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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Europe's Concerted Move for War Debt Cancellation Hoover and Roosevelt to Confer Diversion of Colorado River Completed. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Sir Ronald Lindsay SIR RONALD LINDSAY, British ambassador to Washington, handed hand-ed to Secretary of State Stlmson bis government's request that the United States agreed to a t reconsideration and fTiSbui. I modification of the war debts agreements agree-ments under which European powers are obligated to pay this country eleven billion dollars In principal and ten billions In Interest during the next 58 years. The French ambassador followed fol-lowed with an al most Identical request re-quest on behalf of France, and two days later Belgium asked the same thing. The three powers asked suspension sus-pension of all war debt Installments, Including those due December 15. pending the outcome of the discussions discus-sions suggested.' Receiving notice of this action while on his way from California to Washington, President Hoover Immediately Informed President-Elect President-Elect Roosevelt of the development and invited him to a conference at the White (louse, suggesting that he bring with him the Democratic leaders lead-ers of congress and other advisers he might select. He told Governor Roosevelt he was loath to proceed In the matter with recommenda tions to congress until he had con ferred with him, since any settlement settle-ment of the debt problem must be the result of protracted negotiations that would reach beyond the remaining re-maining days of his administration. The President's plan seemed fair enough, but Mr. Roosevelt accepted It only "in principle," saying he would be glad to meet with Mr. Hoover Hoo-ver and go over the situation, hut asking that the meeting be "wholly Informal and personal." He added that the European notes create a responsibility "which rests upon those now vested with executive and legislative authority." Thus It was made evident Governor Roosevelt has no Intention of shouldering any responsibility ahead of time. ONE thing that Is fairly certain Is that Europe's concerted move for revision of the war debts, and cancellation If possible, will not be successful with the short session, of congress that opens In December. Not one of the senators and representatives repre-sentatives In Washington was In fa Tor of granting the concessions asked, so the prospect was that the dehtor nations would either have to pay the December Installments' or default. The British Installment Is 1)5. the French 20 millions, and the Belgian two millions. It was certain that Great Britain ould pay If necessary. Governor Roosevelt, according to Democratic leaders. Is opposed to any reduction of the debts; but he thinks payment could be made easier eas-ier through an economic conference to free rade channels of tariff barriers and exchange restrictions President Ho ver Is opposed to downward revision of the tariff but has suggested that foreign nations given credit against 'helr'ohlltra-tions 'helr'ohlltra-tions for any concessions thnt would offer a wider mnrket for, American farm products and manufactures. GERMANY'S Interest In this debt matter Is vital, for the drive of the allied nations for re vision Is based on the Lausanne pact of last July. This was a "gen tleman's agreement" providing that the reparations which Germany must pay the allies should be re- duced from S2fUM)MMXi.n00. as stipulated stip-ulated In the Young plan, to $714. OOfl.(XK). The reduction was not to take effect unless the United States could be prevailed upon to modify the understanding under which the allied powers are obit gated to pay this country. The United States government has consistently refused to link the war debts with reparations. On the other hand the Hoover administration has repeatedly made It clear that Its at tltnde toward full payment of the debts could be modified only by measurable success of the world dis armamant movement. FRANCE. Germany and Great Brit aln have got together In one proj ect the formation of a tripartite . economic consortium designed to rehabilitate Europe and the Near East It was announced In Paris by Raymond Patenotre. French nn dersecretary for national economy who satd the first project would he the offering of a loan of I7.IXXMKM. 000 francs for the electriflatlon of railways In Poland. Portucal Rn mania and Iraq. France and Eng land are expteted to provide -10 per cent of the loan each, and Germanv 20 per cent. Premier Herriot will be the tlrnlar head of the con sortlum la France and Chancellor Fran i too Papen In Germany. Pate IS) f M. Herriot notre, as the vice president of France, will be In actual charge of operations, with headquarters In Paris. Paternotre said guaranties as to Insurance, security and noncompetition noncompe-tition In Industrial bidding would constitute the underlying principles princi-ples of the organization. FRANCE, through Premier Herriot, Her-riot, laid before the disarmament disarma-ment conference In Geneva Its complete com-plete plan designed to bring about general disarmament disarm-ament and world peace. It was well received by the British, and Norman Nor-man Da via, American Ameri-can representative, praised