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Show Mews Review of Current Events the World Over Italian Troops Invade Ethiopia and the War Begins Mussolini Warns Nations Not to Interfere Craig Made Chief of Staff. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Western Newspaper Union. " X..K Is on In East Africa. Mus- Kollnl'B troops In Eritrea In-vaiJfil In-vaiJfil Ethiopia because, according to a note lie sent to tlie League of r ' - i I "i Nations, of the Ethiopian mobilization, mobiliza-tion, though this was not ordered until un-til after the Italians Ital-ians had crossed the border and occupied oc-cupied strategic positions po-sitions south of SI t. Mussa All. linltlrigheta IIc-roul, IIc-roul, the Ethiopian , , . rorelRn minister, BaUingheta gpnt t0 ie , e Heroul this message: "A telegram received October 3 from lias Seyum, Informs the Imperial Im-perial government that Italian military mil-itary airplanes this morning bombarded bom-barded Aduwa and Adigrnt, leaving leav-ing many victims among the civilian civil-ian population, Including women and children, and destroying numerous nu-merous houses. "A battle Is at this moment taking tak-ing place In the province of Agame. "These events, occurring on Ethiopian Ethi-opian territory, constitute a violation viola-tion of the empire's frontier, and a breach of the covenant of the league, through Italian aggression." A Reuters dispatch from Addis Ababa said the Italian force advancing ad-vancing on Agame had been defeated, de-feated, but this report appeared to be false. The Italians, moving south from the Asmara region, crossed the Mareb river frontier at widely separated sep-arated points and converged In heavy columns toward Aduwa, the scene of the terrific Italian defeat 30 years ago. Government authorities authori-ties in Kome at first denied that Aduwa and Adigrat had been bombed, but this action was reported report-ed by American correspondents with the Italian army. The whole operation was under the direction of Gen. Emilio De Eono, commander command-er In chief of Italy's colouial armies. arm-ies. Haile Selassie's order for general mobilization was carried throughout through-out the empire by the ominous beating beat-ing of the war drums, and his eager warriors responded by the hundred hun-dred thousand. The emperor's first war order was to his chieftain, Ras Kabada, and three other generals, to take 50,000 men to Jit. Mussa All. The defense In the North was entrusted to the Negradas of Wol-lacho. Wol-lacho. It was estimated at Addis Ababa that the emperor could count on the services of about l,2fi0,-000 l,2fi0,-000 fighting men, and the. women also are ready for active work in the conflict. SIMULTANEOUSLY with opening open-ing of hostilities In Ethiopia, Mussolini gave the signal for tremendous tre-mendous mass gatherings of all Fascists in Italy. Millions of Black Shirts in nil the cities dropped everything and assembled to cheer for the Duce and his African adventure. ad-venture. From the balcony of the Venetian palace in Rome the pre- mler shouted the words that committed com-mitted his nation to a policy that may mean either victory or ruin, lie reiterated his determination to seize territory from Ethiopia but declared he would do everything . possible to prevent the campaign from bringing on a European war. But he warned the League of Nations Na-tions and all nations to keep their hands off, saying: "To sanctions of nn economic character we reply with our discipline, disci-pline, our sobriety, and our spirit of sacrifice. To sanctions of a mil-: mil-: ltary character we will reply with measures of military character. To acts of war we will reply with acts . ef war." - Summoned hastily to a meeting of the league council in Geneva, the statesmen of Europe found themselves them-selves confronted by the fact, that an undeclared war was being waged by a league member against a league member. Article XVI of the league covenant provides for severe penalties for such a war when the aggpessor has been determined. The sanctions range through an economic; and financial boycott to final military penalties. Before going go-ing to Geneva, Anthony Eden of ' ' Great Britain conferred with Pre-mier Pre-mier Laval of France in Taris. He had' instructions to throw the full support of his mrvement behind league efforts to isolate or halt the conflict In Africa. French officials , believed that If sanctions were np-Hed np-Hed by the league, they would be only economic, which would shut off loans and rav- materials from tally. The mobilization of the Erltiii navy in the Mediterranean and the Red sea continued with accelerated