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By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Germany's lost colonies occupied much of thu time and attention of the peace delegates last week, and the re8ult of their dellhcratlons apparently was that those colonies, and probably Bomo of the territories that are to hu lopped off the Turkish empire, are to be Internationalized by being Intrusted to governments designated as "iniindn torlcs" by the league of nations. These mandatories presumably will have a certain liberty of nctlon In executing their control of the colonies, and the league, It is supposed, will enforce, by safeguards, a system very similar In effect to the British colonial adminis tration. This disposition of the former Ger man possessions, If it is dually ac cepted by thu peace conference, will prove nnother triumph for President Wilson, for while he has yielded some what in compromise, It is mainly his Idea. The Itrltlsh Imperial cabinet ac cepted his theory, despite thu strenu ous objections of the representatives of the Itrltlsh dominions, and the ad hesion of France also was announced. Japan was not very well pleased, and neither was Italy. In another way this decision, if made, vindicates Mr. Wilson's Ideas, for It Is admitted that the creation and maintenance of the league of nations Is necessary to carry out the colonial plan, and the president asserts that, Inasmuch as the league was unani mously agreed to, It Is necessary to "urn the colonies over to the league un der the protectorate of the nations best fitted to hold them. The question of the German colonies developed the most serious diplomatic contest the conference has engaged In, mid at the time of writing the end of thu light was not In sight. Those colo nics were Germany's greatest asset, and borne of the allied nations laid counted on them to make up In part their Immense tlnauclal expenditures in the war. Secret agreements had been entered Into giving Australia and New Zealand the German possessions south of the equator and giving Japan the Caroline and Marshall Islands. De spite the action of the British Imperial war cabinet in London, the British del egates to the conference were dis posed to stand by these agreements. Tho representatives of Australia and New Zealand were especially Insistent on their claims, and were supported by the Japanese, who expected In return tho support of Great Britain for posi tions In the Shantung peninsula and Manchuria. The South African repre sentatives, also, were displeased, be Hevlng the plan would encourage the rebellious elements there that are still agitating for uu Independent South Af rica. Assuming that the internationaliza tion plan Is adopted, it Is likely the control of the lands In question would bo about ns follows: German West Af rica to France; the Knmerun to French Congo; German Southwest Af rica to the South African Union; German East Africa mainly to Great Britain, a small part going to Belgian Congo; the Carolines and Marshall Island to Japan; New Guinea to Aus tralia; Samoa to New Zealand. Japan expresses willingness to glvo Klao Chtui back to China, under conditions that have not et developed. These nre In the main the claims that were made by the allied nations; but Presi dent Wilson mid his American col leagues made It clear they would not agree to tho plan by which absolute, possession of the German colonies ISZWTimKfiru. v rjpntA..,,. .. ,,1,, zasmasnatsvsmanm - i.tv"r!'f T ? ' -;.. I ysra i ' irWAAii&Xi!882 would he grunted ns i. means of re couping war losses. The dividing up of the spoils of victory, they held, would be In absolute violation of the promises that the rights of communi ties and small nations shall he protect ed. It was understood that If Italy agreed to the Internationalization plan she would surrender her claim to Fl ume and the Dalmatian coast as abso lute possessions, perhaps being given control of the latter until the territory Is ready to assert the principle of self determination. The supreme war council tentatively decided that the spread of lawlessness In Turkey made It necessary that allied troops should be sent there, and the military representatives were directed to prepare a report on the most equit able distribution of this military bur den among thu allies. The occupation of Turkey will continue until the peace conference has determined on the fu ture government of the Turkish terri tories. It is understood that Palestine, Armenia, Syria and Mesopotamia will come within the scope of the plan of dealing with colonies by the manda tory system. The lnbor question hulks big In thu doings of the peacemakers at Paris, and their International commission on labor regulation is now considering an elaborate scheme for the international regulation of conditions of employ ment drafted by Mr. Barnes, Iirltlsh minister wlthoiu portfolio, In confer ence with British trade unionists and representatives of India and the do minions. Tho Polish commission of the su preme council, made up of