Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

nave issued call Tor governmental
reform in Prussia. The pan Germans,
save for few of the most rabid, are
singing smaller day by day.
Serious riots occurred In Amster-
dam last week In which armed women
raided the market places. These dis
turbances were due to the expectation
of potatoes to England, to which the
government is committed under agree
ments to preserve its trade relations
with both Germany and the entente
nations.
Preparations for speedy participa-
ton in the war occupied Venizelos and
his government in Greece last week.
The premier has declared that the
treaty with Serbia, disregarded by Con-
stantine, shall be faithfully executed.
Senate Discusses Taxes and Food.
The revised war tax bill was report
ed to the senate on Tuesday. AS it
stands, 1t will raise revenue of ST.
670,OO0,OOO-a reduction Of $13O,OO0,-
600 from the house bill. The tax on
war profits was increased so as to
raise $523,OO0,OO0. The discussion Of
the food control bill continued in the
senate, the prohibition forces refusing
to accept the plan of eliminating the
provision for the communicating Of
the existing supply Of whisky for the
manufacture Of ammunition. The
Southern senators, Enthusiastically,
rushed to the defense Of cotton, to pre-
vent its inclusion among the articles
to be controlled.
The combat between the council Of
national defense and certain senators
and representatives who have not dis
tinguished themselves by broad-mind-
edness and patriotism, is deplored by
those who desire to see the war needs
of the country supplied in the quickest
and best way. Accusations or hints Of
profiteering against members Of the
council, unsupported by facts, are foot
less and gain little sympathy from per-
sons of intelligence. 1t is a pity that
so many Of our national representa-
tives are too petty to be able to grasp
q great occasion.
China Going Backward
While most Of the civilized world Is
battling for the security Of democracy,
the republic Of China, which never
was real republic, is about to relapse
into its old state of monarchy. Out Of
the tangle Of circumstances in the ORR
ent has come q new revolution which
aims to restore the young Manchu en-
peror, Hsuan Tung, to the throne he
abdicated. With the guidance and
support of Gen. Chang Hsun, the youth
has established himself in the palace
at Picking and is in fair way to gain
control Of north China. President Ii
Yuan Hung took refuge in the Japan
csc embassy and ordered the vice
president to assume the presidency
and establish the government tempo
rarily ut Marking. This was done,
Baron Feng Kwo Chang being named
president. Both sides have assembled
large forces, and the latest advices in
dictate war will break out at any mo-
ment.
The general opinion is that Gen.
Chang Hsun is cndeavoring to set up
dictatorship, using the young en-
peror as catspaw. So far Japan
seems inclined not to interfere in this
Chinese embroglio.
Shocking Riots In East st. Louis.
East st. Louis, ILL.,, wrote itself on
the roll Of disgrace and dishonor last
week with race riots in which more
than 100 negroes were butchered and
the negro quarter Of the city was
burned. Several white men met death
in the rioting. The National Guard
was called to suppress the grave disor-
der, but met with little success, and
the brutal murders continued day af-.
ter day. Thousands Of negroes have
fled from the city. Specifically, the
cause Of the riots was the Importation
from the South of great numbers Of
negroes to work in the packing plants
and other Industrial concerns, but the
real cause lies deeper, In the disgrace
fully corrupt political mismanagement
Of the city for many years.
The decent citizens of East st. Louis
have banded together to redeem the
place, and already have forced the
mayor to dismiss the chief of police,
the fire marshal and other officials.
Death took two prominent men last
week. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree,
the eminent British actor, died in Lon
don, and William 81. Moody, former
attorney general and former associate
justice of the Supreme court of the
United States, passed away at his
home in Massachusetts,.