Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13

enough to look back now as far as 1871 4, they
will lind out something about drastic terms
for at that time Matthias ETzbe"ger, already
locking forward to that victory lnen deemed
so certain, made memoranda or peace
terms to be imposed by victorious Germany.
These included among other things the SOW
ereignty OF Germany over Belgium ana the
French coast from Dunkirk to B5lougne, pos
session of the channel islands and u the
mines in the French Lorraine, the establish
ment of an African German EmpI4e by an
nexing the Belgian and French COEgo6, Brit
ish Nigeria Dahomey and the French west
coast The question Of indGmnities was
dismissed as follows:
In fixing indemnities, the actual capacity
of a state at the moment should rot be con-
sidered. :" And further on "indemnities
should provide for the repayment Of the full
costs of the war and the damages OF war,
the redemption Of all of Germany puohc
debt and the creation of a vast fund tor IN
capacitated soldiers
What is the matter with Germin ys SELF
conceit now that she does not feel battered
that the allies have learned so we'll the Ger
man taught lesson.
Italy has been given a new loan OF Soo'-
100000 by the United States to cover
number of obligations incurred by Italy on
contracts for foodstuffs from American pro-
ducers This extension of credit makes a
total of $1,571, 100000 borrowed by the
Italian government
With machinery stolen from France and
Belgium, Germany is making ready tor
large manufacturing enterprises preparatory
to the resumption of a place among world
trade leaders, One factory alone at Wlttlch
on the Rhine contains $50 pieces Of machln-
cry whose name plates still bear lnscrlptlohS
showing that the. came from Liege and
Brussels. At the very moment Of the pre-
of +IN If
envoys, invoices demanded from Germans by
American army off GERS in the occupied dis
tricts show the great systematic lootlng TO
which invaded territory was subjected 10
offset the determination of the world not to
buy German-made goods, the thievish cor
porations are preparing to cloak their sales
in foreign countries under disguised names
Roger C. Tredwell, the American consul
who was arrested last October by Russian
BoYshevist authorities, has been released and
is move in Stockholm, Sweden. He says he
was taken from Moscow to Finland a week
or two ago and there released.
splendid palace for the League of Ma.
tions will erected in Geneva, the world
capital on one of the beautiful lakes for
which the city is famous. In the meantime,
Geneva will place the Palais Eynard near
the University of Geneva at the disposed of
the league.
Ten aviation fields are to be abandoned by
the war department. as they are no longer
needed for military purposes They are the
fields at Barron, Cal; Carruthers, Love,
Rich and Taliaferro fields in Eexas, Payne
Field Mississippi; Gerstner Field, Louisiana;
Taylor Field, Alabama, and Eberts Field,
Arkansas.
In order to prevent complete collapse
cf no eir ind 0Gna
expects to place large new orders for ad-
vanced types of machines developed by, the
inspiration and needs of the war. y,-
Miss Kathleen Shackleton, sister of Sir
Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer, is
going to the Mort. Russia front. She has
volunteered her services in any capacity, cleri-
cal or otherwise, as a member of the British
relief force being organized Miss Shackle-
ton is the first woman to volunteer for this
service.
British recruiting offices are swamped
with men who would join the relief expedi-
ton to North Russia. The advance guard
of this force already is we'll on its way Scores
of boys II and IS are enlisting but none OF
these will be put in the Russia expedition,
which is confined to fully trained men over
nineteen years of age.
'The Swiss Navy" will no longer be {
mirth provoking phrase, for Switzerland is
to have real navy under a real Swiss ad
miral. She has acquired % vessels with
total tonnage of los, 900. The ships will en-
ter at the port Cette, on the French coast
which will be put into communication with
Swiss railroads by a special line.
Americas war debt will be in the neigh
borhood of $50, 900 ,00O 900 when the period
of war financing ends, according to officials
of the treasury department.; and Harvey E
Fisk, New York banker, estimates the pei
capita war debt at $3.50.
The United States government has pur
chased the three great piers of the old Ham
burg-American line at Hoboken, n j., there
by depriving the steamship company of al
property at that port. The piers were taker
over by the government when this country
entered the war. About $2,500000 was paiC
for the piers. Only three other piers are
now left to Germal lines, and these are tt
be purchased soon from the North German
Lloyd line, it is understood
On Sunday, May IS, there will open in
every church of the hundreds comprising the
Methodist Episcopal church, south, a great
campaign for $4,000 900, which will be
known as the Missionary Centenary move
ment and which marks the anniversary OF
the founding of the church's missionary So
cety.
German medical men want to resume scien
tifc relations with the nations Germany has
fought. The Berlin Medical society found the
French academy of science would receive
them only after they had publicly disapprov-
ed deeds of German military authority. The
society voted down motion to make such q
declaration, because it was said French mill
tary men had been guilty of equally inhuman
acts toward German prisoners. So the allied
world will get along for awhile without Ger