The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-03
TREND OF WORLD AFFAIRS
Prepared by
Lucy Meacham Thruston

Because of the prominent part that
Great Britain has been forced to take
in the discussions and action of the
League, the bitterest kind of feeling
| has grown up against the British ma
ton in Italy. This feeling has been
intensified by what seems to Italians
to be the position of moral superior
ity adopted by English political
leaders in discussing the Italian
attitude.
News of the naval conference now
converting in London is showed under
by the eager search, point by point,
for some hopeful break in the Italo-
Ethiopian situation and for at least
the beginnings of solution which
may put an end to the destruction Of
life in that ancien. land, and which
may, in turn, help as solvent in the
tense situation in Europe. Yet this
naval congress is of vital importance
in the progress of the world. 1t
should, of necessity, settle many
questions, chief of which is,-can not
| the nations by mutual agreement of
| limitations in sea force limit also
the enormous sums spent on battle
ships, aircraft, cruisers and so on
and turn this sum obtained by taxa
/ - "a hao oh 10 n
tical progress and help for the citi-
zens themselves-or aid the citizenry
by lessening the tax burden?
! Aid in constructing bridges across
three Central American rivers will
be given by the Government of the
United States. The rivers are in the
Republic of Panama, in Guatemala,
and in Honduras. Funds for the
work will be taken from the 3d.
600, 900 granted by Congress in June,
1885, ITO meet such expenses as the
President deemed necessary TO enable
the United States to cooperate with
the several governments, members of
the Pan-American Union in connec-
ton with survey and construction OF
| it's proposed Inter-American High
way"
Persia is becoming interested in
Student camps and conferences.
Such camp was successfully held
this year at Teheran under the
Worlds Student Christian Fedora
ton.
A gift from Japan has been re-
ceived by the Thomas Alva Edison
Foundation. Two stone lanterns, six
feet high, weighing more than 1890
pounds, carved by distinguished
Japanese artists is the gift, which is
representative of eternal light.
Australia is the first country in
the world to approve postoffice pro-
posals for the use of airplanes to fly
mails at ordinary letter rates.
One need not have TO learn to
speak and read Latin and German
and French and Italian and seven or
more languages to understand one
language which every one under
stands, it is the language of music.
A German may have written it or an
Italian, but when the strains bring
their message to the ear, that word
| is understood. So the RUSSIAN
STUDENT CHOIR has captivated
HOLLAND. During October this
choir, which was already well-known
in Great Britain and Switzerland,
made a tour in Holland. They sang
mostly the music of the Russian
Eastern Orthodox church, and the
people of Holland were so pleased
and enthusiastic that in many cases
no church could be found large
enough to hold all the people who
wanted to come in and listen.
There is little new Prince in
Japan. He was born on November
20, and his name is Mashahito Yosh-
inomiya, which means Prince of Cen
eral Righteousness. When the little
Prince was born his father, The
Emperor himself, wrote down this
name on sheet of soft white paper
and the sheet with the name char
acters upon it was carried with great
pomp into the infants presence.