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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Laval in Uncomfortable Position as Anglo-Italian Relations Rela-tions Grow Worse Senator Vandenberg "Not a Candidate." By EDWARD W. PICKARD Western Newspaper Union. PIERRE LAVAL, premier of Stance, fouud himself In a tight place because of his efforts to retain re-tain the friendship of both Great r-mv Britain and Italy iv Js) and to keep hlsgov-t hlsgov-t "j ernment from be- ins upset by Its. ' jT 4 foes at home. In tfjSsH the Prcess of try-"f try-"f Ing to find a way 1 4 i t0 briD about a 3' I peaceful settlement lJ of the Italo-Ethi- " vS . onlaD war' Laval ilius&i Ik proposed that Britain Brit-ain withdraw Its P.erre Laval big home fleet from the Mediterranean to mollify Mussolini. Mus-solini. This suggestion was laid before be-fore the British cabinet and turned down llatly. The cabinet gave hearty approval to the policy at Geneva of Capt. Anthony Eden and Samuel Hoare, secretary for foreign affairs. Its stand was reported to be substantially substan-tially this: Mussolini will respect nothing but force. He would interpret in-terpret any withdrawal of Britain's Mediterranean forces as a sign of weakening. If Mussolini wants to clear the way for Italo-Ethiopian peace talks, let him halt his armies in Ethiopia and accept league terms as basis for negotiation as Ethiopia already has done. Furthermore, the British govern'-ment govern'-ment called on Laval for a definite reply to its question whether France would co-operate with the British fleet If there were an open break with Italy. The French answers to this query had been too wabbly to suit Downing street Particularly the English wanted to know if their fleet would be permitted to use the French naval dockyards. It was believed be-lieved that if Laval could not satisfy satis-fy the British, the latter would withdraw with-draw from active leadership In the League of Nations and refuse to renew re-new the Locarno commitments on which France relies for protection against Germany. pySPATCHES from the African -' war front are subjected to so severe a censorship that they are not only unsatisfactory by often quite unreliable. All kinds of sen-V sen-V sational stories are circulated and some of them may be true. One such is the report from Djibouti, French Somallland, that Italians killed a number of British Somali-land Somali-land subjects near the Ethiopian frontier, some of the victims being members of the camel corps that Is a part of the colonial army. British Brit-ish Vice Consul Lowe heard, also, that Italians had gassed and shot a lot of cattle and goats in British Somallland. Certainly relations between Italy and Great Britain -were growing worse daily nnd there were many predictions that the two nations would be at each other's throats before be-fore long. The British have been in a deadly cold humor ever since they found out that Mussolini's friends had been trying to stir up an anti-British revolt in Egypt. Now the tinnier between Egypt and Italian Libya is the scene of swift concentration concen-tration of troops on both sides. ETHIOPIA'S representatives In Geneva were told by delegates of several nations that Mussolini was ready to end the warfare if he were given considerable cessions of territory and certain large economic advantages. This tentative offer was transmitted to Addis Ababa, and the reply of Emperor Halle Selassie was a determined "No." The Italians Ital-ians want virtual control over the entire country, and the emperor is not willing to give up a yard of territory. The Italians In northern Ethiopia Ethi-opia were jubilant over the desertion deser-tion of Deglac Haile Selassie Gugsa and several thousand warriors. This Gugsa, a son-in-law of the emperor, Is a descendant of King John, who reigned in the last century. cen-tury. The traitor was rewarded by the Italians by being made ras or chief of the occupied territory in the north. Seemingly reliable reports from medical missionaries In the southern 6ector, the Ogaden zone, said the Italians were making free use of L. chlorine gas and dumdum bullets which for many years have been outlawed in all "civilized'' warfare. IT DOESN'T take much these days to cause the Republicans to rejoice. The latest event hailed by them as a harbinger of victory next year was merely a by-election In Massachusetts to fill a vacancy In the state senate. The district normally nor-mally is Republican and this time as usual a Republican was elected. The reason for the G. O. P. shouts was found In the decreased vote polled by the Democrats, and the fact that Salem, a mill town and former Democratic stronghold, was