The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
German Parties Lining Up
for Second and Crucial
Election on April IS.
BY EDWARD W. PickARD

~ERaiANY failed to elect a Presi-
VI dent to succeed the late Herr
Ebert, no one of the seven candidates
receiving a majority vote, and now the
party bosses are scheming various COM
binations for the "run-0ff" election
that will be held on April 26. The best
guess at. this time Is that the three
candidates who, will be offered to the
people on that day will be DR.. Karl
JaFres. right coalition: Doctor Marx.
left coalition, and Herr Thaelmann,
COMMUNISTS. Jarres, the monarchist
coalition candidate in the first election.
led all his rivals but Stresemann's In
dustrialist party Is now trying to sub
stitute another man for him. Braun,
Socialist. was second, and Marx, Cath
Ollie Center. was third. Gen. Eric Luz
dendorff. supported by the Fascist
uitranationalists, ran last and received
only about 100000 votes.
The fight at the polls April 26 will
really be between the republic and the
monarchy. for the royalists though
they do not hope to change the form
of government Immediately even If
they win the election, keep that in
view for the not distant future, 1t is
said they have completed their plans
for putting the eldest son Of former
Crown Prince Frederick William on
the throne in case right coalition cam
didate is elected President, and that
l,- f~lr VVyfllen ~ this
scheme. This prospect is worrying the
republican press Of Germany and also
lie causing let Of anxiety In France.
ID ERLIN has been officially notified
- of the attitude Of the allies toward
the guarantee pact which Germany has
offered. What England. Italy and Bel
GUM have to say is not definitely
known. but it is known that Premier
Herriot has sent series Of specific
questions and makes it plain that
France insists that the eastern from
tiers must be guaranteed the same as
the Rhineland and that Germany must
join the League of Nations. Herriot's
firmness should do much to relieve the
anxiety of Poland. Former Premier
Poincare made an important speech
warning France to reject Germany's
proposal and to decline to reduce her
ornaments while Germany remains a
potential danger.
Frances position in regard to the
new conference on limitation of arma-
ments which President Coolidge de-
sires to call is at this writing matter
Of controversy. Dispatches from Paris
say Ambassador Daeschner was in
structed to tell the Washington govern
ment that France "could not permit
any intrusion in her military forces un-
til the security problem has been
solved" On the other hand the en-
bassy In Washington denied that M.
Daeschner had received such instruc-
tons. and at both the White House
and the State department it was as
serted that no official communication
concerning the proposed conference
had been received from the French
government. 1t was explained that
Secretary of State Kellogg was still
studying the situation and had not yet
taken up with the President the matter
Of approaching other governments.
Senator Borah, who as chairman Of
the senate foreign, relations committee
should know what he is talking about,
says the plans for the conference
should go forward and feels certain
that reports of French opposition are
exaggerated. Senator King of Utah,
nfter calling on President Coolidge and
Secretary Kellogg, expressed the belief
that the conference would be held in
Washington before winter and that It
would take up the reduction of land
forces as well as of naval forces.
ETTENNE CLEMENTEL. French
IL minister of finance. resigned
Thursday night because of opposition
IN the senate to his plan to add 6,000,-
100000 paper francs to the money cir
cnlation Of the country for the purpose
Of aiding business. Senator de Monzie
Gas selected to succeed him. He has