RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF 1 Railroad bridge near Ufa, Russia, which was lilnwn up by the bolshevlkl, cutting the town off from the outside world. SI German Ifi-lnch shells about to tic exploded hy t lit reclamation mid demolition men of the American Held iinimnnltloii force. Giant French searchlight on the Ithluu facing the historic village of Well nlch mid the fmnoiiN old Mouse castle. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Hungary in Grip of Bolshevism and Other Parts of Central Europe in Ferment. PEACE DELEGATES STARTLED Speed Up Work on the Treaty, Which Germans Say They Will Not Sljn League of Nations Covenant Being Amended. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Matters In Europe last week moved swiftly toward a climax. Bolshevism was gathering Itself- for Its greatest efforts, and made a start In that way that alarmed the civilized world. It fastened Its clutches on Hungary, or ut lenst on the government and on Budapest, the capital, and soviet rule was established In place of tho repub lic (hat was headed by Count ICarolyl. Revolution brok out In Oallcla, start ing in tlio oil districts; a soviet gov ernment was set up, the Louiberg soviet declared u general strike, and Polish, troops sent to combat tho rev olution Joined In tbe movement, lies- snrnhla was proclaimed a republic and Its directorate began military opera tions against ltoumanla's army, de feating a part of It. The Bessarablan movement undoubtedly was directed by tbe Russian bolshevlkl and support ed by the Ukrainians, the idea being to establish communication between Moscow and Budapest by breaking through Roumnnlu. Efforts to turn Czechoslovakia and (ierman Austria over to tho bolshevlkl have been so far unsuccessful. Frank critics of the peace confer ence lay the blame for much of this on those Idealists who undertook to remodel the entire world and bring about the millennium at once In stead of first making peace and per mitting the belligerent nations to re sume tlio ordered activities of civil ized existence. Thnt the gentlemen gathered in Paris have recognized their error Is apparent In their present hasto to complete the pence treaty and have It signed. They will, accord ing to reports at tho time of writing, Include In the trenty a formal state ment concerning the league of nations, because Gennnny will bo required hy the trenty to surrender her colonies to mandatories of the proposed league, but It Is not unlikely that the adoption of tlio full constitution of the league will be deferred. The first treaty, which was being considered Inst week by Wilson, Lloyd George, Clcmenconu and Orlando, It was said, was sulllclently linn In Its terms to insure a lasting peace, would simplify the International food problem and pave the way for Industrial and flnnnclai reconstruction. The princi pal alms of the proposals under con sideration were: (1) To Insure nmplo security for the future protection of France, especially on her eastern frontier; (SI) to establish a strong Italy, with a formidable northern bar rier against aggression; (!) to crento n strong Poland; (1) to found a league of nations pledged, on material as well as moral grounds, to the preser vation of world peace. The "big four." as they are called In Paris, were said to hnve decided to make peace with all four of the enemy nations at once. This plan present's, some dllllculties, one of the least of which Is the fact that the United States never was at war with Turkey nnd Bulgnria. Most troublesome will be tho fair assessment of tlio pre-war debts of those two nations and of Austria-Hungary nmong the various provinces, and the fixing of tlio boundaries they must accept. It Is believed Germany's new bound aries have been virtually fixed by the peace delegates, though no announce ment has been made. A financial commission hns been working fast to settle tho reapportionment of Ger many's public debt, tho question of Gennnn stato property In territories to be ceded by the peace treaty and the order In which the obligations of (Jennany shall be Imposed. As for the reparation to lie demanded of the lliins, the economic x experts have found the amount of ifumuge Indicted by the Germans was between $!t.r, 000,000.000 and $1.r.,000,000,000, but as this Is beyond the ability of Germany to pay, the sum Is being scaled down mid probably will be less than $!10, 000,000.000. If the trenty with Gennnny Is such as It Is supposed to be, Rermany will refuse to sign It. Anyhow, that Is what the press and many of the lead ers say. Doctor Deniburg of uhsnv ory memory, declares the Rormnn peo ple will not accept a trenty of pence that Is not Inspired by Impartiality, Justice and a spirit of reconciliation and that does not contain n league of nations Into which Rermany is admit ted with full rights. Doctor Sclilffer, minister of finance, says lie has taken n solemn oath that the government will not surrender one Inch of German territory. The Prussian national assem bly has voted against the relinquish ment of any of tho Rhine territory, es pecially