The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-20

| to send troops into Bavaria, but the
soviet government in Munich threat
ened to execute ten prominent citizens
| if this were done.
Those who have never placed any
| faith IN the genuineness of the German
| revolution of last autumn were not
surprised to read that the mOnarchists
! of that country were preparing for a
coup d'etat in the near future for the
| restoration of the old order of things
| The general staff with the old officer
class are asserted to have gradually
gained the whip hand and now hold
the government in their power and in
| tend to overthrow it. A number of
royalist officers met recently in Char
| lottenburg, according to the story, and
| pledged themselves to hold munitions
| in readiness, to enlist as many men
loyal to the former kaiser as possible
| and to assemble when called. The
| coup, it is believed, will be carried
| out in Berlin, and it is certain that
| bloody civil war will result, whatever
may be the final outcome. The former
army officers are a power to be reck-
| oned with in Prussia, and it may be
| their efforts will be aided by the nu-
! merous members of the old regime
who still retain their places in the
various departments Of the govern
ment at Berlin. under majority social
list chiefs. William Hohenzollern not
| long ago had q conference with Count
| Won Brockdorff- RantZan, the German
| foreign minister, and was said after
ward to be extraordinarily cheerful.
Possibly he hopes to recover his
| throne, but if so he doesn't seem to be
| taking into account the fact that the
| allies claim the right to determine ms
fate and that they undoubtedly have
other plans for him.
| The many strikes and other signs OF
| Industrial unrest in America are caus-
| ing President Wilson some anxiety,
and after session with Secretary OF
@-sDor Wilson he had an invitation
.efegraphed to the governors OF all the
states and the mayors Of about 100
| cities TO meet with him in conference
| at the White House March and to
| discuss s'vital questions affecting bust
ness and labor" The president and
| the American labor delegation now in
Paris as well are urging the adoption
of a definite national policy that Will
stimulate public and private construc-
| ton and industry.
In line with this plan, Secretary
| Redfield. has created an Industrial
| board for the purpose of stabilizing
basic commodity prices, and the coun-
| Gil OF national defense will cooperate
| with it. "The effort" says an an
/ nouncement of the council, "shou'' Ie
to wholly eliminate the abnorm 4. un-
| balanced stimulation that busip SIS has
| had and the inflated prices t. at have
resulted, and to start upon 4 normal
level. after which industry can safely
| RELY upon the law of So ply and de-
mand. Reductions from nigh prices to
| the proper level sho' ID he made, as
nearly as practicable at the same time
in the various industries"
| Premier Lloyd George and his col
| leagues in the British government
| have have been working like TrOjans
| TO avert or at least postpone the
threatened strike of all the miners and.
railway men of Great Britain. APP
peals to the patriotism and common
sense of the men appeared to have
some effect, though at this writing the
outcome is extremely uncertain. The
| miners. railway men and transport
| workers have formed triple alliance,
no one section of which will take any
action or reach any settlement with
ovlt consultation and agreement with
! t.ie other sections.
President Wilson made several i'm
| portant appointments last week. A.
! Mitchell Palmer, alien property Gus
| todian, was made attorney general;
! Hugh G. Wallace Of Tacoma was ap-
| pointed ambassador to France. and
Norman Hapgood was given the place
| of minister to Denmark.
On his way from Boston to Washing
ton the president signed the new reve-
| nue. bill and many of its sections went
| into effect at once. One of it's pro-
| visions made the District of Columbia
| bone-dry, with the exception of the
property occupied By foreign embas-
| sizes and ministries.