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WORLD'S EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEMI
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO
LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING
Brief Notes Covering Happenings in
This Country and Abroad That
Are of Legitimate Interest
to All the People.
American shipyards built 1882 ves-.
sels of 2,721,281 gross tons during 1918.
The Rhine is rising rapidly and in
its lower readies has overflowed its
banks, covering scores of square miles.
Total deaths from all causes in the
American forces in the Archangel re
gion (Russia) up to November 25 is
8b.
The former German emperor has ap
parently shaken off the effects of his
recent illness and was able to join the
family circle,
Germany's newest battleship, the
Baden. 28,000 tons displacement, will
be surrèndered at a British port within
a few days.
While at Rome, President Wilson
was made a member of the Reale Ac
cademia de Lincei, or Royal Academy
of Science.
Noval statistics show that the losses
to Norway's commercial shipping in
the war were 829 ships of a total gross
tonnage of 1,240,000, The number of
sailors who lost their lives was 1155.
The U. S. supreme court is asked
by the government to hear as soon as
possible arguments in proceedings to
cancel patents to land valued at $10,
000,000 granted to the Southern Pa
cific railroad company.
The allies destroyed or captured 202
German submarines during the war.
In addition to these, 14 German sub
marines were destroyed by the Ger
mans themselves. Seven others were
interned in neutral countries.
a year ago had on its books $7,205,310. I
The 1918 business was nearly 150 per
At the close of business December
31 the federal land hank of Spokane
had completed and paid over In cash
$24,531,715 in first mortgage loans to
10,308 farmers in its district, accord
ing to the report of D. G. O'Shea,
president. The money goes to farm
ers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana.
in December new loans
completed aggregated $1,643,015, bring
ing total loans closed and paid dur
ing 1918 to $17,326,405. The bank be
gjm making loans in May, 1917, and
cent greater than the 1917 total.
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NOTED PERSONS DIE
Copenhagen.—Count George V. von
Hertling, the former imperial chan
cellor of Germany.
Detroit. Mich.—Kdward H. Doyle,
age 69, nationally prominent Knight 1
o. Coin,..bus, and once part owner of 1
the Detroit American ball team.
New York.
L'aptain Emery Rice,
who commanded tlie Mongolia, the
first American steamship to sink a
German submarine.
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WE NEED TO EXTEND
CONTROL OF RAILWAYS
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Only Through Five-Year Control Can
Government Solve the Preblem,
Says Sec'y McAdoo.
Washington, D. C.—Only through the
proi>osed five-year extension of gov
ernment management of railroads can
the government move toward a per
manent and comprehensive solution of
the railroad problem, Director Gen
eral McAdoo insisted Satnruay in tes
tifying at the senate interstate com
merce committee's hearing on railroad
legislation. Other plans, such as pri
vate management, possibly with lim
ited consolidation of lines and with
government supervision, Mr. McAdoo
said, he considered "inadequate expe
dients" and "makeshifts and he was
prepjared now to make no further
recommendation if congress decides
not to extend control as he had sug
gested.
Peace Delay Harmful.
London.—The last week has wit
nessed a strong and general demand
from the most influential British
newspapers, regardless of politics, for
the prompt meeting of Ute peace con
gress and prompt action to stem the
tide of chaos w-hich is threatening
Germany because of the introduction
of bolshevism by way of the border
states.
More German Planes Surrendered.
Coblenz.—Sixty more German air
planes were accepted Monday by the
Americans. One hundred more which
will be turned over to the Americans
have arrived here and are being given
trial flights by German aviators. So
tar all the machines offered have been
accepted. All were brand new.
The use of airplanes in the mall
service seems to bo a case of aerial
post helium.
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Idaho's next game warden will be
Otto M. Jones, a newspaper man of
Boise.
Spanish influenza, which was prac
tically eradicated at Wallace, has
shown a decided increase.
Roland B. Spain of the air service,
who died In New York, was buried
Saturday at Coeur d'Alene.
W. C. Quarles has opened a gen
eral store at Gibbs, and has been ap
pointed postmaster there.
