The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 13, Number 18, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 2 September 1920 — Page 4

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NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Defeat of Russian Armies in Poland One of the Greatest In History. HUNDRED THOUSAND CAPTURED America and Allies Warn Poles to Stop at Frontier—Britain to Recognize Egypt’s Independence—Cox Accuse? Republicans of Trying to “Buy" Presidency. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The week closed with four of the five soviet Russian armies that attacked Poland practically destroyed or dispersed. The Reds, it was estimated, had lost nearly 100,000 prisoners and about 40,000 others had been killed. Many thousands had been forced across the German border, where tliey were disarmed and interned —or were supposed to be, if the Germans did their duty as neutrals. The Russian cavalry and Infantry that escaped from the Polish pincers retired on Grodno and Ossowiec and such reserves as they had were brought up to the latter place. It was expected that the Reds would put up fi desperate fight in the marsh country there to preserve contact with the East Prussia border and to keep the Poles from forcing a junction with the Lithuanians. • The last real effort of the Red army of the north resulted in three days of fierce fighting in the Narew valley between Lomza and Ostrolenka, the Russians trying to force their way across the road to Bialystok. The Poles captured the river crossings, and next day another of their forces advanced along the Prussian frontier to Mjszynies. The Reds were caught between these forces and had to surrender. - Oft all the invaders of Poland, only General Budenny’s forces, mostly cavfiljrj, appear to have escaped. They \vere operating in Galicia toward Leffiburg, and when the fate of the soylet adventure was certain they made a> rush forward with the intention of destroying the great oil wells in that region. They readied the outskirts of. Lemburg but were driven away by volunteers and a few regulars. As they retired they destroyed villages and crops and carried off all implements, furniture, clothing and animals. Unbiased observers describe the defeat of the Reds as one of the greatest of military disasters and say the campaign that brought it about was of surpassing interest. They agree substantially concerning the utter rout of the soviet armies, but ih this they are contradicted by such bolshevik leaders as have been heard from and by some Germans. These assert that the retreat of the Reds has been conducted in an orderly manner, that they saved most of their supply trains and that the number of casualties has been greatly exaggerated by the Poles. If now the Poles can restrain their enthusiasm and ambition all may be well with them. • They have been warned- by the United States, France and probably Great Britain that they must not again attempt an invasion oft Russian territory but must stop their, advance at the ethnic border of Poland. If they disobey, the. allies will withdraw their support. The French foreign office, while agreeing that the Poles must not try to seize tiny Russian territory, admits the exigencies of the campaign might make it necessary for them to cross the frontier temporarily. — The entente allies came into full accord concerning the Polish question last week, ‘much to the surprise of Germany, and probably to its dismay. They really adopted the policy of France and it is supposed Lloyd George was brought to this view by the persistent attempts of the Reds against British rule in various regions and by some of. the terms they tried to force on Poland. These latter were at vari-

SHIP TONNAGE STILL SHORT Will Be Long Before the Ravages Made by War Are Completely Made Up. New York. —In spite of the fact that the seagoing tonnage of the United States is today nearly 10,400,000 tons Greater than in 1914, an advance of more than 500 per cent, and in spite - the intensive steamship production tn Great Britain and the United States themselves and other countries,

