Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-05

treaty, to China.
Fifty amendments designed to bar the
United States from representation on va
rious commissions created by the peace
treaty to supervise such matters as bounda-
ries. pebiscites internatonaliZed boundaries,
the government of disputed areas, etc.
An amendment giving the United states
voting power in the league equal to that or
the British Empire, including it's self-goV-
erning dominions.
An amendment providing that in any dis
pute involving a country which has domln-
ions or parts of empire represented in the
league assembly, all should be barred from
the vote settling a dispute of one of them
with any other
An amendment restricting the powers Of
the American representative on the repara-
ton committee.
One amendment is still pending Tor con-
sideration. 1t is
proposal to strike out the provision for
an international labor organization.
Claims against the belligerent powers
amounting to more than 100, 100000 kroner
| Approximately $25,OO0,00OO have been
lodged with the Minister of Commerce by
| the Wholesale Merchants Association and
the Council of Ministry of Denmark.
The claimants allege that losses to this
amount were inflicted contrary to interna-
| tonal law during the war.
Mime. Curie. the French physicist, who,
with her husband, was the discoverer OF
radium has been elected professor of rad1-
ology at Warsaw university, Poland
Raisuli. the Moroccan bandit, who recent
| jv began new revolt in the Spanish zone
in Morocco, is raising contingents among
u..su3 vIIOGsmen. He is paying MS tol-
-y7a-a five francs daily and enrolling nun
al cccording to advices received
from Rabat, Africa.
In the region of Haza Raisuli TROOPS, on
August 27. attacked the Djebel-Jabib block
house but were repulsed with losses.
The total Belgian output of coal during
July amounted to very near 81 per cent OF
the average monthly production during 1918:
In the Mons and Central districts the coal
output in July reached pracucally Inc pre-
war output In the Charleroi the output
amounted to IS per cent and in the Liege
district IT per cent.
General Pershing-has refused to testify
before the subcommittee OF three or the
congressional committee on expenditures by
the war department, which has beeh conduct
ing an investigation in France.
The generals refusal led to the issuance
of Joint statement by Representatives Royal
C. Johnson and Oscar E. Bland OF the SUB
committee in which regret was expressed
that there should be conflict between the
military and civil authorities of the govern
ment.
The Berlin Tageblatt reports meeting Of
officers in peace uniform at Potsdam, Ger
many to discuss a re-establishment OF the
monarchy and means to combat Judaism, at
which was founded a league to contend
against the Hebrews The officers sub
scribed $4,000 marks on the spot the news
paper says 1t was proposed to appeal to
demobilized officers and noncommissioned
officers to aid in the first task of fighting
Judaism on the ground that if that was
achieved everything was won
The Tageblatt, declaring that anti-Semi-
tism is openly encouragef by many OFF,
GERS of the defense army. urges the gov
eminent to Investigate thoroughly whether
the defense forces are conducted in the in
terests of the existing government, or wheth-
er, as it appears, efforts are being made to
exclude from the forces everything favora-
BILE to the government and the Republican
spirit. The newspaper, in conclusion, asks
when the troops formally will take the oath
to support the Republican constitution.
Forty thousand Italian soldiers sentenced
to long periods of Imprisonment during the
war have been granted amnesty by King
Victor Emmanuel of Italy.
There has been much talk recently in
France about the resumption of diplomatic
relations between the Allied powers and Ger
ton, La Liberte, published in Paris says
''The English seem inclined, as soon as che
treaty is ratified, to send not Charge
d'Affaires, but an Ambassador to Germany.
France naturally will do the same. Paul
Dustasta has been persistenty mentioned for
the post
M. Dutasta was Secretary of the Peace Con-
ference.
A proposition to establish an aerial base
at Queenstown Ireland, where passengers
travelling by airship from the United States
may alight, has been received by the urban
district council of Queenstown and help is
promised for the project The plans contem-
plate a station to accomm odate an airship
carrying $50 persons besides the crew. It is
also intended to establish service of smaller
airships carrying fifty persons for the dis
trIbutlon of passengers to Dublin, Liverpool,
Manchester, York, Hull, Norway and Den
mark.
The Russian Bolsheviki have proposed
peace negotiations following the rout of their
forces, which are surrounded, according to
an official announcement at Berne, Switzer-
land.
In addressing meeting of the Japanese
week, Premier Hara laid stress on the i'm
portance of greater efforts being exerted by
the nation to strengthen Japan economically
for meeting the conditions of the world eco
nOmlc struggle. He regarded this form of
development, he said as more important than
the development of the national strength to
the full in other directions. With regard to
the growth of the anti-Japanese agitation in
China and Chinas refusal to sign the peace