The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-19

junker element, de-
clared they would hold on. The Nail
leaders, who might combine with the
junkers, were said to have rejected
that idea and were determined to de-
mand the selection of one of them
selves as chancellor and. another as
minister of the interior. just what
the outcome of the political struggle
will he cannot be determined until
the reichstag meets at the end OF
August.
Of the twenty-one parties contest
ing, only Is gained seats under the
official apportionment thus eight par
ties lost their entity for the time be-
ing.
Besides the fact that it brought no
Rightist majority. the elections next
biggest surprise was the strength de-
veloped by the Communists, who will
have SO instead of their former II
seats. "
That the middle of the road"
course no longer appeals to the
German voter was believed indicated
by the crushing of the moderate par
ties of the right, even including Hug
enberg's Nationalists.
MGR. IGNATZ SEIPEL. the great
4Vl priest-politician who formerly
was chancellor of Austria and still
was helping direct the destinies of his
country, died at his home near Vienna
of diabetes and complications of the
lung due to the presence of bullet
fired at him by an assassin eight years
ago. Strangely enough his death
saved. the government of his party.
the Christian Socialists, from defeat
in the parliament and consequent
downfall.
The government needed Seipel's
vote in parliament to defeat no con-
fidence resolution introduced by the
Pam Germans and backed by the So
cialsts. Under Austrian law. deputies
cannot vote by proxy. Seipel's severe
illness prevented him from attending
parliament. Less than an hour after
Seipel's death. Chancellor Dollfuss ap-
pointed a local banker. John Wan
cura. to take his seat. ,Wancura bur-
ried to parliament, arriving just in
time to vote for the government. That
vote saved the cabinets life, the count
being 4deadlocked 81 to 81.
PARAGUAY and Bolivia are In arms
ready to engage in real warfare for
possession of the disputed Gran Chaco
region. where already their frontier
forces have been fighting and the
Bolivians have attacked several Para
guayan forts. Mobilization was or
dered in Paraguay, and was expected
there were great demonstrations of
patriotism and the war fever was high.
The United States appealed to the
two nations to cease warlike activities
and submit their dispute to arbitra-
tion, being Joined in this effort by
Mexico, Colombia. Cuba and Uruguay.
Argentine, Brazil, Chile and other
Latin American countries added their
pleas for peaceful settlement, and
collective cables we're sent to Para.
quay and Bolivia informing them they
were violating the arbitration treaty
adopted at the Pan-American confer
ence in 1925 Bolivia already had noti-
fed the neutrals she would settle the
Gran Chaco dispute "even by the
force of arms" A similar reply was
sent by her to the League of Nations.
Paraguay agreed to arbitration.
Both Bolivia and Paraguay claim
the whole of the ChacO as between
the Paraguay and Pilcomayo rivers.
Actually the territory is about equally
divided now as far as physical occu-
patton goes.
d OBERT P. LAMONT of Chicago
N resigned as secretary of COM
merce in order to return to private
business. His retirement from the
cabinet had been expected for some
time. TO succeed him President Hoo
yer selected Roy d. Chaplin of Detroit,
who has been chairman of the board
of the Hudson Motor company since
1923. Mr.. Chaplin, who was born in
Michigan in 1880, has been close
friend of Mr.. Hoover for many years
and is lifelong Republican. He is
married and lives at Crosse Pointe
farms. Michigan.
ID EAL warfare broke out at the
N Dixie Bee coal mine, ten miles
from Terre Haute. Ind, where trouble
had been brewing for months. Five
thousand union miners armed with
rifles nttnclod tho nnnnninn work arS