Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-01

| Around the World
Tri-Weekly News Flashes From All Over
| the Earth.
Soldiers to Stay
American troops will stay on the Rhine I'M
til the new treaty with Germany is ratified
by both parties according to authoritative
information at Washington.
Ratification will be considered in the Amer
lean senate and the German reichstag begin
ming late in September and should require
comparatively short time, it was said. Pend
ing this ratification, however, status of re-
lations between Germany and the United
States remain exactly where they have been it
was said.
Gold Imports
The Drottningholm, of the Swedish-Ameri-
can Line, brought shipment of 100000
in gold consigned to the National City Bank
last week.
The vessel carried sixty-nine first cabin,
365 second cabin and 664 third class passen-
gers, mostly Scandinavians returning to the
United States from visits to home countries.
Among the passengers taken on at Gothen-
berg, Sweden, was Captain Hans D. Doxrud,
marine superintendent Of the Norwegian
American Line, who had been abroad on BUSH
ness.
Sweden Has 100000
Sweden's total population at the end OF
1920 amounted to more than 100000, ac-
cording to the Central Statistical Bureaus
preliminary figures just published. This is an
increase during 1920 of more than $1,000
an da record increase since 1861.
"A
Russ Recognition
The United States should establish diplo-
matte relations with Soviet Russia at once,
Senator Joseph 1. France, of Maryland, de-
clared on his return from several weeks!
visit in that country.
Returning with Mr.. France on the liner
Rotterdam, was Mrs. Margaret e. Harrison, q
correspondent of the Baltimore Evening Sun,
who was imprisoned in Russia for ten months
and was the first of the released Americans
to reach home after the United States govern
ment had effected their freedom.
Governor Small, of Illinois, will be candi-
date for reelection in 1924, Senator Richard
R. Meents, one Of the governors closest pc.
litical allies and his spokesman in the senate
said
Lien Small never quit under fire in his
| life" Senator Meents said.
Governor Small is under indictment charg-
| ing conspiracy and embezzlement, while he
was state treasurer.
Villas Men
Francisco Villa, the former Mexican bandit.
has sent an urgent request to government of
ficials asking that forty of his followers be
paid in accordance with the agreement signed
by the government when the men surrender
ed. He declared the men had received no
payments for the past six months, 1t Is SAID
in reports. The request was made through
General Enque Martinez, commanding federA
troops in the state of Durango, and ne trans
mitted it to the war office.
Secretary Of War Estrada is understood to
have issued orders that payments be made
to Villas men.
Another Failure
Henry Sullivan, American distance SWIM
mer abandoned his attempt to swim the
English channel after ten hours in the water.
He was in midchannel when forced to give
up. 1t was Sullivan's fifth attempt.
Russians Experiment
Many experiments are bel lg introd ed In
the management and supply system OF RUS
sian factories in an effort by the Bolshevik
government to increase production in order
to obtain products to exchange with the peas
ants for food.
Some time ago a piece-work acale was in
troduced in the hope that this would incits
individual workmen to increased efforts. Ac-
| cording to q Moscow dispatch, all factory
managementS nave been 0rQored TO carry IL
into effect urgently and Immediately.
In many Industrial concerns collective ra-
tioning plan has been substituted for the old
system of granting individual rations Un.
der the new method whole factory Is grant.
ed monthly allowance OF foodstuR ana
money on the condition that 1t turns out
stipulated amount of goods.
If the factory is able to produce this Guam
tity with smaller number Of workmen than
estimated the surplus Of foodstuffs and money
can be distributed among the workmen at q
premium.
The A1l-Russian Council OF Trade Unions
has issued circular pointing out that in.
creases of wages in money payments are in
advisable at this time because this would
necessitate an increase in the output OF cur
rency which the government is even now un-
able to print in sufficient quantities. The sov-
eminent is said to have been printing until
lately about 200 900, 100000 rubles OF paper
money a month. This amount has been in
creased to the maximum possible output OF
the printing machines. 49,.
Opening Route =
News has reached London, according TO
the writer Of the London Letter" in The
Manchester Guardian, of a very interesting
attempt being made by the Russians to open
up sea and river communication With North
ern Siberia. The expedition Is andeT the Lead
ership of Otto Sverdrup, who was with Nam
sen on his first North Polar expedition.
The expedition consists OF the Russian Ice
breaker Alexander, accompanied by four Brit
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