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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. REDS ATTACKING POLISH CAPITAL SOLUTION FOR POLE-RUSS WAR BOLSHEVIK PEACE TERMS ARE HARSH Wilson Outlines Program for Curbing Menace In Europe. Clarifies America's Position. Bolshevik Host at Gates of War saw; Poles Meet Drive Successfully AMERICANS NOT TO QUIT CITY Some Express Belief Soviets Will Be Unable to Take Stronghold. Rus sia May Declare War On France, Is Report. Warsaw. The bolshevlkl IiiiiiicIkmI their first direct attack against War mmwV defenses liiHt .Sunday. The on slaught was terrific, hut wuh squarely met hy the Poles and reports are that the attackers were realised with heavy losses. Tlie past week litis been a busy one for the Poles. The Kovernnient, beldPH completing defense preparations Iiiih got the Polish pence delegates of sixteen members, with military aides, clerks, mid stenographers, off to Minsk, where tli peace conference Is to he held. ' Representatives of the American le gation, welfare organizations and nils nloim have decided to remain until 'the Kovernmcnt orders evacuation. Mean while, all preparations are being made to leave. Some Americans express confidence that the Poles can halt the bolshevlkl. British and French ministers have de parted, hut military missions remain. Hold and silver are being taken from the city. The government national bank Is moving to Cracow. It Is reported that Russia's answer to France's recognition of Genera! Wrangel, nutl-bolshevlk leader, will ho Jtussln's declaration of a slate of war with France. Danzig Corridor Overrun. Paris. Swarms of red cavalry are overrunning the whole Danzig corridor In a vast enveloping movement west ward, which Is expected to develop southward when a weak point on the Vistula Is discovered, and u crosslug made In force. Forcing of the Vistula would take all of Warsaw's defenses In the rear "in! bottle up the Polish armies de fending, the capital, besides turning the Vistula line, which Is the sole re miilnlng defensive position of Pllsud kl. German-manned bolshevik batteries,' mphiced on the hillside above Medlln, re bombarding Novogeorglevsk for tress, which In the most formidable de fcune of Warsaw. Massing Troops In Germany. RerHn. Concentration of many troops lu the occupied zone of Ger many Is reported In un Kssen dispatch ItaJIway" tracks lh Alsace-Lorraine, It Is said, tire so badly cluttered with troop- trains which cannot be unlonded because of the crowded barracks, that there Is much confusion. Die Frelhert expresses belief that French troop movements along the Ithlne presage a military expedition with Poland as Its destination. FOR WORLD CONQUE8T. Bolshevlkl Plan to 8ubdue Allies and Dominate All Nations. Kolho, Poland. Holshovlkl officials declare that Soviet ltussla Intends to -ek an alliance wltli Germany to make wsr on France and If It succeeds to undertake a conquest of Knghind and eventually America. When the Polish war, considered a purely Russian luislness, Unshed a note will he sent to llerlln, thev de flared, demanding permission to trans port troops across Germany for the I-rench campaign. On refusal, which s taken for granted, a revolution will be (Instituted In Germany, the success of which bolshevlkl asserted they were prepared to assure by force of arms. With thesi i.mls In ..I..... v,' ,, , "' "' " IKIKSlllll soldiers who have been told all wars ronun u'ltli .!..... .. ... -----" ...... , ,t.r ,,. n,en, ,iru being subjected to propaganda which declares Krinwiinw.i, ,..m , . . . . . " 1,1 soot on night but that the Germans are friends Wllfl tl'lll L-.w... I... ...... ....I niniu in- eouirmies. Express Rates to Go Up. Washington, I). C Autborltv tn in crease express rates per cent was KrH.ueu me American ltallwav Ex press company by the Interstate Com morce commission. Ih .lnJl X)y UMomclnl estimates win ami 000,000 to he annual In. come of the company. The couuils slon s decision does mil mw. w .... , -fin- (deration the recent am-i .i... railroad labor honrt of- increased ..kc approximating i:t,000,(XH) to ex press comnanv emiilmi.v ....i t. i .. pected the company soon will apply for an additional adviineoTo meet now Poles Sutnumhftrarf Washington, I), C Polish 'forces de feudlnc Wiirunu nvii i , f y "v "iiiiiiiiiiuered about two und a half to one. Details I1M 111 till. tlf,lulllktIL- ...III....... ... . iiiiiiiin,, organiza tion, received In olllclal circles, phico ini- rmum Mieiigiu or tne soviet army at, aou.ow men. The strength of tho PrttS has be;u estimated at 110,000. It Is estimated that lu rllle and saber fctrengtli alone, the sovln f.,n-.o ....... .... .... v , .ij- loslng the army north of the prlpet i-r,i.i. iviiilIuI u if J ft AAA ....... ,.. III. u. llll'll, MUISIIC- vlst i-llle und saber strength south of the river lu 48,000 men. Washington, D. C President Wil son has set forth America's position In the Polish situation In a 'J.fHK) word letter to Huron Camlllo Uomano Avczzman, Italian ambassador to the. United States. The prlnclpnl propos als for settling the Husso-Pollsh con- Hot outlined by the president nre: Withdrawal of all Itusslan forces from Poland, and