representa tives of America, Great Britain, France nnd Italy, prepared to depart for Warsaw. It would seem that this commission has a big Job before it, for while the Poles themselves are work Ins: fairly harmoniously under tho leadership of Pndercwskl, they are be set by enemies on three sides and are engaged In continual warfare. The Busslan bolshevlkl ami the Ukrainians are unremitting In their attacks, mid now the Czechs are assailing the Poles along their southern border. The for mer have captured a number of towns which they claim are properly within the boundaries of Czecho-Slovakla, mid they also have seized the mining re gions of Karvln, upon which the Polish state relies largely for Its mineral sup plies. This lighting, of course, Is In direct disobedience of the recent order of the great powers that all hostilities must cease everywhere, but the Polish rep resentatives In Purls say their country cannot stop lighting when It Is under constant military attack. Diplomatically, Hussion matters were at a standstill, awaiting replies to the Invitation to a conference of all factions on the Princes' Islands In the Sea of Marmora. The bolshevlkl or gans rather resented that plan, for they asserted the bolshevlkl were gaining victories In the Held that en titled them to more recognition. Tho representatives In Paris of the other factions continued In their attitude of passive opposition to the conference, and General Miller, head of the north Kussin government In the absence of President Tschulkovsky, stated that It Is not only Inadvisable to hold any par ley with the bolshevlkl, but It would be physically Impossible for the represen tatives! of north Hussla to reach the Princes' Islands by February lfi with out passing through bolshevik terri tory, which he considered Impossible. The Omsk government Insisted that the campaign against the bolshevlkl must be pushed vigorously. . The claims of tho bolshevlkl to vic tory In the Held were not without foundation. In the Archangel region they have forced the American and al lied troops to withdraw quite a dis tance from their advanced positions, and they ha mi driven General Dutoff out ot tlie Important city of Orenburg on the Ural river. On the other hand, they lost Saranpol, province of To bolsk, to the Siberians and are report ed to have been overthrown In Tash kent, capital of Husslan Turkestan. In the Ukraine tho soviet forces Indicted n severe defeat on the army of Gen eral Petlura and occupied Hkaterlno Slav. There Is little to choose between the contenders there, I Just why thu Hilled forces tiro In &?.. "', , ' ;. '"'T JLa" isJiSSL'ZZir"',' iu- ,r K71 isiil north Russia and what they arc ex pected to do there Is still much of n mystery and It engaged the attention of the American senate lust week when Senator Johnson of California vigor ously attacked the policy, or lack of policy, of the administration In this matter. The course that Is being pur sued Is equally displeasing to many Britishers, and the French never did approve of It. One important point concerning pay ment by Germany. Is reported to Imvo been settled by the jieuco conference. It was decided that while Germany must make full reparation for unjustl liable damage done, she and her asso ciates will not he called on to pay heavy Indemnities to reimburse the vic torious nations for their war expenses. Nor will Germany be compelled to re linquish the Indemnity she took from France In 1871. Belgium's reparation claims will have first consideration, and perhaps those of Serbia will coma next. On the eve of the assembling of tho Gorman national convention In Wei mar, the Ebert government seemed firmly seated in the place of power, though there was n possibility of com binations that would dominate It. Tho Spartncnns were In a hopeless minor ity, however, and there was every rea son to believe the "revolution" would run the course laid out for It by the old-time leaders, who never have relin quished control actually. That tho change of form of government hits not wrought a miraculous change of tho German heart or the German Intention to rule Is the opinion of General Gou rami, the French commander, ns It is of many less well Informed persons. This view Is borne out by tho increas ingly insolent attitude of the con quered Huns, and by their naive sur prise and Indignation when they reii' llzcd that they might not be admitted to membership In the league of nations I Immediately and on nn equality with the nations that saved civilization from their criminal assault. A French expert has summarized thu policies of the present German govern ment as follows: Interior 1. Complete unity. 2. Hedl vision of the nation for admlnlstratlvo purposes into a number of departments approximately of equal size without taking account of tho present dlvl slons. Kxterior 1. The annexation of Ger man Austria. 