The Red Cloud chief., 1919-12-11

question will be reached, satisfactory
10 all parties. including D'Annunzio.
Is the expected result of CONVEX
there between British. French,
Italian and Jugo- Slav representatives.
The JugoSlavs are still nervous and
to have information that Italy
plans to take all of Dalmatia and Mon
tencgrO.
Maxim Litvinoff, representing the
soviet government of Russia, Is in Co
penhagen comforting with British ennis
sarics. Primarily the matter In hand
Is the exchange Of prisoners. but Lit.
vinof admitted that II the British at
titude was favorable. peace negotia-
lions would Ike taken up. He headed
the bolshevik delegation that met the
representatives Of the Baltic states In
Dorpat. and the latter say his manner
was cold and threatening throughout.
and that unless he behaves otherwise
in Copenhagen II will be difficult to ne
gOtiate with him. The Baltic states al"
ready have lost faith In the bO)she-
visits prOfessed desire for peace with
them. The soviet government Of Rus
sia has announced new victories over
D%enikine's forces and further advances
In the Omsk region.
On Thursday Premier Stambuliwsky
Of Bulgaria signed the treaty Of peace
hnN,nA, HE nnnntru md thn nl1tno
The pact was signed by all the allied
nations except Roumania and JugO-
Silvia. which are awaiting the signing
OF the treaty with Austria. Bulgaria
Is. to pny an indemnity Of $445. 1000;
to surrender all works Of art and other
valuRbles taken from allied countries;
to abolish compulsory military service.
and to reduce Its army to 10000 men.
II Is deprived Of Thrace and Of Strum-
nitza. the latter going to Serbia.
Germany. mt last reports, was still
holding out on signing the protocol
which the allied nations drew up, and
the supreme council has expressed Its
surprise and displensure at this course.
Tho council told the Germans that II
the treaty Of Versailles were not put
into effect on December l the respon-
sibillty would rest entirely with their
government. In another note to thu
| German delegation Mt Versailles NJ.
| Clemencenu, as president of the coun.
| Gil, sternly refused to devlate from
| the terms of the treaty in favor of
| German prisoners employed In econ
~'structiOn work In the devastated part
Of France, and he used some very plain
language concerning German brutality
and insincerity.
Another Irish crisis Is Mt hand, fol-
the British government, according ia
dispatches from Dublin. has issued a
proclamation prohibiting and suppress
Ing the Sim Fein and other like or
CARNATIONS In all countries and Dor
Oughs In Ireland. II Is believed the
British now have 10000 troops in Ire
land. and on the other hand the sup
porters Of the Irish republic" claim
they have an army of at least 100. 900
ready to fight for the cause.
The new Labor party held Its first
national convention in Chicago last
week, and 1t was scarcely what cOult
he called a success. The official list 81
delegates showed that 72S presented
credentials, but a good many Of then
faded away before the convention
came to n close. Moreover, not on,
of the 124 international labor union,
was represented, and Of the $4,000 10
cal unions in the American Federation
of Labor and 5000 Independent unions
only 642 sent delegates. One delegat,
fromA Boston said about so per cent O
those In attendance were Socialist,
and ex-SOciallsts. Among those VIII,
deserted the convention were the mem
bers OF the NOnpartisan league, heade,
by Governor Frazier of North Dakota
The platform adopted Is almost iden
teal with those of other radica
groups.
When the congressional committe
went to Ellis island to investigate tn
cases of the radicals held here for dc
portatiOn II ran into n bunch of tai
tars. The reds refused to be Ques
toned, and mOreove were on a hur
ger strike because they were separate
from callers by bars. or course III
obvious curse is to let them sta
and the applause would be genera
II was also disclosed that Frederic
Howe, former commissioner Of Imm
grafton at the island. had maintaine
a strangely sympathetic attitude q
mind toward the reds who had bee
caught In the federal net. There ina
| DO more about him later on.