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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Edward VIII Becomes Ruler of the British Empire; Substitute for Unconstitutional AAA Rejected by Senate Subcommittee. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Cj Western Newspaper Union. GF.nnr.K V, king of fircMt Britain Brit-ain and puiporor of India, dU'il in Siindrlnglinm house, peacefully Mid p.'il nlcssty. In tils seventy llrst year. Iinmeilliuely , : , on his passing, his - ' . J oldest son, Kdwrinl . , . Albert. who had -j heen prince of j ;;n Wales, succeeded f. '; to the throne, which v "'-A by UritlKb' law. Is ; . , ; j..J never vacant Next i - .- 1 morning the stale I council, consisting , ' ' of the queen and ' i her four sons, which had been ore Kin9 Edward ated by a decree Vl" which (toorge signed a few hours before his death, proclaimed the accession ac-cession of the new ruler as Kdward VIII. His first official act was to notify the lord mayor of London of bis father's demise. King tloorge, wdio had boon on the throne almost twenty-live years, was the best loved and most democratic of the world's monarchy, always Just, solicitous for the welfare of his subjects, and living a simple and almost al-most faultless doineslic and official life. The new king, a confirmed bachelor, knows bis vast empire Intimately, In-timately, bavin;; visited practically every part of it, some regions many times. Decidedly different from his father In his tastes and ways of life, lie still, as the prince of Wales, has heen a great favorite of ttie people, peo-ple, and In recent years, realizing (hat he would soon have to mount the throne, he steadied down and took an increasing .Interest In the a 11'alrs of the empire. lie is especially espe-cially liked by the laboring classes, In whose welfare he often has shown 'deep sympathy. That be never married has been a disappointment disappoint-ment to the British people. Now for the fust time since the reign of William Wil-liam IV there is no prince of Wales. Next in the line of succession is t tie king's brother, the duke of York, and second comes the duke's little Uaughler, Princess Elizabeth. There will be six months or more of official offi-cial mourning for George's death, and Kdward VIII will not be crowned for about one year. The body of the dead ruler was removed from Sandringhntn bouse to the little church of St. Mary Magdalene Mag-dalene in Snndringham. Thence it was to tie taken to Westminster abbey, ab-bey, there to lie In stale. Interment Ij to be In the Albert Memorial chapel at Windsor, beside the tombs of George's father and mother. It was believed the state funeral would not take place for two weeks. 'TMlE New Deal's substitute for - the unconstitutional AAA, a bill empowering the secretary of agriculture agri-culture to pay fanners who co-op-,,,,v.,. erate voluntarily ; - - in a program of x " I s o 1 1 conservation, was introduced In ; x congress by Sena- ' J tor John B. Iiank- s v! -v " bead, Democrat, j and Representative i Marvin Jones, w- Democrat, Texas. " ' The bill was re- .r 1 ferret! to a senate , subcommittee. The Sec y Wallace , ... , ' members of the sub committee doubted the constitutionality constitution-ality of the new measure and directed di-rected Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to write a new bill. The bill rejected by the committee stated as its purposes: 1. Preservation and improvement of soil fertility. 2. Promotion of the economic use of land. 3. Diminution of exploitation and unprofitable use of national soil resources. re-sources. 4. Provision for and maintenance of a continuous and stable supply of agricultural commodities adequate ade-quate to meet domestic and foreign consumer requirements at prices fair to both producers and consumers. con-sumers. 5. lie-establishment and maintenance main-tenance of farm purchasing power. Secretary Wallace was requested to write a new act that would pro-ride pro-ride a plan of co-operation witli each of the 4S states, and set up a permanent program on AAA policies. poli-cies. Chairman Smith. Democrat, said. Saying he speaks for the committee. Smith explained: "We said in effect to Secretary Wnllace, 'Make it constitutional,' because we have the responsibility to pass it." 