Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-20

In connection with another meeting held
by the supreme council of the allies recent
ly to take up the Turkish question, it was
reiterated i'll conference circles that it had
been decided to permit the sultan to remain
at Constantinop1e as the Turkish sovereign,
but that the Dardanelles would be placed I'M
der international control, according to a Lon
don despatch.
The decision in regard to the Turkish
peace so far reached are only PROVISIONAL it
explained, and it has not been decided
when they shall be put into permanent form.
Winston Churchill, British secretary of
war, in addressing his constituents at Dun
dee, Scotland declared that labor was un-
fitted to govern the nation. This was rel
iteration of the statement he made recently
which aroused furore in the press and a
storm of indignation among labor interests
Formal denial of the accounts emanating
from newspapers in Rome of alleged negotia-
tions between the Serbian and French gov
ernments on the subject of a military al
lance was made by the French cabinet few
days ago. After a meeting of the ministers,
presided over by M. 1. Hopiteau the minister
of justice, in the absence of Premier Miller
and the following official note was issued:
'The documents published in certain Ital-
ian newspapers concerning a pretended mill
tary alliance between France and Jugo-Slavia
are forgeres. No negotiation for such an
agreement has been engaged in
Brigadier General Peter w. Dawson, sec
ond in command at the port of embarkation
at Hoboken, N. j., died at the Fox Hills
Military hospital on Staten Island last week,
after short illness. General Dawson was an
old Indian campaigner. When the Spanish
American war began he was sent to Cuba and
to the Philippines, where he was twice rec
commended for gallantry in action. He accom-
panied the first American troops to China in
1912, and later served with the allied armies
at Tien-Tsn.
With three well-chosen words at just the
right moment Lady Astor, in the English
house of commons, turned trick for the
coalition government and took the wind out
of the sails of bitter opposition attack on
the cabinets fiscal policy Sir Arthur Steele
Maitland after scathing indictment of this
policy reached climax when he declared:
"The chancellor of the exchequer may him
self be thorough economist, but his col
leagues are not Does anyone think that the
prime minister is an economist at heart!
Does any one think that the prime minister
lies awake and passes sleeples5 nights in Or
der to study out measures to make the pound
sterling worth twenty shillings?"
In the oratorical pause which followed
Lady Astor, in whose home the premier pass
ed last week end, interjected with an EN-
phatic, resonant voice:
Eyes, | do"
Sir Arthur could only reply that he was
glad that at least one member thought SO,
and ended his speech.
Canada has given Great Britain notice that
it objects to any change in the covenant of
the League of Nations that will prevent the
Dominion from being a full-fledged member
of the league and having vote in the as
sembly.
The Canadian cabinet voiced it's objection
specifically to the Lenroot reservation to the
covenant concerning the voting power OF
league members. A suggestion has been made
that Canada withdraw from the league if it
loses it's vote in the assembly. No official ac-
ton has been taken
About 1900 officers and men of the Thir-
ty-first United States infantry have sailed
from Vladivostok for Manila on the trans
port Crock General Graves, commander of
the American forces in Siberia, has cabled
the war department. This is the second large
movement of American troops out of Siberia
The Hungarian minister has handed to
Chancellor Renner, of Austria, a note pro-
posing plebscite in west Hungary to de-
termine the attribution of that territory,
which is now assigned to Austria but claim
ed by Hungary on historical grounds 1t is
proposed that Hungary and Austria pledge
themselves to consider a vote of the people
on this question final.