Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-04-12

il by the peace conference. IL II Il
case of Belgium and northern France
over again.
Again setting out to overthrow the
Ebert government, the Spartacans ana
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 10 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 filed 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 Rhincland. The
strikers demanded that Germany re-
sumo diplomatic relations with Rus
| STA at once. In Berlin, though the
leaders of organized labor were sup
| porting the government, more than
10000 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 discontinued and
argue that things cannot well be
worse than they are while bolshevism
at least opens prospects of better
things some day for their children In
the way of food. The people assert
that the only way the poor can be per
suaded Of the fallacy. of bolshevism is
| by giving them liberal food rations,
especially meat, bread and fats. The
correspondent quoted said there was
much talk of the imminence of a new
coup.
The evident aim of the Spartacans
was to upset or greatly disturb the
government before the meeting of the
soviet congress, called for this week.
| This assembly is fraught with peril
for Ebert and his associates, for the
| delegates may not take at its face
value Scheidemann's promise that the
soviet principle shall be anchored
firmly in the constitution.
The covenant of the league OF ma
tions was completed last week and
submitted by the drafting committee
to the commission. What was done
with the various amendments suggest
ed was not announced. Organized Ia
Dor in Great Britain at its national
conference adopted resolutions de-
handing that the league plan be In
corporated in the peace treaty and
proposing certain changes in the cove
nant 1t asked that the principle of
self-determination be extended to all
colonies and dependencies, which. of
course, would include India, Egypt
and presumably Ireland; 1t also asked
that CONSUMPTION be definitely prohIb-
tied and that the principle of uniyer-
sal military training and service be
adopted in its stead. This will be of
interest to union labor of the United
States, which always has fiercely OBJ
posed anything like universal military
training.
from fAr-on AbysSlnia comes news
OF two revolts against the government.
one headed by grandson of King 10.
names ii, who died in 1889, and the
other by the governor of Dediazmach
Wherever that may be. Ii is said the
Abyssinlan government will send n
delegation to Paris to ask for the nd.
mission of the country to the leoguo
OF nations Spain also has announced
Its adherenes to the league when If Is
constituted.
Political interest In the United
States last week conferred In Cbicaoo
where William Hale Thomson WINS
reelected m"yor, despite his wretched
war record. His victory gives his fac.
ton commanding position in the Ra.
publican affairs of Illinois, ACCORDING
10 Its claims, and there is talk arain
OF trying to obtain for him tbe non,i,
nation for the presidency. Probably
no o'her asplrant for that honor IL
worried by this.