The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-13

police patiently resisting for a time.
finally opened fire with machine guns
and rifles. About forty of the rioters
were killed and scores wounded. The
government openly accused the indie
pendent members of the reichstag
with aiding in the attack. asserting
some OF them went To the windows OF
the building and motioned the mob on.
Next day it was officially announced
that the demonstration was the begin
ming of an attempt to start general
revolution which was to be led by
radical government. officials.
Ever since the signing Of the armis-
tice Germany has fostered the idea
that the reds were likely to get con-
troll of that country unless it were
given mider terms by the allies. and
some correspondents have insisted
that such reports could not be be-
lieved. This latest apparent revolt
will give some support to the German
appeals for leniency and to the in
sidious, cleverly wOrtled editorials If
certain American metropolitan papers
which argue that the reparations COM
mission must treat Germany gently
and permit her to regain her old
strength in order that she may sue
cessfully stand between the bolshev-
lists of Russia and western Europe. If
the German press represents the Ger
man nation. what it would do with its
| regained strength is made very clear
by the articles published after the ex-
| change of notifications OF the treaty.
| The burden of them was recovery of
all the nation had lost, and Revenge
with a big Il.
The allied nations have been dis
posed to regard Poland as the real
bulwark against the bolshevist flood,
and Poland 50 considers herself.
Last week Secretary of War Baker
recommended to the state department
that the United States furnish sur
plus military supplies to Poland to
help her in repelling the bolshevists.
General Bliss appeared before the
house ways and means committee to
| discuss Il proposed loan Of $llO.W)O.-
600 for food relief for Europe. and de.
clared that If the loan were made
this country should call on the allied
| governments to contribute their sur
plus military supplies to Poland be,
cause that nation alone could prevent
the bolsheviki from swapping west.
ern Europe. The Poles. he added are
poorly equipped as to everything
while the soviet armies are well
trained. we'll equipped and we'll led
and Outnumber the Poles.
The imminent return of the S.ON
Americans in Siberia is again prom
Used. and apparently it is high time
\ correspondent at Hardin says an
American detachment in trans-Raika
liza recently fought with troops ot
General Semenoff, commander of tn.
all-Russian army, and took an ar
mOred train from them. Two of tn.
Americans were killed. The CZecho
Slovaks. to aid whom the Yanks wen,
to Siberia. have had frequent CLASHES
with Semenoff's men.
The bOlSheviki have continued theil
forward movement in the Caucasu.
and along the Black sea. and now
comes news of Il new movement il
that part of the world which they ar,
said to he supporting. Enver Pa>ha
who formerly was minister of war 81
Turkey and was elected king of k,rdi
stan, has started what is called boil
shevist revolt in Turkestan. Afghan
istan and RaluchiStan and for which
the government ut Moscow has con
trihuted large sums of money. En-
ver's ultimate aim. it is said. is Indi;,
Those who understand conditions il
the countries mentioned assert this j,
not genuine bolshevist movement
hut is directed against Great Britain
However that may be- it is likely I,
cause the British considerable trouble
The Adriatic problem seems about t,
be solved. and in a way quite opposit,
to that on which President Wilson in
sisted. Mutual concessions have bee,
agreed upon. and though neither Itai.
nor JugO-Slavia is wholly satisfied!
probably both will yield. BY the ar
rangement, Fiume is to be governed
by municipal council under the al
vice OF an Italian high commissions
and a small Independent state will
surround the city. Italy is given con
troll over the city of lara but aban
dons her demand for the neutraliza
ton of the Dalmatian coast. She i
granted a mandate over Albania, blu