It as "a great concession," so hopes for the success of the conference con-ference were high. But they were dashed when Ger many refused to find In It reason for rejoining the parley, declaring the Herriot program pro-gram was just another plan to assure as-sure French hegemony on the continent con-tinent ' The French scheme, combining the Ideas of security and disarma-, ment, seemed to offer Germany the equality she demands under terms yet to be agreed upon. But It provides pro-vides for "Progressive disarma ment" of the powers and excludes rearmament for Germany. The section sec-tion of most vital Interest to the United States rends: "Any war undertaken In breach of the Paris (Brland-Kellngg) pact Is a matter of Interest to all the powers and shall be regarded as n breach of the obligations assumed towards each one of them. "In the event of a breach or threat of a breach of the Paris pact, the said powers shall concert together as promptly as possible with a view to appealing to public opinion and agreeing upon the steps to be taken. "In application of the pact of Paris outlawing war, any breach of that pact shall Involve the prohibition prohibi-tion of direct or Indirect economic or financial relations with the ag gressor country. The powers shall undertake to adopt the necessary measures to make that prohibition Immediately effective. . "The said powers shall declare their determination not to recog nb.e any de facto situation brought about In consequence of the viola tlon ot an International undertak Ing." This In essence means that the United Statea would abandon Its historic claim to neutrality rights. Great Britain's plan, presented by Sir John Simon, concentrates on a reduction of national armaments, particularly air forces, the latter to be abolished by degrees on con dltlon that Germany In the mean time does not rearm In the air. r I VERSION of the Colorado S river, one of the big prelim Inary pieces of work In the hulldins of the Hoover dam. has been com pleted and the full flow of the river Is now going under ground through the two Arizona tunnels. tun-nels. The still wa ter between two temporary dams at the Inlet and outlet of the . diversion tunnels has been pumped out and the river bed laid bare for nearly a mile ready for excava tlon. Bedrock proh ably will be reached by next July Some 4.(HXi.(XK) cubic yards must be removed before pouring of concrete starts, the river bed being exca vated t- a depth of 130 feet. Frank T. Crowe, general field su-perlntemlent su-perlntemlent of Six Companies, con tractors, said the most dlifiVnlt part of the , project Is behind the en gineers. Building of the dam Itself. he explained, will be comparatively simple work. He said the bis oh was the pioneering state of shap Ing the trreaf ranyon walls, building the diversion tunnels and spillway bores and Eettlns the river out of Its channel. Work on the project Is more than a year ahead of ached ule and It Is. expected to be completed com-pleted by the end of in:??. i Km. 1- ,1k, V iarf Frank T. Crowe 17 i I K.N Semitic Rorah's commit tee on foreign relations opened the hearings on the St. Lawrence waterway treaty the expected op Msitl4in developed Immediately and In full force Witnesses for the railroads, port authorities, cities and world shipping Interests united Id asserting thai the development oi the St l-aurence river for nnvl gat Inn and power would disrupt the national transirtst!in system. ril vital American Industries, Injure lake shipping. U.nflrdl7.e the coal and ore business of the Great Lakes, and magnify the unemployment unemploy-ment problem. Among other attacks on the waterway wa-terway development as proposed In the Hoover-Bennett treaty, , were charges that completion of that seaway sea-way between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic via Montreal, would Jeopardize billions of dollars' worth of railway bonds held by the publi and Insurance companies. REPRESENTATIVE SHANNON of Missouri resumed bis Inves tlgatlon of government competition with private business with hearings In Chicago, and his committee was told that this competition Is a "trust" that must be destroyed If private enterprise Is to be encouraged encour-aged and economic recovery furthered. fur-thered. Representatives of business organizations or-ganizations In Illinois and the Panama Pan-ama Canal Zone as well as executives execu-tives of steamship companies, told the committee of specific cases where the government competes to the detriment of private companies. On the basis of their testimony, the United States government today Is Interested In every type of business from mortician to the manufacure of gun powder. The Illinois Manufacturers association, as-sociation, representing practically every manufacturing Industry In the state, ascribes to the government responsibility re-sponsibility for a large part of the unemployment In the state and through Its counsel, David O. Clarke, charged before the committee thnt the gove'rnment had been found to be competing, directly. In 27 different manufacturing operations, "and nn merous others." Clarke declared that his association associa-tion had been advised that the federal fed-eral government was not strictly concerned with the actual cost Involved In-volved In Its venture. "Much less," he said. "Is