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MAKE FIUME INTERNATIONAL PORT, WILSON INSISTS
Heavy Negro Balloting Seen as
Menace to Issues—B,ooo
Needed to Carry.
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g lists were certified by City ¢
: Council Tuesday night,
3 anyone who failed to register be- |
fore Tuesday night will be enti- 0
; tled to a vote, provided he pro- )
édum a certificate from Lucien |
{ Harris, city registrar, that he has
g registered Wednesday. This was |
g provided in an amendment to the '
city ordinance governing elections |
at a special meeting of City Coun- |
cil several days ago. ¢!
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With a record registration for a‘
bond election, 15481, Atlanta voters)
started to the polls early Wednesday
to say whether or not a bond issue of
§1,000,000 shall be authorized, and
whether the city ad valorem tax rate
of $1.25 per SIOO will stand, or be in
creased to $1.50 to allow the Board
of Education to improve the schools.‘
Indications at 2 o’clock were that
more than 8,000 votes had been (‘uslj
and that the total would go well over
10,006 before the polis closed at 7
oclock. This would repredent the
record vote in any municipal election.
City officials were pleased at the heavy
votipg and expressed the belief that!
the outpouring of voters meant the
success of the bonds and .tax increase.
~ Mayor Key issued a statement urg
ing the voters to come to the polls|
and express their sentiments, whether
for (r against the issues at stake.
While calilng attention to the grave
danger should either of the issues
fail, the Mayor expressed confidence
that both the bonds and taxes would
receive the indorsement of the ma-
Jerity of Atlanta voters. '
Concern was expressed by W, H.
Tervell, member of the Board of Ed
ucation from the First Distriet, that
opposition of negroes to the tax in
j erease would defeat the project. The
‘defeat of the increase at the first
election was laid to this quarter,
' Terrell First to Vote.
“l was the first person in the First
Ward to cast a vote for the bonds
ind tax increase,” said Mr. Terrell.
“While T was at the polling place
twenty other voters came, most of
them negroes The latter voted,
without exception, against the tax in
crease,
“The’ negroes carried in several
instances, marked ballots In other
cases they voted without hesitation,
If this start is pursued, the $1.50 tax
is killed as far as the First Wara 1s
concerned It is up to progressive
eitzens all oveqr Atlanta to rally to
the cause of schools and vote for the
increase. The negroes seem to be
satisfied with conditions.”
The bond election decides the pro
pesed issuance of $500,000 in bonds
for improvements at the waterworks,
including pumps, a new coagulating
basin and additional reservoir space;
£IOO.OOO for the erection of a suitable
building to house the historic picture
ot the Battle of Atlanta, now in a
fram® building at Grant Park; SIOO,-
000 for the motorization of the At
lanta fire department, and $300,000 for
an electric generating plant at the
city erematory, to enable the city to
utilize 2,000 horsepower of steam now
gcing to waste at an annual loss esti
mated at $50,000,
Schools Would Benefit.
The proposed tax increase would
previde an additional revenue of ap
pro¥imately $500,000 for the city gov.
ernment, but the school department
is t¢ be the main beneficiary if the
issue carries,
The Board of Education will be
given an increase of $230,060 per year,
with which it is intended to give the
teachers &n increase in salaries, to
erect new buildingg and to improve
conditions generally,
For the bond issue to carry there
must he approximately 8,000 votes in
favor of the issue., The State law
governing hond issues provides that a
Mmupnased issue must have a two
thirds majority of those voting, this
wo thirds to constitute a majority
Of the regist=ation The estimat: of
some members of the city's campa vn
committee that there ~ will be 2,000
voles agaimnst the bonds means that
10,060 voters must vigit the polls,
which is 1,600 more than voted at
Lhe mayoralty campaign last year,
when the ity was seething with a
hot campaign.
