The Hayti herald., 1920-01-01

The house of commons as whole
received the scheme with approval,
but there Is little hope that 1t will
please any Of the Irish factions. In
that fact, 1t Is said, lies the best
chance Of its success. Lloyd George
took occasion to say what he thought
Of the recent attempt to assassinate
Viscount French, lord lieutenant Of
Ireland. He declared 1t was not only
desplcable and dastardly. but one Of
the most foolhardy political crimes
in history.
Delay of the Germans in signing the
protocol rendered futile the hopes Of
the supreme council that peace would
be proclaimed by Christmas. Though
the council had indicated that 1t would
lessen its demands for reparation for
the scuttling Of the interned German
war vessels II the Germans could
prove that they could not turn over the
material required, Won Lersner, chief
of the German delegation, felt It nee
essary to carry the amended terms
to Berlin for submission to the gov
ernment. 1t was announced In Lon
don that Premier Lloyd George would
| go to Paris this week to confer with
| Clemenceau.
Addressing the chamber of deputies,
the French premier made the first
authoritative statement concerning the
| conference in London. The. two prin-
cipal decisions made, he said, were
not to make peace and not to COM
promise with the soviet government
Of Russia. The allies We're deter
mined, he added TO be the allies of
| all peoples attacked by bolshevlSm and
would maintain q barbed wire around
Russia, notably by aiding the Poles,
Roumanians and others along the
frontiers. He expressed full conf
dence in the Anglo-Franco-A American
pacts and predicted a solution of the
Fiume difficulty. The chamber there
upon gave the government vote of
confidence, 15S to II.
/ Really, the Fiume dispute seems at
this writing to be on the eve of set
tlement. The Italian cabinet has ap-
proved an agreement with D'Annun-
zio on the basis of proposals made by
the government. This. 1t was report
ed, was that Italy should keep in its
possession the whole of the armistice
line reaffirming the right of Fiume
to decide Its own fate and assisting
1t financially to resume its activities
under the regime of free port. The
recent plebiscite In Fiume resulted
In IS per cent of the votes being cast
in favor of the Italian government s
plan for the future occupation of the
city. 1t was said that Captain DAN
nunzio declared he would not accept
this result and that he departed from
the city.
AS for Russia, the bolsheviki seem
to be getting along very well in a mil
itnry way. They have beaten Petlura
and his UkraInian army, and are said
to have cut Off the retreat of Deni-
kine'S volunteers so that their only
way of escape is into Roumania. The
Esthonlans and the bolsheviki, 1t is
announced, agreed oD the questions
Of frontiers and military guarantees
A compromise proposal concerning
the peace treaty was formulated last
week by Senator King of Utah. Dem
0crat who supported most OF the
Lodge reservations. Taking these as
n basis, he so modified the wording
that he hoped 1t would be acceptable
to ali the senator's who favor the rat
fication of the treaty. Senator Hitch
cock was not so sanguine that the King
plan would solve the tangle.
The bituminous coal operators, af
ter registering an objection to th'
statement that they had agreed TO th'
terms of the settlement with the strik
ers, have acceped the agreement, a
least In the central competitive field
The president named the commission
that is to inquire into the situation
and determine wages and conditions
He appointed Henry NJ. Robinson
John p. White and Rembrandt Peale
representing respectively the public
the miners and the operators. Al
ready some of the larger operator
have let 1t be known that they inten,
to pass on to their customers the L
per cent advance I'm wages. but tn
federal department of jAstice official
! say such action viii result in prose
cutions II the consumer is asked t
pay mora.