Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-07-22

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lobbied through congress and the state
legislatures by federal agents, and the
eighteenth (prohibition) had been
forced through by powerful and ire
sponsible organizations operating
through paid agents and it Is now
proposed to force through the nine
teenth amendment for woman suf-
frage, in the same manner and also
without the sanction of the freemen."
Whether there will be coal short
age next winter seems to depend upon
the car supply and transportation
situation. A national association Of
bftuminous operators recently assem-
bled at Washington, gave out state
ment that they were ready to load all
cars offered but that the supply of
cars at the mines had been only 35 to
40 per cent of the number needed. Ac-
cordingly, in spite Of the pleas of
building, road material and other in
terests, the interstate commerce COM
mission continued In effect until Au-
gust 20 the order confining the use
Of open top cars to coal, with n modi-
flcation excepting fiat cars with sides
less thnn SO inches in height, cars
equipped with racks or cars which on
Tune 10 had been retired from coal
transportation and assigned to other
service. The modified order also gives
preference to shipments of coal to
public utilities.
Contrary to all expectations, Orange
mems day Gully 12) passed off quiet
ly in Ireland with parades, speech
making and celebration of some
kind in every hamlet, village and
town in Ulster. The most important
utterance, defying the Sim Fein, warn
ing the government and presaglng fu-
ture trouble, was made by Sir Edward
Carson, Ulster Unionist leader 1t was
practically a peace or fight declara
tion and served notice OH the govern
ment that If 1t did not accept the help
Ulster offered, the Ulster volunteers
into their own hands. A significant
declaration was that the Sim Fein
must execute those guilty Of mur-
der before we will treat with them"
Although not disorderly, 1t was dis
appointment to those wh3 hoped that
conciliatory note might be struck in
the celebration. The most important
thing that has recently occurred in
Irish affairs and which is said to have
made the government sit up and take
notice as never before, is the threat
of British trades unions, especially
the miners and railway men, to take
direct action for the purpose Of COM
pelling the government to call truce,
withdraw troops from Ireland and in
stitute an Irish parliament. A resolu-
tion to the effect introduced in the
Miners federation is said to have been
against 1,G26,000 and to be backed by
the railway men.
Germany's efforts to evade or se-
cure mitigation of the terms of the
peace treaty through the Spa confer
ence have been characterized by the
sanNtw tactics employed while the
treaty was being prepared. Prior to
the signing at Versailles came en-
phatic announcements that Germany
could not or would not do certain
things. Yet when the treaty was
ready, the Germans signed. So it has
been at Spa. The German delegates
bluffed and then crawled. They
showed sores and misery without
evoking any pronounced sympathy
from the other delegates. They plead
ed poverty. They pleaded the inabil-
ity of the government to combat inter-
nal opposition to the demands; yet
up to this writing, they have yielded
on all points. One provision Of the
treaty which the Germans have never
fulfilled and seemed determined to
evade, was that calling for the deliv-
cry Of coal to the allies. The amount
called for is about 100000 tons a
month. According to the German dele
gates, the country could not furnish
this amount. They would suffer their
territory to be occupied or even re-
newal of. the war in lieu of COM
pliance. For nearly "a hours there
was deadlock while the allied mill
tary chiefs were being summoned and
preparations made for marching into
Germany.
This action seemed to have the de-
sired effect and there was every evi.
dence that the Germans would try to
supply the coal, with the allies lend
ing them generous assistance in the
matter of more and better food for the
miners and an arrangement Of prices
to conform with international markoNs