Omsk govern
ment with munitions and supplies.
of affairs there still insisted last week
that the peace treaty could not and
must not be signed. There appears to
| be a marked revival of sentiment in
| favor of the former kaiser, and it Is
even reported that an organization Is
being formed for the purpose of bring
ing him back and restoring him to
! power Gustav Stresemann, leader OF
the national liberal party, has warned
| the allies that they must not demand
the surrender of Wilhelm and says his
| indictment will mean the overthrow
of the republic All of which probably
is more interesting than important
But there are many evidences that
| the Germans are preparing for eventu-
aities in case they do not sign the
treaty. Most recent of these is the
| information that they are systematic
! caly and rapidly Withdrawing all ma
| terlal from the regions Immediately TO
! the east Of the zones of occupation
and from the probable pathways the
allies would follow If further advance
into Germany were ordered. The i'm
science of the Huns, In the occupied
! territory and elsewhere, is increasing
and results in frequent clashes with
the allied soldiers, some of which have
been attended with fatalities.
Messrs. Dunno and Walsh, ennis
sarles of the Irsh-Amerlcan societies,
finally succeeded In obtaining n brief
interview with President Wilson in
| Paris and laid before him the claims
of the representatives of free Ire
land" to be heard by the peace con-
ference. They asked Mr.. Wilson what
he was going to do in view of the pro-
Irish resolution adopted by the senate,
and according to the statement of the
emlssaries he replied that 1.-THE Ameri-
can commissioners could not take up
the case Of Ireland officially with the
peace conference, but that he himself
and others had done, and would con-
tlnue to do, unofilcially what they
could do in the interest Of Ireland
that the American commission had not
| yet taken up tHe Seuute ttSOiu'ioh 10
questlng them to use their efforts to
secure hearing for De Valera, Crit
9TH and Plunkett."
The general strike of the CONNER
cIal Telegraphers' union In the United
States at first looked like ilzzle, bu
took on more serious aspect wher
the railway operators organization or
dered It's members to accept no com
, mercial messages for the Western
Union or Postal Telegraph companies
Konenkamp, head of the Commercial
operators, said their fight was direct
ed mainly against Postmaster Genera
} Burieson.