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WILSON BACK
A ON ER
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President Arrives In Paris and Is
' Welcomed Ba Polncare Earlv and
Positive Results In Attalnlna Peace
Predicted American Public Ouln
: Ion Interests French.
OWIND-UPWAR
PARI8, Mar. 14. Proaldont Wll
on roturnliiR to the pnnco conroronco
after bin trip to ilia United HtntoH,
, arrived In l'urla ahortly after noun
today. , , ,
The demonstration attending tho
president's arrival lucked (ho magnl-
tudo of that upon tho occasion of his
Inltlnl appoitrunco lust Decombor.
INovertholuss.lIt wna apoiitiinooua and
cordial.
, ' Mot Itjr Volncnro
Tho people had been kept In Ignor
ance aa to which railroad atatlon lila
(rain would ontar. Tho president had
roqueetod tlila, na ho desired to come
Into the capital thla time merely aa
a prlvato citizen. . Nnvorlhalma; the
population hoard early In tho day
that tho atailon aoloctort waa mo in
valldos and they had aasomblod there
In ureal numbera by tho tlmo hla
train waa duo. .-.
' Tho presidential party waa met at
tho atatlon by President Polncare and
Madame Polncaro, Premier Clemen
ceau, Foreign Minister Plchon, Andre
Tardlou, Oonornl Bordnulnt, Iho mill
tary governor of Pnrla; Major Gen
eral Mordacq, head of tho military
retary ot Htalo Lansing, Oonornl Toe
ker II. Iillaa, Henry Whllo of the
peace mtaalon; Ambassador Shar
and Admiral Itonaon.
President Polncaro gnvo Proaldent
Wilson a cordial greeting during a
brief conversion. Willi Promler
Clomencoau tho American exoeutlvo
poke for aome tlmo, congratulating
tho Kronen atntuamun on hla vacapu
from death In tho recent attempt to
assassinate him.
Proaldent Wilson appeared to bo In
.OUColleut health, and aplrlls.
, eilartx to Work nt Onm
Proaldant Wllaon not to work Im
mediately after hla arrival at hla now
realdence In tho I'laco dea Ktnts. Pre
mier Lloyd tloorgo waa waiting thoro
for the proaldunt and tho two had a
long confarnnco. Tho prcaldont thou
arranged for a conforonco at tho
Ilotol do Crlllon thla attarnoon with
(Premlor Clomencoau, Promlor Lloyd
iaorgo and Colonel House.
. Tho roturn or the proaldont la wol
. corned by tho mornliiK nowapapora
In odltorlala. Tho Journul auya that
It moana early and positive roaulta
from tho poaco conforonco, addlnK:
"Thero la no doubt tho proaldont
comoa back with tho full rvaolvo to
wind up tho wur promptly."
Comment of Prota
Tho odltorlnl wrltera alao aro occu
pied with tho proaont atnto of public
opinion In Amorlca. Tho Flgnro aaya
that tho United Slatos, by enuring In
tho war and by tho promlnont rolo It
la playing at tho poaco conforonco,
haa becomo ono ot tho principal bc
tora In European and world policies,
but adda:
"Dut wilt the Unltod Statoa doslro
to bo ot tho aumo mind onco tho
troaty ot poaco la signed! Will' It
not rathor yield and go homo for
good, leaving old Eilropo to work out
Its aalvatton by ItaoltT The auddon
withdrawal of the United Btatos
would havo rogrottablo conaoquencos
bocauao thoro are aovoral probloma
which wo, tho British, Itnllona and
French would Bottle In quite a dlffor.
out way than It Amorlca waa a. fac
tor. Aa far aa can bo judgod, how
ovor, It dooa not aoom that auch an
oyontuallty la to bo foarod. i
. "Making all allowances for Inter-
nal political quarrels In Amorlca, It
may be said that 'Proaldont Wilson's
policy In Ita main Unas la npprovod
by a majority of hla follow cltlxona,
Many ot thorn, It la truo, ask modifi
cations of tho Longuo ot 'Nations
plan, but nftor all, nt tho prosont
tlmo, It la only a draft of tho toxt."
