The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-15

tons between Egypt and Great Britain
for years to come. This plan, however,
was opposed by Lord Lloyd. British
commissioner in Egypt, who believes
the. parliamentary regime there will
collapse before long and that the Brit
ish will then have to revive the pro-
tectorate. King Fuad is entirely sub
servient to the British. but Sarwat
Pasha is said to be under the influ-
ence of Zaghloul Pasha, the National
list leader. who opposes the surrender
of Egyptian claims to independence.
THROUGH stories of counter-revolu-
i tionary movements in Russia are
often not trustworthy, those coming
now are too numerous and too de-
tailed to be ignored. The revival of
the Red terror by the Soviet rulers
has failed to terribly their opponents
and the anti-British campaign con-
Quoted by the government does not
distract the attention of the popula-
tion from domestic to foreign ques-
tons. In secret meetings held in CEN
trail Europe the couriers of the eoun-
ter-revolution reported a tremendous
increase in the discussions among the
Bolshevik leaders, with new man
rising in the background as iieuten-
ant of nj. Stain, present dictator of
Moscow policies. He is M. Eliawa,
formerly quiet member of the party
but steadily gaining influence over NJ.
Stain, since he, too. is former south
Russian peasant. Meanwhile $4,000
counter-revolutionists have succeeded
in smuggling themselves into Russian
factories.
n T LAST D. G. Stephenson, former
"A ruler Of the Indiana Ku Klux
khan and now a life convict, has told
to the authorities his story of alleged
corruption in Hoosier politics. and the
people of the state are awaiting a
grand explosion. Stephenson made his
revelations to Prosecuting Attorney
w. H. Remy of Indianapolis, and that
official declined to tell what he heard
until he is ready for action. Indian
apolis newspapers asserted that Ste
phenson told all": that he hit high
and low oficialdom; that he revealed
how he managed and paid for the
campaign of Gov. Ed Jackson; that he
told of ruling the legislature. dictat-
ing which bills should pass and which
should die; that he played stellar
role in the election of Mayor John L.
Duvall of Indianapolis; that he dab
bled in the election of United States
senator, and much more along that
line.
On the other hand. Stephenson's at
torney declared that his clients only
charges had to do. with the pending
prosecution of Mayor Duvall. The ex-
grand dragon himself said in part:
"There's a little seat in the chair
shop next to me that is vacant. and
expect to have company before long
I have not blown the entire lid off the
Indiana situation. Remy did not in
sist that I do so. The rest will come
later, and promise that when the
entire truth is told there will be
cleanup in this state that will startle
the country and will benefit the state
UNNECESSARILY"
D EPUBLICANS of New Jersey, in
IN state convention, OVERRIDE the de-
cision of their resolutions committee
and the protests of the women dele
gates and wrote into their platform a
plank calling for a Volstead law ref
erendum similar to that passed by the
voters of New York last fall. The de-
bate was bitter. the final vote being
67 to Is. 1t is believed the action will
have an important bearing on the gu
bernatorial and senatorial elections of
1928.
The New Jersey Democrats also
held their convention and adopted a
platform demanding the right to make
and consume light wines and beer.
A TLANTIC CITY had one of its
n most disastrous fires in years
Nearly one block of the famous
Board Walk was wiped out and eight
hotels and rooming houses went up in
flames. More than five hundred per.
sons were made homeless, and many
excursionists lost their belongings.
A ENCOURAGEMENT was made In an
article under New York Ameri.
can copyright that Henry Ford has or
dered his publication, the Dearborn
Independent, to discontinue all arti.
cles hostile to Jewish people. Ford
makes statement which is an apology
to the Jews for admitted injurious a.
tacks