The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-05-24

during the period-probably thirty
years-in which damages are to be COL
lected. The Americans would have
preferred that the treaty should name
the fixed amount of indemnity to be
collected, but did not insist ON this, in
order to hasten agreement. The five
billion first payment is to be made by
Germany, In cash or securities, before
May 1, 1921. 1t is supposed the total
to be demanded will be about $45, OOO,-
100000.
Owing to the illness of President
Wilson during the early part of the
week, the commission on the league Of
nations did not meet until Thursday
evening. At that time the completed
draft Of the covenant, comprising q
articles, was submitted. There is no
longer any doubt in Paris that the
league covenant will be part OF
the peace treaty, and in this country
the opposition seems to be losing some
of its vehemence.
It was announced that the commits
sion had adopted section specifically
safeguarding the Monroe doctrine, and
that Geneva, Switzerland, had been Sc
lected as the seat of the league of ma
tons.
An important and interesting part
Of the treaty, which has been formu-
lated, deals with water and rail COM
munications in enemy states. Freedom
Of transportation through Germany and
Austria and equality of treatment in
ports and harbors are provided. The
regulation Of transportation over the
Rhine and Danube provides for the
entrance of France, Switzerland and
some nonpartisan states to the present
Mannheim convention between Ger
many and Holland covering the navi-
cation Of the Rhine.
The European commission control
ling the mouths Of the Danube will be
continued, representatives Of present
enemy states being excluded from 1T,
and a similar international commission
will be established Professionally for
the upper Danube. This will last until
a new general Danube convention is
established.
A new international convention COW
ering the navigation Of the Elbe and
Oder rivers is recommended to protect
the interests Of Poland and Czecho-
Slovakia and give them freedom OF
navigation without discriminating du-
ties, down through German territory
to the North and Baltic seas. THESE
states would be further given free port
privileges at certain north German har-
bors in order that they may be enabled
to develop their export and import
commerce.
Bolshevism made another big play
last week when a soviet government
of Bavaria was set up in Munich by
the revolutionary central council. The
landtag was dissolved and peoples
commissions appointed. This action
was supported in Wurzburg and Rats
bon. but throughout Bavaria generally
It was violently opposed not only by
the bourgeoisie but also by the peas
ants. The latter hold control OF the
food supply and declared they would
refuse to deliver food while the sovie1
government remained in power. The
bolshevists prepared measures for tne
communication Of property and the
formation of a Red army, while the
government they sought to replace, re
fusing to retire, set itself up in BAN
berg. Later in the week the citizens
and officials Of Wurzburg strucE
against the soviet government ant
ousted it's agents after severe fighting
The diet met in hamburg and the min
listers said they regarded the situation
with confidence and that outside nell
to suppress the bolshevists was no
| needed.
The communist government Of Hun
gary rejected the propositions made b!
General SHUTS for the allies, concern
| ing the neutral zone and other matters
and made counter-proposals. witt
which SHUTS returned to Paris. Mean
while the Hungarian bolshevists wer'
cheered BY the news that Lenine wa
sending them 10000 men. In an inter
cepted wireless message to Tchitcher
In, Russian foreign minister. Bella Kun
said: "We do not want to use the die
tatorship Of the Hungarian proletarfa
to take bourgeois chestnuts out OF tn
fire for the bourgeoisie. When tn
German proletariat shall have powe