'TPUE compromise bill providing payment of the soldier bonus, whipped through congress by crushing crush-ing majorities, was passed on to the President, who is expected to veto it-Congressional it-Congressional action of the measure meas-ure was completed when the house voted 3-10 to 59 to accept the senate sen-ate substitute for the bill It had previously passed. The senate vote was 74 to 16. Leaders of boih bouses claimed they have sufficient votes to override a veto. The original house bill did not provide a method for paying the cost of the bonus, which Is estimated esti-mated at $2,:!:',7,!Xi.l(X. The senate sen-ate suggested the Issuance of the S'jO "baby bonds" which vvi!! bear Interest at 3 per cent annually until l!!ir If the veteran elects to hold on to them. Each veteran will receive the l!)l." value of his adjusted compensation compen-sation ceriificate In $"() bonds with a government check fop odd amounts. Interest owed by veterans vet-erans upon loans unpaid on their certificates Is canceled, hut there will he no refund of Interest paid upon such loans. """PlIE present federal relief pro-gram, pro-gram, depending principally on work relief, CCC and public works, Is alone costing approximately as much as the fourfold program which went before and which embraced these three Items plus direct relief re-lief which lias now been returned to the states, according to a study of the relief problem and the government govern-ment finances by Kendall Iv. Lloyt in the Analyst. For immediate purposes, at least, there is no prospect of much reduction re-duction in the rate of federal expenditure, ex-penditure, according to Mr. lloyt. In order to prevent the states from trooping back for more relief funds the government must keep its pledge to employ- the arbitrary three and one-half million persons which have been carried since last November principally under WPA and CCC. In dollar terms this means that, according ac-cording to budget estimates, the outlay out-lay for recovery and relief for the fiscal year ending June 30, 103G, will be - almost the same as that for the preceding fiscal year, namely, name-ly, three billions in round numbers, or an average of 250 millions per month. It is within expectancy, therefore, that costs to the country will reach a new high unless economic conditions condi-tions improve more rapidly than can now be foreseen. APPARENTLY "authentic" administration ad-ministration sources are credited, cred-ited, according to Democrats in congress, con-gress, with a report that Jesse t- Jones, RFC chair- I man, may become 1 secretary of the Ji treasury. It was . said that Henry vK Morgenthau, pres- v ! ent secretary of 1 the treasury, may - -V U be made confiden- adviser to the j President. 5 One congress- man, who keeps Jesse Jones Qf ments in government financial circles, cir-cles, said he was reasonably sure the change already has received some consideration from President Presi-dent Roosevelt. Another added that it was "a 100-to-l shot that it is under consideration." The reports were discounted to some extent, however, by the fact that the President has just renominated renom-inated Jones for two years as chairman chair-man of the Reconstruction Finance corporation. One Democratic representative argued ar-gued that on the basis of his past record Jones could carry into the treasury the respect and confidence of both big business and "the mar, in the street." He described the RFC chairman as sufficiently liberal lib-eral to command the support of liberal lib-eral elements anc yet not leaning so far in that direction as to alarm conservatives. n RE.MIER NESSIM PAS II A, weary of his job since the anti-British anti-British riots started November 13, lias handed the resignation of his cabinet to King Fuad I. The resignation resig-nation was accepted. Nassim found it exhausting to keep an equilibrium between the conflicting forces of the throne, the British residency, the nationalists and their compatriots. But the final blow, dealt him by the British government gov-ernment at London, was the thinly veiled ultimatum to Egyptian Nationalism, Na-tionalism, in the form of verbal instructions in-structions for negotiations for an Anglo-Egyptian treaty. The sting to Egyptian pride was in the wording word-ing that if the present negotia-ions negotia-ions fail, the British consider their hands will be free and will revise re-vise their Egyptian policy. '"TPIIE senate munitions commit- tee which participated in a sensational sen-sational controversy recently by reflecting re-flecting on the war record of President Presi-dent Wilson, has decided to request an additional appropriation of $7,500 to complete its investigation investiga-tion and make its final report. Many Democratic senators have declared that they would not vote another dollar for the inquiry, but Senator Nye, chairman of the committee, com-mittee, believes the additional sum will be forthcoming. AFTER several months of governmental gov-ernmental stability Premier Pierre Laval has handed to Albert Lebrun, president of France, the resignation of the entire cabinet. The radical Socialists: Minister of State Edouard Herrlot, Minister of Commerce George Bonnet, Minister Min-ister of Mercantile Marine William Bertrand, and Minister of Interior