The Raymer enterprise., 1920-02-26


have something to say about the agree
ments reached by the supreme council
last week that the sultan shall be per-
mitted to retain Constantinople and to
reside there. provided the massacres
OF Armenians are discontinued; and
that the Dardanelles and the Bosphor-
us shall be internationallzed. 1t Is
not known. however. that he opposes
these arrangements. 1t Is said that In
the future all sessions Of the supreme
council will be attended by an Amerl-
can representative. who will keep
Washington informed of developments.
The allies so far yielded to the pro-
testations Of the Germans against the
surrender Of war criminals as to tell
Berlin that the accused might be first
tried before the German supreme
court in Leipsic. But the allies reserve
the right to reject the results of such
trials II they believe there is any mis-
carriage Of justice and In such cases
to enforce the terms Of the treaty and
themselves try the offenders. It Is
stipulated, also. that the verdicts at
previous trials of German war crImi-
nails must be annulled and the cases
remanded for retrial. This would re-
open the Fryatt case, In which the
verdict was that the murder Of the
British merchant ship captain was not
a violation Of international law. The
conservatives In Germany declare this
offer Of the entente is quite unaccept-
able. 1t is inconceivable to the Ger
mans that they could put on trial
their national heroes.
The government of the Netherlands
was put In a rather uncomfortable po-
sition by the reiteration of the demand
for the extradition Of the former
kaiser, and though 1t prepared reply
repeating its refusal, there was much
discussion of plans for the internment
Of the fugitive In some Dutch possess
sion far from Europe. The place most
favored seemed to be Curacao. an is-
land In the Caribbean sea north of
Venezuela. II Wilhelm intends to do
any plotting in his retirement he
would find congenial atmosphere In
Curacao, for 1t has long been the ref
uge Of would-be reyolutionists from
the Latin-American republics. II may
be, however, that Holland will merely
intern the ex-kaiser In his new house
at Doom, keeping him under strict
military guard.
Germany is having SO much trouble
with revolutionists and labor agitators
that the entente has extended the time
limit for the reduction Of her army to
100000. Minister Of Defense Noske
has issued an order applying to Berlin
and Brandenburg province threatening
Imprisonment or heavy fine for incit-
ing strikes that affect food production.
In the Saar region, which Is occupied
by the French troops. fresh disturb
ances resulted in the proclamation Of
martial law.
II soviet wireless dispatches from
Moscow are to be believed-and In this
instance they probably are-the revo-
lutionists are In full control Of vladi-
vostok and most Of eastern Siberia
and are putting into effect program
which Is in favor Of union with soviet
Russia. In southern Russia the volun-
teer army is reported to be ravaged
by typhus and falling back in disorder
to the Sea OF Azov before the red
troops. The bolsheviki are said to
have proclaimed soviet republic in
the part of the Ukraine they occupy
and the formation Of an eternal
brotherly union" with soviet Russia.
Petrovsky is president Of the new
state. Sevastopol. the great port Of
the Crimea, is panic-stricken fearing
the fate Of Odessa.
Poland while still maintaining the
barrier against the bolsheviki Is TAX
Ing steps toward a general peace be-
tween the allies and the Moscow gov
ernment, and In this 1t probably has
the support Of the nations Of western
Europe. The negotiations will be taken
up deliberately and the results submit
ted to the peace conference in Paris.
In Roumania, where royalists and
radicals are struggling for control, the
conditions are not promising. The
radicals are in secret accord with the
Russian bolshevists, who already are
creeping across the border. and the re-
cent mobilization Of the Rownanian
army has not checked the peril. The
monarchists Of Hungary, who are nu-
merous, would like to help those Of
Roumania, but cannot do 20 for fear Of
the bolshevists In their own land and
also because Of the national hatred Of