Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 157, 15 April 1919 — Page 1

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SOVIET RULES MORE DRASTIC AS CLOSE OF POWER HEARS Communism' at Munich Nears End May Move Soviet Government to Ansbach Workmen Control Plants.

BERLIN BANKS CLOSED (By Associated Preaa) BERLIN, April 15. The communists government in Munich, apparently realizing that Its days were numbered, lsued Saturday a long list of orders more radical than its previous decrees. One order provided for the communlzation of women, "Including wives." Another order displaced all managers and directors of industrial establishments and gave their places to the workmen. Reports from Munich say there is much talk of the advisability of moving the communists government from Munich to Ansbach. The strike or the bank clerks in Berlin spread today to Chemnltig and Mannheim. All the big banking Institutions in those cities are reported closed. The bankers sent a delegation to Weimar to discuss the situation with the German cabinet Plan Nation-Wide Soviet Meanwhile, money Is becoming scarce in Berlin. In spite of adverse votes by the independent socialists, the soviet congress today adopted the resolution sponsered by the majority socialists, for the incorporation of every ounce of national energy into a nation-wide soviet system which will culminate In a national workers chamber representative of all crafts, arts, professions and Industries. The owners and workers in all branches of production are to be organized, artists, journalists, preachers and physicians, as well as the manual workers of each profession, being expected to appoint local representatives for territorial councils. The national council will then elect delegates to the workers' chamber, which will supplement the national assembly and definitely establish a two-chamber system in the national legislature. The resolution provides for strict parity of representation of employers and employes. GERMANS DEPOSIT 7,000,000 MARKS TO PAY FOR FOOD CRy Associated Press) COBLENZ. Sunday, April 13. Seven million marks were deposited on Saturday at headquarters for the third American army by the Germans to pay for food supplies for civilians In the area occupied by United States forces. During last week, nine million marks were deposited for this purpose by the Germans. The first food train started from France this morning, its cars being loaded from American army depots. The supplies bought by the Germans Include 300 tons of bacon, three hun dred tons of rice, 1,300 tons of flour, 100 tons of corned beef and 22 tons of evaporated milk. The first shipments have been sent to Treves, Coblenz, Neuwled and Montabaur and distributed throughout the district at uniformed prices fixed by the German government At conferences with Col. George P. Tyner, assistant chief of staff in charge of transportation and supply, the Germans were represented by Dr. A. H. Appleman, liaslon official for President Ebert to the third army and before the war a professor in the University of Vermont. The Germans are arranging to buy all supplies that the army is willing to furnish until the allied commission has completed the details of the arrangements for feeding the people in all th occupied zones. Encouraged by being able to purchase from the army, the Germans have requested tobacco, sugar and soap, but these requests probably will be refused. It being desired to sell more essential products. THE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Rain tonight. Colder in south portion. Wednesday fair except probably rain or Bnow in extreme northern portion. Colder in south portion. Today's Temperature. iNoon .........- 60 Yesterday. Maximum ...... 64 Minimum 41 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and probably tonight Wednesday unsettled and colder, possibly rain or snow. Light variable winds becoming strong westerly. General Conditions The ' Kansas storm is causing general rain over the xnlddlewest and central states with enow in Itaho, Wyoming and South Pakota. It is quite warm In the Missouri valley but will be colder through out the central states as the center of the storm passes eastward. Temperatures probably will go near freezing In the next thirty-six hours.

