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

manded by General Pelletier, the one
armed war hero.
This action by the assembly COM
pleted the victory Of the Poincare cab
met and both the assembly and the
parliament were adjourned. There
was no attempt to obtain ratification
of the debt accords with the United
States and Great Britain, and the
sub-commission of parliament named
to study them will do nothing until
September The chairman Of one of
these commissions says the Mellon
Berenger agreement cannot possibly
be ratified In its present form. Am
bassador Herrick sailed at once for
America for the especial purpose Of
acquainting President Coolidge and
members Of the cabinet with the flhan-
cial situation in France and the atti-
tude of the French government toward
the debt. The Paris newspapers think
he has come home to support the
French aims and viewpoint. 1t is
likely he will urge that American
credits be extended to France imme-
diately.
Prospects for acceptance Of the Mel
lon-Berenger accord by the American
senate were not enhanced by the ac-
ton of Georges Clemenceau, the vet
eran French statesman. From the Sc
clusion of his retirement he wrote to
President Coolidge an open letter con-
corning war debts that was so sar-
castle and covertly threatening as to
be insulting.
G ENATOR BORAH, addressing a
- gathering in Idaho, predicted that
the next fifty years would mark the
most severe economic war history had
ever recorded and declared that In
view Of this impending struggle there
was no just reason for the United
States to give up World war debt col
lection.
Depicting the generosity Of the
United States toward foreign govern
ments during the war as having mo
parallel" Mr.. Borah declared the at
titude Of debtor nations would cause
the senate to reverse Its decision and
reject the world court If 1t were voted
on today.
60 FAR as the government will adj
- init, the religious struggle in Mex
leo is only a war Of words. But from
Others come stories that give the con-
test a more sanguinary aspect. Cor
respondents of American papers have
told of bloody riots and Of summary
executions, and now Archbishop Ruiz
Of the state Of Michoacan has carried
to the urchbishopric In Mexico City
a report that is the most serious yet
heard. He, asserts that two priests
and between q and 81 Catholic citi-
zens were executed after an all-day
battle between troops and Catholics
in Zahuayo, and estimates that fifty
persons were killed in the battle. The
prelate also said that at Acambaro,
state Of Guanajuato, disorders aris-
ing from the religious laws contro-
versy led to other executions, and he
related further instances of violence
in various places.
The government has started its CAM
paign for the naturalization of all
churches and church property, and its
secret agents are turning up many pri-
vate chapels that are being used for
public worship, contrary to- the spirit
of the law. Mayor Arturo Saracho of
Mexico City, In the first concession Of
any kind made to Catholics since the
religious conflict began, has decreed
that the committees placed in charge
of Catholic churches in the capital
may be composed of five Catholics and
FIVE municipality appointed citizens for
each church. Hitherto the committee
men have been municipal appointees.
Under the new plan the Catholic COM
mitteemen are to have charge of the
management of each church, but the
municipal committees will assume re-
sponsibility for the property. 1t is
believed this action of the mayor may
somewhat appease the Catholics.
Archbishop Mora y del Rio gave
long interview to the correspondent Of
the Chicago Daily News, again deny
ing the charges of President Gales
against the church but really saying
nothing new. The minister of the In
terror held the primate had thus vio-
lated the clause in the constitution
prohibiting clergymen from criticizing
the laws or government of Mexico,
and said the matter had been "cited
to the attorney general for investiga-
ton" So there is chance that the
venerable primate may be arrested
and tried.
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