captured by the Republicans, itemocratic leaders said that the Issues In the election were purely local and that the reverse at most was a rebuff for the administration of Democratic Gov. James Cnrley. The Republican leaders asserted that the New Deal no less than Curley was Involved. SENATOR ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG VAN-DENBERG of Michigan, who has been mentioned frequently as a possible Republican nominee for the Presidency, came j, back from a sum- f v mer tour of Eu- rope and declared J flatly he is "not a f(?VU candidate for any- -J j thing on earth." He ft H did not attempt to j ,ST predict who would sJP'di-be sJP'di-be named by the f, 3T ; Republicans, but did X ' say he felt the G. j UxMucm O. P. would win in 1036 Senator '"I think Presl- Vandenberg dent Roosevelt wrote his obituary in his first speech in congress in March, 1033," he said, "and historians histo-rians will show it, when he said 'most liberal governments have been wrecked on the rocks of loose fiscal policies and we must take care to avoid that.' " Liberal spending by the New Deal was defended by Senator Fletcher of Florida, chairman of the senate banking committee. In an Interview he said that "government activities and expenditures have restored about $10,000,000,000 of bank credit lost in the $21,000,000,000 deflation of 1930-33. "Business is going to get the benefit bene-fit of that. The money the government govern-ment Is putting out is going to people peo-ple who are putting It in the banks. It Is Increasing purchasing power and likewise expanding the credit facilities of the banks." The senator expressed the belief business was "reviving," declared relief and other emergency expenditures expendi-tures would drop as continued Improvement Im-provement was shown, and predicted predict-ed many work projects would be of lasting benefit. SENATOR CARTER GLASS of Virginia has had his differences with the Roosevelt administration and is likely to have others, but he remains a loyal Democrat. He says he Is "a constitutional Democrat within the Democratic party" and adds: "I would not support any movement move-ment to split the party. I refused to Join the Liberty league and have refused to join any organization whose alms run counter to the party." Mr. Glass Is certain that President Presi-dent Roosevelt will be renominated without serious opposition. "There Is no Trg?inized opposition to his nomination In sight within the party," par-ty," Glass says. IN SOME quarters Col. Theodore Roosevelt is credited with con- ., , slderable influence ' fS-!"' -J among the Repub-y Repub-y "AJ! licans of the Eastern East-ern states and ' often lie Is men- 4 tloued as a possible ' Presidential eandl- date. Another po- sk tentlal candidate. y ""' strong In the West, , Senator William E. S-rfd "" A Bora" of IlJih. , cently wrote to Col. Theodore Colonel Roosevelt Roosevelt proposlng tllat the 1930 Republican campaign be based on a "trust-busting" Issue. The colonel turned down the plan. He replied that, while he was in sympathy sym-pathy with the senntor's attitude on monopolies, he felt there are many other Issues as great or greater. Among these he named "scandalous waste of the people's money, government gov-ernment extravagance, multitudinous multitudin-ous taxes, and attempts to subvert our type of government." "I entirely agree," Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt wrote, "that monopolies are evil, for I am a firm believer In the established American principle of competition. I have stated this over and over again during the last eighteen months. "I do not agree, however, that this will be the major issue of the campaign." cam-paign." PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT turned his back on the Tacllic and began be-gan his return voyage on the cruiser Houston. The vessel was started through the Panama canal while the President went to Fort Clayton and other posts to Inspect the garrisons, nnd to the new Madden dam on the Chagres river. He boarded the cruiser at Pedro Miguel locks and, with President Arias of Panama and Mrs. Arias as guests, proceeded to the Atlantic end of the waterway. The I'resident planned to make a few stops for fishing on the way North and to be back In the White House about October 2o. V"lCE PRESIDENT JOHN GAR- NER and a large number of senators sen-ators and representatives sailed from Seattle for Manila to rco'.esent the United States at the formal establishment es-tablishment of the Philippines commonwealth com-monwealth nnd the inauguration of President Manuel Quezon or. November Nov-ember 19. For the first time In history both the President and the Vice President Presi-dent