Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-23
IMPORTANT NEWS
TIE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THi0
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
The NEWS or The SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The South
land VIII Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Foreign

The Persian government has in
structed the Persian minister at Rome
to open direct negotiations with the
Soviet government.
DR.. Haniel Won Haimhausen, under
secretary of foreign affairs, with Herr
Mol, counselor of the government,
representing the project of police, paid
personal visit to the French embas-
sy to express official regret over the
removal on "Bastille Day" of French
flag hoisted over the French embassy.
Herr Mol announced the arrest Of the
guilty person.
Many Germany farmers are reported
to be emigrating to Brazil. The Bra
lillian consul at Hamburg has an
nounced that so Macy are going that
no more free passages will be granted
to emigrants on Brazilian vessels until
further notice.
The hangmen Of Germany have gone
on strike. At Meiningen the execu-
ton of murderer could not be car
red out, as the hangman refused to
work without more pay.
What Is tantamount to threat OF
direct action for the purpose of fore
ing the government to call truce and
withdraw the troops from Ireland and
institute an Irish parliament was
voted at the Trades Union congress
In London when resolution intro
duced by the Miners federation was
adopted on card yote by 2,76O,OOO
against 1,636,000.
Lieut.. John Stokes, who was dis
charged three weeks ago from the
British army and appointed to organ
ize the defense Of police headquarters
in Ireland, was killed during an attack
on the Newport barracks in County
Tipperary.
Mnsk has been captured by Russian
Bolshevik forces, according TO an of
fetal statement received from Mos
COW which says the soviet troops &C.
cupied the town on the morning Of
July IL.
The Polish military authorities
have informed the allies that they can
put into the field an army of 100000
men. but they need 100000 rifles, 5000
machine guns, 1000 field guns and
armored cars and tanks, together
with great variety of munitions.
The Russian soviet government has
not replied to the request of the allies
that an armistice be arranged with
Poland. The message was sent by
wireless to the soviet authorities
through the British government be-
cause of the relations already exist
Ing between Premier Lloyd-George and
Leonid Krassin, the Bolshevik minis
ter of trade and commerce.
The Rt. Rev. VIM. T. Russell bish-
op of the diocese of Charleston, s. c.,
was received in audience by Pope Ben
edict at Rome.
Ladislas Grabski, the Polish pre-
mier, is due to arrive in Warsaw from
Spa bearing the assurances of the al
lies that ample arms and munitions
will be supplied Poland in case the
Russians do not agree to an armistice
or unduly delay their reply to the re.
guest Of the allies for same.
1t is stated on good authority that
the result of the plebiscites in West
Prussia and East Prussia show an
overwhelming German majority.
News from the Russo-Polsh battle
front is meager but at last accounts
the Poles were reported to have evac-
uated Minsk, Kovel and other towns
toward which the Bolshevik are ap-
preaching In their twelve hundred
kilometer GAS miles, westward ad-
vance. Many of the telegraph wires
are down and the railroads have been
cut at many points.