The Raymer enterprise., 1920-11-04

the Llthuanians In an offensive
against the Poles. The plan, appar-
emily, Is first to drive Zellgouski out Of
wilma and then sweep southwark to
Suwalki, Grodno and the Ossowiecs
fortress. The matter Of wilma was re-
ferred to a plebiscite by the council
Of the League Of Nations.
Last Tuesday the council adopted
the plan for a permanent court Of In.
ternational justice recommended by
The Hague committee Of jurists, with
the exception Of the provision for
obligatory Jurisdiction. The plan was
in large measure the work of Elihu
Root. The council closed Its session
Thursday.
Some Of the farmers Of Kansas,
Oklahoma. Nebraska and the North
western states began last week their
strike" against the low price Of
wheat on the Chicago board of trade.
Following the instructions of their or.
ganization leaders, they are withhold.
ing their wheat from the market, and
the effect Of decreased receipts began
to be felt at once. In the vicinity Of
Wichita. Kan. farmers picketed the
roads, urging those on their way to the
elevators to turn back.
The wheat raisers Of Iowa were
urged to take part In the strike" by
e. A. Cunningham, secretary Of the
state farm bureau. who said the Iowa
wheat crop cost $1.8S a bushel to har-
vest and the oats crop cost rs cents q
bushel. He blamed manipulation for
the recent sharp declines in prices Of
grain. "There is no justification for
the tremendous break In the market,
he said. 1--WE believe a reaction must
come. We urge every farmer to with
hold his commodities.
"The situation cannot become more
serious and a further decline can do
nothing more than to add to the seri.
ousness Of the situation. On the other
hand, a reasonable reaction would
probably avoid financial ruin"
The farmers are asked by Mr.. Gun.
ningham to buy nothing but essentials.
Farmers complain that they have to
pay high rates to borrow money to
handle the bumper crops.
Meanwhile Canadian wheat, which
Is coming into the United States duty
free for milling purposes, is being
bought In large quantities. by mills and
exporters In this country. The duty on
Canadian wheat was taken of by Pres.
ident Wilson at the suggestion of
Wheat Director J. II. Barnes In the
effort to reduce the cost of living. II
was expected that in this way our
millers would be enabled to lower the
price Of -four; the effect was limited,
however.
For the first time since ne was
taken III more than a year ago Presi.
dent Wilson delivered speech on
Wednesday. A group of pro-league
Republicans, headed by Hamilton
Holt, called on him In the White
House. and in response to their ad.
dress he spoke, from his wheel chair,
In defense Of the league covenant as
he brought It from Paris. In uphold.
ing article 10 he said: 1T Is the spe.
cific pledge Of the members Of the
league that they will unite to resist ex.
actly the things which Germany at.
tempted, no matter who attempts them
In the future. 1t Is as exact a definI.
ton as could be given In general terms
of the outrage which Germany would
have committed II It could"
Instead Of being a threat of war,
he said later, article 10 is "an assur.
ance Of the concert Of all the free peo.
pies Of the world In the future. as In
the recent past, to see justice done
and humanity protected and vindicat-
ed. This Is the true, the real Amerl.
canism. This Is the role Of leadership
and championship Of the right which
the leaders Of the republic intended
that It should play. The so-called
Americanism which we hear 80 much
prating about now Is spurious and IN