, 1920-10-14

to the fact that the Russian crop out
look is the worst ever experienced n
that in consequence the country faces
starvation during the coming winter.
Lenine n the other leaders have
been making desperate efforts to re
open commercial relations with Great
Britain n Italy and to make peace
with Roumania, but these efforts have
been fruitless so far. The Red SOL
diers are m%utinylng and. assasslnatlng
their officers, and the Russian people
generally are in despair.
In Petrograd especially the condi-
lions are terrible, and all the inhab-
itants who can are fleeing from the
city. The Finnish Red Cross has just
Issued an appeal to the Red Cross So
cieties of the World describing the
shocking state of affairs In the former
capital. The population has shrunk to
about 100000, and thousands are dying
every month of various kinds of cpl
denies. There is no fuel, no hot wa
ter for baths, no street cleaning or re-
moval of garbage, and the streets are
becoming impossible because the paw
ing blocks are being burned and the
water pipes are bursting. The hos
pitfalls are OVERLOOKING with patients
and their equipment is wretchedly in
adequate.
Death" says the report, stalks on
every side, waiting for winter to aid
in the grim work of moving down the
Cf1nnt hnnnrv cfoE and dvlpD thor
sands. With streets and houses choked
with filth that is already spreading
spotted and intermittent typhus, the
cold weather win finish the task with
pneumonia and abdominal typhus."
The allied mission named to handle
the dispute between Poland and Lith-
uania arrived at Suwalki Tuesday to
begin work, and on the same day, 1t
was announced, the Poles and Lithu-
anians stopped fighting.
The Adriatic dispute between Italy
and Jugo-Slavia is in a fair way Of
settlement, for cabinet members of
both nations met Friday in Venice and
resumed direct negotiations. Some
time age Lloyd George and Millerand, |
then premier of France, said II the
Jugo-Slavs and Italians got together
It was nobody else's business, which
was taken as a warning to the United
States government to keep Its hands
off, whatever may be the disposition
of Fiume.
II 1t were not for the people of Cali
fornia and n few jlngoes on both sides
of the Pacific, the threat of unpleasant
relations between America and japan
would quickly fade away. The Ameri-
can associations of Tokyo n Yoke
hama have cabled to Secretary of
State Colby n set of joint resolutions
urging that Americans "act with sober |
d%eliberation and patience, trusting the
respective governments to find a so
luton satisfactory and effective with |
out affronting Japan or sacrificing the
principles Of equity on either hand"
Viscount Ishii. the new Japanese
ambassador to France and one of his
country's wisest statesmen, Is quoted
as saying: "War will never come be- |
tween the United States and Japan,
unless the United States seizes Japa- |
nese territory or Japan seizes Ameri-
can territory. Japan has not the re-
hottest Intention Of ever attempting to
appropriate any American territory"
He says there Is no trade wal on be-
tween the two countries, and that Ia
Dor and land problems cannot be per-
mitted TO be magnifed into questions
where war might be even e~nvisnged.
He and other japanese leaders assert
that most of the people of Japan real
lie that most OF the talk OF lnterna-
tional trouble is due TO the fact that
the United States is In the throes of n
presidential election.
h efforts Of the Irish peace coun-
Gil, made up OF moderates from nil
parts of the island, nre slowly lend
ing to n settlement of the Irish prob
lem. The council has completed It's
plan for dominion rule OF the island,
and its members say the leaders of
the Sin Feln have intimated TINT.
though Of course they still desire en-
tire independence, they will not oppose
the plan II II can be shown that n ma
jority OF the Irish people desire II.
Premier Lloyd George also told the
council II must be able to assure him
OF sufficient support In Ireland to guar
nntee that h scheme would be work.
able. before he would submit It TO par
lament. The council claims to have