Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-09-04

ance with the terms which Kameneff
said would be proposed and included
the demand that prOletariat army be
formed in Poland. Naturally the vic
torious Poles have rejected the terms
of the Reds, and it was stated by
Tchitcherin, soviet foreign minister
that this would result in the immedi
ate rupture of the negotiations at
Minsk.
General Wrangel, who had been
rather quiet of late in the Crimean
peninsula, started a vigorous cam
paign Thursday with his reorganized
forces. One of his armies moved east
ward onto the mainland, speedily TAX
ing the important Black sea port of
NOv0rossiysk and other cities and
almost reaching Ekaterinodar. capital
of the kuban COsSackS. At the same
time another army occupied the Do
metz coal basin $50 miles to the north.
The loss of those mines will be an es-
pecially severe blow to the bOlSheviki,
Georgia. an alarming concentration of
bOlShevik forces is reported. supposed
ly in pursuit of a plan to march
through Georgia and Armenia and es-
tahIiSh communication with the Turk
sh Nationalist in Asia Minor.
The nationalist movement in Egypt,
which has been more serious than
censored dispatches made it appear,
and which has been increasing ever
since the establishment of the British
orotectorate during the war. seems
about to meet with success. The
British government. it is reliably
though NOT officially reported, has
agreed TO recognize the independence
of Egypt and final treaty and ali-
ance will soon be negotiated. Funda-
mental points in the agreement. it is
said. are: Egypt will recognize Great
Britain'S privileged position in the
valley of the Nile. and agrees in case
Of war to afford every facility for &C
cess TO Egyptian territory Great
Britain will maintain garrison in
Egypt in the canal zone; Egypt re-
gains control of foreign relations, sub
ject TO her not making treaties con
trary "a British policy. and will have
the right to maintain diplomatic rep
resehtatives abroad,
The Albanians and Serbs. who are
fighting a little war of their own have
heen having some bloody battles and
the Albdnians claim TO have driven
their toes back into their own cOun-
try. The victors halted. mt least tenn
porarily. at the demarcation line fixed
in 1913.
Two deposed rulers of Europe are
figuring on climbing back onto thrones.
Constantine. former king of Greece.
believes that the Greeks will call him
back if they have full freedom of ex-
preston ar the coming elections. hut
he fears Venizelos will prevent this.
He was deeply grieved the other day
because Lloyd George. on vacation in
Lucerne. refused To see him. The pre-
mler gave as a reason "the dastardIy
attempt on the life Of VeniZelos," for
which Constantine asserts he was in
no way to blame.
The other hopeful ex-ruleF IS
Charles, former emperor of Austria
According to Il reyort circulated in
European capitals the Hungarian peo-
pie want him To he their king. and
Great Britain and France have agreed
10 permit IT, Italy and Serbia object
hrt II is thought the Vatican can per
Suade the former Charles has said he
would accept the throne Of Hungary
LLOYD George departed for his
Swiss holiday in the expectation
that the Irish question would await
! his return. But Irish leaders would
not stand f0n the delay On Wednes-
day the standing committee Of the
Irish peace conference called on tie
lords justices. representatives Of the
lord lieutenant 10 present resolutions
demanding dominion home rule. stop
page of coercion and the calling Of
an Irish convention. They also tele-
graphed the premier asking that he
receive a deputation Immediately. in
| view of the urgency of the situation.
This peace conference was an as
semblage of some 700 representatives
! Of moderate opinion in all parts Of
/ II land and in all parties Most If
/ them we're unionists, and among the
/ conferees we're members Uf the house
of lords Protestant bishops Catholic
I priests prominent business men, and
great land owners The earl oil
| Shaf,eshury. who owns the land on
which Belfast was built, was unex-