The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-10-16

for leprOsy, was the only medicine
used. process for refining the oil
having been recently discovered.
In some London districts the anti
prOfiteering campaign workers have
found eggs retailing ut $1.35 per dozen.
France has officially declared the
war to be ut an end. the decree Of the
French President to that effect taking
date of Monday, the 18th.
a London dispatch Of Sunday says
that large estates in England are being
rapidly sold off. the purchasers being
for the most part people who made for
tunes during the war. In almost every
case, however. the estates 20 to several
persons.
Cooperative buying Is being largely
resorted to in the western suburbs Of
Paris. says Sunday dispatch, in order
to reduce living cost in the food and
other lines. with the result, 1t is claim
ed. of 30 per cent reductions in aver
age costs.
The former German general, Won Der
Colts. cooperating with his German
volunteer army with the Bolsheviki.
began to attack Riga last Friday. Tie
Germans are largely veterans of the
late war. and there Is much speculation
as to what the Allies will do about the
movement Of former German soldiers
to Russia.
Clubs in London Of the old aristo-
cratic exclusive kind are said to he
rapidly disappearing bankrupt
because Of the sweeping away Of the
| class feeling by four years of war and
| the almost total wiping out of the ar
istocratic youths and middle-aged army
officers who largely made up their
membership.
The new Nationalist Turkish Gov.
/ ernment recently set up in Asia Minor
has issued Il statement In which 1t de
clareS its intention to respect the Ar
menianS and deplOres the former pol
icy of the Turkish Government to the
contrary. The statement profelse.
eagerness for America to take the man
datory for Armenia.
EnvOys in Paris representing the
Irish Republic have handed to the gov
ernment representatives Of all the na
tions represented at the Peace Con
ference memorandum detailing thu
reasons why Ireland should he recog
nized as an independent state. TIL,
second clause says: The Irish natiOr
has persistently rejected and opposed
rule by England and has risen genera
ton after generation in armed opposi
ton to it.
A nationwide campaign for til,
League of Nations covenant opened II
London Monday. under the Leadership
Of Sir Horace Il. Marshall, Lord Mayo
Of London. The occasion ut the Man
sion House brought forth many eln
inent British statesmen. including Mr
Asluith. Lord Robert Cecil, Andrew
Bonner Law, Earl Cuzen and Sir Don
aid Mclean. All the foreign ambass;l
doris were also present, together witt
labor leaders. industrial heads. scieIl
fists, churcllmen and men prOminen
in all walks Of life.
Riga has again fallen before a Gel
man army. This time, however. til
German army is disavOwed by the Gel
ann GOvernemnt, and it Is either act
ing as an auxiliary to one or the Otle
Russian factions. independently on 1t
own account. or in the pay Of one q
the groups of Baltic barons. The larg
land owners of the Baltic provinces ar
for the most part Russians Of Gerna
: descent. The press dispatches seem
! suggest that this army is operating
tile interest Of the land barOns, with
part of the Russian Empire. Riga