E RELIEF
WASIIIiNOTON, Mnr. II. Ap
polntmont by Soorotnry Inno of tho
rollof commlastnn to atljuat claims
growing out . of government offortn
to atlmulato production ot mlnornls
needod In war, waa aununcod today
at the . Interior dopartmont. ' Tho
members nro Philip Mooro of St
Louts, mining nnglnoor; 3. V. Shot'
roth, former senator from Colorado,
mid M, D. KnBtor, fnrmor rnproHonln
tlvo from IlllnolH, . '
GERMANY FACES
STARVATION UNLESS
FOOD COMES IN API
LONDON, Thursday, Mar. 13.
If Cormuny does nof got qulto
largo food supplies during April,
literal starvation will result, anya
a Itnuter'a dispatch from Ilorlln.
"Tho government was forced to
ralso tho hraud ration wooks ago
to keep tho people evon relatively
quiet," tho moaaage rends, "drain
siippllos will ho abaolutaly ex
hausted by May, Only hulf a har
vest la expected thla year. In tho
tuountlmo tho apactro of Bolshov
lam la taking on flesh and blood."
BERLIN REVOLT
11AKF.L. March IX Tho Berlin in
surrection ninv'lio considered na sup
pressed, (jiistov Nosko. tho minister
or dctcnuo, announced in the national
assembly nl Weimar today, u (lentian
dispatch reports. Only una milnirb re
mains to ba cleared of Ilia Knorta
onrts, tho minister slated. ' Tho din
armament of the population must he
hufclciicri, llerr Noxke tmid. '
"It if I'Hiiecinllv thfl I'liiilt of cer-
tiiin ncwMmpiTK. imtiililv the Kriehuil
and the llvd Hiilv' said the imniHtcr.
"that iii'Ih of nillau'C. bricundimo mid
niiinlcr halo been coniimlleo in Her
I in . iih thuv hiivo boon iiicitititr the pen.
iile for uuiiilliH iinsl. The indeiiend'
ent siii'ialiU did nil thov could do to
Niinnorl I ho diHerucoful, slnuneleH na
tioim. The urcut mnits of the work
men of llerlin nro honest men. but. na
in nil treat lunViiinvnlH itnnuro ole
ini'iitH seem to have crept in ninmiir
tho lovll. thom.'litfnl workers. The
hcadH of thn revolution hcunn In in
tritiiifi lioforo martial law was pra
elaimrd and before tho I ronps hud
been ordered to advance on'Ilerlin.
PEACE COUNCIL
PARIS. Mar. H. (By Associated
Press.) Tho Russian problom will
bo prominent boforo the supremo
council next week Captain Tardlou
said today, us tho delimitation of tho
Polish boundaries and tho settlement
of tho stunts of Ksthonln and other
llalllc provinces will forco considera
tion of tho gonorul ontonto policy
toward disrupted Russia.
Professor Gaorgo D. Ilorron, one of
tho American dalcgates on Russian
affairs, has roturned to Gonova, and
llttlo Is hoard concomlng the pro.
posed Prlnklpo conforonco. Tho
Kronen papers havo coasod to discuss
this subject nnjt apparently tho con'
faronco haa boon abandoned lompor
arlly with a view to finding other
means of approaching tho. Russtun
quastlon. ' , I
CASES
E
WASHINGTON. Mnroli I I. Sntia
fuelorv heiiltli conditions in nrmv
cumi nt heme with n decided decline
in the n am her of infliienr.ii and pnou
nioniiL cnsoH, w noted in the report
of tho minioon ueneral for tho week
ondinir March 7. made public today nt
tho war department.
. Tho report from France is not so
siiti.sfoctorv. There worn throo times
ax, many cases of pneumonia in pro
portion as thoro wcro nmone tho
Ironps nt rioino, and out of n. total o
510 doutliH in tho oxpcdilionnrv force
durinir tlio week 414 were duo to
pneumonia. . '
15 YEAR SENTENCE
BRtJSSEr.S. March 14, M. Cooro
mnns, principal secretory of tlio niin
istrv of oris and seiencos, Iiiim been
Hcnlonccd to 15 venrH lmrd labor bv
a llclirian court martial. 'Correnmna
wns ncoimod of iieceplinir from tho
tlei'inims (he pout of chief secretin'
of the Flourish sopnvntinl niunsti'V.
ALLIES TO LIFT
BLOCKADEUPON
IS
Financial and Commercial Embargo to
Be Raised to Permit Food .to Enter
Germany and Business to Be Re
vivedAllied Decisions Presented
at Brussels. ,
nUUKSI'XS. March 13 decisions
of tlio allied nowen. rirovidimr for
turniiiir over bv (lennanv of mcr-
hunt shins mid securities in cxcluinuo
for food wns presi-ntcd'to a German
dolcmition here today bv an allied
commission. The Hermans wore per
mitted to as nuction but no dis
(Mission was allowed.
