The Dolores star., 1919-12-19
FOREIGN

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decided to send about Sl,0O0,00O worth
of foodstuffs to Berlin and Vienna to
relieve conditions there, according to
Swedish reports received.
The situation in soviet Russia is
| growing more serious. In several
towns workers are without employ
ment and desperately hungry, and
have revolted against the Bolsheriki.
An armistice stipulating the imme-
diate evacuation of LithuaniG by the
Germans has been signed by Germany
and Lithuania through the mediation
of the interallied military mission.
| The firepits of Mount Kilauea which
| for months was level with the main
crater and overflowed frequently, col
| lapsed and fell 400 feet. Ten earth
quake shocks accompanied the col
| lapse.
The order for the discontinuance of
the general strike called after the
opening of the parliament in Italy. has
been generally obeycd Quiet has been
restored in Mantua, where disorders
occurred
Should the allies decide to attempt
| the fOrcible removal of the former kai-
ser from Holland. he will try a dash
into Germany, it is believed in Dutch
circles. II is known Wilhelm will make
every effort to prevent his proposed
| trial.
The League of Nations Association
| in Brussels adopted a resolution rec
| Ommending that the covenant of the
| League of Nations he amended TO to-
| tally eliminate from the text the
clauses giving nations the right To ."
TO war
Tickets to the public gallery of the
| house of commons for the opening scs-
sion We're in great demand. hundreds
showing their desire to see the first
woman member presented in the house.
1t was impossible to accommodate
nearly all the applicants.
1t has been announced that the In
fante Antonio of Bourbon Orleans. by
an acknowledgment signed Nov 10th,
renounced his title as an infante Of
Spain and the privileges attached to
this title. He also relinquished his
Spanish nationality and severed family
ties with the Spanish royal family.
Lady Astor has received her first
lesson in the rules and regulations of
parliamentary conduct She has been
twice called to order by the speaker
for conversing on the floor of the
house with another member The Wis
countess occupied the seat formerly
belonging TO Tim Hcaley. the Irish ma
tionalist leader
ut was primarily due TO the recep-
tivity, courage and driving force of
Winston Spencer Churchill of England
that the general idea TO use such an
instrument of warfare as the tank
was converted into practical shape"
says the report issued by the commit
tee which investigated ut great length
the numerous rival claims to credit
for inyenting the tank.
The japanese government. through
Ambassador Shidehara, has conferred
decorations on fourteen ranking Off
GERS of the American navy in recogni-
tion of war service Among those dec
Grated We're Rear Adnirals Benson,
Sims, Mayo and Knight, who received
the Grand Gordon of the Rising sun:
Admirals Glcaves and Wilson, Grand
Gordon of the Sacred Treasury: Ad-
miral Rodman, Order of the Rising
Sun, second class.
GENERAL
Trial of Industrial Workers of the
Canton Lumber Company at Baltimore
"a. III II
Company adjoining, and half dozen
or more ships. and caused a property
loss of more than 81 100000. One life
was lost, several men injured and sew
eral boats owned by the United States
shipping board We're burned and sunk
Cause of the fire has not been deter
mined.
Henry Clay Frick, pioneer ironmas-
ter and one of the foremost art collec-
tors in the United States died sudden
ly at his New York home in his 10th
year.
The German general staffs story of
the war written from the official
archives will soon be issued and will
be entitled The Battles and Fights of
tHe Great war OF l3l4-l3lS. Ihe
account is to contain a consecutive and
ordered description of all battles in
which German troops participated.
prize of 100000 has been offered
for the invention of an airplane which
will rise and descend vertically. An
nOuncement of the offer, made by
Edouard and Andre Michelin. French
tire mDnufa ctIIrprS thrDurb the Aero
club of France, was made at New York
by the Aero club of America.
After fatally injuring his wife, Hat
tie, aged Al, and seriously wounding
his 16-year-Old daughter, Maude, while
they slept, Walter Webb, a Ford en-
ploye at Detroit, blew out his brains
with the revolver with which he did
the shooting IplatiYeS sny he lnl