Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26


made to them, but these were not
enough for they insist they are unable
to turn over the 100000 tons of harbor
and dock material demanded in repa-
ration for the sinking of the interned
warships in Scapa Flow. Late reports
said their proofs of this inability were
so strong that experts of the allies
were disposed to consider an offer to
reduce the amount to 100000 tons.
Germany's chief internal trouble
just now is financial. The premium
loan, by which it was hoped to raise
five billion marks, was a failure, and
some of the papers assert that open
bankruptcy is not far distant.
Austria is starving. That grim fact
has been established by the testimony
of numerous persons, and it appears
to be up to the United States to supply
the food for that unfortunate nation.
All the other nations of central Europe
are suffering only in less degree, and
Herbert Hoover, who knows more
about the foreign food situation than
anyone else, proposes that the great
surplus of wheat and flour held by the
grain corporation be sold to them on
credit.
The Russian bolsheviki and the Es-
thonians in conference at Dorpat are
not arriving very rapidly at an AMIGA
BILE understanding. The Esthonians
| suspect the Russians of treacherous
designs, and in addition there are ru.
mors that France is intervening In
the Baltic against the soviet govern
ment. In the field the bolsheviki had
more victories to report, including the
capture of Kiev. capital of the
! Ukraine, from General Denikine's
troops. They also occupied Kupiansk
southeast of Kharkov.
The United States and Great Britain
have become involved in an unpleas
ant controversy over the treaty by
which virtually British protectorate
over Persia has been established.
Teheran paper accused the United
States of having abandoned Persia
whereupon our legation there issued 6
statement this country had done its
utmost to befriend Persia but that the
act of some Persian authorities in con
Guiding the treaty with England hai
indicated that they did not desire thu
friendship of the United States in tn,
future.
British Foreign Minister Curzon ha'
taken extreme exception to this state
ment as being undiplomatic, unfriend
ly and even hostile. and asks that tn
impression made by it be corrected il
Persia by our state department. Il
the reply from Washington it is plain
ly stated that the United States will
not, at the present time, approve o
the Anglo-Persian treaty.
According to what is called authen
tic information from the highes
sources, the government will not re
turn the railroads to private owner
ship on January 1, but will continue t
operate them until March 1, or per
haps for a month longer. This wa
good news for everybody and serve
to remove the apprehension that tn
return would be made before congress
had passed the needed Legislation
which certainly would result in tn
paralysis of transportation and bus
ness and in great general f1nancis
!. loss. There is no immediate prospec
of the passage of the Cummins bi
, which the senate is considering, or an
other railroad bill, and Director Ger
eral Hines is said to have Recommend
: ed to the president that the govern
ment retain control until legislation
, effected.
Mexico's reply to Secretary .Lal
sings latest note on the case Of Coz
sular Agent jenkins was received
, Washington Thursday, and doubtles
: gave the state department little sati
: faction. In it Carranza said he took
( for granted that the release of Jel
kins on bail had removed the cause {
! complaint, and then declined to haN
r the proceedings against the consuls
agent dropped. He asserted that til
> American governments belief in th
2 innocence of Jenkins was not sufficie1
2 cause for removing that official frol
the Jurisdiction of the Mexican tr
5 bunals. So once more it is up to Wasl
ington to make the next move, an
what that will be there is no intim;
e ton. Senator Fall thinks that our go
ife
e honored policy of permitting Carranz
e to insult and defy it with impunity.