The hope of the city's commitiee is
that throufh proper civie interest on
the part of Atlanta citizens, and the
work of a large number of girls, who
will use the telephone all day, a suf
ficient number of voters will be drawn
to the polls. If only 7,000 votes are
«cnst and all of them are for the
bonds, they will be defeated,
Full International News Service
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evening in ‘‘Aida.”” They are: Marguerite Matzenauer (above) and Claudia Muzio, singing, re
spectively, ‘‘Amneris’’ and ‘‘Aida.”’ %
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PARIS, April 12.—The Bavarian
Red army is now reported to be com-l
manded by two former officers in the
German army-—Baron Seller and the
Prince 6f Wied, said a dispatch from
Zurich to The Petit Journal today.
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, April 23.—Czecho-
Slovak troopsinvading Hungary are
moving swiftly upon the capital, and
at latest advices from Vienna were
but one hour’s march from Budapest.
The Czecho-Slovaks have reached
Veiocksen.
Troops of Four Nations
Fighting Hungarian Reds
(By International News Service.)
GENEVA, April 23.—Czecho-Slovak
and Serbian troops have begun to
advance into Hungary, it was report
ed from Vienna today.
Troops of four nationalities are now
fighting the Hungarian reds, Rouma
nians, Poleg, Serbians and Czecho-
Slovaks. :
Many Persons Killed
In Hamburg Rioting
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, April 22 (via London,
April 23).—Many persons have been
killed in rioting that has been raging
at Hamburg since Sunday, said a
digspatch from that city today. Many
buildings on the harbor front were
plundered. Most of the casualties
resulted from fighting between the
police and mobs in the suburbs,
Siberian Army Routs
Bolshevik Troops
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, April 23 —~Admiral Kol
chak's anti-Bolshevik army has in
flicted another crushing defeat on the
Bolshevik forces, capturing 25,000
prisoners, said a news agency dis
patch from Omsk today. Izhevsk was
taken,
Much booty was captured from the
reds, who fled, panic-stricken, before
the advance of the victorious Sibe
rian army.
The Siberians have advanced 50
miles in the direction of the impor
tant and strategic city of Orenburg.
Hungarian Reds Willing
To Confer With Allies
(By International News Service,)
LONDON April 23 —Hungarian
Soviet Minister Bolgar has arrived in
Vienna on a special mission and noti
fied Colonel Cuninghame, the Allied
representative, that the Budapest
Government is wililng to continue ne
gotiations with General Smuts, sald
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Vienna this afternoon.
The Hungarian minister asked that
the ‘Allies’ desires in the matter be
communicated to him,
General Smuts was sent to Buda
pest shortly after the red dictator
ship was proclaimed to look after
Allied interests,
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Work on the new $125,000 apart
ment house at Nos. 683-685-687-689
Peachtree street, to he owned by C.
C. MeGehee, will be started Thursday
by the Mackle Construction Com
pany. The building will be one of the
largest and most valuable in the city.
It will be constructed of brick and
stone, and there will be a restaurant
in the basement. Officials of the con
struction company estimtae the work
will be finished October 1.
The City Bullding Inspector igsued
a permit for the work Wednesday
morning,
Other permits issued were as fol
lows:
One-story brick and concrete ad
dition on Whitehall street building,
Maier & Berkele, owners; A, V
Gude & Co,, contractors; A. Ten Eyck
Brown, architect, to cost $6,500
Two-story frame apartment house
at Nos. 24-26-28 Lyons avenue; B, J
Davis, owner; Alex D. Hamilton &
Son, builders; to cost SIO,OOO,
Repairs at No. 180 Whitehall street
Breitenbucher estate, owners, to cost
$4,000,
Other building activities were dis
closed by W. D, Beatie, who will be
gin next Monday the construction of
a six-room house on Stewart avenue,
He will soon complete a five-room
house on Cochran street and a six
room house on Dell avenue,
Fire Destroys Stores
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And P. 0. in Colquitt
COLQUITT, April 23.—Colquitt was
visited last night by one of the most
destructive fires since 1902, when the
town was destroyed. 'Phe fire origi
nated in Hunter's garage, starting
from the explosion of a vuleanizing
plant Three stores ind contents
were burned The postoffies was
burned, part of the contents being
saved Hunter lost several thousand
dollars, with no insurance Bell lost
several hundred dolla no insu
\nce The building WOrs swhned by
L. E Calhoun, who is in a nftlr ATy
n Atlanta. The loss is estimated at
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1919
Complete details of the Memorial
Day parade and services to bhe held
April 26 were made public Wednes
day in a series of general orders is
sued by Grand Marshal Oscar Pal
mour, lieutenant colonel, UU. S. A, re
tired, who was appointed by the La
dies’ Memorial Association of At
lanta, to have charge of the parade,
Coionel Palmour announced the ap
pointments of the following officers:
Chief of staff, Major Robert Trout
man; aides, Ensign Jesse Draper,
Captain Basil Stockbridge, Lieutenant
Marion SmithgLieutenant S, D, Gray,
Ensign Henry Newman, Lieutenant
Brooke Mell, Lieutenant Frank Car
ter, Ohptain John J. Rogers, Lieuten
ant John Hardisty, Ensign Horace
Holleman, Ensign Emory Cooke, En
sign © Sanders Higkey, Lieutenant
Clyde M. Wood, Major Trammell
Scott, Lieutenant Hilliard Spalding
Ensign Eugene Black, 'To be division
commanders: First division, -Major
George W Teachout, Forty-fifth In
fantry, U, S. A.; second division, Bri
gadier General William N, Crane, R.
