Show NEWS REVIEW OF OE CURRENT EVENTS Schemes Against U. U S. S Lead Are Likely to Fail in Havana By EDWARD W W. PICKARD LATIN AMERICAN statesmen who planned to 10 undermine the leadership leader leoder ship of the United States on the Western hemisphere d during the Pan Inn American conference In lIo Havana lIono no are ure not likely to accomplish much l In that way and ant may even eo abandon the attempt attempt at at- tempt for the time present Their cause was greatly weakened by lr President Ident Coolidge's visit to 10 0 and hl Ills diplomatic though firm address a and b by the strength of ot the United States delegation headed by Charles Churles Evans AnS Hughes hs During their two days s 's In Cuba Mr and ond Mrs rs Coolidge quite won the hearts of ot the people of that He lie and the Ihl Presidents President's h at ot the formal opening of ot the conference was admittedly effective In bringing closer together the till United States SIllIes and the mailer republics of ot the New r world The address was broadcast throughout through out this country by radio Mr 1111 Hughes and the other American delegates l tes were discreet and anti tact tactful till when llIn the conference was organized for fer work worl on Wednesday but It was evident they were watching every e move mo And that they were ready rody to head blad off oIT any ny action condemnatory of the policies of ot the United States SIAles anti 1 to Justify our governments government's course In Nicaragua and ond elsewhere here If It else he necessity sity oros arose Mr Inches I rode t one move mo which seemed seamed significant At Athis Athis Athis his suggestion Or Dr Antonio tie III Bustamente Busta- Busta tn mente of ot Cuba president of the conference con COli ference ferenee was made an ex mem member her ber of ot all oil committees He III Is In full with American policies In III Inthe the time Caribbean bean and agrees with Mr Hughes on questions of lit International law tow that w will III come clime under discussion In Italy th the Coolidge address aliI and the time firm Attitude of It the Aum delegates aroused much bitter comment com comm ment meat In the newspapers for O lini has hOIl been planning n a union of all Latin countries to 10 be he headed h bv by Italy ont and the time failure fit ot this of-this this scheme Is la seen Ien If It the United States maintains and extends extends ex x tends II Its hegemony on Ih time the Western continent President Coolidge and aal his party pirty returned returned re re- re turned to Washington IIII Thursday diy after utter a swift rail trip from I Key West that was broken only h bv br a II stop slop of an nn hour homr hourIn In Jacksonville Fla DOIn DO r In Nicaragua the tilt marines marine's under direct command of Gen General era eral seemed t to 10 he be making marked progress II In he the dispersal dl of time the hand bind of rebel C On ern In Wednesday time hire were 11 reports In Managua UA I 1 lint but ci edible that himself had hind been scum killed or seriously wound d II during dining I the hI bombing operations of If tho Ihl marine I A under MaJ I U It It F I Row Dowell ell who mho attacked Kl II iii m te the Ihl mountain stronghold of mf I the he hI whets rebels Aviators who win Hew clew over OHr Sun un Tuesday sow say what was evidently t a U IlIr large fl fu funeral funeral fu- fu procession II Nest Ve a div day the inn inn- I line acne IIII air patrols pitroN tint I 11 J-J 1 Ch Chi Chi- l pate pale hut hud been abandoned TWO P PO O R of lit Immune W was I 1 needed ded before the senate got jot around to declaring vacant the IIII scat Kent of or elect Senator I I. I Smith of ot Ii Illinois The out outcome was vu s never tr In doubt but bm vailous senators wanted W to tobe be he heard beard some Feme In III favor of the Reed Hoed committees ri resolution and 01 others hers In opposition Th language of the Ihl res- res resolution as reported was cons nil changed so that the IIII rnea measure urt r 1 d that lint Smiths Smith's credentials wore were tainted with lIh fraud and corruption and ond that than as os a conse consequence C- C queues quence h he wn wits not entitled to 10 membership mem In the and that thol n a nR N R ea fl flea Caney ea line no j Ms e I IM In lm the Illinois representation lieu tion The statement eliminated by the nil alteration II was that Smith was 11 not entitled en n I titled tilled to the oath of ot office because of ot th the nature of ot the contributions to his campaign fund S of It Alabama Is convinced cO that the tile Roman Homan Catho Catho- Uc lie church Is determined to destroy him bt because of or lilt his attacks on OD the Knights I of or Columbus and on Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- dA day he broke out In one olle of ot his hili customary customary cus cus- tomary tirades against the Catholics He lie attributed the lime