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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over President Hoover Declares Himself for Change in Prohibition Prohi-bition Amendment Roosevelt Hears Mayor Walker's Defense Secretary Stimson Angers Japan. By EDWARD W. PICKARD PRESIDENT HOOVER opened the campaign for his re-election with his acceptance speech, and told the nation that, In regard to the liquor question, he stood 4 f Republican platform v but a considerable U' step ahead of It. He ' - i said the administratis administra-tis i'C ' tlon's efforts t0 en" V " j force national prohl- p , 1 bition had been of no y" L avail because the ',. "' J Eighteenth amend-pX amend-pX i ' ment itself was a fail-" fail-" ure except in states President where the majority Hoover sentiment was actually actual-ly dry. He declared he could not consent either to restoration restora-tion of the saloon or to the continuance continu-ance of such grave abuses as the speakeasy and the bootlegger which flourish under the amendment. Therefore, There-fore, he proposed such modification of the prohibition amendment as would return liquor control to the states under federal control that would guarantee the dry states federal aid In keeping out liquor and prevent ' the restoration of the saloon in the wet states. In substance the position taken by Mr. Hoover on this prohibition problem prob-lem Is very close to that of Alfred E. Smith in 1928. It was warmly Indorsed In-dorsed by the Republican senators who consented to talk about it, even by such veteran drys as Fess and Borah. The Republican press generally gen-erally commended it, and Democratic newspapers praised the President for "bravery greater than that of his party platform." The President's address of course covered practically all the subjects that appear In the Republican platform plat-form and was written with skill. In it he reiterated his stand for freedom free-dom in industry and commerce as opposed op-posed to radical and revolutionary proposals, for a protective tariff, for noncancellation of foreign debts, and pledged himself to work for restoration restora-tion of prosperity. The notification ceremony took place In Constitution hall and the speech was heard by 4,000 persons gathered there and by countless millions mil-lions who listened in by radio. The nffair was preceded by a garden party par-ty and buffet luncheon on the White House grounds, to which 700 men and women had been invited. Former President Calvin Coolidge was not there because, as he said, he feared the trip would aggravate the hay fever from which he was suffering. MAYOR JAMES WALKER of New York, appearing before Governor Gover-nor Roosevelt in the latter's office In Albany, made an Impassioned plea for the right to face and question the witnesses who have accused him and whose testimony before the Seabury committee resulted in the demand that the governor remove him from office, llr. Roosevelt ruled that the mayor might present any witnesses or evidence evid-ence that would contribute to the governor's gov-ernor's examination of the case. He did not require the proof of Mr. Walker's guilt to be shown by witnesses, wit-nesses, but he did go at once into a cross-examination of the mayor himself. him-self. Mayor Walker's answers followed closely his previous defense as given In his formal answer to the Seabury charges and In his testimony before the legislative committee. He admitted admit-ted taking the $20,000 gift from J. A. Sislo, banker Interested in taxicab legislation, leg-islation, but denied he had given of his Influence as mayor to obtain the legislation. Answering the charge that he owned jecurities In a company doing business with the city, In violation of a state Jaw, Walker assorted he knew nothing noth-ing about Its connection with city contracts. In succeeding sessions of the hearing he continued along the same line, denying all charges of misconduct and defending the acts on which those Charges were based. T AP.VN, continually on the defensive - concerning her course in Manchuria and extremely sensitive to criticism, whether direct or Implied, has been aroused to great otli-clal otli-clal Indignation by F"' ","'J Secretary of State ; NS Henry L. Stimson. In ; an address before the . J council on foreign re- sf5! lations In New York v f the cabinet officer as- " 3 i sorted that eonsulta- t. s (4 ; tion among signatory j nations to mobilise Ij.'1. s ; "moral disapproval" a . - i of acts of aggression -; is implicit In the Brl- Scc'y Stimson and-Kcllogg treaty ) outlawing