were outside United States territory ter-ritory at the same time. Secretary of State Hull was the ranking ofli-clal ofli-clal left In Washington and conse-ryiently conse-ryiently was the temporary head of the government. However, Mr. Roosevelt was In close and continual contin-ual communication with the capital by wireless throughout his cruise. JOHN L. LEWIS, president or the United Mine Workers, and his industrial union bloc lost a hot battle bat-tle when the American Federation of Labor, In convention In Atlantic City, voted to continue the policy adopted last year In San Francisco. This policy was to organize workers work-ers In mass production Industries, such as automobile and steel, along Industrial lines with due protection of the rights of craft unions. Lewis and his followers proposed that the mass production Industries be organized, one union for each industry, in-dustry, with the craft unions kept out altogether. MA.T. GEN. WILLIAM L. SI-BERT, SI-BERT, one of the three men who really built the Panama canal and last surviving member of the canal commission, died at the age of seventy-five at his country home near Bowling Green, Ky. He was buried In Arlington National cemetery ceme-tery with full military honors. General Sibert's career as engineer en-gineer and soldier was distinguished. distin-guished. He was made brigadier general by special act of congress for his services In connection with the building of the Panama canal. During the World war he commanded command-ed the First division of the A. E. F. He retired In 1920 to engage in private engineering work and subsequently sub-sequently served as chairman of the Alabama state docks commission In construction of the state docks at Mobile. From 1928 to 1932 he was chairman of the Boulder dam commission, com-mission, and in 1929 and 1930 was president of the American Association Associ-ation of Port Authorities. CAROL, king of Rumania, celebrated cele-brated his forty-second birthday birth-day at his summer palace in Sinaia, and as the family gathered for the " Cjf occasion Mme. Mag-bO? Mag-bO? da Lupescu, the ftl fug's Intimate Zsfj friend, arrived un- v ; expectedly from . Paris- The Peasant fSP ' ' party had Intended H"- t0 make the day V V notable by "antl-'Ti" "antl-'Ti" 1 Lupescu" demon-1 demon-1 atratlons, hoping tiisJ 'hls wonld help to keep her In exile, King Carol but her return con. founded the leaders. The agitation against Magda has now taken a decided antlsemltlc turn, her enemies circulating broadsides broad-sides calling attention to her Jewish Jew-ish origin and charging that through her Influence a large number of Jews are getting, easy Jobs In the public service. The peasant leaders also redistributed redis-tributed a statement of Julius Maniu, outstanding foe of Mme. Lupescu, that she Is "responsible for almost every ill which besets Rumania." "I am a monarchist," Mania's statement continued, "but every Rumanian Ru-manian should receive a good example ex-ample from the palace. The crown must respect Itself." PARLIAMENTARY elections In Canada resulted In the defeat of Premier Richard B. Bennett and the Conservatives who have been In control con-trol since 1930. The next premier will be Mackenzie King, leader of the Liberals who won lf8 out of 24o seats In the house of commons. The new deal policies of the Bennett Ben-nett government were repudiated by the electors. In the program outlined by King, in case he won, the great emphasis was laid on relieving unemployment and lowering tariffs back to 1930 levels. A reciprocal trade agreement with the United States was one of his strong arguments. Nationalization Nationaliza-tion of the Bank of Canada, to control con-trol credit Inflation and deflation was another plank. One immediate result of the Liberal Lib-eral victory was the resignation of W. B. Herrldge as Canadian minister min-ister to the United States, effective effec-tive when the new administration takes hold. Herrldge Is a brether-in-law of Premier Rennett and his appointment to the Washington post was severely criticized by King during dur-ing the campaign. CONSTITUTIONALITY of two New Deal projects the AAA ' processing taxes and the TVA oper- j ations In generating and selling pow-er pow-er In competition with private power pow-er companies Is to be determined by the Supreme court of the United States. j Among the court's negative nil- ' lngs was a refusal to consider the latest habeas corpus proceedings brought in behalf of Thomas Moo-ney, Moo-ney, California's most famous prisoner. pris-oner. The court also refused to hear an attack on a law which strengthened strength-ened the political machine of th late Senator Huey P. Long. |