Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-31
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

The Congress of Spanish Employers, sit
ting at Barcelona, Spain, has declared gem
eraI lockout Of workmen throughout Spain.
The lockout order will be effective Tuesday.
November 4. The Minister of the Interior in
announcing the decision of the Congress of
Employers said it was an act of provocation
against the workers and expressed the hope
that the employers would cooperate with the
government in establishing industrial peace
and not carry out the measure.
"At a moment when the workers are ask
ing nothing" he added, "the action of the
employers is foolish"
The government Is taking all necessary
measures to deal with the situation.
The tria} in Paris OF Captain jacques
Sadoul o. the French Army by court-martial
for his support of the Bolshevist regime in
Russia will be watched with great interest
by the ant-Bolshevist Russians now in Paris
The charges against Captain Sadoul are not
unlike those which have been made unoffi-
cially against number of American and
British citizens who have co-operated with
the Bolsheviki in Russia, and the anti-Bol-
shevist representatives believe that the out
come of the court-martial against Captain
SadOul may establish precedent for the at
titude of the allied and associated powers
toward ather nationals who have aided the
BolsheVki.
The trial otherwise will have largely an
academic character, as Captain Sadoul is still
in Russia, it is reported high in the coun-
ellis of Lenine and Trotzy, and is not expect
ed to appear in person to answer the indict-
ment for maintaining intelligence with the
enemy and melting to mutiny by urging
French troops to join the Bolsheviki.
Reports reaching French political circles
hold that the new Turkish Cabinet, which was
formed on October under General All Ria
Pasha and which is masking as pro-entente
is in reality composed of Germanophile
Young Turks. The cabinet, it is declared in
these reports, is resolved to oppose by all pos
sible means the decisions of the peace con-
ference and to continue the determination of
Christians in Turkey. A crisis is expected
to develop soon between the Sultan, who has
long been the enemy of the Young Turks,
and the latter party which, It is reported
contemplates replacing the Sultan by Prince
Mehmed Selim, eldest son of the late Sui
tan Abdul Hamed.
Meanwhile, reports reach the French For
eign Office from the Greek and Armenian
patriarchs registering daily murders in vii
lagos in the interior, of which Christians are
the victims.
The Place de pHotel de Vile, in Paris, where
MarShalS Joffre, Foch and Petain received
swords of honor during the victory celebration
and where a. other ceremonies took Mace
during the war. was the scene of the great
est demonstration of all this week-when pres
1dent Poincare pinned the Croix de Guer on
a cushion bearing the arms of the City of Paris
The coveteu decoration vas confer ed on he
city in recognition the gallant manner in
which the people of Paris withstood the
OF the long-range "Ber ESP and tn attacks
o. the enemyS air Squa IRONS.
Deposits in French government savings
| banks increased $68,000,000 last year. This
gain has been largely surpassed this year.
the increase for the first nine months being
$l50,OOO,OOO, eclipsing all records In spite
OF heavy Withdrawals for investment in
treasury bonds, which are selling at the rate
or $2OO,OOO,OOO a month.
These figures appear to refute the theory
advanced lately that the high cost of living
IN france is due largely to the fact that the
people are becoming reckless spenders.
PRESIDENT Karl Seitz of the Austrian Re-
public, has signed the Treaty of Peace with
the allied and associated governments This
completes the acceptance by Austria of the
treaty of st. German. The treaty will be-
come effective when the formal notices of rat
lflcatlon by Austria and three of the principal
aimed and associated powers have been depos-
tied in the French Foreign Office. and this
1act has been made public in a protocol