JAPS MURDERING KOREANS WHOLESALE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS COVENANT DONE
JAPS CREATING REIGN OF TERROR IN EFFORT
TO CRUSH KOREAN MOVE FOR INDEPENDENCE
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
SAN FllANCISCO, April 12—Tho Korean National Association here is
in receipt of cablegrams from native Korean children written by their native
pastor stating in effect that the Japanese have established a campaign of
wholesale murder and abuse in their efforts to crush the spirit of independence
among the Korean people.
The message says the Japanese are deliberately massaereing the Kor
eans in all parts of the nation, their murderous activities beipg accompanied
by brutalities of the most revolting character. The cablegram says over
thousand unarmed people were killed in Seoul during the three hour demon
stration occurring there March 2X.
The Japanese troops, firemen and civilians combined in an effort to
obliterate the lingering spark of independent spirit by the most inhuman meth
ods. The Korean pastor says the Japanese soldiers and also the Japanese
civilians, have been given orders to shoot and beat the people without mercy
throughout Korea and arc pursuing their instructions with most inhuman brut
ality. Homes of the Korean leaders are being destroyed and even the women
are not spared, as women are frequently stripped naked and beaten before
crowds as a warning against sedition.
The pastor further declares that the doctors have been forbidden to
cure for persons who have been injured during the uprising and they are left
to recover as best they may from the cruelties to which they have been sub
jected. Deaths from wounds sustained at the hands of tho Japanese are of
constant occurance and the minister declares that several thousand people have
been killed since the beginning of the independence demonstrations March
BELIEVED BOLSHEVISM RESPONSIBLE FOR AT
TITUDE OF AMERICAN TROOPS ON ARCHANGEL FRONT
Spec'ial to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. April 12—The first official announcement regarding: the
v reported objection to fighting the Bolshevik! made by a portion of the Ameri
can troops on the Archangel front was given out today by Chinf of Staff Gen
eral March and is looked upon by government officials as providing almost cer
tain indication that the Bolsheviki doctrines are stealthily permeating th ■
American ranks along the North Russia front.
March informed the report in his weekly interview that Co. i, 33rd.
Infantry, which halls from Detroit, recently refused to return to tlm front lino
trenches on the Archangel sector when ordered to do sc by their officers. Fol
lowing their refusal to return to the firing line, the men asked their officers
various questions which are said to bo the same or similiar to questions which
the Bolsheviki propaganda has urged the men to put to their officers. The
troops are said to have made no determined resistance to the order to return
to the front but CW lured that they had been drafted to fight Germany and not
the Bolshevikij ^‘-i L.
March saT\the men were given a little talk by their commander, win*
informed them trj' were fighting a purely defensive war, and appeared to
change their attatude on learning the true situation. After listening to the
Commander’s words they consented to re-enter the trenches without further de
After detailing the occuranco, March declared that the incident is oik
of the most unique in army annals, and provides a serious demonstration o
\ the insiduous effects of the Bo'sl t vik propaganda.
"In all rny long period of army service,” March said, "1 don't recal
% another .’natance whore American soldiers did not want to fight. Regardlesi
& of their situation or personal views of the cailses of controversy the American
lit have always been ready to tight at the command of their officers and thei
;■ Invariable reply has been: "Dead us to it!” The Archangel affair is the onlj
one that I can recall where Americans made objection to fighting at command'
March said the Washington authorities are awaiting the arrival of I Sol
Fieviki leaflets picked up along the Archangel front which are said to contaii
. practically the same questions as the men at Archangel put to their officers
March also announced the arrival of Major General Richardson at Mur
mansk to take command of the American forces on the Archangel front and ex
v pressed the view that his arrival will tend to relieve the situation.
SUPREME COURT MANDATE ORDERS DEBS TO PEN
Special to The Kome Nugget by The Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, April 12—The mandate of the Supreme .Court ordering
1 Eugene V. Debs to be incarcerated for attempts to obstruct the^ war operations
r by discouraging volunteering and urging resistance to the draft, arrived hero
i today. Debs who is now at Terre Haute, Ind., has been advised of the re
gceipt of the court order and will leave for Cleveland today to surrender himself
|to the law. The mandate directs that Debs be.turned over to the warden of
|the federal penitentiary at Moundsville, West Virginia, where he will servo
Ithe ten year sentence imposed at the time of his conviction.
Debs Announces Departure for Prison
■//*,' TERRE HAUTE, Ind. April 12—When notified of the arrival at Clcve
Kalland of the mandate of the Supreme Court ordering him into custody. Debs in
formed press interviewers that he is leaving for Cleveland at once enroute to
v‘ serve his sentence at Moundsville.
