Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-11

over again.
Again setting out to overthrow the
Ebert government, the Spartacans and
minority socialists of Germany have
started general strikes in Berlin,
Frankfort, Stuttgart and other cities.
Bloody riots ensued in some places,
notably Frankfort, where several hun
dred persons were reported to have
been killed. Ten thousand workmen
there paraded the streets and looted
a great warehouse that was full of
foodstuffs and then battled with the
government forces sent against them.
The German troops opposite the Cob
lenz bridgehead occupied by the Amer
leans were moved toward Frankfort,
after permission was obtained from
the French military authorities in the
Mayence bridgehead zone to enter the
disturbed city. The streets of Stutt-
CART were filled with great crowds and
with troops and there was much
shooting; the government, at last ac'
counts, was master of the situation
there. Martial law was proclaimed
throughout the entire Rhineland. Ths
strikers demanded that Germany re.
sumo diplomatic relations with Rus.
Sia at once. In Berlin, though the
leaders of organized labor were sup
porting the government, more than
| 100000 workers were out by Thurs
| day night and more struck later. Reu-
! ter's correspondent in Berlin says
sympathy with Spartacism is spread.
| ing among the better classes, includ
| ing officials, teachers, clerks and peo
| pie in similar walks of life. They
are all thoroughly discontented ant
. argue that things cannot well bt
worse than they are, while bolshevisn
at least opens prospects of bette
things some day for their children il
the way of food. The people asser
that the only way the poor can be per
suaded of the fallacy of bolshevism i
by giving them liberal food rations
especially meat, bread and fats. Th
correspondent quoted said there wa
much talk of the irnminence of ney
coup.
The evident aim of the Spartacan
was to upset or greatly disturb tn
government before the meeting of tn
soviet congress, called for this weel
This assembly is fraught with per
for Ebert and his associates, for th
delegates may not take at its fac
value Scheidemann's promise that til
soviet principle shall be 'apchore
firmly" in the constitution.
The covenant of the league of n:
tions was completed last week an
submitted by the drafting committe
to the commission. What was don
with the various amendments sugges
ed was not announced. Organized ];
Dor in Great Britain at its nationt
conference adopted resolutions d.
manding that the league plan be il
corporated in the peace treaty an
proposing certain changes in the COW
nant. 1t asked that the principle {
self-determination be extended to a
colonies and dependencies, which, {
course, would include India, EgyI
) and presumably Ireland; it also aske
that conscription be definitely prohil
tied and that the principle of unive
sal military training and service
| adopted in its stead. This will be (
interest to union, labor of the Unite
| States, which always has fiercely O.
posed anything like universal milital
: training.
From far-off Abyssinia comes nev
) of two revolts against the governmen
one headed by grandson of King
: hannes II, who died in 1889, and tt
] other by the governor of Dediazmac
wherever that may be. 1t is said Il
Abyssinian government will send
: delegation to Paris to ask for the a
: mission of the country to the leagl
' Of nations. Spain also has announce
S its adherence to the league when it
: constituted.
Y Political interest in the Unit
: States last week centered in Chicag
where William Hale Thompson w
reelected mayor, despite his wretch'
: war record. His victory gives his ia
: ton a commanding position in the r
,. publican affairs of Illinois, accordil
e to its claims, and there is talk aga
/ of trying to obtain for him the non
S nation for the presidency. Probab
g no other aspirant for that honor
5. worried by this.