Show news WS review of current A fc events the world over y f japan still defice league of nations and china Threat threatens eng groener greener asks fair play for germany 12 i afa J in armaments by EDWARD W PICKARD Is isma no war in manchuria bo be cause aulie as tile the league of nations and other authorities agree there cannot be a war until a competent govern government men t lifts has declared war but there havo have been bloody battles 0 es up u p there almost eaf empry ry day and tile the situation during the week was petting getting worse the league council was to meet again on november ys 30 rind and it was con it J fronted with the fact m that japan had not heeded us its order to henry henry PUNI an VI tier ier troops by alint date with will the added ag grava tion that tokyo had the statement that atwould lt It would not obey alley the order and would make no concessions to the longue league then I 1 china came to bat with a statement tate ment by its cepres representative e at geneva dr ifred sze in a note i expressing his governments conditional acceptance of the one year arms anna holiday doctor sze told the league secretariat flatly that if the league covenant rind and the ICel kellogg logg pact should fall lu in tile lw manchuria crisis china would build up her fighting forces to protect herself fier self against japan he be fore that he had iad asked tile the league to send an international force to police the manchurian railway zone 1 oen gen ala chan shan commanding 0 the chinese troops in southern sou thein man alan churla was said bait to have attacked the japanese at the river bridge which the latter were repairing and after a sanguinary conflict tile chinese were driven dri ven off but they tild did not go EO for far and at last reports were verc gathering for another attack and more japanese soldiers were on tapir way hurriedly to tile tho beene there were s A other battles but ties but this wits was tile the biggest what was more alarming to foreign nations was tile the spread odthe fighting to the big city of this began with outbreaks of chinese naolia that attacked tacked nt tile the japanese concession tile tho japanese officials chils sald said tile disorders were due to the fighting of chinese factions actions and that tile the real motive of the chinese was to occupy L r the 4 foreign concessions in the city so BO the japanese forces went into action for protection and shelled the lie chinese american french anil and other troops were held ready to net act but tit at this writing lind had not been called on to do anything in the background of all tile lie trouble Is henry ill YI who as ustian tung was tile tho last manchu emperor of china young man Is a quiet renting householder in the japanese concession in but loyal mon archis ts have always been about him androw and i now it la Is asserted that there Is afoot a plan to separate manchuria from china and put henry on the throne with this in view it Is said many thousands of troops have been gathered together by gen inching former ally of the manchu dynasty and for years the enemy of the chung chang family now headed by Al marshal arshal chang hsueh it Is true most of these thesa reports come from jap anese sources but they haye have the ring of truth 3 A A ambassador dawes was instructed ago to the league meeting WHAT germany can and will do and what she asks aska the other powers to do for tier her continue of absorbing interest to the world the re welchs retells tells stand on ats als armament arm a merit was set forth by G gen en withelm wilhelm h e I 1 ni groener the 1 k brilliant soldier cr who 16 now minister of 4 war and minister of the Inte interior flor and who may succeed von aln denburg as president germany hns ins the tight right to the same treatment as nil all other lant nations ions general gen la groener lartener roener groener said she S h e 4 Is entitled to the same security anil and j to the same methods of disarmament as other oilier nations lons it wits was expressly pres sly guaranteed in 1910 1919 that ajl the other powers would follow the path A U germany took tooh when ble wits was dds A V armed when we disarmed we wore were forbidden 14 to possess heavy artillery k tanks war planes submarines and warships n over tons kven antt r craft was prohibited military conscription was forbidden and germany ans even to tile the slightest detail on how to organize her army the result Is that germany Is ig ut beriy disarmed measures have hen taken to guarantee fin an effect effective Ivo dds armament would it not he lying 9 tn I 1 the very face of all lo 10 losic ic and would lt jt riot be a violation of the solemn ty A to disarm entered into ly by other if the forthcoming forth ine nt enn conference ference would now I 1 at litber methods than thuat irice tri out on n go rinney we object oje ct to the crafts