Show news bews ilu review of current events the world 0 over ver claval lavai in uncomfortable position as anglo 1 italian relations grow worse senator not a candidate by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union PIERRE LAVAL premier of franco franc round himself in a tight place be cause ause ot of his efforts to retain the friendship of both great britain and italy and to keep his government from being upset by its foes at home in the process of trying to find a way to bring about a peaceful settlement of the N italo ethiopian inn w war a r laval proposed that britain withdraw its big home fleet from the mediterranean to mollify mussolini this pierre laval laid suggestion was before the british cabinet and turned down flatly the cabinet gave hearty approval to the policy at geneva genera of capt anthony eden and samuel goare secretary for foreign affairs its stand was reported to be substantially tills this mussolini will respect nothing but force ne ile would interpret any withdrawal ot of britaina Brit ains mediterranean forces as a sign of weakening it if mussolini wants to clear the way for italo ethoplas peace talks let him halt Ms his armies in ethiopia and accept league terms as basis lails for negotiation as ethiopia already has done furthermore the british government called on laval for a definite reply to its question whether france would cooperate with the british fleet it if there berean were an open break with italy the french answers to tills this query had been too to suit downsi street particularly the english wanted to know it if their fleet would be permitted to use nse the french naval dockyards dock yards it was believed that it if antal could not satisfy the british the latter would withdraw from active leadership in the league of nations and refuse to renew the locarno commitments mit ments on which france relies for protection against germany D dispatches from the african war front are subjected to so severe a censorship that they are not only unsatisfactory but often quite unreliable all kinds hinds of sensational stories are circulated and some of them may be true one such Is ie the report from djibouti french somali land that italians killed a number of Soma liland subjects near pe he ethiopian front frontier Jer some of the victims being members of the came corps that is a part of the colonial army british vice consul lowe heard also that italians had bad gassed and shot a lot of cattle and goats in british Somal Soma lland liland certainly relations between italy and great britain were growing worse dally daily and there were many predictions that the two nations would be at each others throats before long the british have been in a deadly cold humor ever since they found out that friends had been trying to stir up an anti british revolt to in egypt vow now the border between egypt and italian libya la Is the scene of swift concentration of troops on both sides eneva representatives in ge neva were told by delegates of several reveral nations that mussolini was ready to end the warfare it if he were given considerable sessions cessions ces cess lons of territory and certain large economic advant advantages advantage ag es this tentative offer was transmitted to addis ababa and the reply of emperor ralle halle selassie Se lassle was a determined no the italians 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 were jubilant over the desertion of degiac halle selassie Se lassle guasa and several thousand warriors this guasa Is a son in law of the emperor and a descendant ant of king john who reigned in the last century the traitor was MIA installed as ras or chieftain of the occupied territory seemingly reliable reports from medical missionaries in the southern sector the ogaden zone lone said the italians were making free use of chlorine gas and of 0 dumdum dum dum bullets which for many years have been outlawed in all civilized warfare ARTHUR 13 VANDEN S SENATOR BEUG BERG of michigan w who 0 has been mentioned frequently as a possible republican nominee for the presidency came back from a summer tour of europe and declared flatly fp he be Is not a bandl candidate tor for anything on earth he did not attempt to predict who would be named earned by the republicans but did say he felt the G 0 P would win in 1938 1936 oi 1 I think president loosevelt Boo noo sevelt wrote his bis senator obituary in his fir first st speech in congress in march 1933 11 he be said cald and historians will show it when he be said most liberal governments have been wrecked on the rocks or of loose fiscal policies and we must take we care to avoid that liberal spending by the new deal was nas 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 of bank credit lost in the deflation of 10 3 business Is going coins to get the benefit of 0 that the money the government Is putting out Is going to people alio 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 would drop as continued improvement was shown and predicted many work I 1 projects would be of lasting benefit IT TT take much these days A 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 Is republican and this time as usual a republican was elected the reason for the G 0 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 democratic 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 curley the republican ienn leaders asserted that the new deal no less than curley was involved ICE PRESIDENT JOHN GARNER VICE vand and a large number of senators and representatives sailed from seattle for manila anila to represent the united states at the formal establishment of the philippines commonwealth and the inauguration of president manuel quezon on november 10 19 for the first time in history both the president and the vice president were outside united states territory at the same time secretary of state hull was the ranking official left in washington and consequently was the te temporary head of the government govern men Ilo however wever sir air roosevelt was in close and continual communication with the capital by wireless throughout his cruise alse ulse N SOME quarters col theodore I 1 IN roosevelt Is credited with considerable influence among the republicans of the eastern s states t a t e s and often he be Is mentioned as a possible oft presidential c a n d ly lp loft t ea r SS date another poten V y hal candidate strong abow w in the west senator M william E borah of i v it idaho recently wrote to colonel roosevelt proposing that the COL theodore 1936 33 republican cam roosevelt cosevelt os evelt pal n te be based on a trust busting issue the colonel turned down the plin plan ile he replied that while he be was in sympathy with ith the senators attitude on monopolies he be felt there are