Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-12-31


!, ,mitteea on foreign relations. PROPOSING
ndments and four reservations to
the peace treaty. Senator Hitchcock
present ted q al GRITTY report, recon.
ding the adoption Of the treats
without reservat lion. There began then
q determined fight between the oppos.
/ Ing forces q the senate, which ended
/ flnall in Oil dlock that prevented
the rati fication 81 the treaty either
with or without reservations.
President Wilson had continued Ia
combat every suggestion Of change
In the treaty or the covenant 81 the
League Of Nations and III "a EFFORT "a
force its ratification had undertaken
an extensive tour Of the country, be-
ginning on September 4. After deliy.
ertng more than forty speeches
throughout the West he broke down
under the strain and was forced to
return to the White House. His con-
dition was regarded as very serious,
and he was unable to take LEADING
part IN. the battle for the treaty when
the contest reached It's climax. The
president still insisted. however, upon
the adoption Of the treaty without res
ervati0ns, and when the question came
to a final vote in the senate on Noyem-
i bers10 the Democratic minority, aided
BY a number Of Republicans opposed
to the league In any form, defeated the
majority resolution Of the Republicans.
which would have carried with 1t the
reservations adopted by the senate
Senator Hitchcock thereupon offered
q resolution providing for ratification
Of the treaty without reservations, and
this, in turn. was defeated, number
of Democratic senator's voting with
the Republicans With a compromise
between the opposing groups appar
emily impossible. the senate adj
||journed.
In the meantime the peace treaty
had been ratified by the other great
allied nations and by many Of the
smaller nations that had been engaged
lin the war against Germany.
Foreign Affairs.
While the treaty was being negoti.
ated conditions remained very un-
settled not only In the territory which
had been included in the four defeated
nations but throughout Europe. Rus
STA continued in state Of turmoil
throughout the year. Although the
bolshevist government under the dlrec-
ton Of Lenin and Trotzky maintained
Its control over q large part Of the
former empire 1t was hemmed In on
all sides by opposing groups which
attacked it with varying success. The
newly constituted nation Of Poland
was beset for a time on all sides, but
it. too. succeeded in weathering the
storm and had established stable
government before many months had
passed.
Failure to reach settlement Of the
Fiume question continually threatened
an armed conflict between the Italians
and the new Jugo-Slav state. Serious
conditions existed in Hungary both be-
cause of internal disorders and be-
cause Of clashes with Roumania and
with the new Czech government
In Germany split among the Ger
man socialist leaders resulted on Janu-
airy in serious street fighting. The
government was seriously threatened,
but on January 8 its troops in Berlin
were REINFORCED and regained control
of the situation. On January is DR.
Carl Liebknecht. leader of the Spar
tacans, or antigovernment faction, was
killed while attempting to escape after
arrest in Berlin. His companion. Rosa
Luxembourg, long known as radical
leader both In Germany and Russia,
was killed by mob. Disorders In
Germany were suppressed and on Jan
! uary 10 the people elected national
;assembly, the majority socialists led
10y Chancellor Ebert retaining control.
The assembly met Weimar on Janu-
airy 6 and on February il elected
| Chancellor Ebert as first president Of
the German republic, after adopting q
provisional constitution. In Poland
| opposing factions reached an agree
ment on January II whereby Ignace
Jan Paderewski became premier, with
/ General Pilsudski as foreign minister
and NJ. Demoski as president.
!, Opposition to Japanese control had
ltbeen developing rapidly in Korea and
on March IL Korean nationalist is
sued a declaration Of independence,
declaring themselves ready to fight to
the last drop Of blood" Serious disor.
||ders also were reported Ia Egypt in
support Of the nationalist demand for
l|autonomy and on March Is the Brit
'ish secretary for war, Mr.. Churchill,
admitted that the whole Of Egypt was
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