The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-12-10

JugO-SldV1d, the lIailan government
sent General Caviglia to invest Fiume
This he did. and sent to the poet war
rior by airplane a proclamation an
nouncing the intention of the govern
ment to enforce the conditions of thu
Rapallo treaty without delay ant
calling on the regency of Fiume tt
| withdraw all its forces behind tn,
frontiers. He next invited D'Annun
, zio's troops to leave him and re
enroll in their old units, and threat
! ened severe blockade of the city
D'Annunzio, seemingly undaunted, re
sponded in declaration Of a state
of war with italy, effective December
| 3. General Caviglia Is doing all he
can to avoid bloodshed and his troops
| would hate to fire on their brother
| Italians, but If 1t comes to actual war
| fare the result cannot be in doubt
D'Annunzio would soon be crushed.
The warning issued by the British
| government. that the Irish were about
to carry the war" to England. was
justified. To date the chief weapon
used in this new development of the
! conflict is arson. A large number of
incendiary fires were started stimuli
taneously along the Liverpool water
front and several big cotton ware
houses were destroyed. The incen-
diaries worked in small groups and
some of them. being interrupted by
the police, killed one officer and a
civilian. About the same time the
London police said they had foiled
a plot to start fires in the metropolis
on a large scale. Elaborate precau-
tons were taken in all the large
cities of England.
Sunday night two motortrucks full
of black ard tan recruits, all former
officers in the war. were ambushed
near Kilmichael, Ireland, and 10 of
them murdered.
Reprisals continued In Ireland un
checked. The town hall and other
buildings in Cork were set on fire and
five Sim Fein clubs were destroyed
Raids by the military and police were
frequent, there and elsewhere. Uni
formed men entered Killarney and
smashed all the windows in the bust
ness section of the city.
The British government met with
defeat in the house of lords when the
home rule bill came up. Baron Gran
more and Brown offered an amend
ment providing for the establishment
of senate for southern Ireland. and
it was adopted against the govern
ment by vote of 120 to SO. Another
amendment, bestowing a second cham
Der on the Ulster parliament. also
was carried
1t is reported that the government
has decided that all members of the
Irish republican army who have been
or may be rounded up shall be in
termed in camps in Ireland and held
without trial unless they are charged
with some penal offense.
Gen. Alvaro Obregon was inaug-
urated President Of Mexico at mid
night Tuesday, and at about the same
ment of Justice made wholesale raids
at various points along the border
These agents captured'a mass of docu-
mentary evidence proving the exist
ence of plot, organized on this side
of the border, to start a new revolu-
ton and overthrow the Obregon gov
eminent. 1t was said that Lucio
Blanco, a former officer In Carranza's
army, was at the head of the con-
| spiracy.
! Just before his Inauguration Obre-
gon stated in an interview that article
81 in the Mexican constitution, re-
stricting ownership of oil lands, would
not be abrogated, but he was sure the
application of the article would soon
| be regulated to the satisfaction of
! the United States by commission
to be appointed. He said Mexico
of Nations, but would give considera-
ton to an invitation to Join the league.
! President-elect Harding has re-
| turned from his trip to the Canal
Zone, presumably with enlarged views
on the building up of trade with the
Latin-American republics and the cul-
tivation of better relations with them.
Also it may be assumed that he has
learned lot about the need of strong
er defenses for the Panama canal.
Mr.. Harding made a brief stop last
! wa In To ho
ceived as royalty would have been. Ii
was announced that he would be in
Washington Monday and would occu-
Ply his seat In the senate for a day
or two, and it was certain that his
colleagues would call on him for an
address.
The senate and house committees
on agriculture began a joint session
on Friday to consider emergency
measures for the relief of American
farmers who are said to face a loss
of $1,000 100000 through sale of theil
products at less than cost. Amone
the suggestions discussed were the i'm
position of tariff on Canadian wheat
the revival of the war finance corpor
alton, and extensions of credit to Rus
STA and Germany to enable them t.
purchase American farm products.
According to Senator Capper. th'
farmers demand. in addition to thos'
remedies, the following:
Adequate credit for farmer
through short time and longtime loan
adapted fairly and practically to tn