Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-02-27
cording to report, were striving to rel
tain their old military Jobs by organ
izing strong movement agairst Po-

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cording to report, were striving to re.
tain their old military jobs by o:gan-
izing strong movement agairst Po-
land.
General Denikine and his antisoyiet
army, 1T was announced, had reached
the Caspian, having scattered great
body of anarchist troops ard captured
31,0O0 prisoners and large quantities!
of material. In Esthonia, however, the,
soviet armies, which had resumed
their activities with general attack,
were said to be making considerable
progress, especially in the region |.
Pskov. This continuation OF hostili-
ties by the Lenine Trotzky forces again
makes doubtful the holding of the pro-
posed conference at Princes Island.
Moreover, three Of the Russian govern
ments, those Of Siberia, Archangel and
southern Russia, have formally de-
clined to take part in the oonferencel
stating that there can be ho concilia1
ton between them and the bolshevikiI
who are denounced as traitors and fo-
menterS Of anarchy.
Information from Petrograd shows
that opposition to the rule OF the Lei
nine anarchists is increasing among
the more intelligent workers. Sixty
thousand workmen In that city are on
strike, demanding the end Of civil war
and the establishment Of free trade.
The United States and g. eat Britain
have announced that their forces In
northern Russia are to be. withdrawn
when weather conditions permit, and
will be re-enforced to facilitate this
movement Meanwhile those who have
been worried by alarmist STOKES Of
the distressing conditions under which
our boys there are existing may be re-
lieved by the cablegram from Col.
George Il. Stewart, commanding the
Americans. He says the reports are
not warranted by the facts; that the
health of the entire command Is excel
lent, the sick and wounded are well
cared for and the entire allied expe-
ditlon is capable Of taking care Of IT.
self against the whole bolsheyik army.
The Spartacan anarchists OF Ger
many We're extremely busy throughout
the week, organizing here and there
and in Westphalia going 80 far as to
start a boinbar rdment OF the town cf
Rotterop. In the Ruhr industrial re-
gion along the Rhine the Spa.tacans
nnnrnfo1 +D1,yV,e, ., MI 1onl., =,
general strike. fortifying the water
works and powerhouses and preparing
to resist the government troops. Muhl
helm is the center Of the movement
and the anarchists haye gathered there
In large numbers.
'Congressman-elect Victor l.. Berger
of Wisconsin and his fellow defend
ants, Engdahl, Germer, Tucker and
Kruse, convicted of violating the es-
pionage act and conspiring to OBJ
struct the United States war program,
were sentenced by Judge Lands to-
twenty years. Imprisonment each at
Leavenworth. Appealing to the fed.
eral circuit court of appeals, they
We're released on bonds, but only after
giving their solemn pledges that they
would neither by word nor act do any
Of the things for which they were con-
victed pending final decision of their
cases.
The senate judiciary committee took
a step toward curbing the activities Of
& the anarchists when it unanimously op-
proved bill to punish such activities
and to prohibit the display of red flags
or other enblems of violence.
There We're interesting Develop
ments in the scandals and charges
that inevitably follow a war. Governor
Allen of Kansas, supporting motion
of Representative Campbell for an in
avestigation of the story that the cas-
ualties of the Thirty-fifth division were
needlessly large, told the house COM
lnittee on rules a shocking story OF in
efficiency and blunders and lack Of
artillery and equipment. Summing up
In a sentence the record of the Ameri-
can army in France, he said everything
fell down except the raw man mate
rial. The inquiry into these conditions
will not be made by congress until the
next session. when the entire conduct
of the war will be sifted.
Following an investigation ordered
by Secretary Daniels. sevelf naval Off
GERS and 40 yeomen We're arrested in
the Third naval district, which in
eludes New York, on charges Of graft
ing. 1t is asserted that a great many
sons of wealthy families paid large
sums for special fayors, easy sssign-
ments and promotions.