The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-23

the ballot. he showed llneXpecte ed
strength. and he looms strong in sever.
al state primaries which are to come.
The money question. as usual. en-
tiers into the political situation. Sell
at"r ROrnll charges the managers Of
General Wood and Governor l.Ow,lt'n
with using unwarrantpd sums. Deni.
ais come from both candidates. with
an expression OF willingness to have
their expenditures pr"l,pd. lnasmuch
as the Legitimate expenses If such
campaigns require large funds. 1t il
difficult to see how any candidate can
make much Of showing without
them. Former Secretary McAtlOo re.
fleets this condition when he states
that he has no fund. therefore is not a
candidate.
In Germany. the coalition cabinet
headed by Herr Mueller promises to
remain in power until the elections.
early in June. Concessions to the Ia.
h"r element had much to do with
sizzling the radical crisis in the Ruhr
basin .Smsmo,lic hOstilitips in that
and adjacent areas had not been com
lletely suppressed. hut the outbreaks
had taken on Il guerrilla aspect. with
the red forces diSintegra,ing under
lack "f supplies. poor discipline and
inefficient leadership. Considerable
If :, bluff To affect enforcement Of the
terms Of the treaty Of Versailles seems
evident in the Ruhr and contiguous
situations. If the Ebert government
had been permitted to send troops
int" the neutral zone. it would have
suspended one Of the important pro.
visions of the treaty. The weakening
of this one provision could have heen
made the basis for assaults upon 9th.
err l"xti"nsA" the covenant. with
gradual and possibly complete defeat
Of the unfuliiIled terms.
Settlement Of the German crisis ia
not absolute. fractional disturbances
are occurring. and are likely to con-
Time. hut tina! an ultimate condition
resembling order will he brought about
is not unlikely The effect which the
tINutVtS tiiNe wi IoJciSU fTt'suttS
=" necessary to Germany. and the con.
segment Withholding 1T food supplies.
raw materials. etc.. has had u profound
Influence on the nation as whole.
One Of the most disastrous conSe-
uuenreS following the Kapp-l.nettwitz
the effect upon the morale IT Ger
man w"rkmen. They are reported as
lettering on their jobs. lsc"ntented
and strongly imhuel with the feeling
nf i'll treatment. Production is in an
unhealthy state: precisely what the
ance Of their designs.
Emir Feisel. VIII" lately proclaimed
himself kin" Of Syria. looms as an al.
junct in class with pAnn,nzio. Mus.
tapha k"maI and other trouble max.
not only his fetish. but he is for the
complete Independence Of the cn,ln.
try: wishes both French and Polish
troops sent home at once. ana all
zones If influence by other nations
abolished. His activities and the
working out Of his designs are heing
watched Ivy the Jews "f the world. as
a complete fultillment NJ his program
would render impossible the establish.
ment "f the proposed Ziun nation.
Mustapha Renal. nationalist leader in
Turkey. continues his campaign to stir
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Minor. In II recent proclamation hp
'lelm~e~ tn" Sultan as chief of the Mos
lem world. aud raises n call to arms
throughout Islam. Fortunately his in
tiuence is not general as yet. hut there
is no denying the fact that he is an
Important factor. with a strong fol-
lowing in Turkish politics and a grow
ing ability I" create .antagoni>,n to the
allies and all Christians.
Ludwig &. 4. X. Martens. self.styied
soviet envoy to the United States All
pears to he the next prominent can,li-
date for deportation. Martens con-
tended in an investigation held by
the senate committee on foreign
relations that the bOlSh.vik gov
eminent had not interfere,l in the
internal affairs OF the United States
At the same time the state depa rtment
had secured and has now made pub.
lie series Of soviet dispatches incit.
ing American l'olsheviSts to violence
and the overthrow Of the present form
IT the government Of the United
States. The dispatches were found on
the person If a soviet courier captured
ut Riga. IN route tn this country. The
department Of Justice announces DER.
feet case against Murtens.