John W. Graham, president of the
public utilities commission, says he
can not support himself and family on
the salary and has declined to accept
reappointment.
Moscow is threatened with open re
bellion to the quarantine regulations.
The board of health announces that
the quarantine will be continued for
another week.
The Shoshone County Good Roads
association has adopted the proposal of
the state highway commission to con
struct a bridge across the oCeur d'Al
ene river at Cataldo, which calls for
an estimated expenditure of 132,000 for
the bridge and approaches to conform
with the national highway standards.
The accidental discharge of a rifle
whicli W. F. Schwandt of Waha had
just taken down from its scabbard re
suited in wounding his wife who was
in an adjoining room, the bullet en
tering the right hip and passing out
at the back.
The bullet also passed
Hi rough the clothing of Mrs. Schwant's
lather, who was building a fire in the
stove at the time.
Idaho Declares War on Rodents.
The farm bureaus of 15 counties in
Idaho, in co-operation with the biolog
ical survey of the United States de
partment of agriculture, this year
treated 268.068 acres of land with
poisoned bait to kill ground squirrels.
According to the estimates of the
farmers benefited, $1,168,074 worth of
crops were saved, at a cost of $30,920.
In Bear Lake county, following the
squirrel-eradication campaign, the lo
cal bounty office recorded the receipt
of 136,500 squirrel tails. In Bingham
county, one member of the farm bu
reau reported he had received $49.74
bounty on the presentation of 2487
squirrel tails. These were killed by
the use of only $1.70 worth of strych
nine and saccharine. He saved his
crops besides. In Blaine county the
farmers report a saving of $20 for
every dollar expended, and the coun
ty commissioners have increased their
appropriation for this work of pois
oning squirrels from $300 for 1918 to
$3500 for 1919.
A bll î provid ' nB person8 OV f I
y,ars °* !1 * e who can not read and
write tlie English language shall af-!
Would Teach Illiterates.
tend night school for a certain num
ber of hours each school year until |
such knowledge is attained and mak- j
ing financial provision for such]
schools in all districts was unanl- !
mously indorsed by the members in
attendance u)H>n the conference of
superintendents and principals and of
the executive hoard of the Idaho
state teachers association at the clos
ing sessions at Boise Saturday.
The bill was recommended by the
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the 8tate has p0r8On8 OVPr the
age of 10 years who are illiterate, or
2.2 per cent. Of illiterate males of
voting age there are 3415, or 3.1 per
cent.
Kiger Is Sepaker.
The speaker of the house of rep
resentatives in the fifteenth Idaho
legislature is Representative-elect M.
A. Kiger of Harrison. Kootenai coun
ty -
The senate organized when the re
publican majority decided upon Sen
ator E. W. Whitcomb of Lemhi coun
ty for president pro-tem.
of the upper house in point of service
and is its recognized parliamentarian.
Paul Davis of Boise was named sec
retary of the senate and Arthur C.
Pearson of Bonneville county assist
ant secretary.
It is reported on excellent author
ity that Governor-elect Davis will
l>olnt Jay Gibson of Kootenai county,
bank commissioner; W. I,. Cuddy of
Boise, warden of the penitentiary; C.
E. Elmer, register of the land board:
Dr. S. M. C. Reynolds of e.Mridian.
commandant of the soldiers' home.
He is dean
ap
Explosion in Cudahy Packing Plant.
Omaha, Neb.—With an explosion
that shook ail South Omaha and
distinctly heard all over the city, a
big tank containing hydrogen gas blew
up at the Cudahy packing plant Satur-1
day. slightly injuring one man and do
ing damage to windows over a large
area.
was
Petrograd Starves.
Helsingfors. —Seventeen bolsheviki.
arrested while crossing the frontier,
report that deplorable conditions pre
vail in Petrograd. They say that the
city in the immediate future will be
come a vast burying ground for the
starving crowds which dally are falling
in the streets.
Gives Citizenship to Jews.
Paris.—Rights of citizenship have
been granted by Rumania to all Jews
born In that country.