tho Snar basin. All over the country meetings lire being held, or ganized by Foreign Secretary Brock dnrff-Runtzaii, to protest against an "enslaving pence." This movement, In which all factions nre Joining, is being used to reawaken the national spirit, nnd the threat of spreading Bolshevism If the demands of the Ror mnn people nre not met is being used by the leaders to Intimidate the Inter allied peace delegates. The latter, however, do not seem especially wor ried, evidently taking It for granted that Rermany will have to accept any treaty they formulate. If the Ger mans do submit to bolsbevlsm, It will be of their own free will, and mainly In spite and not because they pre fer that form of "government." With Hungary the case Is different, and It mny well bo that that coun try's new soviet government will re fuse to sign any treaty with the al lies, If It survives. At the end of the week there were evidences thnt the allies were about to take decided ac tion against the Hungarians. The French were urging that an army be sent to occupy territory between Rus sia and Hungary, and General Mangln was recalled from Mayence In this connection. Italian troops were re ported to have occupied Prossburg, Hungary, only 'M miles from Vienna. Allied gunboats were hurriedly sent up the Danube for the purpose of pro tecting the French and British mis sions In Budapest. The members of those missions nro believed to have. escaped safely. Belli Kun, as foreign minister, Is bossing the bolshevlst Job In Buda pest, and he nnd his associates are nationalizing everything and ordering the severest of penalties for any form of resistance. Count Karolyl Is vari ously reported to be executed and In prison. The outbreak of the revolu tion In Hungary at this time Is as cribed to the action of the French military mission In establishing a neu tral zone between Roumnnla and Hun gary in n way that led the Hungarians to believe their country wns about to be dismembered. The Czeeho-Slovnks, It was understood, went Into action against the Hungarian bnlsliovlsts at once, some of their troops having cap tured Raali, on the Danube, Interrupt ing communication between Budapest nnd Vienna. Large Hungarian ennnnn factories are situated in Raali. The premier of Czecho-Slovakia, Dr. Karl Kriimarsz. now In Paris, declares his country Is too strong to yield to bol shevik temptntlons, though he admits It is In dangerous proximity. If bol sbevlsm Is vlctorloun In Rust-In, he profllcts that -country will Inevitably fall under Rormnn Influence. Here Is n peculiar cnntrnhictlnn of opinions. For many months we have been assured that tbe one sure thing that V.nild check the spread of the bolshevik poison, In Russia nnd else where, was food; and consequently Mr. Hoover hns been tanking strenu ous efforts to feed central Europe. Now an enterprising newspaper cor respondent who has been long In Rus sia and Is at preseut In Petrognul, writes that If the bolshevlsts can bring food to the hungry people there they can retain their control; that if they fall there will he another revolu tion. Is It true, then, that hunger Is the food on which bolshevistn thrives? When the Hungarian revolutionists made overtures to the people of Ger mil ii Austria, the hitter replied they could not adopt holshevlsin because they were dependent on the allies for their food the Inference being that If they were not thus dependent they also would set up a soviet govern ment. Another contradiction Is to be found In the stories that come of conditions In Russia. American commissioners, and most of the press reports, have led us to believe that there was little to be found there but murder, anar chy, riot and starvation. Agent's of the French government returning from Russia report that wholesale mnssa cres have ceased generally, that order prevnlls and Industries nre being re sumed. It Is said that even the rail roads are returning to something like normal service, trains being run be tween Moscow nnd Pctrograd on scheduled time. Conservative Influ ences are making themselves manifest In every direction In Russia, It Is said, and otllclnls In power nppear to renl lze the necessity of recognizing Indi vidual rights to property In order to maintain their authority. A bolshevik commissioner told tho correspondent mentioned above that If the allies would withdraw their sup port from those who are opposing tbe soviet government the civil wnrs would end In thirty dnys, tho gmn nrles of Siberia would be opened, the army demobilized, the factories start ed again and the present want and misery ended. Dlspntches from Pnrls Indicate that the allied pence delegates me slowly changing their opinion concerning tbe Russian sltuntlon, though not In the lenst minimizing tho .threat of bol sbevlsm to the rest of the world. Stephen Plchon. foreign minister, told the French chamber of deputies that the policy of the allies In Russia was not "war" but a "pacifying" policy and designed to save Russia from tho grip of Rermany. The league of tuitions commission, with President Wilson in the chair, completed Its