Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-08-26

ate food stations established by the {
Britain by treaty as between two
free and independent nations.
One thing is fairly certain: II the
British offer comes to naught and war
fare is resumed, the British govern
ment will start in intellectually to
clean up the Emerald Isle" and that
with the practically unanimous sup
port of the people of the rest of the
empire. All factions In the United
Kingdom now admit that the premier
has made a sincere effort to pacify
Ireland and right her wrongs, and If
ernment's position by force Of arms,
his course will be generally justified.
Throughout the world the real friends
of Ireland who have been watching
her struggle with interest and concern
Will regret deeply the irreconcilability
are preparing for possible resump-
ton of hOstilities.
The League of Nations council will
meet in Geneva probably on August q
to consider the SileSian problem, and
Premier BRAND is quoted as saying 1t
undoubtedly will be able to settle the
disputed questions conformably with
the terms and spirit of the peace
treaty It's labors may be lightened
by the present attitude of the Ger
man industrial and political leaders
and the Polish labor representatives
in Upper Silesia They have held
secret conference in KattowitZ and
pledged cooperation in the interest of
their common motherland." 1t was
believed they would petition the
league council to settle the Silesian
trouble promptly by giving Upper
Silesia all to Poland or all to Ger
many. All the conferees We're OPP
posed to the further use Of force.
Germans and Polish irregular troops
had a fight near the villages OF
Sternalitz and Kostellitz and the Ger
mans killed "a Poles and drove the
rest across the frontier.
The Greeks resumed last week their
offensive against the Turkish national
lists. and four strong columns advanced
far toward the Kemalist seat of gov
eminent at AngOra while hfth
moved north toward Ismid, which the
Turks were said to be evacuating. 1t
was reported again that the national
lists also were giving up Angora. The
Turks made stand at the ancient
city Of Gordium, near the confluence
of the PurSak and Sakaria rivers,
which was used as a concentration
camp by Alexander the Great when ne
invaded Persia. So
It is almost incredible, but true
nevertheless that the Bolshevik rul-
ers of Russia were still haggling last
week over the. terms on which Ameri-
cans should be permitted TO undertake
the relief of the starving and pest
stricken millions of the Volga valley
and southern Russia. Day after day
Maxim Litvinoff, head Of the soviet
famine relief commission, fenced with
Walter L. Brown, chief of the Euro
mean section of the American relief
administration, yielding slowly ana
reluctantly to Mr.. Browns demands,
suspicious like his fellow Bolsheviks
that any foreigners admitted to Rus
STA will take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to conspire TO overthrow the
soviet regime. At this writing Lit
vinoff has given in on all points save
one. He still insists that the Boil
sheyiks shall have the right to limit
the number of relief workers and to
expel any of them. Meanwhile the
Russians are dying like flies for lack
of food and medicines.
IT is interesting to note that soviet
Russia has abandoned prohibition. A
decree has been issued permitting the
manufacture and sale of beverages
containing up to IA per cent of al
cohol. which viii be heavily taxed.
Naturalization of real estate also has
been dropped and individuals are now
permitted to buy houses or land from
the government. Having made pretty
much of a wreck of the country, Lenin
and Trotzky are gradually receding
from their impossible position.
China has cordially accepted the in
vitation to the disarmament confer
ence in Washington. and Japan's note
of acceptance has been prepared and
submitted to the cabinet In Tokyo for
approval The Japanese reply, 1t is
understood. asks limitation on the
questions to be discussed. The ac-.
ceptance of France, which was mere
formalIty, also was received early in
the week, together with the assur-
ance Of Premier BRAND that he viii