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THE BEE: OM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1919. BOLSHEVIKI WANT TO MAKE PEACE WITH THE ALLIES British .Representative Nego tiating With Soviet Repre sentative, Relative to Re , . patriating Prisoners. London, Not. 27. By the As sociated Press.) Maximi Litvinoff, who' is at Copenhagen for a dis cussion with James O'Grady, rep- , resenting Great Britain, on the ques tion of the repatriation of British prisoners held in soviet Russia, al " ready has attempted to carry the Cr negotiations beyond the definitely specified field. ; One of Litvinoffs f irit moves "was to propose to Mr. O'Grady that the allies lift their blockade of so viet Russia. This fact, it is con- . sidered here, bears out the view previously expressed among mem ' bers of the diplomatic corps in London that Litvinoff, on behalf of the bolshevik regime in Russia, in - tended to make other proposals than ' those relating to prisoners. -1 Want to Effect Peace, There are . rumors that the bol- sncviKi wilt try ro cucu a (jchic with the entente . through Mr. O'Grady. Private advices concerning the ' conference in Copenhagen say that the bolshevik attitude is most con ciliatory. Among otlier things, Lit vinoff is said to have offered to tele- - graph Moscow, Petrograd and other bolshevik cities to obtain full re ports as to the condition of British subjects in those places. While Great Britain is deeply in terested in the trend of affairs at Copenhagen, it was reaffirmed that Mr. O'Grady had been definitely rn- i structed to enter Into no negotia tions beyond those relating to pws-'l . oners. v Full of Boastf ulness. Helsingfors, Nov. 27. Maxim Litvinoff, former bolshevik ambas sador to Great Britain and head of. the soviet delegation which : con-i ferred with representatives of the Baltic stares at Dorpat, came to that town with the air of a general flushed with victory. He boasted of bolshevik, military successes, asserting that the bolshe vik! had smashed1 General Yudenitch and would now do the same thing to General Denikine. Toward the representatives of the Balkan states, who were led to be lieve that the bolsheviki were as eager as they to make peace, ne as . sumed at the outset such a cold and threatening manner that they weTe nonplused i,o tne PO'it of dismay. Although Litvinoff later adopted a more conciliatory attitude, the Bal-. ,tie delegates remain filled with mis givings, which is heightened by re ports of a powerful offensive the bolsheviki are said to be prepar ing against the Esthonians on the Narva front.. Same as at Dorpat. In the opinion of the Baltic rep resentatives Litvinoff's bearing-at Copenhagen will continue the same 'as at Dorpat and the belief that if Great Britain and the other allies are disposed to negotiate they will find no easy . task. . It is reported that Litvinoff will, refuse to listen to proposals for a constitutional as sembly in Russia or modification of the form of the soviet government This and other information which the correspondent secured from au thoritative sources could, not be transmitted' from Dorpat, owing to , the Esthonian censorship which, as the conference proceeded, became ! increasingly severe. , The arrival of Colonel Tallents, head of the British political mission, ':J appeared to augment the reticence s.tf the tonference and the unofficial renresentatives of other border . . , . . . states' snowed increasing nervous ness. With the arrival of Litvin- off the Polish , representative promptly left Dorpat " . , . In view of the conflicting state ments given the correspondent, it is difficult to. say just what was de cided, but it' is generally believed v that the Baltic representatives, or at least the Esthonians, invited the ' bolsheviki to send a peace delega tion December 1. .. Sedulously Guarded, "j Throughout Litvinoffs stay he was sedulously guarded from corre - spondents by the Esthonians and a ' British officer was sent to escort him to Copenhagen when he left Dorpat. : The correspondent is informed v that when Litvinoff entered the con .t ference he professed surprise at find ing representatives of all three Baltic States, saying that, he expected to meet only, the Esthonians. He "showed impatience when told the Baltic delegates were prepared to . discuss officially only the exchange ' of prisoners, remarking that he did not desire to waste time on unim- portanf details which could be in ; - eluded in a peace treaty. Subse quently when peace terms were in " formally discussed, Litvinoff flatly " refused to consider the establish ment of a neutral zone and was not inclined to treat the question of an , armistice apart from peace. One of the correspondent's in formants said that the position of the Baltic states would be uncertain .even if peace were concluded, de- Action In Mexico Only Solution to Problems, Is : Opinion of U. S.. Senators Administration Policy of Writing Notes in Reply to Outrages Too Lenient a Manner of Handling the Situation Admission of Anarchists Is Condoned. By SEN. CHARLES CURTIS OF KANSAS. .Washington, Nov. 27. I think that the United States should take immediate steps to protect the lives and property of its citizens who are in Mexico. Their rights have been neglected entirely too long. It is a well known fact that American lives have been taken and American prop erty has been stolen or confiscated and the administration has not been able to stoo these outrages by writ ing notes, and it seems to me that the time for progressive action is at hand. "The Carranza government has encouraged and assisted the enemies of the United States and from in formation given out by the Depart ment a)f -Justice it is certain that they . are permitting objectionable characters - and , propagandists to cross over : the border into the United States" The people of the United States ar tired, of having the Carranza government uphold its citizens who are kidnaping American citizens and holding them for ransom. I hope that the government will as soon as1 possible take every step that is " necessary to fully protect he interest of the lives and-property of our citizens in Mexico. There has been altogether too much dalli ance, v By SENATOR MORRIS SHEPf . .. PARD OP TEXAS. , Jt is a .very difficult thing to han dle these incidents so as to keep out of war and td avoid armed interven tion.' ' ' ; ' "V The president and secretary of state have exercised wonderful pa tience and will continue, It am sure, to, avoid bloodshed and a' clash of arms. sS'GF?'