there strict regard for any reasonable profit to the govern ment from Industrial operations." Gov. Murray OKLAHOMA Is twenty-five years old, and the silver anniversary of her admission to the Union was fittingly and excitingly celebrated on November 16 In Oklahoma Ok-lahoma City. All the people of the state and the governors of other states were Invited to the birthday birth-day party, and many were present At the head of the pioneers pio-neers participating was Gov. William H. Murray, who was president of the constitutional con vention and speaker speak-er of Oklahoma's first house of rep resentatives. He was one of the speakers, the other being Charles N. Haskell, the first governor, and Federal Judge Robert L. Williams. former governor and first Supreme court Justice. Among twenty-six- Oklahomans honored at a banquet and whose names were added to those In the state's Hall of Fame were Secretary of War Patrick Hur ley. Will Rogers, cowhoy humorist: Judge Haskell, once known as an oil company capitalist; Senator T P. Gore. Senator Elmer Thomas and former Senator Robert L Owen. The marriage of "Miss Indian Territory" to "Mr. Oklahoma" was re-enacted by the couple who par tlclpated in the first ceremony at the state capitol In Guthrie Novem her 1G, 1!)07. Following the cere mony carrier-pigeons were released to bear news of the birthday to the four corners of the United States. I IBERALS of Honduras, having - lost out In the recent election have turned to revolution and have been fighting some bloody battles with the government forces. The rebels were reported to have seized the towns of Trujillo, La Celba and La Esperanza. and then they moved on the city of San Pedro, which they captured. The fiercest of the fight Ing to date was In a counter attack there by the government troops. Many hundreds were said to have been killed. QEVERaL weeks ago In this col- ' umn mention was made of the quarrel between Peru and Colombia over the possession of Leticla, and by a slip of the pen it was said the sector in dispute had once been ceded by Colombia to Peru, instead of by Peru to Colombia. An au thoritative source now gives the In 'formation' that the Leticla sector was In fact ceded by neither coun try to the other, but that it Is In territory that has always been claimed by Colombia. In 1922 by the terms of the Salomon-Lozano treaty (between Peru and Colombia) It was definitely decided that Co lombia s southern boundary line In eluded Leticla within the limits of Colombia, and the sector was there after recognized by Peru as belong Ing to Colombia COON after the December session of congress opens Senator Ben iguo Aquino of the Philippine legis lature will be In Washington to take part In the efforts to win independ ence for the archipelago. He sailed from Manila some 'lays ago bearing secret Instructions to the Filipino delegation, presumably II the. form of. a mandate of the legislature op posing both the Hawes and Hare hills, and demanding a new Inde-lendence Inde-lendence grant without reservation b. the United States of naval bases and coaling stations. A Kit. WfMtrn Ncmptpw Onloa. Intermountain News -Bxiefly Told for Busy Readers UTAH TEAM WINS. SMALL APPLE CROP. MARCTI AID DENIED. 4,000 ARE EMPLOYED. INDIAN SCHOOL STIDY. bat.t TAKE CITY, UT.-Salt Lake make-work projects have pro- Tided employment this fall ror over ov-er 4000 men and women, who have heen Tin Id approximately $70,000 from funds supplied by the Recon struction Finance corporation. SPANISH FORK. UT. Utah's team at the American royal Iive- urocfe show at Kansas City won first place In the horse-Judging con test The team Is composed or fu ture Farmers from Spanish Doric. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-A plea for aid from Salt Lake In the fi-nancine fi-nancine of one unit of a giant march on Washington, D. ft, at the opening of Congress was presented to the citv commission by a large group, mostly representing the un- emnloved. recently and was aemea. The commission was Informed that It Is proposed to organize In one unit three ereat bodies or citizens, farmers, veterans of the World War and the unemployed. OGDEN. UT. Directors of the Ogden chamber of commerce have adopted a resolution endorsing the Ogden Livestock, show and recommended recom-mended to Weber county commissioners commis-sioners that an appropriation- be made this year for the show. OURAY, UT. Special Superin- visor Thomas of the U. S. Indian Service, has completed an Inspec tion tour of the Ute country here, considering the placing of the Indian In-dian children In the public schools wherever - possible, leading event ually to the closing of the govern ment schools. NEPHI, UT. Steep grades and dangerous curves on the scenic Sevier Se-vier canyon highway, a link In U. S. No. 89 between Neplil and the Arizona line, will soon be eliminat ed by the state road commission at a cost of nearly $105,001). BOISE, IDA. Apples are culling out heavily, due to last season worm damage, it is reported, and shipments will fall considerably under last year. The crop was esti mated this year at 4,209,000 bush els compared with five million bushels a year ago. Winter wheat production was estimated at fifteen million bushels compared with 12 million a year ago, and spring wheat 16,702,000 bushels this year compared with 7,527,000 bushels a year ago, a gain In all wheat from 19,641,000 last year, to 31,883,000 bushels this year. BOISE, IDA. With the head-gates head-gates stopped except for power demands, de-mands, both American Falls and Jackson Lake reservoirs are filling with water for next year's irrigation irriga-tion season, reports to the state reclamation re-clamation department indicate. OGDEN, UT. I. W. Season, district dis-trict engineer for the Utah state highway commission, reports that ten miles of new fences were erected erect-ed this season. PLEASANT GROVE, UT. In the neighborhood of $150,O0 will be received by apple growsrs of Utah county as a result of a banner year in apple shipments, according to H. V. Swenson, district crop Inspector. 