Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-04-30

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ontinentaI congress In Washington. g.
o in Hawaii erupted. pouring lava dow
tween Tie United States and each Of
the powers and said he saw no diff
Guilty In the way Of securing the as
sent of each signatory in this way.
Greece already has accepted the Amer
lean reservations.
u ENITO MUSS0I.INI and his Ro-
- man snpire plans continue to ex-
cite and disturb the Old world. The
latest story is that Italy and Greece
have made secret treaty directed
against Turkey and that II they are
able to carry out their plans Italy will
get huge slice Of southern Asia
Minor including the port of Selenti
and that Greece will recover Smyrna
ard Constantinople and the contigu.
Gus territory. Jugo-Slavia Is tor be
given piece OF Albania, all of which
country she wants. England's neu-
trallty 1t is hoped can be obtained
through support of her claims to
MosuI and promises to end the Fascist
agitation in India; and the assistance
of France is to be the price Of help
in the pacidcation of the Druses in
Syria,
Tint there Is something in this story
is indicated by the alarm manifested
by Turkey She has been calling oui
her classes Of recruits for Intensive
military training. and great milItar,
mancuyers are TO be held by President
aIustapha Kelnal Pasha next month
in western Asia Minor Extensive
foftification against tile Greeks along
the Thraeian frontier is reported.
Naturally Turkey is eagerly seeking
British support II was said in Lon
don that Sir Austen Chamberlain let
fnsysa Know thal Il Il wanted real
protection i must join the IseaSue Of
Nations as soon as possible. Tie An
CORA government is divided. some lead
ers fayoring the plan to yield to Eng,
land in.the matter Of AIosul, and others
urging that the support of Russia be
accepted and the British defied. Kemal
is said to be Of the latter party.
q EDEltAL officers. bishops and other
clergymen, heads Of reform or
sanizaions and various other persons
followed one another in rapid success
sion before the senate committee to
tell Of the benefits wrought by prohi.
hilton and to decry the suggestion Of
weakening the enforcement law.
United States District Attorney Ed
win A. Olson Of Chicago was one of
the witnesses, and he at least sue
ceeded in arousing the anger of Chi
cago's officials. Making vigorous
charges of lax enforcement Of the
criminal laws in Chicago, he said 1t
was safer for a man there to commit
daylight robbery with gun than to
violate the volstead act, and added
that that act has not YET had an honest
chance in Chicago and that prior to
1923 II had no chance whatever.
10 hot hhoM' ne saiu' now
many stills are operating in Chicago
but there are many. 1t is safe TO as
sunle. however that there is not a still
of importance in any police precinct
that is not known to the police in that
precinct and that il would not be a
very big job for 5000 policemen 10 pull
out by the roots every outlaw still in
Chicago in twenty-four hours
He said the citizens ef Chicago have
not intestinal fortitude enough to
provide themselves with the Kind of
local government that will send muir
derers and robbers where they be-
long,
In fine frenzy Of rage Mayor
Dever, accompanied by Chief of Police
Collins. started at once for Washing
ton and In the last hours of the hear
ing they told the senators that Mr..
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