Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-09-16

advantage of this complication and re
newed their attacks on the Poles, but |
with small success or utter failure |
General Budenny, it was reported, was
gathering large forces in the Pripet |
marshes with which he intended to |
move against either Lemberg or Lub-
lin.
Predictions that the Germans would |
be unwilling or unable to disalm and
properly intern the many thousands |
of Russians who were forced across
the East Prussian border have been
fulfilled. Several times lately large
bodies of these reds have recrosSed
the frontier and attacked Polish po-
sitions. They We're captured or re-
pulsed, but Poland naturally is peeved
She has sent notes TO the allied DOW.
ers, demanding that Germany be com
PEELED to follow the rules of warfare
and keep these bolshevik forces in re-
straint The Poles allege that the en-
tire Third bolshevik cavalry corps in
East Prussia has been neither dis
have not been taken away from them.
They say these troops are in a posi-
tion TO charge across the frontier
whenever they wish. The Germans
reply that they have insufficient reichs-
wehr troops to guard SO many reds.
,i,n I,,J n.
many have turned against The Lenine
regime in Russia, and in conference at
Berlin they declared against union
with Moscow. Prof. Karl BalIod one
of their wiSest leaders, who has been
in Russia for several months told them
the Russian soviet chiefs have failed
to show that they can establish social
Ism in their country and have proved
themselves wholly incapable of effect
ing an economic restoration of Rus
sia. He pictured the food, transporla-
tion and industrial conditions there MS
deplorable. The Germans We're high
ly dispeased With the anti-socialistic
policies adopted BY Lcnine and Trot-
zky.
Reports from southern Russia dur
ing the week were contradictory. One
day there would he a story of the de-
feat of Baron WiAnges forces. and
the next day dispatches telling Of Vie
tories over the rcas. Al this tino The
latest report is that Wran4cl's troops
had surrounded the bolsheviki at Nach-
ovlla and that II fierce battle was In
progress With the bridge over tina
Dnieper river as the immediate prize
The toxin is Of great strategic value
The Russians are using most of their
reserves in combating WraugeI The
Polish general STAFF has declined to
undertake n Joint offensive against the
reds in combination with Wl'angel,
pointing ont that peace negotiations
at Riga are imminent and that the al
lied attitude prevents the renewing of
the campaign unless the soviet gov
ernmeni refuses equitable terms.
At this writing Terence MacSwiuey,
lord mayor of Cork, was still alive, but
very weak, and there vas no prospect
of his relief save by death. This may
be delayed considerable time as he
is fed during his periods of uncon-
sciousness. Sir ITanar GreemVo ID,
chief secretary for Ireland, on return
ing from visit with Lloyd George in
Switzerland, announced: "The deci-
sion of the government is final and ir-
revocable. Neither the lord mayor of
Cork nor amy other Irish hunger strik-
er will be released. 1t would he "A
monStrous thing If any prisoner, po-
litcaI or otherwise. could secure his
release at will by refusing food"
The British government has made
it clear that the Irish need expect lit
tie leniency as long as they continue
their campaign of assassination against
the constabulary and military in Ire
land. 1t was reported from Rome that
the pope had interceded in behalf of
MacSwiney, and the mayors of num-
ber of American cities sent cable
grams asking his release. Dispatches
from London said Archbishop Mannix
Of Australia might be permitted to go
to Ireland within few days, having
convinced the authorities that he is OPP
posed to extremist measures and seeks
to act as peacemaker.
Earthquake shocks in northern Italy
killed several thousand persons. made
/ many more thousands homeless and
did tremendous damage to property.
The region affected lies between Flor
ence, Milan md the Adriatic coast.
Numerous towns and villages were
wholly or partly destroyed and edi-