Gilpin observer., 1919-02-06
FOREIGN

| WORKERS tne packing houses nave Will
drawn from the. cattle market in Bue.
nos Aires. -
The railways of France on Oct.
neXt are to be again put on peace
footing except for certain minor re-
strictiOns.
between Great Britain and Spain was
in prospect through which Gibraltar
would be turned over to Spanish jur,
| isdiction Is denied.
The Thirty-eighth Division of the
French army now formally occupy the
town of Kehl, on the opposite bank
of the Rhine from StrasDourg, in ac-
1 cordance with the new armistice
terms.
The Poles in Posen and the Danes
in Schleswig, refrained from taking
part in the elections to the German
national assembly. In Posen out of
1,250,OOO Poles entitled to vote only
$4,000 did so.
The French press warns the peace
conference to watch developments in
Germany closely and cites resume
of recent incidents in Germany "show-
ing the growth and increasing
strength of the militarists."
The peace societies of Switzerland,
Holland, Denmark. Norway and Swe-
den are organizing an international
conference to be held at Berne the
middle of February to deal with the
question of a league of nations.
| Siyty Earp,an nrsnpnrc tbrao
French officers and one American
were killed and many injured when Il
munition train exploded on the rail-
road between Aubange and Longway,
France. The accident was due to u
soldier dropping shell.
Whatever forces may be sent to
Turkey for garrisoning purposes, there
will be no American troops among
them. 1t is pointed out that their use
for this purpose would be inappropri
ate, as the United States had never
been at war with Turkey.
Lieut.. Rene Fonck, the leading
French ace. has been granted permis.
sion by the French government to
represent France at the annual ban
quet of the Aero Club of America on
Feb. 10 in response to a request by
the foreign service committee of the
club
That Apaches Of all nationalities
dressed in American uniform were
mainly responsible for the acts of vio-
lence which have caused broadcast
publicity to be given to an alleged
American crime wave in Paris was
shown by an investigation conducted
by the newspapers.
SPORT
| Jack Dempsey stands ready to box
Jess Willard upon any terms agree
able to Tex Rickard.
Dave Robertson, who was star bat.
ter in the worlds series of 1917, has
refused to sign a 1919 contract with
Manager McGraw of the New York
Giants. 1t was learned that Robert
son, at a conference with Manager
McGraw in New York, said he was
through with the National League
Pugilism is found to be an efficient
solace for the American soldier exiled
i'll Paris. Several welfare organiza-
| tions present n series of international
bouts every night or so at the Palais
de Glace and the Sale Wagram, two
enormous halls which are always on
these occasions filled with doughboys.
GENERAL
| William Hohenzollern has grown
surly and rarely speaks to servants
or guards, according to mails from
the Amerongen correspondent
That Albert Ballin, president of the
Hamburg American Steamship Com
pany, committed suicide, is expressly
stated by the German newspapers.
The Brownings are to replace the
machine guns and automatic rifles
with which all the troops of the Amer
lean eXpcditionary forces have been
armed
Proposed constitutional reforms,
some of them adding to the powers
Of the chief executive. are among the
most important matters before the
Mexican Congress.
Concerted action to obtain from the
public protest against the so-called
luxury tax" upon clothing and many
other articles in common use was
started by department stores, dry
goods stores and many other retail
stores in New York
AntiAmerican feeling in Mexico
according to advices received by the
State Department. has been increased
by agitation in the Senate and South
western states for acquisition by the
United States of Lower California, as
proposed in resolution introduced
by Senator Ashurst of Arizona.
The Federation of Union Workers
the most powerful labor organization
in the Mexican republic, has appointed
| n committee to take up with otheI