The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-04-27

against the prosecution of Catholic
prelates. 1--WE are not worried be.
cause the attitude towards Russia has
grown sharper on account of the trial
of Bishop Zepliak and the execution OF
Vicar General Budkiewicz," NJ. Zinc.
vieff said. Eve will shoot spies and
traitors whether they are robed as
priests or otherwise"
The soviet government will continue
its monopoly of foreign trade, and
Krassin, chief Of that division, predicts
that there will be large grain exports
from Russia this year, these being
forced by the low price of bread. OF
course he did not mention the fact
that general unemployment makes it
impossible for the workers to buy
bread, nor did he say anything of the
millions of Russians who are still suf-
fering for lack Of the grain that is to
be exported.
MUSSOLINI, premier of Italy, is
1N1 confronted with one Of the sftua-
tons which he foresaw when he took
control of the government-the defec-
ton of the Catholic or Populist party.
A congress of that party at Turin de-
cided to oppose certain policies of the
Fascist leader and this was approved
by the Vatican. The four members of
the Catholic party in the cabinet were
told by Mussolini either to support
him or to resign. The premier told the
Fascist at Milan they must be pre-
pared for another and greater revolu.
ton. The outcome Of the affair is
still uncertain.
"A TTORNEY GENERAL DAUGH
4 y ERTY, after consultation with
President Harding. on Thursday caused
to be instituted injunction proceedings
in New York to put an end to all trad
ing in sugar futures. = The defendants
are the New York Coffee and Sugar ex
change, and many individual members
thereof, and permanent injunction is
asked According to the government
bill, the action is the result of IAN
orgy of speculation" which has driven
up the price Of sugar to the consumer.
Assistant Attorney General Seymour.
who has the case in charge, says the
government is considering criminal
proceedings under the Sherman law.
NZORTHY of mention as case of
w even-handed justice is the pros
ecution and conviction, in Philade|.
phia, of Henry Gibson Brock, wealthy
banker and clubman, who, while intox.
icated, ran his automobile into group
Of persons getting on street car and
killed three of them He admitted he
had been drinking and had no recol-
lection of the tragedy. whereupon
Judge Audenried sentenced him tc
solitary confinement in the peniten
tiary for from six to ten years. He
began his sentence at once.
GONSTITUTIONALITY of the Cap
~ perTincher grain futures act was
upheld by the United States Supreme
court, and grain exchanges were or
dered to admit farmers cooperative
associations to membership. Chicago
grain men explain that the act, while
it ends corners in grain and may
cramp the operations of the larger
spectators, really legalizes instead of
prohibiting trading in future deliveries.
The exchanges. become contract mar
kets" by virtue of being under control
of the secretary of agriculture whose
supervision will prevent the manipula-
ton which the Supreme court found
might be detrimental to producers.
shippers, Consumers, and legitimate
dealers in interstate commerce in
grain
VXTILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
w has discovered that Chief JUS
tice Taft is, by the will of Andrew
Carnegie, the recipient of an annuity
from fund invested in steel bonds by
Carnegie, and through his newspapers
Hearst is conducting campaign to
force Mr.. Taft from the Supreme court
bench. 1t is a part of the campaign to
change the Constitution so that mere
majority of the court shall not be able
to declare unconstitutional an act Of
congress. Whatever the people Of the
country may think of the latter prop.
osition, the clean minded among them
can have no sympathy with the as.
sumption or insinuation that Mr.. Taft.
or any other member of the highest
court, could be influenced in his de-
cisions by such circumstance as
forms the basis for the Hearst attack.
1t is slanderous and contemplate. and
the Chief Justice need not give it
moments thought.