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NOME. ALASKA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER, 21, 1918.
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LODGE AGAINST PRESIDENT
SPARTACUS GROUP DEFEATED
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LETTISH PEOPLE
SEEK ASSISTANCE
WASHINGTON, Dec 20—An ap
peal of the Lettish inhabitants of the
Russian province or LIvland on the
Baltic has been received by the State
Department officials. The Lettish
people urgently ask for help and as
sistance from the government against
the Russian Bolsheviks who are re
ported to be roaming in armed bands
thru Livland and committing all
kinds of depredations and oppressing
the helpless population. As there is
no help to be expected from else
where the Letts look for help to
banish their oppressors, to the United
States. Immediate action is urged
as the Bolsheviks are getting daily
bolder, and the efforts of the people
to protect their lives and property
are of no avail unless immediate as
sistance is furnished.
No reliable information can be ob
tained whether any immediate action
will be taken in the matter by the
government, but it is reported here'
that this appeal will be discussed at I
a meeting of the Cabinet officials, to
determine how the required assist
ance can best be given to the unfor
tunate Letts.
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REPORT HINDENfiUftG
PLOTTING REVOLT
ROME, Dec 20—Itis reported here
that Field Marshal von Hindenburg
has had a conference with Prince
Henry of Prussia, brother of the ex
Kaiser and other prominent imper
ialists somewhere in East Prussia.
This conference is reported to have
been held for the purpose of perfect
ing plans for the overthrow of the
present German government. This
is to be affected thru an army com
posed of sodiers loyal to the house of
Hohenzollern who are to be led by
von Hindenburg. This plan seems
feasible enough owing to the weak
ness of the present provisional gov
ernment and the chaotic conditions
existing n Germany at the present
time.
Whether this plan will be carried
out is not known at present, as no de
tails of this astonishing conspiracy
have become public.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec 20—Dis
patches received here state that Field
Marshal von Hindenburg has Inform
ed the provisional government at
Berlin that he intends to establish a
new front six miles behind the pres
ent neutral zone. What Hindenburg
intends to accomplish by this move
is not known. It is very much doubt
ed whether the German government
will countenance his action, as the
German people are clamoring for a
complete demobilization of their army
LONDON, Dec 16—News has been
received from Vienna that the former
emperor Charles of Austria has stated
to his flimily and some of his inti
mate friends that he intends to be a
candidate for the Presidency of Aus
tria at he forthcoming election for a
National Assembly on March 1919.
He expressed his willingness to
serve his country in the capacity of a
republican president and considered
his chance of election to be excellent.
LONDON, Doc 17—It is officially
stated that the German Field Marsha]
von Machensen has been interned by
request of the Allied governments.
What dispositon will Be made of him
has not been made public.
AMSTERDAM, Dec 17Press dis
patches received here state that an
other revolt has broken out in Bul
garia, the government experiencing
much difficulty in coping with the
uprising. Russion Bolsheviks have
been carrying on a consistent agita
tion against the present Bulgarian
government.
Another contributing cause to the
discontent of the people is the ever
growing food shortage and the de
rangement of the industries thru the
war.
ALL KINDS OF TOYS AT
LEHMANN’S CLOTHING STORE. .
WILSON SPEAKS
ON PEACE AIMS
PARIS, Dec lti—President Wilson
at a magnificent reception tendered
him by the Representatives of the
French Government in which practi
cally every high official participated,
in reply to a number of speeches, con
cerning the war and the war aims
of the Allied governments, stated the
American people have deeply sympa
thized wth the French nation, which
had to bear the brunt of the struggle
•which now had been fought to a suc
cessful conclusion. The President
said that America entered the war,
because of the illicit ambitions of the
Central Powers that led to practices
Jthat shocked and offended the prin
ciples of the American nation. Con
cluding President Wilson expressed
his heartfelt thanks for the magnifi
cent way the French nation has re
ceived him.
The President’s speech was listen
ed to with the utmost attention by the
most brilliant assemblage ever gath
ered in the history of Paris.
PARIS. Dec lfi—Premier Clemen
ceau is reported to have stated when
interviewed, whethor some agree
ment had been made with President
Wilson about the procedure at the
peace conference, that he understood
that President Wilson desired that all
impending questions he settled before
a league of Nations, the formation of
which would have to the according
to Clenrenceau to be accomplished
first.
When asked whether he thought
that there might be disagreements
among the delegates over the demand
made by different nations, Clemen
ceau answered that he considered
President Wilson fully able to deal
with all arising difficulties and bring
the delegates together to act in har
mony.
