The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-04-19

| in their murderOus warfare, and why
| any criminal court in America, Great
Britain, France or Belgium Is not com
| petent to try the accused individuals
whatever may have been their rank
| Eminent legal bodies In several coun
| tries have reached conclusions at tota1
variance with the reported finding OF
| the commission over which Lansing
| presideS. The Pan-German league also
| is taking steps to protect the ex-kaiser
from justice, having issued a procla
nation declaring the national assembly
or the Ebert government is in honor
bound to furnish him a safe retreat on
German soil
That Ebert government, by the way
is becoming rather cocky in its attitude
toward the allies. The cabinet held q
meeting the other day with party lead
ers and others and all agreed that
Germany could not submit to coercion
from the entente powers in the ar.
mistice negotiations or in the peace
pOurparlers. 1t was declared that the
government would decline responsible.
ity for possible consequences "if the
entente tries to speculate on German
patience" The demands Of the allies
for the immediate surrender of mer.
chant shipping were held to be mac.
ceptable because they would "paralyZa
the country's economic future" and the
dismissal Of German crews from the
ships requisitioned was also Oh
jected to.
In many parts Of Germany the disor
ders created by the Spartacans con
tinue undated. and there has been fire
quent and bloody fighting. in Berlin az
well as other places. The Reds KEEP
up their method Of starting strikes, and
in addition are said to be trying ia
open up the way through Koenigsberg
East Prussia, for the entry Of theiI
bolshevik brothers from Russia. This
move was temporarily checked by the
sending Of strong forces Of troops
Government soldiers also operated IF
fectively in Berlin, where the Sparta.
cans were trying to get possession OF
the police stations but were routed
by artillery fire. The government presi
predicted that the workingmen and the
government would reach an agreement
and that the general strike would fail
leaving the most radical Reds as the
only malcontents. The government
has proposed that the soldiers and
workingmen's council be made an or
ganic part of the governmental sys
TEN under the new constitution that Is
being constructed at Weimar.
Most Of the present German leaders
are still against any concessions to
the demands Of the Poles as to the
eastern frontier. and the allies COM
mission now In session at Kreuz on the
Brandenburg- Posen border. has diff.
cult question to settle. Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg is quoted as saying
that the territory in dispute never will
be held by the Poles. but will belong
to either the Germans or the bolshe-
wiki. He declares the anarchist horties
cannot be beaten off unless the people
there rally to the Defense Of their
homes and their families.
The allied forces III northern Russia
have retired somewhat before the at
tacks Of the soviet scoops, but have
inflicted great losses "a them. Trotsky
Is getting his big army more organized
and is reported to be planning to drive
through Bessarabia and into Roumania
and Hungary, with the expectation Of
Budapest. The most amaz-
ng story coming from Russia recently
g that the soviet government hopes to
arrange big loan in America in re-
urn for mining and railroad conces-
,ions. And, at that, 1t might be done.
The Irish question pestered the
president almost to the hour of his de- |
,arture. The house before adjourning
ldopted a resolution asking the peace
conference to recognize the right of
Ireland to self determination and a
zig delegation Of Americans Of Irish
Hood waited on Mr.. Wilson In New
FORK to urge that he support that
He refused to meet them
ntil Justice Cohalan of New Yor.ss'h had
withdrawn, that individual having been
ccused Of taking part in Sim Fein
and having been defend
r of jeremiah O'Leary who was
harged with obstructing the draft.
What the president told the delegation
raS NOT made EuDlic