Shock Troops" of League To Enforce Peace Urge Covenant Ratification

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, April 15. Twenty thousand picked men and women, all well known citizens in their own communities, have been mustered by the league to Enforce Peace to lead its campaign for ratification of the league of nations treaty by the U. S. senate. These "shock troops" according to an announcement today at the national headquarters of the league are persons who registered at the recent conventions of the organization held throughout the country and otherwise have pledged their interest in the cause. In a circular letter addressed to these adherents, the league urges immediate organization, not only in every county of the United States but in every town and precinct. Many of the states are organized by counties, and the league plans to carry its work into the smaller political divisions. RESIGNATIONS MAKE OPENINGS FORTEACHERS Vacancy Created in Science Department at High by Withdrawal of B. W. Kelly. Perkins, Fellows and Hamilton, a firm of architects at Chicago, was selected to erect the two Junior high schools for Richmond, at the meeting of the Board of Education Monday afternoon. Mr. Perkins, senior member of the firm, was at one time the school architect of Chicago. He was also park architect and was the designer of many of the buildings in the park system of Chicago. The firm has specialized in school buildings and laying out playgrounds. Mr. Perkins will come to Richmond soon to see the ground upon which the board has option. Miss Florence Williams was elected to head the art department in the Richmond schools. Miss Williams is a teacher in the school of Education at the University of Chicago. She will come to Richmond in the fall. Miss Emilie Maue will remain art supervisor in the high school. The resignation of Miss Caroline Lesh, supervisor of art In Garfield school, was accepted at the meeting. Mrs. Francis Browne will take the position of art supervisor in Garfield for tho remainder of the school year. Miss Lesh resigned dh account of illness. She is one of the oldest teachers in the Richmond schools ' Molter Resigns. P. C. Molter, head of vocational training in the Richmond schools, handed in his resignation to the school authorities Tuesday morning. Mr. Molter completed arrangements Monday afternoon to take his former position with the government as superintendent of training, Department of Labor, United States Training Service. Mr. Molter will have charge of the Chicago district with headquarters in Richmond. He will go from plant to plant to introduce training' into the shops. Mr. Molter reported at Dayton Tuesday. He stated that he regretted leaving Richmond at this time because the part time program is Just going into effect and he has received splendid cooperation from the manufacturers. He expressed hope that the work already started will not die out. Superintendent of Schools J. H. Bentley said that efforts would be made to get a man for Mr. Molter's position immediately, but he did not know whether one could be obtained for the remainder of the year. Several Vacancies Will Exist There will be several vacancies in ! the schools next year. B. W. Kelly, j principal of the high school, will not return to tne science department or the high school .upon the arrival of the new principal, but probably will continue in administrative work elsewhere. Mr. Kelly said Tuesday that he had several places under consideration. He will go to Columbia University this summer to take a course in administrative work. This will necessitate a new man for the science department. It was the understanding that Mr. Heck would take the head of the science department only for the period of time that Mr. Kelly was acting as principal. Miss Lesh's place will have to be filled and there will probably be several vacancies in the grades. TAX ASSESSOR IS ORDERED REMOVED (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. April 15 George A. Stockberger, assessor of Newcastle township in Fulton county, was ordered removed from office today by the state board of tax commissioners which heard evidence on charges alleging the assessor failed to perform his duties properly preferred by J. W. Bryer, county assessor. Stockberger appealed from the decision to the Fulton county circuit court The hearing was the first of Its nature under the new tax law, requiring that property of all kinds be assessed for taxation at its true cash value. Stockberger in testifying Monday said he never willfully ignored the new law, and said he is willing now to. comply with instructions of the county assessors and the state board. Records offered in evidence by the county assessor show that Stockberger assessed horses at $68, cattle $37, hogs $3 sheep $9, automobiles $198, household furniture $83 and farm implements at $78. "GAMBLING KING" IS DEAD ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 15. Henry "Kid" Becker, know as the "King of St Louis gamblers, who was shot by highwaymen last night died at a hospital early today as a result of the wound.

