Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-17
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

The British Socialist party has decided by
an overwhelming majority to join the third
Communist International, established at
Moscow, and to sever connection with the old
international Socialist bureau, says Lon
don dispatch
The International Communist congress at
Moscow in January, according to advices re-
ceived in Zurich, had decided to convoke a
congress of "a new revolutionary interna-
tionale." The program, it was said, was to
be based on the ideals of the German Sparta
can party and the Russian Communist and
Bolshevist parties.
The Turkish government is planning to
sell the famous Peacock throne of the
Moguls of India which was brought from In
dia to Persia after the loot of Delhi by Nadir
Shah in 1879 and which was afterwards cap
tured by the Turks. The throne is supposed
to be the most magnificent one in existence.
Few persons of the western hemispheres have
seen it, but Tavernier, Frenchman who be-
held it at Delhi in 1865, describes it as
massive couch of gold with twelve lofty pill
lars and a gorgeous canopy. The whole
throne literally encrusted with rubies,
diamonds and other jewels, hundreds OF
magnificent pearls adding to it's splendor. Two
peacOcks standing at the back with outspread
tails ablaze with jewels, gave it it's name.
The question that arises is: who will buy
it? Thrones nowadays are not much in
demand.
Colonel Edward M. House, one of the
American delegates to the Paris Peace Con-
terence, reached New York last week, so Ill
it was almost necessary to carry him from
the ship on which he arrived.
He is suffering from gravel, complicated
by a severe cold which he contracted just
before leaving Paris. He explained his trou-
BILE as a recurrence of a similar attack of
year ago, followed by fever, which laid him
up for time in France. The Colonel was
in bed during the seven days of the voyage.
Joseph Caillaux, former premier of France,
will be placed on trial before the French
High Court on the charge of intriguing with
the enemy to bring about dishonorable
peace on Thursday, Oct. %, says LIE Journal,
a French newspaper.
On motion of the government the supreme
court of the United States has advanced the
hearing of the case appealed from the west
ern district of North Carolina concerning the
Of the child labor law. Inc
highest tribunal set December for nearing
arguments.
In the child labor case the government goes
into the supreme court on appeal. Inc law
was held unconstitutional by Judge Boyd, OF
the western district of North Carolina, on
test case brought by Charlotte cotton mill
The moot question of emigration forms
puzzling problem in Germany, all the more
81 because of the huge taxation that IS
Manned The empire is divided into TWO
uneoual camps-those who ravor the 1mml-
grafton of between fifteen and twenty million
Germans because they feel that Germany
can only recuperate if it has smaller pop
ulation to nourish and support, and the vast
A11 ,iJr0 n
not be allowed because the forces are need
ed in Germany to take part in rebuilding
and in paying taxes.
The anproaching elections in France VIII
no the first since the fall OF the empire IN
1870 in which the republic Will not De az
tackled by Royalists or 1mperialists. lmpe-
rialists have virtually disappeared from POI
tiles and the ROyalsts have given up their
demand for the return of the Duke OF Orleans
to become king of France. The duke hlmSeH
has asked his supporters to refrain from
campaign against the existing order OF
things.
Conservatives who were not Roya1lsts,
but strong Catholics, and had kept up the
fight against the anti-clerical tendencies of
he republic, have announced that they fin
ally accept the separation Of church and
state, and are merely counting upon
execution of the law. This has
made possible the negotiations now under
way for an alliance of all parties except the
extreme Socialists in certain departments,
that of the Seine, which embraces
Paris
The Socialists have maintained thus far the
decision of their convention to reject al
l1ances with any other party, and are exclud
ing even some of the important leaders of
their party who voted in favor of military
credits, and are not considered sufficiently
A dispatch to the Petit Partisan, publish
ed in Paris, from Vienna, says white"
Magyar army under command of Admiral
Horny, is reported to be marching on Bud
apest with the intention of expelling the
Rumanians. Former Emperor Charles, says
the dispatch, is reported to the making
to join Horny
The tenor of the note which the allied gov
>rnmentJ have decided to send Rumania
through their ministers at Bucharest is mod
crate and conciliatOry according to the
Havas agency. 1t reviews the points on which
differences exist, and explains the reasons
why the clause relating to minorities was
Inserted in the treaty. The note says that
he question of Rumanian requisition on
Hungary will be submitted to a special COM
mission, and declared that the Allies do not |
'egard the Friedrich government in Hun |
gary as representative the will of the Hun |
5arian nation. Further, the note points out
he. difficulties of the situation caused by
Ruman1an failure to sign the Austrian
Peace Treaty.
After strong protest by southern members
II congress that the department of agricuI |
ure, by over-estimating for cotton crop this |
rear, mad forced down the price of cotton |
ne mousse agriculture committee has de-