The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-08-20

| sion would be given Russia to send a
| number Of bol>llevist commissioners
into that country to control the export
of Polish supplies of all kinds
Russia would then undertake to
evncuate Poland completely III favor
Of Germany. which would hold the
country us a guaranty against future
credits TO Russia in return for Ger
man goods and German labor.
There has been a lot Of sarcastic
| criticism of the League of Nations be-
cause il has not taken coYniZance Of
the RuSSO-poliSh war. In Il letter to
Lord Robert Cecil. Viscount Grey. for
mer foreign minister. has this 10 say:
Tile league had nothing to do with
the kuSSian-l'oliSh war and it is
crime against the league and its MEM
bers to charge it with responsibility
when the responsibility clearly did not
rest with the league. but with indi-
vidual governments.
THE league was not invoked to re-
strain Poland, one of its own mem.
ber>, from aggression or. as the prime
minister calls it, reckless and foolish
action. as it should have been. To in
yoke the league now to support Poland
by arms against the consequences of
her action is not merely Illogical: ii is
in fact. great misuse of the league"
The council Of the League of Ma.
tons. in session at San Sebastian,
| Spain. is busy with plans for the pre-
, rention OF future wars. and during the
week il took several important steps.
| First it adopted the French plan for
an international general staff OF mill
, tary experts to devise plans of oper-
ations III event any state makes war
or violates an agreement. This action.
which WAS opposed by the United
States last year, is thought to he pre-
liminary TO combined action against
holShevik Russia and against Germany
if she uniteS With the ho!>hevSts An
other French plan, though presented
by Italy, also WAS adopted, for the e>-
Enlistment of an International block
ade committee and ju>tifying the
blockade principle. The plan Of the
advisory ,iuriStS' committee for an in
terantonal court Of justice was adopt
ed as submitted. This was almost en-
tireIy the work of Elihu Root.
AS had been expected. tile Greeks
pretty much cleared Tllrace of Turk
isl , b., l,,
WAS hot beaten and opened strong
offensive against the Greek forces in
Asia Minor along the Bag,!ai railroad.
AT Simav. northeast Of Smyrna. which
Is outside their area OF occupation, Tie
Greeks We're defeated III ii .i-hour bat
tie and forced to retreat In order to
prevent Greek occupation of Constan-
tinople the Turkish cabinet VAS hur-
riedly reorganized, practically all the
new members being friendly to Great
Britain, and preparations We're made
for the signing of the peace treaty.
But ConStantinople is threatened
from another direction, according TO
reports from Sofia. 1t is said strong
Communist party is being organized
in Bulgaria by Mad.jaroff. a Russo
phile; that all its men members from
twenty to forty-five years of age are
being given arms and trained secretly,
and that the purpose Is to cooperate
with the Russian soviet troops in
drive on Constantnople.
The strike of bituminous coal min
ers in the middle Western states, be-
ing unauthorized and disapproved by
the union. is peterinc our and the fear
OF fuel famine is decreasing. Presl-
dent Wilson asked the men 10 return
to work pending adjustment, of their
complaints. and President Lewis of
the United Mine Workers of America
gave the same advice. making il as
nearly mandatory as ne could The
strikers in Illinois and Indiana slow
~ returned to the mines. ThnsA Of
Kansas were more stubborn and A NJ
Howat, president of the state union
bitterly attacked Lewis and refused
to abide by his instructions.
So far as Illinois and the Chicago
region are concerned. the Illinois nub-
lie utilities commission took action
that should relieve the situation there
very markedly. This was an order
forbidding the reconsisnment of cars
of fuel after they have reached their
destination and providing thar on all
carload shipments of coal, lumber or
other shipments in open top cars the
railroads shall make a charge of $40
a day for each day or fraction there
OF that car is held beyond the free
time allowed by the roads. In this
way, 1t is believed. the evil of gam.