The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-06-23

measure providing that subsidies shall
not be paid to shipowners who sell
liquor on American ships outside the
three-nile limit.
So long as Mr.. Lasker is able to
maintain his position-that an Amer
lean ship is not u American territory
after 1t passes the three mile limit
thousands of thirsty and grateful
Americans will patronize the shipping
board vessels. If and when he is
driven from that position, the thirsty
American travellers will transfer their
patronage to ships that fly some other
flag than the Stars and Stripes.
DRESIDENT HARDING is so in
4 sistent on the passage Of the ship
subsidy bill, which has been re-drafted
by the house committee on merchant
marine, that he has warned congress
its failure in this respect will certain
ly lead him to call an immediate ex-
traordinary session. The President has
also let congress know that in his
opinion the tariff is the most important
matter before it, and that it should
have undivided attention until it is
disposed Of. Then, and not until then,
he thinks the soldiers bonus bill
should be taken up. McCumber and
other senators who are pushing the
bonus legislation showed a disposition
to disregard this advice from the
White House and went ahead with
plans for sidetracking the tariff in
favor Of the bonus this week. They
believe the latter measure can be put
through without long debate.
LILAC DAY was observed generally
L throughout the country and among
the celebrations was one especially
worthy of note. This was in historic
Fort McHenry where was unveiled the
monument erected by congress to
Francis Scott Key. author Of the "Star
Spangled Banner" The handsome
shaft stands near the spot where
floated the Flag while Key was writing
his immortal lines. President Harding
delivered a graceful dedicatory adj
dress.
ONCE more the European experts
~ are gathered together to edeter-
mine the best method Of dealing with
Russia and accomplishing the re-
generation Of the nations suffering
from the effects of the World war;
This time they are at The Hague, and
for the present no representatives of
Russia and Of Germany are admitted.
When aaplan has been settled on, the
soviet government will be asked to
send delegates to take part in pour
parlers, beginning June 26.
First the attitudes of Great Britain
and France must be harmonized. AT
present these are Numerically OPP
posed. The British want Europe to
forget the war; to do away with inter-
national debts; to conciliate thevvan-
pushed states and make concessions
to them; to jolly soviet Russia; and
generally to base the new Europe
largely on economic interests and COM
pei the smaller states to enter into
agreements accordingly. The French,
as DESTROYS as the British for peace
and stable conditions, believe the war
cannot be forgotten; and that interna-
tional obligations should be fulfilled as
far as possible. They want the new
order maintained by physical force
and the alliances REINFORCED and
gradually extended to include all of
Europe. AS for Russia, they insist, as
they did at Genoa, that suitable
guarantees must be supplied by the
soviet government, and the memoir
andum of May IL withdrawn before
official relations are renewed.
1t is probable that proposal will
be made to Russia that commission
be permitted to investigate economic
condition there. If they maintain their
present attitude, this will likely be
rejected. The bolshevik leaders are
quite unyielding. asserting that their
attitude at The Hague will be the
same as at Genoa, and that the only
possible concessions to foreign capital
will be on the basis of the recently
enacted laws governing private
property. Their publicity man, Karl
Radek, said the conference at The
Hague would prove hindrance rather
than a help, and continued:
IF we are not to consider the dec
larations of Hoover and Hughes and
the memorandum of Poincare as empty
threats. what they ask before the pour
parlers with Russia is Russia's with
drawal of the memorandum Of May II
in which the principal position of Rus
STA was, expressed.
1.-THE Russian government is not in
such low position as to allow Itself