O, T. C.; thisd division, Colonel John
S, Prather; fourth division, Colonel
E. E. Pomeroy,
The parade will be formed on
Peachtree, at the junction of Waest
Peachtree, at 1:30 p. m. Saturday,
and will march at 2 p. m. The line
of march will extend down Peachtree
Whitehall, out Hunter to Oakland
Cemetery, where the parade will be
dismissed,
At the cemetery salu'e will be fired
by the cadets of Fulton High and
taps sounded by a musician from the
FForty-fifth Infantry. The Rev. T. R
Kendall will make the invocation,
The orator of the day, Dr. J. K Olm
stead. will be introduced by the grand
matshal Thera will be gpecial music
for the occasion by Wedemeyer's
Band
The parade will be led by Chief
James 1. Beavers, with a platoon of
mounted police, and will be composed
of Confede ta veteran from eight
mps soldier i i marines,
<panigh-American war veterans and
members of the various women's war
organizations,
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Entire New Cast To Be Introduced I
in Verdi's Masterpiece—Ca
pacty House Is Predicted.
“Aida,” Verdi's colorful, magnifi
cently spectacular Oriental opera,
though being presented for the fourth
time in Atlanta, bids fair to draw an
audience Wednesday night which will
equal that of the opening. For “Aida"
has never lost its charm. Thousands
have heard it again and again; it
holds the record for number of per
formances in New York.
Atlantans familiar with “Aida"” will
find especial interest in the fact that
an entirely new cast is to appear, not
one of the principal singers ever hav
ing sung in the work in an Atlanta
performace, Several singers who have
never before appeared in this city
are in the cast,
Hipolito Lazaro, the Spanish tenor,
will sing Rhadames, the part former
ly taken here by Caruso and Marti
nelli. There should be a great mo
ment in the first five minutes of this
opera, which late-comers will miss,
when Lazaro sings the famous “Ce
leste Aida.” The new tenor Is espe
cially noted for the beauty and clari
ty of his high tones—ne takes a high
E flat with perfect ease, it isß said,
and “Aida” will give him excellent
opportunity.
Margarete Matzenauer, one of the
best contraltos who ever has been on |
the Motrnp(»glun list, also is making
her Atlanta debut in “Aida)” singing‘
the role of Amneris, second only lul
the title role in prominence. The part
has been sung here by Homer and
Ober,
The Aida will be Claudia Muazio,
the soprano who made her debut two
years ago and sang here in “Trova
tore” and “Tosca.” Mme. Muzio has
a powerful and beautiful voice, and
her dramatic interpretation of Tosca
two years ago gives assurance that
her Aida will be well done.
Thomas Chalmers will be the bari
tone of the evening, singing Amonas
ro, the Ethiopian king, Mr. Chalmers,
an American, sang here several years
ago with the Boston Opera Company.
