The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-16


any benefit to the rest Of mankind, we
must turn aside from the thoughts of
destruction and cultivate the thoughts
Of construction. We cannot place our
main reliance upon material forces.
We must reaffirm and reinforce our
ancient faith in truth and justice, in
charitableness and tolerance. We
must make our supreme commitment
to the everlasting spiritual forces of
life. We must mobilize the conscience
Of mankind"
Mr.. Coolidge paid warm tribute to
the service rendered to the country
and to humanity by the members of
the Legion, and thus summarized re-
markedly well Americas effort in the
World war:
SIN the victory which was finally
gained by you and your foreign COM
rades, you represented on the battle
field the united efforts of our whole
people. You were there as the result
of a great resurgence Of the old Amer
lean spirit, which manifested itself in
a thousand ways, by the pouring out of
vast sums Of money in credits and
charities, by the organization and
quickening of every hand in our ex-
tended industries, by the expansion of
agriculture until it met the demands
of furnishing continents, by the manu-
facture of an amending stream of NUM-
lions and supplies, by the creation of
vast fleets Of war and transport ships,
and, finally, when the tide of battle
was turning against our associates, by
bringing into action great armed
force on sea and land of a character
that the world had never seen before.
which, when it finally took it's place in
the line, never ceased to advance, car
rying the cause of liberty to tri-
umphant conclusion You reaffirmed
the position of this nation in the esti-
nation of mankind. You saved civil
iZation from gigantic reverse. No
body says now that Americans cannot
fight"
Earlier in his address he said he
was "a thorough believer in policy of
adequate military preparation, and
after the cheers subsidized he continued:
''NO doubt this country could. If it
wished to spend more money, make a
better military force, but that is only
part of the problem that confronts the
government. The real question is
whether spending more money to make
better military force would really
make a better country. would be
the last to disparage the military art.
1t is an honorable and patriotic calling
of the highest rank. But l can see no
merit in any unnecessary expenditure
of money to hire men to build fleets
and carry muskets when international
relations and agreements permit the
turning of such resources into the
making Of good roads, the building of
better homes. the promotion of educa-
ton and all the other arts of peace
which minister to the advancement Of
human welfare"
The Presidential party, which in
cluded Mrs. Coolidge. returned at once
to Washington, with a short stop in
st. Louis.
The Legion gathering was consid-
erably stirred up over Colonel Mitchell
and his air service charges and
theories. Finally compromise reso-
luton, was adopted which, without
naming Mitchell, recommended the re-
organization of the national defense
under one cabinet officer with subdi-
visions Of equal Importance for land
sea and air.
Philadelphia was awarded the con-
vention of 1925 and it was decided to
hold the meeting Of 1927 in Paris.
France.
MYTH Judge EF Finley Johnson of
w Michigan, member Of the Phil
ippines Supreme court, presiding, the
international judicial commission to
investigate the Shanghai riots opened
its inquiry. The body is composed of
American, British and French judges,
and, according to the Chinese. is DOM
mated by the British with the Ameri-
cans as their dupes. Therefore the
Chinese are violently opposing the in
vestigation, asserting that there is no
chance Of fair decision.
a LTHOUGH the allied and German
"A statesmen in conference at Locar-
no, Switzerland. are working earnestly
and apparently amicably to draft a
security treaty. they have not. at this
writing, solved the main problem, the
eastern frontiers of Germany. BRAND
insisted that France should have the
right to guarantee the arbitration
treaties between Germany and Poland
and Germany and Czechoslovallia.
and Chamberlain for Great Britain