ance with the terms, which Kameneff said would be proposed and included the demand that a proletariat army be formed in Poland. Naturally the victorious Poles have rejected the terms of the Reds, and it was stated by Tchitcherin, soviet foreign minister, that this would result in the immediate rupture of the negotiations at Minsk. General Wrangel, who had been rather quiet of late in the Crimean peninsula, started a vigorous campaign Thursday with his reorganized forces. One of his armies moved eastward onto the mainland, speedily taking the important Black sea port of Novorossiysk and other cities and almost reaching Ekaterinodar, capital of the Kuban Cossacks. At the same time another army occupied the DonetZfCoal basin 350 miles to the north. The loss of those mines will be an especially severe blow to the bolshevik!. On the borders of the republic of Georgia, an alarming concentration of bolshevik forces is reported, supposedly in pursuit of a plan to march through Georgia and Armenia and establish communication with the Turkisfi/Nationalists in Asia Minor. The nationalist movement in Egypt, which has beenrmore serious than censored dispatches made it appear, and which has been increasing ever since the establishment of the, British protectorate during the war, seems about' to meet with success. The British government, it Is reliably though not officially reported, has agreed to recognize the independence, of Egypt and a final treaty and alliance will soon be negotiated. Fundamental points in the agreement, it is said, are: Egypt will recognize Great Britain’s privileged position in Jthe valley of the Nile, and agrees in case of war to afford every facility for access to Egyptian territory; Great Britain .will maintain a garrison in Egypt in the canal zone; Egypt regains control of foreign relations, subject to her not making treaties contrary to British policy, and will have the right to maintain diplomatic representatives abroad. , The Albanians and Serbs, who are fighting a little war of their own, have been having some bloody battles and the Albanians claim to have driven their foes back into their own country. The victors halted, at least temporarily, at the demarcation line fixed in 1913. Two deposed rulers of Europe are figuring on climbing back onto thrones. Constantine, former king of Greece, believes that the Greeks will call him back if they have full freedom of expression at the coming elections, but he fears Venizelos will prevent this. He was deeply grieved the other day because Lloyd George, on vacation in Lucerne, refused to see him. The premier gave as a reason “the dastardly attempt on the life of Venizelos,” for which Constantine asserts he was in no way to blame. The other hopeful ex-ruler is Charles, former emperor of Austria. According to a report circulated in European capitals, the Hungarian people want him to be their king, and Great Britain and France have agreed to permit it. Italy and Serbia object, but it is thought the Vatican can persuade the former. Charles has said he would accept the throne of Hungary. Lloyd George departed for his Swiss holiday in the expectation that the Irish question would await his return. But Irish leaders would not stand for the delay. On Wednesday the standing committee of the Irish peace conference called on the lords justices, representatives of the lord lieutenant, to present resolutions Remanding dominion home rule, stoppage of coercion and the calling of an Irish convention. They also telegraphed the premier asking that he receive a deputation immediately, in view of the urgency of the situation. » This peace conference was an assemblage of some 700 representatives of moderate opinion in all parts of Ireland, and in all parties. Most of them were unionists, and among the conferees were members of the house of lords, Protestant bishops, Catholic priests, prominent business men, and great land owners. The earl of Shaftesbury, who owns the land on which Belfast was built, was unex-

the world’s steel steam tonnage is now less by 3,500,000 tons gross than 1 it would have been if the war had not interfered with the normal rate of expansion. Britain is now building nearly 1,500,- 1 000 gross tons of ships more than this country is building, according to the i statement, but British holdings of ’ steamers are still 781,000 below the total at the outbreak of the war. The tonnage of the United States is i placed at 16,049,000, while that of the United Kingdom is 18,330,000. TF*.

pectedly present, and told the gathering: “I am an Ulsterman, and I’ll stand by Ulster, but I am with you in toto. Have patience with Ulster and we’ll bring her to the point of self-government as a part of united Ireland.” Other Belfast leaders said much the same. It was believed this conference was a long step toward Irish unity and the settlement of the island’s troubles. Meantime Terrence MacSweney, lord mayor of Cork, was dying of selfimposed hunger tn a British prison, and Irishmen appealed to King George to save him, and to President Wilson and the heads of all European states, comparing his case to that of the burgomaster of Brussels whom the Germans imprisoned. Mr. Lloyd George said that, whatever the consequences, the government could not take the responsibility of freeing MacSweney. The Sinn Fein leaders feared his death would lead to an outbreak that would play into the hands of the British. Efforts of the anti-suffragists to prevent or delay the promulgation of the ratification of the suffrage amendment were foiled, and on Thursday Secretary of State Colby, receiving official notification of the action of the Tennessee legislature, signed and issued the proclamation. The District of Columbia refused to issue a restraining order to Secretary Colby, so now the only hope remaining of the foes of suffrage is that the United States Supreme court will declare the Tennessee ratification illegal. It is interesting to read the opin- , ion of the venerable Cardinal Gibbons. who has been a consistent opponent of woman suffrage. He says: “I regret very much that the women have taken the plunge into the deep. I would much prefer that things had remained as they were. I am. however, of the opinion that after the first, election or so only a small percentage of the women of the country will avail themselves of the privilege of voting.” Governor Cox roused the Republicans by asserting that they are raising a minimumfund of $15,000,000 for the campaign. National Chairman Will Hays and his associates at once denied the truth of the statement and both they and the Democratic leaders demanded that the senate committee on campaign expenditures investigate the charge. The committee, which is in session in Chicago subpoenaed National Chairmen Hays and White and Congressional Chairmen Fess and Doremus, and “invited” Governor Cox also to appear before it and present such evidence as he might have to substantiate his statements. The Democratic candidate said he would furnish what information he had in due time, and meanwhile he went ahead with his speaking tour, repeating his accusations. When he reached Pittsburgh, Thursday night, he opened up and made public the alleged facts upon which he based his charge that the Republicans are trying to “buy the presidency.” The “expose” really was not so sensational as might have been expected. Cox read a list of 51 cities and the amount which the Republican national committee proposed to raise in each, the total being $8,145,000. This figure, he asserted, had nothing to do with “the large amounts being collected in hundreds of smaller cities, towns and rural communities.” He gave no names of contributors, saying the Republicans could produce those. The governor also read documents which he said proved that Senator Harding had detailed knowledge of the financing of his campaign. Republican Treasurer Upham, who had previously told something of the quota list, says the quotas are vastly larger than the actual amount called for by the budget, and asserted that the Tiational committee had collected, to date, only $696,977.82. ■ A rather weak come-back was the charge made by Congressman Fred Britten, that the British parliament i had appropriated $87,500 in favor of ’ the British ambassador at Washington ! for “entertainment purposes,” and that ■ this fund had already found its way ■ to the Democratic national committee. ■ This was, of course, denounced as abI surd by both Ambassador Geddes f and Democratic Chairman White. Govi ernor Cox said the charge was “too ■ silly for words.”

