The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03


and the opposition were not at all sure
Of their strength. The mild reserva.
tionistS hoped some way might DO
found to avoid the direct issue.
The French chamber Of deputies,
in which the government was pressing
for ratification of the treaty. was much
exercised by the hostile attitude Of
the American senate and the govern.
ment was called on FOR explanations.
Tardieu said he was satisfied the sen.
ate would ratify the treaty, and Pichon
said even without the United States
the League Of Nations could exist, lie.
gally speaking. Barthou replied that
France wanted political, not legal
! guarantees. Premier Clemenceau then
said:
SHOULD the United States reject
the League of Nations, two treaties of
alliance between France and Great
Britain and France and the United
States exist. Nevertheless it was pre-
cisely because we felt that the League
Of Nations was an insufficient guaran-
! tee for some years to come that these
treaties were drawn up. The League
of Nations for the present has nothing
to do with the Franco ritish-Ameri-
can treaties, which constitute suf1.
cient guarantees for France"
Italy was in the midst Of tremen.
dOus crisis, brought on directly by the
seizure Of Fiume by D'Annunzio and
blamed by the Italians themselves on
the great powers which refused to car
ry out MI the promises in the treaty
Of London. Foreign Minister Tittoni
was compelled to resign. and the peace
conference in Paris was deeply con-
cerned by the situation. The Italian
government asked the allies to GUST
D'Annunzio and his followers, but al
this writing nothing in that line had
been started. The poet-sOldier was
still defiant and his forces were in
creasing in strength. Other Italian
leaders, it was reported. were follow
ing his example and making raids on
Spalato, Sabenico and Trau. towns on
the Dalmatian coast which have been
under the domination of the Jugo
Slavs. In Ragusa. near the Montene
grin frontier. there was veritable
reign Of terror. There are rumors. al
so. that the Italians are planning tc
restore King Nicholas to the thron,
of Montenegro. He is the father o.
the queen of Italy.
Late advices from Spalato by wa.
of Copenhagen said an American DIES
troyer appeared ut Trau and lande'
marines. compelling the Italians t,
leave. after which the Jugo-Slav
took over the town from the Amer
cans.
Officials of the state department a
Washington admit that the presiden
has agreed with the allies on plal
to give support to KOlclak and DEM
kline in their fight against the bolshe
. Wiki. The United States is to suppl
the former with the things he needs
and Great Britain and France wi
take care of the latter Presumabl
this arrangement means that tn
American troops now in Siberia wi
: Both these Russian leaders have bee
scoring considerable success agains
: the bOlsheviki lately, and it may b
= the recognition of the Omsk govern
;, ment by the allied powers will not b
. much longer delayed.
q The bolshevist government, Will
: willing to make peace with the Ba
: tic states. is laying its plans to conque
). the rest of its foes. TrotZky, speal
ing recently in Petrograd. said his a
=, mics would continue their methods {
\ beating their enemy Singly. taking no
= chalk first and then Denikine. If Fiji
land wants war; he said. lit will
p. necessary to begin against her car
!. paign of determination such as hithe
:, to has been unknown to history"
y Lenine. it is said. is anxious to
+, ut peace with all the world. TN
y was report in Paris that he had be,
Il assassinatet. II this We're true TrOt
ky probably would he more powerf
"A than ever, and the peace he seeks
:. founded on the destruction of his {
10 emies.
r. The king and queen Of the Belgia
he are on their way to visit the Unit
~ States. Before his departure Alb
9. said he had much to learn in this col
It. try owing to the excellent relate
o. existing between capital and lab
he | here Can ii he that Albert MAS SDO