The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-24

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paper men covering the State depart.
| sooner? All of which lends emphasis to
the saying of the Man on the Street:
1--WE have all the real money in the
world and for that very reason not
] single real friend" Evidently the new
| funding commission to see what can be
done about the eleven billions of allied
debts is in for an adventure.
no YOU remember London Punch's
~ famous cartoon depicting a fam
| lily council of the British Lions rest
less brood during the World war?
| Well, the Union of South Africa is sure
restless. Last week saw the climax
and suppression of the strike of miners
which has held South Africa in it's grip
for more than two months. 1t had all
the hallmarks of an attempt at revolu-
ton. The strikers captured half a
dozen towns and nearly got posses
sion of johannesburg. Gen. Jan Chris
tian SHUTS, the premier, proclaimed
martial law, called out all the govern
ment troops and took command in per-
son. Censored reports show the killing
of more than 1000 strikers, police and
soldiers. Grenades, bombs, machine
guns, airplanes and tanks figured in
| the fighting; cities were bOmbarded;
| thousands of strikers were captured.
| 1t was real war for week. The
South African Industrial federation
| then declared the strike off and denied
| completely in the rebellion. This man
| SHUTS is strong man. He has risen
| from a Dutch general in the Boer war
| to one of the leading statesmen of the
British commonwealth of nations, as
he calls it. Many believe SHUTS to be
NEW tangles mark the complicated
v situation in India. The arrest of
| Gandhi, leader of the non-co-operation-
lists, was followed by widespread pro-
| tests from all the Moslem world. Then
lied publication by e. S. Montagu,
British secretary of state for India of
telegram from the India government
making demands for the restoration of
| Turkey. This constitutes an appeal
to the world by a subordinate British
government over the head of the i'm
| perial government. Lloyd George Gen.
sured Mr.. Montagu and demanded his
resignation. Mr.. MOntagu resigned,
but talked back, putting Lloyd George
and Curzon on the defensive. Lord
Derby was asked to take the secretary
ship for India and declined. This CON-
| ing upon the failure of the unionists'
meeting Tuesday to give Lloyd George
| vote of confidence, has raised again
| the possibility of the resignation of the
premier. His political enemies hold it
| impossible for him to retain the posi-
| ton. Nevertheless, it has been an
nounced that Lloyd George and Curzon
| will attend the Genoa conference
| April 10.
| ID EVISION of the Republican SOL.
IN der bonus bill was finished Tues
| day by the ways and means committee,
which thereupon reported the measure
to the house by vote of 10 to 5. The
| program calls for prompt passage of
the bill by the house. Report is that
| the senate will not accept the bill as it
| comes from the house and that long
| delay in the senate finance committee
| is inevitable. The bill provides cash
bonuses only for veterans entitled to
less than $50 Four options are given
to others: an adjusted service certifi-
cate. farm or home aid, land settle
ment aid, and vocational training.
TT LOOKS as if All Fools Day would
! be celebrated by strike of the coal
miners. Secretary of Labor Davis did
not succeed last week in getting the
| operators and men for conference on
new wage agreement. Neither side
| appears to care particularly whether
or not the strike comes. The only con-
ability that some of the mining dis
tricts will keep at work.
Mary Garden, Chicago's arbiter of
| grand opera, says that some of the
high-priced stars must fill the house or
take less pay or get out.
Uncle Sam is reported to be consid-
ering the negotiation of treaties with
Great Britain and Cuba to put an end
to liquor smuggling into the United
| States.
Radio experts are predicting that the
presidential campaign of the future
will be conducted by wireless tele-
phone. What's that story about the
mayor who was elected because he
broke his leg and the voters never saw
! him?