- . I feel sure.'also, that they will up hold the dignity and interest of 'the country in every proper way and will not submit to national humilia tion. ' '" This is no time for truckling. I feel that special attention should be given to the matter of admissions of anarchistic agitators across the border and I feel that this will also be investigated promptly and dealt with effectively by the departments concerned. Certainly this is a case when the league Of nations would operate most admirably to all concerned and to the maintenance of the peace of the wester,n hemisphere. The recent war has taught us that an outbreak or clash in any part of the world no matter how remote, may ultimately involve all civilized mankind. It is especially necessary that war be avoided if possible in our relations with Mexico. Let us hope .that a peaceful solution may1 yet be reached. , By SENATOR JOHN H. BANK HEAD OF ALABAMA. We shall all have to admit that the situation in Mexico is pretty bad, but it has been that way a long time; ' ; Mexico has ignored every request that we have made from saluting our flag to criminal wrong and has got away with it. I think this adminis tration has been perhaps too lenient and that Carranza feels he has a right to do as he pleases in the mat ter. In "the past if we wanted a re dress of grievances, we would write Carranza a note. Of course, he pays no attention to that and then we write him another. ' i Now, again we hear , of wrongs and I don't know what: we can do except leave it to the administra tion. And when they got tired of writing notes then perhaps they can try some other remedy. By SENATOR WILLIAM E. BORAH OF IDAHOk - First Chief Carranza is trying to build up his own political strength in Mexico by using the Jenkins case to inflame the Mexican people against the United States. I have not been able to follow the Mexican- situation very closely be cause of the treaty but it appears to me that' Carranza is trying to unite his own factions by his atti tude against the United States. By SENATOR LAWRENCE SHERMAN OF ILLINOIS. The border condition for some years have been such as to warrant our government's interference to restore safety to the states. The recent imprisonment of Con sul Jenkins is by the direction of the Mexican government. That ought not to be tolerated for a min ute. ! The whole series pf captures of claring they could not trust the word of the bolsheviki. The probable effect of the scare Litvinoff gave the Baltic delegates will be to accelerate the organization of a league of border states, which otherwise would prove to be most difficult owing to their rivalries. Most Popular Cornflakes Always crisp AlwsiysfTesK Alys flavory midReacfyioEat TOST American citizens and holding thein for ransom has passed the limits of endurance. Jenkins ought to be re leased instantly. The money paid by his friends for ransom should be refunded and suitable apologies to our country made, or we should intervene. Mexico ought to be blockaded if we intervene, or a general clean ing up of her condition had. It will not be done under this ad ministration, however. At least that is my opinion. Nothing in'the at titude of the present administration would give us reason to hope for a settlement of questions that could possibly be so close to our shores as the Mexican trouble. The league of nations is its prin cipal concern and I want to say right here that the league of nations is about as objectionable as the Car ranza government. . By SEN. HENRY L. MYERS OF MONTANA. ' f believe the time has come when we should make Mexico quit trif ling with the United States. For years if has trifled with and defie'd us with impunity in the most flagrant -and outrageous manner, Our citizens have been murdered; their property has been destroyed We - have claims for millions of dollars of damages, to which Mex ico is paying no attention and ap parently intends to pay no intention, By REPRESENTATIVE OTIS WINGO OF ARKANSAS. I said in a speech in the house five years ago that I thought Uncle Sam should go across the Rio Grande, take up the border line be tween the United States and Mex ico and carry it down to the Pana ma canal. I am still of that opinion, No peaceable citizen will stand for a cat fight in his back yard while he is trying to sleep. The situation in Mexico today is nothing more than a cat fight in our back yard, and it is going to keep up. until we take the bootjack of our, army and navy and chase the cat away, clean up the back yard and make it a part of our garden. ' v By REPRESENTATIVE HAHRY E. HULL OF ARIZONA. The Mexican situation is certainly ridiculous as far as this government is concerned. We have been de manding things of Mexico for six years and so far as 1 know not one of the demands has been complied with. We ought either to quit mak ing demands or enforce some of them. By REPRENTATIVE JOHN NOLAN OF CALIFORNIA. I