The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-10-17

Iiers mining a river in Georgia In the W
about five hundred airplanes and is
constantly receiving munitions, which
come by sea from Europe-from Italy.
1t is said He has at least the moral
support of Japan. Information from
China says that Chang plans to restore
the boy emperor to the throne and to
re-establish the old mandarin regime.
ANANEUvERS Of the soviet Rus
AVA slams are complicating the stu
alton in China. They have just signed
an agreement with Chang whereby
the management and control Of the
Chinese Eastern railroad has been
turned over to them, putting Russia
quite completely in command of the
Far Eastern situation and, according
to Karakhan, soviet ambassador to Pc
king. dealing America and the western
powers crushing blow. The former
directors Of the railroad have been ar
rested and probably will be executed.
On announcement Of the agreement
with Chang the soviet embassy in Pc
king and soviet consulates general in
Shanghai and elsewhere were opened
and the red flag raised.
DREMIER ZAGHLOUL PASHA'S
visit to London. to induce Great
Britain to abandon it's control over
Egypt and the Sudan and its protec-
ton of the Suez canal resulted in COM
plete failure. The British government
fatty rejected Zaghloul's demands. Its
attitude is said to be due partly to the
stand taken by Australia. Prime Min
lister Bruce of that dominion cabled to
the government denying its right to
decide on the evacuation of Egypt
without the consent of the Pacific do
minions. He said surrender of the
control of Egypt to Incompetent ma
tives would set Australia back a hun
dred years and would compel her to
reconsider the whole question of adj
herence to the empire. ~
| a LII arrangements were made for
"A placing the German reconstruc-
ton loan on the market this week.
The American allotment will be I'M
derwritten by a syndicate headed by
J. P, Morgan & Co., Kuhn, Loeb &
Co., the First National bank and the
National City bank of New York, and
will be $110,000,0O0, or $1OO0O.OOO
more than had been expected. In fix
ling the final details the British flnan-
Isciers won a big victory over the
lAmericans, for 1t was decided that
Everywhere except in America partici-
patton in the loan should be reckoned
IN pounds sterling instead of in dol
lars. This, it is considered, will have
great influence in maintaining Eng
lands financial prestige.
| DACIFISTS from all parts of the
!, world gathered in Berlin last week
for the purpose Of outlining a consti-
tuition for super-league of nations.
They held a big demonstration in
Potsdam which so enraged the Ma
ltionalistic societies that thousands of
their members assembled there the
same day and attempted to put the
pacifists to rout Professor Basch of
the French Sorbonne especially
aroused the wrath of the Nationalist
by his plea for Franco-German amity
and the cavalry was called out to dis
perse the mobs that attacked him.
Next day. however, several we'll
known German generals participated
in the proceedings and warmly second
ed General Verraux when he declared /:
"A general strike of everybody. gen.
erals included. must be declared if
there is another war;
The French government has APP
proved of Germany's admission to the
League of Nations. conceding that she
should be recognized as a great power
and granted a permanent seat in the
council. But 1t is insisted that Ger
many must assume all responsibilities
shared by the other powers, which
means she must sign the security and
arbitration protocol without reserva-
tons and agree to the execution of all
treaties.
Following up the presentation Of a
balanced budget. Premier Herriot's
cabinet has announced that 1t will not
be possible to include further expenses
OF the devastated regions In the
budget. Hereafter the war-ravaged
parts of France must depend on pub
lie loans for their reconstruction
work.
THERE has just been fled in the
L Federal court in New Orleans a
suit that will be watched with consid-
erable interest. Its purpose is TO GUST