319 cars or 205,755 bushels of apples ap-ples have been shipped from the county at a market price of approximately ap-proximately 55 cents per bushel. LEWISTON, IDA. With snow already as much as four feet deep on some of the passes into central Idaho, airplanes have started operating op-erating from Cascade to Stibnite and Yellowpine, carrying supplies, oil and passengers and occasionally rushing bacb with an Injured or ailing ail-ing miner. At Stibnite is the gold, sliver and antimony mine of the Yellow Pine Mining Co., an outgrowth out-growth of the Bunker Ilill and Sullivan Sul-livan mine in north Idaho. BOISE, IDA. Repeal of the national na-tional prohibition laws will not mean return of the saloon or the legalized liquor traffic to Idaho probably for at least two years, a study of the statutes and constitution constitu-tion indicated here by reports of Investigators. In-vestigators. TWIN FALLS, IDA. R. a Wark has produced 35 tons of sugar sug-ar beets rr acre on six and one-quarter one-quarter acres on his farm here, nearly twice as much as the average aver-age of 18 tons per acre in the Twin Falls district this year, the county agent has announced. Wark also produced what sugar company agriculturalists agri-culturalists said was the largest beet they had ever seen. It weighed weigh-ed 20 pounds, topped. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-Plans for the program of the Utah State Farm bureau convention to be held some time In January are now being be-ing made. While definite dates are yet to be named, the sessions- probably prob-ably will be hrld the second week of January. Over 700 farmers from all counties of the state are expect- I ed. BOISE, IDA. Turning In a false Are alarm will cost guilty persons j iw rrom row on, the city council j has decided. Scenes and Persons in the CurrenTl i 4 ULjL&m 4 i'Tl sit In 7MPft 1 Scene In Los Angeles American citizenship, this being one or tne largest naturalization classes in the citv'. ki; ' uie for bodies In the ruins In the district of Camaguey. Cuba, after the hurricane thnt ti. 7: - . . . .... Jl t .U. i-. TT.1 i, . . . countr tnBt fSsted- ,.i ltl. r ..I- o: CI ston 18 Ju! u pftre ,iDgfore Mbidl' i1 Acting of : joint ' the W raining, in Some of Sakou, rroi lata; Mani riorentine, taly ; bp1" ladovica (' anc federal court when nearly 400 men and women simultaneous t w rj. 2S auuui V 1. 1 s nr. Irvine LaDcmuir. assuciuie uireciur ui iub ueiicini jiiiecinc comDanv inhnratn.i. . . iw m who has been awarded the Nobel prize In chemistry. aennectadj, k. - . E I sMa -. ' - straw fron President-Elect s Cottage at Warm Springs " - rWMttSftk''-' :" W.'T, l-J? .'t-W.UsT?. , Ji." t.M - r J&'.ili 1,,-niiecte 9 m : WSWf t 1. H-ir Barrel M h ttr t s.tlV ' II- "'V- I 1 I.j I if- -3 - li liijf ' It, .- . v- x. - f " v - - - - ' v M - V maammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmim This ts President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt's cottage at Warm Springs, Ga., located close to Us vorite hot water baths. Be will spend his vacations here, and also, as In the past, may make freq-short freq-short visits to the place. DEAN OF THE HOUSE . vf-ifi-ffrHi ' it ' X f V "Sc. "" rA&k Headquarters of Nazis in Berlin With the defeat of Representative Representa-tive Gilbert N. Haugen, veteran Republican Re-publican leader from Iowa, the leadership lead-ership of the lower house In length of service passes to Representative Edward W. Pou, Democrat, of North Carolina, who has served 16 con-Wcutive con-Wcutive terms in congress. ON HIS MARK wj4C" i r &r i Cliarles Paddock, the greatest sprinter the world has ever known, starting the training career of his one-year-old son, "Paddy," who can't walk yet- but crawls faster than any other baby Ip the neighborhood. neigh-borhood. This Is the first picture ever panted of the child, whose home Is In Pasadena, Calif. , Un Battering Fact If the average man had to sum up what be actually knows against what he thinks he knows he'd be rery deeply la the red. Miami Herald mm Mw Lj -1 Franci . s thi( niw is erected, iy the dif light tem down pipe jindenses Old The olO imerlca 1 the Pisca' I wick, esta I Burleigh undo to I power is has been its Incept orists ai whose w( one, Tit Correggio the nam BraMtudi The v tritium, meeting trossroa( comes tl ialning tommon, U Gilber enough : tal worn States 1 populat would v -Florid i ; ' . iwtiwiBKttwMiaiii, wrniuimmmwvv'- - - , i i: . ..v.: ' .i, r jH j a- -err mi ' HP sa355,llP5S SSTT i I t.A , ! ' ) ' fr - l. . . 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