The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-05-11


an International committee. Obvious
ly it is reasonable to suppose that
hyphenate German bankers in foreign
countries will float most Of the, loan.
Obeying instructions from Berlin they
will manipulate the operation into a
failure and automatically the whole
question will be taken from the hands
of the allies and handed to financial
experts or bankers who are interested
in their own affairs and utterly indif-
ferent to reconstruction of the devas-
tated regions or the payment of obli-
cations which Germany incurred
when she was defeated.
TN THE Ruhr the most interesting
4 development of the week was the
arrest of DR.. Gustav Krupp Won Bohlen
und Halbach, head Of the great Krupp
works. by the French. He and three
Of his directors are accused of re-
sponsibility for the fight in the Krupp
plant on March 81, when French SOL
diers killed IA and wounded 90 of
mob of workmen that attacked them.
If they are found guilty. the penalty
may be death.
TRANCE and Turkey still are threat
4 ening each other in Syria. The
former relies on the full support of
Greece and the allies, and the latter,
according to reports, is being egged on
by representatives of Germany and
soviet Russia. General Pelle, head Of
the French delegation at Lausanne,
told 1smet Pasha that unless the Turk
ish troops concentrated on the Syrian
frontier were withdrawn, France
would quit the peace conference. The
Turkish governments only reply was
to increase the troops on the boundary
from 10000 to $4,000. Only the exer-
else of the utmost self-restraint BY
both sides will save the Lausanne par
ley from disruption.
Trouble over the Chester concession
is fading away. To the French pro-
tests were added those of Great Brit
ain against .'the Chester grants giving
American financiers powers to work
the railways and mines within the
borders of Iraq." Then Minister Grew,
the American observer at Lausanne,
gave General Pelle reason to believe
that the American government would
not support any part of the Chester
concessions which infringe on any
French concessions which had been
legally acquired at some earlier date.
The American conception of the open
door in Anatolia, Mr.. Grew explained,
means the open door to the other ma
lions as well as the United States.
i ings and retaliatoYy measures by
foreign nations are likely to result
from the decision of the United States
Supreme court concerning the extern
sion of the American prohibition law
to vessels at sea. That is the belief
of Justice Sutherland, who, with JUS
tice McReynolds, dissented. Summar-
lied, these are the chief points in the
decision:
American ships may carry liquor and
sell it as beverage to passengers be-
yond the three-mile limit.
Foreign vessels may not bring liquor
within the three-mile limit, even if
sealed as ships stores.
The claim that prohibition follows
the flag" heretofore maintained by
the government, is not sound and
must be bolstered up by additional
law to make it effective.
Congress has power. which it may
exercise at will, to prohibit intoxicat-
ing beverages on American vessels
anywhere at any time.
Attorney General Daugherty an
nounced that every agency at his COM
mand would be used in enforcing the
law against liquor on ships, as inter-
preted by the Supreme court. the en-
forcement to begin at the expiration
of the 30-day period when the man.
date of the court becomes effective.
He said there would be no favor, par
TALLY or discrimination. The dry
leaders already are preparing bill
to be introduced in congress as soon
as it convenes. barring liquor from
American ships everywhere. Mean
while, Chairman Lasker of the ship
ping board will mot issue orders for
the resumption of the sale of liquor
on American vessels without instruc-
fions from President Harding or the
entire shipping board. AT. first it was
thought the court decision would put
a crimp in the governments plans for
naval action against The fleet of rum
runners that has been lying off the
Jersey coast. but after revenue cut
ter had gone out there and searched