withdrawal of alt allied troops from Russia, together with assurances by the allied and as Boclated powers that Husslu will not be dismembered. Contingent upon the retirement of the Russians from Poland and the withdrawal of any foreign forces now In ltussla, the president suggests that the allied ami associated powers Issue a declaration guaranteeing respect for the boundaries of ethnographic ltussla and proclaiming that aggression on Itussln hy Poland or any other power will not be tolerated. This policy, the president believes, not only would restore peace between, olund nnil ltussla, but weaken nnd aid the eventual overthrow of the bol shevlkl. He proclaims himself unal terably opposed to the recognition of the soviet government of Uussia. What material aid the American gov- rnment Is ready to contribute to car rying out anil enforcing this policy, the president did not state. He did say, however, that to aid In maintain ing the Independence and territorial Integrity of Poland the "policy Of this government will be directed to the em ployment of nil available means." The president denounced the bol shevlkl unsparingly mid would limit dealings with, thorn to n minimum. Hu approves of the effort to arrange an armistice between the Soviets and Po land, but be Is opposed to entering a general tfeace conference with them, which probably would Involve recog nition of the bolshevlkl and dismem berment of llUBsla. Iloyond the nar rowest armistice negotiations with the Soviets he would not go. Without regard to polltlcnl nnd so cial considerations, the United States Is unable to recognlzu the holshevlst government of ltussla because It Ih faithless, without honor mid bent upon promoting by diplomatic agencies the overthrow of the governmenta of other IIUtlOIIB. 1 Attempt to Slay Venizelos. Paris. An uttcimit was ninde tn un. sasslnate Premier Venizelos of Greece bore bh he alighted from an nuto to board a train for Marseille. Two bul lets struck him, In the shoulder and side. One bullet grazed the thigh bono aim tne secmd lodged against the shoulder blade. Venizelos, It wuh stated, Is In no danger. The assailants. declared to be followers of former King Constaiitlne. whose overthrow Venizelos caused, were arrested. Pre mier enlzelos Is one of the hemes developed by the wnr. To Publish Deserters' Names. Washington. I. (' i.u Mm,. tier cent of moi-o Hum mivwhwwi . registered under the draft during tlie war have been found chargeable with willful desertion, the war department announced. The department will soon announce those b ramlcil iim ilitwi.rii.ru and the statement adds that the gov ernment desires to obtain co-operation of state and local officials, patriotic societies and other agencies, Including the department of Justice, lu bringing mom meiijiupprciicnsion. Sugar Market Breaks. New York. The feature of the sugar market has been the decline lu line granulated, Arhuckle Pros, an nounclng a new price of $17.10, less 'J per cent for cash, their last nrevlnus allotment basis being Ml cents, less 2 per cent. This decline Is made possible by tho recent sharp break In raw sugar to a basis of 11! cents, cost ami freight, for Cul an, which presents a decline or anout 10 cents per pound within tho last three or four months. Miners After Increased Wage. ClevVland. O. lteiresiiitiitlvis nf the miners of the Joint scale commit. tee of miners and operators of the cen tral competitive bituminous coal Held at a conference here submitted to the operators n demand for a supplement al contract calling for a wage Increase of $1! per day to all day and monthly imiorers and an increase of 10 cents per ton on both pick and machine min ing, both retroactive to August 1. Express Rates to Qo Up. Washington, IX C Hecommenila tlons that express rates be Increased $!U).000,000 to absorb the wage award anounced hy the railroad labor board will be llled with the I, C. C. soon. It was announced by T. It. Harrison, gen eral counsel for tho American Hall way Hxpress Co. Auto Industry May Suspend. Indianapolis, Ind. Refusal of banks throughout the country to extend credit to auto dealers and makers will force suspension of every branch of tlie automobile Industry within a short time, said II. C. Dcmlng, production superintendent of the William H. Small company here. Thousands of automobile factory employees of this cljy have been laid off and the forcos are being reduced further. "People simply are not buy ing cars now," said mi olllclal of tho Nordyko & Marmon company 1 Mrs. .lohu T. Pratt, newly ele-tcd vice president of the Republican national committee s ways and means committee with headquarters In Chicago. L Pageant at .Southampton. Kngland. lu celebration of the :i"0th anniversary of the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers. .'I Some of the soldiers of Governor Cantii of Lower California swearing allegiance to their state ling. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS France Acts Independently of Great Britain in the Russo Polish Complication. PROMISES AID TO WRANGEL America to Use "All Available Means" to Preserve Poland's Independence Resistance to Red Armies In creasing Express Workers Get Wage Increase. