Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-07-11
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Inc follsL forces have started a
counter offensive along the whole Ga
lician-Volhynian front, according to ad
vices from Warsaw. The Poles claim
that they Lave everywhere broken the
Ukrainian resistance that the Lem
berg-Halicz-Stanislau railway line is
again in Polish hands.
A monument to the American sol
diers who persisted in France will be
erected in May OF next year near the
tomb OF Lafayette in the Pic.pus Gem
etery in Paris.
The American army of OCCUPATION
technically ceased to exist when the
moval of the units still in the Rhine.
land began. II is expected that with.
IN a comparatively short time there
VIII remain on the Rhine only one
eg.ment. with auxiliary troops, total.
approximately 5000 men.
The allies, it is reported, have re.
ceived assurances that the Dutch
government IL the last resort will not
refuse to surrender the former Ger.
man emperor for trial. The surprise
of the week ending July was the
news that the former German emperor
would be tried in London.
After a great meeting at Forli. IL
ally, in which vast crowd protested
against the high cost OF living. the
people, excited by inflammatory
speeches, attacked, sacked and de.
stroyed many shops which refused to
sell commodities at lower prices. Soon
the fury of the mob madt no distinc.
ton and had no limits. All the princi.
pal shops were plunderud, and the
mobs controlled the entire city. The
mob took possession Of lorries and
transported all kinds of goods and
food supplies from the played shops
to the chamber of labor. On the
walls of this chamber they wrote:
These goods are at the disposal OF
the people"
Great state trials in England, OF
which there have ben none for many
years have been held in Westminster
hall, but it is not believed that viii
liam Hohenzollern will be given that
honor.
The former German crown prince.
Frederick William. escaped from the
Island Of Wieringen. The flight OF
the former German crown prince had
been expected. as it was reported that
were under way for his
nasty departure on the signing of the
treaty of peacN. Several vessels were
ying off the island.
The allied governments have repre-.
sented to the government of Holland
The necessity of taking steps to pre-.
vent the departure OF the former Ger.
man emperor from Holland.
Two French civilians were killed
and five American soldiers and sail.
ors were injured severely, and more
han one hundred wounded in riots
N Brest, France. Two of the Ameri.
can soldiers are expected to die The
casualties occurred as a result of ex.
change of shots between American
military and naval police and French
sailors.
Peace with Germany became all
ictuality at Versailles June 20, 1919.
As far as the ceremony itself was
concerned it lacked impressiveness.
Earthquake shocks in Tuscany, Italy.
'aused the deaths OF l27 persons and
INJURIES to several thousands. The
'enter of the seismic movement ap-
,arently was Vicchio, town OF eleven
thousand inhabitants, fifteen miles to
he northeast of Florence.
The French-American convention
vas signed on behalf of the two gov
according to the newspa-
ers. 1t is said that the covenant in
ludes several articles, and specifies
hat violations of the peace treaty by
sill give France the right to
equest American and British assist
nee.
With the departure Of President Viii
on from Europe, Secretary Lansing
ecomes head of the American peace
elegatioL which will carry on nego-
atoms on the Austrian and other
'eaties under consideration. This
1t will be temporary, for
ansing will return TO the United
tates about the middle OF July. Frank
ok. assistant secretary, will replace
m.
The soiourn of President Wilson in
irope came to an end when he start
homeward Immediately following
b signing of the peace treaty. All
ranrements for his departure had