To Lift lllockiKle
rAHIS. March 14.r-Tho finiincial
blockade uiriiinst Clorumnv is expect
vd to ho lilted an a result of novo
lialioiiH goinir on nt Rrusscls. This
hlockudo was applied nt the same time
ns the commercial blockade, all neu
tral money centers beins informed
that any loans to Oennnnv would re
sult in the termination of their fi
nancial relations with the allies. Kcu
tral hankers furnisbintr funds to Ger
many were similarly blacklisted, anif
tho result has been to virtually shut
out Germany from tho money markets
of tho world. Hv fciisimt tho block
lido.-neutral money markets will be.
opeudd to Germany us n means of oh-
laininu' loans for payments of food.
Tho Scnmlinnviun countries, particu
larly Denmark, are said to havo such
lurito resources that further importa
tion of cold has been, prohibited
These largo resources would bo open
ed to Oennnnv hv tho liftinc of the
financial hlockudo.
German lHdegailon
PARIS, March 14.--Tho ficrmnn
delegation nt Rrussels vestcrdav wns
under Iho presidency of Under hecro
tarv of State Von Uranm. nnd Dr.
Theodora. Melchoir of Wiirliunr, and
cntd'pniiv. bankers of llumliun:i was
virfe president. '';-....-....,-.
It is said that Von Bra an had pre
pared n speech in which ho would tell
tho allies that tho fecdintr of Ger
many was iv matter of interest to nil
western powers. Tlio nllies havo of
fered to furnish food until tho next
harvest, but it is said that tho Ger
mans were ready to uru'c that the only
measures that would cnuso a irreat
improvement in tho internal situation
in Germany would bo tho sending of
food in otiiimitics proportionate .-to
Gonnanv's needs and the fixing of
financial, conditions which nro satis
factory. '
Poaco Delegation
WEIMAR. Mn reh 14. All Mio Gcrt
man delcurnlcs to Iho peace confer
eneo will ba on an equal footing, nl
thoutrli Count Von Hrockdorff-Bnnt-
r.au. Ilia foreign minister, will bo their
lender. Tho pnrtv will not have the
power to mnko finnl docisions. thnt
being vested in tho cabinet. It will bo
accompanied to tho conference bv a
largo, although as vet unnamed group
of experts, clerks-ami secretaries.
Tho selection of the nonce confer-
eneo delegates was .reached after a
long cabinet meeting which began on
Voilncsdnv and lusted far into the
evening.', Count Von Bernstorff will
not bo n doleeato.
OF
PORTLAND. March 14. Robert
Lovo caused the nrrost hero Inst night
of Ralph Hnllingcr, also known as
"Tillamook Kid," according to tho do
lico. A charge of robhorv maybe
placed against Itallingcr. tho polico
said today. Love alleged that Ballin
gor inveigled him to n lonely spot near
Johnson crook, 20 miles from tho citv
on tho pretoxt that ho had three ten
gallon barrels of wlriskov to sell for
7o0. -
I.ovo declared that Ballincor knock
od him down, took tho $750 nnd ran
to his waiting niitomobilo which had
bocn left with tho engine running at'
tho roadside. Two othor men were
with Rnllingor. neeording to Love,
and tha throo escaped. Love pursued
tliem in another car ns.soon ns ho re
covered, ho siitd.
SUSQUEHANNA SAILS
WITH 2.400 TROOPS
WASHINGTON, March 14. Sail
ing of tho transport. Susouohniina
from St. Nar.airo on March 11 to nr
rivo at Now York Miirch. 24 with (5(1
officers nnd 2,!I2H men, was announc
ed todnv hv tho war department. The
2ith rognnont of railwnv engineers
voiiipleto is on (ho transport,
GERMAN POR
MORGUES 100 SMALL
TO HOLD BODIES OF
SPARTACANS VICTIMS
COI'KNIIAflllN. March 14.
The victims of the latest Hparta
cun disturbance in llerlin. accord
ing lo tho Berlin Xcitung nin Mil
tug aro H6 numerous that it is dif
ficult to find accommodations for
the bodies in . morgues. Many
buildingo have been destroyed bv
bombs. " ,
- The dispatch snvs (hat onlv a
few messages are reaching Copen
hagen from llerlin and that those
ore delayed.
