The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1918, Page 8

} + gentatives present. POLAND ANNEXED! BY KAISER THRU SRORET TREATY Newspaper Prints Seven Clauses of Pact Signed by Leon Trotzky UKRAINE BEING CRUSHED Frontier Closed to People, Who Travel Overland Under Great Hardship eGneva, May 14.—4Poland is hand- ed over to Germany economically, po- litically and militarily, according to the terms of a secret tretay reached at Brest Litovsk between a delega- tion of the Russian government head- ed by Leon Trotzky and German rep- resentatives, according to the Ga- zette of Lauzenne, the newspaper guarantees the authenticity of the treaty which consists of seven clauses and which it prints. By ‘the fifth clause, fo rexample, Russia is bound to support at a peace conference the contention that the Polish question concerns Germany alone and is not an international one. BOAT KILLED TAME FRUITS; WHEAT UNHURT Not Believed That Bread Crop Was Seriously Damaged by Low Temperature ACREAGE GREATEST EVER Reports form all parts of the state indicate killing frosts occurred in all portions, damaging garden truck, fruit trees, foliage and in many in- stances both early and late sown wheat. Other crops were not suffi- ciently advanced to receive serious in- jury. The damage from frost was not the same in all sections, or even in the same localities. It is not believed at this time that wheat was materially injured, as the ground did not freeze and thus the roots were left intact. specially. low temperatures occurred at the following stations: | Amenia 19; Bismarck, 23; Bottineau, 10; Bowbells, 25; Devils Lake, 16; Dickinson and Bendale, 24; Fessenden, 15; Grafton, 16; Grand Forks, 19; Jamestown, 21; Langdon, 15; Larimore, 17; Minot, 14; fapoleon, 17; Pembina, 18; Wahpeton, 21; Williston, 24; ‘and Fargo, 20. ’ Tel- egraphic reports indicate that’ Minne- ‘gota, Wisconsin and northern Iowa also experienced heavy killing frosts. ‘Seventy thousand questionaires re- turned to the ofice of U. S. Farm Specialist John B, Brown, represent- dng 70 percent of the farms of North Dakota, show van increase of 10 per cent over the wheat acreage of 1917. On the basis o {the bumper 159,000,000 wheat crop of 1915, this would mean an addition of. 15,900,000 bushels of wheat, and an increased money value of approximately $30,000,000. A forty. per cent: increase in rye acreage is shown, while there is a slight decrease in flax, 4 ,Never in the history of the state ‘has wheat and other crops been fur- (ther advanced at this time of the yey”. ‘Spring came to stay this year March 1, from which date until this week no killing frosts had been epxerienced. Early rains left the soil in ideal con- dition for working; farmers finished their spring plowing early, and the crops were in a month ahead of the usual time. Then came more rain, and until the killing frosts of the past week, there was every promise of a phenomenal wheat crop which would ‘be out of the way long before the hot winds of mid-sumer could scorch it. Even tho the Wheat has been frozen down to the ground in some sections, the result will be only to set the crop back two weeks, and if there aré no more killing frosts, and it is not prob- able there will be, the crop will yet mature two weeks in advance of the usual date. North Dakota farmers are responding to the government's re- quest for more flax, and thousands of acres of raw prairie land are being broken up to be:seeded toa crop which promises to be as profitable as it is necessary. Flax can be sown for two weeks to come, and North Dakota, which normally produces one-sixth of all the flax produced in America, prom- | ises to excel past performances. WILL CONFER AGAIN ON OUR LIGNITE RATES Traffic Experts of Three Rail- way Commissions to Meet in Twin Cities The traffic experts of the ‘North and South Dakota railway commis- sions will meet with the Minnesota rail board at St. Paul next Tuesday to further go into the matter of lower lignite coal rates based on intrastate ‘lignite rates prevailing in rth Da- kota, which would enable Flickertail mines to serve sister states very cheaply. The lignite question is‘daily assuming more importance in South Dakota and Minnesota. Fuel Commis- sioner ‘McGee of Minnesota recently predicted that it would become neces- sary for Gopher people this fall to rustle up their air-tights and resume the burning of cord-wood. Lignite, if rates are made on the basis asked by the North Dakot arailway commission, wil bea cheaper, and, it is said, much More efficient fuel for Minnesota than cord-wood would be. James A. Little, rate expert, will represent the North ‘Dakota. commission at this conference, ‘and it 1s probable that the coal pro- ducers of this state will have repre- ly unimportant ground the war lord: Mexican Troops By HARRY B. HUNT. Special Staff Dispatch. Washington, May 14.—German agents in Mexi italizing the recent Ger- man advances in France as great Ger- man victories presaging the early de- feat of the allies and the Unitea States, are seeking to fan again into flame the Mexican’s latent hatred for the “gringos” and to precipitate trou- ble between the United States and Mexico. By this they hope to complicate Uncle Sam’s war problems, force the retention of a considerable part of our army in this country to guard the border, and weaken our participation in this year’s fighting in France. Ofticial information in Washington is that German influence has been busy with Carranza, and been even more busy in attempting to inflame general Mexican dislike of the Unitea States, and to swing popular suppor: behind the idea’ voiced in the. now famous. Zimmerman note, that now is the time for Mexico to re-establish her old ‘boundaries on the north, seizing parts of Texas, New ‘Mexico and Ariz- ona. ‘German agents have been numer- ous in Mexico for years. When the United States entered, the war, a great number of Germans who had been busy in this country got over the line into Mexico. The result is a doubly strong German population made up of the most active propa- gandists the kaiser had both in Mex: ico and this country. For six weeks these Germans have been proclaiming daily German vic- tories in France. They have cele- brated with festivities and otherwise impressed the Mexican people with the view that the allies were being de- feated. All this has tended to con: vince the Mexican mind that the vic: tor in the war will be Germany and that, therefore, it will be to Mexico's advantage to follow German sugges- tions. Just what aggressive measures are being taken by Mexico for a posssible. attack on our border states cannot be told. But it is acknowledged that there has been a greater movement of troops to the border by Mexico than is’ justified by patrol necessities. Also, within the last month, there have been three raids across the bor- der, attended with the loss of lives of Texas ranchers. Carranza has insisted that these were bandit forays, and that he is at- tempting to suppress such raids. Despite what Mexican envoys. in| Washington say, and the silence of the | state department, official Washington asknowledges that the Mexican ‘situa- tion is disturbing, and has consider- able elements of danger. Washington, May 6.