thought that when the United Mates hrst began to interfere in the affairs in Mexico that we should play hands off and let the Mexican people work out their own salva tion. I believed that at that time they would soon fight it out, the stronger element would prevail and the country become pacified. But the situation has gone too far now for the United States to remain idle and permit the lives and prop erty of its citizens in Mexico and along the border to be always in jeopardy without holding the Mex ican government to account. " Opening Gun of Moral War on Dancing Is Fired by Paris Police l By TTnlTemal Servlee. Snenial Cable DIsDatch. Paris, Nov. 27. The police order closing the tango palaces and plung ing Fans into the danceless gloom of the war days is regarded as the opening gun of a moral war on danc ing and other relaxations tavored lately by Parisians. The dance hall proprietors charge that M. Raux, the perfect of police, is a stern religion ist and that he has made the coal shortage a pretext for stopping the terpischorean craze which he detests. The Association of Dancing Mas ters announced today that they will proceed immediately to erect huge dancing salons, heated by oil in the suburbs where the perfect has no jurisdiction and will run . lines of motor buses to them from the city. The edict is causing a loss of $1,000,000 weekly to proprietors, in vestors and employes of the halls, it is said. ' Coal Committee Reports Situation Here Favorable The coal situation in Omaha was pronounced "more favorable" by H. L. Snyder, acting chairman of the terminal coal committee, and mem bers of the committee yesterday took their first vacation , in eight days. i Although the actual coal supply is very low in the city, a large quan tity of western coal is expected to begin arriving here by Monday, Mr. Snydar said, and the situation will be relieved. Farmers' Union Members Guests at Venison Dinner Frank Myers, manager of the Farmers' Union State exchange, treated 50 members of the exchange Wednesday evening to a five-course dinner at the Castle Hotel, the fea ture of which was roast venison, from a deer shot by Mr. Myers while on a recent hunting trip in northern Minnesota. Following the dinner T. W. Mc Clure, of the National Cash regis ter company, spoke on "Salesman or Order Taker," illustrating his address with charts. To War on Radicals. Denver, Colo., Nov. 27. Colo rado has officially thrown down the gauntlet to all red propagandists and anarchistic elements in the state in a special proclamation is sued by Governor Snoup, to make it the express business of the state legislature to enact in extraordinary session measures to stamp out all such influences. The special ses sion will meet December i i PREMIER SIGNS PEACE TREATY FORJULGARIA Agree to Return Loot and Pay $445,000,000 Indemnity; Will Lose Some Terri ' v tory. Paris, Nov. 27. M. Stambuliwsky, oremier of Bulgaria, signed the treaty of peace between his country and the allied powers at the Neuilly town hall at 10:40 o'clock this morn ing. . ( By the conditions of the treaty which was signed this morning at the Neuilly town hall, Bulgaria is called upon to surrender all works of art and valuables taken from al lied countries, during the war and to pay an indemnity of approxi mately $445,000,000. Bulgaria is deprived of Thrace- and also loses Strumitza, a small triangular sec tion of territory, the latter being assigned to Serbia. Proposals which would give Bulgaria a . corridor through Thrace to the Aegean are left to the future disposition of the allied governments. The boundary between Roumania and Bulgaria is changed in only minor details. Compulsory military service in Bulgaria is abolished by the treaty terms, the Bulgarian army being limited to 20,000 men, with a gen darmeries, or police force, not ex ceeding 10,000. All arms and am munition exceeding the amounts laid down by the treaty shall be turned over to the allies. M'ADOO FURTHER FLAYS OPERATORS FOR HUGE PROFITS Says 1917 Earnings, in Some Cases Exceeded Entire Capital Invested. New York, Nov. 27. Profits-sev- eral times in excess of the entire capital invested came back to many coal operators in 1917, William C. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, declared in a further state ment relative to the coal contro versy. He asserted those operators "must now be on velvet" The state ment follows: ' " ' "The coal operators assert that I gave out confidential information when I stated that profits of the mine owners in 1917 ranged from 15 to 2,000 per cent on'caoital stock before deduction of taxes. "This was not confidential in formation. The Treasury department may publish statistical matter ot this character any time. In fact, in formation concerning this very sub ject' was furnished by me to the United States senate in response to a resolution introduced by Senator Borah concerning profiteering, and was published July 3, 1918 (see sen ate document 259, Sixty-fifth con gress, second session.) "In this report the returns of several hundred coal companies showed profits ranging from 15 to 800 per cent on their invested cap ital in 1917. The range of profits was higher on capital stocks. In short, many operators got back their en tire invested capital several times out of their profits in 1917, as shown by the reports, and faiust now be on velvet." I The Bee's Free Shoe " Fund THANKSGIVING DAY I How shall you show vour thanks for the good things and the com- torts that YUU ENJOY. ,Why not send a gift to The Bee's Free Shoe Fund?' Why not? Scares of poor little waifs were in wretched homes yesterday in Oma ha and hadn't even shoes to keep their feet warm. 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