LI
CITY OF S1VIYRNA
PARIS, Mar. 14. Tho report of
tho commission of the peace confer
ence which baa -been considering
Greek territorial claims la not unan
imoua concerning reglona which
should be apportioned to Greece In
the peace settlement. The majority
of the commission favors, giving
Smyrna to Greece aa the city haa a
large Greek population and Ilea Im
mediately opposite Athens across the
Aegean sea. United States members
of the commission took a different
view, however, holding that Smyrna
was essential as a port of entrance
for the vast, commercial enterprises
of the Hinterland of Asia Minor
Thus tho report goes before the coun
cil of the great powers for final de
cision. '','.'
; Concerning the Dodecansus Islands
the commission waa unanimous in
recognizing tho Greek population of
the islands and the American dele-
gates uvor the ' Incorporation in
Groeco, ..but tho other delegates In
view of tho aecrel treaty of London,
withhold their approval until tho
subject can bo" diplomat really adjust
ed with Italy. ' . '- .
SHORT CROPS FOR
RUSSIA IN PROSPECT
ARCHANGEL, Mar. 14. (By As
sociated Press.) Information receiv
ed from the allied food committee in
North Russia nnd from persons
reaching Archangel from the Interior
Indicates that the American people
must deprive themselves of bread-
stuffs, until .the Russian question Is
settled and tho country is again
placed on 3 souud agricultural basis.
Peasants are hesitating to sow any
moro grain than they, themselves
need, as they fear ita seizure by the
BolBhevikl. Owing vto the shortage
of seed grain, which has bocn used
for food. Russia will be comparative
ly without crops in 1919 and this
condition will extend into 1920.. even
if the country Is restored to pence.
ASHES OF AVIATOR
THROWN TO WINDS
SEATTLE. March 14. Ashes of
Sergeant V. A. Hudson, Scuttle, nrmv
aviator who died here recently of in
fluenzn, were thrown to the winds
over Seattle Wednesday from nn air
plane bv Eddie Hubbard, local flier,
it became known todny. .
Hubbard upturned the urn ns he
wns flying over tho citv during tho
home eominir celebration tendered the
(Klrd Artillery corps.
Hudson belonged to the- 870th ncro
snundron. Hubbard disposed of the
ashes nt the rooucst of Hudson s par
ents. -
0LC01T REAPPOINTS
SALEM, March 14. Governor 01
eott todnv" reappointed Vhil Melshnii,
Jr., nnd W. J. Hoffman, both of I'ort-
laiul, members of tho finance commit
tee of the Pacific Northwest Tourist
association. Other 'members are
from Washington nnd British Colum
bia. Both men have served since the
committee was formed but their re
appointment wns made necossnrv hv a
bill passed hv the legislature, appro-
j printing $50,000. to carry out. the
worn oi tnu association.
KOREANS SEEK
INDEPENDENCE
FROMJAPANESE
Movement a Natonal One in Protest to
Japanese Regime of Cruelty Rely
Upon Appeals to Western Nations
for Justice 40.000 Patriots Im
prisoned Bv Japanese.
PEKING, Mar. 14. (By Associat
ed Press.) The leader.- of the Kor
ean Independent movement havo ar
rived in Peking and declare that the
movement Is a national one with
three, million adherents Including
Christians, Buddhists, Heaven wor
shippers and nearly alt the students
The leaders say tbey do not counten
ance force in obtaining their alms but
are relying upon appeals to the gen.
eroslty of the western nations.
Widespread I n rex t
The Independent leadera declare
there Is widespread unrest In Korea
and that 40,000 persons already have
been arrested and that Japanese
statements to the contrary are not
true. ,
They report aeveral instance of
Japanese mistreatment, li- one In
stance a girl who particlpted In a
Korean independence demonstration
waa holding a manifesto in one hand
when Japanese soldiers cut oft the
band with a sword, she rauea ner
other bend, the Koreans add, and it
also was cut off. Korean prisoners
are tortured In Japanese prisons, it
is declared. . . ,
The leaders assert that the Korean
independence movement 1b affecting
the entire Orient and express the be
lief that the peace conference cannot
Ignore It. , ,
Vase Cliinoie Concessions
PARIS, Mar. 14.--(By Associated
PresB.) The supreme council of the
peace conference baa virtually decid
ed to Include in the preliminary trea
ty of peace a requirement that Ger
many shall relinquish' her lease hold
of Tsing Tao and i all properties and
concessions on the Shantung penin
sula. " . .". - " s- . .