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SENATORS BUCK
WILSONS POLICIES
WASHINGTON, Dec 21—Senator
Lodge the republican floor leader in
the Senate told his colleagues in a
sensational speech that the'only task
of the peace conference consists in
making peace with Germany, that all
other problems are vague and should
be deferred. He openly threatened
the rejection of the treaty by the re
publican members of the Senate if it
makes the United States a member of
a League of nations. Senator Lodge
i placed himself and his followers on
record in direct opposition to Tresi
I dent Wilson on most of the prominent
i peace questions.
| Senator Lodge strenuously object
' ed to President Wilson’s proposition
in dealing with secret diplomancy and
the freedom of the seas. He abso
lutely refused to consent to a reduc
tion in the armaments and the re
moval of economic barriers between
the nations. The Massachusetts Sen
ator declared his opposition to a for
mation of a league of nations. Tho
supporters of President Wilson u
thunderstruck by the concerted op
position shown by Senator Lodge and
his followers, fearing that it may
greatly hamper President Wilson' in
concluding an equitable peace.
RADICAL EL
LOSES CONTROL
AMSTERDAM, Dec 20—Reliably
reports have been received here from
Berlin stating that the conservative
element among the members of the
Soviets of the Soldiers and Workmens
Councils have been able to wrest con
trol of the Congress assembleo in
Berlin to draft a constitution for the
German nation from the Spartacus
group of radicals. According to the
reports the radicals have been unable
to impose their policies of establish
ing a government in consonance with
their extreme redical ideas, upon the
more conservative elements among
the delegates.
Some extremely spirited sessions
are reported to have taken place,
when the debate waxed so warm, that
personal encounters between some of
the conservative and ralical delegates
were hardly averted.
The Independants have formed a
new executive countil to replace the
present coalition council which has
been administrating the government
al affairs in Germany. That the Spar
tacus group will accept their defeat
gracefully is very muclx douDted here
by those aquainted with their aims
and views.
Grave trouble is expected before
the government will be able to sup
press the efforts of the radical ele
ment to overthrow the conservative
socialist government. It is persist
ently rumored here that the Allien
may dispatch troops to Berlin to as
sist in restoring order and to keep
the radical element in check.
WASHINGTON, Dec ql—The State
Department has received an official
communication from Ukraine that the
Bolsheviki have sustained a severe
defeat by the Ukranian Cossaks at
Berwesz. After a desperate engage
ment both sides fighting ferociously
the Cossaks succeeded in completely
routing the Bolsheviki. The latter
suffered heavy losses in killed and
wounded. 1100 hundred prisoners and
much material of ait Kinds fell into
the hands of the victorious Cossaks.
GERMAN SOVIETS
MEET
BERLIN, Dec 16—Over one thous
and socialists, members of the Soviet^
of the Soldiers and Workmens Coun-|
cil are attending a Congress called
by their leaders in this city. All the
Soviets n Germanp are represented in
this Assembly to discuss and formu
late a unified policy. Their delibera
tions will continue until after Christ
mas.
WASHINGTON, Dec 18—A copy
of the political platform of the Spar
tacus League of Germany has reach
ed the State Department in this city.
§ome of the provisions of this re
markable document are of a rather
startling nature.
One of the clauses advocates a fra
ternal revolution rising of the poor
throughout the world to insure a sat
isfactory peace. Claiming in justifl
cation for such action that if the com
mon people do not make their power
felt at the present time, the probabil
ities are that the conditions imposed
upon the workers today by the capi
talistic governments will instead of
being ameliorated, grow steadily
worse. The difficulties and hardships
of an almost unbearable existence
will be immeasurably increased thru
the imposition of new taxes caused by
the enormous debts, the different na
tions have been forced to assume in
the last four years.
The whole document, the author
ship of which is ascribed to Dr Karl
Liebknecht the radical German soc
ialist, is thruout premeated with Bol
shevikism.
The State Department Officials re
fuse to make any comment on the
subject.
AMSTERDAM, Doc 16—Advices
received here state that a general
strike has been called in Berlin Ger
many, involving three hundred and
fifty thousand workers. Food short
age and the growing discontent with
the provisional government, are it is
reported mainly responsible for the
action taken by the workers. All
large manufacturing establishments
are idle and the principal industries
paralyzed, owing to the strike.
WASHINGTON, Dec 18—Follow
ing the lead of the Ctiy Council of
Chicago which passed an ordinance
prohibiting the display or carrying
of any red flag, Senator New has
introduced a measure in the Senate
prohibiting the display of red flags
anywhere in the United States.