irethe Z ng reeme it as asa ter worked out by the prep preparatory a disarmament commission at G geneva leneva it Is a violation of the principle of the equality of nations if it tries to make eternal the difference between tho victors rind and tha by freeing the victory of their obligations to disarm and making tile vanquished bear tho the full brunt of tile the disarmament clauses clausel in tho the versailles treaty C inferences and conversations in parts paris and berlin concerning reparations and war debts were held behind closed doors but it was re reported that the french government sent word to berlin that whatever concessions ire are made to meet tho the german situation must he be only temporary and within tile the framework of the young plan that france will not agree that germanys germanas Germ anys private debts shall be given precedence over reparations payments and that if there Is any ally permanent reduction in the conditional part of tile the young plan annuities it must ile be accompanied by it a c corresponding responding or reduction in the war debts owing to tile the united states germany on the other hand Is evidently seeking to take advant advantage of tier her present economic distress tr to obtain a great permanent reduction of reparations or even their complete obliteration the french nation nationalism aliM tire aro determined that premier laval shall not abandon the principle of reparations no matter what pressure germany brings to bear 0 OUR UR political pot Is already seething find and bubbling and there Is a lot of talk loose and otherwise about years campaign senator george W norris of nebraska gave voice ili n lK washington ashington to a few characteristic 0 p I 1 n V I 1 ions the insurgent republican made it strung strong attack on tile the policies of mr flooder EI fl and seemed to tho the amy correspondents about oma ready to participate P in a bolt of radicals fruin from tho the 0 0 11 Ser Seri fator ator norris illet tl let that malally Pa lally will be put up next su nimer here are ii a few of the things the nebraskan sald it if wo we are to keep men employed why discharge them it may b necessary in some instances for private industry to reduce its employment but there Is no justification me fo the government discharging workers if we expect industry to keep men at work the government ou ought to set an example because the government la Is the largest employer in tile the nation I 1 favor a bond issue to cover the emergency and provide work for forthe the binem unemployed I 1 do not favor bond issues in pence peace times but this Is an emergency tantamount to war conditions I 1 mean a bond issue not to provide charity but to provide jobs by road building and other federal construction instead of fighting over the dole the government ought to provide work vork for its jobless citizens concerning the world court senator norris said 1 I shall favor american adherence only if a reservation Is adopted requiring the senates approval P roval before any controversial issue involving the united states may be submitted to the court for decision C COMING OMING back to the supposed opposition tIon in tile the ra ranks aks to lo the of president hoover which if it exists will probably be futile it Is interesting to note that senn senator tor W johnson of calif ania Is going to visit ch I 1 cage for ir the purpose of f finding out what wha support lie he would receive in illinois if he be became a candidate some of the republican leaders of the city and state said they would glee give the lie in a t t e r serl serious 0 us thought arid and they were rather of the opinion that johnson Jo linson might be approved by nil all or part of the illinois delp gatlon in the convention they cited we fact that lint the hie californian tins hns opposed nil all of the hoover policies that proved most unpopular in this part of the country and an also they thought ills his coming into tos ns as a presidential entrant in ili tile april primaries might help their state ticket those of them who oppose mr linov hoover ila had heretofore lind had no one to suggest except frank 0 lowdon lowden WHEN norry barri moore was elected governor of new jersey the other day it was immediately suggested that lie he might he be a good man mail for the democratic presidential nom nomination in arid senator lewis of illinois agrees PCS that albore stand nt at the top of nt the he list of dark horses lewis nto told oid tile reporters there was tin ail bunder undercover movement in the republican par party to repudiate president limner liM ncr eatie having remo removed voil from tho MJ senate the forcible and picturesque thaddeus JR 13 caraway of arkansas the democrats of that state are considering the choice of his successor the sugg suggestion estloa haa ins licen been made and well vell received that the senators