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VOLUME XII.
NOME, ALASKA. SA®UK»AT, APRIL 12, 1919.
NEARLY FINISHED
PARIS, April 7—The Chinese
government has again cabled to the
Peace Council asking for the nulli
fication of the twenty one demands
made by Japan upon China during
1915. China insisis upon a relin
quishment of the concessions grant
ed by herrSS Japan under pressure
which she was powerless to resist at
that time.
PARIS, April 7—The British Pre
mier Lloyd George hn3 announced
that the preliminary Peace Treaty
will be completed by Easter.
The German Peace Envoys will be
•summoned sometime during the first
week of May to append their signa
ture to the treaty.
PARIS, April 7—Ignac Paderew
ski, representing the Polish govern
ment arrived here today to press Po
land’s claim for the port of Danzig
in West Prussia before the Peace
Conference.
Paderewski was forced to take this
step owing to the expressed deter
mination of Germany not to yield
Danzig to the Poles under any consid
eration. The Polish government ex
pects that the Peace Council will
bring prossure to bear to force Ger
many to accede to the Polish de
mands.
PARIS, April 7—Premier Lloyd
George was suddenly taken 111 and
therefore unable to attend today’s
session of the Peace Conference.
His condition is not considered
serious by the attending physicians.
WASHINGTON, April 8—State
Department Officials believe that
President Wlnon will sail from France
about May first and that he will
carry a satisfactory peace home with
him.
PARIS. April 8—It has been stated
by high British officials that the
Peace treaty has practically beer
completed and both the reactionaries
and the Bolsheviks will probably re
gard it as acceptable.
PARIS, April 8—President Wil
son’s order that the transport George
Washington proceed to Brest at once
is understood here to have resulted
from the fact that the inspired Euro
pean press has bitterly attacked and
impugned President Wilson’s mo
tives.
The situation is filled with serious
danger say officials close to the Pres
tdent.
It is stated that President Wilsoi
has his mind fully made up, tha1
unless the associated nations realiz
the danger of compromising peaci
and what has beeri accomplished s<
far that he is unwiling to remaii
longer.
WASHINGTON, April S—Presi- ]
dent Wilson’s orders for the immed
iate departure of the George Wash
ington is causing considerable com- I
ment here but White House officials
atly deflcline to comment, as it is j
considered a very delicate matter. | <
It has been admitted that there have
been differences but otherwise the of- 1
ficials retain a stolid silence.
PARIS, April 9—It was stated to
day by some of the British Peace De
legates that the work of the Peace!
Conference has been nearly complet
ed. It has been decided not to punish)
the ex Kaiser of Germany, but to'
keep him under Allied control.
PARIS. April 9—The Parisian
Journal “Echo De Paris” says on;
good authclmy that Germany will;
have to turn over immediately raw'
I material worth in cash 25 billion
fanes, or approximately 5 billion dol
j lars. This is to be considered a pay
ment on account only, as the indem
nity to be claimed from Germany
/ will reach a far higher figure.
PARIS, 10—While President Wi!-I
son insists upon a close adherence to'
his fourteen Peace principles and'
claims that Pr#mier Clemenceauj
seeks to annex German territory]
without warrant nevertheless the
tension betwen the Peace delegates)
owing to their divergent views has,
been somewhat relaxed,’ and the!
probability of a complete break up of!
the Peace Conference has been great-!
ly reduced as it is claimed that the |
most difficult problems have been;
solved.
It is stated that the ex Kaiser may
be put on trial and that if the Peace!
Conference decides to do so, his trial j
will be held in Belgium.
In addition to Germany’s initial;
indemnity payment of 25 billion)
francs the Inter Allied Commission)
will assess the balance to be paid j
over a period of 30 years.
A sensation has been created here;
when it developed that President |
Wilson’s message ordering the George;
Washington to proceed to Brest im
mediately had been held up in Lon
don two days.
WASHINGTON, April 10—Advices
cabled by President Wilson to offi
cials of the State Department indi
cate that good progress is being made
at the Peace Conference and that an
agreement on many of the Important
questions before the Peace Conference
s gradually being reached among the
delegates.
PARIS. Ai.ril 10-Preside it Wil
' son prior to the OpSiiitig <■' this morn-1
1 ing session- oft.be Peace Conference i
» expressed himself as hopeful that a]
i full agreement upon all the provi-1
sons of the Peace treaty will, be
eady in two days.
PARIS. April 10—It has been of
icially announced that the British
’rentier Lloyd George will leave next
donday for London for the purpose
if addressing the British Parliament.
It is expected here that Lloyd
Jeorge will make a statement con
‘erning the work accomplished by
he Peace Conferenc.
