The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-17

that they, as we'll as the field marshal,
believe the idea of a monarchy is only
slumbering In Germany and that the
nation Is awaiting the day when a
monarch shall preside over its des-
TIMES. For us all" they say, 1.-THE son
Of the crown prince will be the legal
heir to the throne when he reaches
his majority" This will be in 1927, so
that Is the date when the Nationalist
expect the restoration. The way to 1t
has been made clearer by the virtual
rennnciation by Crown Prince Rup-
precht of Bavaria of his claims to the
imperial throne. He says. north Ger
many does not want Catholic SOW
ereign, and that his health is broken.
And then, on the other hand, all of
these plans, hopes and discussions may
be futile, for Marx may be elected
president and the German republic
may be continued Indefinitely.
It is announced that Germany's pay
ments to creditor nations under the
Dawes plan during March amounted to
91,691 900 marks ($22. 923. 5000. OF this
France received 379O0,OOO marks and
Great Britain 21,6OO,OOO. Total pay
ments for the seven months the Dawes
plan has been in operation have been
$145. 100000. r.
GU I'VE her good swipe now" said
NJ Secretary Of the Navy Wilbur to
Mrs. Wilbur Tuesday at Camden, N.
j., and the lady promptly smashed a
bottle Of mineral water on the bows
of the largest airplane carrier in the
world. The U. s. s. Saratoga there
upon slid down the ways while whistles
shrieked and aircraft swooped aloft.
The Saratoga Is the biggest ship ever
built In the United States and when
completed will have cost $45,000.000.
She will be the mother ship Of 70
planes, 81 of which will be bombers.
In addition she will carry great stores
Of parts and explosives and will have
elaborate repair shops. Her huge cleo
trio motors will give her a speed Of 80
knots, enabling her to forge far ahead
of battleship fleet. The turbine gen.
orators will supply $4,000 horsepower
to each of the four screws.
Admittedly something Of an expert
ment, the Saratoga is looked on with
scorn by Brig. Gen. William Mitchell,
about to be retired from the post of
assistant chief Of the army air service
Said he:
II could sink the Saratoga with a
pursuit plane; wouldn't even need a
bomber. AS part of the national de-
Tense it is not worth considering. BY
this fall the building Of aircraft car
riers Of that kind will be stopped. 1t
is useless to build carrier for air
planes that can be sunk. so easily.
1.-THE same thing goes for all battle
ships. Look at the great fleet now at
anchor on the Pacific coast, waiting
to participate in the Hawaiian exer-
cises. They could be sunk to ship
within few hours by a single squad
ron Of bombers. Holding maneuvers
with battleships made obsolete by the
airplane is Civil war stuff. It's ridicu-
LOUIS"
DRESIDENT COOLIDGE, notable
l advocate of considerable silence,
let's it be known that he would like a
little more of that concerning several
things. One Of these is the matter Of
the French debt. He is fully cognizant
Of Frances financial troubles and there
will be no attempt to force her to dis
cuss the war debt problem until she is
in better position. Concerning the
plans of the United States for calling
another limitation of arms parley, also,
there is too much talk, the President
thinks, in view Of the. fact that nothing
definite is planned for the immediate
future.
Government officials say that the
many recent stories of the Presidents
extreme economy in the matter of his
clothing purchases are not received
kindly at the White House, and that
most of them are false or misleading.
Merchants in Washington had begun to
fear that the example attributed to
Mr.. Coolidge would be followed by the
society folk there and that the re-sol-
ing Of shoes and the blocking of old
hats would become "the thing"
TURKEY is having a hard time sup
4 pressing the revolt of the Kurds,
who are determined to revive the cali
phate and are all in arms Sheik Said,
their leader, Is said to have at least
10000 fanatical followers and is hold
ing number Of important towns. The
government has offered reward for
his capture allveg6r dead and has sent
some 10000 Troops into Kurdistan.