The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-06-30

+ He also says Russia is willing to
demobilize 80 per cent of its army if
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Es-
thonia will reduce their armies in
proportion. The success of the con-
ference at The Hague, he asserted,
depends mainly ON France, and he
added that if it failed, Russia hoped
to conclude separate treaties with
England, Italy and other powers.
Japan's delegates to the conference
have decided that Frances Russian
| program is futile and unreasonable,
and now it looks as though France
and Belgium stand alone. 1t may be
that one or two other countries will
support their demand that, as prior
condition to discussion, Russia agree
| to recognize the rights Of private
property. The British and their fol-
lowers wish to omit all discussion of
the principles of communism and deal
with concrete cases.
| TT IRELAND is pacified 1t will not
be with the consent and aid OF
canon de Valera. Though beaten in
the Dali Eireann elections by q con.
siderable majority, he still persists in
his implacable opposition to the treaty
which establishes the Irish Free State;
and he declares he does not believe
the Dali will pass the new Irish con.
stitution in its present form, which
! he says is well composed In all it's
parts and peculiarly fitted to the end
in view, the degradation Of the
people" He adds that it would ex.
clude from public service and prac-
tically disenfranchise every honest re.
publican.
Directly connected with the Irish
| trouble was the assassination in Lon
don on Thursday of Field Marshal Sir
Henry Wilson, late chief of the i'm
perial general staff of the British
army. He retired from this post last
February and was elected member
of parliament from an Ulster district.
He also was appointed military adj
wiser to the Ulster government and
was leader in plans for pacif1cation.
He was shot to death by two men.
p ETTER, perhaps, are the prospects
- for paciication and unificatiOn of
China. Acting as an agent of Presi-
dent Ii Yuan-hung, General Chen took
possession Of Canton, defeating the
troops of Sun Vat Sen, who later was
taken prisoner and held on Chinese
cruiser. Chen set up a provisional
government pledged to support the
central government at Pekin, and de-
cided that Doctor Sun should be per-
mitted to resign. President Ii even
formally invited Sun to go to Picking
and assist him in recognizing the
general government. Meanwhile Gen.
eral Chang, the defeated Manchurian
leader, and General WI, signed an
armistice. Of course there is still a
lot of fighting going on in China. In
Kiangsi province some ten thousand
Of Wu's troops mutinied, killed many
natives and started on a march toward
Nanchang. British and American gun.
boats hurried to the protection of for
eigners in that region.
A PPROVAL was given to the zap
treaty with the United States by
the japanese privy council and letters
of ratification will soon be received in
Washington. The other treaties of
the Washington conference will be
ratified early in July, according to
adviees from Toxic.
I MORTON HOWELL of Ohio has
~ the distinction of being the first
American minister to Egypt. He was
nominated by President Harding and
promptly confirmed by the senate. The
selection of Mr.. Howell for this posi-
tion would seem to be especially wise,
as he has been the American diplo-
matte agent and consul general in
the land of the Pharaohs.
@ ENATOR FRANK KELLOGG was
~ nominated for another term by the
Republicans, and his opponent in
the Minnesota fall campaign is to
be the first woman ever nominated
by major party for a seat
in the upper house. She is Mrs.
Anna DiclSie Olesen, winner In
the Democratic primaries. She beat
her nearest competitor. Thomas
Meighen, by several thousand votes.
Mrs. Olesen was one of the McAdoo
floor managers in the Democratic con.
vention of 1920. Another woman who
came to the front in that convention,
Mrs. Isetta Jewell Brown of West Vir.
ginIa. announces her candidacy for
the senate subject to the Democratic
primaries OF August /.