FORMER HEADS OF HUNGARIAN STATE KILLED, SAYS REPORT

Assassination of Archduke Joseph and Dr. Wekerle, Former Premier, Have Been Reported From Budapest. MARKS TURN IN REVOLT (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 15. A Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company says that the Acht Uhr Blatt and the Abendblatt of Berlin print reports received from travelers to the effect that communists at Budapest have executed Archduke Joseph, Dr. Alexander Wekerle, former premier, and Baron Joseph Szteprenyi, minister of commerce. The report, the dispatch says, has not been confirmed. Archduke Joseph of Austria is a son of Archduke Joseph Charles Louis and was born at Alcsutb on Aug. 9, 1872. He received a technical education at the university of Budapest and later became commander of the seventh corps of the Austro-Hungarian army. During the war he was in command of the southern section of the eastern battle front It was reported on April 11 that he and his son, Arch Duke Joseph Francis, had taken the oath to submit unconditionally to the Hungarian national council which was set up after the fall of the government, led by Count Michael KarolyL Was Leader in Hungary. Dr. Alexander Wekerle has for the last fifteen years been one of the leading figures In Hungarian public life. In 1906 he formed a cabinet which held office until April 21, 1909. After a brief interval, Dr. Wekerle was again appointed premier, remaining in office until Jan. 27, 1918. Even after this time he remained in nominal control until April 18, 1918, when Count Tisza was appointed premier. After the assassination of Count Tisza, Dr. Wekerle was again appointed premier and remained in office until Oct. 10, 1918. He was arrested at Budapest, Feb. 25 last, being charged with participation in a revolutionary plot Because of his advanced age, he was later freed from prison, but was interned in Budapest On March 25 he was arrested by the communist government of Hungary. Baron Joseph Szteprenyi, minister of commerce of Hungary, served in Dr. Wekerle's cabinet during the summer of 1918. On Feb. 28 he was arrested at Budapest on the charge of having engaged in a counter revolutionary plot On April 2 it was reported that he might be sentenced to death. PHONE GIRLS STRIKE IN NEW ENGLAND (By Associated Press) BOSTON, April 15. A strike of more than 6,000 young women operators in the employ of the New England Telephone and Telegraph company and the Providence Telephone company for wage increases, tied up the telephonic service in the greater part of New England, except in Connecticut today at 7 a. m. Only chief operators remained at work, the supervisors going out with the operators. At the main office of the New England company here early in the day it was announced that first reports Indicated "a pretty complete tie-up of the system, but with some local service being given in small places." "Plans were being made," It was added, "for restoration of service." BOSTON, April 15. Telephone communication throughout most of New England, except Connecticut, was suspended today by a strike of operators of the New England Telephone & Telegraph company and the Providence Telephone company. In this and other cities the operators quit work at 7 a. m., and the wires became dead. The union demands include pay increases and the right of collective bargaining. At the local exchanges night operators whose duties ended at 7 a. m., left their boards without waiting for relief and reported to the union headquarters. Several hundred day operators reported for picket duty outside the exchanges, while the others attended a mass meeting. Picket tours of three hours each were established about the exchanges and at the railroad terminals. The pickets were Instructed to watch for strike breakers but reported that none had appeared during the morning hours. WASHINGTON, April 15. Holding the New England telephone strike without Justification, the post office department today instructed the manager of the company at Boston to replace the strikers or take any other steps necessary to maintain service unimpaired. Free College Scholarships Offered American Soldiers (By Associated Pressj AYER, Mass, April 15. Six colleges have offered free tuition for discharged soldiers, it was announced at Camp Devans today. They are Massachusetts Agricultural college, which offers a six weeks' course in agriculture; Columbia university, Wentworth Institute at Boston, Shaw University for Negroes at Raleigh, N. C., West Virginia university and Callaudat college at Washington, an institution for the deaf.

Nationally-Known Speaker Feature of Mass Meeting At Coliseum Next Monday The first public mass meeting of the Victory loan campaign, which will begin in Wayne county on Tuesday, April 22, will take place at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening, April 21, at the Coliseum. A speaker of national reputation, who will be announced in a day or so, will speak on the duties of the loan, and give reasons why the Fifth loan should be as heartily supported as the four others which the county put over. Before the mass-meeting, the county and township workers for the Victory loan will hold a "pep" meeting and dinner at the Y. M. C. A., at which final plans will be laid and extra enthusiasm for the drive will be brought out -- The War Trophy train containing carloads of battered German guns, airplanes, rifles, ammunition, cannon, machine guns, big shells, and other instruments of war wrenched from the Huns by the A. E. F., will be in Richmond from 7 to 10:30 a. m. on Tuesday, April 29, Chairman Lewis Q. Reynolds announced Tuesday. Besides the Boche relics, the train will have speciment of the new and improved weapons which were being turned out In such enormous quantities by the United States government at the end of the war, and which show why tan enormous bill has yet to be met The Wayne county quota ' will be $1,800,000, instead of $2,400,000, the amount asked in the last drive, said Reynolds.

