The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18

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Morocco and partly to keep the Ital-
ians from aiding Great Britain in the
Mosul dispute Sheik Ahmed. the
Senussi chief, is likely to be made
caliph of Islam and leader Of general
uprising Of Mohammedans against
Christian domination.
TN OPENING the annual assembly of
the League of Nations, Paul Pain
leve. its honorary chairman and pre-
mier and war minister of France.
made an eloquent plea for world dis
armament, urging the delegates Of the
fifty4four- nations represented to pre-
pare a call for a conference as soon
as the European security pact and
other regional agreements are con-
Guided. BY some this was looked on
as another attempt Of the league to
forestail President Coolidge's plan to
call another disarmament conference
In Washington. but Mr.. Coolidge at
once let 1t be known that his chief
concern was that such a conference
should be held. that its place did not
matter SO much, and that he would
wait to see If there was any chance
for the league conference to material
ize.
Paul Loebe. president Of the Ger
man reichstag. warmly approved of
M. Painleve's suggestion but said it
did not take the initiative from Presi-
dent Coolidge and he believed the
crucial time had come for the latter to
carry through his plan.
Senator Dandurand of Canada was
elected president Of the league for the
ensuing year.
Delegate Zahle of Denmark maze a
! proposition that If adopted might in
crease the opposition in America to
adhering to the international court OF
justice. Briefly. he proposed the crea-
ton of special committee of con-
Citation. officially attached to the
world court. to which all states ad
herring would be obliged to submit 'all
disputes without any exception"
THAT quarrel over the Mosul villa
= vet with its rich oil wells Is a
hard one for the League of Nations to
settle While Foreign Minister Tew-
fix Rushdi Bey of Turkey. now in
Geneva. is pacific in his talk, the
r,,rlyc syonoroIlx, ouo Fuool,, vu1llsn+tr~
war If Mosul Is taken from them and
given to the British under a mandate
Turkish authorities say: "Even Brit
ish statistics show that the Arabs are
In minority in the district England is
trying to declare as Arab. England
states there are 7S5,O0O inhabitants
in Mosul, with only $4,000 Arabs, but
$4,000 Turks. Right is on our side,
and also the power to fight separa-
ton of part Of the country which Is
wholly Turkish. We are now trusting
to the fairness of the League of Ma
tions."
TWO pieces Of interesting avia-
= ton news come from Europe. One
Is that Capt Roald Amundsen plans
to fly over the north polar regions
from Spitzbergen to Alaska in a
dirigible next year and has obtained
an airship from the Italian govern
ment. The other tells Of the CONSOLE
dalton of sixteen of the European air
plane lines under German leadership.
| CONTINUED drought and extreme
~ heat during August have reduced
the indicated yield Of corn by 65,OOO.-
600 bushels. according to the govern
ment's latest estimates. The Official
guess now is that the crop will be
1855, 100000 bushels AS an, offset to
this there is a gain of 100000 hush
els in the Indicated spring wheat CROP
of 75,000,000 in oats, and Of 100000
in barley. Winter wheat and rye re-
main unchanged. South Dakota
showed the greatest reduction in corn
crop 100000 bushels.
Minnesota and Illinois each lost o.
100000. Ohio. Kansas and Nebraska
each showed big gains over the August
| estimate.
VXTHILE Lieutenant Commander
w Lansdowne and three other vic
tins of the Shenandoah disaster were
being laid at rest in the national GENE
terry at Arlington. Colonel Mitchell
continued Ais attacks on the army and
navy air services, inviting court-mar-
tial or other discipline, and General
Hines. chief of staff. started proceed
ings that kpresumabiy would give
Mitchell his desire. Maj. Gen. Eli Hell
mick. inspector general, was Instruct
ed to mgke an investigation and he
gan By Sending Colonel Nugent to
Texas ask Colonel Mitchell u he