—Here’s. offic’ Mexico's answer to charges of Ger- man success in spreading anti-Ameri can propaganda in Mexico. It com from a high Mexican official hi whose name I am not permitted to give: Border; Dig ‘Trenches There FIRST DRIVE PICTURE vi shave. gained in their offensive. This Move to the ’ propaganda in Mexico you have in the United States. Judged by its results, | the agitation of your annexationists and interventionists is in itself Ger- man propaganda. “All German agents need do to in- flame the Mexican people against the United States is reprint anti-Mexican ‘news’ and editorials from your inter- centionist press. “Are Mexicans to be blamed for un- due suspicion of the United States when they see reproduced from your great newspapers maps showing a down to.the Panama Canal? “Your most. active antiiMexican newspapers were’ pro-German before you entered thé’ war, are anti-British now and are closely’ linked with inter- ests that) claim’ large’ mining conces- sions and land holditgs' in’ Mexico,” As to Article 27’of the new Mexi- can constitution, which, it has been predicted, will result in virtual con-| fiscation of American land and min- ing interests, this. Mexican author- ity says: “The exact meaning of Article 27) is a matter of disagreement in Mexi- co, Three different views of its mean- ing are held by members of the pres- ent Mexican cabinet. “Before the article can become ef-| fective, it must first’ be construed, the Mexican congress, must adopt leg- islation to put it into effect, and the government must ‘devise administra- tive measures for ‘carrying it out. “Talk of® ‘confiscation’ of mining rights is ‘utterly absurd. Mexican law never has recognized a fee simple title to mineral deposits. It has always im- posed conditions and usually exacted royalties. Mining operations are still going on, and increasing in value every month, i Our troops are being sent to the border to stop smuggling and cat- tle-stealing raids, which are caus- ed by the hunger of our people due to two successive crop fail- ures. “We seek to handle the raiders on our side of' the border and obviate any alleged necessity for American troops crossing the Rio Gfande to ar- rest, them. k “IT 1S TRUE THAT OUR TROOPS HAVE ‘AT PLACES BEEN DIGGING TRENCHES, but this has been a pre- ing hit by bullets from the American side of the river. That this is no idle fear is shown by the recent killing of five Mexican cuustom house guards at one place on the river. “Your troops on the border, douubt- less inspired by the continual propa- ganda of the interventionists, have lately been; more quick on the trigger than usual. Our troops have been equally nervous, but the two govern- ments under stand eac hother and are taking steps to minimize this friction.” Dustless. floor oils, linseed and ma: chine oils, at cost and below to close them out. See Faunce, 4th ‘street. Meran Franzphisfestey Arixen ‘We have not one-tenth the German | 51118 4 WHERE HUNS MASS MEN FOR NEW DRIVE AGAINST ITALY ‘rete, Lice se ; aw The cross shows where the Austri in the Trentino for a new drive again indicate that a blow. directly south is (solid black line), extends through a ©, Bedding plants ready at Hoskins — ertisement. If the Huns could drive the Italians o elow the whole Italian line would ae eee 5810] of the’ Adige river (dotted line) which would mean the loss of Venice. ans are massing troops and supplies. st Italy. This concentration would contemplated. The present battle line mountainous country in this district. ut of the,mountains into the plains b | have to fall back, probably to the line ‘greater United States’ extending way | cautionary measure to keep from be-|- This photograph, the first spring drive picture from inside the German lines, gives an idea ‘of how the Germans are paying for the comparative- is one of the German Red Cross, clearing stations for wounded. FRENCH NAMED TO POST IN IRELAND LORD FRENCH CRREREE RY weerme er Lord French ‘has’ been’ named Lord Lieutenant of Ireland... Until late in 1915 he was commander ‘of the Brit- ish armies in France and. Belgium: SMALL BRITISH - LOSS AT@STEND London, May 14-~A Dover dispatch that the British cdsualtfes in the raia on Ostend were two officers and six men killed and two officers and eight ' men missing, supposed*ito“have been! killed. Of these, ‘two’ officers and eigh men were on the Vindictive. Five “officers and ky men. were wounded, of whom one officer and six- | teen men were on, the Vindictiye. CUTICURA HEALS INFLAMED ECZEMA On Face and Arms, Spread Rap- idly. Caused Itching and Loss of Sleep. os Trouble Lasted Three Weeks. Used OneCake of Soap and One Boy of Ointment.) - _. “Eczema broke out. on'my face and arms and spread rapidly. “At first it was onlyin little red’ spots, but later it took the form of sore eruptions. ‘These blotches caused a burning sen- sation and my skin’ was inflamed and , Sore. The eruption caused itching, ‘and 1 lost sleep, “This trouble lasted about three weeks, Then! wrote fora free sam- le of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Piet so much better. that I bought a cake of Cuticura Soap and a box of Ointment‘and after using them a short time ] was completely healed. ”(Signed) Miss’ Almeta’Eckes, 513-20th Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn., June'23,.1917.% - Cuticura Soap and Ointment tend to'prevent pimples, rashegetc., iftsed for every-day toilet ‘purposes. 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