PARIS, April 10—The outlook for
tn early settlement of the most vex
ng problems confronting the Peace
Conference is reported to be consid
srable brighter. ’
Four of the most important ques
ions are about to be settled by the
lelegates.
This includes the question of re
pAratlen for the damage lnfiiqtpd
jy Germany upon the invaded coun
tries, responsibility for starting the
rar and the disposition which is to
tie made of the city of Fiume, pos
session of which is claimed by the
Italians and the Jugoslavs.
The Saar valley In Lothringen con
taining important iron ore and coal
fields has apparently been disposed
of and will very likely come under
the French flag.
PARTS, April 11—It has been of
ficially announced that the commis
sion which is formulating a constitu
tion for the proposed League of Na
tions oas adopted a provision elimin
ating all interference with the Mon
roe doctrine.
This provision will he incorporated
in the constitution of the League and
will remove the main objections ol
many American statesmen to the U
.S becoming a member of the League
WASHINGTON, April 11—Advices
received today by State Departmenl
oftilials state that more progress has
been made in the Peace negotiations
during the the past forty eight hours
than during entire previous twe
weeks.
Rapid progress is being made anc
unless some unforseen complicatlor
arises the complete Peace treaty wd
be ready for signature in a few days
PARIS. April 11—At two this
morning following an all night ses
sion of the Peace C mforence, Presi
dent l\filaon personally announced
that the Monroe Doctrine had beer
exempted from all interference bj
the League of Nations.
Geneva, Switzerland has been re
ported to have been selected as the
home of the League of Nations bu
the first meeting of the League wil
be held in Washington D. C.
No definite date for the first meet
ing has been set as yet, but it is be
lieved here that it will occur somi
time next October.
SEATTLE April, 12—The Emer
gency Fleet Corporation has re
awarded to Skinner and Eddy of this
city a contract for 2 50,000 tons of
Merchant ships, which had been can-,
celled owing • to the shipbuilders J
gtiflce.
MEXICO, City, Aprl 12—The
Mexican government has officially an
nounced that Emilio Zapata, thej
famous revolutioniry leader has been j
killed in a recent baMIe with govern
ment forces. «
SEATTLE, April 12-—Five hun- |
dred and twenty one soldiers, rfa-1
lives of the Northwestern states,
learly all wounded arrived here (ton
■Prance at nine this morning.
LONDON, April 12—Message
■eceived by the Post Dispatch fror
<Vrchangel state that the crisis ii
northern Russia has passed. Th
iveather is becoming more favorabl
paving the way for the arrival o
EliliS IN
THE LEGISLATURE
JUNEAU, April 7—Governor Kiggs
and Senator Price made strong ar
guments before the Joint committee
of both Houses favoring the Price
Noon shipping bill authorizing the
Territory to aquire steamers and en
gage? in the shipping business.
Their argument seemed to make
a veiy favorable impression upon the
Committee and the chances that the
j bill will pass both Houses are veryj
i favorable.
j A bill has been passed in the Sen-'
ate creating a commission to select
' uniform school books to be used in
the schools of the Territory.
I The House as a committee of the
; whole recommended the passage of
the Hunn-Pennington eight hour bill
! after amending the same to include
the workers of the logging camps
and fisheries.
Nome mail to date as late as Feb
ruary 20th has been received here.
Election returns from the Cape Nome
Solomon tTaylor and Teller precincts
which telegraphic advices said had
been forwarded February 12th have
not arrived as yet, delaying the work
of the Canvassing Board.
John W Troy, the newly appointed
Territorial Collector of Customs who
is a member of the Canvassing;
Board has refused to take office as'
Custom Collector until the work of
the Canvassing Foard is finished.
The certificate giv ng the returns |
of the missing precincts roued by
the Clerk of th,e Court of the Second
Division, Thomas U has been
received by mail ami may be used
By ’he Cat ’assing 1 *:<J if no •
tion returns are not received in the
near future. The Alaska Code per
mits this procedure.
JUNEAU, April 12—Governor
Higgs reappointed Walstein G. Smith
Territorial Treasurer for four years
term beginning January first ia-t.
Yesterday was last day for introduc
tion of bills in House of Represen
tatives and a flood of new bills was
presented, among them three new
eight hour bills to meet suggestions
of Attorney General Grigsby rnd euro
his legal objections to Dunn-Penning
ton bill which had been approved by
committee of whole.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
REFUSE FIGHT ROLSHEVIKS
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i Washington, April 5—chief of
; Staff, General March has officially an
nounced that the American forces
will be withdrawn from the Archan
| gel Murmansk sector in Russia by
I next June and that there is no truth
| in the alarming reports received here
j from Europe that the Allifed force is
I in imminent danger of being over
whelmed by superior Bolshevik
j forces.
| General March stated that the Allies
have easily withstood all the attacks
made against them by the Bolsheviks
] on the Archangel Murmansk front
! and that no anxiety concerning their
safety need be felt.