I WILSON AT PARIS
AFTER ITALY VISIT
HIS VISIT TO THE ETERNAL CITY
IS MOST DEMONSTRATIVE
OF EUROPEAN TRIP.
HAS SHORT VISIT WITH POPE
Lays Wreaths on Tombs of Italian
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Kings at Pantheon—Will Go to
Brussels Before His Departure
for Home.
Rome—President Wilson left Rome
for Paris Saturday with the cheers of
the Roman throng that had gathered
to witness his departure ringing in his
His visit to the Italian capital
ears.
had proved the busiest of his European
trip and it was the most demonstra
live.
The presidential party reached Paris
Tuesday morning.
Tlie president is represented as ex
pecting on his return to the French
capital to find the peace delegates up
to the point of deciding upon the first
principles of the proposed league of
nations, thus paving the' way to the
| disposal of what he regards as the
i necessary preliminaries to the peace
before his return to the United States
about the middle of February.
After luncheon at the Quirinal Sat
| urday President Wilson, accompanied
: by Mrs. Wilson and Miss Margaret
Wilson, called on the dowager queen
Margherita and the duchess of Aosta.
President Wilson concluded his two
day visit to Rome Saturday, crowding
into the daylight hours a multiplicity
of activities, including a call upon
Pope Benedict at the Vatican and a
visit to the American Episcopal
church.
Visits the Pantheon.
Before going to the Vatican the
president had his first real glimpse
of the Eternal city,
was paid to the Pantheon, where he
laid wreaths upon the tombs of King
Victor Emmanuel II. and King Hum
bert there, and then the presidential
party motored up the great hill over
looking Rome, where stands the im
posing monument to Garibaldi.
The president alighted from his mo
torcar and, standing bareheaded be
side the statue of the great Italian and
surrounded by the ruins of the historic
centuries, looked over the city lyidg
below, crowned by the dome of St. Pe
ter s and with the Vatican gardens
spread out before him. in the distance
the tumbled walls of the Coliseum
were visible.
President Wilson
An early visit
viewed the im
pressive scene silently for several
moments and then went on to the
round of his day's activities,
The president while here continued
the discussion of Italy's claims be
fore the peace conference, but the
measure of the American support of
them has not yet been rully devel
oped and seems not likely to be be
fore further conferences.
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the presidents visit to Brussels
®îand the resta., deviated a, .Ire
war, it now has been determined,
will not take place* until just be
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President Wilson was received at
the Vatican by Pope Benedict. No in
j troduction was necessary as the pon
tiff came forward to meet the presi
1 dent holding out his hand.
Washington State Items.
The city of Spokane has spent $2,
396,904 for the upkeep of the munic
ipal government during 1918.
'
'E. T. Marchetti, field agent tor the
U. S. Department of agriculture, has
issued the following final crop esti
mate for 1918 in the state of Wash
ington :
Acreage. Production. Value.
Bushels.
2 , 191 . 00(1 26 , 429,000 » 31 , 901,000
310,000 8 , 370,000 8 , 203,000
63.000 9 , 590.000 8 , 666.000
794,000 * 1 . 429,000 36 . 297,000
Wheat
OatH
Potatoes
Hay
•Tons.
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Five Drowned.
A woman and four men met death
Saturday night when the Merchants'
Transportation company's 65-foot
freighter Amazon turned turtle. Three
ol the eight persons aboard escaped
alive and spent the rest of Saturday
night adrift on the upturned hill,
fighting the bitter cold by building a
fire on the hull, using pieces of drifts
wood, after one of them had dried
matches in his hair,
clear and no cause can yet be as
signed for the disaster.
The dead are:
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The night was
Mrs. Roy McMasters. wife of Cap
tain Roy McMasters of Tacoma, who
was being relieved by Captain Phil
lips and was not on the vessel. Mrs.
McMasters was acting as cook.
Tom Robinson, 23, deckhand, son of
Mrs - Refe " ia R- Robinson. Tacoma,
John Br °°hs, 40, Tacoma, deckhand,
i no * u,own relatives,
up
William Tomlinson, 30, married, of
Tacoma, deckhand.
Hans Anderson, 30. single, Seattle,
relatives unknown.
