Cheyenne record., 1920-11-25
FOREIGN


Former King Constantine of GREECE
has agreed to transfer his claim to the
Greek throne to his son, Crown Prince
George.
The Ulster College of Irish at
Clough-Aneely, County Donegal. has
been destroyed. The cooperative
stores there have been burned. Both
fires are believed to have been Of
origin.
The firm of Cruiser & Philippson,
bankers, Of Amsterdam, has sent q
lawyer to Berlin to investigate the
charges made in the German capital
regarding alleged attempts to smuggle
the fortunes of members of the Hohen-
zollern family from German jurisdic-
tion into Holland.
The British government has pre-
sented to the government of India one
hundred de Haviland and Avro aero
the gift being that the machines should
he used for purposes of demonstration
and instruction and should not be
sold.
The Russian soviet government de-
clares that it is compelled to carry the
war into the neutral zone between
Poland and Russia because of the at
tacks being made on the soviet forces
by General Balakovitch, In command
Of Polish volunteer forces which re-
fused to cease fighting when the
Polish Russian peace was made. Re
ports from Warsaw suggest that Po-
land is fearful of Russia's Intentions,
as fifteen Russian divisions are con-
centrated on the Polish line.
Divorces are decreasing in France
because of the lack Of houses and
apartments. Before the war the
monthly list of divorces attained in
Paris a total of 1900. In October
there were only 945 applications.
and this month the total Is expected
to be further reduced to $50. Ac-
cording to lawyers. hundreds of cou-
pies have accepted reconciliations
and agreed to go on living together
for the simple reason that they cam
not find places to live apart, other
than in small hotels.
The defeat of the venizelistas in
the Greek elections leaves the Lloyd
George cabinet in England as the only
war government in Europe which has
survived the world conflict. Russia Is
not taken into consideration, as the
soviet regime at Moscow has not been
recognized by the allied powers. The
war governments of the following
European nations have fallen: France,
Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Germany,
Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and Serbia.
The war government Of the United
States also has gone by the defeat of
Governor James NJ. Cox, who was
pledged to carry out the policies Of
President Wilson.
GENERAL
The loss involved by river front
fire at New Orleans will be at least
$2,5OO,OOO, and may be $4,OOO.OO0, ac-
cording to statement issued. The
blaze consumed 1900 feet of wharfage
in the downtown section.
Thieves ransacked the apartments
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Richards Of
Philadelphia, Pa. and got away with
negotiable securities totaling $137,-
900. The thieves also took clothing,
jewelry and some cash.
Equal suffrage for women means
that they must not wear their hats
when in his court room, Justice of
the Peace F. P. airing declared when
he fined two women IS each for con-
tempt OF court when they refused to
remove their hats. The women paid.
When the justice called the court to
order he said: Everybody will
please remove their hats" Mrs. Os-
car McCann and Mrs. Frederick Rit-
ter failed to do SO. The court hesi-
tated moment. but the two contin-
ued to wear their hats. Five dol
lars and costs for contempt of court"
said the justice. 'If women can
have equal suffrage with men they
can also remove their hats in my
court ROOM"
Turkish nationalists consider the
treaty between Turkey and the allied
nations invalid and have designated
soviet Russia as the warden of the
ORIENT" declares Talaat Pasha, former
Turkish grand vizier. He asserts the
Pan-Islamic movement Is directed
against the "imperlialist oppressors of
Moslems."
Three-fifths Of the original supply
Of timber in the United States is gone
and every year we are taking out
of timber that we are growing. The
virgin forests of the United States,
which formerly covered 822,OOO,OOO
acres, have shrunk to one-sixth of
that area. All classes Of forest land
in the United States-including cul-
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