Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-12
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Turkey rs stripped of virtually al
her territory in Europe, but retains
the sacred places by the treaty nov
being completed by the conference Of
foreign ministers and ambassadors il
London.
Manuel Gonzales. leader of the Mex
lean band which shot and killed Au
gustus Morrill,, formerly consul al
Manzanillo, on February rs, has been
killed by pursuing government troops
according to semiofficial statements
issued at Mexico City.
A bomb exploded under the porch
OF the American consulate a Zurich,
seriously damaging the building, but
injuring no one. Police authorities
are believed to have secured clues as
to the guilty persons.
The London Evening Standard
states that the allied supreme coun.
Gil has decided to allow Germany to
launch an international loan, because
it is recognized that Germany ruined
would mean weak and dangerous
spot in Europe. The loan, the news
paper says, would take precedence
over any indemnity payments Germa.
ny is called upon to make.
w. o. jenkins. former United States
consular agent at Puebla, whose per.
mission to act in that capacity was
recently revoked, is TO be expelled
from Mexico in consequence OF his
alleged dealings with rebels, accord.
ing TO insistent reports in Mexico City.
The United States embassy has hand.
ed new note to the Mexican foreign
office relative to charges preferred
in an interview with Julio Mitchell,
prosecutor Of the state OF Puebla,
which involve procedure followed by
the embassy during the progress OF
the Jenkins case.
Serious riots at Munich and Straub.
ling. Germany arising from demands
for complete freedom in the distribu.
ton of toodstuffs are reported.
A Dublin dispatch to an English pa.
per says the Irish situation is chang.
ing remarkably. 1t is stated that
at least two hundred thousand men
are prepared to commit murder at any
hour OF the day or night
The Greek legation in Paris has
made public telegram announcing
the slaughter OF large number OF
Greeks and Armenians by the Turks
in Rodosto, sixty miles northeast OF
Gallipoli on the sea OF Marmora. De.
tails are lacking.
The Chinese premier has resigned,
and new cabinet will be formed
under Gen. Chin Yum Pong, former
acting premier.
The cost OF the principal articles
of food in England rose in January
to 1876 per cent above the pre-war
level.
All allied countries will be called
upon to develop to the utmost their
productive forces and advised that
laws improving the conditions of all
workers must be applied to that end,
in manifesto prepared by the eco
nomic section OF the supreme allied
council at Paris.
There is fear in Spain that Cath.
ole parish priests will strike, and the
government is urged by the bishops
to adopt conciliatory methods and also
Increase stipends for the aged and in.
fir mclergy.
Former Premier Asquith has return.
ed to active service in the British par
lament as the result of his recent
election to represent the Paisley con.
stituency.
Charles Garvice. one of the fore.
most British novelists, whose books
were read by the entire English.speak.
ing world, is dead He was a prolific
writer and devoted his abilities to
depicting affairs of the heart.
The Leyland line steamer, Bohemian,
bound for Liverpool from Boston, with
1874 passengers on board, went on the
rocks forty miles east of Sambro, N. |
S. Tugs rescued the passengers and
carried them to port.