Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-01-02

The house of commons as a whole
received the scheme with approval.
but there is little hope that it will
please any of the Irish factions. In
that fact, it is said, lies the best
chance of its success. Lloyd George.
took occasion to say what he thought
of the recent attempt to assassinate
Viscount French, lord lieutenant of
Ireland. He declared it was not only
despicable and sdastardly, but one of
the most foolhardy political crimes
in history.
Delay of the Germans in signing the
protocol rendered futile the hopes of
the supreme council that peace would
be proclaimed by Christmas Though
the council had indicated that it would
lessen its demands for reparation for
the scuttling of the interned German
war vessels if the Germans could
prove that they could not turn over the
material required, Won Lersner, chief
of the German delegation, felt it nee
essary to carry the amended terms
to Berlin for submission to the gov
ernment. 1t was announced in Lon
don that Premier Lloyd George would
go to Paris this week to confer with
Clemenceau.
Addressing the chamber of deputies,
the French premier made the first
authoritative statement concerning the
| conference in London. The two prin-
| cipal decisions made, he said, were
not to make peaee and not to COM
promise with the soviet government
! of Russia. The allies were deter
mined, he added to be the allies of
all peoples attacked by bolshevism and
would maintain a barbed wire around
Russia. notably by aiding the Poles,
Roumanians and others along the
frontiers. He expressed full conf
dence in the Anglo-Franco-Amer
pacts and predicted solution of the
Fiume difficulty. The chamber there
upon gave the government vote Of
confidence, 15S to- II.
Really, the Fiume dispute seems at
this writing to be on the eve of set
tlement. The italian cabinet has ap-
proved an agreement with D'Annun-
zio on the basis of proposals made by
the government This, it was report
ed, was that Italy should keep in its
possession the whole of the armistice.
line, reaffirming the right of Fiume-
to decide its own fate and assisting
it financially to resume its activities
under the regime of a free port. The
recent plebiscite in Fiume resulted
in IS per cent of the votes being cast
in favor of the Italian governments
plan for the future occupation of the
city. 1t was said that Captain Dan
nunzio declared he would not accept
this result and that he departed from
the city.
AS for Russia, the bolshevih seem
to be getting along very well in mil
itary way. They have beaten Petlura
and his Ukrainian army, and are said
to have cut off the retreat of Deni-
kine's volunteers so that their only
way of escape is into Roumania. The
Esthonians and the bolsheyiki, it is
announced, agreed on the questions
of frontiers and military guarantees.
A compromise proposal concerning
j the peace treaty was formulated last
, week by Senator King Of Utah, Dem
t ocrat who supported most of the
Lodge reservations. Taking these as
, basis, he so modified the wording
: that he hoped it would be acceptable
t to all the senators who favor the rat
9 ification Of the treaty. Senator Hitch
r cock was not so sanguine that the King
e plan would solve the tangle.
S The bituminous coal operators, af
= ter registering an objection to the
: statement that they had agreed to the
:, terms of the settlement with the strik
/ ers, have acceped the agreement. a
}. least in the central competitive field
e The president named the commission
d that is to inquire into the situation
e and determine wages and conditions
d He appointed Henry NJ. Robinson
t John P. White and Rembrandt Peale
e ! representing respectively the public
s the miners and the operators. Al
it ready some of the larger operator
l. have let it be known that they intent
it to pass on to their customers the L
= per cent advance in wages. but tn
S. federal department of justice official
IS say such action will result in prose
n cutionS If the consumer is asked t
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