Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-11-19
Around the World
Tri-Weekly News Flashes From All Over
the Earth
Bad Business

Some Americans in business in Germany
say that the continued depreciation of Ger
man and Austrian money threatens to force
American branch manufacturing plants and
distributing houses in the two countries to
close or operate at heavy loss in the hope
that conditions shortly will improve.
number of smaller German businesses,
principally dependent on importations of
raw materials, also are facing a crisis, and
to avoid bankruptcy, which they five or
six months distant, when the exhaustion of
reserve funds and stocks has been complet-
ed, are seeking to consolidate with larger,
more firmly established institutions.
The American manufacturing concerns,
dependent on German raw materials, are
faced with the peculiar situation of having
huge outstanding orders in adjacent coun-
tries, which they are unable to fill because
the, Germans insist on delivering raw mate
rial at current prices, more than double in
marks the prices at which the material was
contracted for, and which would make inn
possible the filling of outstanding orders at
a profit.
Insistence by the foreign concerns on de-
livery at contracted prices has been without
avail protestations either being ignored or
the foreigners being frankly told that such
procedure would almost Immediately bank
rupt the German firms in view of the re-
cent depreciation If the mark.
American distributing houses also are en-
barrassed by the fact that they have large
contracts to fill at prices based on previous
values of the falling mark.
Russ Opera
The Soviet central executive committee
is considering closing the Grand Opera at
Moscow, which the Moscow Soviet has been
operating, because of a 100000, O0O-ruble
monthly deficit.
The reason for closing the opera would be
to pay four thousand school teachers who
are closing the schools because they have
not been paid.
Liege Reunion
A solemn reunion Is to be kept IN the
Fort de Loncin, at Leige in Belgium, writes
r. J. Cruickshank in The London Daily
Mail. The day when it will be kept 10
known to no man. but it surely will be.
The tale begins amid the smoke and thun-
ders of gigantic battle 1t is the early days
of the long terror. The Liege forts most
sorely tried most faithful of defenses, are
being smashed and shattered by monstrous
guns.
In particular, the Fort de Loncin holds
out an incredibly long time. 1t is sheeted
in flame and rent by explosions. StoneWorK
is splintered like glass and heavy iron TWIST
ed like paper. Small hope here for poor
flesh-and-blood humanity. The big magazine
blows up. There is the horror of a dazzling
rush of flame, of thunder and quak1ng
like the end of the world Two hundred
soldiers lie buried forever deep peneath
mountain of concrete, which has been hurled
savagely into the solid earth by the force or
the explosion.
At last the fort is surrounded and over
run. The valiant Colonel Naessence, VINO mas
led the forlorn hope, is taken prisoner, anu
with him such few of his men as remain
alive Among them is excellent N. c. o.
Gabriel by name. Death is threatened-ln-
deed. seems close at hand. ct will die with
my soldiers cries the leader with the ges-
ture of the Latin temperament. But they
spare him.
Here is the second chapter of the story.
Deep amid the wreckage of the Fort de Lon
Gin there has been built crypt. IL Is colo
and as dark at noon as at night. In Wooaen
coffns, on whitewashed shelves, repose tne
remains of forty-seven soldiers who dled III
the defense of Fort De Loncin in those ter
ribIe days of IA. They sleep deep and quiet
with those other 200 who are buried be~
meath the concrete The crypt is winding
and devious, on the model OF the ancient
catacombs.
r. 10 serene afternoon in the year or
peace 1921. Colonel Naessence is courteous
" conducting us over the fort Wnere ne mauo
so stout stand. He is gray-halred' graVeiy-
spoken, logical. He tells the history OF the
defense very modestly. It is quite by accl-
dent that one catches the end of the story
It is from Gabriel that it comes. He stands
there blinking in the sunlight, the typlca..
old sergeant-major retired and In "clVvles.
"There are forty-seven collins In the crypt
down there"
"That Is So"
"But there are forty-nine places. so you
say. How, is that?"
"There are two who have not yet been
carried there"
"Where are they?"
I'm. lie Colonel is the one. am the other.
It is his purpose to be with his soldiers IN
death And I, too. Forty-eight and forty-nlne
will be in their places. The crypt Will De
complete" -.
The valorous defenders Of this Llege tort
will meet forever in the cool, dark crypt. IL
will be the last roll-call in the Fort de Lon-
cin
For Peace
Lady Frances Balfour presided recently az
a large meeting in Westminster, Wnlcn was
attended by representatives Of more tnan
100000 women belonging to Various Or
ganizations It was decided to send 10 inc
women of America a message expressing
good will and hope for the success OF the
Washington conference.
AIIuding to Premier Lloyd Georges "Fain-
bows speech Lady Balfour sald' one enu VI
the rainbow in our hopes rests o. Wasnlng-
tom and the other in our sister, the isle OF
Erin
Lady Astor who also spoke, said she pe-
lieved the conference in Washington would
succeed The English women she declared
were lust as eager for peace as ne american
women for they have been too near to war
ever to want it again.
The opinion was expressed by Lady Bon
ham Carter that if only America and Eng
land stand together they can determine the
future of civilization.
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