many other issues as great or greater among these he named scandalous waste of the peoples money government extravagance multitudinous taxes and attempts to subvert our type of government 1 I entirely agree colonel roosevelt wrote that monopolies are evil for I 1 am a firm believer in the established american principle of competition I 1 have stated this over and over again during the last eighteen months 1 I 1 do not agree ho however uever that this will be the major issue of the campaign pa P 1 4 walt turned hit his back on the pacific IE and began his return voyage on the cruiser houston the vessel was started through the panama canal while the pres president dent went to F fort ort claxton and other posts to inspect the garrisons and ts 16 the new madden dam on the chagres chagares river lie ile boarded the cruiser at pedro miguel locks and with president arias of panama and mrs arias as guests proceeded pro ceded to the atlantic M aru AJ GEN WILLIAM L SIBERT 11 one of the three men who re really ally built the panama canal and list last sur biving member of the canal commas slon died at the age of seventy five at his country home near bowling green ky he was burled buried in arlington na ha lional cemetery with tul full military honors general career as engineer and soldier was distinguished ile he was made brigadier general by special act acl of congress tor for his services in con with the building of the pan ama canal during the world war carh he commanded the first division ol of thi the A E F ile he retired in 1020 to engage in private engineering work and subsequently served as chairman of the alabama state docks commission in construction st or of the state docks at mobile from 1028 to 1932 he was chairman of the boulder dam commission end and in 1929 and 1930 was president 0 of f the american association of port A authorities I 1 t h ort JOHN OIIN L LEWIS president of the united mine workers anahis and Ms industrial du union bloc lost a hot battle when the tie american federation of labor in convention in atlantic city voted to continue the policy adopted last year in S sin tn francisco this policy was to organize workers 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 propos proposed etl that the mass production industries bo be organized one union for each industry with the craft unions kept out altogether elections in canada parliamentary resulted in the defeat of premier richard B bennett bannett and the conservatives serva tives who have been in control since 1030 the next premier will be mackenzie king leader of the liberals who won out of seats to in the house of commons the new deal policies of the bennett government were repudiated by the electors electora in the program outlined by king in case he won the great emphasis was laid on relieving unemployment and lowering tariffs back to 1930 1030 levels A reciprocal trade agreement with the united states was one of his strong arguments nationalization of the bunk of canada to control credit inflation and deflation was another plank one immediate result of the liberal victory was the resignation of IV B Il erridge as canadian minister to the united states effective when the new administration takes hold berridge Is a brother in law of premier bennett and his appointment to the washington post was severely criticized by king during the campaign C AROL king of rumania cele v 1 berated his forty second birthday at his summer palace in and as the family gathered for the occasion I 1 line magda lupescu the kings intimate friend arr arrived I 1 ved unexpectedly from parts paris the peasant party had bad intended to male make the day notable by antl anti lupescu demonstrations hoping this would help to keep her in exile but her return conf confounded bounded the leaders KI 11 king 9 C carol aro 1 the agitation against maca has now taken a decided antl anti semitic turn her enemies circulating broadsides broad sides callin calling attention to her jewish 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 a statement of julius mantu 0 outstanding ut foe of mme ame lupescu that she Is responsible for almost every III which besets rumania 1 I am a monarchist manlus statement continued but every rumanian should receive a good example from the palace the crown must respect itself constitutionality constitutionality of two new deal projects the AAA processing taxes and the TVA operations in generating and selling power in competition with private power companies Is to be determined by the supreme court of the united states and an early ruling oo on both is expected among the courts negative rulings was a refusal to consider the latest habeas corpus proceedings brought in behalf of thomas mooney Cali fornias most famous prisoner the court also refused to hear bear an attack on a law which strengthened the political macline of the late senator huey P long of louisiana WALLACE should welcome S SECRETARY the announcement by the american liberty league that its committee of 58 noted lawyers has volunteered leered to defend small potato gro growers ers against the potato control law not that mr air wallace intends to violate the act by growing unlicensed spuds but he has declared he Is so opposed to the 4 law that he will try in every way to avoid enforcing it FOR ort about twenty years john D FRocke rockefeller Kocke feller jr has owned a 60 acre re tract of land at the upper end of manhattan island known as fort tryon park and has cared for it and beau elfed it 11 now he has presented it to new york cl city ty as a public park truly a magnificent gift the land which Is valued at extends from one hundred ninety second street to dyckman street HALL the fine old S STRATFORD colonial colonial house bouse in westmoreland county virginia Virgin li which has been the home of the lees for years was dedicated as a national shrine its 1100 acre estate being included in the gift to the public the place was bought and restored by the robert E lee memorial foundation president Roo roosevelt sent a message to be read at the dedication exercises and many high officials ob were present the house was built by thomas lee colonial governor of virginia and was the birthplace of gen robert B E lee D DON ON JUAN of bourbon the twenty two year old son of former king alfonso of spain and the infanta maria de la esperanza of the sicilian house of bourbon were m married in rome blessed by pope plug and started tor for london on 4 i honeymoon trip that probably will take them around the world including a visit in the united states the young man Is of international importance only because he Is the heir presumptive to the spanish throne and there are chances that eliat the monarchy will be r stored restored e by the spaniards bran lards |