The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-05-24

Brest. May 23.-The George Wash
ington. President Wilson's transport
ship upon which he has three times
sailed the Atlantic, is not ,eXpected,tQ
sail before ,June1. The WOIk ilhts
ing the ship was commenced 1his
morning and will occupy the next f6lr
days. Naval authorities refuse to saw
whether they have received orders of
any kind from President Wilson,
GERMANS RETURN s,ss.
Versailles. May 23-COunfs 91n
Brockdorff Rantzau and the other
members of the peace delegation who
SMesltssto Spa Thursday, returned here
this ,inprning with the exception Of Or.
Theodore Melchoir, the financial ex-
pert.
REBEL AGAINST BOLSHEVIKI
London, May %. Great fires ana
loud explosions have occurred In ana
around PetrOgrad, according to reports
forwarded by the Daily Nails CORE
spOndent under date Of Thursday. 1t
is believed the Bolsheviki, pressed by
the ESthOnian advance, are destroying
munitions in Petrograd. Machine gun
firing also has been heard in Petr0.
grad, and it is reported the population
has arisen against the Bolsheviki. .:
PREPARE MEMORANDUM ).
Paris, May 24.-The American, dele
cation has prepared a memorandum
showing: the status of affairs before
the peace conference on the conclusion
of the Austrian treaty. This discloses
that. a formidable amount OF business
is still to be transacted, beside the
British and Bulgarians treaties. The
memorandum leaves no doubt that the
conference vii continue for a consider
able time after the treaty. has been
signed. and President Wilson has left,
itsbeing expected that the other Amer
lean members VIII remain; 10 B consider,
matters still requiring attention. =
CAPTURE LUTSK
London, May 24.-Polish Il troops
have captured the important town OF
Lutsk. in Volhynia, northeast OF Lem
burg, from the Ukrainians, "a Central
News dispatch from Berlin says. The
Poles also took 1000 prisoners and 81
large number Of guns. f,
AMERICANS ASSIST ADVANCE ! !,
Archangel, May 24.-American rail.
road troops are playing an important
part in the rapid advance Of the allied
troops southwark along the Murmansk
railway. The Bolsheviki are destroy
ing bridges in an effort to hold up the
allies. The Americans, however, are
working hard putting the track in
shape again.
American motor launches have been
brought on fiat cars, and it is expected
will soon be operating with other craft
on Lake Omega, which is connected by
rivers and canals with Lake Ladoga,
the largest in Europe, the Neva River
and Petrograd.
The artillery continues active. on the,
lArchange). front, and there are ,occa7
sional raids but no serious lighting:
Several hundred American infantry
men are still in the lighting line on the
Dvina sector They will soon be re-
lieved. American engineers, however,
continue to work on nearly all sectors.
MILITARY oLlGARcHY.
Zurich (Friday, French Wireless
Service), May 24~-A military oil.
garchy is being formed in Germany,
according to Dr. Emil Brelling, author
of ~ Accuse who has just returned
here from Berlin. The oligarchy Is
more powerful that the Scheidemann
government, he declares.
"The army created by the govern.
ment," DR.. Brelling continued, "is
we'll disciplined, we'll fed and we'll
paid. The government cannot longer
act as it desires, because it can do
nothing against the will Of the gener'
ais who tolerate the present cabinet
Tor lack of suitable one. The sitD-
alton in Germany is developing dan
gerously. The military caste is not
yet thinking Of restoring the mon
archy in Germany, but who can say
what will happen later?"