The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-05-19

date, following formal agreement on
the matter between Great Britain and
the United States. 1t was feared this
would create another opening for fric-
ton between France and Great Brit
ain.
CENERAL WI PEI-FU'S victory
" over General Chang near Picking
was complete. The Manchurian army
was scattered and thousands were TAX
en- prisoners and disarmed, each man
being given sum Of money which
WI obtained by levying on banks that
had supported Chang. The defeated
leader fed into the country with his
body guard with Wu's soldiers in, hot
pursuit. Near Luangchow, on the rail-
way to Mukden, Chang gathered some
of his forces and entrenched, and at
latest reports another fight was ex-
pected there. WI, who appointed him
self governor Of Chilli province, ap-
proved the appointment of Wang Shih
Cheng as premier to succeed Liang
Shi-Yi, who fed to Japan. President
Hsu then dismissed Chang as COVER
nor of Manchuria and deprived him
of all his titles. More important was
his action in decreeing that hereafter
each province shall be responsible di-
rect to the central government in
stead Of through military dictators.
He thus sought to abolish the system
of tuchuns or military inspectors who
have been ruling over two or more
provinces and were virtually indepen-
dent of Picking. General WI says his
sole aim is the Identification of China
and the end of militarism, and he
urges the immediate calling Of ma
tional assembly. He has no choice
as to the form Of government except
that it be democratic and representa-
tive.
TOR a few days it looked as If Ire
4 land might have something re-
sembling peace--but only for. few
| days. On Wednesday the peace COM
mittee, on which both sides were rep
resented, reported to Dali Eireann
that it was unable to agree on basis
for adjusting the differences between
the Free States and the republican
extremists, neither party being able to
compromise without complete surren-
der. At the same time the truce ex-
pired automatically. The radicals de-
clare they will try to prevent the
holding Of the election scheduled for
the second week in June and the
Free State men declare It shall be
held; which conflict of intentions fur
nishes the basis for continuation Of
the bushwhacking warfare.
NAGGED by congress through a
y resolution for an investigation of
Attorney General Daugherty's failure
to proceed legally against those who
have been robbing the government in
war contracts, that official made
report to President Harding in which
he blamed the delay ON congress.
The attorney general laid the blame
for failure to prosecute upon congress
and promised an energetic campaign
against war profiteers as soon as nee
essary legislation is enacted. He
called for prompt action on the meas
ure creating twenty-three addition
ol. hA h
fishing special grand jury in the
District of Columbia to grind out in
dictments against accused contractors,
and an additional appropriation of
100000 to enable the department of
justice to continue its inquiries.
Mr.. Daugherty called attention to
the fact that nearly all the transac-
lions in question took place during
the preceding administration and that
naturally little was done then to bring
them to light. He promised that he
would soon make public the names of
influential personages who had knowl-
edge of the transactions but were per-
sonally interested in concealing them.
| N IRECToR OF THE BUDGET
~ DAWES made a report to. the
President on the operation of the
budget system in which he showed it
had resulted in economies totaling
$225, 100000 for the current fiscal year,
and that there would be a reduction
of over $1,600,000,00O from the actual
expenditures for 1921. In transmitting
the report to the house appropriations
committee Mr.. Harding said it con-
veyed TO the people the determination
of those in authority to operate the
government effectively at the least
possible cost. to make the govern
ment's full contribution to return to