The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-07-01

Greeks permission To operate their
Brusa front from Gallipoli and To
blockade the whole of Asia Minor on
the Black sea as far east us Batum.
The latter measure has been adopted
because of the expectation that the
Russians will try to send troops and
supplies to the Turks by water The
Bolsheviki have considerable naval
forces ON the Black sea, and naval
conflict Is not unlikely.
The British have notified the Turk
ish nationalists that II they attempt
TO capture Constanunople Great Brit
ain Will declare war on them.
In the Caucasus region General Blu
denny and some OF his hard-fghting
cavalry units are advancing to the as
sistance Of the Turks, passing through
Armenia King Constantine himself
has been In Smyrna aud made prepa-
rations TO go into the battle zone.
Renal Pasha must defeat the
Greeks again In order tn retain his
leadership of the nntionnlists. accord.
Ing 10 stories from Turkey. Enyer
Pasha is his rival and IL he can sup.
plant Renal he will be given full sup.
port by the Russian Bolshevists, since
he has promised 10 set up soviet
state In Turkey, thing which Renal
has refused to do
Over In Siberia matters are still
rather confused. The ti.Bolshevists
retain control OF Vladivostok. and the
soviet Russians are threatening ia
pan because. they assert, the japanese
troops dsarmed the Bolshevlsts in the
city. This Japan explains by assert.
Ing that both parties were disarmed
because the japanese commander
would tolerate no fighting In the zone
Of occupation. The Far East republic
Of Siberia. with headquarters AT Chita.
has decided to adhere to the soviet
government OF Russia.
Now for the other side. Two nations
that have been deadly enemies, and
two that many have feared might be.
come such, are moving toward
friendly adjustment Of their differ
ences. The first case Is that of
France and Germany. and though II
may be too much to expect that they
soon Will love each other nj least II
appears they are likely soon to resume
amlcable business relations. This II
the result of conference at WeIs-
baden between NJ. Loucheur, French
N II If Ln tn1 fa1 Ilr
Walter Rathenau, German minister OF
reconstruction. Both these men are
exceedingly wealthy industrial mag
mates and they debated for three days
over an economic entente between
their countries. They finally reached
mn agreement. for submission TO their
respective governments. the main
points of which are that Germany un.
deriakes, and France permits, the re.
building OF the destroyed areas In
France: and that France undertakes
TO provide the German Industrial sys.
TEN with adequate supplies Of iron
from the Briey basin now occupied by
French troops.
Nearly nlne-tenths Of the iron de
posits of the old German empire nre
In the Briey bnsin. and The Germans
expect, II they can get the ore from
there. that their now idle factories In
the Ruhr and elsewhere will be re-
opened and that they viii soon be
able 10 fiji the markets of the world
with goods Of German make offered
al low prices This Of course would
be most painful 10 British trade. aud
II is said the prospect N a rapproehe-
ment between France and Germany On
the terms stated Is viewed With alarm
ia Great Britain.