The state herald., 1919-02-21
FOREIGN


representative Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company in Russia, 10 dead
OF starvation In Petrograd.
Tile situation mt Kadish on the Arch
angel front is more satisfactory for the
moment, according to an official state-
ment issued by the British war office.
Reports from Omsk state that tho
Russian government there has accept
ed an offer from Japan of men, money
and arms to- settle the Bolsheviki diff
ficulties
The Dutch steamer Rick, Rotter-
dam to Bergen, struck mine and
sank three miles off the Norwegian
coast. The crew was saved and hns
landed at Christlanstnd.
The French dreadnought Moravau
has been driven ashore ut Sebast0p0i
In snowstorm. At Inst accounts 1t
seemed doubtful whether the big war
ship could be saved from destruction.
The Poles have refused the German
demand to withdraw troops from the
P0sen province, but on the contrary,
have called all Poles OF military age
to the colors to defend that territory.
Germany is preparing to raise n
large loan In the United States MS soon
as peace is signed, says Geneva dis
patch. The money is to be used to
pay for expected raw materials from
allied countries.
Admiral Viscouiit Jelicoe's book on
the naval operations of the war which
is now published settles at lust the
mystery" of Lord Kitchener's death
by stating that the cruiser Hampshire
sank after striking moored mine Of
the type laid by the German U-boats.
The Havas agency gives out II state
ment by ViscOunt Chinda, the Japan
ese ambassador to Grcnt Britain, who
now is representing his country at
the peace conference In Paris, declar-
ing the reports to be untrue that jap
an has exercised pressure on China
to restrain the action of the Chinese
delegation to the conference.
Few large cities Of the countries
that were engaged in the war have
been less affected by It than the an
cient capital OF Greece. Free entirely
from the menace OF air raids and hos
tile bombardment, and participating
actively In the war for comparatively
only short time, Athens is today in
all essential features exactly as 1t
was in pre-war days.
The program Of the new German
government, which has just been pub
lished at Berlin, includes equal rights
for men and women, the Improvement
Of the educational system, conscripti0n
plong democratic lines to establish a
peoples army, rationlng at maximum
prices of food and necessaries OF life,
care of the wounded and the families
Of those killed during the war. the 80
cialization of all Industries ripe for
such treatment, particularly the coal
and iron mines, and considerable add
tiOns to income taxes.
SPORT
The Navy wrestlers had u walkover
ut Annapolis defeating the University
Of Pennsylvania team By score Of
- to Q.
Wladek Zbyszko, Polish wrestling
champion, defeated Arvid Anderson of
Boston In two straight falls Of 20 and
D minutes each respectively. ut St.
Louis.
Alfredo do oro. the Cuban cue ex-
pert from New York. wrested tho
three-cushion billiard championship
from Augie Kieckkhefer OF Chicago by
winning the third block OF their 40
point match.
West Philadelphia High school set
q new American interscholnstic record
In the S00-yard relay race at the six
teenth annual national interscholastic
swimming championships, University
Of Pennsylvania pool, making the dis.
tance In minutes and rs 10 seconds
and clipping their own mark made In
1915.
GENERAL
Careful survey OF food prices cover
Ing u period Of thirty days shows the
high cost Of lNing has taken les first
ht., dram