Joseph Paganonx, composed a letter let-ter of resignation, condemning the domestic and foreign policies of Laval. Their colleagues. Minister of Finance Marcel Regnier and Minister of Pensions Maupoil, refused re-fused to sign, declaring they would resign only with the cabinet as a whole. The Nationalist Minister of State, Louis Marin, also dissented from the resignation. Laval, Informed of what was going go-ing on, handed the president the resignation of the entire cabinet. EWCTOIIY sales of automobiles " manufactured in the United States rose to 407, S04 in December, bringing the year's total to 4,0Oi,--ISO, the Department of Commerce reports. The total compares with 2.753,111 in 1934. At the same time the department reported an increase in-crease of $7,483,914 in exports of automotive au-tomotive products during the month of November from the preceding pre-ceding month. November auto exports ex-ports reached a valuation of $22,-403,722. $22,-403,722. This Is the peak figure for any corresponding month since 1929, when the export total amounted amount-ed to $27,129,903. p ECENT League of Nations de-velopments de-velopments have gone heavily against Italy's aspirations for African Af-rican conquest. Of four major ac- , r., tions taken by the t'" - - assembled powers, '-. '-, 1 a 'eil again by An- I ; "T-J ' n 0 n J Eden of j ('reat Britain, two I 5 1 definitely were an- , tagonistic to Italy, f C - one was a draw and E " ) one was somewhat in the Fascist ,t i state's favor. They ? i were: . .. r , 1. The league Anthony Eden ., . j council decided to move against an oil embargo against Italy. A committee of experts was appointed to ascertain if oil sanctions sanc-tions could be made effective. 2. Britain announced a military alliance with France, Greece, Turkey Tur-key and Jugoslavia, and these nations na-tions pledged aid should Italy attack at-tack Britain because of . sanctions. sanc-tions. Rumania and Czechoslovakia promptly joined this group, making seven nations pledged to combined action against Italy should war come over efforts to stop the Italo-Ethiopian Italo-Ethiopian conflict. 3. The league declined to send a neutral investigating body to Ethiopia, Ethi-opia, which Ethiopia asked and to which Italy consented. 4. The league conciliation committee com-mittee published a report that no new peace proposals are possible at the present time, and that the league should pursue a policy of watchful waiting. THE opening of the reign of Edward Ed-ward VIII of Great Britain, was marked with an act of mercy. Arthur Ar-thur Charles Mortimer, under sentence sen-tence of death for running down and killing a girl bicyclist with an automobile, received a reprieve commuting com-muting his sentence to penal servitude servi-tude for life Mortimer's crime, murder by motor car. was described as the first of its kind in England. HCEY LONG'S lieutenants, following fol-lowing the victory of their primary pri-mary slate In Louisiana, declared that, the late senator's fight on the Roosevelt administration would be pushed, with the share-the-wealth program as the spearhead of attack. at-tack. Returns on the primary indicate in-dicate a majority of more than 100,000 for senator, governor and other state officers. Nomination Is equivalent to election. J JNDERSECRETARY of the Treasury Thomas Jefferson Coolidge resigned his position suddenly sud-denly and unexpectedly, because he did not agree with all the policies of the administration. At the same time Assistant Secretary Lawrence YV. Robert resigned. President Roosevelt accepted both resignations. resigna-tions. It was understood there was no connection between the two withdrawals. Mr. Robert had been expected for some time to quit his post. In his treasury position Mr. Coolidge, Coo-lidge, long a New England banker, has been in charge of such government govern-ment financial affairs as the huge borrowings of money to meet heavy government expenditures. He was understood to be in accord with most Roosevelt policies but felt he was unable to give his full support to the general New Deal program. It was not learned what specific objections were raised by Mr. Coolidge Coo-lidge but they were believed to revolve re-volve around such constitutional questions as federal versus state rights. D UDTARD KIPLING, poet and story writer who best embodied in his literary work the ideas of British Imperialists, died in London Lon-don following an operation for perforated per-forated ulcer of the stomach. He was seventy years of age and In recent years had written very little except as a propagandist. He was a vigorous and bold writer and a master stylist. His best work was : done long ago when he wrote nu- merous poems and stories about In- I dia, Its natives and the British sol- j diers there. |