ac-celerated speed. TTTRv! assurance that the United J- States would not be drawn into a foreign war was given by President Presi-dent Rnosevelt in his address at ban Uifgo. lie said: "We not only earnestly desire peace but we are moved by a stern determination to avoid those perils that will endanger our peace with the world. As President of the United States I say to yon most earnestly once more that the people of America and the government of those people Intend and expect to remain at pence with all the world." In Washington Secretary of State null made a strong plea for peace, declaring that economic recovery Is being retarded by international political uncertainty, ne warned that world political stability cannot can-not he achieved without a revival of world trade and that war will block trade. ATAJ. GEN. MA LIN CRAIG, a ivi veteran of two wars and commandant com-mandant of the war college, was appointed chief of staff of the i ' I I American army by President Roosevelt, Roose-velt, lie took office of-fice immediately, succeeding Gen. Douglas MacAr-tliur, MacAr-tliur, who Is now on his way to the Philippines to be military adviser to the new island commonwealth. com-monwealth. Craig rn M,ii ls auvaneea to tun den. Malm , . , r. generalship. Cralg Born in St Jo seph, Mo., In 1S75, Cralg was graduated gradu-ated from West Point in 1S98. Immediately afterward he saw service In Cuba during the Spanish-American Spanish-American war, and in June, 1000, participated In the China relief expedition ex-pedition made necessary by the Boxer Box-er outbreak. After service in various va-rious army posts in this country, Cralg, upon American entrance into the World war in 1917, was assigned as chief of staff of the Forty-first division and sailed with that outfit for France. Later he became chief of staff of the First army corps, serving in that position until the armistice was signed. Then he marched Into Germany as chief of staff of the army of occupation. For his fine work In the World war he received the Distinguished Service medal, and he also was given the Legion of Honor and Croix De Guerre of France, Order of the Bath of England, Order of the Crown of Belgium, and Order of the Crown of Italy. npREASURY reports for three A months ending September SO showed a first-quarter deficit of $S32,000,000. This was 34 per cent greater than for the corresponding period a year ago which at that time was a record deficit. Expenditures Expendi-tures for the quarter amounted to 1,S30,000,000. This was an average of about $20,000,000 a day. The deficit occurred in spite of increased taxes and other revenues incident to improved business. Total To-tal revenues for the three months were $09S.OOO,000 compared with 5954,000,000 in the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year.' DOTATO control was the subject 1 of discussiou at a hearing called by the AAA In Washington, and officials, farmers and consumers I 1 Lr .ti vri e veil a CO it lice to say what they thought about the Warren act, which provides for quotas for potato growers, with a prohibitive tax on production in excess of quotas, and is armed with ja.il penalties for willful buyers or . seners oi oootieg Secretary . , ' ... ,, ' potatoes. Wallace n . Ihis act was opposed op-posed by the New Dealers, and Secretary Sec-retary of Agriculture Wallace said at the conference that he does not want to enforce it and will do all in his power to avoid enforcing It. He offered several plans for voluntary vol-untary methods which would reduce re-duce potato surpluses and raise prices. He continued: "Potato growers are In real trouble trou-ble and the AAA wants their judgment judg-ment on possible cures for potato problems. Potato prices are abt.ut half of parity and the AAA desires to get the full benefit of the judg-mnt judg-mnt of potato producers concerning plans for increasing their returns." THE AAA announced a production produc-tion for cigar-leaf tobacco for four years beginning in 1!);IG. It provides pro-vides a maximum acreage production produc-tion Of 40 per cent Benefit payments pay-ments will guarantee producers not less tl.an "fair exchange value," or parity, for the crop. Contract signers will be prevented from growing tobacco on farms other than those covered by the contract. Unused tobacco land can be used for pasture or home consumption crops. j 'TP RAVELING rapidly to the Pa- cl2c coast for some fishing, President Pres-ident Roosevelt delivered several important addresses. The first was at Fremont, Neb., where he spoke to about 13, OK) farmers farm-ers and was enthusiastically en-thusiastically received. re-ceived. Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt set forth the chief accomplishments accomplish-ments of the ad-ministration ad-ministration to date, and challenged chal-lenged his oppo- . . nents to do better. Pres.dent He defen(led the Roosevelt lcgamy of ,he Ngw Deal doings and made it plain that he would continue to carry on experiments ex-periments for the welfare of the people. Defining his Idea of constitutional consti-tutional government, he said its true function is to promote the general gen-eral welfare, not by Interfering unduly un-duly with Individual liberties, but by bringing to the aid of the individual indi-vidual those powers of government which are essential to assure the continuance of the Inalienable rights which the Constitution Is intended to guarantee. It is democracy In the good old American sense of the word." Coming to the AAA, in which his hearers might be supposed to be most vitally Interested, the President Presi-dent asserted that "agricultural adjustment ad-justment Is an expression In concrete con-crete form of the human rights J those farmer patriots sought to win when they stood at the bridge at Concord, when they proclaimed the Declaration of Independence, and when they perpetuated these ideals by the adoption of the Constitution." Con-stitution." No matter what attempts may be made to tear it down, "the principle prin-ciple of farm eqnallty expressed by agricultural adjustment will not die," the President told the crowd. The AAA has made "honorable history," the President declared, and as a result smoke Is pouring from chimneys again and workers without regular jobs are obtaining employment He server notice that It is the purpose of his administration to "use every square mile of the United States for the purpose to which It Is best adapted." Nature must be harnessed Instead of despoiled," des-poiled," he asserted. At Boulder Dam the President assisted as-sisted In the dedication of the great project and delivered an address in which he announced that government gov-ernment spending for employment purposes' was nearlng Its end and that now private industry must take up the burden of decreasing the army of the unemployed. lie defended de-fended the administration against the charges of "boondoggling" and said Its efforts "meet with the approval ap-proval of the people of the nation." He touched only lightly on the power pow-er question. Secretary Ickes, who also spoke, said Boulder Dam should be re-named Johnson Dam, In honor of Senator Hiram Johnson. John-son. Again at Los Angeles in the Hollywood Hol-lywood Bowl and at San Diego the Chief Executive delivered addresses, and then he went fishing. COL. FRANK KNOX, publisher of the Gblcnffn DniH Npwq 1st nnw an accredited candidate for the Re publican Presidential nomination, lui lie uiio icveiveu the indorsement of the Repullican state central committee com-mittee of Illinois. Colonel Knox has been in a receptive mood for a long time and has traveled trav-eled all over the country making speeches. In various unofl.cial straw - . c votes he has been Co'' Frank placed second, only Knox Senator Borah being preferred to him. Addressing the Illinois central committee, Colonel Knox said: "1 have beet, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from West Virginia on north, and everywhere I find that the Republicans not only think that they will be victorious but they have a deep sense of responsibility to rescue the country from the hands of socialists." yAN SWERINGEN brothers have " regained control over the vast railway and real estate empire they built and lost to New York bankers. bank-ers. At the height of the boom this was valued at $3,000,000,000. It was taken by a banking group when the Van Sweringens defaulted on loans of $4S. 000.000 and put up at auction. auc-tion. The brothers regained control for $3,121,000 by bidding In the majority ma-jority stock of the Alleghany corporation, cor-poration, holding company for all but one of the so-called Van Swer-tngen Swer-tngen roads. Including the Chesapeake Chesa-peake & Ohio, Pere Marquette, Nickel Plate, Missouri Pacific, and Chicago & Eastern Illinois, and the i Van Sweringen corporation through which the brothers ruled their vast real estate possessions. V) CLGARIAN conspirators formed - an elaborate plot to assassinate K'nj Bcrir HI and seize control of the government, but they were foiled and many persons were arrested. Sources close to the government declared aa attack was to have been made on the king as he appeared ap-peared before his subjects to review re-view a parade in celebration of the anniversary of his accession to the throne. |