The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-04-04
Washington

"A uISpdICu HUN the OllJ Vi hOAASO
says that Japanese corn corporations
have been granted concessions to ex-
plot agricultural lands in Lower Cali
fornia, which statement was made by
Gen. .Amado Aguirre, under-secretary
of development and agriculture.
Gen. Amado AguiPre, Mexican un-
der-secretary of development and agri-
culture, says there is nothing in the
concessions to the Japanese corn cor
porations that might possibly lead to
difficulties as far as the Monroe doc
trine is concerned.
Attention of the state department
has been called to the reported pro-
posal of Japanese interests to acquire
a large tract of land in Lower Califor-
MIA from the California and Mexican
land company of Los Angeles, in tele-
grams forwarded to the department by
Senator Pheland of California.
Serious disorders have occurred at
Samga, village in southeastern Ko-
rea. 1t is said that Koreans number
ing one hundred thousand gathered at
Samga, cut telegraph wiresand set fire
to the town hall. Strong reinforce
ments have been sent to Samga.
The big four President Wilson,
Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau
and OrIando-have given Marshal
Foch his final instructions on the 33ant-
zig question. It is stated that the
allies will ignore the Hun protests
about Dantzig. Furthermore, the ar
mistice terms will be enforced.
The steamer Cleveland, the first of
the twelve German ships allotted to
the United States for bringing troops
home, has been placed in commission,
the navy department has been ad-
vised.
A cablegram from Portugal says an
American feet of thirty-nine warships
from Brest anchored at Lisbon.
An increase of so per cent in the
exports of breadsutffs in the first
eight months of the fiscal year is
shown in figures made public by the
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce.
Meat and dairy exports increased
from $274,S51,O44 the last fiscal year
to 1929, 1859 in the first eight
months of this fiscal year.
General Pershing reports to the war
department that there are still $500
officers and men of the expeditionary
forces listed as missing. This total
compares with the British official fig
ures of 161,SOO missing and the French
of 100000.
Sales to foreign governments OF
more than two hundred million dollars
worth of surplus war supplies are an
nounced by the war department.
President Wilson has. issued the fol-
loving statement: in view of the very
surprising impression which seems to
exist in some quarters tina tit is the
discussions of the commission on the
league of nations that are delaying the
final formulation of peace, am very
glad to take the opportunity of report
| ing that the conclusions of this com
mission were the first to be laid be-
fore the plenary conference"
Constitutionality of the Arizona act
of 1918 limiting employment of women
to eight hours a day has been upheld
by the United States Supreme court
in disposing of appeals in which the
act was attacked on the ground OF dis
elimination.
Under automatic control an airplane
capable of carrying heavy load and
without any human being aboard to
guide it, has made trip of more than
hundred miles and landed within a
verv short distance of the point it was
sent to reach.
Casualties among the American
medical officers of the American ex-
peditionary force in France from the
time of the arrival of the first units
to March IS number 422.
Naval seaplanes that are to attempt
fight across the Atlantic ocean in
Nav will start from Rockaway beach.
L. l., but the actual jumping off,
place will be much farther up the coast
possibly at some point in New Found
land
The Idaho, the superdreadnaught,
the largest fighting fishing ship that
| is a float, went into commission as part
of theUnited States at Camden, N. J.