The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-01-03
FOREIGN NEWA

FOREIGN EEWA
AS q result of new outburst OF Ill
feeling between the Czechs and Rus
SLAMS, following an exchange OF re-
examinations by Admiral kolchaik,
head of the all-Russian government,
and Dr. Valid Girza, Czecho-Slovak
commissioner in Siberia, General kap-
peI, commander in chief of the west
ern armies of the all-Russian govern
ment, has challenged General Syrovy,
commanding the Czechs, to duel.
Herr Huszar, the Hungarian pre-
mier, stated in Budapest to deputa-
ton representing those crippled during
the war that communism had cost
Hungary 1S,OO0,O00O00 kronen (nom-
inally about $3,000,000). The premier
said that the Roumanian invasion mad
taken $4,000, 100000 kronen more. The
national assembly now had to restore
Hungarys finances from desperate
condition
In an effort to prevent American
millionaires from further divestlnS
Great Britain of it's great art treasures,
$50 members of parliament have Pc
titioned the chancellor OF the ex-
chequer to place an export tax on
works of art. The chancellor has
promised early consideration OF the
matter.
The cabinet met Friday at Paris and
approved the bill providing for the
turning ahead of the clocks one hour,
beginning February l, as fuel con-
servation measure.
Two American fighters-Pal Moore,
bantamweight, and Johnny Griffiths,
welterweight decisively defeated
French opponents in the ring at AL
bert Hall, London Friday night. In
what was to have been 2O-round
bout, Moore made Eugene Criqui quit
in the 14th round, while Griffiths
scored a technical knockout over Fran
co.'s Charles in the third round.
The only bread the majority OF the
residents of Petrograd have been able
to obtain for months has been the so
called "duranda," made from flaxseed
skins from which the oil has been
pressed. M. Saponen, Petrograd art
dealer who recently succeeded in es-
Gaping from bolshevist Russia to Fin
land, and who discloses this situation,
says the bread is highly irritating and
causes stomach trouble.
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The strike on the Argentine state
railroads, which began in one prov
ince, has extended to others. Trains
are operating on delayed schedules.
guarded by troops.
The total number Of officers and
men who passed through the British
army during the war was approx
mately 6,190.00O. Between August.
1914, and October 81 OF this year, 1885,
OBS honors, exclusive of those con-
ferred by the royal air force, were
awarded by the British war office for
services in the field, and 1882 for
other services In connection with the
war.
The federal government of Mexico
has completed the purchase of $4,000
acres of land in the region of Moro
CURT and Huatabampo, Sonora, on
which the Yaqui Indians are to be
settled. The Indians are to be invited
by the federal government to settle
this tract and become peaceful farm
ers, according to Orientacion, Hermo-
sillo (s'onora) newspaper The Indians
who refuse to accept the proffer of
peace and safeguarded rights will be
hunted down and exterminated, &C
cording TO Mexico City news dis
patch to Orientacion.
Sidney Valentine, the actor, died in
London Tuesday. He was president
of the Actors Association.
Mustapha Kemal, leader of the Turk
ish insurgents in Antolia and head of
the Turkish nationalist movement in
Asia Minor, has been assassinated.
Lady Ramsay, formerly Princess Pa
tricia of Connaught, gave birth to a
son Monday in London. Princess Pa
tricia was married to Commander
Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay of
the royal navy In February of this
year.
Seven persons have been buried and
killed in an avalanche that covered
several chalets at the mountain resort
of Davos, in Switzerland. A series of
avalanches has been caused in several
places by the thaw after heavy snow
fall. Many railroads have been block
ed and villages isolated.
The German government has chosen
a new coat of arms for the republic
It consists of a black eagle on gold
and yellow background, without other
ornamentation, the crown and other
emblems having disappe AIRED.