publication of the discredited Hearst Mexican documents documents documents docu docu- ments to n A Catim conspiracy against nj him bringing In III the name of ot Mrs Hearst as a u member of that church hurch When Senator Robinson of ot Arkansas a mm member of the tho committee that Investigated investigated In in- the Ihl denied l that lint the Catholic church had hAt a anything nj thins to todo todo todo do with them In n a rage demanded demanded de te- that Robinson be depo deposed d as minority lender leader The debate between these two Democrats then became become extremely extremely ex Ix t rem 11 bitter and personal and was listened to b by the Republicans with de deep dep ep Interest took occasion to warn worn hl his fellow Democrats against n nominating Coy Gov AI Al Smith for tor the Presidency asserting they should hang their heads In III shame at nt the Smith candidacy If It the Democrats should nominate Smith for the Presidency Prel- Prel dency r he be shouted utI the Republicans can on defeat him with anybody b bj by from to votes oteR The American people knowing what the theRoman Roman Catholic poli political tI 1111 machine IIII Is III I dol doling doing II ore are not going to put him him In the White House Houlle Just now An Any lender In the South who who supports AI Al Smith will never lIe come comae back bock to this capitol Robinson said suld he had bad heard speech n a n. n dozen en times tunes during the last year jear and wn va sick and I tired of it It He lie IllInt went Int on It Is Illustrative illustrative Illus illus- stow how a II good man can go wrong ron and how far fur wrong he can go and what a n fool he can an on make of or himself when he does es go gl wron wrong The senator from Alabama takes tokes himself so fO seri sent seriously that tent he thinks he tie can dictate to the time wholes whole Democratic port party The Time Democratic senators In to caucus loIN later gave I e Robinson on a 0 vote of confidence dente dence and support A O II before the hou house houe e naval na na- val 01 committee Admiral Hughes chief of pf naval nl operations sold said that If It the United States Is to have ho a really adequate fleet It will have ha to spend a 0 million billion dollars rather than the railed called for lor by the present conn construction con cnn pro program He Ile hel held It would be hI necessary to add udd at least 25 5 per percent percent percent cent more amore ships ship to the present pro pro- gram lm which calls for time the completion within the next eight years jears of ot 25 23 cruisers V a submarines 9 0 destroyer lenders leaders and 5 nil aircraft craft carriers Our battleships the admiral asserted assert assert- I IId ed Id are woefully behind those of Great Britain In gun power range speed allt and effe and In reply to 10 questions he lae disputed the theory of ot Admiral Sims Shins that the bottle battleship would be displaced by the time aircraft carrier AS ns the backbone of ot the fleet In Inthe tie the next war wor and aid that aircraft anti submarines would be lie dominant time fill tors Word Wort comes tram flom that the British h government gO has hns further re- re ltd dated Its naval on building program abandoning another cruiser which makes 11 a n total of ot three dropped since Ih the Geneva a naval conference The Thea The s 11 a In ing g will be he about G T BRITAIN Is extremely J cautious In the matter mutter of security se- se eurll agreements o ne In a n note nolI to the subcommittee on security of ot the preparatory preparatory pre pre- committee on disarmament which meets In Geneva n In February the time government emphatically rens reasserts erts Its lis belief In localized agreements ns os opposed ld to generalized schemes Time The note cote points out ut that the time strength of ot nn en arbitration treaty depends de tie penile entirely on the willingness of ot the time people to support decisions unto to themselves which creates limits beyond which h a 0 state cannot go p jO In III mm binding ng obligations to tl arbitrate 1 It observes that Ih the time tithe Is not lIot ripe for tur any ony general system of sanctions for Ih the enforcement of arbitration treaties ant and doubts that lint any nation which Is III strong stron enough nou h to l use lIe Ie force torce lI effectively effe would uld nt ot present under undertake take any such suh general obligations to use 11 force torce against a party to n a dispute dispute- which refined refu ed to submit to lion FOR I several 1101 win we ks n a delegation dele dele- l gallon gation headed by lIy Viscount iota Goto has hns been In Moscow trying to 10 negotiate ate with the soviet let government go for large lorge colonization concessions In time the Amur valley of ot Siberia Also Baron Haroll the Japanese premier hn has been bleD moving mo for tor n a Japanese Russo-Japanese nl al