Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-10-10

General Won der GoltZ still refuses
to withdraw the German army freH
the Baltic region. and the government
at Berlin, persisting in its contention
that those troops are not under its COR
troll, has shut off their supplies-se it
says. The supreme councils patience
was exhausted and it authorized Mar
shal Foch to send an ultimatum t.
Berlin with the threat of a renewal Of
the blockade Near the close of the
week it was reported in Paris that the
blockade had been put into effect. Ven
Ger Goltz has been grossly insulting
to General Burt. representative of the
allies in Riga, and has announced he
would allow no Englishmen to rernafzs
in the Baltic territory occupied by Ger
man troops.
A Riga correspondent cables that
the Letvian government has called to
the colors all men between the ages
Of nineteen and twenty-seyen. The in
tention presumably is to move against
the Germans, and possibly an advance
against Petrograd is contemplated, ia.
conjunction with the Esthonian army.
Omaha is hanging its head in shame
because of the wild outbreak in which
negro prisoner was lynched, Mayer
Ed Smith nearly murdered by the mob,
and the handsome new county build
ing set on fire. The local authorities
being helpless, federal troops were hHr-
ried to the scene and quickly restored
order. Smith is in way a reform"
the blame for the rioting to a bitter
newspaper campaign that has been
carried on against him and his police
force.
Still another race war broke out in
Elaine, Ark, in which five whites and
eleven negroes were killed. Troops.
were sent there, too. In Helena, near
by, the situation was tense.
Because of Mr.. Wilson's illness the
plans for the tour of the king and
queen of the Belgians was changed
| They landed at New York Thursday,
were officially received Friday. went
sightseeing that day and Saturday.
and then were to start on their trip
through the country, stopping at Wash
ington on the return to the East. Fer
reasons not stated but not difficult to
surmise, Chicago and Milwaukee were
left out of the list of places where
Albert and Elizabeth are to stop. Mil
waukee's mayor says ITO hell with al
kings" Chicago's city council sent :
rather belated invitation. It's mayer
needs no comment.
The president was comforted by the
assurance of his supporters in the sen,
ate that that body would not accept
any amendments or reservations to
the peace treaty and covenant. Alss
he must have smiled when he sheard
of the doings at Ardmore, Okla. though
of course he could not approve of thena
The people of that untamed town
warned Senator Reed to cancel his en-
gagement to speak there. against the
treaty He ignored the warning ana
when he appeared on the platform the
| lights were put out and he was show
, cred with eggs and hissed and hooted
into silence.
The Fall amendments to the treaty
designed to eliminate the United
J States from participation in all tbs
various international commissions ere
ated by it except that on reparatious
came to a vote in the senate Friday
and were beaten, as was expected. TIKI
, opposition refused to regard the vote
} as an accurate test of the strength o.
the opposing factions. as a number Of
mild reservationists voted against tht
} amendments. The senate is now tt
take up in order the Moses amendment
providing that whenever questions in
volving any part of the British empire
come before the league. none of the
British dominions or colonies shall
vote; the Shantung amendment. and
last the Johnson amendment. 1t II
hoped a final vote on the treaty may
be reached about November 1. How
ever, there is danger of long dead
lock. as some administration senators
have threatened that if the Lodge res
\ ervations are adopted 40 Democrats
will stand together to defeat the rat
tfving resolution. The Democrats
would then try to get a vote on the
question of unreserved ratification, and
it is claimed that from SO to 40 Repub-
licans can be counted on to vote
against ratification without reserva-
tions.