The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-02
French payments contingent on re-
ceipts of German reparations.

THOUGH strenuously opposed,
i Marshal Pilsudski is getting his
own way in Poland The parliament,
after a tumultuous session, has agreed
to pass out of existence, making way
for one that will be entirely subservi-
ent to the dictator. -
Portugal's new dictator, Gen. Comes
da Costa, is suspected Of having roy
alist sympathies, and the European
governments are watching his move
ments carefully, rather expecting that
he will reseat Manuel on the throne.
1t Is recalled that some two months
ago the former king sent secret cir
cular to leading royalists in Portugal,
pointing out that the parliamentary
government in Portugal had broken
down. He suggested that the only
way to save the country, in his opin-
ion, was through the establishment of
a military dictatorship, with the res
toration Of the monarchy to follow.
"A THOUGH 14,S9OOOO Germans
"A voted in favor Of the exp~opria-
ton Of the property of the former
kaiser, other princely rulers and their
families, which property is valued at
$60O,000,000. the proposition was beat
en- in the national referendum. Tn
der the law, 19,500,000 votes were re-
Quired to order the confiscation, and
the great majority of the voters stayed
away from the polls, holding that the
private property of the princes should
be returned to them. This was the
view of President Won Hindenburg and
the government. More potent still in
guiding the people was the belief that
the conf1scation would be the first step
in the Bolshevizing of Germany, to be
followed by the taking Of the property
of all the bourgeois if the Communists
had their way-which was the predic-
ton of Leon Trotzky. the Russian
Bolshevik leader.
For eight years the German gov
ernments have been dickering with
the princes concerning their revenues,
and Chancellor Marx warned the lead
ers of the various parties that he
would present a compromise settle
ment that they must accept or he
would dissolve the reichstag. His plan
provides for only partial restoration
of the royal properties. The Social
lists said they would agree if the
yn,.sr hon
Is per cent of their prewar incomes.
T LIEUTENANT COMM AND E r
~ RICHARD BYRD and Floyd Ben
nett, the American navy men who were
the first to fly across the top of the
world and drop the flag at the North
pole, have returned to the United States
and were given an enthusiastic well
come. After landing at New York,
where they were acclaimed by cheer
ing thousands, the bold aviators went
to Washington. There President Cool
idge, cabinet members, the Supreme
court, congress, army and navy Off
GERS and diplomats united in doing
them honor. To Byrd was presented
the rarely given Hubbard medal of the
National Geographic society. and to
Bennett medal especially designed
for the occasion. Next day the flyers
went to Virginia. Byrd's native state
and where his brother is governor. In
Richmond they were the guests of
honor at huge reception.
7 OS ANGELES latest mystery, the
IL disappearance on May IS Of Mrs.
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, well-known
evangelist, has been partly solved, for
she was found last week in the Mexi-
can town of Aqua Prieta by an Ameri-
can and taken to hospital in Doug
las, Ariz. She told a long story Of
having been kidnapped by two men and
a woman, all Americans, and taken
into Mexico where she was held for
ransom. After being moved about
from place to place, she said, she es-
capped when her captors were absent
and wandered all night on the desert.
Mexican and American posses search
ing for the abductors have not been
able to find the house from which the
woman says she escaped, and the
sheriff at Douglas says her clothing
and shoes show no evidence Of having
come through the rough wastes in
which she asserts she wandered all
night. The district attorney at Los
Angeles started an investigation of the
case, including peculiar circumstances
of the reward for the evangelist's re-
turn, which was offered and later
withdrawn. So, at the time of writing.
the mystery is only partly solved.