Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-14
THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events Endinr June
II, 1919.
FOREIGN.


ton of the allied answer to the. Ger
man counter proposals will take place
the evening of June Is. or the morn
ing of June 49,. The peace treaty. it
was stated. was to be entirely re-
written and reprinted to include
textually explanations and clarified
tions in the allied reply to the German
powers informed Admiral Kolchak of
Russia. in reply to the latter's letter
agreement to conditions laid down by
the allies in return for aid, that they
are willing to extend to the admiral
and his associates in the all-Russian
forth by them in the original letter to
him.. This move was said to presage
an end to the chaos in Russia. DR..
Bernard Dernburg reiterated his re-
cent declaration that Germany would
not sign peace terms as represented.
Premier Clemenceau of FRANCE was
said to be opposed to modification
of the peace terms. The reply to the
German counter peace proposals
agreed upon by the peace conference
heads Is said to refuse the German
request for a mandate for former Ger
man colonies. A communist govern
ment. 1t was reported. would be pro-
volts in western Hungary, headed by
the reds. caused the deaths of 5000
peasants. Spartacans. in Germany
were said to be active again because
of the execution of Levine Nissen. a
leader of the Bavarian communists
Esthonian forces clashed with Ger
man landwehr troops in the region
east of Riga. CASTOR Quien. who was
said to have been prominent in the
betrayal of Miss Edith Cavell, the
English nurse, who was executed by
the Germans, will be tried next
month.
A British squadron was said to be
bombarding the bolshevik base at
kronstadt with heavy guns. A skirmish
occurred between federal and the adj
vance forces of Gen. Angeles in Next
co and several were reported killed
on the federal side.
NATIONAL.
Attorney General Palmer asked
Congress for an appropriation OF
100000 to carry on hunt for an
archists and other disturbers. The
Order of Railroad Telegraphers re-
ceived orders not to handle Western
Union or Postal Telegraph companies
business after s O'Clock on the even
ing of June IA. The Senate foreign
relations committee reported in
amended form Senator Knox's reso-
luton to put the Senate on record
nations in the terms Of the treaty
The 1920 Navy appropriation bill re.
ported in the House carried a total
of s601, 100000 in appropriations, this
amount being $375,o0O,000 less thar
estimates submitted by Secretary
Daniels, and $3.50. 100000 less thar
amount in the bill which passed the
hn los
calls for no new construction work
In the hearing before the Senate for
eign relations committee on the peace
treaty leak" former Senator Root
said that he showed copy of the
treaty to Senator Lodge and that he
D. Dawson. J. P. Morgan and Frank
A. Vanderlip told the committee thai
they had not seen a copy of the
treaty. The Senate passed the bill
appropriating $750.000,000 for the
railroad administration for the main
tenance of the roads under their con-
troll.
The Senate passed the bill to re-
turn telephone and telegraph wires
forthwith to private owners. The
third deficiency bill, with. appropria
tions totaling $24.S55. 900. passed thu
House. Postmaster General Burlesor
turned down the request Of the mayor
of. Atlanta. Ga. for the appointment
of an arbitration board to settle thu
telephone and telegraph strike in thai
city. Labor held protest meTtine
at the. Capitol against prohibition
Four men were arrested in an al
legged; conspiracy to defraud. the f/v'
eminent in the sale of $50. 900 .0ot
worth sof Army supplies to be sal
vaged at Detroit. Gov. Hobby o.
Texas asked Secretary Baker Of the
War Department for the mobilization
at convenient point Of the LIST ane
I'd brigades of Texas. The Senate
foreign relations committee began in.
vestigation of the peace treaty Teak
Ilinois and Wisconsin ratified tbs
woman suffrage amendment. The
Senate passed resolutions asking fol
the text of the German treaty and re.
questing a hearing before the con.
ference for the Irish delegates. The
Senate voted to publish the peace
treaty in the Congressional Record
The strike order affecting operatives
of the Western Union and Postal Tele.
graph companies went into effect.