Jose Mardones, the basso who mada
such an excellent impression on Mon
day night, will be the High Priest,
Ramfis, in “Aida.” Marie Sundelius
is cast for the brief but trying part
of the priestess. Roberto Moranzoni
will conduct,
There was widespread regret at the
Georgian Terrace just before noon
Wednesday when Rosina Galli and
her mother emerged from their rooms
and announced they were departing
for New York. Miss Galli, as pretty
as anyone could well he and live, had
become {ll Tuesday, and was not suf
ficiently recovered to dance in “Aida”
Wednesday night. But she refused to
bid anyone good-bye. It was only
“Au revoir,” she said, for she will
come back next season, she insisted,
and take pains to be very well in
deed.
But Miss Galli's absence, it was
said, will not totally spoil the ballet
in “Aida,” for there are several scenes
‘where incidental dances are intro
duced, and in which the premier
danseuse is not altogether necessary.
Audience Sways to
‘Music by Faust
| BY DUDLEY GLASS.
‘ An audience not so large as that
of the opening night, but still almost
filling the big Auditorium, swayed
to the rippling measures of the ker
‘messe waltzes and the stirring beut
of the soldiers’ chorus in Gounod's
“Faust” Tuesday afternoon, the old
opera's second presentation in Atlan
ta. It is a beautiful opera, with its
succession of choruses, duets, trios
and solo arias, and it was beautifully
sung,
~ Frances Alda, the Marguerite; Mar
tinelli, the Faust, and Leon Rothier,
the Mephisto, shared the honors of
the afternoon with the chorus. Le
nora Sparks sang the mezzo role
of Siebel very well, indeed. Thomas
Chalmers, as Valentine, was plainly
not at his best, though his naturally
fine baritone rang out well in the
trio preceding his death scene,
Mme. Alda was heard for the first
time as Marguerite, and when it is
said that she sang the'role with the
same crystal clear tones and the
same artistry she gave us as Desde
‘mona, as Mimi and as Francesca,
‘nothlnx more is needed. The jewel
song sparkled anew as she sang it
and the delicate prison scene, heart
‘breaking in its pathos, was given
every possible beduty, )
~ Mr. Martinelli made a havdsome
figure as Faust, and his sing.'g of
the “salut demeure” at the opeinng
of the garden scepe was splendidly
done,
Mr. Rothier, as Mephisto, was given
‘thn best opportunity which has fallen
‘lu his veteran basso in his many sea
sons in Atlanta., He sang with pow
er and sonority, giving the devil his
full Aue, and unlike the villain of the
melodramas, shared in the applause,
~ But, after all, it is the concerted
numbers which make “Faust” the fa
vorite it is. And there has rarely
‘been heard here anything better done
than the quartet in the garden scene,
the trio of tenor, baritone and basso,
and the great prison scene trio at the
end. And 1 can not recall anvthing
lovelier than the succession of love
duets which Alda and Martinelll sang
in Marguerite's garden
The program was cut short and a
great deal of disappointment cansed
by William J. Guard's announcement
from the stage that there would bhe
no ballet, as Mme. Galli had suddenly
become ill.
Issued Dally and Entered as Second-Class Matter al
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of Mar ch 3,187 r
Association Votes to Include
South’s Men in All Wars at
Meeting Wednesday.
The great monument to the Con
federate dead planned for years by
the United Daughters of the Confed
€racy as the most fitting memorial to
the memoty of the heroic men who
fought under the Stars and Bars, is
to be made a monument to all South
ern heroes who fought in the Amer
ican wars from the Revolution to the
great world war.
This rdecision was reached Wed
nesday morning at a meeting of the
Stone Mountain Confederate Memo
rial Association at the Hotel Ans
ley The suggestion to change the
plan came from Mrs. James W. Raun
siavilie, of Rome, who has been elect
ed president of the association. The
action was regarded as a manifes
tation of the wave of nationalism
that swept the country at the out
bresk of the world war and wiped out
all sectionalism within the United
States.
The entire mountain is to be built
itno one grand monument under the
direction of Gutzon Borglum, the fa
mous sculptor, who originated the
idea. While the monument as a
whole is to be in honor of the South
ern men who died in all wars, the
great central figure of the creation
will be the monument to the Con
federate dead.
