The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-02-13

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claims OF the various nations are be-
ing heard and studied hut the estab-
lishment OF principle on which such
claims shall be decided depends so
much on the creation OF the league Of
nations that action on the report OF
the territory commission Is not ex-
pected before the other matter Is set
tied
Just where the United States is GO
ing to get of" In all this is ques-
ton that Is worrying many others be-
sides our senators. who debate 1t fire.
quently. II the orders Of the league
are to be backed by force. It might
be necessary to land European troops
in South American country, and
that Is In direct violation of the Mon
roe doctrine. If the former German
colonies and parts Of the Turkish en-
pire are 10 be governed by mnnda-
tories of the league, the United States
cannot well eyade some Of the respon-
slbility and might be called on 10 ad-
minister the affairs Of Constantinople
and the Dardanelles, maintaining
military as well as civil forces there.
Conceivably, this would arouse the
bitter opposition Of considerable
portion Of our population, but as we,
through President Wilson, are taking
a leading part In the reconstruction OF
the world by the nations that defeated
Germany, we cannot avoid shoulder
Ing our share OF the resultant labor.
Another interesting angle to the
situation was disclosed by the state
ment by British Foreign Secretary
Balfour that the establishment Of the
league of nations would not require
the abrogntlon of international nlli-
ances hitherto entered into. Appar-
emily Great Britain, France and japan
are not entirely sure of the full eff
cacy OF the league and would have
their offensive and defensive alliances
10 fall back upon In case of need. Mr..
Balf0ur's statement also gave rise to
the opinion that the allied nations
might decline TO abrogate the secret
treaties they entered into for the di-
vision among them of certain terri
tories Of the central powers. France
Is perhaps especially Interested In
this. as the secret treaties not only
gave her Alsace- Lorraine, but also the
entire cOnl district Of the Snnr valley,
and provided. that the German ter
ritOries on the left bnnk Of the Rhine
should be freed from all political and
economic dependence on Germany.
Lenlne's foreign minister Tchit'
cherin, has sent out n wireless message
saying the soviet government Il willing
to participate In the proposed confer
ence on the Princes Islands. He also
lntim0tes that his government will
cease Its propaganda In other countries
II the entente powers Will undertake
not TO interfere with Russla's Internal
affairs. The other Russian factions, as
represented at Paris were rather sur
prised by Tchtcherin's action and were
not mt all pleased They nre strongly
opposed to the conference and had
hoped a refusal by the soviet govern
mtnt would relieve them of the neces-
sity Of rejecting the plan. The boil
shevsts, or, 10 give them the more
Citing appellation. the anarchists, In
northern Russia, after series of sue
ceSses against the American and nj
He'd troops which were due to the diff
ticulty the latter experienced I'm get
ting supplies went bit too far and
were given singing defeat by the
Yanks nj Vlstayka on the Vaga river.
About the same time the Siberian
troops under General Galda practically
annlhilated two divisions OF the an
nrchsts at Kungur, 80 miles southeast
Of Perm, relieving the latter city from
the danger Of attack. General Gaidn
then advanced on Ufa, which the AN
archlsts took some time ago. The cen
tral soviet OF Moscow has called TO the
colors all men between the ages Of
twenty-nine and fortyfye years. say
ing they VIII be thrown into the war II
the conference on Prlnkipo island Is .
failure.
In some directions the successes OF
the anarchists Of Russia were contin-
ued. They were reported TO have cap
tured Wlndnu, Courlnnds port, and 20
have gained control of virtually the
whole OF the Ukraine.
The Polish and Czecho- Sloyak troops
that had been fighting on the Sileslan
front signed an armlstice which, Il Is
presumed, viii permit the emlssarIcs
Of the pence conference to settle the
quarrel between the two nations.
The authorities OF the allied nntions
maintain their aloof attitude toward