LANE I38UE8 APPEAL IN-BEHALF OF RETURNING SOLDIERS
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Aprfil-12—Secretary of the Interior Lane has request
ed the fifteen thousand employees of the Department of the Interior through
out the country to make every effort to aid the returning soldiers and sailors
to obtain work on their discharge from the national service.
The employees of the department are instrutced to make special efforts
to learn of positions which may be filled by the returning men and report all
opportunities for employment to Colonel Arthur Woods, who has been desig
iated to fill the position of special assistant secretary of the Interior Depart -
nent for the purpose of handling the employment of soldiers.
In announcing the appeal in behalf of the returning men, Lane stated
hat he expects the plan to have a marked effect in securing places for dis
charged troops. s
REPORTED ALASKAN DECORATED BY BELGIUM \
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, April 12—A letter recently reaching the city from abroad
lays that the Belgian government has decorated Daniel S. Pullen, of Skagway,
The reason for the reported bestowal of honors I» not given*
"HUN” AROUSES GER
MAN INDIGNATION!
Associated Press Service .
LONDON Jan. 13—Because lie re
ferred to the Germans as "Jliins” Ser
geant E. A. Boyd, a British airman,
who was captured, was sentenced
by them to a. year’s imprisonment, lie
lias now returned to England.
With a lieutenant, Boyd was patrol
ling off the Belgian coast in a seaplane
They were shot down by enemy des
troyers and- while Boyd was in the
water he wrote this messsage: "Shot
down at 0:1:! p. m. Being picked up
by Huns”. The pigeon to which lie
entrusted th message was unable to fly
and fell into the hands of the Germans
The two airmen were taken to Bulges
where they were sent for by Admiral
"He was frightfully angry over
my message." Boyd relates, “and began
to swear in broken English. The on
ly thing we understood clearly was
that on the following day one of us
was to be shot. J had told him that I
had written the message.
"Later f was eourtmartiuled and the
court held that by calling the Her
mans “Huns’-* I had insulted the olM
cers and men of the German destroy
ers, and l was sentenced to twelve
month’s imprisonment.
“For the first six months was ab
solutely starved. I gave away my
watch for a slice of bread.”
FRENCHMAN ANALYZES
WILSON’S POPULARITY
I ’A I LIS, .J;111. 15—Correspondemf
Tiio Associated Press)—A Frenchman
;i small meivhanl of Paris offers this
as one explanation of the peculiarly
popular demonstration with which the]
Pairsians received President Wilson.
"We have had many rulers come to
visit us in these late weeks" he said.
I''hut crowned heads like the Kings of
•Knglnnd, Italy and P.elginm .annot
dissociate themselves from their mili
tar rank. They come in wonderful
uniforms with entourages glittering
with hfaid and decorations. Kssent
iall\ their receptions had to partake of
•the military aspect, in a dominant
manner To the salutes and cheers of
the crowds these rulers had lo make
only the stiff military salute of ack
nowledgement. Naturally that is not
very personal. Fven a king’s salute4
is like that of any other ollicer.
‘Tint”, he continued, "your President
came in civilian clothes, very plain,
wholly undecorated, not even a ribbon
in his. lapel. Ilis hat was constantly
off. lie was unhampered by uniform.
He smiled, even laughed outright, in
greeting to the Parisians. People now
and then caught his direct glance. It
was personal, very human and wo
Pairisans like that. So the infection
of this personal touch went \ through
the crowds. There yon have it. it
was different.
"He is a little reininsccnt. of our late
President Faure" he ended. "His
smile and the intimate bow are much
NEW PHASE OF JUT
AND BATTLE DISCLOSED
| Associated Press Service.
LAWPORD, Eng. Jan. 12—The fact
that,, one Bri'.ish warship, penetrated
the guard patrol of the German High
jSeas’ Fleet after the battle of Jutland
and laid mines to cut off their retreat
has just been disclosed.
Tho information became public
through the presentation to a J.awford
church of a flag of the warship Abidel. j
of 1,556 tons and a speed of 40 knots.
The inscription accompanying the
flag testifies! that the Abidel “slipped
[through the redoubled guards of pat
[rols on the night of the battle of Jut
land, May 31—June 1, 1916. a«rd laid a
great series of mines close to tho Ger
man coast, blocking the entrance of|
their retreating ships into !the harbor. |
This dangerous night's work” added j
the inscription “was completely ear-,
vied out and the havoc among the
German ships was so great that their
crews mutinied and refused to go out
again. The white ensign presented to
the church was flown by- the Abidel in
the Jutland battle."
LEAGUE OF NATIONS COMMISSION COM
PLETES CONSIDERATION OF NEW COVENANT
SDecI.il to Tl.e Nugget l»y The Associated Press.
PALIS. April 1- -It is "Mii i !’ . announced that the League of Nations
C«»niiii: *moii h s comph ted its .• u.. Jociation of tl.e league covenant and has
considerably altered the original forms of the document which is expected to
hind the nations together for all time in the interest and preservation of peace.
