The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-08-11

In Kansas, w. Z. Morgan, Hutchin-
son editor, was leading former Gov.
w. r. Stubs for the Republican CUB
ernatorial nomination when about 70
per cent of the returns were in. Phil
Campbell, veteran member Of con-
gress from the Third district, failed
I of denomination. Senator Howard
Sutherland was renominated by the
Republicans of West Virginia.
Republicans of Iowa, in state con-
vention at Des Moines, warmly in
dorsed the record of Senator Cummins
and pointedly neglected to mention
Smith w. Brookheart, the party nom
inee to succeed Cummins. This was
| pleasing to the Democrats, also In con-
vention, and their candidate, Clyde l..
Herring, predicted he would win with.
out any Republican opposition.
- ERMANY has been trying to post.
~ pone the payment of debts to
French citizens contracted by Germans
before the war, and last week France
grew tired of this and brusquely noti-
| fed Berlin that unless assurance of
the payment of $10,OO0,0O0 by August
| 10 were received within four days
France would impose penalties Of an
economic and financial character. It
was stated in Paris that these penal
ties would include the seizure Of such
German industrial enterprises as are
still tolerated in Alsace-Lorraine. It
may be some industries in occupied
Germany will be seized. A still more
elaborate scheme was proposed by
members of the French parliament to
Premier Poincare This Is nothing less
than the separation of the Rhineland
from Germany, giving it parliament
and government and a financial regime
supervised by the allies. All Prussian
officials would be ousted.
| Great Britain sent a note to all the
allies explaining that Americas atti-
tude concerning war debts made 1t nee
essary for Britain to collect from her
debtors unless all the inter-allied in
debtedness is Cancelled. The other
European nations interpreted this as
directed solely to America, and in
Washington 1t was stated officially the
note would cause no change in the pol
| icy Of the United States toward its
foreign debts.
Premier Poincare and members of
his cabinet are in London this week,
the date Of the conference with Lloyd
George having been advanced. Pre-
mier Theunis and others Of Belgium
also are there. The general subject
of reparations and war debts will be
| considered.
In OINGS of the Greeks In Turkey
~ greatly disturbed the allies. First,
King Constantine formally asked per-
mission to occupy Constantinople.
/ This was probably 'for home con-
SUMPTION" but the allies, much excit-
ed, refused the request and sent lot
of troops into Thrace, forcing the
| Greeks to withdraw to six miles from
the Chatalja lines. Then Constan-
tine suddenly proclaimed Smyrna and
it's hinterland an autonomous state I'M
der protection Of the Greek army, de-
claring the occupied regions in Asia
Minor should not be returned to Tur-
key. He thus upset the plans Of the
allies for peace settlement between
Greece and Turkey, possibly believing
that in this way only can he keep the
Greek people from again driving him
from the throne.
nNE after another the strongholds
~ of the Irish rebels in the south
are being taken by the nationals, and
the irregulars so far have not made a
determined stand, despite the reported
pleas of De Valera. Harry Boland,
one Of De Valera's closest friends and
who was with him in America. died of
bullet wound Liam Mellowes, Sean
O'Malley, Rory O'Connor, General
Quinn and other Sim leaders are prls-
oners. The final triumph of the pro-
! visional government seems near.
TOR one minute last Friday every
= telephone and telegraph instru-
ment in America was silent. This was
the impressive tribute to the memory
of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
of the telephone, who died in Baddeck,
Nova Scotia. at the age of seventy
five years. The great scientist perfect
ed many other notable inventions, and
also was untiring in his efforts to aid
the deaf.
United States Senator William e.
Grove of Pennsylvania, who succeed
ed Senator Knox, died at his home
after an illness that began last De-
cember. He appeared in the senate
only twice before that time.