2. Opposition to the for mation of a strong Poland. The annexation of German Austria may be balked by thu formation of tho proposed Danube confederation of all the states along the Danube, Including German Austria and Bulgaria, for it is figured that If Germany Is permitted to annex tho part of Austria she covets she would be stronger than ever In ter ritory mid population. A good deal of excitement and sonio resentment were stirred up In Amer ica by the announcement of n British embargo on many imports, effectlvo Jnrch 1. Among the commodities .named nre numerous American prod ucts, and those who seek to arouso antagonism between the United States mid Great Britain were quick to accttso the British of starting it trade wnr. More reasonable persons recognize that the embargo Is an emergency measure to help Knglnnd In the re habilitation of her industries ami that It Is undoubtedly only temporary. At tho same time, American business men were aroused by It to the necessity of looking after our own place In world trade. Great Britain Is having a serious time with the labor problem. Several thousand workers in Kngland, Wales and Ireland have quit, either for more pay or for shorter hours without re duction of wages. Belfast seems to ho In the worst predicament, for business mid transportation are virtually sus pended, riots are frequent, shops tiro being looted every night mid the city Is In darkness. In tho United States unpreparedness fur pence Is at tho bottom of a grent deal of unrest concerning tho unem ployment of returning soldiers. States and communities are getting busy, however, nnd It Is hoped that soon there will bo positions for all, at least as good as those they left to serve their country. NEBRASKA INCIDENTS OOILED TO A FEW LINES Occurrences Over the Cornhuskcr State Chronicled In Paragraph Form for the Busy Reader. A furor occurred nt Blue Springs when the board of education dismissed Superintendent of Schools James Me Donnld. Thu board's action was fol lowed by a walkout on the part of the pupils and tho resignation of all but one member of the school board. Pu pils sympathized with the professor nml refused to attend school. Mem bers of tho board, tumble to cope with the situation, resigned, new members being elected and the superintendent being reinstated. Casualties of tile Eighty-ninth divis ion, which contains hundreds of Ne braska hoys, totaled 8,17."., according to an olliclnl report. During thu greater part of August, September, Oc tober, November, December and to January 11, the division was In line, with the exception of two days, The division was In the thick of thu St. Mehlel and Argonue wood drives, and Is now a part of the army of occupa tion in Germany. The state supreme court has ruled that when non-resident aliens are legal heirs to Nebraska Intnl. It be comes the duty of the county n I to I' ll ey of the county In which the laud Is located to .start proceedings to for feit the laud to the state, which must pay the heirs an amount equal to the vaiue oi UK property. E. A. Hidden, who "disappeared from his home In Sterling In October, 31)00, taking .?S0O, was declared legal ly dead by the Nebraska supreme court and the M. W. A. was ordered to pay his wife, Olive, his life insur ance. Thu Woodmen sought to prove that Ilolden was seen after hu disappeared. U. V. Clark, superintendent of the ' )Vlliiia sUlo railway commission In State Industrial School for Boys at formed , j, Kemper, secretary of Kearney, has reported to the Statu tll0 m,no eomimny t Leigh. Board of Control that the (!!) cattle In the dairy -herd of tltu school bine been examined and found to be en tirely free from tuberculosis. As mi Inducement for the location of the permanent state camp for boys to be established by the Y. M. C. A., Columbus offers u twenty-live acre tract for a site for the camp; promises to build an artificial lake and offers a cash donation of $2,000. The making of brick and tile from pure Western Nebraska sand, using large quantities of electrical energy developed by Nebraska streams, may be a reality In the near future, ue cordlng to a number ot Bassett busi ness men. Four out of seven foreign lnngunge churches In Hastings have returned to the use of German In their church services since the ban was raised by the state authorities. Tho State Banking board has mail ed out a call to the SKid state banks In Nebraska, asking for a report on the condition of the banks at tho close of business January !iS. Nebraskn, population considered, stands first In the United States In number of banks, with u total of 1,1-0. Nebraska has ono bank to every l,'-07 0f her population. Ice in the Platte river in Nebraska has broken tip and the river Is being cleared of the crystal. It Is something out of the ordinary for the river to break up during January. Free membership privileges for a period of three months will be extend- ed 1)y tl)(J Columbus Y. M. C. A. to all Plnttc county boys returning from the war. Tho annual meeting of the State Florists' society will be held In Lin coln during the meeting of Organized Agriculture, February 2."