No attempt, it is understood, will
be made at proscut to render a decis
ion as to the ultimate possession of
Germany's rights, which is now the
subject of a controversy between the
Japanese and Chinese delegations in
Paris.
It is expected that the final adjust
ment will be made In the definite
peace treaty or by the League of
Nations' unless, in the meantime, tbe
principals to tho controversy roach a
mutually satisfactory agreement. .
PAU1S, March 14. Emil Cottin.
Iho assailant of Premier Clcmenceau.
first conceived tho idea of shooting
tho premier in May. 1018. according
to nn officiul record rend nt the
court martini of Cottin -which opened
today. In May, 1918. the employes
of Avin factories were on strike. Cot
tin practiced shooting after that, it
wns said. . - .
When the court martial opened the
clerk read the report describing the
attempt on the premier. The report
showed that Cottin fired twice with
out moving nnd then fired five times
while .running behind tho niitomobilo
to which he wns so close thnt one wit
noss believed he had iimlped in the
rear of tho cnr. It wns shown thnt
Cottin aimed at the scat in which Pre
mier Clcmenceau wns sitting and fir
ed so accurately that two bullets nl
most touched it.
OF WHITE SLAVERY
PORTLAND, Mar. ',14. John S.
Wilson, indlctod on throe counts for
white slavery, selling liquor to a sol
dier, and subornation of perjury, was
found guilty here late last night on
the first two chargos. ' The defen
dant had naked to be triod on all
throe' chargos concurrently, nt a sin
gle trial. Wilson was found not gull-
ty.of the perjury charge. Ho brought
a girl to this city from Tacoma and
sold liquor to a uniformed soldier of
the national sorvlce, the evidence
showed.
. A local precedent In the federal
court was broken when Judge Rudkln
of Seattle, who presidod, returned to
the court room last night to receive
tho yordlct after tho jury had boon
out soven hours, ,
S!0.sjaies i
FIGHT DUEL IN AIR mm m
TO SETTLE QUARREL AMAIN Aft
, . AT TIENTSIN
PARI3, Mar. 14. The four sec
onds of Leon Vaudecrane and
Robert Schreeber, former army
aviators, who proposed an aerial
duel, met this morning and de
cided that as a state of war still
existed. It Is impossible to permit
any 'duel In France. Therefore,
the question of the challenge has
been postponed until tbe treaty of
peace la signed.
IANS CL
OF
LOST PROVINCE
BRUSSELS, Mar. 14. Premier
Delacroix announced :u the chamber
today that the supremo council of the
peace conference had decided the
treaty of April 19, 1839. between
Belgium and Holland must be revis
ed. Parliament and the country will
receive the decision with satisfaction.
They will aee in it the forecast of ac
tions which will have a profound in
fluence on the destinies of Belgium.
On March 12, 1839, exactly 80 years
ago, these walls heard tbe farewells
of representatives of Belgian prov
inces which the constitution of the
treaty was about to separate from
thla country. The house canno hut
be moved by such a memorable coin
cidence, said the premier.
The deputies atood while the pre
mier was speaking and there was en
thusiastic applause from, all parts of
the chamber. In that treaty Belgium
was deprived of portions of the piovw
lnce of Llmburg.- Shj now-demands
back this territory by which Holland
gained control of both banks ot the
Scheldt. Belgium waa deprived of
much- of the advantage ot her great
port of Antwerp. f- ---".';.' Vj
3
PARIS, March 13.--At a banquet
given last night in honor of the Por
tuguese delegates to the peace confer
ence. Eias Momz. Portuguese foreign'
minister, described Portugal's effort
in the war. He said that 110.000 men
had been sent to the front and 150.000
tons of shipping had been provided.
In outlining Portugal's claims he
said that thev included the restitution
o a small territory which Germanv
took from Portugnl in 1892 in East
Africa, reparation for damage done to
Portuguese ports, colonies and fleet
and the repayment of war expenses. ,
DEATH PENALTY IN
OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 14. Act
ing Governor Louis i Hart today
signed a bill- passed bv the Wash
ington legislature intended to restore
the death pcnnltv in Washington for
first dogrce murder.
