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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY The Russian Bolshevik have killed any lingering hope that may have existed in Germany of Aon Ilindeillmrgs ability to conduct a successful major winter offensive against the British and French lines along the west front The immediate concern of the German general staff has turned from the west to the east This is not because Aon Hinden bnrg fears a Russian offensive but because the Bolshevik defeated at HrestLitovsk the Aon Hin denlmrg peace diplomacy Von Hindenburg and the militaristic clique that surrounds him are now on the defensive before the German people as far as concerns the Russian situation Movements of Ger ¬ man troops from the Russian front have been stop ¬ ped and it is believed by military men hero that no further withdrawal of forces can be made until Berlin decides on a policy toward tho Itolsheviki Such official reports as have been received do not say clearly whether the demobilization of Russian troops has been continued but they do indicate a reorganization of the red guard guardFrom From Washington late Saturday afternoon comes the following information Tin shipping boards wage adjustment board today agreed on an increase in wages definite working conditions anil overtime pay for all ship yard workers in the socalled Delaware yards comprising about sixty per cent of ship workers on the Atlantic coast It does not include the striking carpenters but is expected to uiffect their strike Many of the striking car ¬ penters however despite the advice of their union officials have signified their intentum of accepting the award The strikers in the NcW York district hive not done so but it is hoped they will willThe The drv movement was given a setback when the Indiiina stitewide prohibition law Vas held to lie unconstitutional and void by Judge F M liostcUer of the Vanderburgh County Superior Court yester ¬ day in ruling on a demurrer to a complaint filed by brewing companies against the county prosecutor to enjoin him from enforcing the law after April 2 the date named for it to take efect efectA A Paris dispatch of yesterday says that ISolo Pasha convicted by a courtmartial of treason and sentenced to death has appealed from the verdict to the Court of Cassation Onit ground is supposed to be the allegation that a witness for the prose ¬ cution was seen during a recess in the trial in con ¬ versation with tho president of the courtmartial and the government counsel counselSwitzerland Switzerland is tle channel through which Adal ¬ bert K Fischer said to be an important agent of the German govrnment in this country communi ¬ cated with friends in Germany Fischer head of the firm of Schutee Koerting Company valve manufacturers Philadelphia now is interned in the federal prison camp at Fort Oglesthorpe Ga as a dangerous enemy alien alienApportionment Apportionment in salary increases of the 2000000 offered as a loan to the city of Chicago by a com ¬ mittee of business men was continued yesterday by the council finance committee The committee ex ¬ pected to have the budget amendments carrying salary increases for approximately 18731 city em ¬ ployes ready to be submitted to the city council next Tuesday TuesdayAn An enemy submarine bombarded Dover early Sat ¬ urday morning it was officially announced in Lon ¬ don yesterday The submarine was fiivd on from the shore and ceased the bombardment after some thirty rounds had been fired There were less than a dozen casualties and only slight damage damageThe The rulgarian government has resumed diplomatic relations with Russia according to a dispatch re ¬ ceived at Amsterdam from Sofia yesterday
