The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-31
ures for temporary relief are being
taken by many state and municipal
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III Ava tCHupOA al AChSA oAS CNA-S
taken by many state and municipal
governments.
IN GERMANY the unemployment sit
uation is probably more immediate
ly critical than elsewhere. The gov
eminent is determined to enforce q
policy of drastic economy and in line
with this the official arbitrator recent
ly ordered cut of per cent in the
wages of the metal workers Of Berlin.
The union ordered a strike in protest,
and last week 10000 thus were added
to the $4,000 unemployed men and
women in the capital city. These
workers out of work marched about
in large groups and tried to reach the
parliament building. but were driven
off by the police and firemen.
Sessions of the reichstag were ex-
ceedingly stormy. DR.. Paul Loebe,
Socialist, was reelected speaker de-
spite the opposition Of the Fascists
and Communists. Franz Stoehr. Fas-
cist, was chosen first vice president.
The first Fascist threat to the gov
eminent was beaten off when Ernst
Scholz, Fascist candidate for speaker,
lost to Loebe on the second ballot.
The Fascist might have driven
wedge between the government and
the Socialists if Loebe had been de-
feated, for the life of the cabinet de-
ponds largely on support from the So
cialists, numerically the largest party
in the reichstag.
pRAZII'S civil war was marked by
- fierce and continuous fighting on
many fronts. In their communicates
both sides claimed victories. but the
preponderance of evidence was rather
in favor of the revolutionists. The
main efforts Of the rebels were direct
ed toward the capture of Sac Paulo.
and their bulletin said they were get
ting near that important city. The
insurgents also were battling their
way toward Rio de Janeiro, winning
a battle only 100 miles northeast of
the capital city.
The federal forces. according to the
official notice, have maintained their
lines established in the state Of Minas
Geraes, in no case are retreating, and
in a number Of instances are making
considerable gains, chief among these
being the defeat Of Minas Geraes in
surgent troops at the Mantequeira
tunnel.
Secretary of State Stimson an
nounced In Washington that the Unit
ed States would permit the Brazilian
government to purchase munitions of
war in this country, and that arms
shipments to the revolutionists would
not be allowed. The cruiser Pensa-
cola left Guantanamo for Brazilian
waters to protect American interests.
CPAIN seems to be on the verge of
~ revolution, the first open signs
of which were anti-royalist demon,
STATIONS by students of Barcelona.
university. The institution was tenn
porarily closed. This, however, is said
to be merely symptom of the out
break that is to come. The military,
the republican federals and the Cata-
Ian separatists are alleged to have
reached an agreement to work togeth-
er for the overthrow of the monarchy,
though the ultimate detectives of
these groups are very divergent. Neu-
trail observers In Spain. however, be-
lieve that the Berenguer government
will succeed in SURPRISING the insur-
gents though the monarchy is seri-
ously threatened.
D ELIEF for the unemployed farm
IN ers and others in the drought
stricken regions is Forthcoming to
some extent through the action of the
federal government. At the instance
of the national drought relief COM
mittee, the government has made i'm
mediately available to drought states
their 1882 allotments of its $125, OOO.-
900 appropriation for aid to highway
construction.
]. B. Kincer, Agricultural depart
ment meteorologist, says the drought
has been the most prolonged and wide
spread in the history of the nations
weather records. The average rain
fall of the country between January
and September was reduced to 81
per cent of the normal, and during
the growing season from March to
August it amounted to only 81 per
cent.
MODIFICATION of the volstead
AVA act legalizing the manufacture
and sale Of beer would create an add