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SATURDAY-, (MAY, 24, 1919.
BOLSHEVIKS GETTING
THE WORST OF IT
PATHS, May 22—A dispatch re
ceived from Libau, Courland, state
that the Bolshevik spring offensive
has begun along the Baltic front.
The Bolshevik government is re
ported to have assembled a powerful
and well equipped army on their
western front and heavy fighting is
expected to occur as soon as the Bol
sheviks get into touch with the op
i posing forces.
The Russian Baltic fleet is report
ed to be acting in Concert with the
Bolshevik army altho the dispatch
does not state whether actual fight
ing has occurred or not.
LONDON, May 24—According to
dispatches received here via Helsing
fors. the Bolsheviks defending Pet
I -
rograd and Moscow are staggering
under the rain of blows, administered
to them by anti Bolshevik forces.
The Bolsheviks are reported to be
fighting With the utmost desperation
but are seemingly no match for their
opponents. Slight but steady pro
gress towards the capture of both
strongholds of Bolshevism is being
made and the fg.ll of both cities seems
imminent.
COPENHAGEN, May 24—Dis
patches received here, confirm pre
cious reports that the capture of Pet
rograd and Moscow by the mixed anti
Bolshevik forces is imminent.
Thousands of Bolsheviks are re
ported to have surrendered at Gat
china and the coast region west of I
Petrograd and are reported to be
joining in the attack upon their for
mer comrades.
The attacking forces are. reported
to be slowly tightening their grip on
the Bolshevik positions west and
east of Petrograd despite the des
perate resistance of the fiblshevik
forces.
The attacks against the Bolsheviks
are being carried out without cessa
tion and they have been compelled
by superior pressure to relinquish
some very important defensive posi
tions in the vicinity of Petrograd.
The anti Bolshevik fortes which
are carrying on military operations
against Moscow are reported to be
making steady headway and success
fully crushing all opposition.
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ALLIES TO RECOGNIZE ;
OMSK GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, May 22—yOfficials
of the State Department hav£ receiv
ed a massage from Paris stating that
Admiral Kolchak the head of the
Omsk government has been notified
by the Allied Peace Conference that
r he government represented by him
will be recognized as soon as it ful
fills certain conditions.
One of the principal conditions as
reported is the establishment of a gov
eminent based on a Constituent As-]
serably which is to grant free speech
and establish a free press.
It has not been stated whether
Admiral Kolchak wtll accept these
conditions or not as his power has;
seemingly rested maiuly on the as
sistanee given him by the Cr.wchn-Slo
vak army and a3 he has had to Sght
the Cossack opposition forces led by
General Semenotf who has also ap
plied for recognition to the Allied
Peace Council.
OMSK, Siberia, May 23—News has
been received hers that the tenth
Moscow, Bolshevik regiment which
recently surrendered to the army
commanded by Admiral Kolchak,
the head of the Omsk government,
killed all their officers before sur
rendering to the opposing forces.
This action is reported to have
been taken by the Bolshevik soldiers
when the subject of surrendering to
Kolchak s farce. \. r • i£ff?V^)&chefi
but strenuously resisted by thW offi
cers who ordered thei men to keep on
fighting their opponents.
According to dispatches received
here from the battle front the Bol
shevik forces are slowly dusintegrat
j ing. showing daily less inclination to
I keep up the struggle against the
I forces of the Kolchak government.
| Many Bolsheviks are reported to
be voluntarily surrendering and the
resistance of the Bolshevik army is
slowly but surely being broken by
the Kolchak forces.
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SOCIALIST BERGER
IS REFUSED SEAT
WASHINGTON, May 19—Quite a
sensation was caused in the House
of Representatives when the name of
Socialist Congressman elect Berger
from Milwaukee called to be sworn
In, but whose right to be seated was
challenged according to a prearrang
ed plan by Ballinger of Massachus
etts, Republican Chairman of the
Committee of Election. When Ber
ger came forward accompanied by
by members of his state delegation
to take the oath of office Speaker
Gillette ordered Berger to stand
aside and refused to recognize him
when he tried to speak as a matter
of personal privilege.
VIMi AWAIT DECISION
WASHINGTON, May 21—Repre
sentative BalHinger, Chairman of the
Special Committee which is investi
gating Socialist Congressman elect
BergJr’s claim to be seated in the
House of Representatives indicated
today that the investigation which
has been carried on in respect to Ber
ger’s claim may he postponed uiv
the U. S. Supreme Court makes a
decision on Berger’s pending appeal
from his conviction.
DENVER. May 22—The delegates
to the Northern Baptist Convention,
which is being held in this city .have
passed a resolution unanimously com
daiuning President Wilson for the
stand he has taken regarding war
time prohibition.
