The Daily Star-Mirror
VOLUME VIII
MOSCOW, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO MONDAY, MAY 26, 191»
NUMBER 2M
UNITED STATES WILL KEEP
, The United States will not surrender any of the merchant ships taken
from Germany when-this country entered the world war. England wanted
the ships seized divided among the allied nations according to the tonnage
-. lest in the war. President Wilson refused to give his consent to this ar
, rangement, insisting that the United States should have the ships she seized,
and he has won his point. There were scores of ships with a total of 700,000
tons, including the great "Vaterland" now the American "Leviathan" in
terned in American waters when the war broke and these ships had no
chance to reach home because England was master of the seas. When the
_ United States entered the war it seized these ships which their crews tried
to cripple. They will be retained by the United States.
The German peace delegates have announced that they will be ready to
give a final answer to the peace terms before the expiration of the time
limit, 1 o'clock next Thursday.
Anti-Bolshevik Russia is to be recognized as a defacto government by the
allied nations. The Bolsheviki are going to pieces so rapidly that it is be
r lievad they will cease to be a factor soon and peace in Russia may be looked
for.
Following are the cable dispatches dealing with European affairs received
today:
America to Keep German Ships.
WASHINGTON.—President Wilson has informed officials here that the
council of four at Paris has reached a full understanding by which the
United States retains 700,000 tons of German shipping seized in American
ports when the United States entered the war.
Confirmed Officially.
