Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-23
IMPORTANT NEWS
The WORLD over
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF this
AND OTHER NATiUNS FOR
SEVEN DAYa GIVEN
The news OF THE SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The South.
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President Ebert, Of Germany, Is now
paid salary equivalent to $500 a
year. The reichstag budget commits
sion has agreed to raise his stipend, In
view of present high prices and hard
times.
A report that has gained consider.
able circulation during the recent days
that Fritz Kreisler, noted violinist and
composer. had been appointed Aus.
trian ministed to the United States
was officially denied at the Austrian
foreign office.
German motion picture film manu-
facturers have perfected co-opera
tive organization one Of the prime pur
poses of which is to capture the Euro
pean trade held by American produc'
ers. In the effort to compete with the
American film the Germans are en-
deavoring to develop a screen
humor'' which heretofore has been
lacking in their productions.
Withdrawal of American troops sta
toned in Cuba will be requested by
the government under joint resolu'
ton passed by both houses Of con.
gress. The resolution states that 1T
would be regarded as friendly act
II the American government acceded
to the request. The troops referred
TO are marines, which were stationed
at Camaguey in March, 1917, at the
request of President Menocal.
The national assembly recently rati.
fled the treaty Of peace between the
United States and Hungary at Buda.
pest. Count Albert Apponyi, chairman
of the committee in charge of the
peace agreement. in an address In the
chamber after the ratification, said !:
Though we are not yet acquainted
with Americas future world policy,
this separate treaty is proof of her
disinterestedness and her sincere wish
to help In the reconstructions Of east.
ern Europe. This single peace, which
was not dictated, recognizes Hungary
as an equal"
The text Of the note addressed re-
Gently by Chile to Peru in regard to
the dispute over the provinces Of
Tacna and africa. proposes that the
plebiscite, provided under the treaty
of Ancon, be advanced so as to do
away with the necessity for mainte-
nance Of excessive military establish.
ments.
France is willing temporarily to
forego cash reparations payment from
Germany a high official in the French
foreign office told the correspondent
Of the Associated Press.
Further shooting occurred recently
In the Newtownards road district,
Belfast. Several women were wound.
ed.
The former German crown prince,
who, since November 1918, has lived
in Wierfngen, is now planning to re-
turn to Germany and expects to re-
quest permission Of the Dutch govern
ment for his departure early in the
spring. Frederick William looks for
ward to lie as a country gentleman
with his wife and children on an es.
tate at Oelst. tOelsin, Prussia)
Meeting simultaneously in the Irish
and British capitals, the dali cream
and the British parliament have start.
ed to work on the Irish peace treaty,
and will decide whether peace or war
shall rule In Ireland.
There is report that revolutionary
troops operating in eastern Peru de.
feated the government forces in a bat.
tie. The Peruvian censorship Is OF
the strictest character.
President Obregon Of Mexico, while
entertaining group Of friends at Cha.
pultepec castle, saw the great volca.
no southeast Of Mexico City. erupt--
Popocatepetl. He sent aviators to the
mountain to ascertain the seriousness
Of the eruption.