war and that a definite pact providing for such consultation is un- ' necessary. As an example, the secre tary of state referred to the American protest to Japan against hostilities in China. Such a protest would have had far loss weight, be pointed out. had It not been supported by "the entire en-tire group of civilised nations." Later in his address Mr. Stimson said : "As it stands, the only limitation to the broad covenant against war is the right of self-defense. This right is so Inherent and universal that it was deemed unnecessary even to Insert It expressly In the treaty. It exists in the case of the individual under domestic do-mestic law, as well as in the case of the nation and its citizens under the law of nations. Its limits have been clearly defined by countless precedents. "A nation which sought to mask imperialistic im-perialistic policy under the guise of the defense of its nationals would soon be unmasked. It could not long hope to confuse or mislead public opinion on a subject so well understood or in a world in which facts can be so easily ascertained and appraised as they can be under the journalistic conditions of today." The Japanese foreign office took Mr. Stimson's remarks as an attack on Japan's Ja-pan's acts in Manchuria and cabled the embassy in Washington for a detailed de-tailed report of the speech. It was believed that formal protest might be made to the Dnited States government. DOY D. CHAPIN, the Detroit auto-mobile auto-mobile manufacturer, was sworn in as secretary of commerce to succeed suc-ceed Robert P. Lamont, who resigned become president lT"' Jf f tbe American Iron PtvAj&J'i and Steel institute. As ft ; J he took office Mr. I Chapin gave expres- I . ' -? sl0n to his optimism, I f'j saying: "Naturally, H " like every other Amer- 1 . vm 1 lcan. I am gratified by V-w'VV "i the unmistakably bet-f bet-f 4 ml'1'' ' ter tone that now pre-tk pre-tk ""k- vails in our industries and marts of trade. R. D. Chapin Concerning the future trend, I will not be so bold as to venture prediction now, but one thing Is certain we must all exert ourselves to the utmost striving to strengthen all favorable factors and to make the Inevitable turn come as soon and with as much security as possible." Secretary Chapin Is already encouraging encour-aging the railroads to go ahead with repair and replacement work and finding find-ing money to help them do it ; and in co-operation with Secretary of Labor Doak he is working on the plans for spreading employment by decreasing the Individual hours of work. FOR about twenty-four hours there was a spectacular attempt at revolution revo-lution in Spain by the monarchists who hoped to restore the Bourbons to the throne. The movement was led by Gen. Jose Sanjurjo, known as "the lion of Morocco," and for a time he and his helpers were in control of Seville. But the republican government govern-ment was apprised of his plans in advance ad-vance and the revolt was speedily squelched mainly by the police. Sanjurjo San-jurjo himself was arrested as he fled from Seville and was taken to Madrid for trial by court martial, and various others of the former king's military commanders also were apprehended. In Madrid there was little fighting when revolutionists sought to occupy government govern-ment buildings. The whole affair was a mixture of comedy and tragedy and the net result re-sult was the burning of many royalists clubs, homes and residences by the republicans re-publicans In several cities, and the prospect of death at the hands of firing squads for the royalist leaders. REWAriD for his uniformly successful suc-cessful prosecutions of gangsters and politicians for evasion of the federal fed-eral income tax has come to George E. Q. Johnson, United States attorney In . .- Chicago. He has been J, i appointed to the fed-eral fed-eral District bench by j President Hoover, and :. s, J probably will be con- v.A-tf.Y : firmed by the senate , '. in December with lit- : v.; .. tie opposition. As sue- 1 4 cessor to Mi. John- V. - - A son, the President ; ' j named Johnson's able ' assistant In the tax G. E. Q.Johnsor cases, Dwlght El. Green, who has been solicitor for the bureau of Internal revenue and has conducted many of the trials Instituted Institu-ted by Johnson. Both the appointments appoint-ments were urged by Senators Glenn and Lewis of Illinois. Johnson began his drive against hoodlums ami crooked politicians in the fall of iron, first ndictinS Ralph Capone and Terry Druggan and Frankie Lake. Other indictments followed, fol-lowed, and trials, and Mr. Johnson was successful In sending the following follow-ing persons to the penitentiary for evading income tuxes: ,1 Capone. Ralph Capone. Drupm. I..nke. Jack Gur.:k. Sam Unrik. Frank X;;:i. former for-mer County Assessor Gene G. (i:;vor. and former State i:.;r..j,;,t;:v( Lawrence Law-rence C. O'Brien. Chris-::, n P. r.:sr!i en. huiMing commissioner in ti e ;:,t j Republican ChU-aco mis:;:.