Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-01-09

They declare their only aim Is to pro-
tect their land from the poison Of boil
shevism. The japanese premier has
indicated that any general advance OF
the soviet forces beyond the southeast
side of Lake Baikal will result in out
right war between the Japanese and
the bolsheviki.
Premier Nitti and Foreign Minister
Scisdoia of Italy have gone to Paris
and London to try to bring about an
vorable to Italy. The latter, address
ing the Italian senate, said Mr.. Lam
sings proposal for the naturalization
Of the Dalmatian islands and the sur
rounding sea as far as Ragusa was in
tolerable, since it would leave q part
of the Italian coast exposed to the
same attack as in the late war, but
he believed Great Britain and France
could persuade President Wilson to
change his views.
"M Clemenceau and Mr.. Lloyd
George told me-" said the foreign min
lister, that if France, England and
Italy agreed, even going beyond the
terms of President Wilson, they be-
lieved they could present the agree
ment to President Wilson and induce
him to accept it in the interest of Eu-
ropean peace"
If the conferees of the senate and
house do not arrive at satisfac-
tory solution of the railway bill puz-
zle, it will not be for lack Of advice,
expert and inexpert. All sorts Of or
ganizations have been taking whack
at it, and all Of them are directly in
| terested. The American Federation
Of Labor, the four railway brother
| hoods and ten railway shopmen's
unions affiliated with the federation
got together in Washington and told
what they wished, what they hoped
for and what they would not counte
nance. In the first place, they de
| clared themselves in favor Of two
years more of government operation
| of the railways, in order to give the
principle of government ownership 6
real test. They realized that the re
turn of the roads to their owners or
| March 1 Is now q certainty, but gave
notice that they will make government
ownership a political issue In the flu
ture. AS for the pending legislation
they declared themselves against the
anti-strike feature and the penalty
provisions against ceasing work. ant
in favor of the features which tend tt
establish better relations between tht
employees and the carriers, and urge(
that these features be extended to thu
sleeping car and Pullman cOmpan!
employees. The railway shopmeI
already have voted to strike II con
gress adopts the Cummins anti-strik
provision, and it is believed the broth
erhoods might adopt the same course
Next, the American Bankers asso
citation told what it considered neces
sary to rehabilitate the impaired cred
1t of the roads. 1t favors the speed
return to private ownership; the vo
untary but not compulsory consolids
ton of railroad properties; permissiv
federal incorporation; exclusive regu
lation and control Of the issue o
stocks and bonds by railroads and ws
ter common carriers by feders
board; government guarantee to tn
roads for SIX months after the end @
federal control, Of net operating II
come equal to the standard return 70
the same period during federal COZ
troll; and an extension Of the carrier,
Indebtedness to the government fo
capital expenses to run serially fc
from ten to twenty years. All thes
features are in either the Cummins Q
the Bsch bill, and some Of them ar
in both.
. Another group vitally interested
the railway legislation Is the shiI
pers, and these gentlemen, at natiol
al conference in Chicago, besides re-
!; ommending higher rates for the road
, adopted resolutions in substance 6
follows:
| 1--WE are opposed to the creation {
J a transportation board as provided
: the Cummins bill.
: "We oppose the appropriation by IL
. government of the excess earnings {
| a railroad company.
{ "We oppose the scheme Of ratemal
' ing groups and standardization
|, earnings therein as provided for in tt
Cummins bill.
, "We are opposed to the consolid
+ ton of the railroads and the divisio
| of the country into rate groups as pr
: vided in the Cummins bill.
f ave are in favor of legislatie
:. which will permit the return Of tt
I action become necessary. 1t is b