The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-10-30
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aided by confederates on the outside.
made their way from the walls to the
outer world.
Laredo Texas. dispatches of last Sat
urday say that general strike Is on
in the Orizaba District of the State
of Vera Cruz. Mexico, and that indus
try is laralyzed.
According to London dispatches of
Monday, the chances of General Yud-
enitch. commander of the Russian
northwestern army. to capture Ietro-
grad before the winter puts an end to
operations seems again to he fading"
Lady Astor has accepted the invita-
ton of the Plymouth Unionists to be-
come Il candidate for the seat in the
British Parliament made vacant by the
elevation of her husband to the peer
age. following the death Of the late
Lord Aston last week.
Queen Elizabeth. of Belgium. the
colisort Of King Albert. of Belgium.
gave an interview to a newspaper re-
porter in Pennsylvania last week in
which she plead ignorance of the latest
STYLES in Wolnen'S dress as an excuse
for not having an opinion as to their
fitness.
Arcl,tuke Joseph. of Austria. will
soon be selected King of Hungary. ac-
cording to what is termed IAN unuS-
ually well informed source" in dis
patch of Monday from Stockholm. He
is Il Hal,Sbur.. The family has ruled
in Austria for nearly Il thousand years.
and over Hungary for Il number of
generations
\ Plume. Dalnati;,. dispatch of last
Saturday records the kissing by an ;lu-
dience of Italians of the American flag
of American sailors arose to their feet
us the band played The Star Span
gled Banner" the audience shouted +:
down with America down with Will
son: long live Greater Italy and
Fiume."
Count Won Bernstein. formerly am
basSador to the United States. in testl-
flying last week before the committee
of the German Parliament which is
investigating the cause of the war,
said that the Allies could not have won
over Germany without the aid of the
United States. The Investigation has
further developed the fact that the
Kaiser showed very little interest in
about peace during the winter of
1861.
Col. William Haskell. L. s. A.. repre-
senting the American Mission for Re
lief to the Near East and the Allied
High Commission i'm Armenia. will
probably recommend. according to late
Russian dispatches. that Il regiment Of
American soldiers he sent to Armenia
to guard railroads and give morale to
the little Armenian army Of 10000 men
which has been formed. The Colonel
does not share the view of some Amer
leans. however. that there is danger of
Il resumption of the Armenian mas
SacreS Ey the Turks.
\ dispatch of Tuesday of the Assoc
ciated Press with the Americans in
Germany says that germany is train
ing IL large number of soldiers under
the cover of police reserves. with the
excuse for the same given as the rapid
increase of crime in Germany. The
press dispatches carried on the same
day news stories to the effect that
1900 crimes were committed in Ger
many for the first half of 1918 as
against only 10000 for the full year
of 1913. Still another special cores
pendent reCOuntS how Germany has
assembled an army Of :5OO,OOO men in
the Baltic provinces. has seized upon
that country and is forming an alliance