The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-05-04

his fellow-c oncessionaires The British
are inclined to support the French CEN
tentions in the matter, and it may be
the whole dispute will be referred to
arbitrator.
France and Turkey now have a
mad on at each other, and both have
made threatening gestures in the way
of military concentrations along the
Syrian frontier. The Turks, however,
say they do not expect war, and an
official statement from Angora indi-
Gates they will make enough conces-
sions to insure peace. At present they
are assuming an unyielding attitude in
the conference.
"A Ill THE world has been waiting
to see whether Chancellor Cuno
would give into the demands of the So
cialists and others and make a def
mite offer on reparations. 1t may be;
he will have done so before this is
read. For a few days the Germans
were encouraged inc their fight against
the French in the Ruhr by garbled re-.
ports of speech by Marquis Curzon,
Indicating that England might inter-
vene Then they learned that Curzonr
had meant just the opposite, and later
he also made it clear that Great Britain
would not act as an intermediary for
any offer from Germany to France.
The Berlin socialist press says the
Industrial magnates, by buying foreign
exchange heavily on the Berlin bourse,
have negatived the efforts Of the
reichsbank to maintain the mark at a
stable level, and Cuno is called. on to
investigate. 1t is believed, however, he
will do nothing because an inquiry
might implicate him.
ID ENITO MUSSOLINI is preparing to
- put into effect in Italy some more
drastic reforms, according to reports
from Rome, and is likely to drive all
non-fascist members from his cabinet,
so that there shall be no effective oppo-
sition. Moreover, he proposed to the
Fascist supreme council that all the
Fascist be embodied into a national
militia as a reserve naval force, and
to this the council agreed. The militia
thus becomes an army of 100000 men,
but no additional, expenditure is en-
tailed, because the new men enter the
actual service only in an emergency.
r.. ~; IND 4
would hold the whip-hand over all his
opponents.
Having effected many economies
since coming into power, Premier Mus
solini has reduced the. budget deficit
for the fiscal year 1924 to three bill
lion lire or less. By discharging SUI
perfiuous political employees and
checking the waste of coal and sup
plies, he cut some 500,O00,OO0 lire from
the huge loss on the operation of rail-
ways, and he hopes to lease the state
owned lines to private capital. The
Italian Ira, it may be remarked, is
now worth little less than cents.
TURKS, Preparations and all other
i kinds of trouble were forgotten for
a few days in London, and the people
turned their attention to the marriage
of the duke of York, second son of
King George and Queen Mary, and
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter
of the earl of Strathmore. The cere-
mony was performed in Westminster
.t.l.r., 80 &y,o x,,hoya oAfo;,. vvoc stately
and magnificent. Our ambassador and
his wife were present in the abbey, Mr..
Harvey being respondent in full court
regalia, including velvet knee breeches.
Only seven other Americans-all news
paper men-witnessed the wedding
ceremony.
CALIFORNIA'S anti-alien land laws
~ were before the United States SUI
preme court last week in hearing to
test their constitutionality. Attorney
General Webb, presenting the states
case, was interrupted by questions
from the bench.
"What we want to know" Chief
Justice Taft INTERCEPTED, sis what the
Japanese are doing to which you take
objection"
1.-THE white people refuse to assimi-
late with the Japanese" Mr.. Webb re-
piled. ''and as the Japanese line adj
vances we retreat, and we do not like
to retreat.
sWhen the Japanese occupy land in
our state, they exclude from it people
who might become citizens. We be-
lieve our government state and ma
tional. will be best protected and
served when our lands are occupied by
those. who have sympathy with our in
stitutions and can be compelled TO con-,
tribute to its preservation.p