River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-08-25

late food stations established by the u
Britain by treaty as between two
free and independent nations.
One thing is fairly certain: If the
British offer comes to naught and war;
fare is resumed, the British govern
ment will start in Fundamentally 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
he feels compelled to defend the gov
ernments 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
of her leaders. Already the British
are preparing for a 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 it
undoubtedly will be able to settle the
disputed questions cOnformably with
the terms and spirit of the peace
treaty. Its 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 tie
! league council to settle the Siiesian
trouble promptly by giving Upper
| Silesia all to Poland or all to Ger
many. All the conferees were 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 fifth
| 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 a stand at the ancient
| city of Gordium, near the confluence
| of the Pursak and Sakaria rivers,
| which was used as concentration
camp by Alexander the Great when he
| invaded Persia.
II is almost incredible, but true
| nevertheless, that the B0lshevik 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 and
reluctantly to Mr.. Browns demands.
| suspicious like his fellow Bolshey1ks
| that any foreigners admitted to Rus
| STA will take advantage of the oppor
| tunitv to conspire tt overthrow the
| soviet regime. AT this writing Lit
| yinoff has given in on all points save
| one. He still insists that the Boil
sheviks 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.
1t 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 will 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 wreck of the country. Lenin
| and Trotzky are gradually receding
| from their impossible position.
China has cordially accepted the in
yItation 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, it is
understood, asks limitation on the
questions to be discussed, The ac-
ceptance of France. which was a mere
1 formality. also was received early in
the week. together with the assur-
ance OF Premier BRAND that lie will