Those at Meeting.
The meeting Wednesday was at
tended by Gutzon Borglum, Mrs. H.
M. Franklin, State president of the U..
D. C.; Mrs. J. E. Hays, vice presi
dent of the Georgia Federation of
Women's Clubs; Mrs. Frank Harrold,
vice president of Georgia U. D. C.;
Mrs. Z. 1. Fitzpatrick, chairman of
Georgia Woman's Liberty Loan Com
mittee: Mrs. J. O. Wynn, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Willet, Hon, Hooper Alex
ander, Mrs. James Rounseville, of
Rome; Mrs. W. E, Hays, of Mon
tizuma: Miss Alice Baxter, Mrs. A,
McD. Wilson, Mrs. T. T. Stevens,
Mrs. James R. Mobley, Mrs. W. S,
Coleman, Mrs, Will Percy, Hon. Wil
liam Terrell, Will Plane, Mrs. Heleh
Plane, Mrs Prark Mason, Mrs. Staf
ford Sideil, Mrs. Wylie and others.
The foi'low'ng officers of the asso
clation were elected Wednesday:
Officers Elecetd. 1
President, Mrs. James W. Raunsia
ville, of Rome; vice presidents, Miss
Alice Baxter. Mrs. P. T. Stevens, Mrs.
Samuel Inman, Mrs. J. E. Hays, Mrn.‘
R. P. Stephens: recording secretary,
Mrs. Lollie Bell Wylie; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Stafford Sidell; his
torian, Dr. Lucian Lamar Knight,
treasurer, Mrs. James W, Bedell,
The State Legislature passed a res
olution two years ago making May 20
Stone Mountain Memorial day, when
collections were to be taken through
out the South for the monument. The
Governor will not be asked to pro
elaim. the special day this vear on ac
count of war conditions, but May 20
next year will be set aside for this
purpose,
. .
Railroad Commission
Takes Up Power Case
Complaints of the Rome Railway and
Light Company against rates fixed hy
the Georgia Railway and Power Cogn
;mny were taken up by the Georgia
Railroad Commission at begining of a
series of hearings Wednesday morning,
The Rome romnan{ claims that it had
a contract with the Georgia Railway
and Power Company, calling for a cer
tain rate, but lgmt its terms were in
creased by recent action of the com
mission in franting general increases for
lh{lhl and power to the Atlanta concern,
The petitioners claim that their con
tract should be respected,
The commission also took up Lw(l
tions of the Consolldated Telephone
Company for permission to Increase
rates; the American Rallway Express
to discontinue itg agencies at Dearning
and Wheless; the Mutual light and
Power Company at Atheng to increase
rates; the Consolidated Telephone Com
‘:uny to Issue $40,000 of first mortgage
onds, and e Summerville Telephone
Company to increase rates,
. .
Men of 82d Division
Want to Come to Gordon
The great majority of the members of
the R2d Divigion, which &till Is in
France, are eager that they be demob-
Hlized at Camp Gordon, according to
several letters recently received in At
lanta, 1t was regarded as very unlike
ly, however, that the War Department
would walve its rules and permit the
entire division to come back to Gordon
Under these rules the men must he de
mobilized within 260 miles of their
homes, ,
Nearly 800,000 Troops
Returned From Overseas
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 28,~-On
April 21, 731,880 of the oversens per
sonnel, including army, navy and ma
rine corps, had actually returned to
the United States, and on thuat date
120,278 were on thelr way home, the
Wiar Department announced this aft
ernoon,
FIRE IN THE COMMONS.
LONDON, _April 238.Conglderable ex
cltement wae caused in the House of
Commons last night by fire met by
defective wiring The finmuue was
found today to be slight,
'HOME EDITION |
A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
__and the South
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By HARVE WESTGATE. !