consideration of the covenant of the league Wednesday night. It was turned over to n draft ing committee which wns to go over It carefully and return It to the com mission for limit consideration beforo It was reported to tho executive com mittee of the pence conference. Many proposed amendments to the original plan were considered, including seven suggested by Charles K. Hughes nnd those drafted by fonner President Tnft. It wns understood that Mr. Wil son bad deferred the presentation of amendments safeguarding the Monroe doctrine nnd exempting domestic questions from the league's Jurisdic tion.. No amendment has' been Incor porated that specifically meets the de mands of Japan for recognition of tlio equality of nntlonnls. Among the amendments adopted was one providing that the olllces of the league are open to women ns well as to men, nnd one permitting the with drawal of a member on two yenrs' notice, but not until such member ban tilled its International obligations. The Industrial sltuntlon in Great Britain has been greatly alleviated by the report of the committee appoint ed by tho Industrial conference that met last Febnmry, consisting of thirty employers nnd thirty trades unionists. The committee recommends that a legal maximum working week of -18 hours be established, that systematic overtime be discouraged nnd thnt legal time wage rates of universal ap plicability be fixed. To meet the prob lem of unemployment and the care of tho unemployed, It suggests state de velopment of new Industries, the rais ing of tho age limit for child labor, more generous sick benefits nnd old age pensions. A national Industrial council of '100, and a standing com mittee of f0 nre proposed. It is be lieved this plan, possibly with modifi cations, will ,o ndopted by the gov ernment. i NEBRASKA INCIDENTS BOILED T0A FEW LINES Occurrences Ovor the Cornhusker State Chronicled In Paragraph . Form for the Busy Reader. Tn nn effort to stop tbe Importation of contraband liquor Into Nebraska, flits Myers, chief law enforcement of ficer, has placed guards nt practically every Interstate road of Importance nlong the eastern nnd southern border of the stnte. Night nfter night, no matter what the weather, his agents ntnml guard in lonely ravines lending from remote ferries or boat landings nnd at road Intersections nlong tho well defined "booze routes." A. Socha, u South Omaha packing bouse workmnnr whne fellow em ploye played n joke on him by Insert-ltr-' the nozzle of n compressed nlr tank, with eighty pounds procure to the sqtinro inch, Into Ills body mid re basing the lever, died from the effects. The men who played the Joke on the victim are under arrest mid will be tried for manslaughter. The Clay Center Commercial club met the other day to consider plans fcr erecting a modern hotel In tho town. Clay Center Is badly in need of u mod ern hotel building mid the citizens now propose toMiuy enough stock to Induce some reliable hotel company to come Into the town and erect n first-class building. Senntor Hitchcock of Nebraska tin nomiceil that lie has been advised through the stnte doimitinent that in ret urn for food to Germany the I'nlted States Is to receive potnsh in part pn meiit. " There was no indication of the quantity of potash to be sent nor when the lir.st shipment would arrive. A stock company at Deshler has taken over 174 residence lots and 101! business lots In the south part of the city as the Urst step toward making a Greater Deshler. The company lias lu en Incorporated for $2,000,000, forty per cent paid up. William II. Pltzer of Nebraska City made i..rangements for acquiring a block of ground In the heart of the city. and. will present It to the board of education, to lie used for school ath letics and recreational purposes for all time to come. About sixteen thousand Nebraska members -of the Modern Woodmen of America are affected by the lit ty per cent rate Increase voted by the bend camp of the order after a three days' stormy session at Chicago. A society of 100 young men hns been, formed nt Falrbury to aid the Com mercial club mid other organizations in bettering the city. The new organ ization is known ns "The Falrbury Boosters' Club." The Farmers' Co-operative union at Deshler will build u new '.20,000 cream ery and cold storage plant fiOxOO, two stories high, with basement. It is planned to have It in operation by August I. The Lutheran congregation of Rev. Kuehnert. on Loseke Creek, near Leigh, will erect a new church building in the spring, the same to cost sours where between $00,000 nnd $".",000. Potato growers of Box P.utte eountj nre to make an effort this year t" prove that the county Is better adapt ed to the raising of spuds than any district in tho United States. A number of homes nr Fremont are quarantined witli Spanish influenza, and precautions are being taken by health authorities to prevent the hpreadlng of the disease. Published reports that the depart ment of agriculture will carry out tlio guaranteed $2.20 wheat price on the 3010 crop were denied hy agricultural officials at Washington. The "grow-a-hnlf-acro