The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-08-20

from the United States" numbering
thirty-two Americans, including ten
Protestant clergymen from the Middle
West, has concluded its inquiry into
the Mexican troubles and summarizes
its findings in this resolution:
1--WE believe that program Of edu-
cation and social reform is necessary
for the rehabilitation Of Mexico. We
believe the Gales administration is
engaged in great program of social
reform and that all truly interested in
the welfare of Mexico will cooperate
in its essential undertakings"
Declaring the Mexican anti-clerical
measures were injurious to American
persons and property, the Knights Of
Columbus asked President Coolidge to
intervene with force to compel their
modification; but the President nat
urally has declined. Officials of the
American Federation of Labor also
say that body will take no sides in
the controversy. Ambassador Shelf
field has started home with lot to
report, but presumably about the al
legged violations of treaty rights in
the land and oil laws.
CEN. LINCOLN G. ANDREWS,
" chief Of prohibition enforcement,
has returned from his trip to Europe
and says the agreement he made with
the British authorities dooms rum row
to extinction. He declines to 60 into
details but says the basis Of the plan
is exchange Of information and evil
dence and that it will tend to stop
illegal shipping operations. Andrews
repeated his recent statement to the
effect that imported liquor was only
20 per cent of the total sold in the
United States, and added: Every
time a story is published that 100
cases Of liquor have been struggled
in or have mysteriously disappeared
from some warehouse you can bet that
these 100 cases will be sold 10000
times. Every bootlegger in town
promises to get his clients some Of
the good stuff and the result is that
lot Of homemade is sold at increased
prices. ,,.~~rgTg
N IPLOMATIC representatives Of
~ Jugo-Slayia, Rumania and Greece
in Sofia delivered to the Bulgarian
government joint note from their
governments asking that Bulgaria
suppress the Macedonian revolution
airy societies and prevent further vio-
lence along the frontiers. The note
was firm but couched in friendly
phrase, and the Bulgarian foreign
minister said 1t would be answered
within a week. So far, Bulgaria has
refused to accept responsibility for the
comitadjis and their border raids.
n ERMANY celebrated the seventh
NJ anniversary of the republic with
parades that, in Berlin at least, were
interrupted by rioting on the part Of
the communists in which scores Of
persons were injured. President Cool
idge sent cablegram of congratula-
ton to President Won Hindenburg.
The German government is still
pressing the allies for reduction of
their garrisOns In the Rhineland, and
it is said the German ambassador to
Paris has been comforting with NJ.
BRAND and has received the promise
of further Withdrawals In the near
future.
TN A conference with Director of the
L Budget Lord at White Pine camp.
President Coolidge cut the depart
mental estimates of expenditures for
the fiscal year 1928 by about $780,
100000. Mr.. Coolidge found that the
appropriations requested for 1928 to-
tailed $3,369, 100000, an increase Of
1854, 100000 over the total voted for.
This the President said would not do,
and he set to work with General Lord
to meet the estimates. When they had
finished they had reduced the total to
$3,27OOOO,OO0.
Government officials saw a posi-
bility of further reduction of taxes in
1923, this depending mainly on the
continuation of prosperity and bust
ness expansion meantime, and on the
extent to which retirement of the pub
lie debt decreases the annual interest
charge on Liberty bonds.
P. M'CRACKEN, JR., of
wv Chicago, secretary of the Ameri-
can Bar association. has been APP
pointed assistant secretary of COM
merce in charge of the development
of commercial aviation, and has been
sworn in. He is thirty-seven years of
age, was an aviator in the World war
and has devoted much of his attention
since then to eivil aviation.