The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-09

So years. To this was attached "se-
curity clause" providing that France
might at any time reopen the question
and attempt to show that the terms
should be revised owing to her inca
pacity to carry them out. This was
Objectionable to the Americans, espe-
cially to Senator Smoot, and rejection
Of the offer followed. Senator Borah
took hand in the affair by going to
the White House and warning the
President not to permit the American
commission to grant to France easier
terms than were granted to Great
Britain. Both he and Senator Smoot
told Mr.. Coolidge there would be VIC
lent opposition In the senate to any
such settlement as Caillaux proposed.
Mr.. Borah was highly displeased, also.
by the makeshift plan of Mr.. Mellon.
NJ TCHITCHERIN, soviet foreign
lV1' minister, baked In his attempt
to persuade Germany to stand with
Russia against western Europe, is now
said by Baltic diplomats to be trying
to unite Russia, Poland and Turkey
in an anti English bloc. He was in
Warsaw recently and induced the
Poles to instruct their delegation in
Moscow to begin negotiations for
political agreement. This is worrying
the Baltic states considerably. Tchitche-
rim then went to Berlin to discuss a
Russo German trade treaty.
CECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
- JARDINE is getting tired of wait
ing for the Chicago board of trade to
take steps to prevent manipulation that
causes wild price fluctuations. Last
week he issued another warning, say
ing: "a failure on the part of the
board to take these steps Immediately
will leave me no alternative but to in
augurate action looking to suspension
or revocation of the designation of the
Chicago board of trade as a contract
market"
COMMUNISTS of Great Britain
~ Jared badly in the national con-
gress of the Labor party in Liverpool.
and the more conservative elements
carried out their expressed determine
tion to rid the party of the Reds en-
tirely. Chairman Cramp in his open
ing speech declared the Communists
were hindrance to the labor move
ment and traitors to its tradition. The
Reds met their first defeat when the
congress by tremendous majority re-
fused to reverse vote Of last year
by which members Of the Communist
party were excluded from member
ship In the constituent Labor party.
Former Prime Minister Ramsay Mac
Donald, J. 81. Thomas. leader of the
railway men, and the chiefs of the
miners all took severe whacks at the
Reds, and the latter brought on their
final and conclusive defeat when they
demanded that Macdonald apologize
to Russia for the action of his foreign
Office in making public the notorious
zinovieff letter just before the last
election.
YOUNG Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.,
had walkover in the. Wisconsin
election to fill the vacancy in the
United States senate caused by the
death of his father. His majority over
the field was about 2 to l. E. f. Dith-
mar of Milwaukee, who was the only
Irregular" Republican candidate after
Roy P. Wilcox had been forced out by
the national organization, ran second
but never threatened the winner The
votes for the others were negligible.
nov. AL SMITHS campaign for
NJ the Democratic presidential NOM
ination in 1928 was actually launched
at big picnic of the Cock county.
Illinois, Democracy in Chicago. The
popular New Yorker in his speech es-
pecially attacked the economy record
of the Coolidge administration and
promised to do much better in that
line If he were sent to the White
House. He made great hit with the
100000 persons who heard him.
OVER the protest of Chairman
~ O'Connor, the federal shipping
board rescinded the resolutions de-
signed to divorce the Fleet corporation
from the board and readopted reso-
luton of 1921 under which the board
keeps full control over the actions of
the corporation. President Palmer Of
the corporation is likely to resign, for
it is understood he accepted the office
on condition that he have certain au-
thority. Chicago business men are
asking that the shipping board be abol-
ished.