The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-06-25

TOHN CARDINAL BONZANO was
- given an extraordinary welcome on
his arrival in New York, Gov, AL
Smith and Mayor Walker heading the
demonstration in honor of the legate
of the pope. Monsignor Bonzano
then, with nine other cardinals and
other high churchmen, was carried in
a specially designed and decorated
train to Chicago for the Eucharistic
Congress. There the party was met
by cheering thousands and escorted
through the handsomely bedecked city
in an impressive parade to the Holy
Name cathedral, where a tie deum
was sung and the legate was formally
welcomed by Cardinal Mundelein. On
Sunday the Eucharistic Congress was
opened by the celebration Of mass in
the cathedral, which was Iavishly dec
GRATED. President Coolidge was un-
able to 60 to Chicago, but was repre-
sented by Secretary Of Labor Davis.
WHEN the French franc had an
w other bad slump, to 81 to the
dollar, Finance Minister Peret gave
up the job of saving it and resigned.
He was followed out by the entire
cabinet, but President Doumergue
persuaded M. BRAND to remain as
premier, and that veteran undertook
to create national union" cabinet
which might obtain right-center ma
jority in parliament. It was said
Poincare was offered the post of
finance minister with the understand
ing that he should not treat the ideas
Of the left too roughly, and the
radical Socialists after a stormy
meeting gave permission to Heriot to
enter the cabinet if he wished. The
radicals are in the majority but adj
NIT they cannot handle the country's
finances. In their caucus they de-
cided unanimously that the Berenger
accord on the French debt to the
United States was on the whole very
advantageous to France.
pRAZIL. as was expected, has an
- nounced her withdrawal from the
League of Nations, giving the two
years notice required by the covenant.
President Bernardes sent the notice
to the secretary general at Geneva.
He goes out of Office in November and
the league supporters have some hope
that his successor, Senior Luis, may
withdraw the resignation. Otherwise.
they fear, the league may before many
years find itself made up only of Eu-
ropean nations The representatives
their governments will not be influ-
enced by Brazil's action, but probably
If South America is deprived of any
of its three temperament seats in
the council there will be other with
drawals. Spain may resign anyway,
and there are indications that China
and Persia may leave the league be-
cause Asia has been given no perma-
nent seat. Dictator Primo de Rivera
still insists Spain must have perma-
nent seat in the council If Germany
is granted one, and it is predicted that
If Spain resigns there will be formed
a Spanish-speaking league including
South and Central America.
n DOPTING the motion of General
"A Lassiter, its chairman, the Tacna-
africa plebiscitary commission declared
the proposed plebiscite, to determine
whether those provinces should be-
long to Peru or Chile. was imprac-
ticable because of the impossibility of
establishing sufficient guarantees to
insure fair vote. Chile was blamed
for existing conditions, and the angry
Chilean government cabied it's am
bassador to Washington to break off
the diplomatic negotiations for set
Element of the quarrel with Peru.
Thus seemingly the whole effort to
compose that old dispute has COL
lapsed, and 1t is feared in Washing
ton that the failure will be a severe
blow to the prestige of the United
States throughout the western hemi-
sphere. The Chileans are enraged, and
the entire chamber of deputies arose
and cheered leading members who
violently denounced the United States
and General Lassiter and attacked
the Monroe doctrine.
.COUNT SKRZYNSKI, former pre-
" mier of Poland, and General Sep
tychi, chief aide to Marshal Pilsudski.
fought picturesque duel with pistols
in Cracow. At the word of command
the general fired, the bullet grazing
the counts scalp. The count then
aimed at his adversary's head and
dropped his weapon without firing,
saying: II do not know how to miss
and / don't want to kill. I refrained
from firing. Whoever In Poland. in