Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-19
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

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Governor Dorsey has announced the mem
bers of the new Georgia highway commission,
appointed by him in pursuance of the high
way commission law just passed as follows
From North Georgia., Prof Charles M.
Strahan. head of the department of civil en-
! cheering at the University of Georgia; from
| Middle Georgia, Samuel Yates Austin, of La
! Grange; and from South Georgia, Stanley
Bennett, of Quitman
! AS attorney to the commission the gov
ernor appointed H. J. Quincy, of Ocila in
Irwin county.
! Plans for coalition cabinet at Budapest,
: Hungary, appear further from solution than
ever since the declination of Paul Garami,
Socialist leader, to participate in govern
ment having Hapsburg at its head
! Premier Friedrich has announced that the
national assembly will convene within eight
weeks. He says that it will meet on basis
| of a republican state, but M. Lovassy, who has
| been named for a post in the department of
instruction, has declared that the form of the
| Hungarian government will be decided upon
| only after his arrival in Budapest from Swift
erland. He is said to agree thoroughly with
! Dr. Wilhelm Vaszony, Hungarian Socialist
leader who is also on his way home from
/ Switzerland, and who is urging the forma-
! ton of democratic liberal cabinet in which
! the whole national strength could be concen-
| trated.
1--WE must proceed Immediately to create
mercantile fleet and help Germans abroad
with the state advances said Matthias Erzber-
| GER vice premier and minister of finance of
| the German government, speaking recently
before the national assembly at We1mar. He
promised the assembly that a bill carrying
| out these projects would be presented in
| few weeks. Herr Erzberger added that the
loan situation must be given consideration,
declaring that the German nation must raise
| 25 900, 900, 900 marks yearly in taxes to re-
gain a healthy condition.
Rioting and footing occurred in London
derry Ireland, Friday and Saturday of last
week. Troops charged on mobs, but did not
fire any shots. The soldiers, however, were
met with volley of stones when they at
tempted to break up Nationalist demonstra-
ton. The momentary loss from looting and
! from damage to property is estimated at
thousands of pounds by police authorities.
The trouble started when Nationalist set
fire to a large number of tar barrels which
had been collected beneath an arch over
which was displayed picture of Edward de
| Valera president of the Irish republic and
sang the "Soldiers' Song" Unionists re-
sponded by singing the national anthem.
| Six Bolshevik battalions were destroyed in
a successful Anglo-Russian offensive on the
! Dvina river on August 10, the British war
| office announced last week More than one
thousand prisoners, twelve field guns and
| many machine guns were captured me
| Anglo-Russian front on the Dvina was pushed
| forward twelve miles.
| The Duke of Aosta, eldest cousin OF King
Victor Emmanuel and commander OF the
Italian Third army during the war, prohanly
will soon make a visit to the united states
From the United States he will go 10 emma
and Japan.
The Duke of Aosta is fifty years old, and
Etbe Oldest brother of the Duke OF the Abruzzl
vice admiral of the Italian navy, who IS well
known in the United States
The battleship New York, which brought
fame to the American navy as the 1agshlp ol
| Admiral Hugh Rodman with the BRUSH granu
| fleet during the war, has begun us 1'VoV-
mile cruise from Los Angeles harbor 10 the
! Hawaiian Islands Secretary Daniels Mrs.
| Daniels and their two sons are passengers:
The destroyers, Chauncey, Dent, Phllp ana
| Waters. are acting as escorts TO the hdsnlp
| The battleship and escorts VIII return. "
| California in September in time to be present
| at the review of the Pacific fleet by president
Wilson at San Francisco While IN honolulu
| Secretary Daniels will dedicate the great
| Pearl HarbOr drydOckS.
Delivery of thirty vessels to the United
| States shining board during the week end
ing August 9. brought the total since the pc
ginning of the war to 1927, OF 4,o4Z,z'o
oroes TONS OF the total deliveries, 87O OF
36e6S7S gross tons were steel and 5of OIL
! 845 400 gross tons were wood and composite
| Viscount Grey, former British secretary OIL
state for foreign affairs, has agreed 10 repre-
sent the British government at washington
| nnnding the appointment of a permanent am
| bassador. 117,;a+oo
| lord Grev consented to go to Washington
| +on,nnrarilv' Andrew Bonar Law, govern
ment spokesman, said in the house OF com
mons in order to deal particularly with ques-
| tions arising out of the peace settlement
| Mr. Bonar Law added that permanent
| ambassador to the United States Woulo pe
| APPOINTED early next year
Financial leaders in Berlin express the
! oninion that the formation OF world IMAM
ciaI nool calculated to stabilize the lnterna-
tional situation, is inevitable, II centfal
| Eur0ne as well as the entente countries, Is
/ to ESCAPE the after-thewar economic GAIA
| clysm.
William Cummins, British charge de
| archives in the City of Mexico, has been or
| dered to leave the country by President Car
| rama L., a.:
| While not specifically stated in the DIS
matches from the Mexican capital when nave
| reached Washington, it was understood tnaC
| CarranZa's action resulted from the state
! 7nent recently made in the house of commons
! NV the british under secretary OF state thaC
| Great Britain had not recognized the Car
RAMA government and would not do SO untli
| there was some guarantee that the Mexican
| government was able and Wllln8 10 protec'
| the lives and properties OF British cltlzehS III
! Mexico.