Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-27
Foreign

BolSneVlk FORCES nave captured Arcn
angel on the White sea. The whites
abandoned the town and the troops
are reported to have poine dthe Boil
sheviki. This means material weak.
ening of the Dvina line
Martial law has been proclaimed
in the Saar region, now occupied by
French troops under control of an
allied commission, in consequence Of
new disturbances, according to an
Amsterdam dispatch.
Qualification that the entente pow.
ers have recognized Germanys con-
tention relative to the physical impos-
sibility of surrendering men accused
of violation Of the laws of war, is
expressed by the German foreign Of.
flee, says London dispatch
For the first time since the resump-
ton of diplomatic relations between
France and Germany, Dr.. Wilhelm
Mayer, German charge d'affaires, was
present at reception to the diplo-
matte corps at the Elysee palace in
Paris.
Great Britain. il was learned in
London, has instructed Admiral de
Robeck, at Constantinople, to an.
nounce there that the allies have de.
cided not to deprive Turkey OF Con.
stantinople. If the persecution of the
Armenians continues, however, the ad.
miral was instructed to say, the peace
treaty with Turkey may be consid-
erably modified. The fact that con.
tinued possession of Constantinople
had been granted her should not be
by Turkey, the British
representative was directed to inform
the Turkish government in plain
words. 1t did not mean, he was told
TO say, that the allies would deal
Ieniently with Turkey should the re.
Gently reported atrocities continue.
1t was reported in London that rev.
1ution has broken out in Vladivostok, !
Nikolsk Yenishieska and Blagoyest.
'henk, where all authority now is in |
he hands of the provisional govern. /
nent, whose program is in favor Of .
lnion with soviet Russia. The dis
)atch adds that red troops have en-.
cred Tiraspol, 70 miles northwest Of
odessa The Russian volunteer army
las been forced back to the Sea Of
Nov with its troops completely dis.
organized and typhus raging among
hem, according to wireless dis.
Jatch received in London from Mos.
ow.
Joseph Caillaux, former premier Of
france, was placed on trial in Paris
efore the senate, sitting as high
curt, charged with conspiracy against
lis country in time of war. The
rial opened at 2;40 o'clock p. m. The
ccused man entered the chamber ac.
by three police officers.
The roll call of the court was at
nee taken up. There was a large
tendance, very few of the senators
eing absent.
Holland will answer the second note
ent by the entente with regard to
be status of former Emperor William
y reiterating her original position,
efusing to surrender him, but as.
uiescing in the request to guard
i'm close, it was declared at The
iague. The Dutch answer will be
ispatched within few days.
Hugh c. Wallace, the American am.
assador to France, has delivered to
be foreign office memorandum from
President Wilson, according to The
'emps, in which the president said he
ould not approve of Premier Lloyd.
ieorge's proposed settlement of the
Idriatic question which has been sub.
lifted to the Jugo-Slavs. The news.
aper says that an identical memo
andum was delivered to the British
oreign office.
The Italians are greatly disturbed
yer the note sent by President Will
on to the supreme allied council, dis.
pproving of the proposed compromise
which it was hoped the Adriatic
uestion might be settled.
N. W. Rowell. acting secretary Of
tate for external affairs, declared en-
that Canada would never
onsent to ratification of the peace
'eaty by the United States If the
enroot reservation was adopted either
its original form or with the pro-
osed amendment.
Cardinal Logue in his Lenten pas
,ral address to the diocese of Ar.
agh. Ireland, says that mot within
wing memory can we find in Ireland
lch calamitous conditions as exist
present-drastic repression on one
de and retaliation on the other,'
The council of the league of nations
Is concluded its sessions. The next
Getting will be held at Rome, Italy,
March Is. The council agreed to
Init Switzerland as an original
ember of the league.
The allied supreme council, after
scussing the situation arising from
violent protest over the ex.
addition demands, agreed on the
estion OF insisting upon these de-
ands. 1t is probable that the posi-.
in of the allies will be set forth
an early date. This may take the
nm of another communication to
'rmanv.