HE nations that would rule {
T the world (at least, it so ap- 21
pears to me) are clutching ¢
at each other's throats, for some- |
how they can not agree; Old John- |
ny Bull gets out his club, and then |
Old Rome goes tearing loose, un- ||
til it looks to me, by gum, as if ‘
they'd kill the Golden Goose. While )|
cannon roared and war was on, “‘
the nations helped each other out, \‘
and when the Teutons came in |
view they massed their men andé
won each bout; but now that |
% peace is in the air and they have §
cinched each bloody fray, the vie- 2
g tors fight among themselves, and
pull some rough stuff every day,
The voters will decide, by jings,
Just what Atlanta’'s going to do;
! they're going to show us where
{ we're at, and what this burg is
; coming to; they'll vote some cash
; for decent schools (if I can read
{ the signs aright), but if they fail
{ theyll rue the day and leave us in
2 an awful plight. And now the wire
men of the land are going to drop
their keys and quit, and show to
Mr. Bur-le-son they've got a Kkick ‘
within their mit; but if they strike {
I'll lose my job, and pine away and
{ get the blues, because, you see, 1
{ could not get a single line of jingle ‘
s news.
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New Army Order Affects
.
Six World War Generals
(By International News Service.)
i..WASHINGTON, April 23.—Army or
ders affecting br‘ligadler and major gen.
erals were issued by the War Depart
ment as follows:
Major General Willam H. Johnston
ordered to assume command of Camp
Lewis, Washington, |
Major General Willlam M. Wright to
assume command of Camp Dodge, lowa.
Brigadier General Ira A. Haynes, on
arrival in United States, to assume
command of the North Pacific coast ar
tillery district. |
Brigadier General Lucien G. Berry,
on arrival in United States, to report
rtlulr duty to commander at Camp Grant,
linois.
Briagdier General Richard M. Blatoh
rnrddm report to Camp Sherman, Ohilo,
for duty.
Brigadier General Frank’ M. Cald
well, on arrival in the United States, re
port for duty as commander of Camp
Shelby, Miss,
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Atlanta Concern Loses
.
$38,999 Damage Suit
A verdict for $38999.30 was returned
by a jury in Judge Pendleton's division
of Superior Court Wednesday after
noon in favor of the Phosphate Mining
Company, of New York, against the
Atlanat Ofl and Fertilizer Company.
This marked the third trial of the
case, which has been in th ecourts since
1912, and whiche has been passed on
twice by the State Supreme Court. The
suit was based on an alleged breach of
a phosphate rock contract by the At
lanta concern,
It originally asked $27.000, and later
was amended, bringing the amount to
$38,999.30, the verdict of Wednesday be
ing for the full amount. A verdict for
§1 was rendered in the first trial of the
case. The New York concern was rep
resented by Attorneys Evins & Moore
and Robert P. Jones, while Attorneys
King & Spalding, Dan McDougall, and
D. W. Blair, of Marietta, fl[?{)l’flf?d for
the Atlanta Ol and Fertilizer Com
pany, ‘
Atlanta Man to Attend ‘
London Masons Meet
SAVANNAH, April 23.-—Colonel
Robert J. Travis, grand master of
Masons in Georgia, announced today
he has appointed Raymund Daniel, of
Atlanta, as his secretary on a trip he
wili make to London, Engtand, about
the middle of June, upon mvitation of
the Duke of Connaught to attend a
world peace conference of Masons,
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State Rests in Trial
Of School Teacher
The State rested Wednesday in the
frial in Judge Humphries’ division of
Criminal Court of W. C. Adamson, in
structor in mechanic arts, accused by
several young girls, and the defense be
gan the introduction of testimony.
A large number of character witnegs
€B were called to the witness stand to
testify as to the previous good char.
acter of Adamson. It was thought like
ly that Adamson would go on the atand
in his own defense Wednesday after
noon, The defense will make a com
plete denial of the charges brought
against him,
Wednesday Night
Meeting Night
The beautiful eustom of
wiving an hour every
Wednesday nlrht to a serv.
lce of prayer is of such long
standing that it l& second
nature to think of Prayer
meeting in connection with
Wednesday night.
