Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-12-02

be refused admittance. This accords
with the position taken by the Unit
ed States administration some weeks
ago
The league council decided to limit
the scope of policing operations to the
Wilma region and to keep the league
army" down to 1,s00 men. OF these
Spain viii supply 3O0 Sweden 100,
France at least 1000, and Great Brit
ain and Belgium small detachments.
Holland and Switzerland refused to
participate.
Peace negotiations between Poland
and soviet Russia were resumed after
u lapse that threatened the renewal
Of active hostilities. The Poles, how
cSer, consented to withdraw their
troops to the armistice line. Moscow
notified l.ithuania that the Red forces
would have to occupy Wilma, which Is
still in the hands of General Zellgou-
ski. The soviet government has now
pretty nearly cleared Russia of all
Its active opponents. Petlura's troops
have aboutSal escaped from the Uk-
raine into Poland and have been dis
armed there, and now it is announced
that General Semenoff's' campaign in
r~Siheria has collapsed entirely His
last base has been taken by the Reds,
the corps that was defending it hav-
ing mutinied killed Its officers and
joined the Bolsheviki. Semenofr him
self has fled to Japan.
Unless the temper Of the Greek peo-
pie changes, they will vote, on Decem-
Der 5, for the return of Constantine
to the throne. This will be the logi-
cal outcome of the victory of Gounaris
and Rhalis in the election. However,
the new government is placed in a
somewhat uncomfortable position, for
to restore the ex-king will be to alien
ate France and possibly Great Brit
ain. The former has warned Greece
that it VIII withdraw It's material and
moral support, but 1t is not known
certainly what attitude Lloyd George
will assume. The Greek newspapers
favorable to Constantine assert that
Great Britain is willing to recognize
the right of Greece to manage her
own affairs and that King George is
in constant communication with Con-
stantine and has assented to his re-
turn to the throne.
or course. Rhallis and his confreres
are most worried over the possible eff
feet of the restoration on Greece's
adventure in Asia Minor. They can
hardly hope to maintain their army
there against the Turkish nationalists
and the Arabs without the active CO
operation Of the entente allies, and,
too. they rely on the British to sup
ply the money needed for the occupa-
ton. 1t is said by them that Veniz-
elists left the treasury empty, de-
stroyeL quantities Of documents and
left Athens without informing their
successors of the state of business in
the various departments.
Queen Mother Olga, the regent,
staged a triumphal return last week
for two of Constantine's brothers,
Prince kndreas and Prince Christie
rher They were received by enthusi-
asiic crowds and escorted to the pal
ace. The same day the foreign news
paper correspondents made formal
complaint that the press censorship
was being continued and that their
dispatches were suppressed or de-
layed. Rhallis and Gounaris made ex-
planations and promised all restric-
tions should be removed.
Paris had press dispatches from
Smyrna saving the Greek army in
Asia Minor was split into two camps,
one for and one against Constantine,
and that fighting between them al
ready had broken out. Some of the
troops were said to be demobilizing
themselves, declaring they were done
with the war against the Turks.
Sunday, November q, was day of
boodshed and terror in Dublin. The
Sim Fein assassins early in the day
put into execution deliberate plan
Of murder, calling IA British officers
or former officers to their doors and
shooting them dead. About sixty 9TH
ers were wounded in these attacks.
The black and tans got into action
at once, making many arrests. Then
they forcibly entered Croke park,
where $1,000 persons were watching
football game, and, being hooted and
attacked, fred on the crowd. Several
score Of persons were killed and many
wounded before the wild combat lnded.
OF course more murders and more re-
prisals followed, and the military took
possession Of the city. Nuweroqs sr-