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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
2
France rejects any revision of the Versailles treaty that would alter its claims on Germany. The government warns further concessions could topple it, while authoritative circles say Europe must be placed on a prosperous basis. France fears concessions would harm its own economic interests.
The idea of selling the British West Indies to the United States to balance Britain’s war debt has drawn scant comment and is unlikely to gain government approval. Viscount Rothermere, brother of Lord Northcliffe, previously floated a similar suggestion, reportedly denounced by Premier Lloyd George to his intimates.
A flood of applications for farm literature reports from the Commission of Conservation offices. A third edition of 15,000 account books printed for farmers was instantly claimed, with a French edition similarily popular. Officials cite a sudden wave of recognition among farmers that business and scientific principles are essential to modern farm life.
A wireless dispatch from Moscow reports the Irkutsk representative of the Soviet foreign affairs commission has been instructed to deliver Bolshevik peace proposals to Japanese headquarters there and to arrange the time and place for holding negotiations with the Japanese government.
Stockholm reports the Diet approves Sweden joining the League by 152 to 67 after a lively debate led by Premier Eden. Liberal and Socialist speakers hailed the move as a step toward an international legal system, while the upper chamber paused further discussion.
Poland faces a typhus epidemic described as historic with thousands of cases believed imported from Ukraine and the east by refugees and released prisoners of war. Bolshevik forces reportedly shipping typhus cases to the Polish border while doctors face high death rates amid treatment efforts.
A London dispatch quotes M. Gukowskij chief Bolsheviki trade delegate saying Russia aims to build commercial ties with England the United States Norway and Sweden to export flour wool leather flax hemp and skins and to seek transport help. Washington reports no American naval participation in the Dardanelles and British ships not confirmed for a new push. The Shantung reservation in the peace treaty is re adopted by the senate in a 48 to 21 vote versus 33 to 41 previously.
The Montreal Star cites Dublin staff and correspondents reporting Ulster awaits Sir Edward Carson to set policy on the House Rule Bill. Ireland tensions center on Horace Plunkett, possible proportional representation talks, and a League of Nations framework with Dominion status for Ireland. The note hints at US involvement to withdraw Covenant reservations and adjust exchange if Ireland wins Dominion representation.
Henry William Elkhorn, later using the name Arthur James Ford, walked into a police station in Ottawa surrendering on a manslaughter charge over a 1944 auto theft and fatal crash near Winnipeg. He had wandered the globe as a stoker, avoided capture in Toronto and Hamilton, and returned to Canada before surrendering as his mother advised. He will be held in jail pending Winnipeg authorities’ information.
Britain faces a potential nationwide walkout by 150000 to 170000 highway transport workers over pay demands. A strike would disrupt food distribution while railway, tram, and bus lines would stay running. Talks at the ministry of labor failed to resolve the dispute though hopes remain for a late settlement.
Ottawa board of railway commissioners denies United Grain Growers request to lower road graders from one and one half to first class. The ruling upholds existing classification. Also Vancouver freight bureau wins approval to apply a $2.65 rate on shoddy blankets under tariff item 259.
Allied council settles that the Turkish chief fleet will be broken up under the peace treaty. Military terms will reduce the Turkish army's effectiveness, details pending. Partial dispatch notes a long-distance telephone call from Winnipeg to Montreal about a first commercial call and family connections.
Washington report cites J H Montgomery of Basin Wyoming who testified before the House Agriculture Committee accusing the big five meat packers of lowering livestock prices and driving growers out of business He criticized injunctions and immunity baths and blamed packers for influencing growers while opposing regulatory measures.
The peace conference in London closed its sessions after drafting the Turkish treaty and economic conclusions ready for completion by assistants. The treaty will be handed to Turkey at Paris on March 22, with Premier Millerand possibly arriving in London later to confer on the Turkish treaty and Hungarian contentions.
Ontario Bar Association opened its fourteenth annual meeting at Osgoode Hall where President N. B. Gash urged Canada to enact a general federal divorce law. He warned that varied international systems create confusion and called Parliament to confer jurisdiction on specially created courts to decide such cases.
A four member Mennonite delegation asked the Manitoba government to restore trusteeship of a private Mennonite school taken over in 1918 to enforce the Public School Act. They intend to run the school under provincial law if control is returned. Dublin reports three killings across Ireland in 24 hours. Captain Shaw Taylor, a landowner, was shot at Athenry. An unidentified man died from wounds in Dublin. Roger Marsh was killed in Cork by armed men. In Chicago, William Bross Lloyd and 15 other Communist Labor members face trial on conspiracy indictments to overthrow the government by force. Judge Hebele denied the motion to quash.
Armed men robbed a mail van carrying letters of Viscount French, Lord Lieutenant, and Irish government officials in Dublin. The heist disrupted mail delivery as authorities pursued the suspects and secured the remaining post.
High prices at the Brandon Swine Auction with 22 hogs selling for an average of 96.20 and total proceeds of 2025. Mastodon Lady a Poland China led at 200, Yorkshire top at 122.54, and Berkshire peak at 65.50. Sheep prices were weak as bidders held back. London notes Turkey’s loss of European territory while sacred sites remain under dispute. Reports from London and Constantinople detail allied conference decisions and potential measures regarding Turkish control and protections.
Ottawa reports in the House of Commons that Prime Minister Robert Borden is improving. Sir George Foster stated the two months away have shown marked progress and if that rate continues he should return within about two months. Dr Beland had asked for an update on his condition and plans.
General Pershing warned that the United States must keep its war material production capacity and military cantonments intact as preparedness. He said allies might not be available to hold the lines next time and noted strong sentiment for universal military training during his inspection tour. He declined to discuss politics.
Kentville Nova Scotia the Nova Scotia Farmers Association executive met and decided to call a convention in April to reorganize along political lines. Bela Kun former communist dictator of Hungary will be set at liberty in Vienna according to Havas Agency dispatch.
Wet members of the house launched a fight against the Prohibition Enforcement Act. An amendment was defeated 254 to 86, with anti-prohibitionists declaring they will raise the issue on every funds bill. Meanwhile New Jersey's attorney general filed in the state supreme court to declare the amendment unconstitutional and block federal enforcement.
Senator King of Utah introduces a resolution urging the expulsion of the Ottoman government from Constantinople. It envisions the creation of three independent states in the former Turkish empire under the direction of the allied powers of the League of Nations.
A 1920 program from United Grain Growers includes construction of a dozen new elevators in Alberta. The plan was announced here and highlights expansion of grain storage facilities in the province.
Ottawa reports Judge Robson resigns as chair of the Board of Commerce, citing inability to move home to Ottawa and need to stay in Winnipeg. He lettered the acting premier arguing for a federal cost inquiry and advisory provincial role, criticizing the act as harming consumers and coop movements.
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