The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

cies Schiele and the other National
lists want permanent committee on
constitutional revision, and the Social
lists object. The former also seek to
repeal the law "for the protection of
the republic" under which offenders
against the Weimar constitution are
arrested and tried.
Foreign Minister Stresemann told the
reichstag-and the world-that Presi-
dent Won Hindenburg intends faithful
ly to carry out the Dawes plan; that
Germany will not join the League Of
Nations until the more serious difficult
ties with the allies are settled or I'M
til the Cologne bridgehead has been
evacuated; that Germany believes
France has designs on the Rhineland
and that the security pact proposed by
Berlin was primarily to secure the
western German frontiers; that Ger
as eternally binding the eastern
| frontier as outlined by the treaty
of Versailles; and that Germany
| considers that the disarmament
| problem cannot be one-Sided af-
fair and believes the only solution
of the question is universal disarma-
| ment. Germany is in much greater
danger of an attack in its helpless
state than are it's neigh5ors, who are
armed to the teeth.
TT is finally admitted by Washing
ton that informal suggestions have
been made to our debtor nations that
they take some definite steps toward
the funding of the debts. Their atten-
| ton is called, to the fact that this
| question already is in American poll
tics to an undesirable degree and that
| the situation will be worse If some
thing is not done before congress
meets in December
DRINlO DE RIVERA, head of the
Spanish military directorate, and
his colleagues must feel satisfied that
the danger of labor revolts has passed
and that normal conditions have been
restored, for King Alfonso has signed
| a decree abolishing military law
throughout the country. 1t Is pre-
sumed that the end of the dictatorship
| Is not far distant. 1t has served its
purpose in crushing out industrial dis
orders mercilessly and in driving from
the country about all the more liberal
leaders who were able to escape i'm
prisonment.
A ENCOURAGEMENT is made by the
"A French foreign Office that Fee
has been saved from the Rifians by
gallant bayonet attacks by the French
troops, aided by the good work of the
air service and the artillery. The bat
tie was fought northwest of the big
Moroccan city at which Abd-el-Krim
has been aiming his movement, and 1t
is believed General Colombat's victory
will force the Riffians to retire from
French Morocco entirely. Such IN
outcome will give great satisfaction In
Paris, where the severe campaign was
causing considerable anxiety.
CHANG TSO-LIN. who must al
~ ways be identified as "the Man
churian war lord" has occupied Pc
king with his troops and Feng Yu-
Hsiang, "the Christian general" has
withdrawn to the northwestern from
tier. Changes soldiers are policing the
Chinese Eastern railway across Man
-. e.. h2xy ,orxIa Tod
the railway of 100000 by the sale
of military passes. The soviet Rus
sian ambassador at Picking has pro-
tested vigorously against this, and OBJ
servers believe Moscow is preparing
to back Feng if he breaks definitely
with Chang. So another civil war in
China Is in prospect with Russia pos
sibly taking an active part.
r IEUT. GEN. NELSON A. MILES.
IL who fell dead while attending a
circus in Washington, was laid to rest
in Arlington after simple services
which were attended by President
Coolidge General Pershing and many
other notable persons. Three thou.
sand troops, of all services, made up
the escort of the gun carriage that
bore the casket to the cemetery, and
French 75's fred a salute of Is guns.
At the tomb the regular troops fired
three volleys, bugler played taps,
and the remains of one of Americas
most distinguished military command
ers were consigned to the grave.
Among the mourners were men who
fought under General Miles in the
Civil war, the Indian wars and the
Spanish-Amerlcan war. and delega
lions from the many societies to which
he belonged.