The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-06-17

platform and presented to President
Coolidge, who with few fitting words
pinned on his breast the new Dis
tinguished Flying Service cross. The
aviator and his mother were then
driven to the temporary White HouseA
and for the following day and half
were banqueted and feted and inter-
viewed and photographed without re-
spite. Before his arrival in Washing
ton Lindbergh was promoted to colonel
in the Missouri National Guard flying
service and was awarded the Langley
and the Hubbard medal by the Nation
al Geographic society. BY radio on
shipboard and from committees that
journeyed to Washington he received
innumerable invitations to visit cities
and persons that wanted to entertain
him. 1t was certain that he would
visit New York, which had arranged
great reception for him, and Chi
cagO hoped to have him as it's guest
during a military tournament June "a,
% and 26. st. Louis of course will
entertain him for that is his residence,
and Little Falls, Mimi, his "home
town." expects a visit.
M VOIKOFF, Russian minister to
AVA' Poland, was assassinated in the
Warsaw railway station by young
Russian student, and alarmists see in
the event and its consequences the
possibility of another European war.
Maxim Litvinoff, soviet assistant COM
missar of foreign affairs, Immediately
dispatched note to Warsaw demand
ing that the Polish government take
responsibility for the murder and that
Russian officials be permitted to take
part in an investigation of "the plot
which led up to the murder" The
assassination, he said, was part of
the whole sequence of acts intended to
disrupt soviet Russia's diplomatic mis-
sions abroad" and he linked it up with
the raid on the soviet embassy in Pc
king, the raid in London and Great
Britain's severance of relations with
Russia.
The Poles made all sorts of official
apologies for the murder and delayed
their reply to the note in the hope of
finding some form that would concili-
ate Russia without hurting Polands
dignity. 1t was felt that compliance
with Russia's demand for participa-
ton in the inquiry would be most diff
ficult. The similar murder at Sara
ievo in June, 1914, which led to the
World war, naturally, was in all
minds. However, Polish government
circles regarded the tragedy as an in
ternal Russian affair, saying that al
though it happened on Polish terri
tory, Poland had no moral RESPONSE
bilfty for it. AS usual in such cases,
the soviet authorities in Moscow
staged big popular demonstration
against the Polish legation and osten-
tatiously protected it with troops.
DREMIER POINCARE of France
told the chamber of deputies he
hoped to get better debt settlement
terms from the United States and
that he intended to try, particu.
larly as he realized that the
French parliament would not rati-
fly, the accords with America and
Great Britain in their present form.
The premier said that was why he
had made the provisional" payments
on the debt account-so as to keep
free to renew the negotiations. His
declaration came after he had re-
marked that 1.-THE French parliament
does not seem to wish to ratify" the
accords.
MAYOR THOMPSON of Chicago
AVA and the members Of the eXecu-
tive committee of the recent food con-
troll conference went to Washington
and laid before President Coolidge the
recommendations for legislation adopt
ed by that gathering. The President
has been urged by several national
leaders to call congress in special ses-
sion at least six weeks before the reg
ular December assembly in order that
the flood control and farm relief
problems may be disposed of. and pos
sibly revenue legislation framed. thus
relieving the program of the regular
session.
COMPLICATED and obscure politi-
~ cal negotiations are going on in
China that may result in at least tenn
porary peace. Any way, the prospect
is that there will be no fighting in
Picking and that the foreign legations
will not have to move out. Chang
Tso-lin's armies having been driven