of sorghum" campaign, which started In Fillmore county last year, to help meet the su gar shortage, will be pushed with vigor again this summer. Democrats of Ilavcloek have named !Mlss Rachel Conway, n clerk in the railroad shops, ns candidate for city treasurer. The new flare-up of Spanish Influen za at Gothenburg is causing great un easiness In the city and surrounding country. Hooper is to receive electric current from the Fremont lighting plant, a contract having already been agreed upon. It is reported that influenza Is quite prevalent in a number of Plntte county towns, especially Leigh and Humphrey. The State Railway commission lias authorized Incrensed telephone rates for Dodge county. Fred Eyemor, Lincoln, nnd B. C. En yart. Tekamah, were elected delegates to the sovereign camp meeting of the Woodmen of tho World nt the state head camp meeting at Hastings. Co lumbus was chosen for the next bien nial meeting. Buffalo county farmers nre clamor ing for help, sending In dally requests to County Agent Stewart for assist ance in solving their labor problem. Mr. Stewart states farmers are offering it salary of $50 and upwards and living expenses for hired help. Tho Arnold Methodist church hns reached Its century quota of $10,700, It being the first church In the Ne braska conference to go over the top. Gage county bankers have already arranged to take $SOO,000 In treasury certificates for tlio Victory loan drive, nnd mny lntor boost It to $1, .100,000. Tho state of Nebraska contributed a mammoth beautiful wreatli to tho court of honor In front of the New York City public 'library during n re cent pnrado ns n tribute to fallen he roes. The wronth was laid by Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Muse, fonnerly of Norfolk. Wnen Anson Cole, condemned to die In tbe electric chair for the murder of Mrs. Lulu Vogt of Ilowurd county on July 4, 1017, wns notified that the state supreme court had refused Allan V. Grmniuer a new trial and thnt both he nnd Granmier must die. he made it new confession that Grummer bad nothing to do with Mrs. Vogt's death, according to prison olllciiils. Since Governor McKclvle's inception Into otllce January 0, a total of $22, 101.72 lias been expended for the en forcement of the stnte prohibition law. Indications nre that expenditures will Increase when the various liquor en forcement laws Introduced In the present legislature nt the request of the governor nre in force. C. W. Watson of Lincoln, state lead er of boys' mid girls' club for the ex tension department of the University of Nebraska the last year, ha been iiinile state supervisor of agricultural ' education by the state board of voca tional education, of which Govt rnoi- I McKelvIe Is chairman. I Moes (!. Stufft of Lawrence, pur- ! chased sixty acres of farm land of W. W. McDonald, near Shelton, for u j consideration of SIS.OOO or $:i(H) per acre. This Is the highest price ever paid for farm land In the vicinity and It Is believed to be u record price for Buffalo county land. Two Lincoln capitalists have bought more than L.SOO acres of land lying northeast of Grand Island to lie de veloped Into u sugar beet ranch nnd wntercd by mi extensive system of ir rigation well. The land cost about a quarter million dollars. The United States supreme court lias been called upon to decide the controversy between the First Xa'ion- al Bank of Aurora, ami the tax col- i lectors of Hamilton county over the qiiesMon, whether liberty bonds can bo , taxed. t With the lifting of the embargo on j hogs big runs of stock nre leaving not lb' Nebraska for market. Almost j H00 cars of stock passed through Nor- j folk one day last week in throe hours' time. An nvlntlon school has been organ ized at Seward. Hangars and nn air drome will be built, as Seward Is on the air line from Oninlia to Denver and from Galveston to Winnipeg. Considerable opposition to the day light saving lnw is manifest around Albion. Ministers of the city have agreed to Ignore tho practice in so far as church services are concerned. Fanners and merchants of Friend have started a, movement to erect mi auditorium In the city which will be a credit to the progressive reputation of the community. Leases have been taken on u number of fnrms near Beatrice by two repre sentatives of a large oil company. Drilling for oil on the leased ground will begin soon. 1 Reports trom Washington nre to the effect that the Nebraska Red Cross base hospital No. 45) Is at u French port, awaiting to embark for the United States. The Nebraska supreme court band ed down a decision to the effect that the First National bank of Aurora cannot deduct liberty bonds from its nscsshlc property. Bank deposits In Nebraska increas ed from S180.OS0.O0." In 100!) to JJl.Tf. 0I7.HC2 In 1018. nccording to figures compiled by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Spring work Is opening up In Butler county with a shortage of farm labor, despite the fact that farmers are of fering $.) per month and up for bin d men. , The Jefferson County Live Stock as soclntlon has purchased 27 acres of land