Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-07-01

corporation in the platform. The ex-
ecutive council of the federation also
was instructed to consider plan for
procuring control of number of daily
newspapers to represent the cause of
labor
1T no strikes occur and present con-
ditions of production continue, there
is less prospect of famine in soft
coal next winter. The United States
geological survey announces that pro-
duction so far in 1920 is about 3d.
100000 tons ahead of the same period
last year. The action of sthe inter-
state commerce commission in pro-
viding more cars at the mines and in
granting preference and priority or
ders for the transportation of soft
coal have had favorable result.
Nevertheless, forehanded people,
warned by the experience of last win
ter are laying in coal wherever pos
sible. Coal prices show no inclination
to drop.
Although condition very much
resembling civil war has existed for
more than week at Londonderry,
Ireland, with rioting, street barrcades
and casualties mounting into the hun
dreds, it is no: believed that 1t Is the
match which will touch off the great
conilagration involving Unionists, Ma
tionNlists and Sim Feiners. While
conditions have also been bad in Bel
fast and few other places and the
general situation is regarded as grave,
it is pointed out that the disturbed
tisanslip and frequently subject to
turbulence. The government state
Ilent says that such outbreaks are to
be expected and do not indicate that
state of war throughout Ireland is
Immediately impending. The railroad
situation, wherein the employees re-
fuse to operate trains carrying sol.
diers or military supplies is the most
serious with which the government has
to deal. The authorities have made
two threats against the strikers, one
to operate the trains with troops, and
the other to stop rail- traffic entirely
The course of near events appears tc
hinge upon the governments ability tC
handle the transportation crisis.
With m pnIir1u of ,ictt to<
between the French In Cilicia anG
Mustapha Kemal Pasha, leader of the
Turk Nationalists, came the announce
ment of a conference between Mar
shal l'och of France and Sir Henr,
Wilson, British chief of staff. at which
pajgn against the Turks, Neither
France nor England being willing t,
send more soldiers. it is reported tina
Greece will furnish the troops ant
the two allied countries most of th
officers. AS reward Greece is II
have SMYRNA. The Turkish situation
is regarded as a serious one. Th
peace treaty practically abolished tn
Turkish empire, parceling the rich
est portions among the allies and con
fining the Turks to a small district Il
Asia Minor without port, whic
leaves them rnged by Greeks, Armen
ans and other hostile nationalities.
realization that this would occur wa
responsible for the revolt under Ken
al. The total French casualties dul
ing the temporary occupation G
Cilicia were G,000 men, including Al
menian troops, and 124 officers. Al
ready the British have suffered hea1
lily from Turk attacks, although thei
casualties have not been announced
Troops are on the way to meet Renal
forces. which are said to have az
vanced beyond Ismid in the dire,
tion of Constantinople. Last wee
British ships We're reported lombard
ing the approaches to Ismid.
American Red Cross units are er
gagged in handling refugee, work 70
southern Russia from Constantinopl
and general relief work in Poland, tn
Baltic states, Montenegro Albanit
Serbia, Czecho-S -Slovakia, Greece an
Italy, but activities of the Unite
States in foreign countries are rapit
ly being curtailed. Outside of Gel
many, the only military mission of tn
United States is that headed by Co
w. ~ Haskell. which was assigned b
President Wilson in November, 191!
to assist the near East relief commit
tee in its work in Asia Minor. Tn Gel
many 30 United States officers ar
: serving on the inter-allied high con
mission, being included among the n
officers who. with 1G,631 enlisted mel
constitute the United States army I