Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

pageantry at the signing OF the peace treaty
at Versailles.
All the diplomats and members of their
parties wore conventional civilian clothes
There were few of the fanciful uniforms OF
the middle ages whose traditions and prac-
tees are so sternly condemned in the great,
seal-covered document signed today. spot
of color was made against this sombre back
ground by the French guards. few select
ed members of the guard were respondent in
their red plumed silver helmets and red,
white and blue uniforms.
AS a contrast with the Franco-German
peace session of 1871, held in the same hall,
there were present sgrizzled French veterans
of the F'ranco-Prussian war. They replaced
the Prussian guardsmen OF the previous cere-
mony and the Frenchmen watched the cere-.
mony with grim satisfaction.
The committee on organization of the In
ternational Cotton Finance corporation, held
a meeting in New Orleans Saturday to dis
cuss plans for the completion of the $780,
100000 cotton export corporation.
Governor Pleasant, of Louisiana, presided
at the meeting, which was an executive one.
With the governors inauguration eeremo-
MES disposed. of, the committee organization
in both houses completed and the various pre-
ilminaries safely out of the way, the Georgia
legislature during the present week IS ready
to get actively under way in the consideration
of the vitality important measures winch al
ready have been submitted.
Committee activity should furnish the tea- \
ture of the weeks operations on Capitol Hill
Joint sessions of the highway committees OF
both houses are planned for the purpose OF
considering the two measures now before the
house and senate providing for the reorganl-
cation of the state highway department and
the construction OF system ol sIaIo Hi6n-
ways.
President Wilson decided he could not
legally lift the wartime prohibition ban pe-
fore the country went dry at midnight Mon
day. but he expects to do so as soon there
after as his power has been made clear by
the completion of disqualification. In cable
gram made public at the White House, tneS
president said he was convinced after con-
sultation with his legal advisers that ne nad
no authority to act at this time. The message
expressed no opinion as to the authority or
the president, when he does raise the ban, to
make his action applicable only to beer and
wine.
Officials on the German frontiers have
been admonished to extra carefulness against
the smuggling of forged import permits into
Switzerland Many have been brought in and
have been bought for as high as $4,000.
Profteering firms are ready to pay nigh
prices for the permits in order to import into
Germany such delicacies as southern fruits,
for which they get fabulous prices from war
millioinaires.
Members of parliament have reluctantly
consented to the employment of women as
official reporters of committee and parlia-
mentary debate owing to the impossibility Of
finding competent men.
President. Wilson may reach home again
by July 4.
The appointment of Prince Casimir Lubo-
mirsky as Polish minister to the United
States is confirmed. Prince Lubomirsky ID
now in Paris. + ,, ~ s.-, 4a1,
All aliens caught participating in demon
STATIONS against the guardians OF the peace
in Canada hereafter will be taken into GUS
tody and placed in an internment camp, &C \
cording to the official announcement made in
Winnipeg which is much disturbed with riot
ing and strikes, Thwenty aliens are already in
custody.
New York City will have woman assist
ant to the district attorney to take charge OF
all cases Of disorderly conduct among wom-
en- brought before the new Womans DaylightS
Court, in New York.
Deputy Peyroux, of the Federated Repub-
lican groups in the French chamber of depu-
ties, and several Of his colleagues have in
troduced resolution in the chamber calling
for the destruction of the German national
monument on the Niederwald, so as to punish
German pride and to answer the destruc-
ton of the fleet at Scapa Flow and the burn
ing of the French battle flags OF 1870. The
Deputy requested an immediate discussion.
The German national monument on the
Niederwald is opposite Bingen on the Rhine
in the French area of occupation 1t was
erected to commemorate the founding Of the
German Empire in 1901. The monument
is on hill 740 feet above the Rhine, the
base is IS feet high, and large figure of
Germania rises to height of 39 feet more.
1t is embellshed with allegorical figures and
portraits
The cost of the monument was said to have
been about $265,000.
Minnesota's $4,000 voters will have no
voice in electing Wilson's successor in 1920
unless Governor Burnquist calls special ses
ion of the legislature to rectify an oversight
of that body at its session this year.
Presidential electors were nominated by
party convention until 1915 when bill In
troduced by Representative Ernest Lundeen,
of Minneapolis, repealed by the legislature
this year and in it's place was established
a modified convention plan. In preparing the y
law the legislature forgot to provide for the
election of presidential electors.
Consequently the suffrage amendment and
other pressing bills probably will be ratified
at an earlier date than they otherwise might
have been, as it is likely a special session will
be called early in the fall to put Minnesota
Jack in the election map.
British and Italian labor representatives
have decided to make general demonstra-
ton on July 20 or 81 to protest against allied
nfnrVantiOn RngSia