A Bolshevist might also be describ
ed as a man whose pipes freeze
three mornings In succession.
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HE HAD BEEN AILING FOR THE
PAST FEW WEEKS AT
HOSPITAL.
Blood Clot on Arteries of Lung Given
Oyster Bay, N. Y.. Jan. 6.—Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep
.... .. ....
a 4.1 j o clock this morning.
The end came when there was no
one in the room but his valet.
"Colonel Roosevelt retired at 12
60 TEARS OLD; EX-PRESiOENT
as Cause—Funeral from Episcopal
Church at Oyster Bay—Fame
Began as Rough Rider.
o'clock last night feeling much bet-1
ter. At 4.13 o'clock this morning he
simply ceased to breathe. Death was
caused probably by a pulmonary em
holism."
This pulmonary embolism. Dr. Fal
1er explained, is a blood clot upon one
of the arteries of the lungs.
The funeral will be Wednesday
from Christ Episcopal church. Oyster
Bay. Rev. Dr. Talmadge will officiate
and internment will be in the Young
Memorial cemetery at Oyster Bay
Cove.
At the time of his death the only
persons in the house at Sagamore
Hill were Colonel Roosevelt, his wife,
and the servants.
Roosevelt returned home Christfas
day from Roosevelt hospital, where he
had been ill for some time with sci
atica.
......
Immediately after he died, his son,
Archie Roosevelt, who is In Boston,
was notified. He started for home at
once.
Was 60 Years Old.
Colonel Roosevelt was 60 years old,
having been bom in New' York Oc
tober 27, 1858. He w'as the twenty
sixth president of the United States,
having succeeded to the presidency
on the death of William McKinley,
who was shot and killed at Buffalo.
His health had not been very good
for some time, in fact, he had left
Roosevelt hospital only a short time
ago after a severe siege of sciatica.
Shortly before that he had under
gone an operation at the hospital and
was practically deaf as a result of it.
The life of the former president is
one of the most brilliant chapters in
American history. Loved and admired
in some quarters, he succeeded, how
ever. in acquiring the enmity of many
prominent men and his later life was
filled with strife on one hand and
preparation for even more strenuous
public life o the other,
larly believed, in fact, that Roosevelt
would make an effort to become pres
ident again at the next national elec
tion, although no expression of any
kind on the subject had come from
him.
It was popu
The fust claim to national fame by
Roosevelt came when he organized
,
and took to Cuba the famous Roose
velt Rough Riders. Major General
I.eonard Wood, now in command of a
division of the United States army.|
helped him organize this command
Gencral Wood at the time was a sur
geon in the army.
The colonel was planning a trip to
Europe to visit Quentin's grave. This
trip was to be made as soon as he
bad sufficiently recovered his health
The death of Quentin was a severe
shock to Roosevelt and is believed to
have hastened his end.
Archie Roosevelt, another son, was
wounded by shrapnel on *he Toul
front and
was decorated with the
French war cross as he lay on the
oiierating table. This cross was Col.
Roosevelt s most prized possession.
Had Planned Reunion.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was gassed
during the fighting at Cantigny.
Kennit Roosevelt fought with both
British and American armies
Colonel Roosevelt was looking for
ward to a reunion of the whole family
when all his boys returned from the
war.
WOULD IGNORE M'ADOO ORDER.
North Dakota Attorney General
vises Railroad Commission,
Bismarck. N. D—Attorney General
linger has called upon the board of
lailroad commissioners to disregard
the 25 per cent increase in freight
rates ordered in force June 25, 1918,
by director general of railroads, W. O.
McAdoo, as an illegal order and served
a petition on that body askipg that it
establish a lower schedule of rates for
intrastate commerce.
Ad
The attorney general contends that
freight are wholly unjustlfiabte, IF
legal and contrary to the act of con
gress which placed the roads under
fédérai control and contrary to both
the constitution of the United States
and the constitution of North Dakota.
