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that Germany is violating the Treaty and evading all its engagements, and that France and Belgium are without guaran- te s against future agressions, since the Anglo-American Treaty is 1 suspcnse and the League of Nations is without means of action. He demands that the Allies at San Remo should close the door against any attempt at the revision of the Treaty, whose execution they should exace. San Remo, April 19th.— M. Millerand and M. Hymans held a conference this morning and reached a complete under- standing regarding the French and Belgi umviews. The Supreme Council met again at 11 o’clock an1 probably examined the political ciauses of the proposed Treaty with Turkey. America was not repre- sented and neither Marshall Foch nor any military expert assisted at th: meet- ing. Paris, April 19th. An official despat~h from San Remo states that the confer- ence, as er examination of the treaty with Turkey, decided to summon delegates of the Turkish Govt. to meet at Paris on May 10th. Mr. Lloyd George M. Mil- lerand, and Signor Nitti helda further meeting this afternoon, according to the “Petit Parisien’’, the British and French Premiers reached a complete agreement to the principle of the necessity for the disarmament of Germany, but differed in opinion rcgarding the means to be em- ployed. It suggests that thc Allies should consider a joint occupation of the Ruhr Basin, a solu.ion which would present the advantage of ensuring for France the delivery of coal stipulated in the Treaty. The newspapers empnasiz2 the good impression created by the first in- terview at San Remo, the ‘‘Matin’’says that, notwithstanding a slight coldness at the beginning, the meeting between Mr. Lloyd George and M. Millerand ter- minated cordially. Constantinople, April 12th.—Fightiag between Azerbaijans and Armenians is continuing and inter-allied observers re port that twenty-five thousand Armeni- ans in Bakum are in immediate danger of being massacred. A portion of the Denikine fleet in the Caspian Sea has turned Bolsheviki and is moving north- ward to join the Red fleet, which is ex- pécted at the mouth of the Volga when the ice ciears, the remainder of the Denikine vessels steamed southward from Petrovsk and are reported to be praceeding to other ports. At Bakum, on the Black Sea side, British warships are sufficiently numerons to keep Bakum guiet for the time being, "ut the Georgi- an Government is so weak and hard pressed by its own radical elements, that there seems little hope of a successful resistance by the Georgians to the Bol- shevik trcops if they actually move against Georgia, as fhreatened. The Georgian situation is much comnlica- ted by aflood of Cossack soldiers ard civilians fleeing across tle mountains 81 LURuaX AV 18 ahead «¢f the - Bolsheviki advance. Thirty thousand armed Cossacks, mov- ing south from Novorossista are con- centrated at Sochi with the Red rorces in pursuit, the mountains on one side and the sea on the other. The Georgians in the district refuse to admit the Cossacks into Georgia unless they disarm, which the Cossacks decline o do, although vir- tually starving. The British have pro- vided a temporary flour supply to quiet the situation,_in the hope of effecting a settlement. "From the raif end at Vliadi- kavkaz four thousand civilian refugees have aiready poured into Tiflisand twelve thousand more are expected as the vol- unteer army is retreating along the rail- wav. The Georgians are treating the refugees considerately, moving them at the rate of thirty trains daily and provid- ing them with flour. Chieago, April 13th-The main strength of the striking railway workers is being exerted in the section east of Pittsburg and in the Pacific north-west. Around New York the passenger service is hard- est hit, in the Pennsylvania steel andiron regions thousands of workers are threat- ened with enforeced idleness, unless the situation quickly changes. London, April 13th.—The Attorney General for Ireland in reply to a ques- tion in the House of Commons yester- day, said that according to the latest information the hunger strikers in Mount Joy prison, Dublin, are all weak and some are nearing the danger zone. The Attorney General added that they l.ave all been forewarned of the conse- quences of their conduct. Pittsburg, Kansas, April 13th.—The almost complete paralysis of the Kan- sas cral industry is reported today, an announcement at the headquarters of the coa! operators stating that only four steam shovels were operating and no deep mines were working. Havana, April 13th.—Three hundred houses and a number of tobacco ware- houses were wrecked when a water spout and’hail storm struck the village of Baeza in the Santa Clara province, early on Sunday morning. According to despatches received here, two persons are reported killed and a large number injured and one hundred and fifty fami- lies were rendered homeless as a result of the storm. London, April 13th. —The Chancellor of the Exchequer will introduce the bud- get next Monday. He will be called up- on to make up adeficit of three hundred and twenty-five million pounds, while the revenue needed amounts to one bil- lion two hundred million pounds, the postal letter rate wil probably be in- creased from three half pence to two pence and severai important alterations in the income tax will be inaugurated, giving addiitional relief to married peo- ple, especially those with children. The Postmaster General states there is no intention of incres 'ing press telegram races, although som: assert that the present loss on rhis traific is two hun- dred thousand pounds yearly. London, April li3th —Mr. Horatio Bottomly M. P., editor of ‘‘John Bull,”’ writing on the latest Home Rule Bill says, ‘‘lreland is an unsolvable and in- curable problem for the British Empire, at least that is my sorry opinion after its study for over thirty years. 1 vot- ed for the bill because it is the last time I shall ever have the opvortunity of supporting a constitutional scheme for a better Government in Ireland, in other words itis now or nevor. God grant it be now possible. The effect of the bill staggers the imagination’’. Constanstinople, April 14th. —Turkish military officers yesterday formally clos- ed the Chambers of Deputies under au order from the Sultan, which provides for the election of a new chamber with in four months. It lis believed that the Sultan will issuea mandate author- izing the Cabinet to ratify the Allies’ treaty. The Sheik Ul [slam at “on- stantinople has appealed to all Moslems, urging them to a Holy War upon Na- tionalism. Replyi g to this, the Na- tionalist Sheik Ul Islam has issued a religious decree denouncing the Sultan and discrediting the Constantinople appeal. Nogales, Sonora, April 13th. —General Dieguez, northern military ¢ mmander President Carranza, has issued an ulti- matum to Governor De La Huerto and General Calnes of the recently created “‘Republic of Sonora’’, that military measures will be taken unless the state quickly returns to the national govern- ment. General Carloe Plank, now first assista: t to General Calnes, in command of the forces of the new republic of So- nora, is taking steps to fortify Pulpito Pass, the gateway from Chihusahua to So- nora which, it is stated, a few hundred men could hold against a large army. The Sonora authorities assert that they have received definite assurances from Chihuahua that the military forces will refuse to attack Sonora. Geneva, April 14th.—A Munich Social- ist organ has created a sensation in Ba- varia by publishing a report of a recent meeting of the Bavarian Junker party which was attended by most of the mili- tary officers. The meeting was pre- sided over by Herr Von Schock, Presi- dent of the Patriotic League. The prin- cipal questions discussed related to the division of Germany into two parts, and it was proposed that overtures be made to France to join in an attack on Prussia. Captain Berthold, says tlse “*Post’’, objected (o the proposals, say- ing that the Bavarian Generals would deserve the fate of Admiral Kolchak and General Denikine, the Russian anti-Bol- shevik leaders, adding that another war with France was inevitable in the near futuce, and therefore Germany should remain solid. Several officers and poli- ticians supported this view.