Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-08-26

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ay to the mosque of the Yildiz palac
With her airplane above Mineola field, l.
French munitions for Poland. Several
French ships were anchored outside
the port with war supplies for the.
Poles, but Tower said he had not suf-
ftcient allied. troops to preserve order
If more munitions We're unloaded
there. The French government for
mally protested against his ruling.
In south Russia General Wrangel
continued his gains against the soviet
army, and in Moscow Leon Trotzky
issued a call for volunteers for serv-
ice on the southern front. He de-
nounced France for recognizing and
aiding Wrangel and accused England
Of also giving help, directly and indi-
rectly. The anti-bolshevik leader is
said to have the support of the entire
population in the south, for he is Civ
ing the land to the peasants, and he
has been joined by many Cossacks.
Though Lloyd George asserts that
Great Britain has not helped and will
not help Wrangel, the recognition of
the general by France has not yet
brought about the breach between the
two countries that was predicted by
alarmist correspondents and hopeful
Germans.
Armistice negotiations between the
Poles and the Russians opened in
Minsll, and the latter set forth the
terms they We're willing to grant. 1t
may well be that these will be modi-
fed by the military operations of the
week. According to Wigdor Kopp,
who is In Berlin for the soviet govern
ment, the latter in it's dealings with
Poland and the allies will insist on di-
rect communication with the Baltic,
probably by way of Bialystok, and
will demand that Poland give Russia
the right to transport goods direct to
and from Germany. He says the boil
shevki are determined to restore eco
nomic relations with Germany. In
this he has the support of Felix
Deutsch, head of the great electrical
manufacturing company of Germany,
who asserts that RusSia'S immense
supplies of raw material must be
brought to the worlds markets, that
Russia must be developed Immediate
ly, and that Germany is best equipped
for that work. Deutsch ridicules the
danger of the spread of bolshevism
outside of Russia. which does not ac-
cord with the official German view,
often expressed when Berlin urges
of stronger German army
So far, the only available means
that the United States government has
found of aiding Poland is the dispatch
of a cruiser and two destroyers from
Cherbourg to Dnnzg. Officially, they
We're sent to protect American citizens
and their interests. A large delega-
tion of Americans of Polish origin
called on Secretary of State Colby, af-
ter carrying an appeal to President
Wilson. Mr.. Colby did not overlook
the opportunity to tell them that the
governments hands were tied, mainly
by the refusal of the senate to ratify
the peace treaty.
The threat of British labor to call
a general strike as a demonstration
against war on Russia stirred up
such protests that the labor council
has announced it never had any such
intention. Lloyd George told the la
borites that "any attempt to dictate
the policy of parliament strikes at the
root of democratic constitution in the
country and will be resisted with all
the power Of the government
The Chicago Federation of Labor,
long under the control of radicals who
are tinged with pink, initiated the
supposed action of British labor by
adopting resolutions demanding gen.
eral strike If the United States gives
military aid to the Poles.
Rioting in Ireland was resumed on
a large scale and a number of persons
were killed in fights with the troops
and cOnstabulary close to Dublin cas-
tie, McSweeney, lord mayor of Cork,
was convicted of sedition and deport-
ed to England. Hope of settling the
Irish question of the basis of domin-
ion rule is increasing, but large part
of Ulster has yet to be convinced.
The big news of the week at home
was the final enfranchisement Of the
women of America through the action
of the Tennessee legislature, the nee
essary thirty-sixth state to ratify the
suffrage amendment to the Constitu-
tion. The senate had ratified previ-
ously, but it was narrow squeak in
the lower house. The vote was so to
46. the speaker, leader of the anti