GREATER MARKET STABILITY SEEN FOR FIFTH LOAN Advantages for Private In-. vestor Outlined m Bulletin of Federal Reserve Board. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Apr. 15 Advantages for private Investment of the short term notes to be issued in the Victory Liberty Loan are believed by the federal reserve board to be greater than those of any preceding liberty loan issue. In its forthcoming bulletin for April, an abstract of which was made public today, the board expresses the opinion that the short term notes will have a greater market stability because of their short maturity and also because they will not be encumbered by uncertainty as to redemption after a specified period, as is the case with kngierm notea "When the investor purchases a government note with a maturity of four years" the board argues, "he has the assurance that the obligation thus purchased will possess greater stability of value than could possibly be given by any bond whose maturity is long or which is subject to the possibility of redemption after a specified period, but which has no definite or positive claim for such redemption upon maker or issuer of such bonds. Far from its being true, therefore, that the new 'notes' are not well adapted to private subscription, they are eminently so adapted, while the condition under which they are to be issued should bring them much closer to the requirements of the individual buyer than has been true of any of the preceding liberty loans." Dictate of "Self Interest" Aside from the attractive investment offered, the notes must be absorbed largely through private subscription, the board says, in order to prevent further inflation of banking credit and a resultant continuance of high prices. Liberal subscription to the issue is declared to be the dictate of "self interest." "Only one remedy for the financial situation now existing can be applied," the board says, "and that is that the public subscribe freely for the government obligations when offered and paid for them out of the proceeds of savings. Indeed, the urgency for adherence to this policy is greater now than it was during the war, inasmuch as at that time there was strict oversight and control on the part of the government over production, distribution, and, in a measure, consumption, while at present that oversight has naturally and properly been greatly relaxed, or, in many branches of business entirely abolished. The responsiblity of saving and conserving resources thus remains with those who are the recipients of current incomes, either from Investments or from salaries and wages, in perhaps a higher degree than was previously true." Managers and Fire Chief To Decide Theater Capacity The number of persons who can stand In a theatre will be left to the discretion of the movie managers and the fire chief, by the change made in the safety ordinance Monday evening by the ordinance committee. Matt Von Pein, councilmen Schwegman and Walterman, City Attorney Robbins, Fire Chief Miller, and Managers Grunewald of the Washington and Holland of the Murray, were present at the committee meeting In the city building. Changes will also be made in the seating arrangements in the Coliseum, and a suggestion was made for a line on the floor to limit the standing room In all these buildings. Norses Wounded in War Arrive Home on Steamer I m (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, April 15. Twenty-six nurses, one officer and one enlisted man, all convalescing from Illness or wounds, arrived here today on the steamship Carrillo from Bordeaux. Also there were a few casuals, making altogether 53 army and navy men and women aboard.

REPARATION FOR SMALLER NATIONS YET UNDECIDED Claims of Belgium Still to be

, Heard by Council Big Powers Get 85 Percent of Damage Assessment. RUSSIA TO GET SHARE (By Associated Press) PARIS, April 15. The problem of reparations settlements still has troublesome times before it, in connection with the question of distribution of the indemnity to be paid by Germany. Smaller powers which suffered under German Invasion and devastation are still to be heard relative to their shares of the reparation fund, particularly Belgium, the claims of which are entitled to first consideration under various pre-conferenoe pledges. The tentative scheme of distribution which Great Britain' and France have advanced apportions between 80 and 90 percent probably 85 of the total sum realized to the three big powers, leaving perhaps 15 percent to satisfy the demands of Belgium, Italy, Serbia, Rumania, Russia and others. This is a smaller proportion than the secondary powers expected and they are almost sure to be dissatisfied with It It has been suggested among the experts on the reparations commission that Rumania, Serbia and other nations have received reparations through the acquisition of territory but this reasoning will scarcely appeal to Belgium. A share of the reparations fund will, according to the present understanding, be assigned to Russia for damage to Invaded Russian territories but probably will be turned over to Great Britain and France to apply on advances made to the old Russian government during the war. Payment for Army Expenses. Although the contributions payable by Germany are characterized as reparations, a very considerable part of the first $5,000,000,000 will not be available for reparation purposes, since it has been assigned to the payment of the expenses of the armies of occupation and such food supplies as must be furnished Germany. Since the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine will continue during the entire two years covered by this first payment, the expenses, particularly of the French occupational army will eat deeply into the $5,000,000,000. No announcement has as yet been made regarding the precise definition of the various "catagories" of reparations. In other words, there is no definition of the classes of damages for which Germanv is reaulred to nav. j It can be stated, however, that the five categories adopted comprise reparation for actual damage to life and property; pensions for cripples and the families of slain soldiers; compensation for enforced labor of inhabitants of occupied regions; including work done by deported Belgians; remuneration for Illegally exacted labor by prisoners of war and payments for German requisitions in occupied territories. It is understood that no offset has been allowed Germany for the maintenance of prisoners of war in Germany during the war, the associated governments holding that the prisoners were chiefly supported at their own expense through food parcels by which alone the prisoners were able to maintain existence during captivity and that the surplus has been covered by work the prisoners performed for Germany. Details to Be Worked Out. Although members of the commission regard the reparation question as settled In the main, there are various details to be worked out, including a clause for German contributions of labor, raw materials and manufactured articles for the restoration of devastated districts. Discussion at meetings of the commission have been marked by a shifting tendency from the principle initially advocated by the French, of leaving the exact sums to be paid indefinite for future determination by an inter-allled commission to a definite fixation of all Initial contributions. The change of attitude on the part of the French was undoubtedly inspired by pressure from parliament, which demanded definite knowledge of what was to be received from Germany. Another financial question requiring settlement betwen the allies is that of repayment of advances of Great Britain and America to the associated powers. A sub-commission was appointed to consider this question, but the British and American representatives have thus far not participated in its deliberations. This has been apparently in anticipation of discussion which might deal more with the negative aspect of delaying or mitigating payments than actual consideration of actual payments. Russians Admit Retreat In Murmansk Region (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 15 A retreat of ten miles in the Murmansk region is admitted by the Russian Soviet government in a wireless message received here today. LAKE 8TEAMER 8TART3 TRIP (By Associated Press) CLEVELAND, O., April 15. The steamer City of Buffalo, of the Cleveland and Buffalo line, will leave here tonight for Buffalo on the first passenger trip of the season between the two cities. Daily trips will be made.

