The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-21


in some countries, notably Italy, it
was declared still doubtful. At the
spot where Byrd located the pole he
dropped an American flag and an ac-
count of the flight, in box.
Three days later Capt. ROAD Amund-
sen, who had warmly congratulated
Byrd on his success, started from
Kings Bay in the huge dirigible
Norge, directing his flight to Alaska.
Early next morning his wireless mes
sages said he had just passed over the
pole, and A hours and 35 minutes
after the departure the Norge reached
Point Barrow, Alaska, headed for
Nome. The radio dispatches from the
airship said that when the pole was
reached the Norge circled around the
spot several times and the Norwegian,
American and Italian flags were
dropped, being so placed that they re-
manned upright on the field of ice.
America shares in the glory of
Amundsen's feat, for his companion
and financial hacker is Lincoln Ellis
worth. The Norge was built in Italy
for the italian navy and was com
manded on the polar flight by Colonel
Mobile Of Italy.
At Point Barrow is the Detroit
Arctic expedition headed by Capt.
George Hubert Wilkins. At last &C.
counts its start toward the pole was
still delayed by foggy weather.
nOLAND, never in all history able
Z to govern itself peaceably, was in
the throes of revolution last week.
Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, who has
been in opposition to the government
since 1923, when he was eliminated by
Premier Witos from the army, was
at the head of the revolt, presumably
being led to this step by the return of
Witos to power and the appointment
of Malczewski, one of Pilsudskis chief
enemies, as minister of war. Several
of the marshal's favorite regiments
mutinied and marched on Warsaw, and
at the time of writing they had pos
session of the city and were lombard
ing the Beivedere castle. to which
President Wojciechowski and members
of the Witos. government had re-
treated. General Sikorski, former
premier, was reported to have arrived
at the capital with loyal troops and
was fighting with the Pilsudski forces.
The revolving marshal issued an ul-
timatum demanding the immediate
resignation of Witos. Though a con-
siderable part of the army and many
provinces supported Pilsudski, the
forces opposing him were so power
full that his ultimate success was
doubtful.
- ERMANY had her own troubles.
~ The police discovered detailed
plans for the establishment of fas-
cist dictatorship to be followed, pre-
sumably, by the restoration of the
Hohenzollern dynasty to the throne.
Raids were made on the residences and
offices of the leaders and suppressed
five Fascist athletic" societies. said
to be military organizations with
membership of $4,000 The police ad-
mitted they did not have evidence war;
ranting arrests, but the names of sew
eral industrial magnates and we'll
known royalists were dragged into the
plot. In the home of Judge CLASS, chief
of the pan-Germans, numerous letters
from the former kaiser were confis-
Gated, as we'll as the draft of a consti-
tuition to be proclaimed in case Presi-
dent Won Hindenburg resigned and the
Fascist succeeded in selling control
of the army, which was to be rebuilt
under protection of martial law.
Meanwhile Chancellor Luther was
being forced to resign as the result of
personal defeat in the reichstag. A
motion of censure proposed by the
Democrats was adopted by a vote of
176 to 146. The Nationalist to the
number of 103 refrained from voting.
The chancellor's resignation was ac-
cepted but President Won Hindenburg
asked the rest of the cabinet to func-
ton until new government could be
formed. Luther's opponents accom-
plished his downfall by taking advan-
tage of his insistence that the mer-
chant flag. composed of the old mon
archical colors, should be flown be-
side the republican flag on German
embassies and consulates abroad. The
Democrats, Socialists and Communists
formed a combination against him.
His friends blame the Nationalist for
permitting his humiliating defeat.
PROSPER POULLET'S cabinet in
Z Belgium resigned and King Albert
asked NJ. Brunei, Socialist president of
the chamber Of deputies. to form a