The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-07-18

port, Chicago.
a"Brabanconne" and the Belgian flag
slowly descended Then the military
band played God Save the King and
the Union Jack slid down the hal
yards. 1t was tense moment as the
strains of the "Marseillaise" burst
into the air and the tricolOr floated
down.
High Commissioner Paul Tirard and
the other officials crossed the Rhine
bridge in motors and a thousand
French soldiers in full war panoply
marched to the railroad station and
entrained for home.
A proclamation by President Won
Hindenburg said:
"After years of bitter distress, after
the acceptance of oppressive burdens,
we have regained for the Rhineland
a freedom that we shall preserve for
the welfare and future of our father
land.
Therefore, in this solemn hour, let
us be united in the pledge, Deutsct-
land ueber alles."
A LMOST before the outside world
"A knew anything about it, there
was a successful revolution down in
Bolivia, caused by the alleged efforts
of fernando Siles, resigned president,
to regain the office of chief executive
and hold it in perpetuity. Troops led
by Gen. Carlos Blanco Galindo occu.
pied La Paz, the capital, after a hot
fight, and Siles and his friends fled
or took refuge in foreign legations
The military junta took charge Of the
government and announced financial
and other plans for the immediate
restoration of the republic to its nor
NAL condition on constitutional basis.
It was understood that free elections
would be held and a new president
designated in such a manner that he
cannot perpetuate himself in office.
The populace in La Paz was de-
lighted with the success of the revolu.
tionary movement, and great crowds
surrounded the Brazilian legation
which sheltered Siles, demanding that
he be given up for trial by the courts.
Gen. Hans Kundt, German chief of
staff of the Bolivian army, who was
accused not only of aiding Doctor
Siles, but of Prussianizing the Bolivian
forces, fled to the German legation.
General Galindo took steps to protect
all the former officials from violence.
GREAT BRITAIN Is taking relent-
~ less measures to end the spas
sive" rebellion in India. The latest of
these was the arrest of Pandit Motilal
Nehru, a Hindoo and acting president
of the All-India national congress, and
Sayed Mahmud, a Moslem, secretary
of the congress. They were tried i'm
mediately and sentenced to six months
Imprisonment. These arrests created
a great sensation throughout India
and hartal or cessation Of all work
was proclaimed in protest. In Bonn
bay a boycott week" was started and
housewives were urged to refrain from
buying British goods.
The spirit of the Nationalist seems
far from broken. In many cities the
school students, both boys and girls,
have joined the movement, quitting
their schools, holding parades and as
sisting in the picketing of British
shops.
a MERICANS of % countries gath
"A cred in Paris with Frenchmen to
celebrate the France-America commit
tees "week of American nations"
heard Raymond Poincare, former pres
ident and former premier, take the
United States to task for its new tariff
law. NJ. Poincare presided at din
ner to national delegates.
"There is a crisis in the friendship
of the two nations which if not REM
edied promptly will grow worse" he
said. countries that try to antag-
onize other peoples will find that they
are attached to those other peoples
by bonds they cannot break"
1.-TWO feats in aviation marked the
i week. First Roger Q. Williams
with two companions made nonstop
fight from New York to Bermuda and
back in the Columbia, the transat-
lantic Bellanca monoplane, in IL
hours and s minutes. Second, John
and Kenneth Hunter of Sparta, ILL.,,
smashed to smithereens the refueling
endurance record over Sky Harbor
airport north of Chicago. They re-
fused to come down until the motor
Of their plane was worn out.