! to 2S. Several llassott men and the east ern capitalists aro making plans to establish the third bank in that city. Bassett now has two banks, Thu averugo number or automobile license plates mailed out by the sec retary of state during January 1ms been -1,1 .' dally. Louis J. Koepff, for 17 years con nected with the Bntrlce Dally Sun, has bought the Plymouth News of M. M. Fjilk. Norfolk's automobile show, which will be staged March 19 to 22, inclu plve, promises to be mi elaborate af fair. A government land bank bus been organized at Wymoro to bo known as tho Wymoro Nntlonnl Farm loan asso elation. Soldiers overseas who submit proper evidence that their families need them because of sickness or other reasons, may be discharged there, according to ordni s sent by tho government to com manding olllcers. New Influenza cases In Nebraska re ported to the state board of health ran as low as I'll a day during tho past week. For several weeks the number of new cases have run close to r.00 n day, and w)ien the epidemic was at Its height ns many as ,000 cases lmvo been reported dally. A wolf hunt In Center and Sheridan townships of Phelps county, resulted In the killing of eight wolves. Government veterinarians are Inves tigating it bog disease which is not cholera, and which has many of the symptoms of Influenza, mid Is spread ing over Iowa, Nebraskn and other neighboring states. Dlu'iiltarlcs from nil parts of tho ptnto attended tho funeral of Itight Itev. Arthur L. Williams, 03, Protcs tnnt Episcopal bishop of tho diocese of Nebraska slnco 100S, at Omaha, who died there. Nebraska representatives In Wash ington are making an effort to secure rublic buildings at Scottsbluff, Broken Bow, David City, Seward, Geneva, Schuyler mid Wayne. Klnkald, Sloan and Stevens have nlready started the ball n rolling in the Interest of their home districts, and other members have some towns on their lists for which they will make efforts. Discharged soldiers and sailors of Buffalo county have perfected what Is believed to bo the first organization of veterans of thu world war. The ob ject is to organize all Buffalo county men who have seen service and been given an honorable discharge, no par ticular motive prompting the .move other than a patriotic effort. An organization of American busi ness men who resent the tendency to the return to the use of German In llustlnus foreign language churches, ate milling In protests to members of the legislature urging the parage of u more stringent law which will for bid the use of any foreign languages In any of the schools. Two of the most unusual "enniou tinges" ever employed by booze smugglers were discovered In Omaha, when a mall sack was found to con tain two quarts of whisky and a trunk containing seven hollow brass hells, war trophies, were containers 0f two quarts of whisky each Figure given out by General Crow der at Washington show that from April 1, 11)17, up to November 11, ISMS, the date of the signing of the armistice, Nebraska contributed ":,- I."2 of her young men to the cause of ,,,,,,,, wlll l0 W(ll.(l WIir, Two David City school teachers. Miss Esther Able, 2!!. litid Ilerold Townly, 22, were killed nnd-two more teachers were severely injured when it Union Pacific passenger train struck the automobile In which they were riding at Schuyler. There is no law except public opinion to stop the use of foreign language over the telephone, the Ne Organization ot Nebraska women into democratic and republican polit ical camps by leaders of those two par ties is expected to begin at once, fob lowing the decision of District Judgo Flansburg at Lincoln, giving women partial suffrage. Figures given out by the agricultural department at Washington show that J.S,"il.00(i bushels of potatoes were held in stock in Nebraska on January 1, 70 per cent by the growers and the balance by dealers. George S. Dick, bend of the Koar ney state normal school for the past four years, has resigned his position. During tho remainder of the school term George Martin will net In the capacity of president. A strip of land three miles wide nnd eighteen miles long between Grant and Garden counties, disputed for thirty years by Grant, was awarded to Grant county by the Nebraska su preme court. Mayor Miller of Lincoln proposes fining auto speeders In proportion to .their speed $1 per mile per hour nbovc n specified limit when motor ist Is hitting off !!0 miles an hour by the speedometer. A total of 21.1S0 head of hogs were brought to the South Omaha market in January In auto trucks, breaking nil monthly receipts in the history of the yards transported In that manner. Omaha Is making preparations to entertain members of the Nebraskn Farmers Congress which will hold its nnnuiil convention there Feb. 17-20. On account of the mild weather many Nebraska coal dealers retailed no more coal In January than they did last August, so they say. Fifty-six recruiting stations Iinvo been established In as many Nebras kit towns to enroll Nebraska men for the merchant marine. The Omaha city commission has voted to establish a municipal market lu the city where producer and