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The United States will employ "all available means" to safeguard the In dependence and territorial Integrity of Poland, and will not recognize t lit; soviet government of Husslu. The French government has recog nized the Wrangel government of Kouthcrn Hussln und will give It mili tary aid agulust the bolshevlkl; ami the French representatives in Ixindon have been Instructed to break off all relations with Krassln and Kamenetr. the soviet trade commissioners there. Tlie Hrltlsh government, though somewhat dismayed by the American and French announcepients nnd the apparent breuk with France, still hopes and believes a peace can be ne gotiated between Russia and Poland. The Russians, persisting In their re fusal to permit mediation by any third party, sent a delegation to Minsk to meet the Poles, and continued their circling movement designed to cap ture Wursuw. The Poles sent representatives to Minsk to talk armistice, and, having withdrawn In good order from their advanced positions, established two lines of defense before Warsaw and prepared for an extensive counter stroke. In the lineup of the powers, Italy stands with Great Britain, and France counts on the support of the United States. Germany maintains an osten sible neutrality while hoping for the crushing of Poland, hollsvlng the Polish adventure was Instigated and directed by France. Such Is the summary of conditions, on the duy of writing. In the biggest of the wars that are still going on. President iWllson's statement of America's position was made to Italy. In It he suggested that the conflict might be ended by the withdrawal of all Russian forces from Poland and the withdrawal of all allied (mops from ethnographic Russia, together with assurances hy the allied and as sociated powers that Uussia will not be dismembered. He urged that any dealings with the soviet regime be con fined within "the most narrow limm durlcs to which the discussion of an armistice can be confined," and scored the soviet government as that of a tyrannical and dishonorable minority whose assurances and guarantees are practically worthless. In asking that the true boundaries of Russia In' re spected, the note specified thai iliose boundaries should not Include Fin land, ethnic Poland or such territory as may by agreement form a part of the Armenian state. Just what the president meant by "all available means" In promising aid to I'oland was not made clear, but It wai as sumed, both by government otlicbils and by the representatives ()f Pobjud lu Washington, that the phrasi. did not Include the dispatch of troops. PrlncK Liiboinlrskl, the Polish minis ter, did not ask for armed assistance, but said the need of his countrymen was for food, clothing, arms ami other war munitions. These, he added, are needed Immediately and Imperatively. A conference of the Hrltlsh and French premiers was held at Ilythe ami, returning to London, Lloyd George told the house of commons that be still believed In peace. He said Russia was entitled to strict guarantees against a repetition of the Polish attack but was not entitled to destroy Poland as a nation: If Russia in led i Ithlu those conditions there would be no war by the entente. If the Minsk meeting failed of results, he declared, the allies had decided on these lines of action: (1) So action, except to support Poland In the strug gle for existence; ('J) only to give sup port to the nation which lights Its own struggles; (.') mi allied troops to lie sent lo Poland; (4) the allies will belli lo equip the Poles for their own defense: (.") to give military advice and guidance; (0) economic pressure to be brought to bear on Russia; (7) to belli Wrangel and all other eounler revolutloniirlcs; (8) end of trading ne gotiations. Turning to the Russian representa tives who sat In the gallery, the little Welshman said: "If you want peace, get It now. If you are out to chal lenge the liberties of F.uropo, we will meet you and tight to the end." Hrltlsh labor leaders had already warned Lloyd George there would be a general strike if the nation went lo war, but at the conclusion of the pre mier's speech Mr. dyne, their chief, declared the laboilles do not favor soviet Ideas and methods, and that if they were convinced the soviet gov ernment was aggressive, they would be forced to consider supporting the Hrltlsh government. KnmenelT outlined the armistice terms the soviet was offering Poland, and in some respects they were rea sonable. They Included, however, de mobilization of the Polish army with in one month and the demobilization of all war Industries. Another clause demanded thai the families of all Pol ish citizens killed, wounded or Inca pacitated In the war shall be given land free. This was looked on as a part of the plan to establish soviet rule lu Poland. The encircling movement of the soviet armies carried them across the Warsaw-Danzig railway ami down toward the Vistula from the north. Hut the other rail line to Pniizig, through Thorn, seemed saO' for the present. The Polish forces were be ing concentrated and regrouped, and a competent observer, formerly In tlie American army, declared