The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-05

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large sum Of money for relief pur-
poses. None of the Americans there
were killed or injured, and the thou
sands of orphans for whom they care
also escaped unhurt.
PROSPECTS for international re-
L duction Of ornaments in the near
future are mighty poor, and 1t may
be the proposed plenary conference
for that purpose will not be held. In
the preparatory conference at Geneva
last week the delegations Of nine Of
the seventeen nations represented
made an official declaration that COM
mercial fleets, trained reserves Of
armies, navies and air services, and
war materials In reserve belong to
war potentials'' and therefore are
incapable of Limitation or disarma-
ment. The nine nations are France,
Italy, Japan, Belgium, Poland, Czecho-
slovakia, Yugo-Slavia, Rumania and
Argentina. Opposed to them. but in
minority, are Great Britain. the
United States, Spain, Germany, Chile.
Finland, Sweden and Holland. Both
views will be presented to the plenary
preparatory committee which is ex-
pected to meet in February or March.
EFFORTS of Lawrence Dennis,
IL American charge daffaires III
Nicaragua, to bring peace to that
country seem Of no avail. The con-
ference of leaders which he called
broke up when the Liberals walked
out with the declaration that they
would continue their revolutionary
movement with the aid of Mexico.
The United States naval men returned
from Corinto to the warship Denver,
having been assured that there would
be no reprisals against the Liberals
there. A permanent neutral zone vas
established at Bluefields and Ell Bluff
to protect American business. Mean
while there were several battles" at
as many places between the opposing
factions. Mr.. Dennis is said to have
demanded that General Chamorro, de
facto president. quit Immediately and
that congress be called to install a
new president, probably Adolfo Diaz.
Revolutionists In Honduras re-
leased a lot of peniteptiary convicts
and with their aid seized the town Of
Seiba from government forces rand
burned the courthouse.
ID ELGIAN money went on gold
- basis last week with the creation
of a new monetary standard, the
belga, which is equal to five paper
francs. Supporting the Belgian stab
ilization program, the United States
absorbed half Of a $100,000,000 inter-
national loan, and. through the federal
reserve banks, participated in credit
Of $35O0O.O00.
CENATOR REED was not satisfied
y with the information concerning
the khan and Indiana's senatorial CAM
paign which he obtained in Chicago
and Indianapolis, so in st. Louis he
resumed the inquiry, seeking especial
ly more facts concerning conference
of high khan officials in Washington
last January which, it has been as
serted, was attended by Senator Wat
son. 1t was at this meeting that Wal
ter F. Bossert resigned as grand
dragon of Indiana because, according
to several witnesses. he would not
support Watson.
D. G. Stephenson, former grand
dragon who is serving life term for
the murder of Madge ,Oberholtzer, has
not yet made public the alleged proofs
Of political corruption and khan con-
troll in Indiana, bvt his appeal from
his sentence has been filed and his at
torney says. there will shortly be de-
velopments in the case of startling
nature.
nREMIER MUSSOLINI is not having
1 things all his own way in Italy. as
has been generally supposed. The op-
position to reform the senate which
was part IF his plan for a "Fascis:
state" is so strong that it has been
abandoned and the senate will be left
unchanged. Instead labor and capital
will have representation in the legis-
lative branch through appointments
to the chamber of deputies Three
hundred such deputies will be chosen
and the rest of the chamber will be
elected by plurality system. The
voters will be given two lists of can
didates, one from the Fascist party
and one from the united opposition
Representative of the Fascist cor
porations as they become experienced
In government would become eligible
to appointment to the senate.