Wa*Mti»ti n. AU— Sier°tary
ici:.i.N of the X»»y Di-partui^at
i »ur.t " >1 tliis morning that hc'woulill
puivh-i-14* • \t«:isive additional ri|
uiltni'iit t>» faoilitnt- the d-vcioP
ttici.t of navy cop I lands it
Alaska.
or till9 i-xtra xa
• . 1>1 yui'ut jf'mor®
ti.oti was a-.i'lo at t'.i; rqUeSt of
Command" r Dowling who 1" at
Oic';: Ixon .>-4 iKaJ, of Ut° coal
4 iiltiiuissJoa.
Cotimiotulvr 1 »«»vvliiiji rotju'-suil
v m to fur»isii u g°ol
und <v, nty fiv miner* to aug
nftt_.su t!««- it -t-ut fore® suU-.also
the i<'iro':aM < t a '• forward steam
Uxiva air contpr Mor au«l iwotubuj
lar boilers with t ' d l>uun>s for
tli'lr u»t.
,\l! of tin s- n'uu^ts have
•jr.-ut'il and approved
Paris. An.; 1''—TV." KY.:u\ii r.iil
ro,iJ ui-T. v.-ill strike if i-aliil uin>:i
to transput troop* to I'ol •ml.
""Ms ns.'liitioti was ado;*t"»l at
th«ir last iiK'tia.e.
Princess Alice Has
A Large Load
The Priisc "s Alit- a-rtvid ■ o
Wt-div'sday mornias at tlr -ilu 'u
I'd luiuutg with a lar.;,? crowd
ui ioi:ri-u uaj iiit- rio- pa 'bL'" 'vrf
i»- well as a ui- i-aro of frii-:.;
A tars" r.umb'-r t-f it uri-ts.
took tlv tr"in at tho dock < —'t!i<*
Takti Amj trip a:sj arriv. j i • t! .»
r'yular v&*s'nsa>r trai l ted J.
Th, r *t !•( tii" rt>l!~d triple n
took ta«- trip t > l'-ni »;
t rday aru today a'.l will sai si.u'i
tonight happy ai:d Fla! ih':t r'.i ;■
emu" r.orth to the la!t.l of
and »>\B-r}\ Th* i'riaws- AUc.
will sail at • ight o'clock.
Dacc^ oa Saturday nlsbt at A\\ P.
i\. C!ul), ciao along.
CAME Ifl IBE
OilHI LAST
I
Ilynh, Ki^lantl. ,\«s 1''—Th1'
.Uli U t ont' u'Uf hl'r' liu" resell
• it a v >iupK'te agre"-'ia®iit this ji
IPS.
Tii' plans fur iKaliiu with the
liu -lan Polish and Irish i!K\Ude-the j
; : :;im ilioa i ■ i . blorkajf. but'on I
.
tr*.w>i>3 will bo >-aip!c.v<Hl.
A'.iis. - altho loath to
mhuit it, fvl tint there isl
lit lit.;),, ut savitis Warsaw.'thai j
tho qavnioti of *aving Poland Is
not th>-- ci.iiu is"u-.
The main problem facing th>.- Pp
nii ; is t d»t as* of \Veston'Eu
rope. I:i iiriti-h and Ffnch cir Us
it is J. ia.- u Hmt tli<' int«ntii>ns-of
r>ol hi .il;i r -aiding l'o land is
* ►'nil o fUarer > * ry hour aiiti I
th* "prevail. u impression amotvg'thi !
;;riu-ii :.nd t'r uh ofQiial" is thai I
i t H !;• Cov rT. n. '.it Uopfs tbm j
•J: l't" :-h effi u no to firmly es'
i:i!>li.-h BoI<luvikl at th<? door* of
Kf'frn powt-r*.
Th-.- .i.rn.v ffl-ads i.r ••Tad"'
IIll!- ry will l" ca.V to know
that h" is well a-;ilu and able
aoout.
Al1' fit t: went ovor to Car
i ifiss tot!;11 a:"' r 'savins paid hfs
brohf r w-Iio is ill al the White
■i: ■ I a visit. •
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Washington, Aug 11—A pledge,
that this n?'tion Is to uphold! the
fm-doiu au<l independence and t''rrl
torial .Integrity of Poland has be°n
given .by President Wilson, Is a
note to tnt Italian government.
In n'ofinliig the American jovern
m-'iil's position on thL. Russian Po
lisli situation the note "ays,,
this government believes In a United
free and autonomous Polish. state
ai.d the people of thi? United Stat
is are earnestly solicitous for the
lcnintenanco of Polano's political
i t«i "I'vndi'irt1,, and territorial liiteg
Illy.
From tills ' attitude we Mill:
not depart and th« policy of this,
government ■will be to the ®mploy
mi tit of all available in'uwis to
render effectual."
The Presii!tnt fucther d'-clai-es
that this country recoil® from r® i
cognition of Eolshevikl regini<> and
proposes as a solution of thc (
l>rest-nt acute Polish KuS9laai sit j
uation that all Russian mllifary'for.
c*-s be withdrawn from Poland. I
Simultaneously with the with
idrawml of tli« Russian forces «bould
te the withdrawal of all Al
lied military forces Including Vhe
Japanese wno are now occupying Sib
erfa tfom all Rjuelan territory.
With thesa withdrawal the pre
sld^nt favors a proclamation 8®t
ting ; forth tb.tli Russia aSid' 1>0
laind shall each respect the territor
lai Integrity of each o'hcr.
Such a cour36 the preeldant dec
lared wouldl ultimately resut la'th"
overthrow of present rulers of Rus
si#, "by the Russian wno are 9P
po\d' to Bolshevism.