that Ihoiigh the Polish position was serious It was not desperate. The stories of panic anil complete loss of morale he said were false, and wt'ie the result of a propaganda by the enemies of Poland. The spirit of the Polish people was still high, he asserted, and men and women In large numbers were volun teering In all classes of war service. A correspondent who has Just com pleted the trip from Vladivostok to IM l) 1 ii i id says that from one cud of Russia to Hie other is heard the cry for food and clothing, and Nikolai Leiilne himself Is said to have admit ted that the Russian people cannot pass through another winter like the last. On Wednesday the soviet govern ment sinned a provisional peace treaty with Leivla ami agreed with Finland upon armistice conditions. These ar rangements will make more tllfllcult the maintenance of a blockade of Rus sia hy the allies If that course Is found necessary. lu Persia the reds have withdrawn from Knzell and some ijllier places be cause of lack of supplies, but they have established headquarters of a Persian soviet republic at Ardehll, a little south of the Caspian. The old government remains at Teheran, though Its flight has been rumored re pefttedly. Greece continues to Increase her forces In Asia Minor and has captured some more strategic positions. Kemal Pasha, however, has not quit by any menus ami recent dispatches say l.V 000 Tartars are on the way to Join his nationalist troops for a great offensive against the Greeks, probably on the Smyrna front. According to an agree ment between Italy ami Greece the PodecaneMis has been transferred lo Greek sovereignty except Rhodes, where a plebiscite will be held some time In the future. Technically the world war came to an end Tuesday, so far as the allied nations ami their opponent nre con cerned. On that day the last of the peace treaties, that with Turkey, was signed In Sevres, near Paris. The .lugo-Slavs refused to sign because the treaty provides that the Ottoman debt be partitioned among former Turkish territories allocated to other states and because .lugo-Sluvlu did not re ceive Macedonia as she asked. The United States did not sign the treaty owing to President Wilson's objection to the presence of the sultan In Con stantinople, the allocation of Thrace and Smyrna to Greece, and the Asia Minor mandates. The Hrltlsh parliament has passed and the king has approved the new Irish coercion bill. The debate lu the house of commons was bitter. Very optimistic persons think the law will restore, order lu Ireland. Much Interest and some excitement were caused by the Hrltlsh govern ment's course In dealing with the visit of Archbishop Mannlx of Austrolln, the warm advocate of free Ireland, who spent some weeks in tlie United States. He intended to laud In Ire land, but government agents removed him from the liner nd put him ashore at Penzance under technical arrest. He proceeded to London, but his move ments were restricted by orders. He received invitations to address meet ings In many places In Kngland. Scot land and Ireland. The treatment of Hie archbishop looks, at this distance, like n characteristic bit of Hrltlsh "muddling," but probably tin; govern ment knew what It was about. To an Interviewer the churchman said what he wanted was to see Kngland get out of Ireland. Intimating that the latter as an independent country would be no more the enemy of Great lttitaln that It is now. Another big wage Increase nward was made last week by the United States railway labor board, the em ployees of the American Hallway Ex press company being the beneficiaries this time. They were granted a flat Increase of 10 cents an hour and the total will amount to $:t0,.p."(l,445 a year. The beads of the four unions affected appeared well satisfied with the award. The railway rate Increase ran against a snag lu Illinois when the state public utilities commission ruled that the, 2-cent passenger fare in the state wns restored by the passing of the wartime transportation act; de nied applications for Increases to ,'J.C cents per mile, for Increased surcharges on Pullman and parlor car fares, for Increase of commutation rates and for increased milk rates; ami denied application for 40 per cent Increase in freight rates, granting a temporary Increase of l-.'l per cent. Franklin Roosevelt was formally notified Monday of his nomination for the vice presidency by the Democrats, and two days later opened the Demo cratic campaign In Chicago with a speech In which he made a special plea for the support of the old Hull Moose element. Roth In Ibis address ami In his speech of acceptance he ex blhited a spirit of fair-mindedness that won commendation. Governor Cox began his speaking tour the latter part of the week. The front porch campaign plans for Senator Harding have not been changed, but the Republican leaders will make extensive use of "publicity news stories, advertising and the movies. It was expected that Harding would soon declare himself as to Just what kind of a League of Nations he thinks would be acceptable to the American people, for he does not wish the nation to believe that because he Is against the Wilson league, he Is iiirainst