chow mrs hattle caraway be nominated to 1111 out the term tills this would be tantamount to hereley her election mrs caraway la Is said tobe to be willing to accept tho office she la Is a close student of public affairs and lins been a charming and popular ll stess to tile alie ford T ord Palt baltimore imore man mansion slon a colonial colomal home just over the maryland aryland Af HD eivir near acar washington R 0 royal family has haa sup piled the world with another romance this time it is s prince nicholas brother of xing king carol and princess ileana who la Is the central figure nicholas met lic accidentally illy and fell in love with itil mine deleta divorced daughter in law inny of a former forme cabinet minister ile he asked carol for permission to marry her and the king r a f u s a d whereupon Nic nicholias holins climbed into li ills 1 s prince nicholas picked P tile lady and drove at top speed miles to the village of tolian there lie he compelled the mayor to perform the mar marriage ridge ceremony and tile tho happy couple rushed away while the terrified mayor telephoned the news to bucharest so far as aa Is known the king icing has not relented enough to recognize the marriage as even a morganatic union ullon nut but lie probably will not take severe measures for lie he is fond of ills his brother and gives him much credit for his own success in gaining the throne of ku itu mania then of course carol cannot fall to remember ills his own affairs in the past prince nicholas who Us Is twenty eight years old accompanied his mother queen adarle and the princess lienna on their tour of america in 1020 S SMALL NIALL minded people reveled in the news that C van ness leavitt a brother ln in law of president hoover was arrested in santa monica calif on charges of violating the state prohibition hibi tion law A police officer and two dry agents who were raiding speak castes there found leavitt in an alley holding a suck sack containing nineteen pints of liquor and he was released on ball after pleading not guilty guilt Y leavitt sold some one handed him hill the sack while lie ha was wag visiting tn in a store and naked asked him to take it out the back door and get rid of it and that lie he acquiesced ns a friendly service not knowing the sack contained liquor the owner of tile store also arrested said aid R lie he believed tile the sack was brought in by a bootlegger fleeing from the police altogether a trivial affair made news only by leavitts relationship to the president L imison edison second son bof WILLIAM of the late thomas A edison dison E who intends to contest the great inventors will issued a statement at wilmington del in which lie ho said lie he believed interests opposed to him film are 1 trying to establish the impression t that it a t ho he was not always on friendly terms with his fattier father As proof that this Is untrue he be P pointed out that when both had perfected N like radio equipment he william did not W L edison market ills set in opposition to ills fathers even thought it was patented 1 I have had the highest regard for every member of my fathers fat ners family he said and never since ills his second marriage has there been a single in stance unpleasantness with my stepmother or any of my full fill or half sisters and brothers until the conditions of my fathers will and codicil were revealed no disagreement vt importance ever had como come between us as hven even now I 1 do not intent to allow the case to degenerate into attacks on personal personalities I 1 ties Edi sons will left the hulk bulk of the estate to charles and theodore edison the two youngest sons thomas Thorn ns the eldest son has said he would not join william in contesting the will 0 of armistice day was theoe tho occasion casion of innumerable ceremonies anil and addresses addressed in nil parts of the country and in vic the landkof land tile the allied nations ns as well veil president hoover of course led our nation in oh ob serving the day in the morning no nl by general pershing secretary of f war hurley and secretory secretary of the navy adams he went to arlington cemetery and laid a wreath on tile lie tomb of the unknown soldier at eleven 0 the hour symbol lc of the ending of the war var tile the president Preslie nt was in west potomac park where lie dedicated the beautiful marble temple which the people of lieve hullt built as a to the soldiers who went from the Di district of f Colum columbia ign in the afternoon mr hoover paid tj a vi visit it to the old ariante constitution at tile the tin yard general pershing and american le lc plon glon participated in a com e program proK rani in the evening g and the carnegie endowment fori foringer Pter pence held a kiiss meet ilig which wits biddie biddi sed hy hr ti houston thouston thonia on antl fredn lr le IS cn ait rt tro E 1931 1031 P llna i |