Washington, Aug 11— President
Wilson's not9 reveals that th® Unit |
ed States takes the position thatj
whilo it Is most solicitous for the |
maintenance of the Ind®penda(nce'aOd
territorial Integrity of Poland It
is equally solicitous for the poltl
cal independence and territorial in
tegrity of Rassia, xwhleh at this
time Is evidently Believed to be
seriously thieatened.
Jolie\ Aug.6— A terrible flr« Is!
racing in tae state pmiten{iary h^rtl
uwl all efforts thus far l'lav-' faJl-'dj
ten subdue the flames.
* convicts an- worklufi with
:he fitt-men to control the fir"-* and
It is tiioug.it th. it the prisoners will
ti5iv to be n moved to soni'1 otfi^r
quarters.
THEY WUT IB
iEIILE TERIS!
. rt
. t
London, Aug 11—Two member",
i)f the Russian missiou left today,
on board - British tcrpedo boat,
destroyer on their way to Moscow
where they will urge e acceptance
of the Britisn terms with regard to
Poland.
This statement was made la the
London Timeg in a special edi
tion.
BE RATIFIED
Spokane, Aug 9—Vi:e president8
Marshall in an interview here ex
pressed the belief that the treaty
of peace with the League of Nations
would never be ratified by the Unit
ed States.
RUSSIA EACES
STARVATION
Viherg. Finland, Aug 111— Flush
ej .. with suctrss and confident of
Poland's defeat Soviet Russia,,
fnces thP approaching winter with
the grin; problem of food a8 its
supreme t' st. of ptfiver.
From the far ea3t to the'FInoi*h
frontier four thousand miles of
undisputed territory the grim spectre
of starvation stalk9. -v
t
„Washington, Aug 11—An organ!,
"Stuof* lor an international Wx>r
office In the League of Nation,® haa
been completed and Is now function
lng. The department! of labor *n
aoimced that D. Royal 9pc&k*t, tor
n.»r United States commissi cmer'of
Labor and statistics, bad ap
pointed.
Paris, Aug 11 —The French
government has decided to rewog
alze G^nejai Baron, Peter Wrangell
aa h.ead d° facto of th^ govern
ra^nt of South Russia.
In making: thl3 annoumteement the
minister of foreign affairs Bald,
that this recognition lmplle* the
tendering to General Wrangell of |
nJHtarj'l isalatance.
I
IN
London, Attg 11—A Reuter dls
patcih from Vladivostok Bays thaX
the government has received advlcf»
that Japanese resident" In Okhotst.
a marltlm® town la Siberia ha'"
b°ou massacred and the towa'buiaedj
L
Washington, Aug 10— Three fell
Hon 'ou»heli of corn 1b the estimate |
cTojk this year.
These figures iwere given ont by
the department of agriculture and
th® statement Is made that thl*
is th» third time la ttue history of
the country when such a large crop
bas b©ea forecast.
HARDING HOPES FOR «•
ING UP OF THE SOLID SOUTH
Marlosi, Aug 11—In *- niesaa^*
to tti« Texa» republicans today'sen
ator Harding declared U would her
aid a new era. In American'pol
Ltka If this eampaisu could s<e
the br'-aklac; up of 111'' Democratic
Bolid south.
BRITISH L
London, Aicg 10—British labor
leader* have reached, the decision,
aiu) nerved notice o® the'goveramect
thjU :*»r hetween Soviet Russia,
over the Poland qu/=3tlon would foe
an intolerable crime against hlumari
ty, and British labor.
Organized labor will b® used t
defeat such war 's the "tatment
mad® 'by thie labor loaders.
L OF N. IS FINE
Hyde park, New York A« 11,—
'ftte League of Nation8 18 a pra<s
Ileal Solution of a practical sltiiia
tlon and it is more perfect than
th« original constitution of the
United States, which ha8 been aim
ed ^Iffhteea times and will soon
hope to b® amend6"! for the nine
UK-nth. tlrn® perfect.
It Is not and nation. It is antl
war said Pmnklln Roosevelt In
his speech) of acceptance of the
Democratic Domination for vice pre
sident.
.Mlsi Gr«c« Long Is a roundtrlpp
«r on the Princess Alice from Van,
oouver. Miss Lous Is the public
s topographer of the Hotel Van
oourer and has ma-y friends in
the north who have Lad the bene
fit of her services while in the big
British Columbia metropolis.
NIMH
Baltimore, aus 10—CcnTal RI< h
ard Neville Bowerman, ni:i- t.v r'
of age and the ranking rctird
officer of th« Union army di<d
h«re today.
General Hovvm an was d«co rated
on the field of battl" by U-aa-ral
Grant aad was a perso"aI fiiin! if
Abraham Lincoln.
London, Aug 11—Premier f.loyd
George iQ a speech j'-sfrdny lit
the Hous^e of Commons, whil-'ad
Kitting that tile Russian Sovie t
goveruiuent was entitled to take in
to account the attack5 nuido by
Poland on Russia an'l was entitl-ii
to a guarantee against "uch a r. p
tlon nevertheless, declared tbe'Pr*
mier, Europe has to b" c nsldcr*d
The Independence of Poland and
Its exitstenc" as an independent
nation as an essential part to the
structure of European peace and'tlte
repartition cf Poland would not'nr r
ly be a crime but it would 1)-: 3
peril and we have to consider both
of these contingencies as a basis
for our policy.
The Premie declarV that tie'
purpose of • the Allied policy.,
was to 8ecure peac*" on a bnsis'of
independent for ethnographical Po
land.
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