The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-12
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Two Chinese Armies Begin
a Big Battle Near Shanghai
Dawes Plan Operating.
BY EDWARD w. PlcKARD

BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD
TWO Chinese armies, each about
! 100000 strong, met In battle along
a 30-miie front a few miles from
Shanghai toward the close of last week.
At this writing it is not known wheth-
er either side obtained any decisive
advantage. and no reports Of the cas-
ualties have been received. Communi-
cation with the field Of action. except
for troops and military equipment, is
almost nil.
The United States. Great Britain,
France, Japan and Italy all have war
ships in the Shanghai harbor and
numerous marines have been landed
for the protection Of their nationals.
The Americans are especially guard
ing the essential public utilities, such
as the water and light plants. It was
not believed the foreigners in the
city. who number about 10000, are
in serious peril unless one side or the
other begins airplane bombing. Both
armies have planes. Foreign residents
Of the suburbs were told TO move into
the city If hostilities were extended
in their direction. The line of battle
extended from the Yangste river to
Lake Taiho, the main struggle being
along the Shanghai-Nanking railway
near Hwangtu.
Commanding the rival armies are
Gen. Chi Hsieh Yuan. tuchun Of Kiang-
Su, and Gen. Lu Hung Hsiang, tuchun
of, Chekiang. WI Pei Flu. the Chilli
chieftain, would like to send aid to
the former, but it may be that Chang
Tso-lin. war lord of Manchuria, will
prevent this by threatening Picking.
1t is said Chang is mobilizing his
troops along the Great Wall. Presi-
dent Sun Of the southern republic also
may send help to the Chekiang gov
ernor, for he has made peace with
the merchants of Canton. WI seeks to
bring both Chekiang province and DR..
Suns district under his full control.
MYTH the formal signing Of the
Wv London agreement by the allies
and Germany the Dawes plan went
into actual operation and all but the
confirmed pessimists believe the re-
generation Of Europe really is now
under way. Germany made the ini-
tial payment Of $5,000,O00 under the
plan, and the reparations commission
confirmed the appointment of Seymour
Parker Gilbert, former undersecre-
tary of the American Treasury depart
ment. to be permanent agent general
Of reparations. This man who thus
becomes virtually the economic die
tator of Europe, is only thirty-one
years old, but he has the confidence
and the backing of Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon. ]. Pierpont Morgan
and other leading statesmen and finan-
ciers. What his compensation will
be has not been decided, but 1t will be
ample. Owen D. Young and Rufus
Dawes are in Berlin to help through
the transition period, which will be
until the reparations commission an
nounces that the Dawes plan laws are
being executed.
The loan of $200,OO0.OO0 to Ger
many, provided for by the Dawes re-
port, will be offered on October Is
simultaneously In London. New York,
Berlin. Amsterdam. Zurich and Madrid.
The share allotted to America is $780,
100000. and that of Great Britain is
$SO,0OO,O00. The interest rate is fixed
at s per cent.
Orders were issued by the French
government for starting the evacua-
tion of certain parts Of the Ruhr and
the Rhineland, especially the bort
mund. area. 1t was believed the troops
would leave in the night time secretly
in order to prevent demonstrations by
the citizens which might result in con-
fiicts.
DRIME MINISTER MAC DONALD
of Great Britain, in a slashing
speech before the League of Nations
assembly in Geneva, knocked into o
cooked hat Frances pet plan of mill
tary. security pact. and was so heartily
applauded by majority of the dele
gates that it was incumbent upon the
French delegation to accept his sugges-
ton. which was that the whole Ques-