The President’s proposal in his
message to Congress to repeal or at
least modify the war time prohibi
tion act has aroused bitter hostility
among the Baptist delegates and the
resolution passed by the convention
scores President Wilson in no uncer
tain terms.
It was proposed by several of the
speakers that the members of their
denomination bring pressure to bear
upon the(r respective congressmen
and Senators to defeat this iniquitous
proposal of President Wilson of al
lowing the manufacture of beer and
wines until the prohibition amend
ment becomes effective.
WASHINGTON, May 23—The
House of Representatives passed the
Deficiency Bill carrying an appropria
tion of forty five million dollars to
day. ,
Seven hundred thousand families
of soldiers, sailors and civil war pen
sioners will be affected by the pass
age of this bill.
A considerable amount of this ap
propration wlill be used in paying war
risks insurance allotments arising
from the war against the Central
powers.
WASHINGTON, May 23—Without
debate the Senate passed the Deft
ciency Appropriation Bill of forty
five million dollars to pay war risk
insurance allotments.
WANT PROHIBITION
WASHINGTON. May 23—That
President Wilson's recommendation
in his message to CongresSj to sus
! pend, or amend the war time act, pro
hibiting the manufacture of beer and
wine is finding pmall favor among
some of the Senators became mani
fest today, when the Republican Sen
ators Sheppard and Jones introduced
bills, demanding the enforcement of
this act after July first, when it be
comes effective.
It is expected that the wets will put
up a strenuous ight to have Presi
dent Wilson’s recommendation adopt
ed, while the prohibition element in
the Senate is confident that the wets
can not muster enough votes to carry
the President’s recommendation to
victory.
WASHINGTON, May 23—The
Presidential appointment of Mitchell
Palmer for Attorney General ,is be
fore the Senate now for confirmation.
Senator Ladge was today appoint
| ed Chairman of the Chairman on
Foreign Relations, one of the most
important committees in the present
disturbed condition of world poliitics.
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BERLIN, May 19—President
Ebert, while addressing a mass
meeting that had been called in this
city to protest against the severity
of the Allied Peace terms, charac
terized the latter as the product of
the revengeful hysteria of the enemies
of Germany. Ebert added that the
Peace treaty was virtually peace enl
slavement and would never be signed
in its present form.
VERSAILI.ES, May 19—Von
Brockdorff-Rantzan accompanied by
forty prominent Germans returned
from Berlin w'here he had a confer
ence with the German government
in relation to the Peace treaty ne-j
gotiations, this morning.
ROME May 20—His Holiness
Pope Benedict. XV is reported to
have appealed thru Colonel House
to President Wilson to use his per-!
sonal influence on the other Peace.
Delegates to reduce their demands
as formulated in the German Peace
treaty.
Hi3 Holiness believes that only a ,
reduction of the Peace terms will be1
able to secure a lastng peace, or
otherwise the German nation driven
to desperation will be going over to
the Bolsheviks and Central Europe
be full of turmoil for a long time, a
danger which might infect the other
European countries and have disas
trous consequences for the present
Europen governments in its train.
PARIS, May 20—It has been semi
officially stated that nine members
of the American Peace Commission
have tendered their resignations to
President Wilson owing to being dis
satisfied with the terms of the Peace
treaty as submitted to the German
envoys.
These nine members, whose names
could not be learned, are reported
to be chiefly experts who Were con
sulted in drawing up the economic,
financial and labor clauses of the
German Peace treaty.
BERLIN, May 20—The Ebert gov
\
eminent has authorized the state
ment that Germany will refuse to
sign the Peace treaty.
The chief reason for this contem
plated refusal, to accept the Allied
Peace terms is stated to be, that the
terms laid down by the Allied gov
ernments mean “the economic de
struction, political dishonor and the
moral degradation of not only of the
present but for still unborn genera
tions.
This statement is reported to have
been issued after a ’engthy session of
the German Cabinet after a thorough
discussion of the Peace treaty. The
member|’,- of the Cabinet who are
aware of the serious consequences
the refusal to sign the Peace treaty
may entail will continue their oppo
sition to the peace terms.
PARS, Hay 22—It has been offi
cially announced that an extension
of time for signing the Peace treaty'
has been granted the (Jerman Peace
Delegation.
According to the official statement
Hay 29th has been set as the time j
limit in which the German govern-)
ment can take the treaty under fur-j
ther consideration.'
It is rumored here that the Allies j
arc a unit in insisting on Germany's
compliance with the principal peace I
terms, but that they may be willing
to make some minor changes.
