The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-05-30

that no actual deficit will develop dur
ing the next two years and that con-
gress then can provide new financing
methods If necessary.
POLITICALLY both sides will
share in the benefits from the
tax reduction, but it is likely the.
Democrats will get the bigger portion.
The bonus bill was not a party meas
ure. What will be the effect of the
futile veto on Mr.. Coolidge's political
fortunes is debatable. His message
of disapproval was such "a we'll rea-
soned and commonsense document
and so politically courageous that it
probably will deprive him of few
votes, and the bonus issue is removed
from the campaign. The vote-hungry
congressman who insisted on passing
the bill presumably will receive their
reward.
DRESIDENT COOLIDGE called the
L Republican members of the senate
foreign relations committee to the
White House and discussed with them
the ways and means of giving effect to
his recommendation for American ad-
herence to the permanent court of in
ternational justice. He said his posi-
ton was unchanged. The result was
that at the request of the committee
Senator Pepper drafted and introduced
a resolution proposing that the United
States join the existing World court
on the condition that it be entirely
| divorced from the League, of Nations.
It also proposes the calling of third
Hague conference to clarity and codify
international law.
VXTITHIN ten days after the signing
w of the immigration bill-assum-
ing that it is signed-Japan will file
formal protest against the Japanese
exclusion clause, and probably will
ask the Hague court or the League of
Nations to take up the matter. This
is the decision of the Japanese privy
council, which holds the measure fla
gravity violates the commercial treaty.
Ambassador Hanihara will be 'per-
mitted to resign" as he undoubtedly
wishes to do. Cyrus Woods, American
ambassador to Tokyo, already has re-
signed and is coming home. His rea-
son is given as the illness of his moth
er-in-law, who was injured in the Sep
TENDER earthquake, but it is known
both here and in Japan that he was
| greatly disheartened by the action of
congress relating to Japanese exclu-
sion.
| T APANESE resentment does not ex-
j tend to the army aviators who are
| flying around the world. Last week
the three planes-first to fly across the
Pacific-reached Japanese territory
and then made two more hops almost
to Tokyo. Everywhere the aviators
were received with enthusiasm and
they were given all possible aid by
the government and the people.
Capt. Pelletier Doisy, the French
man, crashed at Shanghai and his
plane was ruined, but he decided to
proceed with a machine furnished by
the military governor of Shanghai.
Captain MacLaren, the English flyer,
was making good progress across Brit
ish India.
"DETAILS of the alleged attempt
~ by government agents to frame"
Senator Wheeler were given to the
Brookhart committee by w. o. Duck
stein and his wife, the former con-
fidential secretary for Edward B. Nc
Lean and the latter special agent Of
the Department Of Justice. As a re-
suit the committee ordered that
Special Assistant Attorney General
Hiram Todd of New York appear and
testify concerning two men who went
to Washington as his agents and who
are supposed, incidentally. to have
stolen the missing records of CASTOR
B. Means.
In the senate Sterling of South Da-
kota stood firm as the only one op-
posing the exoneration of Wheeler
from the charge on which he was in
dicted in Montana. This exoneration
will not relieve Wheeler from the ne
cessity of going to trial, for the pro-
ceedings will not be dismissed.
Testimony in the Daugherty inves-
tigation has resulted in the indictment
of Tex Richard, Jap Muma and sew
eral other men by federal grand jury
at Newark, N. J., on charges of trans
porting the Dempsey-C Carpenter fight