British lead before the war was 14,000,000 tons and today it is approximately 2,300,000, with Indications that the lead will'increase from now on. The British lead in steel steamers, however, is 4,686,000 tons, and Americans own 1,234,000 tons of wooden steamers, against 35,000 tons. The figures indicate that while the United States has trebled its pre-war holdings, Great Britain and aU the other maritime nations combined are still about tor" below their 1914 totaL

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FwNfiYpIDE A DANGEROUS ANSWER. "What,” asked the lawyer of the expert witness, “leads you to conclude that the defendant in this case is crazy ?” '♦ "Well, for one thing.” replied the expert. "he’s a golf player and talks nothing but golf.” "Hold on," Interrupted the judge, ‘Tin going to have that answer stricken out. I play golf myself.” Defending the Absent. "I understand, my deaf, your husband is very stingy with his needy relatives.” "That’s not true, ma. He’s that generous he would give them the clothes off his back, for when I asked him where his overcoat was I could put it away, he said his uncle had it.” An Easy Mark. The new typist has quite an air about her.” “She feels that stenography is but a stepping stone to greater things.” “That may prove true in her case. The junior member of the firm is single, stout, susceptible and baldheaded.” ■ f 'OwO w —y F'Wjw y TIMES HAVE CHANGED Admirer: Congratulations on your success, Mr. Hamfat! I understand that some of the audience threw money on the stage. Hamfat: Aw! Blit that wasn’t al! meh good friend. Some even showered eoos. Stickers. Lite ever discloses Some check to our thanks; We set thorns with roses And splinters with planks. Getting Approximate Figures. “How many genuine dark horses can there be in a presidential campaign?” “I don’t know,” replied Senator Sorghum, absent-mindedly. “What’s the adult male population of the United States?” Wow! Mrs. Sharpe—l’m going to give music lessons, William. Mr. Sharpe—l think you’ll have to. I’m afraid no one will pay for them. Succession of Events. “Terrible Teddy gave out in the fifth round w*th Powerful Pete.” “What happened then?” “He gave in.” A Common Chirography. “The man who wrote this letter was or is a telegrapher.” “How on earth could you tell that?” “Don’t you see it is full of dots and dashes?” A Revelation. “No matter when you see Miss Buelah, she is always smiling. She must have a charming disposition.” “No, my friend; her disposition is not fine, but her teeth are.” His Way. “That orator can draw tears by the skillful way he works on people’s feelings.” “Result of practice. He’s a dentist” His Use. “A play I saw .lately had a star rooster in the cnst.” “Perhaps h* was engaged to spur the human on.” Prime Necessity. “What is the first thing to do when you want to give a good blow out?” “Raise the wind.” The Trouble Maker. “Do you have much trouble when you are saying your lessons in school, Tommie?” “Yes, sir.” “What seems to trouble you most?” “The teacher, sir!” But Not So. “You can’t always judge persons by their names.” “Indeed?” “For instance, one would think from the name that a grass widow was green.”' Praise Indeed. “How was the humorous lecture at the opera house last night?” asked the recently arrived guest “First rate!” enthusiastically replied the landlord of the Petunia tavern. “Why, dad-blame It I got in on a complimentary ticket and I laughed I” —Judge. A Proof. “Women are awfully contrary.” “I should say so. Here, for Instance, when a man beats hts wife he generAlls jnakfifi-aJMt with her.”