COBLENZ, May 22—Preparations
are now being made to have .the
Americans holding the zone east of I
the river Rhine, advance at short no- 1
tice shbuld the occasion for this ac-)
tion arise.
General Liggett commander of the
American army of occupation and
Major General Hines commander of
the third American army corps, who
were on their way to London were re-‘
called to Coblenz today, to be ready
for instant action.
Nine hundred motor trucks are j
being moved from the west Rhine
bridgehead and are being distributed
to the best advantage among the
American troops occupying the east
zona of the Rhine.
The opinion is freely expressed!
that this action is being taken by the
command of the Allied War Council
and that an immediate advance of
the American troops will be ordered
should the German Peace Delegation
refuse to accept the Allied Peace
terms.
PARIS, May 23—It has been offi
cially announced that von Brockdorft'
Rantzan, head of the German Peace
Delegation has left Versailles for Spa
to confer with representatives of the
Gierman government on matters con
nected with the Peace negotiations.
The French public is in an ex
tremely sanguiine mood regarding the
outcome of the Peace negotiations
and it is confidently believed that (he
Gierman government will be forced
to accept the Allied Peace terms as
:lrawn up and submitted to the Ger
man Peace delegates.
PARIS. May 23—It has been semi
officially announced that the home
ward movement of the fourth and
fifth divisions of the American Ex
peditionary Forces has been indefi
nitely suspended.
This action it is understood has:
heen taken at the adviice of the AlIferF
War Council, as the delay in sign ng
the Peace treaty, and the evident un
willingness of the German govern
ment to accept the Allied terms in
the* present form has made this ac
tion necessary.
Roth divisions were scheduled t(
leave France for the United States to
be demobilized as fast as transport
facilities coulde be provided for them
but the issuance of this order has
upset the plans of many Yanks who
was hoping to see the homeland in
the near future.
The troops will be held in readi
ness in their present contonments to
await the outcome of the Peace ne
gotiations.
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HAWKER SUPPOSED
TO HAVE PERISHED
ST JOHNS, N. B. May 19—Aus
tralian Aviator Hawker ami Naviga
tor Commander Mackenzie Grieves
took the air on Sunday afternoon at
1.55 in an eleventh hour attempt to
wrest from the American rivals the
honor of being the first to cross the
Atlantfc by airplane.
, G. Revals and Raymond two Brit
ish aviators while trying to follow
; Hawker's example anly succeeded in
| putting their machine out of com
i mission and had to give up their at
tempt.
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LONDON, May 19—A wireless
message has been received by the
Sopwlth Airplane Company statiing,
that Aviator Hawker was sighted five
hundred miles off the Irish Coast
at three this afternoon.
Hawker was -righted by a British
steamer and according to the report
tansmltted to the Sopwlth Co was
going along at a record breaking
speed.
PARIS, May 20—Premier Lloyd
George last evening received a mes
j sage from London stating that Avia
tor Hawker passed over Waterford,
sixty miles southwest of Dublin, Ire
land at four o’clock yesterday after
noon.
The message stated that the ad
venturous Australian was observed
to be headed on a direct course to
London.
LONDON, May 20—The British
Admiralty received a wireless mes
sage stating that Aviator Hawker's
airplane was found at Sea forty miles
off Loop Head at the mouth of the
Uiver Shannon on the West Coast of
Ireland, in a disabled condition while
Hawker's l'ate is unknown.
A search is now being made for
tha missing aviatoi], whose heroic
attempt to be the first to cross the
Atlantic by airplane has enlisted pub
lic sympathy. Considerable mystery
is attending his unexplained disap
pearance and the finding of his ma
chine 200 miles to the westward of
Waterford, where he was sighted and
reported to be on his way to London.
LONDON, May 20—The fate of
the Australian Aviator Hawker is
shrouded (in mystery and it is feared
that he has perished thru some un
explained accident.
The weather on the west coast of
Ireland is so bad that the airplanes;
that had been searching for the un
fortunate aviator have been unable
to fly and continue their search.
British war vessels in spite of the
high seas are still keeping up the
search along the coast, but hopes
of finding Hawker have been almost
abandoned.
LONDON, May 23—A wireless,
message has bee received here today
from a British Cableship, which
states that the remains of a wrecked!
airplano were sighted in the Atlantic
about midway between England and
New Foundland. It is believed Iren
that this wrecked plane is undoubt
edly the one used by the unfortunate
Aviator Hawker and that the latter
lost his life thru some accident tlar
cause of which may never be known
with any surety. All hopes of finding
Hawker alive have been abandoned;
and the death of this interpid avia
tor is greatly deplored.
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