The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-01
IMPORTANT WORLD EVENTS

guarded by the Dutcn Government,
lpolice officers being detailed to fol-
low him, a few steps in the rear, as
he walks about the garden of the
Bentinck Castle at Amerongen.
Anti-militarist and anarchist socie-
ties of Holland are reported to be
arranging a demonstration against
the continued residence of the Hob
enzollern family in Holland.
JAPAN is ready to make big con-
cessions toward an amicable settle
ment of the Shanturg problem, ac-
cording to dispatch from Toxic.
1t is said that negotiations to this
end have already been started.
IRELAND continues the scene of
disorder and unrest. One Of the
latest reports tells Of the ossassina-
ton of the Mayor of Cork Six
masked men, it is said, knocked at
the door of the Lord Mayors resi-
dence and, when Mrs MacGurin, his
wife opened the door some of the
men held her while others rushed
upstairs to the Mayors room, shot
him in the chest, and escaped with
out leaving any clue as to their Iden-
ttty. But sine days previous to this
outrage, Constable ScUlly was shot
at Glenmire, in the Cork district.
THE POLES are again victorious,
Heavy fighting on the Polish front is
reported to have resulted in another
victory for the Polish army notwith-
standing the fact that the Bolshevik
forces were equipped with tanks and
Iarmored cars and that their attack
was preceded by the greatest artll-
lery preparation yet experienced.
THE FALLING FRANC again
alarms France. Even the German
exchange has recently shown a gain
at her expense.
A GENEVA PAPER tells of the
tragic end of fourteen women Of
title, some of whom are well known
IN America. The Red regime in
Europe drove them to suicide, the
paper says.
IN INDIA a ban has been placed
on Moslem orators by the British
authorities who fear the result to
British sovereignty If agitation re-
garding the Turkish situation is
permitted among the millions OF
Indian Moslems.
DENIKIN, the leader Of the anti
Bolshevik army in Southern Russia,
| is said to be planning to move his
forces to the Crimea, because OF the
ease with which it would be possible
for him to hold the narrow neck OF
the peninsula, the Russian Reds
having no warships. 1t is stated
that he may ask the aid of American
ships to transport his army.
A GRUESOME FIND is reported
from the steppes of SOUTHEAST Rus
sia, where it is said that the melting
of the winters SHOWS has revealed
the bodies of 5000 soldiers who
were frozen to death.
MARTENS, the Soviet "Ambassa-
.. dor" to the United States, with Of
: fees in New York City, is to be al
. lowed to stay in this country for the
: present. it is reported, the warrant
. for his deportation having been turn
: ed over by the Department OF justice
. to the Department Of Labor,
|. AIRPLANES in England, durins
/. the last six months, have carried
|. 42O1 passengers and about $4,000
!. pounds of freight tctal distance o
: S4.42S miles without loss of good
!. or injury to a single person, accord
: ing to Handley Page, one of th'
!. leading British aircraft manutactur
!; ers. Referring to the possibilities
: of air transport in the United state
{ he said that distances are measures
7 generally by the time it takes to g
! from one place to another and point
E ed out the fact that while Cnicag
! and New York are about 1000 mile
Z apart and even by the fastest trail
! twenty hours is required to make tn
! trip, "by airplane the two cite
: would be seven or eight hours apart
! which would thus move the western
!: city in point of time to the position
!. of Syracuse by rail-"
: A FRENCH MOTOR BOAT ha
: beaten the worlds record, having at
i tanned a speed of seventy-five mile
!. an hour in tests on the Seine nea
I Paris over 500-meter course.
= A prudent mother is always on tn
!. watch for symptoms of worms in he
!. children. Paleness, lack of interest /