The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1919-10-16

General Won der Goltz still refuses
to withdraw the German army from
the Baltic region. and the government
Mt Berlin, persisting In its contention
that those troops are not under It's con-
troll. has shut Off their supplies--so It
says. The supreme councils patience
was exhausted and II authorized Mar.
shall Foch to send an ultimatum to
Berlin with the threat of a renewal of
the blockade. Near the close Of the
week II was reported In Paris that the
blockade had been put into effect. Won
der GOltz has been grossly insulting
to General Burt. representative of the
allies In Riga, and has announced he
would allow no Englishmen to remain
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-seven. The In
tention presumably Is to move against
the Germans. and possibly an advance
ngainst Petrograd Is contemplated. in
conjunction with the Esthonian army.
Omaha Is hanging Its head In shame
because Of the Wild outbreak In which
negro prisoner was lynched. Mayor
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 hur-
ried to the scene and quickly restored
order. Smith Is In way reform"
mayor. and decent Omaha people lay
the blame for the rioting to 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 Mt New York Thursday.
were officially received Friday, went
sightseeing that day and Saturday.
end then were to start on their trip
through the country, stopping at Wash
ingtOn on the return to the East. For
reasons not stated but not difficult to
surmisc. Chicago and Milwaukee were
left out of the list of places where
Albert and Elizabeth are to stop. Mil.
Yankees mayor says Ito hell with all
kings" Chicago's city council sent a
rather belated invitation. Its mayor
needs no comment.
The president was cOmforted by the
assurance Of his supporters in the sen
etc that that body would not accept
any amendments or reservations Il
the peace treaty and covenant. Also
he must have smiled when he heard
of the doings at Ardmore. Okla. though
Of course he could not approve Of them
The people of that untamed towI
warned Senator Reed to cancel his en-
, gagement to speak there against thu
! treaty. He ignored the warning an,
when he appeared on the platform TIL
. | lights were put out and he was show
} cred with eggs and Kissed and hoote,
into silence.
: The Fall amendments to the treaty
: designed to eliminate the Unite,
, States from participation In all tn
various international commissions ere
atcd by II except that on reparntions
came to a vote In the senate Frida
! and were beaten. rs was expected. TIL
g opposition refused to regard the vot
Q as an accurate test of the strength q
: the opposing factions. as number
= mild reservatiOnists voted against til
p amendments. The senate is now
J. take IN In order the Moses amendmer
providlng that whenever questions II
yolving any part OF the British empiT
u como before the league. none OF III
n British dominlons or colonies sha
= vote: the Shantung amendment. an
h last the Johnson amendment. 1t
l. honed fnnl vote on the treaty ma
n he reached about November I. How
> ever, there Is danger of long dea,
r. lock. ms some administration senator
l. have threatened that II the Lodge re
D crvations are adopted 40 Democra
n will stand together to defeat the ra
r. flying resolution. The Democra
h would then try to get a vote on Il
10 question of unreserved ratification. al
D. n Ia claimed that from rs to 40 Repu
10 licans can he counted on to va
70 rgainst ratification without reserv
tiOns