The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-02-21

entity Great Britain. France and Japan
are not entirely sure of the full effi-
cacy. of the league and would have
their offensive and defensive alliances
to fall back upon In case of need. Mr..
Baifour's statement also gave rise to
the opinion that the allied nations
might decline to abrogate the secret
treaties they entered into for the d.
vision among them of certain terri
tories of the central powers. France
Is perhaps especially interested in
this, as the secret treaties not only
gave her Alsace-Lorraine but also the
entire coal district OF the Saar valley,
and provided that the German ter
ritories on the left bank OF the Rhine
should be freed from all political and
economic dependence on Germany.
Lenine's foreign minister. Tchit.
cherin. has sent ont wireless message
saying the soviet government Is willing
to participate In the proposed confer
ence on the Princes islands. He also
inumates that his government will
cease Its propaganda In other countries
II the entente powers will undertake
not to interfere with Rassia's interna,
affairs. The other Russian factions, as
represented at Paris, were rather sur
prised by Tchitcherin's action and were
not at all pleased. They are strongly
opposed to the conference and had
hoped refusal by the soviet govern
ment would relieve them of the neces-
sity of rejecting the plan. The boil
shevists, or, to give them the more
lifting appellation, the anarchists, in
northern Russia, after a series Of sue
cesses against the American and al
lied troops which were due to the diff.
iculty the latter experienced In get
Ting supplies went a bit too far and
were given singing defeat by the
fanks at Vistavka on the Vaga river.
About the same time the Siberian
troops under General Galda practically
annihilated two divisions of the an
archists at Kungur, so miles southeast
OF Perm. relieving the latter city from
the danger Of attack. General Galda
then advanced on Ufa, which the an
archists took some time ago. The CEN
tral soviet OF Moscow has called to the
colors all men between the ages of
Twenty-Five and forty-five years, say
Ing they will be thrown into the war II
the conference on Prinkipo island Is a
failure.
In some directions the successes of
the anarchists of Russia were contIn-
ued. They were reported to have cap
tured Windau, Courland's port, and to
have gained control Of virtually the
whole Of the Ukraine.
The Polish and Czecho- Slovak troops
that had been fighting on the Silesian
front signed an armistice which, it Is
presumed. will permit the emissaries
of the peace conference to settle the
quarrel between the two nations.
In the Athens Of Germany" Weimar.
the capital OF the duchy of Sake
Weimar, the German national assem-
bly, began its sessions last Thursday.
Chancellor Friedrich Ebert called the
body to order and then surrendered the
chair to Herr Pfankuch the oldest Of
the members. After the prelminaries
were over the assembly got down TO the
work OF formulating a government for
Germany. The Ebert or Majority So
ciaiist government was transferred
TO Weimar, but 1t consld-
cred that Its mandates expired with
the converting of the assembly so il at
once proceeded to organize a new cab
net made up Of Majority Socialists,
Democrats and Clericals.
The Spartacans, who die hard. made |
their latest big play at Bremen. gain
ny control of that city and holding II |
'or time. Then government troops I
rom Berlin bomharded the place. bat
ering some OF its historic buildings, /
md drove the SpariacanS 10 GroepSn- 1
zen. Threats Of the reds to attack
Neimar when the assembly met were
when the loyal garrison was
e enforced by large body Of govern
nent troops.
The authorities of the allied nations
their aloof attitude foward
he German revolution" never per.
litilng themselves TO be- quoted con
erninc II hnr paying the slightest NJ
ention TO the declarations 81 hvi.o-
rites such as Bernstorff. But they
re watching with interest the inter
ational conferences of Socialists
nd trades unions that are in session
4 Berne. Switzerland. The former
Gems to be virtually dominated by
1e pro-Teuton elements The Trades