Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

Frederick William, the former German
crown prince, will be included in the list OF
persons whose surrender for trial is demand
ed by the French according to an official re-
port Of recent, meeting between British law
officials and Edouard Ignace, French under
secretary for military justice. The eX-croWn
prince, it is said, will be charged with crlml-
nal offenses, including looting and robbery
with violence, committed in France There
appears to have been no fourther decision
reached at the conference with regard to the
case of the former Emperor William.
list of the men whose surrender will be de-
manded has been completed, it is stated, and
the steps which are to be taken to insure
their surrender have been decided upon
One or two questions still outstanding will
be submitted to Premiers Lloyd George and
Clemenceau when they meet in Paris next
month.
Admiral Kochak commanding the all
Russian governmental forces opposing the
BolsheYiki in Siberia, has retired from ac-
tive command, because of i'll health and has
appointed General Semenoff to succeed as
commander-in-chief according to a message
received in Vladiyostok by General Sem
enoff's Representative, says an, Associated
Press dispatch!
Premier Lloyd George, speaking at Llany-
stymdWy, Wales, last week, defended the
voting arrangements Of the League of Ma
tons He said that Australia lost as many
men as the United States in the VIZ. and had
as much right to vote as the United States.
This vote, however he added, would not be
used on any question arising between Great
Britain and the United States.
President Wilson recognized the justice
and fairness of the claim put forward in be-
half OF the British Empire said the premier.
Lloyd George recounted the fight in the
United States on the treaty, which he term
ed the folly of America entering upon party
warfare when trying to settle the difficulties
and troubles ensuing from the great war;
Stringent regulations have been issued by
the treasury to prevent intoxcants from en-
terlng the country from ships arriving from
foreign ports. Liquors properly listed as sea
stores must be placed under seal by the
boarding officer of the customs service and
Kept sealed during the entire time of the ves-.
sels stay in port No part of such stores
may be removed from under seal for any pur-
pose while the ship is in United States waters,
the rugIat1ons state. This denies to foreign
crews the 'ration of wine served with meals
on some ships under other flags
Excessive liquor stores, no longer being
dutlable, are subject to seizure
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American Legion posts in the United in
the United States and foreign countries now
total 6561 according to the announcement
made last week at national headquarters
Of the Legion in Indianapolis. France, Eng
land, and Canada each have one post,
Alaska has four posts Hawaii five, Cuba one
Panama one, Mexico one, and the Phillip-s
pine islands one. Ten states have more than
two hundred posts each.
New York leads the states with TIT posts
Pennsylvania is second with 497 and Illinois
third with 500 posts. Iowa has 345 local
organizations, Ohio 29S, Massachusetts, 23S,
New JerSaV Missouri and TpdionS
203.
Brigadier General William Ruffin Cox, SIS
years old, one Of the ranking officers of the
Confederate army, died at Richmond, Va,
on the day after Christmas General Cox
was credited as having been the last Con-
federate officer to cease fighting at Appomat-
tox Court House prolonging the fighting for
some time after General Lee had sur
rendered.
After the close of the war General Cox
became prominent in politics in his native
state of North Carolina. He served several
terms in congress and was secretary of the
United States senate under both Democratic
and Republican administrations,
IA court-martial at Amiens, France, has
sentenced the German officer, Robert Roeck-
ling, Administrator of Mines at Karlsruhe, to
ten years confinement, fifteen years of exile
and fine OF 100000 francs (nominally
S2,0O0,000), upon his conviction of charge
of organizing the pillage of factories in East
ern France It was testified at his trial that
he collected machinery and other material
! from the factories and blew it up in Novem-
Der, 1918. His brothers, Herman and Lud-
wig, were given similar sentences by default.
The Rocking brothers are known as
German steel kings" Herman Rocking,
president of a steel association, was at
Treves as member of the German Armistice
commission, for which reason he was not ar
rested. The other brother, Ludwig went to
Versailles as a member of the peace delega-
tion and consequently was covered by diplo-
matte immunity.
Uruguay has been linked to the United
States through the All-American cables by
the opening of new line from BUenos Aires
to Montevideo, putting New York and Monte
video in direct telegraphc communication
with each other for the first time,
The new service was inaugurated last
week by exchange of messages by fSecretary
Lansing and the Uruguayan minister at
Washington with President Brum and Minis
ter Of Foreign Relations Dom.nguez of
Uruguay at Montevideo. All predicted
Strengthening of the friendship and trade
! between Uruguay and the United States
! through development OF direct communica-
ton between the two countries
! An organization has been launched at Kar-
feng, China, by leading Chinese of the city
to aid in putting a stop to the ancient Chi
nese custom of binding the feet of female
children. Songs have been composed by mem
bers deerying the practice of foot binding and
students of boys schools are being asked to
with unnatural feet The name of the new
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