The progress-itemizer., 1920-08-13

sion would be given Russia to send
number of bolShevist commissioners
into that country to control the export
of Polish supplies of all kinds.
Russia would then undertake to
evacuate Poland completely in favor
Of Germany. which would hold the
country as 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 it has not taken cognizance of
the Russo-POlish war. III a letter to
Lord Robert Cecil. Viscount Grey, for
mer foreign minister has this to say
The league had nothing to do with
the Russian-Polish war and ii is a
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
berS, from aggression or, as the prime
minister calls it, reckless and foolish
action, as it should have been. To in
woke the league now TO support Poland
by arms against the consequences of
her action is not merely Illogical; it is
in fact, great misuse of the league"
The council of the League of Ma
tiOnS. in session at San Sebastian,
Spain. is busy with plans for the pre-
vention of future wars. and during the
week it 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 in event any state makes war
or violates an agreement. This action.
which was opposed by the United
States last year, is thought to be pre-
liminary to combined action against
bolshevik Russia and against Germany
If she uniteS with the holshevists An
other French plan. though presented
by Italy. also was adopted. for the es-
tabishment of an interna tional block
ade committee and juStifying the
blockade principle. The plan of the
advisory juriSts' committee for an in
terantional court of justice was adopt
ed as submitted. This was almost en-
tirely the work of Elihu Root.
AS had been expected. the Greeks
pruttv tnunh clanraI rrhrura of 'rurE-
ish natiolalistS, but kemal PaSha
was not beaten and opened strong
offensive against the Greek forces i'll
Asia Minor along the Bagdad railroad.
AT Simav. northeast of Smyrna, which
Is outside their area of occupation, the
Greeks were defeated in a 24-hour bat
tie and forced to retreat In order TO
prevent Greek occupation of Constan-
tinople the Turkish cabinet was hur-
riedly reorganiZed practically all the
new members being friendly to Great
Britain, and preparations were 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 Madjaroff, 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 ConStantinople.
The strike of bituminOuS coal min
erS in the middle Western states. be
ing unauthorized and disapproved by
the union. is petering out and the fear
of a fuel famine is decreasing Presi-
dent Wilson asked the men tn 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 he could. The
strikers in Illinois and Indiana slow
ly returned to the mines. Those of
Kansas were more stubborn and 4. 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 pub
lie utilities commission took action
that should relieve the situation there
very markedly. This was an order
forbidding the reconsignment of ears
of fuel after they have reached their
destination and providing that 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 a car is held beyond the free
time" allowed by the roads. In this
way, 1t is believed, the evil of gam