Funeral of General Gorgas in Washington I' Bi The funeral procession of Major General Gorgas was the longest seen in Washington since the funeral of Admiral Dewey. The photograph shows the casket being put on a caisson in front of tiie Church of the Epiphany.

See What Poor Bean Soup Did » $ ’J fp'll'| I Illi I'o PHt r L OM i Jau sk \~M I I TO i mA Because they objected to the bean soup that was served them, 59 convicts at the Maryland penitentiary at Baltimore rioted, and the photograph shows some of the havoc wrought by them. Guards and policemen fought for hours and could not subdue the prisoners, who had barricaded stairs and doors with steel doors from cells, mattresses and springs and tables. Finally the fire department was called out and subdued the prisoners with powerful streams. City Boys Revel in Country Winona Lake, Indiana, is the country home of the Chicago Boys’ club. In a beautiful spot just outside of Winona may be found •wnat nas been pronounced one of the finest camping grounds in the United States, and it is here that the club has located its camp. Boys from off the streets of Chicago are given a chance to get close to nature to find out what is good in life. Some of them are seen cleaning and cooking fish they have just caught. Movie Flourishes in the Jungle fi z • *l' & Y A I RuWOtWw IlflDMi ; Testifying again to the popularity of the movies, here is a moi ie theater in a jungle. The “Louris Kinematograph” is situated in Rabaul, New Guinea. Every Saturday night a show is held and the laughter of the savages can be heard for great distances.

OF GENERAL INTEREST Bark containing quinine at one period sold in France for its weight in silver. To reduce fire danger 400 miles of telephone lines will be set up in Canadian timber lands. Mr si Abagail Wilton, an American woman, has sung “Lead Kindly Light,” 50,000 times in public. A lightning bolt entered the cellar W. S. Hershey of Altoona, Pa., and split a lot of kindling wpoik

London streets were first lighted with oil lamps in 1681. According to English experimenters, blue glass drives flieg away, but orange, yellow or white glass attracts them. . Women will hereafter be eligible to receive the Victoria cross, one of the highest honors conferred by the British government. Harry Pidgeon of Wilmington, Cal., has reached Honolulu in a 34-foot yawl, which he sailed across the Pacific all s^one t ip. 2d days-

SHE SNUBBED A PRINCE oil IJ If I Mrs. O. T. Alexander, wife of an army lieutenant and resident of Great I Falls, Mont., deliberately snubbed I Prince Carol of Roumania when both were passengers on the Japanese liner Korea Marq. Mrs. Alexander says that the? heir apparent of the Ron- • manian throne sent the ship's purser to her with a message that the prince would condescend to dance with her. Mrs. Alexander sent (he purser back with the message that she would not condescend to dance with the prince; “DEFENSE OF VERDUN” * Western Newspaper A striking statue representing the “Defense of Verdun.” by the late French sculptor Rodin. It has just been dedicated at Verdun, and was presented to that city by Dutch friends of France. NAVY’S PUBLICITY MAN *li £z From the greafesFcity in the United States to the remotest little village, stories of the United States navy and its deeds are promulgated by Capt. P. Jackson, U. S. N., director of naval publicity, and his staff, from theix; headquarters in New York. Winter Fruits That Feed. Dried figs contain more than three times the nutriment of fresh eggs« Figs are justly entitled to a place among the food fruits. In the dry state dr stewed they are an excellent food for children In cold About five ounces of figs and a pintj of milk make a sustaining meal foil an adult. Weight for weight, dates are more nourishing than bread. I» desert tracts this fruit is often almort the only source of nourishment fofl men and women, camels, horses aoNK k other animals. J.