Mr. Langer claims that the rates "are
grossly exorbitant and existing dis
criminations have been greatly
gerated."
the increased tariffs
on
to cerify his
statements by investigation and then
file a complaint with th© Interstate
commerce commission demanding ad
justment.
exag
The attorney general asks the rail
head commissioners
Alaska College Will Train
Its Graduates to Develop
Agriculture and Mining
Tlie new Alaska Agricultural college
and School of Mines under construc
tion at Fairbanks, Alaska, about 100
miles from the arctic circle, will train
Its graduates to help develop Alaska
along its two main lines—agriculture
i and mining.
! northern soil holds big things in both
food and metals.
Authorities assert this
Both United States government and
Alaska territorial funds are being used
by the college. Congress, in 1915, des
j ignated a site for the school and set
aside agricultural and mining lands in
■ the Tanama valley for the support of
j the institution. Legislature voted $60,
000 for the construction and purchase
j of equipment. An annual congression
al appropriation of $50,000 Is expected
j to help maintain the school.
j The Fairbanks United States gov
er " Inent agricutural station, now lo
cated on the college site, will become
part of the new institution and will
j continue to draw its
revenue or sup
port from the federal government.
The site is high on a hill overlook
ing the city of Fairbanks, the Tanana
j river and the railroad the United
States government is building between
Seward and Fairbanks,
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Great mother of a new-born race.
All earth shall be our dwelling place:
Democracy, thy holy name
Shall set the continents aflame.
Shall thrill the islands of the sea.
And keep thy children ever free.
From God's eternal universe
Shalt thou remove the primal curse
Which man upon his fellow-man
Imposed since first the world began;
Away with slaves, deprived of rights,
And Illy-flngered parasites!
I For thus the new-world purpose
j Can, step by step, unfolded
we
see;
j Columbus sailed, at God's behest.
i Iands by wlcked kings oppressed—
j his messenger, to search the earth
I And find the place for Freedom's birth.
Then rose up peerless Washington,
With many another a dauntless son,
Whose spirit, caught beyond the blue.
Encompassed France, and Europe, too.
Until the purpose of the Lord
Was plainly written with the sword.
Out of It all—Democracy !
The final word of God's decree,
To carry out his cherished plan
Of peace on earth, good will to
Therefore, arise, ye people, sing
This heaven-born ami glorious thing!
—William Mill Butler.
man
Pershing Had No Promotion
For Seven Years After His
Graduation From West Point
For seven years after his gradua
tion from West Point Pershing
celved no promotion.
Nevertheless, with customary grit,
he applied himself to master his pro
fession. He became an authority on
military tactics, and was sent to West
Point as an instructor,
when the Spanish-American wnr broke
out and immediately applied for
command.
re
He was there
a
The war department sent
him to the Tenth cavalry, a negro
troop, as a first lieutenant, and then
his rise began.
Cuba.
Ills troop went to
He led it at the battle of El
| Caney, and came out of that engage
ment a captain "for gallantrv in ac
j tlon." Then he went to the Philln
pines.
In 1906, in recognition of his abll
; ity. President Roosevelt made him a
brigadier general and jumped him
! over the heads of 862 men The bov
; who had won his way to West Point
i by one point, the young man who had
been given no promotion for seven
years—think of that, you fellows who
grumble that nobody takes notice of
how hard you work—had at lust
'"to his own.—Boys' Life.
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8 at that ^ ob "
a 8"ud salary !"
j ° h ' hls 8aIary ls only 950
1
The Difference.
Young Knoivltall
says he earns $200
a month.'
The Cheerful Optimist.
'Shall we
ever
communicate with
the distant plan
ets?"
â
"Sure. I expect
to see people com
muting as far as
Saturn."
Time to Cease,
"What are you going to say about
flubdub's new novel?"
"Nothing," replied the
"There's been enough white
wa8te<i as it is.'
critic.
paper
The Cause.
"There Is some
thIng very queer
'p*" 78 '"
tell what
»rm n . )t . ' _
i,ut I think I no
tu-ed some oysters
In it "
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A Word of Warning.
"Have you Aesop's Fabius ?"
"Yes."
"I hear the book Is good,
inappy, eh?"
"It's a good book of its Und."
)lled the salesman. "However, I must
*-ani you that it is not written in
dang."
