Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-08-21
cen a vice consul of the Austrian

Deen vice consul OF tne AuStFIhu
| government IN Chicago In October.
/ 1919, he had charge Of the 60 mill
tary stations Of the Polish German
front Poland alone OF all the coun-
tries in Europe. refuses TO deal with
Germany. Yon cannot bring German
goods into Poland German COM
MERGE is shut ont by law. The from
tiers are closed against her goods.
This is the substance Of what the COM
mander Of the Polish-German frontier
said TO me: Germany is offering to
sell goods to Poland at prices from
20 to . per cent cheaper than Eng
land and France We intercept daily
these proposals on the frontier. Ger
many offers to give longer time to pay
for the goods. I should say on the aver
age she offers to give credit for twice
the period offered by France or Eng
land" Could one wish better evil
dence that Germany is coming back?
What two tests more clearly show the
commercial strength Of an individual
or people than the ability to under
sell ones competitors and give longer
time credit?
Japan is penetrating Siberia. ST.
IBERIA is rich In gold. platinum. timber.
furs, bristles. coal and salt Generals
Rozonoff. Seminof ana Kalminoff. the
leaders Of the Kolchak government,
have been betraying and peddling their
country to the yellow masters of the
Far East The Japanese are today
working concessions In the Oral noun
tains. They are oyerrunnmg Siberia.
The Paris conference decreed that
5000 American soldiers and an equal
number of japanese soldiers should
enter Siberia for the purpose of saw
ing the trans Siberian railway. These
armies were not given a license to
loot. When Major General Graves
led the American expeditionary force
into Siberia It numbered less than
the quota authorized by Paris. Cen
eral Graves found the Japanese army
there In great numbers. Instead Of
the 5000 soldiers authorized by the
Paris conference Japan has almost
10000 soldiers in Siberia. 1t was IN
derstood that the use of the railroads
by the American and japanese mill
tary should be for military purposes
only. The truth Is that the japanese
government has used the railways to
carry out rich spoils.
Economic Exhaustion in Russia.
Notwithstanding the successes Of
the RED" army, successes easily ac-
counted for, partly due to the reorgan-
ization Of the army by German "unter
officers" partly due to the fact that
the majority Of the people, although
opposed to soviet rule. are more OPP
POSED to the Yudenich, petlura. Dent
kline and Kolchak armies. movements
suspected Of seeking to re-establish
the old order in Russia. Russia is fast
succumblng to economic exhaustion.
The world faces two great dangers II
something IS not done One is the
conquest Of Siberia by the yellow
peril :" the other. the complete Prus-
sianlzing of Russia. Japan's greed.
holiness and ambition IS known. The
Allies gave courage tn her effrontery
when they turned Shannng and 40
O00 600 Chinese over to Japan Shan
tung is the heart Of China: IL Is. as
well. its soul. II is the cradle of her
great prophet Confucius. Ex-Emperor
William, through a fraudulent com
pact with Gar Nicholas, seized rights
in Shantung When the war came on
Japan sat on the fence. France and
England urged her to come in with
the Allies She did, hut only after she
got her price. Fly private engagements
with France and England, German
rights" (truth would have written
them German ''wrongsO in Shantnng
were TO be turned over 10 Japan IL she
Joined the Allies. America was kept
in the dark as TO this secret arrange
ment NIvandi and Balfour came 10
America and told rs many things. hut
nothing about this secret compact We
were induced to urge China to cast
her lot with the Allies. She did All
China asked was that, when Germany
was conquered sho be- given her own,
Sbantung After the war was over
President Wilson in Paris sought to
restore Shantung 20 China. Japan oh
iected ANA presented her claim. She
based Il on the secret agreement with
England and France For the first
time we Icnrnp1 of this secret agree