The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-05-20


China" meeting in New York.
to save the Bayou des CLASSES levee
was practically lost.
y EAR ADMIRAL LATIMER issued
IN warning to all armed forces in
Nicaragua that they would have to
surrender their arms peaceably to the
American troops there or submit to
disarmament by force. This order APP
plies to the Conservatives as well as
the Liberal rebels, and the latter are
to receive from the Diaz government
payment of $40 for each rifle or ma
chine gun surrendered. The possibility
that force might be required to per-
suade some of the belligerents led Adj
miral Latimer to ask that 500 more
marines be sent him. Four hundred
were started at once from Quantico,
and 400 were embarked at Charleston,
S. c., and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. An
aviation detachment and six airplanes
was sent from Quantico, and another
aviation detail with three planes was
ready to proceed from San Diego by
commercial transportation.
To assist General Moncado,, Liberal
commander in chief, in persuading his
troops to lay down their arms, Henry
L. Stimson, personal representative OF
President Coolidge, wrote the general
this letter after their conference at
Tipitapa:
confirming our conversation of this
morning, have the honor to inform
you that I am authorized to say that
the President of the United States in
tends to accept the request of the Mica
raguan government to supervise the
elections of 1928; that the retention
of President Diaz during the remain
der of his term is regarded as essen
tial to that plan and will be insisted
upon; that q general disarmament of
the country is also regarded as neces-
sary for the prOper.~and successful
conduct of such elections, and that the
forces of the United States will be
authorized to accept the custody of
the arms of those willing to lay them
down, including the government, and
to disarm forcibly those who will not
do So"
A MEXICAN foreign policy scored
"A heavily when Sir Austen Cham
berlain, British foreign secretary, an
nounced in the house of commons that
Great Britain had acceded to the view
of the United States and would not
send further notices to China or APP
ply sanctions for the Marking out
RACES After full review of the facts
the British decided the application of
force would be inexpedient, however
justified, and Great Britain has in
formed all the other interested powers
of this fact, Sir Austen said. He an
nounced, however, that Great Britain
will hold whatever government
energies from the chaos of the present
Cantonese split responsible for the
and compensations.
The British government notified
Washington it was ready to cooperate
in abrogating eXtraterritorial rights in
China, and our State department an
nounced that this government stands
prepared to enter into negotiations for
the adjustment of extraterritoriality
with any government of China or dele
gates who can speak for China.
DIR. c.. c. WI, upon assuming the
Office of foreign minister of the Nan
king government, declared that gov
eminent has no intention of using
force against the Shanghai foreign set
Element. When the proper time ar
rives the Nationalists will take up the
question of the international settle
ment automatically, as well as the
entire treaty situation.
The Nationalist Of Marking and
Hankow have dropped their quarrel
for q time to form a united front
against Marshal Chang Tso-lin. Gen.
eral Feng is reported moving eastward
to drive the Manchurian from Picking.
/ ANSOlNDANCE Win a uoSiSion Nv
L Supreme Court Justice Peters of
New York, $2,5O0.000 raised in the
United States for the Irish Republic"
does not belong to either the Irish
Free State or canon de Valera, for
mer President of the republic and
trustee for the bondholders. Instead.
the sum is to be returned to the sub
scribers after the heavy expenses or
the long litigation are deducted. The
immediate return to the subscribers
will be made still smaller by another
factor. The republic campaigners
raised SG,00000Q in the United States.
OF this all hut the $2,500,000 affected
by this decision was sent to Ireland