Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-08-06
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD over
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS or THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS OF the SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The sovsh'
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Brief Paragraphs
Foreign

Lloyd George premier of England,
says that whatever may happen, Ire
land will never be permitted to break
from the British empire.
The duke of Northumberland and Sir
Edward Carson say that the Irish Sim
Fem is part Of world conspiracy to
turn the world upside down.
The Turkish delegation which is to
sign the peace treaty is in Paris. The
signing will take place early in Au-
gust.
Frank Brooks, wealthy country gen.
tleman, a close friend of Viscount
French, lord lieutenant and member
Of the committee on Irish reconstruc-
ton appointed last year by the viceroy,
has been assasinated at Dublin. He
was killed in the directors room Of
the Dublin and Southwestern railway
in Westland row, where he had gone
to attend meeting Of the railroads.
board of directors.
Three soldiers and three Sim Fei-
ners were wounded when body of the
latter disarmed detail Of military po-
lice in the heart of Dublin, Ireland.
The coup is said to have been the most
arhacious and spectacular that the
Sim Feiners have yet accomplished
in the matter of disarming the mill.
tary.
Ronald Amundsen. Norwegian explo.
rer, has arrived in Nome, Alaska, from
the Arctic ocean, thus completing a
circle of the globe in Arctic waters.
Col. Esteban Cantu, governor Of
Lower California, Mexico, is reported
to be in open rebellion. following re-
ports that troops are being sent to
Ensenada on the west coast and to an
unnamed point on the gulf coast. The
governor says he will use every re-
source at his command to repel the
invaders if they come without author
lty from Provisional President de la
Huerta
The German reichstag by an over
whelming vote approved the agree
ment recently made by the govern
ment at Spa with the representatives
Of the entente.
Francisco Villa has telegraphed to
President de la Huerta offering to sur
render unconditionally The govern
ment reply instructed him to place him
self at the disposition of Gen. Eugenio
Martinez, chief of operations, and to
repair the railway line. Villa replied
that he had repaired the railway line
and signed himself "Affectionately
Francisco Villa"
The allies demands upon Holland
to guard the former German emperor
closely have made it impossible for
William to mingle with the Dutch
country gentry who have estates about
Doom and the house where he Is said
to expect to spend his remaining days
is just like "a little bit of Germany"
The suggestion that Germany has
been tempted to join forces with So
Wet Russia in order to escape her OBJ
legation is repudiated by Dr. Walter
Simons, foreign secretary, in recent
speech to the reichstag. He reassert-
ed Germany's neutrality in the Russo
Polish situation.
The former German emperor, VIII
liam, while processing desire to lead
at Doom, Holland, the quiet life Of a
country gentleman, has nevertheless
created little court around him
somewhat larger than he had at Amer
ongen. and Dutch newspapers have al
ready begun calling Doom THE Little
Potsdam."