If yon have le: this fact ea
cape your minag rememher
it tonight when he hour ar
rives and comre anl ewjoy
the benetitsa which suca an
hour confers You wiil be
most heactily weloamed and
vou will feel very much at
home in any of Atlanta's
good churches. They invite
vou through this printed
word
Their Sunday programs may be
found in The Saturday Georgian
under the heading *“Go I¥o Church,”
You are also invited to attend
their Sunday services,
NO. 225
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Delegates Threaten to Quit Cons
~ ference Unless Demand far
Kiao Chau Is Granted, |
(By International News Serviced
PARIS, April 23—President Wil
son issued an official statement today,
insisting that Fiume be internation
alized and made a free port instead
of being given either to Maly or Jugow
Slavia,
The President repudiate@ the pact
of London on which the Italians have
been mainly basing thetr demands.
Ntet—
(By International News Serviced
LONDON, Aprfl 23—The Japanese
delegates have resolved to withdraw
from the peace conference if their de
mand for Kiao Chaa is not satisfied
before the Germans arrive ai Vere
sailles, according to an Exchange Tele
egraph dispatch from Paris teday
The Japanese, say the correspondent,
are insisting on an immediate deci
sion,
By ROBERT J. PREW,
~ Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
~ PARIS, April 23-—Revolution will
sweep Italy, accompanied by Bol
‘uhcviflm and the collapse of the pres
ent Ministry at Rome, if the Italian
delegates are forced to return to
Rome with the decision that Fiume
Is going to Jugo-Slavia instead of
Italy, according to a prediction made
Vtoday by Dr. Scarfolgio, editor of the
Inewapuper Mattino, of Naples.
| “Fiume has a total population of
32,000, of whom 27,000 are Italians,”
said the editor,
“The other 5,000 are mostly Croates.
We must firmly decline to leave the
fate of the Italians to the Jugo-
Slavs. We were prepared to make
the port free, giving the Jugo-Slavs
equal shipping rights, but we can not
agree that either the city or the porg
be placed under Jugo-Slav rule,
Greed ls Charged,
~ "The splendid harbor works were
built by the Italians and the secret
of the whole fight is the Jugo-Slavs
desire to seize a ready-made harbor
and save themselves the trouble of
improving one. There are fourteen
Adriatic ports we are wiling to leav g
in the possession of the Jugo-Siavs.
“Italian public opinion is emphat
ically hostile to any arrangement
which would leave the Serbians and
Croatians the slightest vestige of au
thority at Fiume. If the delegates do
not agree to any decision this week,
our delegates probably will go home
and explain to the people they were
unable to gain satisfaction regard
ing their aspirations. If Premier Or
land o and Baron Sonnino return to
Rome with this answer, or an un
satigfactory compromise, the GGovern
ment will fall and the country very
likely will be plunged im&re\mlution.
Unless the conference pfémptly rec
ognizes the force of public opinion,
this question will force Bolshevism
into Italy. Hitherto we were con
fident this would not happen, but if
it does the movement may spread
rapidly and increase the danger
threatening the whole of Europe.”
Clemenceau Has a Word.
Premier Clemenceau regards the
Fiume problem as one of the most
acute the conference has taken up,
Discussing it after a conference with
Premier Lloyd George and Premier
Orlando, he said: ’
“Fiume is a harder question to set
tle than the Saar Valley. Maybe the
people will now recognize that we
French are not so unreasonable after
ai”
Japan's territorial demands in China
are proving nearly as vexing as the
Italian demand for Fiume. The Chi
nese have lodged a long petition .with
the peace conference, asking that the
Japanese be forced to turn back Kiao
Chau and the railroads occupied after
the Germans were driven from the
region.
Teh Itallan Jugo-Slav dispute over
Fiaume is constantly getting graver,
The Matin stated today In discussing
this momentous problem. The French
press is unanimous in pointing out
the serfousness of this matter and
its possibilitie. “It is impossible to
exaggerate the importance of Pre
mier Orlando’s withdrawal from the
sessions of the big four,” said The
Journal,
The Petit Parisien calls it “a res
grettable sitnation.” :
“With Italy to the End" is the head
which The Vietoire puts over an ars
ticle,
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Rome Denies Reports
Of Italy’s Withdrawal
§By International News Service,)
TOME, April 23.-~While reports
that Italy will withdraw from the
peace conference are authoritatively
denied, the probability exists that
there 1e no longer solid accord among
the Allies and that the situation :
become serious, MM k