Tennessee First Southern State to Grant Suffrage (By Associated Press) NASHVILLE. Tenn., April 15. The bill by the Tennessee legislature under which women of the state will be given the right to vote for presidential electors and in all municipal elections is now ready for the signature of the governor. Governor Roberts is said to have stated he would sign the bill. The measure passed in the house several days ago, was accepted by the senate yesterday by a margin of one vote, after a prolonged debate during which some of the speakers bitterly denounced certain alleged lobbying tactics adopted by the women. When the bill is signed, Tennessee will be the first southern state in which women are eranted the right of suffrage.

The bill Just passed does not give them the right to vote in state elections, which privilege can only be given by constitutional amendment 3,000 VISITORS AT GREENSFORK DEATHJROSSING Bank Will Not Consider Successor to Victim Until After Funeral Wednesday. GREENSFORK. Ind., April 15 Hundreds of persons Sunday afternoon, Monday and today visited the scene of the crossing accident here Sunday morning which claimed the lives of Raymond Deeter, cashier of the First National bank, Soloman Isaacs and Cass Rose. Conservative estimates place the number at more than 8,000. Scores of automobilists from Richmond have visited the scene. Officials of the First National bank said today that the matter of a successor to Mr. Deeter would not be given consideration until after the funeral, which will be held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning in the Christian church. The election of a cashier will be the business before a called meeting of the board of directors. RECOMMENDS WATCHMAN Recommendation that a watchman be maintained at the Greensfork cross ing is contained in the report of Dr. S. Edgar Bond, cororer, on the accident. The coroner's verdict was accidental death. He did not blame the Pennsyl vania. After giving the account of the deaths substantially as they appeared in The Palladium, Coroner Bond says: "The crossing is doubly dangerous, because of the fact that buildings have been erected close to the track, the lumber company's building being on the south side. There are other build ings on the north of the track and on the east side of the road. These buildings 6hut off the view from town and from the country. The old freight depot also obstructs the view. Dangerous Crossing. "I have marveled, on passing over the crossing, why more people have escaped death there. I insist that the railroad company should maintain a watchman there. "If the accident had occurred on an ordinary summer day, It is likely that the half dozen men who usually loaf on the north platform of the old freight house, probably would have been killed, because the automobile was thrown down the platform and its parts distributed everywhere along the platform." GOV. COX IS CHARGED RY OHIO LAW-MAKERS COLUMBUS, April 15. The German language question and steps to eliminate disloyalty from the echool3 came up in the house again Monday afternoon when Representative Fouts, of Morgan county, introduced a resolution in reply to a statement made by Governor Cox before a Democratic organization meeting in Columbus last week In which he took credit for preventing the enactment into law of a bill which he charged was Imported into Ohio from Indiana, and which, he said, was Intended to "placate the pro-German vote." The Fouts resolution brands the governor's charges "as sinister in both purpose and effect" and "as groundless accusations against the integrity of the general assembly." The counter charge is made in the resolution against the governor that for two years, a pro-German book entitled "Hier Und Dort" has been in use in Ohio schools and that it was approved by the state text book commission, of which the governor is chairman, June 28, 1917. The resolution concludes by condemning the action, participated in. by the governor, in approving this alleged pro-German book, which is said to be "filled with treasonable teachings, and disparaging American institutions, praising the kaiser and discounting Washington and LaFayette." It was this book which was severely condemned by Governor Cox in his message recently delivered in person before the house. RUSSIAN SITUATION REPORTED IMPROVED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 15 Brigadier Wilds P. Richardson, the new commander of the American forces In north Russia, has reported the military situation satisfactory in his first official dispatch since landing on tho Murmansk coast The message, sent to General Pershng and relayed by him today to the war department was dated April 13, or about two weeks after the mutinous conduct of Company I, 339th infantry, which refused to go to . the battle front from Archangel.