any league. The prohibition nominees, Watkins and Colvin, both delivered their ac ceptance speeches at Germaiitown, O., ami plans were made to carry on a vigorous campaign, largely by air plane. diaries Ponzl of Iloston. whose sen satiounl operations in International postal coupon's attracted the attention f,f the authorities, came to grief, at least temporarily, when a state bank examiner closed the Hanover Trust t ompuny. through which he carried on much of his business, and he was ar retted on a state larceny charge. Tin same day the "wizard" admitted he bad been an Inmate of prisons at At Inntii ami In Canada. Ponzl has not revealed' the exact method by which he made so much money for fits clients and himself In a few weeks. He as serfs he can take care of all his llnan clul obligations. Polish Nation Must Submit to Severe Conditions if War is to Terminate T TO SOVIETIZE Plebiscite In Russian Poland With Propaganda Rights to the Enemy, One Condition Wants Pass ports Abolished. "Washington, D. C. A plebiscite to determine the future of Ilusslun Po land Is one of the pence terms drawn up by the bolshevlkl coincident wltlu the first proposal of nn nrmlstlce by the Polish government. The right of unrestricted propaganda In this terri tory during the yenr Intervening before the plebiscite would be demanded. These nnd the other terms of peuce,. which tire believed to have been for mulated for submission nt the meeting between the soviet arid Polish emis saries have been received In ofliclaL circles. While not regarded ns final the- terms ure accepted here as illustrative of the Intention of the invaders to impose peuce conditions of a drastic nnture. The other terms Include the right of the soviet government to unrestricted transmission of nil code messages across Poland between Husslu and Germany, the turning over of salt nnd coal mines In Poland for operation by the soviet government nnd the rlijht of unrestneteu travel lor ait soviet na tionals across the Pollen frontiers with out Russian vise on passports. Officials are Inclined to believe that the peuce terms to be submitted at Minsk will be more severe thnn tbos- prepared for the Uaranovltch confer ence, which ended abruptly when the- Pollsh nrmlstlce emissaries replied they hud no authority to conclude.' peuce. OFFICIALS SCORED. General Wood Rebukes Denver Author ities for Part in Strike. Denver, Colo. Major General Leon ard Wood, who was sent here to re store order following the street car strike riots In which eight lives were- lost, tlfty-two persons Injured and property damaged to the extent or over $V!fi0,000, scathingly rebuked city nnd tramway officials for bringing armed strikebreakers to the city, and characterized the action of tho strike breakers In shooting ns cowardly murder. He ordered the strikebreak ers deported from the city. "Some of you men will be Indicted for murder," Wood exclaimed during a conference, after which he ordered complete Investigation of the riots. Father Held for Daughter's Death. Hebron, Neb. Frieda Bosteltnan, 18-year-old Chester girl, died of poison administered by br own futher, Fred Hostelnian, on the day before her wed ding, ueqordlng to a verdict rendered by a coroner's Jury here. The father had objected to the girl's proposed marriage to j J. Hutske, young Hebron school teacher. Hostelnian has been In jail nearly two months follow ing his daughter's sudden death. The Inquest was several times postponed to allow authorities to guthcr evidence In the case. Hosteliuanii was returned to Jail here to be held without bond for trial In the district court. Kansas Miners Back to WorR. Pittsburgh, Kan. Several thousand' Kansas coal miners, who were on strike for two weeks In protest against p.naltles Imposed by operntors for ob serving a five day week, returned to work last week. Alexander M. Howat, district president of the United Mine Worker, said the men did not go back, at his direction, but on their own ac cord under protest. Various local unions nre holding meetings nnd adopting resolutions con demning John L. Lewis, International miners' president, for Interfering la the Kansas situation. Lamb Prices Lowest in Years. St. Louis, Mo. Ijuubs sold here last Friday for the lowest pricv In four years. Prices have dropped steadily recently, and the top was $ll..r00 per hundredweight. In 1017 and 1018 the price of lambs ranged from $1G to $'J0. Act Virtual War Declaration. London. Workmen In Upper Silecla regnrd France's recognition of General Wrangel, niitl-bolsbevlk lenders, as equivalent to n declaration of war on ltussla, and will refuse to recognize French representatives on the plebis cite commission, contending they are not neutral, says the Dally Mall's Kat towltz corespondent. Two Die In Wreck. Ilospers, la. Two trainmen were killed and 10 other persons injured, two probably fatally, when n North western passenger train was derailed in the northern limits of the yards, here. The dead are Albert H. lied ding, engineer, and Ira Taylor, fireman, both of Sioux City. The engine turned on Its side after splitting a switch, pinning the engineer and nreinun In the cab, where they were burned to death by escuplug steam.
