The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-19

warning factions reach settlement,
and that peace conference Is impos-
sible unless he ceases his advance on
the city of San Pedro.
Ecuador, too, has a revolutionary
attempt and the rebels have named as
their leader Doctor Arizaga, acting
minister to Brazil and former minis
ter to the United States.
In Chile the officers of the army
have seized control of the government
and under pressure President Alessan-
dri resigned. But the senate rejected
the resignation and gave him six
months leave Of absence. He went to
Argentina and from there will go to
Europe.
N ESPITE the opposition of the
~ rabid pacifists, Defense day. Sep
TENDER IL, was generally observed
throughout the country with enthu-
siasm. The government estimated that
50000,000 persons participated in the
tests, demonstrations and celebrations.
Originally intended to give the officers
Of the reserve army an opportunity
to show how much they, knew about
organizing and handling troops in
quick time, the test was voluntarily
expanded into a demonstration of mo-
bilization in other ways and was made
to include thousands Of patriotic cele-
brations. In the evening General
Pershing delivered radio address on
preparedness. Next day he was re-
tired from active. service, General
Hines succeeding him as chief of staff.
i.DLANS for taking over the control
of the disarmament of Germany
are being prepared by the League Of
Nations council. This will please Ger
many, for the operations of the inter-
allied mission aroused much Ill feel
ing there. The league will also over
see the disarming Of Hungary, Aus
tria and Bulgaria.
Frances plan for arbitration, dis
armament and security was submitted
to the league assembly. 1t provides
for:
1. Compulsory arbitration of all dis
putes.
2. Strict enforcement of the treaties
of Versailles, Trianon, Neuilly, and
st. Germain.
8. The definition of an aggressor as
a party refusing to arbitrate or accept
the decision of arbitrator.
a. Frances pledge to take part in
military sanctions against an of
fender.
5. The definition of what aid the
other powers shall give by placing
them in certain categories.
g. The maintenance of existing re-
gional treaties and the preservation
of the little entente.
Both British and French delegates
Indirectly invited Germany to apply
for admission to the league, but 1t
probably will not do so for some time,
especially if~the Nationalist insist on
the sending by Berlin Of the note
denying Germany's war guilt. This
note was the price Of the Nationalist
support of the Dawes plan laws in
the reichstag and its dispatch was
prevented only by the warm protest
of the diplomatic representatives of
the allies in Berlin.
Monsignor Fanolli, premier of Al
bania and its delegate at Geneva,
sternly upbraided the league for talk
ing so much about peace while doing
nothing to preserve it. In the course
of his speech he denounced the Dawes
plan as the most colossal bubble that
history has produced. 1T is" said
he, "a tortuous, complicated, diabol-
ical, Internal concoction of bubbles.
1t is bound to end like all the minor
bubbles that we are Matching here. 1t
is too complicated to work. 1t may
secure a vice presidential chair for its
author, but it will produce very little
in reparations."
~ EN-. PRIMO DE RIVERA, director
VI of Spain, and his troops are hav-
ing a hard time in Morocco and may
be involved in disaster. At last re-
ports they had retreated to Tetuan
and there the rebellious Riff tribes
men were fast hemming them in.
Further south the Moors had sur
rounded another force of 5000 Span
iards and probably had captured and
| massacred them Abd-el-Krim, the
Riff leader, is willing that Spain
should retain Ceuta and MelIlla but
insists that all the rest of the Rift
shall be united in republic. Among
the officers of the Moors are more
than 200 German officers who enlis.-
ed in the Spanish foreign legion last
year and deserted to Abd-el-Krin two
months ago.