WILSON WILL RETURN FROM CONFERENCE AFM Z7TH President to Leave Paris After Opening of Peace Conference Prospects for Peace Are Brightening.

ADRIATIC QUESTION UP (By Associated Press) PARIS, April 15. President Wilson intends to Ball for the United States April 27 or 28, after being present at the opening meeting of the peace congress at Versailles, the Echo de Paris says today. After his departure, CoL E. M. House will act for him, the newspaper adds. CONSIDER ADRIATIC QUESTION PARIS, April 15. The council of four of the peace conference, went into session again this morning with the question of the Adriatic again before it for consideration. Arthur J. Balfour, British secretary for foreign affairs, took the place at the council session of Premier Lloyd George, who went to London yesterday. The supreme economic council Is considering the question of permitting Germany to have certain raw materials before the peace treaty becomes effective with a revision of the blockade regulation to that extent and it is understood the prospects are good tor favorable action. The economic council members ar also considering a plan for the conservation of Italy's coal supply. Belgium has been asked to name a delegate to sit on the economic commission. PEACE PROSPECTS BRIGHT Prospects of peace have suddenly become brighter as the result of agreements reached by the council of four at Paris, announcements of which seem to Indicate that within a short time the war-worn world will begin to return to something like normal international conditions. On April 25, which will be 165 days after the last gun of . the great war was fired, allied and German delegates will gather at Versailles, the historic place where treaties which have remodeled empires and signaled the rise of new nations have been framed. A statement given out by President Wilson at Paris last night indicated that the treaty with Germany would be completed in a very short time and that in the meanwhile the problems involved in the settlement of the conflicting claims of Italy and Jugo-Slavla to territory on the eastern short of the Adriatic would be given prefenential consideration. It is probable that the allies of Germany will be called to Versailles almost Immediately after the German delegates have received the allies terms and have passed upon them. Germany by the terms of the treatment will be called upon to pay 100,000,000,000 gold marks which at the pre-war rate of exchange would be equivalent to $23,820,000,000. Of this Immense sum there must be paid within two years an amount equal to $4,764.000,000 and during the next thirty years twice that sum must be turned over to the allies. A commission will determine when and how the remaining $9,528,000,000 of the reparations . fund must be paid. Agree on Frontier. There seems to be an agreement on the vexing problem of the FrancoGerman frontier. It is said that the Germans will be compelled to withdraw all troops from a zone 25 miles wide on the right bank of the Rhine, while the allies will hold the left bank of that river until the first Installment of the indemnity is paid. With the work of fixing the amount of money to be paid by Germany to the allied and associated powers has been completed there remains a further task of apportioning the indemnity funds among the allied nations. It Is indicated that France and Great Britain will receive a major portion. It being estimated that 85 percent of the total will go to them. Out of the remainder, the smaller powers will be given their shares and that there will be some dissatisfaction on their parts is expected. In Hungary where a Soviet republic has been in power for several weeks, having established virtually without bloodshed the execution of Archduke Joseph of Austria, Dr. Alexander Wekerle, former premier, and Baron Joseph Szteprenyi, minister of commerce, is reported. Confirmation is as yet lacking. Disorders Continue Riotous disorders continue In Germany. In Bavaria there are indications that the government led by Premier Hoffman, successor to Kurt Eisner, is gaining ground and that the Soviet regime, which threatened to take over complete control, may be ousted. In Berlin there have been riots and troops have fired on street vendors who are alleged to have been dealing in stolen goods. In the Industrial region of Westphalia the strike continues, but no further fighting has been reported. A rather disquieting situation has arisen in India where there have been disorders of a serious character. Lahore and Amritsar in the northwestern corner of the peninsula have been the scenes of riots, while at Ahmedabed, further south, mobs -have burned government buildings. The situation In Egypt is reported to be :n control of the military forces commanded by General Allenby.