The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-29

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| consequent lessening Of production,
contributing to further increase in
prices and the cost Of living. But
Since responsible unionism has been
under direct attack and public senti-
ment has been aroused the two forces
see clearing of the atmosphere and
ultimate good as result of the fray.
| Germany seems surprised and en-
| deavors to muster show of indigna-
| tion that the French should have
taken seriously the terms Of the peace
| treaty. With the movement Of the
/ German reichswehr in unauthorized
force into the Ruhr basin (part of the
neutral zone OF so kilometers on the
right bank of the Rhine) the French
promptly occupied the German cities
of Frankfort, Darmstadt, H0mburg,
Hanau and Dieburg and surrounding
/ territory. French officialdom points
out that Germany had already slipped
out of ten complianceS with the
treaty, the most important being fail
ure to disarm, nonpayment of indem-
mites, no prosecution Of her war Grim
inals and failure to deliver coal to
France; also that if permitted to get
away with such vital violation as
invasion of the neutral zone, she would
soon discard all pretenses of living up
| to the pact 1t is further pointed out
| that NoslSe far from reducing Ger
many's army to the point demanded
in the treaty, had really been building
up great and potent military force
| from the remnants of the old army.
| The French, and they are not alone in
the assertion, claim that Germany
still has 1880 cannon, and could now
mobilize more than 100000 trained
men armed with rifles, machine guns
and minenwerfer. The assertions are
! tribute to German organizing eff
| cheney and charge that camoufiaged as
auxiliary troops, safety guards, police
men, civic guards, regulars, volunteers,
| home guards etc., the country really,
has no less than 100000 men who
| can be called upon and 100000 who
could be rendered Immediately effec-
tive. Every man in the country was
recently a soldier and now each one
under Noske's genius, has become
policeman or something similar, be-
longing to military organization and
with a complete military equipment in
his home The French occupation has
been criticized as lacking allied sup
port but the allies were drifting apart
on important matters before that. At
any rate, the occupation appears to
be complete SO far as it has gone and
promises to end with q compromise
with allied supervision of German OPP
erations in the Ruhr districts or full
German compliance with French
terms.
American forces have left Siberia
while Czecho-Slovaks and others are
getting out as rapidly as possible, with
the exception of the japanese. Japan
will not leave Siberia for the present,
having on the contrary, occupied the
city of Vladivostok and ended the
Red regime there. Prior to that had
occurred several brushes between the
Russians and japanese, notably an
engagement March 1920, at Niko-
laevsk, in which the latter lost 700
men. Japan is said to fear the extern
sion of bolshevik theories to Korea,
Japan itself, Manchuria and other
spheres of Japanese influence. Czecho-
Slovak officers recently arrived in this
country do not hesitate to assert the
belief that German intrigue figures in
the far Eastern situation and tnar ultl-
mately Germany, Russia and Japsin
will reach workable understanding
if not an actual alliance.
In the training camp for the great
presidential contest Hiram Johnson
had an inning distinctly ali his own in
the result of the Michigan primary.
The California senator made a run
away race of it. badly distancing all
competitors. Lowden supporters claim
it was a setback for Wood, while
Wood supporters claim it was a set
back for Lowden. 1t was setback
for all the Republican candidates ex-
cept johnson, SO far as Michigan is
concerned. That state has been I'M
dergoing some severe political throes
since Ford carried it in 1916 and re-
ceived the states vote on the first bal
lot in the Republican convention.
Affiliations and alignments have suf-
fered many changes since. The re-
cent prosecution and conviction of
Senator Newberry and number of
his supporters has thrown further dis
cord into the Republican ranks. Sen
ator Johnson seized the psychology