River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-09-02

ance with the terms which Kameneff
said would be proposed and included
the demand that proletariat army be
formed in Poland. Naturally the vic
torious Poles have rejected the terms
of the Reds, and it was stated by
Tchitcherin, soviet foreign minister,
that this would result in the immedi-
ate rupture of the negotiations at
Minsk.
rather quiet of late in the Crimean
peninsula, started a vigorous cam
paign Thursday with his reorganiZed
forces One of his armies moved east
ward onto the mainland, speedily TAX
ing the important Black sea port of
Novorossiysk and other cities and
almost reaching Ekaterinodar, capital
of the Kuban Cossacks. AT the same
time another army occupied the Do
metz coal basin $50 miles to the north.
The loss of those mines will be an es-
pecially severe blow to the bolshevikf.
On the borders of the republic of
Georgia. an alarming concentration of
bolsheyik forces is reported, supposed
ly in pursuit of plan to march
through Georgia and Armenia and es-
tablish communication with the Turk
ish Nationalist in Asia Minor.
The nationalist movement in Egypt,
which has been more serious than
censored dispatches made it appear.
and which has been increasing ever
| since the establishment of the British
protectorate during the war, seems
about to meet with success. The
| British government, it is reliably
/ though not officially reported, has
agreed to recognize the independence
| of Egypt and a final treaty and ALI
ance will soon be negotiated. Funda-
mental points in the agreement, it is
said, are: Egypt will recognize Great
Britains privileged position in the
valley of the Nile, and agrees in case
of war to afford every facility for ac-
cess to Egyptian territory; Great
Britain will maintain garrison in
Egypt in the canal zone; Egypt re-
gains control of foreign relations, sub
iect 70 her not making treaties con-
trary to British policy, and will have
the right to maintain diplomatic rep
resentatives abroad.
The Albanians and Serbs, who are
fighting little war of their own, have
been having some bloody battles and
the Albanians claim to have driven
their foes back into their own coun-
try. The victors halted, at least tenn
porarily, at the demarcation line fixed
in 1918.
Two deposed rulers of Europe are
figuring on climbing back onto thrones.
Constantine, former king of Greece,
believes that the Greeks will call him
back if they have full freedom of ex-
preston at the coming elections, but
he fears Venizelos will prevent this.
He was deeply grieved the other day
because Lloyd George, on vacation in
Lucerne, refused to see him. The pre-
mier gave as reason "the dastardly
attempt on the life of Venizelos," for
which Constantine asserts he was in
no way to blame.
The other hopeful ex-ruler is
Charles. former emperor of Austria.
According to a report circulated in
European capitals, the Hungarian peo-
Pile want him to be their king, and
Great Britain and France have agreed
to permit it. Italy and Serbia object,
but it is thought the Vatican can per-
suade the former. Charles has said he
would accept the throne of Hungary.
Lloyt George departed for his
Swiss holiday in the expectation
that the Irish question would await
his return. But Irish leaders would
not stand for the delay. On Wednes-
day the standing committee of the
Irish peace conference called on the
lords justices, representatives of the
lord lieutenant, to present resolutions
demanding dominion home rule, stop
page of coercion and the calling OF
an Irish convention. They also tele-
graphed the premier asking that he
receive a deputation Immediately, in
view of the, urgency of the situation.
This peace conference was an as
semblage of some 700 representatives
of moderate opinion in all parts of
Ireland, and in all parties. Most of
them were unionists, and among the
conferees were members of the house
of lords, Protestant bishops, Catholic
priests, prominent business men, and
great land owners. The earl Of
Shaftesbury. who owns the land on
which Belfast was built, was unex-