The Raymer enterprise., 1920-06-03

prcat proposed by the concern for its
1920 business was but 12h per cent.
Testimony before a New York In
vestlgating committee revealed that
the American sugar business Is In the
hands OF three or four persons, that
there Is large invisible" supply Of
the commodity somewhere In the Unit.
ed States, and that million tons are
stored In Cuba for higher prices. In
Chicago many carloads of sugar were
found In railroad yards. but the deal
ers and railway managers asserted 1t
could not be unloaded because of the
switchmen's strike. The federal au-
thorities there contemplated some
drastic action to get the sugar on the
market.
President Wilson stirred up the ami
mails agaln with his request that con-
gress authorize him to accept man
date for Armenia. In message sent
to both houses he said that he was act
ing "in the confidence that am speak
ing the spirit and In Accordance with
the wishes Of the greatest Of Chris
tian peoples He felt he was giving
advice "from which the congress will
not willingly turn away"
But congress did turn away from II
with an approach to unanImlty that
would discourage less determined
man than Mr.. Wilson. Republican
leaders, almost without exception, ex-
pressed themselves as opposed to
granting the request. and even Senator
Hitchcock said, after several days,
that he did not expect to support 1t.
Then along came William Jennings
Bryan with the uncOmpromising asser-
tlon that an American mandate over
Armenia or any other country was
impossible.
At first 1t was said congress would
take no action on the presidents re-
quest until later IN the summer, but
this plan was rec0nsldered. The sen.
ate foreign relations committee af-
ter brief discussion, reported reso-
luton declining the mandate, and the
house committee on foreign affairs
axknd Sanrotarv ~ Stato GaItr b., ap
pear before IL and give information.
The president sent in his expected
veto Of the Knox peace resolution on
Thursday.
Meanwhile the Armenians are try
Ing 10 insure their own safety on one
border at least by entering lnto nego-
tiations with the Russian bolshevikI,,
who have been threatening them on
the north. They accepted an invita-
tion TO send delegates 10 Moscow. The
Georgians already have made an agree
ment with the Moscow government,
undertaking TO prevent the use OF
Georgian territory as base Of attacks
on the bolshevlki. On the other side
the Armenians are confronted with the
Turkish nafionalists. whose leader,
Mustapha Kemal Pasha, has reiterat-
ed his defiance of the allies and his
unendlng opposition to the terms Of the
peace treaty. In Thrace, where the
Turks are opposing occupation by the
Greeks, they have met with several de-
feats.
The war between the Poles and the
soviet Russians continues unabated,
and advantages are claimed by both
sides. II IL apparent that the Rus
slams have had the best Of 1t along
the northern part of the long hat
tie line. They report the capture Of
Borisov on the Beresina. which car
rles them well on the way to the 10
portant railway center of Minsk. Still
farther north they have extended
their operations into LetvIa and are
threatening Dvinsk. which controls
the main railroad Into East Prussia.
Just as we thought Mexico was set
tlng down into comparative quiet un-
der the new provisional government,
comes the disturbing report that an
other uprising Is under way, led by
Felix Diaz. Rebel troops under his
command that are operating along the
coast Of the state OF Vera Cruz are
said to have Joined forces with other
bands still loyal to the carranza re-
gime. Some time ago Diaz announced
that he had quit fighting Garran-
"a and wanted only to leave the
country. The successful revolution.
lists also have "Pancho" villa to COM
bat. for he has declared himself dis.
satisfied with their government, and
has resumed his career OF banditry,
He Is still powerful In chihuahua
state.
The Mexican congress elected Adol-
70 de Ia Huerta of Sonora provisional
president.