The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-05

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be the negotiation of a commercial
treaty between America and Ireland,
replacing the old American treaty
with Great Britain.
IGNORING the Chinese treaties with
i the powers, the Nationalist govern
ment at Marking has promulgated
new list of tariffs on luxuries, running
from Is to 60 per cent. American ex-
ports to China are especially hard hit,
and the American merchants in Shang-
hal met and decided to send strong
protest to Washington, though their
hope of relief was small.
Though Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang was
continuing his advance on Picking,
along the line of the Hankow railway,
Gen. Chang Kai-shek, generalissimo
Of the Marking forces, was reported to
he in precarious position because
the Radical forces from Hankow were
moving down the Yangtse toward
Marking and also were threatening to
advance south through Chekiang
province on Shanghai.
FRANCE, or its government, is
T. about fed up on Russian commu-
mist propaganda and Premier Poincare
called in the soviet ambassador, Chris
tan Rakowsky, and told him most
emphatically that unless Moscow'S
Red agents in France were recalled at
once France might be provoked into
breaking off all relations with Rus
STA. Rakowsky hurried to Moscow to
confer with his chiefs. Eight COM
munists, convicted in Paris of being
spies in the pay of Russia since 1924,
were given unusually severe SEN
fences
Secretary General Turati of the
Italian Fascist party in speech at
Ravenna predicted that clash be
tween the Fascist and the Bolshevist
conceptions of the state must come,
and that the victory would rest with
Fascism.
NEW YORK was all set to undergo
the inconvenience of strike of
traction workers, and the Interborough
managers were prepared to continue
service with strikebreakers-which
promised riotous times-when Mayor
Walker interviewed and in two hours
won both sides to agree to a settle
ment that resulted at least in truce.
The trouble probably is not over, how
ever, for the union leaders assert they
are now free to organize the traction
workers, while the Interborough Off
Gals deny this.
a CCOMPANIED by his brother,
"A Prince George, and by Prime
Minister Baldwin, the prince of Wales
has come over for another visit to
Canada. and possibly to the United
States. On August these three dis
tinguished men will represent Eng
land at the formal dedication of the
Peace bridge between Buffalo and
Fort Erie, Ontario, built to commem-
crate century of unbroken peace be-
tween the United States and Canada,
The United States will be represented
by Vice President Dawes and other
notables.
T IEUT. CARLETON z. CHAM
IL PION of the army went up for
an altitude record at Washington, and
when seven miles up his airplane mo-
tor caught fire. Refusing to use the
parachute because he was determined
to save his Paragraph record, he de-
scended by head and tail spins and
back slips, all the time fighting the
flames with a small eXtinguisher. Sew
eral times the machine was out of con-
troll, but Champion finally landed
safely in a cornfeld. Then he learned |
that he had failed of a record by 1000 |
feet.
MAURICE E. CRUMPACKER, rep
lN1 resentative in congress from |
Portland, Ore, committed suicide by |
jumping into San Francisco bay, after |
previously attempting to kill himself |
with poison. The reason for his act |
was not revealed.
Cardinal CzernOch, primate of Hun
gary, died in Budapest after long |
illness.
CHICAGO'S worst marine tragedy |
~ since the sinking of the Eastland |
II years ago occurred Thursday, |
when the little excursion steamer Fa- |
vorite sank in a squall. Twenty-six |
person were drowned. fifteen of them
bein gchildren and ten women. Fifty |
five passengers and members of the
crew were saved.