The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-01

succee d Harry F.
Payer who has been
transferred to the
position of special
foreign trade adviser
to the RFC. Mr..
Sayre is professor ~
in the Harvard law -
school and will re- Say's
move from Cambridge to Washington
as soon as arrangements can be made
with the university.
AS adviser on foreign affairs to the
government Of Siam, Mr.. Sayre has
had wide experience In the negotia-
ton of political and commercial
treaties. Since 1925 he has negotiated
treaties between the Siamese govern
ment and the governments of France,
Great Britain, the Netherlands, Spain.
Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
and Italy. He holds decorations from
all of the principal nations of Europe.
T LIEUTENANT COMMANDER SET
~ TIE of the navy and Major Ford
ney Of the marines finally found
day of favorable atmospheric con.
ditions and made their long-delayed
flight into the shakespeare. Their
big balloon assembled from Akron.
Ohio, and reached an altitude of 81, 237
feet This beat the existing record by
about 5000 feet, though Russia's STRAIT
osphere explorers claimed to have ris
en- above $1,000 feet.
Settles balloon and aluminium ball
came down in southern New Jersey
swamp and the two daring explorers
extricated themselves safely and were
taken by airplane to. Washington
where they were received by the sec
rotary of the navy and other officials.
n NEWFOUNDLAND is about to lose
/ Y Its status as a British dominion
and be denoted to that Of crown col
ony. This course has been recon-
mended by royal commission that
has been investigating the dominion's
tangled financial affairs The report
of this body charges that Newfound,
lands debt, which has reached the
point where the interest consumes 90
per cent Of the states income, 10
largely due to reckless waste and ex.
travagance and to the absence of con.
structive and efficient administration"
Newfoundland was the first Of Great
Britain's overseas colonies. Labrador
is included In its government, and one
Of the suggested solutions for the is
lands difficulties has been to sell Lab
rador to Canada, paying the public
debt with the proceeds.
CEISMOGRAPHS all over the world
~ showed the other day what scien.
lists declared was the greatest earth
quake ever recorded. But fortunately
it occurred way up toward the North
pole, between Greenland and Baffin Is
land where there was nothing to de-
stroy except land formation and no
lives to be taken.
ERNEST W. GIBSON. who formerly
II was congressman from Vermont.
will go back to Washington to repre-
sent that state in the senate. He was
appointed by Governor Wilson to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
Senator Porter H. Dale.
VXTISCONSIN'S farm strike fizzled
w out, SO it was called off by the
heads of the Farm Holiday associa-
ton and the milk pool. The pickets
were all withdrawn and shipments of
milk and other farm produce to the
markets were resumed. The milk
pool leader said another "holiday"
probably would be ordered in Feb
ruary.
CHINA seems to be headed for an
~ other civil war of major proper.
lions. The famous Nineteenth route
army, which defended Shanghai against
the Japanese early last year, has re-
vOlted~ against the Marking govern
ment and issued a declaration of In
dependence of Fukien province. It is
rumored the army has reached an I'M
Outstanding with the communists In
Kiangsi province.
The fact that Fukien's chief political
principle is continued opposition to
Japan has caused apprehension that
1t is likely to provoke Japanese inter
vention. The province conta rs exten-
sive Japanese interests and Is re-
garded as Japanese sphere due to Its
location opposite the Japanese island
colony on Formosa.
nN DECEMBER the fascist grand
~ council will be convoked to dis
cuss the question Of Italy's member
ship In the League Of Nations, and in.