The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-11-14

uteS, new record for women myers.
less partisan. Such an agency is the
public lands committee of the senate.
1t is quite apparent that the public
lands committee will initiate an inves-
tigation MS soon as congress meets. II
will be time then, we suggest to Mr..
Hoover. to determine precisely how
reckless, baseless. and Infamous MIR.
Kelley's charges are"
HOINCIDING with the celebration OF
~ Navy day in the United States, the
London three-pOwer naval treaty was
put into effect with the formal de-
posting Of the notifications of the sig
natOry powers in the British foreign
office Prime Minister Mcdonald,
Foreign Minister Henderson. American
Ambassador Dawes and Japanese AM
bassador Matsudaira took part In the
ceremony, while the French and Italian
ambassadors looked on. To mark the
event, President Hoover and the prime
ministers of Great Britain and Japan
exchanged fluctuations, which were
broadcast to. the world by radio. Mr..
Hoover expressed the hope that the
limitations effected at London would
be followed soon by further reduc.
tons in naval armaments; and both
he and Mr.. Macdonald urged France
and Italy to an agreement so the pact
can be made five-power treaty.
ERANCO-ITALIAN relations were
l. not improved during the week. for
Premier Mussolini took advantage OF
the eighth anniversary of the march
Of the Fascist on Rome to indulge
in another Of his provocative attacks
on his neighbors. He said Fascist
Italy is surrounded by enemies and
that a state of "moral warfare" al
ready has been declared against it in
preparation for military war He dis
played little book In which, he said,
lis noted down the day by day military
preparations Of 1927, 1928. 1929 and
1880 against Italy, long before my
speeches at Leghorn, Florence and
Milan. Here is a complete list of bat
teries placed. forts constructed and
ornaments created and put in place"
This. of course, referred to the
formidable chain of fortresses and
machine gun nests which the French
are constructing on their eastern
frontier, recently described in dis
patches from Paris. In the course of
his speech the duce clearly revealed
the fact that Italy has lined up with
the nations that were its enemies in
the World war in their demand that
the peace treaties be revised and the
League Of Nations covenant be re-
shaped.
- ERMANY'S Fascists in the reichs-
- tag met with defeat when the
foreign affairs committee rejected their
motions demanding that Germany can
eel the Versailles treaty and immedi-
ately cease all reparatiOns under the
Young plan. The committee adopted
motion presented by Doctor Daugh.
representing the German Peoples
party, requesting the government tn
take all steps necessary to induce
other signatories of the Versailles
treaty to fulfill the pledge to disarm.
EUROPE, and especially Great Brit
IL ain. was deeply interested in a
conference in Angora participated in
by President Kelam Pasha of Turkey.
Premier Count Bethlen of Hungary
and Premier Venizelos of Greece.
While the parley was looked upon as
a good augury for future peace in the
near east, it also was thought the
three nations might be getting ready
TO join the concerted action for re-
vision of the peace treaties. Greece
and Turkey, 1t was said. were dis
cussing a treaty of naval limitation
and. would sign friendship and COM
mercial pacts.
a dds ABABA, capital of Ethiopia
"A better known to us as Abys-
sinia-was the scene of gorgeous
ceremony on November 2. Ras Tafari.
self styled "Inheritor of the Throne
of David. King Of Kings and Amounted
of God," on that day mounted the
throne as Emperor Halle SeIassie I,
being the 336th sovereign of that en-
pire. A few days previously he had
killed lion. for Ethiopian tradition
Is that no man is At to rule the state
or command warriors until he has per-
formed that feat.
For week or more Populations
from other nations and tourists from
many lands had been gathering and
the state and religious officials had
been preparing for the great event.