The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-10-24

tackers but revolted and slipped into
the city, selling the arsenal The
conflict seems now to be 4 struggle for
the privilege of pillaging the rich
Shanghai area.
General WI, the Picking military
chieftain, is reported to be having
some success in checking the advance
Of General Changes armies. For some
days he has been devoting his efforts
largely to exhausting the enemy's am
munition. One of his schemes is to
place thousands of peasants, in civilian
dress and unarmed, in front of his
troops. 1t is said thousands of these
impressed wretches have been slaugh-i
tered On one occasion Mukden army
expended vast amount of ammunition
firing at an area whence they heard
big gun and rifle fire at night. Day
light revealed that the supposed gun
fire was produced by the explosion of
firecrackers in kerosene cans. Changes
men had by that time used all their
ammunition, and the Chill troops
easily drove them back.
Japan has warned the warning fac
lions that she will not tolerate dam
age to Japanese lives, rights and in
terests in Manchuria. France also
is disturbed over, the danger to her
interests there, and Premier HerriOt
has protested to Picking against the
agreement with General Chang con-
corning the Chinese Eastern railroad
and other properties The japanese
press keeps up its anti-American
propaganda, asserting that the Picking
troops are supplied with ammunition
from America. This is denied by the
foreign ammunition dealers, who say
the supplies are of German origin.
/ Towards the close Of the week re-
ports came from Canton that Chinese
Reds" were stirring up much trouble
there and had started serious fires in
many parts Of the city. Looting had
begun, the principal streets were de-
serted and steamers were crowded
with refugees. Foreign hospitals and
missions asked the American consulate
to use the gunboats in the harbor for
their protection.
TT is apparently up to the League Of
~ of Nations council to prevent war
fare between Great Britain and Tur-
Key over the disputed boundary in the
Mosul region. After getting all ready
to fight, the Turks suggested the matt
ter be submitted to the council, and
the British government promptly de-
manded an immediate meeting Of that
body. The Turks claim they are OBJ
serving the terms Of the temporary
boundary agreements, and assert the
British have been helping the hostile
Kurds. Both these claims are denied
by England. Prime Minister MacDon-
aid, In the midst Of his campaign,
warned Turkey that no British gov
eminent would tolerate any "tom-
foolery"
In Arabia Ibn Saoud and his Waha-
bis, having driven Hussein from the
Hedjaz throne, have occupied Mecca,
the holy city. The British say all this
is the result Of plotting by Italians
and Egyptians who seek to destroy
British and French prestige in the
Arab countries OF Asia and north Afri
ca. Hussein's son Ali Is now king Of
Hedjaz.
| "A IL over the world. except in Hol-
"A land and France, the $200,OO0,0 900
Dawes plan German loan went big. be-
ing heavily oversubscribed In America
and Great Britain. In France the pub
lie wanted none Of 1t. but the banks,
under pressure from the government,
/ took up the French share. Because
many American dealers had contract
ed to sell more Of the bonds than could
be allotted to them an unintentional
short interest was created and the
dealers will have to buy in the open
market to fill their orders. The first
sales were considerably above the Of
fering price of 921a.
The reparations commission an
nounces that the second state" Of
operations in the Dawes plan Is COM
pleted and that the plan now enters
definitely into execution. The rail-
roads have been transferred to NJ.
Levere, the French expert, and all as
signed revenues are under complete
control of the bodies named for that
purpose.
ION HIS eastward way from his
~ Canadian ranch the prince of
Wales devoted day to the sights and
pleasures of Chicago. visiting the
| stockyards, the university and the