I'retij
ARE STRONG AGAINST
ITALIAN
CONTROL OF EAST COAST
OF THE ADRIATIC.
NOT VASSAL OF ANT NATION
Minister M. Vesnitch Expects Peace
Program to Square With President
Wilson's Ideas—Will
After Their Rights.
Look
Paris.
'Should the treaty secretly
signed by England, France, Russia
and I
Italy in 1915, whereby Italy
was to I
come into possession of the eastern I
coast of the Adriatic after the
confirmed by the coming peace
ference, then Serbia would fight again
and fight to the finish.
war, be I
00 -
Serbia did
not enter this war to become the
sal of any nation. She can not agree
to have Italy control the territory i n
question." .
vas
Hopes for Fair Play.
Such was the straightforward state- I
ment given by M. Vesnitch, the Ser- I
bian minister to France, during the I
course of an interview recently.
Vesnitch added, however, that he be
lieved the presence of the United
States, which lias already declared
against secret treaties and in favor of
the rights of small nations,
"fair playj'
So far as the Jugo-Slavs
Dr.
assures
were con
cerned, he said, they did not recognize
the existence of compacts made among
certain &t the powers after the begin
ning of the war.
Directed Against Serbia.
''Serbia goes to the conference be- H
lleving that affairs will be directed
there in accordance with the public t
announcements of the great pow ers,
especially those of President Wilson,"
continued the minister. "We feel that
America will look after the rights
of small nations. The position of
Serbia and Jugo-Slavs would he des- H
perate if their hopes did not rest in
the principles laid down by America.
They would be desperate because
tain of the great allied powers, while
anouncing these principles, have
tered into opposing conventions and
understandings,
derstandings were directed
Serbia.
cer*
• ■n
Some of these un
against
"Serbia is the only nation in Europe
which has made no treaty of any kind
with the allies.
She has marched on
from the first with Justice as her
only weapon."
91ST DESIGNATED FOR HOME. !
Division Mobilized at Camp Lewis Saw ||
Hard Service in Great War.
Washington. D. C.—Demopilizatiun I
of the army is approaching its final I
phases with the breaking up of the H
combat divisions in this country, and I
the Issuance of orders for early return I
of the first three fighting divisions |
from France.
General March, chief of staff,
nounced Monday that General Pei H
shing had designated the 30th and 37th H
(national guard) and the 91st (nation- H
al army) divisions for early return, I
while in the home training camps, 40,
500 men of the combat divisions, here
tofore held intact, had been ordered
discharged.
The 91st division, designated for
transportation home by General Per
shing, saw hard, sanguinary
in Flanders and a number of its units
were selected to accompany King Al
bert into Brussels.
The division was mobilized at Camp B
Lewis and after a period of training M
there was taken overseas by Brigadier 19
General Frederick S. Foltz.
Washington.—Information here is H
that the 9lst division will begin to I *
move to the United States from H
France about the end of this month. H
It is now in camp or billets at Le H
Mans, 127 miles southwest of Paris. H
where returning divisions
bled to await shipment to Brest, St.l
ifiazaire, or Bordeaux, ports of em-1
barkation.
an
service
are assem
NORWAY NOW FEELING
THE BOLSHEVIK SWAY |
Extreme Radicals Cotrol The So
cilist Party—Bold Since
Revolution.
Christiania. — The
tion of the Norwegian socialist part;
has, since last spring, exercised a
controlling influence over the organ
ization.
bolshevik fae
For some months this was M
done more or less secretly and th«H
objects aimed at
public.
were not mad« -a
But after the revolution in a
Germany concealment was abandoned. .jS
In speeches at public meetings and Æ
by articles in socialist organs, labor-B
ers were urged revolutionary associ»- gg
tions,
similar to those in Russia
provide themselves with arms, and b«B
ready for a revolutionary uprising,^!
to overthrow the
t .- v sa
government.
were told that they should employ-1
force and terror
tent it might be
to whatever ex
necessary to ac
complish their purpose and establish
what
would virtually amount to »
minority dictatorship on bolshevik
lines.