The Washington herald., 1921-07-31


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and Monday morning editions.
The only groups in the Italian Chamber of Dep
uties which voted against Premier Bonomi his
announcement that he determined to suppress
violence from whatever quarter it might come were
the extreme Radicals and the Fascist These fac
tons, which continue to fight with each other
every possible occasion outside of Parliament,
willing to unite in opposing action the part of
. the government which might put end to the law
essness which they appear to enjoy In spite of this
opposition however. the prime minister received the
greatest majority that has been given to any Italian
ministry since the armistce.
The constituent assembly Of the recently formed
Federation of Central American Republics which
embraces Honduras, Guatemala and Salvador, is now
In session Tegucigalpa, Honduras 1t is significant
that unofficial representatives of Nicaragua and Costa
Rica have arrived to observe what is going on as
these states did not join the other republics IN
the confederation. 49,
Spanish troops in Morocco have suffered
ious defeat at the hands of native trbesmen The
Spanish force which occupied advance position
was attacked by superior force of welarmed Moors
and was forced to withdraw. In the of the
the Spanish losses heavy Gen. Slvesre,
the Spanish commander, and several members OF his
staff among the killed Ay,
The status of the Port of Fiume and the Porto
Baros has been fixed by agreement recently signed
by of Italy, YugoSlavia, and the free
city of Fiume The agreement, which is to remain
in force for twelve years, provides for governing
commission composed of two representatives from
each of the sgnatores and insures them free of
the port. 1t is unquestionaby of the greatest inn
portance to the city of Fiume that this agreement
has been made, since it is apparent that if the Yugo-
Slavs had been forced to find another outlet the
Adriatic, the commercial prosperity of Fiume would
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port will bear relation Yugo-Slavia like that of
Trieste to Austria and Czecho- Sovakia. The agree
ment. furthermore will help to improve relations be-
tween Italy and Yugo-Savia. @e
The passport situation of Hungary and neighbor-
ing is we'll illustrated by the story OF citizen
of Hungary who wished to marry woman of Yugo-
Slavia. The Hungarian was unable to get passport
admitting him the country of his prospective bride
and she was unable to to enter Hungary.
The marriage ceremony finally took place on a bridge
at the boundary line, the groom standing in Hum
gary and the bride in Yuga-Slava. After the cere-
mony had been performed the wife able to join
her husband having gained the rights of Hungarian
citizenship by her marriage.
According to the rumors which preceded the ar
rival of the allied commission of control in Budapest,
among the members of these commissions were to
be four admrals charged with the duty of supervis-
ing the rehabilitation of the Hungarian feet. Since
the Hungarian navy has been nonexistent for con-
siderable time, there was a good deal of speculation
as to just how the admrals would occupy them
selves.
The very serious drought which has lasted in
England for over days is causing some appre-
hension regarding the water supply of the city OF
London. Much of the citys supply comes from the
Thames where the flow of water is only 40 per
cent of normal .... ......., 81.
The taxpayers in many British cities are finding
it exceedingly difficult, and in many impossible,
to pay the local taxes after having paid the heavy
national taxes. In many of the manufacturing towns
the business slump has aggravated the situation and
has increased the demands that the greatest economy
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