Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-04-24

If Lloyd Georges assertion of full
agreement among the allied powers is
incorrect in any particular, the dis
crepancy involves Italy. At the close
of the week the problem Of Fiume had
not been solved and the Italians had
repep I'd rlIssssS informal threats to re
fuse to sign the treaty with Germany
lnless that city we're given to them In
stead Of to the Jugo- Slavs, as Presi-
dent Wilson wishes. The threats were
not taken seriously, however, and it
was believed that after the British pre-
mier returned to Paris that difficulty
would be adjusted. The treaties with
Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulga-
ria may not he ready for several
weeks after that with Germany is
signed.
An interesting report printed in the
Frankfort Gazette says the German
peace delegates are prepared to ask
from the allies payment for damages
sustained from aerial attacks, from
the occupation Of German territory by
allied troops and for the delay in con-
cluding peace, which caused prolong-
alton of the bolshevik and Spartacan
troubles. It is easy to guess how far
they will get with such q demand.
The peace commissioners, or at least
the correspondents in Paris, were
somewhat worried by the setting up
of the communist government in Mu-
mich, fearing lest this might make nee
essary separate treaty with Bavaria,
the second state in the German confed-
Grafton. But it may be that before the
treaty is presented the regime of the
communists will have come to an end.
They have been having very stormy
time so far and the troops of the so
cialist government have been pressing
them hard, though some Of the soldiers
have Joined the communists. That
the food boycott Of the peasants
against Munich is effective is shown
by the fact that the communist gov
lion marks from Italy for the purpose
of buying food. It is said that chaos
rules in Munich, all work has ceased,
no trains are running and the banks,
shops and houses are being looted.
The DEGREES issued by the communists
are many and radical, one ordering
the communication of all women, in
Guiding wives.
In other parts of Germany there
was continuous disorder, and strikes
We're started in many places. After
further severe fighting in Nagdeburg
the Ebert troops gained entire posses
sion of the city. In Berlin the en-
ployees in various Industries struck be-
cause they were not given voice in
the management, and the soldiers and
noncommissioned officers of the army
there also declared they would strike
if the order reducing their pay to
peace-time basis was not rescinded.
Troubles with the workmen in Bremen
stopped the unloading of American
food ships there. In the Cologne dis
trict, occupied by the British, General
Plumer ordered the strikers to return
to work at once and threatened the Sc
we're punishment of all persons TO-
menting or countenancing strikes in
the zone of British occupation.
Apparently the state of affairs in
Russia just now may be summarized
in the statement that bolshevlsm is in
creasing in force but losing prestige.
The director of the Moscow Red Gross
arrived in Copenhagen with confirma-
ton of the predictions that Lenine and
Trotzky would soon seek an under
standing with the moderate elements.
He said bolshevlsm was giving way to