llauce lIance Both Doth these plant plans may fall foil through the former because the slon sian government go Is determined tin the Japanese shall not get a strong foot toot hold bold In Siberia And the latter because of the marked disapproval of ot Grent Great Britain At As a 0 sign of ot this disapprove disapproval the be British government gO suddenly decided de de- decided to send five fhe ton crul cruisers lr to China Chinn Conditions throughout China are lire beco becoming ing more chaotic dally If Ir that thatIs thatis Is p possible and brigandage and piracy are Increasing in The Thc and Huran lions fat are fighting near Tungling lake ake three army corps being Involved ol and the forces of Gen Oen I Fang ng Yu Yu Yu-hsiang ing and Mur Marshal Chang Chong Tso tin are at It II again In to southern ant and northern former Russian war commissar has been heD exiled to a village on the border between Turks Turk star stan and China u. u anti All his fellow leaders of or the opposition have ho bet ti sent to ms' remote posts to repent In tD published letters explains that his quarrel rel rei with Dictator Stalin Is Js due to Stalin's Stalin's Sta Sta- IJ lins lin's determination that the Communist Aist party shall dictate the time policies of It communism and the communist International Inter national while the former war corn com commissar says the International the themore themore themore more Important body of ot the two should control the Russian Communist Communist Com Com- purt party Time The split In the Russian Communist party has hns hind had an on echo In III France Francl where many communists who adhered to have ham been removed from rota the party porI pay roll and forbidden If to enter the Ihl meetings meetings THAT lovely to peace dove e that hovered hov hm hovered hov- hov ered erld over 1 and mania nt ot Geneva hasn't found n a place to 10 light yet jet t Poland rulond opened negotiations negotiations lS for fur a settlement but Lithuania In her lieI reply outlined conditions so 10 un tin unacceptable acceptable to the Poles that a stern protest was sent from Warsaw v to KOMIO 10 The Lithuanians are further onno In time the Poles by hy t earing tearing up lip the Lithuanian portion of ot time the railroad which formerly connected Jovn with Vilna T I TP L I radical Republicans ons Joined with whim I 1 he lime Democrats In III the senate early In I the he week and brought ht about the adoption of ot n a resolution recommending a downward revl revision lon of ot the tariff on nu Industrial products The vote 11 was M 54 to 34 The re resolution resolution tion read rod Resolved that many of ot the rules rates In the existing tariff schedules nIl are excessive et- et t. t that the senate favors in Immediate Imme mediate me- me diate revision r clown downward ward of ot such excessive ex ex- excessive rates establishing a cJu closer er purity parity bet between cn agriculture and Industry Indus try believing It will result to the geni pen In erni benefit t of ot 0 all II n Resolved further that such thrift tariff revision re should be considered and enacted enacted en In acted during the pr present ent session of ot congress Resolved ld further of that Hint a copy cP this resolution be transmitted to the house of ot representatives That I was liS fine ns us to far r ns as It went hut but next day time the house b by a vote of or ISo to tabled the resolution after nn an attempt to have ha It referred to the A ways 8 lint and means committee As In Inthe inthe the senate the radical Republicans of the hou house e voted with the time Democrats against shelving h the measure O III I with the wishes of tin time C COMPLYING administration the senate finance committee postponed consideration of t I the tax bill Mil passed by the house until March 15 HI when according to Senator Smoot It will be possible to deter determine determine mine more mere accurately the time amount of revenues J and expenditures during durin mime he coming year ear I Democratic members member vainly Insisted on Immediate action M MERELY to clear llor up the question of nt Herbert Hoovers ers regularity as DS a Republican former Senator Cal III der tier president of at the rational National limn club luh Issued n a statement that Mr Hoover has hll been n II member I ot III that I dub club since KI and n II com i lion tion of Qt membership Is la membership In Inthe inthe the party of nhe treasury stuff In Washington alrea lJ l ore are actively lly HI Ht work In the interests i of the Hoover 1100 l boom though Secretary Mellon remains noncommittal on nn bl his hi own oan preference In III the f senate renate Senn Seua- tor lur predicted I that hAt I Hoover tr would be he the tile next President and I being be beIng ing questioned by Democrats hI he add eel eel- Id I'd He lie will continue the time policies of ot tl ti is administration |