The St. Charles herald., 1919-10-18

to the effect that the
Shantung affair has caused breach
between the president and Colonel
House. 1t is said Mr.. Wilson took the
advice of House in the matter, reject
ing that of the other members of the
American delegation, and that now the
Texan is In disfavor and is resting in
London preparatory to coming nome.
those close to the president
denied the tale, saying House was IN
London helping the British officials in
the organization Of the League OF Ma
tions.
The near East does not surrender its
SUPREMACY among trouble-making re-
gions. The Turks continue to mas
sacre the Armenians; the Bulgarians
and Greeks are at swords points over
Thrace; the Jugo-Slavs and Italians
are getting ready to fight over the pos
session of Fiume, and now the whole
of Montenegro has broken out in re-
volt against the rule of the Serblans
The latter are using strong measures
to suppress the revolt, but the ma
tional spirit of the Montenegrt.-S has
reawakened and fighti:e is general
throughout tbe country. Just how the
fot sinclusion of Montenegro in the
..ew state of go-Slavia, against its
"a. a, is squared with the principle of
self-determination never has been ex-
piained to the world.
Rear Admiral Bristol, commander of
the American naval forces in Turkey,
warned the Porte not long ago that
the massacres Of Armenians must
cease. This action aroused some criti-
cism in the supreme peace council, be-
cause the United States has not yet
accepted the mandate over any parts
of the Turkish empire; but the vexa-
ton of the French and British was al
layed when Mr.. Polk explained that
the warning, though 1t came from
President Wilson, was unofficial and
was transmitted in an informal way by
Admiral Bristol. The British troops
are being withdrawn from Armenia
and it is predicted that unless the
country is strongly policed by foreign
troops several hundred thousands OF
Armenians will either starve or be
slaughtered by the Turks. kurds, Tar
tars and GeorgianS. Even now these
peoples are greatly hindering the WORK
of the American relief commission.
A new government in Hungary has
not yet been formed, and though
Archduke Joseph was forced to relin
auish his control, his premier, Fried
rich. asserts he is still favored by {
majority of the people and will retail
the leadership.
In Upper Silesia conditions are re
ported much improved. Most of th'
| miners have resumed work and th'
fighting between the Poles and Ger
mans has grown less. The Fifth ant
Fiftieth regiments of American infan
try. now in the United States, hav
been ordered TO Silesia to help in pc
licing that country during the pleb
| iscite provided for by the peace treaty
| resolution protesting against thi
was introduced in congress by Woo
| of Indiana, who said the work shOul
be done by European troops.
Russian bolshevists last week claim
ed two considerable victories-the car
ture of Pskov, southwest bf Petrograt
and of Kamishin, on the lvolga. Ger
eral Denikine, the >.nti-bolsheyi
leader in southern Russia, who occr
pied Odessa, reported steady progres
into the central part of the countr!
and the Kolchak forces denied ths
they had evacuated Omsk. Represer
tatives of the people of north Russi'
assembled at Archangel, have sent
President Wilson a cable urging ths
the allied armed support be not witt
drawn lest they fall prey to the bo
sheviki. However, the president hs
said that the American troops woul
be brought home as soon as possibl
The peace conference has been tryir
to devise means to protect the mort
Russians, but has not arrived at ar
definite plan.
After killing several bandits. inclu
ing, according to report. the leader
the gang that kidnapped the Americs
aviators, the American expedition In
Mexico retraced its steps. At first
was said this was because the n
trail" had been obliterated by rair
but afterward It was admitted that d
, expedition had encountered Mexic'
troops and withdrew in order TO ave
, clash. If anything of solid bene
was accomplished 1t is not yet apps
, emf.