con sumer can deal directly. Word has Just been received by Fremont relatives that Boy Sutlers has been awarded tho distinguished service cross. Dick Slack, who lived near Pnwnee City, wns fount- dead In his barn, bo having been kicked to death by a team of mules. Another llnre-up of tho dreaded In fluenza appears to have started In Furnace county In nnd around WIN sonvllle. Douglas county Is planning to con struct at lenst ono hundred miles of surfaced roads the coming summer. Commissioners of Saline county have appropriated $2,000 for farm hu reau work during the year beginning March 1. Plans for it largo terminal station nt Table Bock to take care of automobile truck lines radiating from the city have been made by tho Co-operative Garage mid Delivery system. The or ganization has acquired it site 200x100 feet on which the station will be erected. Seven lines out of Table Bock will bo organized and it dally schedule started soon. Farmers nil along tho Elkhorn river nlley as far northwest as AInsworth, have been In the fields for the past ten dnys seeding and propnting tho ground for crops. Plymouth cltb.ens nre making nn ef fort to secure an electric lighting plant for tho town and lmvo requested tho Beatrice company to construct such mi enterprise In tho village. It appears to be the general opinion nmong good road enthusiasts of Ne braska that the western part of tho stnto Is outdoing tho eastern half in 1 enthusiasm on highway improveumnt E Unbounded Prosperity Ahead of Western Canada. Opportunity Beckons Settlers of All Kinds "With the Golden, Waka That Marked the Way the' Happy Reapers Went" James Whltcomb Rllcy. The war having been brought to a ftvorable conclusion more attention can now bo given to the agricultural and Industrial development ef Western Canada, which were checked by the troublous times of the past four years. Now that these are over, the proper development of the country will bo continued. True, much agricultural progress lias been made during this time. Crop pro duction lias been greatly increased, the number of live stock has steadily grown, mid with each succeeding year the dairying and wool Industries have become more Important. But despite this forward march, many phnses of development have been held lu check. The activities of farmers, too, have been greatly hampered by shortage of labor, and, under the circumstances, what they have achieved can only be ib'scrlbcd us marvelous. Excepting those industries closely nl 1'cil to agriculture, such as butter and cheese manufacture, Industrial activity In the Pralrio Provinces has been al most nt a standstill. And even lu these branches extensions hnve been strictly limited to those of urgent ne cessity. Building has been consider ably curtailed, especially lu the towns and cities, though many commodious mtd up-to-date dwellings, barns and other buildings have been erected by fanners in tho country. Indeed, tho amount of building farmers have done is one of the outward signs of their prosperity; but considerably more of It would have been done bad not the more Important work of food produc tion received priority In the labor available. Railway construction work has been almost entirely suspended. With more heli available, and the use of the labor-saving devices that have bedn ndopted during tho last few years great advances In the agricul tural development of Western Canada might lie looked for oven rf no new settlers were expected; but the com ing of thousands of prospective set tlers who have hitherto been deterred only by the unsettled conditions from mnklng their homes in this last great West will give a considerable Impetus to every phase of agriculture In these Prairlo Provinces. Hand In hand with the development of agriculture, there wlll bo n renewal of Industrial activity. For the estab lishment of such Industries ns sugar refineries, cnnnerles, and mnny other industries for the utilization of tho products of the land, us well as for the extension of thu already Impor tant Industries of butter nnd cheese manufacture, are splendid opportuni ties. Mining, lumbering, quarrying, the manufacture of clay products nre also a few Industries capable of con siderable growth, and to which great-' cr attention can now be devoted. To provide accommodation for pres ent business requirements alone woulrt keep the building trade busy for a long time, but with further develop ment In the cities It Is Impossible to foresee any slackness In any branch of this trade. And the number of farm ers whose needs have outgrown their present accommodation and who lmvo been awaiting nn opportunity to re place their buildings by larger nnd more modern ones, Is considerable nnd constantly Increasing. Municipal work will be gradually resumed, and tho railways have much work in contem plation. All this points to a period of great prosperity in Western Canada agri cultural and Industrial prosperity. The former is the more important, for on It the latter depends. 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