ARCHANGEL, April 8—It has been
1 reported that three American sol
diers who had been captured by the
J Bolsheviks have been taken to Mos
cow. They are reported to have
been well treated by their captors.
WASHINGTON. April 11—A mes
| sage received by the War Department
I confirms the reportt hat a company
I of Ameican soldiers on the Archangel
j Murmansk front have mutinied and
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refused to engage n further fighting
against the Bolsheviks.
The mutineers consider the gov
ernment represented by Lenine and
Trotsky to be the oly real and rep
resentative government of the Rus
sian people.
The leaders of the mutineers
threaten a general mutiny of all the
American troops on the Archangel
front unless the War Department
gives ample assurance that all Amer
isan troops will immediately be with
drawn from Russia.
As the German defeat has removed
the German menace the mutineers
consider the presence of an American
force unnecessary and they refuse to
do any further fighting to help crush
what they consider a duly installed
popular government.
War Department officials absolute
ly refuse to comment on the sensa
tional message and much speculation
is indulged in what steps the govern
ment will take in this matter.
LONDON, April 11—A statement
of policy Issued by the British Labor
Party, representing more than four
million organized British workers in
sists upon a Peace founded on Presi
dent Wlson's fourteen Peace princi
ples.
The British government is severely
censured for their interference in
Russian affairs and the immediate
cessation of all military interference
in Russia is demanded by the Labor
party, who resent the military ac
tivities of Great Britain in their at
tempts to overthrow the Bolshevik
government. |
WASHINGTON, April 11—Senator
Hiram Johnson of California discuss
ing the mutiny of the American sol
diers on the Archangel Murmansk
front stated that the fatter contin
gent was sent to Northern Russia,
under the command of a British gen
eral while the forces operating in
Siberia were under Japanese com
mand.
Senator Johnson said that it was
high time to end such a state of af
fairs and reiterated his demand for
the immediate withdrawal of all
Americans from Russia.
reinforcements at the battle front.
ARCHANGEL, April 12—With
two companies of Railroad Engin
eers and Brigadier General Richard
[ son, the new commander of the
American forces on the Archangel
front on board, the American cruis
ers Galveston and Chester arrived at
Murmansk today.
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ST JOHN, April 12—The contest'
to be the first to-cross the Atlantic
in an airplane has been turned into;
a real race when a Martinside biplane
with its navigator and pilot arrived,
from Liverpool.
Hitherto Lieut Balter and Lieut
Commander Grieve w-yi their Sop-j
with biplane have had a clear field
but from now on they must fight hour
by hour with the newly arrived com
petitors. {The first flier is expected to
yet away Sunday afternoon.
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NEW YORK, April 12—The trans
port George Washington sailed last
night t.o bring President Wilson
lome. President Hayes of the Unit- b
jd Mine Workers of America is on b
board whose mission is said to be to n
irge upon the President the advis- b
ibiiity of finding markets abroad for a
a, quarter of the hundred million 1
ions of coal surplus which has ac- c
emulated here since the armistice i
war signed. c
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TERRE HAUTE, Apri 12—Eugene
Debs has packed up and has said that,
he is ready to begio serving his sen
ience. He declared that he had never
asked for a general strike in hi3 be-1
half.
WASHINGTON, April 12—It is
predicted here that any move by the 1
War Department to inflict severe!
punishment on the troops of the!
American Expeditionary Force}* in j
Northern Russia who mutinied
again3t fighting the Bolsheviks any
longer is certain to precipitate a
storm in the Senate.
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PARIS, April 12—An amendment ]
y George Nicol Barnes, British La
or Minister to the report of the com
littee on International Labor Legis
ition, prevously endorsed, has been
dopted by the Peace Conference,
his amendment provides for the
reation of an organization for the
nprovemont of international labor
auditions. Each government shall
ppoint four delegates to attend the
rst conference in October.
GETS INC 11E A SR
WASHINGTON, Aprilll—Railroad
ilrector Hines announced today that
further wage increase had been
ranted to the railroad engineers,
Iremen, conductors, and trainmen on
lie government controlled railroads
t the U. S.
Approximately 400,000 railroad,
mployoes will share this increase 'n
.•ages which will entail an extra r,x
enditure 'of sixty five million dol
irs per year.
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