Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-22
CURRENT EVENT S OF INTEREST

CUR4EN | EVEN
A complete shutdown of legitimate thea
ters all over the country is believed BY both
managers and actors to be one OF the pos
sibilities of the present deadlock in the
actors strike in New York City. 2 general
shutting down of playhouses, it is pointed
out, can now be brought about in two ways
Either the stagehands by extending the
strike which they began last week, can
bring about such a result, or the managers,
deciding to fight the actors with their own
methods may close all playhOuses for q
period of several months in the hope OF thus
bringing the players to terms. This second
eyentuality, which. in so far as its effects
are concerned, would amount to a mana
gers' strike. is now thought by many to be
distinct possibility. and has been limited
at By the managers even.
Increasing loans by the bank Of Japan has
resulted in an imitation of the currency which
| japanese financial authorities deem danger
GUS. To check this imitation the govern
ment is being urged to raise the discount
rate.
Cholera is raging in many ports of China
Shanghai, Dairen and Tientsin have become
infected and there have been numerous
! deaths. The epidemic has appeared at the
encampment at Lang-Fang, near Pekin re
spread alarm has been caused by the out
break of the disease.
The new wireless station to be erected at
CroiX-d Hins, near Bordeaux, France, will
have a sending radius of 1880 miles, &C
cordng to the Excelsior. 1t will be one of
| the most powerful stations in the world, the
paper adds, with five times the strength of
| Eiffel tower, three times that Of Lyons and
twice that of Nauen. The station will have
capacity of 10000 words daily, and will
reach all the French colonies throughout the
| world.
/ German soldiers accused of crimes in
| formerly occupied regions are beginning to
i arrive at Lille, France, according to dis
patches from that city to La Liberte, Paris
newspaper. The men are being incarcerated
| in the citadel, where they will be held until
they are tried. Among those who have
arrived are Lieutenant Binder, accused of
swindling and robbery in connection with the
| requsitioning OF supplies, and Lieutenant
! Schmitz, accused of stealing silver plate.
Two others have been arrested at Strasbourg
and awaiting transfer, while warrants
have been issued against still others, among
whom is General Won Zolner, who is alleged
to have ordered the deportation of young
men and women from Lille.
Canadian cannon which fired the last shots
II, have been presented to the village of
Mons Colonel BOvey, OF the Canadian forces,
said in presenting the guns that they would
''be souvenir Of the kindness shown by the
natives of the town to the soldiers The
Mayor of Mons spoke OF the Self-sacrifce Of
the Canadians, who without profit came to
| fight for the liberty of Belgium"
Dignitorie3 OF the former Austrian regime
have reiterated their resquests that ex-Emeror
| Charles assume an active part in Austrian
affairs according to a dispatch received in
! Paris from Zurich. It is said that the former
monarch was sounded on the subject before
| Archduke Joseph seized control at Budapest.
| The last discussion is reported to have been
| quite long emissarieS attempting to show
| the former emperor and king that the arch
| dukes assumption Of power m Hungary made
| his chances brighter, but he reluctant
to consent and no decision was reached.
Panama celebrated last week the four hun
dredth anniversary Of the founding of the
| city in 1919. There parades and al
| legOrical pageants in which American troops
| participated and prominent speakers deliv-
cred addresses in various parts Of the city.
Despite his announcement Of several weeks
ago that he was an independent candidate in
| the general election to succeed A. F. Lever, of
! Lexington, who accepted a position as
Der Of the federal land loan board, Cole
BloaSe, ex-governor OF South Carolina has
given cut another statement, saying that he
is not now, or ever will be a candidate for
that office. He stated that he made the for
ner announcements for reasons of his own,
which he does not now divulge and anyone
who desires can attribute any reason they
choose to him.
President Wilson told Senator Hitchcock,
administration leader, last week that if the
senate should make textual amendment of
the peace treaty, as some senators think
should be done in the case of the Shantung
provision, it would be necessary to negotiate
a new treaty with Germany. The president is
said to have added that in the event of such
a condition arising, he would send Senators
Lodge and Knox to Berlin to negotiate the
new treaty.
The British government will offer prizes
amounting to &64,000 ($320,0O0) for air
plane competition in order to develop safer
types of machines. Major General J. l.. B.
Seeley of the air ministry, has announced in
the house of commons. The prizes would be
distributed among three classes of air craft
small airplanes, large airplanes and sea-
planes.
Stowaway Ballantyne, who hid himself in
the British dirigible, R-34 on it's trans-Atlan
tic trip to America, has been punished by
the British navy for that Offense by suspen-
sion from the crew of the dirigible.
Rapid rise of the United States as naval
power during the last two years is graphical
ly demonstrated in figures showing the sea
strength Of the various world powers COM
piled by the navy department office of naval
intelligence. The figures show that the
United States, close pressed by France in 1917