The bill is subject to referendum
for ninety days. It was said here to
day thnt a campaign to suspend its
operation may bo started.
Hanging was' abolished several
years ago. The last legul execution
was on February 25. 1911. nt the state
penitentiary at Walla Walla.
LONDON, Mar. 14. The revela
tions since the opening of tho Inquiry
into the cOal mining industry have
confirmed the miners in their suspic
ions of profiteering by the owners,
the distributors and tho government,
William Strakor, secretary of the
Northumberland Miners' association,
declared before the commission of in
quiry today. Straker added that it
was therefore useless to ask the min
ers to withdraw their notices to
strike until the government had ac
cepted the principle ot nationaliza
tion. . , ' . "
Straker wns tho first wltnoss on
behalf of the workers.
As Result of Japanese Cruelty to Dis
orderly Soldiers. Mob of Marines
Storm Consulate and Inlure Con
sulOfficial Investiqatlon of Riot
Underway. ,
PEKING, Thursday,' Mar. 13. .
American marines have raided the,
Japanese concession at Tien . Tsln.
forcing 'their way-Into the Japanese
consulate and assaulting the consul,
according to dispatches received here.
The trouble is sid to have been
caused by the rough treatment given
American soldiers who became dis
orderly In the Japanese quarter. Jap
anese soldiers drove out the Ameri-.
cans with fixed bayonets, wounding
two of them Bcxiously. , ; .
The next day 200 angry marines,
who were offduty paraded thru the
Japanese concession and It Is alleged
they attacked every Japanese encoun
tered. ; When the marines reached
tbe consulate tbey forcibly entered, .
IHs reported, and assaulted the con
sul, whose Injuries are understood to
be serious. ; .
: The consular body Is deliberating;
on measures to be taken to restore
normal conditions. It Is said that,
feeling is running high at Tlon Tsln.
WASHINGTON., March 1 1. A
nliifth hetween ' American . trooisr a
Japanese policeman and some' civil-.
inns at Tien T.sin, was reported to
the state department todnv by Minis-'
ter Reinsch at Poking. The minis
ter said he had sent First Secretary
Spencer to Tien Tsin to investigate
and report. .- ' - - - -.
No mention was made of a raid bv
American marines in the Japanese
cnnanlntA ..find thn woundinnr of the.
f consul, reported in a Peking dispatch
to the Associated Press, i he minis--ter's
message was brief and gave no
details. '.. ' .-.
In tbe absence of complete infor
mation, officials werenot willing to
discuss the' incident lor publication.
Privately, however, it was said if the
Japanese consulate had been violated
o feourse the guilty wonM be punish
ed .and a proper 'apology would be
made to Japan. - The Japanese con
sulate is located in a saloon and -res
taurant section of. Tien Tsin and
brawls there in the past are said to
have been not infrequent.
TOBEINDEMNIFIED
BRUSSELS, Thursday, .Mar. 13.
Tho Belgian senate today discussed
the bill authorizing a loan of throe
billion five hundred million franks.
The premier replying to several dele
gates, said there was no reason for
Belgium to reproach tho allies.
"Wlhen we have established the
amount of our damages," he said,
"there is every reason to believe the
figure will be accepted. ' If the total
amount of indemnities must be re
duced the reduction will not be ap
plied to Belgium." - ..
The Derniere Heure says that a.
billion francs of the Belgian loan will
be floated in Spain. -, '
BOLSHEVIK! EXECUTE
LONDON,. Mar.' 14. The Bolshe
vik general staff at Moscow clalma
that during the months of January
and February the Bolshevik army oc
cupied territory the size of France,
having 1055 miles of railroad under
Its control, and declares that tho
soviet troops will reach Archangel
by May 1, according to a Helslngfors
dispatch to the Mail.
After the Bolshevik enteiod Kiev
they, are said to have oxecutcd Pro
fessor Baronovsky, nn economist who
was recently appointed to represent
Ukraine in Paris. iProfossor Zabolo
tlj, Professor Efiminko, General Bal-bachan,-
11 newspapermen and tho
president ot the municipality aro also
reported to havo boon shot by tho
Bolshovlk. ,
CZECHS REFilSn TJ
- EVACUATE MIME FIELDS
WARSAW. March 13. Notwith
standing tho request of the intr-nl-lied
committee, the Czechs have re
fused to evacuate part of the regin
near Tcscben and the situation seems
to be delieuto.
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