Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-07-31


en- Island who were unable to get from
he New York ferry boats. ~
whether we shall actually have rati.
fed or not. because peace win then be-
a fact" g.sl 5. Il
The president may go ahead any.
how and name the membef Of the repa.
ratiOns commission; and 1t was report.
ed that Bernard Bar,Ich Is to be his sc.
lection. - NJ. ..ss
Some Of the senators, and perhaps
q great many other people, do NOT
agree with Mr.. Tafttllat the Shnntune
affair has been exaggerated. Mr.. VIII.
son lis said to have explained to Ger.
tain OF his callers that the other peace
makers, entangled In secret treaties,
left to him the settlement Of that an.
noying. matter and that 1t was neces-
sary to yield SO much to Japan In or
der to assure her Joining the League
of Nations. It was believed he might
now bring some pressure to bear to-
persuade Japan to declare formally
her intention to return the province
to China within a short period Of time.
That, of course, would do much to 81.
lence the criticism against the clause.
The Japanese. however. are not dis
playing very compliant spirit lately.
They have vigorously denied the story
that the Shantung settlement was In
exchange for the Japanese withdrawal
of the racial equality clause from the
league covenant. and the intimation is
plain that they will renew later their
demand for the inclusion Of such a
clause. Also theresis open opposition.
in Japan to participating in the inter-
national tribunal to try the former
kaiser, based on the assertion that
such action would have a bad effect
on the Japanese people. q
The British parliament has ratified
the peace treaty with Germany unan-
imously, and also has adopted the
'Anglo-French alliance bill.
Austria has been handed the peace
treaty she must sign and of course is
protesting - hopelessly - against the
terms imposed. The reparation terms
are similar to those in the German
treaty, and the financial terms pro-
vide that. the prewar debt shall be
.apportioned among the various former
parts of the Austrian empire and the
coinage and war bonds taken up by
the new governments and redeemed
as they seeafit. The Austrian army ia
to be reduced to 10000 men and she Is
Z to give up alI her merchant shipping
and fishing boats and 20 per cent of
her river fleet. Large numbers Of cat.
tie also must be surrendered, as well
as quantities of stuff stolen by the
Hapsburgs In the revised territorial
terms Is seen a possibility of future
trouble, for Austria Is to! receive the
Oderberg region of Hungary. The
Hungarians are not likely to submit
.tamely to this and Bella. Kun, II he sis
still IN power there, may find in Ia
chance to keep his army from dislnte-
grating by appealing to the national
feeling. y; 5s ..,4s
r s f, (. = ~
Conflicting stories concerning Bella
Kun have been coming from Vienna
! One had it that the communist leader
had been deposed by a triumvirate and.
that "terror troops were in control of
Budapest. Another arid later dispatcll
showed he was still In the saddle.
Tho tonnlof3 ,,.De,u l,v,o.~,,. 49, go,
sian situation has no very promising
aspects of late. The British comlnan-
der in North Russia reports that the
Russian volunteer troops. that have
been cooperating with him have mutt
MED and joined the bplshevists; Gen.
eral Denikine has been suffering re-
verses at the hands Of Trotzky's army
and Admiral Kolchak. head of the
Omsk government: does not seem to
be getting anywhere. Lentne has OF.
fered to 5cede Bessarabin to RoGmania
Y the latter country will +nrohibit Kol.,
chak' supporters from crossing its''
frontier. This may amount to nothing,
as Roumanla alrendy holds possession
OF Bessarabia. In eastern Galicia.
!; where the Ukrainians and Poles are
fighting for the territory. the Poles
have captured the important city OF
Tarnopol. Delayed dispatches from
lsvladiy0stok tell OF a successful excur-
sion In the. suchan valley district BY,
an American military column which
cleared out bands Of bolsheyiki, at a
cost Of J. two men killed and eleven