near Falrbury and will erect thereon n permanent home for the as sociation. Nebraska City will nold a special election April 2.0 to vote new sewer bonds for the soutli side of tho city. The estimated cost of the sewer is $."j2.000. The new price for bay at tho South Omaha stock yards is $40 a ton. Up to the past few days, nnd for months past, the price has been $H5 u ton for prairie hay. Arrangements nre being mnde to put in a concrete swimming pool WklOO feet on tlio Thayer county fair grounds at Deshler to cost S2.f00. Arrangements hnve been completed for the North Platte automobile show, which will lie held April 10 to 12 in clusive. Federal road building in Nuckolls county has already started. A large force of men are nt work near Nelson. A speclnl election will bo held at Columbus April 14 to vote on a $120, 000 school bond proposition. Thirty cases of Spanish influenza nnd two deaths from tho dreadful dis ease have been reported in Ord during the past few days. A salary raise of 1." per cent has bfiMi ordered by the Board of Educa tion for the teaching rorcc oi uiu Hastings public schools. Special trains are to be nin to Al liance from near-by cities to permit tlio people to witness the big aerial demonstration which Is to be given there about the mlddlo of April In be half of the Victory loan. The department convention of tho Grand Army of the Republic and the' Woman's relief corps will bo held In York, Mny 10, 20 and 21. Tho Plckrell Live Stock association mndo n net profit of $108,000 tlio past year. Tho association shipped 3,000 head of stock from Plckrell during tho past twelve months. All Nebraska Liberty Loan Workers who participate actively In the Victory Liberty Loan campaign will bo award ed a Victory medal mado from cap tured Gennan cannon, by tho government. LAND VALUE FIXED Depends Altogether on Power of Giving Wealth. That It Why the Fertile Acres of We it em Canada, With Adjacent Mar kets, Are So Attractlvo to Settlers. Throughout every portion of th Western Empire lands that nre cnpablo of producing are In great demand. We find that In the States of proved agricultural wealth, land prices hnvo Increased within tho past throe or four years to n degree that ten years ago would not have been thought to be possible. Land that sought buyers nt $100 nn ucro live years ago Is changing hands ut $200 an acre. Tho secret of this docs not He altogether In the higher prices of farm products, for the expense of production has In creased proportionately. The better methods of farming hnve bad n good deal to do with It, nnd the knowledge that demands for fnnn products will be sufficiently great for a good many years to come to Insure n continuation of the high prlccH that prevail nt present. Then, ngaln, improved ma chinery, the tractor and other means of economic power will tend to lessen tho cost. Governing land values, too, arc cli mates, soil, moisture, settlement, rail roads, mnrkefj. Without markets, no matter bow much the other factors en ter Into It, the land Is merely of speculative value. It Is not more than n third of a century since ninety per cent of the land In Western Camilla, now oc cupied and tilled, nnd producing enough In one year to give u profit of from twenty-live to thirty dollars per ncre, wns unoccupied or used ns grazing land, nnd worth very little. These lands today nro valuable, nnd nro being sought by settlers who real ize their present and future value. There Is no portion of the world that Is attracting the same attention. The soil may have improved in tbe past centuries with the fertilizing given It by nature; the climate has not clianged. and tho moisture may bo considered the same. These nre threo of the essentials of good land. What they lacked n third of n century ngo was markets n fourth csscntlnl. These they have now. Thus provided, It Is not to be wondered nt that these millions of ncres with their great wealth, which have so long been await ing tho awakening touch of mankind, are now to be found adding to tho nvnilnblc wealth of the world. With the advent of railroads, throwing their great trunks of stool ncross the con tinent nnd ovor the surface of these boundless plains, spreading out their tentncles to remoter parts, tho world nt largo has begun to realize that here wns n country possessing nil the nat ural ndvnntnges claimed by older com munities; that land here just ns good or better, ncre for acre, as their own could be had for almost tho asking. With tbe realization of the fore going facts came tho people, who found thnt n railway had preceded them and markets already existed for anything thnt they might care to raise. These markets hnvo greatly expanded nnd, nre cnpnble of still grentcr expansion, nnd assure to tho agriculturist tho prevailing prices of tho world. An nssurcd market means idded vnlue .o every ncre of land In Western Cannda, and tho near future will see Innds that nro now selling nt exceptionally low prices begin to lncrenso In value, Just as they have In Eastern Cannda nnd tho United States. 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