Tin- commission has spent several weeks revising and altering the original
draft and h: s incorporated several amendments proposed during the interval
since tin* constitution was first adopted. It is stated that especial attention
v.as diverted to meeting the objections to the original form emanating from
America and it is believed that the American opposition has been met in a
satisfactory manner. Nothing has been given out regarding the exact provis
ions of the new covenant but it is stated on high authority that it contains
amendments which exempt the Monroe doctrine- from being in any degree*
affected by the remaining provisions of the covenant.
It is also learned that the new constitution does not im-lude a section
granting Japan's reque? t for rac ial equalitv and also Ignores the request made
L*y the French government for the establishment >.f an international general
military staff.
Japan and Fraie • are said to have* bowed to the dictum of the League
ci Nations t'ommission but have re-served tlx- right to submit these questions
to the plenary session of the l’ea« «- Conference which will be held in the near
future for the pjiriro.se « f considering the revised covenant
League of Nations Covenant to be Mads Public Soon.
PAPIS, April, U It is nUiciallx announced that the ainendend text of
the League of Nations e..venalit will be made public- within a few days.
BRITISH COMPLAIN AGAINST AMER
ICAN TRADE ACTIVITIES ABROAD
Special to the Nugget I;y the Associated Press.
W«ASI!!NGT< >N. \! »ri I I- Reports reaching the State Department as
.s< i' that British citizens abroad are subjecting their homo government to a.
constant bombardment of complaints concerning the activities of American
business men throughout the world.
state Departim nt ofTU-ials say the effort of the American business
"'mill to extend the commerce of the nation have provoked a sensation among
Ha British trade icpn - utalives ah road and are causing the British a vast am
ount of appichonsion because of the prospect presented that British com
ine;< e ma\ he seriously injured.
t of tin* British
that drastic
de < xtonsion campaign is
eneral apprehension that.
world commerce,
throughout the world is
•ado Board asserting that
the 'Lancashire rlis
Inclions in the volume
of expo; t a lions from that section of Britain.
Il is also learned that the British are becoming so apprehensive of be
ing supplanted in the Oriental trade markets by America that they are con
templating sending a commercial mission to (Mono in an effort to restore
FRENCH LABOR ADOPTS DISSENTING ATTITUDE TOWARD
LEAGUE OF NATIONS—BOLSHEVIKI INFLUENCE INDICATED
Special to The Nugget by Tint Associated Press.
BARIS. April 1- -Basing their resentment on the ground that the pro
posed League of Nations is not the society of nations proposed by President
Wilson in his fourteen pence points, tin (leneral Labor Federation of Franc.*
has come out in open opposition to the proposed international coalition and has
also intimated the view that the diplomats are conducting a form of sabotage
against, the conclusion of peace in an endeavor to secure objects which possess
but little bearing on the welfare of the people.
The General Federation of Labor has posted placards all over Paris
selling forth the attitude of French labor and declaring the League of Nations
r. substitute of the diplomats for the proposed society of nations advocated by
AVilson with widely differing objects and aims.
One of the inscriptions printed on the placards reads:
“Tho diplomats offer us a “League of Nations”, which is not the Society of
Nations prescribed in President Wilson’s fourteen points. We accepted the
Another passage says: “The French working class rises against the
sabotage of peace by the diplomats.”
Tho action of the Federation has caused a sensation throughout Paris
and the officials express the view that the attitude of tlie labor unions may he
considered indicative of a strong inclination toward Bolshevistic ideas.
ARMY NOW BELOW TWO MILLION
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 12—A War Department announcement today says
the demobilization of the national army forces has reduced the present mili
tary establishment to loss than two million men, including all branches of th«
According to the department officials the rate of demobilizations at
present continues about the same as before and is expected to result in the
discharge of practically all units of the drafted forces by July.
CONTROL RAW MATERIALS BIG AFTER WAR BUSINESS PROBLEM
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
LONDON, —The after-war business problem receiving the most im
portant attention at present in Kngland is that of the control of raw mater
ials and shipping, says a statement issued by the American Chamber of Com
merce in London. It add*; “detailed studies of sources and methods of con
trol and distribution are being made, but there does not appear to be agreement
on the general principles of control. On the one hand powerful interests are
urging immediate co-operation between Great Britain. France and the Unite 1
fetates, for the formation of a world-control which will, at the appropriate
time, bo able to distribute raw materials as seems best. On the other hand
some are pointing out that such action should in principle he contrary to
President Wilson’s policy of no economic combination within the League of
Nations.
“World arrangements are already being made with the sanction and even
the assistance of the British government In regard to oil and metals, while
shipping plans change or develop daily. The American Chamber of Com
merce in London has urged commercial bodies in America to consider the
entire subject."