-!; a! . T:!n- ' istration. is now uri.r sor.'v:.. b ." has appealed his co:t ;o: a :i. CHANCELLOR VON PAPEN and his cabinet acted to stop terrorism terror-ism among the political factions of Germany by decreeing the death penalty pen-alty for all persons convicted of acts of political violence. Including rioting, treason, arson, instigation of explosions explo-sions or floods or damaging railways or railway equipment. Despite this rigorous action, the acts of violence did not cease. Adolf Hitler Issued a proclamation to his storm troops to curb their disorderly enthusiasm. Von Papen Invited both Hitler's National Na-tional Socialists and Hugenberg's Nationalists Na-tionalists to share in the government which he will submit to the reichstag when it convenes August 30. But the monocled chancellor is determined to keep the office of chancellor and to maintain the government on the "no-party" "no-party" basis. The Hitlerites continue to claim full governmental control WHEN the field and track events of the Olympic games came to a close it was found the United States had won first place by a tremendous margin ; Finland was "" second and Great "?! Britain third. The cli-i cli-i .-sN, V max of tb's Part ot Jf the program was the 3 ' -r marathon race, which K was won by Juan Za- f 1 bala of Argentina in j f "i j record-breaking time. fiv?Km. The second week was f ' given 0Ter t0 ali kinds of events, mainly In - a j.je waterj an(j Helene Helens Madison, the premier Madison woman swimmer of the United States, distinguished dis-tinguished herself again by winning the 100 meters free-style race in the new Olympic time of 1 :6.8. She was first in the fastest field of girl swimmers swim-mers ever assembled, and every one of them beat the old Olympic record. In other water events the flags of Japan, Holland, Australia and other nations were raised. MUCH of the work of the British Imperial conference in Ottawa was completed during the week and the delegates thought they might be able to leave by August 20. However, the questions that most interest the United States were still unsettled, these being the trade relations between be-tween Canada and Great Britain. The dominion's offer of preferences on manufactured goods was rejected by the British delegates as not good enough. The Canadians thought their offer ought to mean about $55,000,000 extra trade for Britain every year, but the British could not figure the gain at more than $10,000,000 a year. The British made satisfactory trade arrangements with the Australians, the New Zealanders and the South Africans. Points on which the conference con-ference fails to agree will be referred to a permanent committee. A LL the neutral nations of Central and South America Joined with the United States in calling on Bolivia Bo-livia to lay down her arms and accept arbitration of the dispute dis-pute with Paraguay l'-' over the Gran Chaco. fHfifiiM They even set a def- : foO inite time for such : fs-SI??: M submission, but Bo- :f. livia s reply was not i V?j'k especially satisfactory. VilS !'ss.; President Daniel Sal-amanca Sal-amanca s government - :-w:-::;,v v-said v-said it was willing to J suspend hostilities eJ'x -tQ p e n d ing arbitration, if Paraguay and the President neutral powers would Salamanca consent to the present pres-ent positions in the Gran Chaco as the basis for negotiations, instead of the positions of the troops on June 1, as stipulated by Paraguay. After June 15 Bolivian patrols captured three Paraguayan outposts. Pacifists In La Paz, Bolivia, who opposed war with Paraguay, were court-martialed and eight of them were condemned and shot. Adventurous citizens of the United States have been offering their services serv-ices to Paraguay and Bolivia, If war materializes, through their legations In Washington. One World war flyer with the rank of captain telegraphed both sides Identical requests for service. serv-ice. GEN. CHIANG KAI-SHEK, It appears ap-pears likely, will be the supreme dictator of China. This results from the controversy between Wang Ching-wei. Ching-wei. premier, and Marshal Chang Hsiao-liang, Peiping war lord. Chang refused to obey Wang's order to make war on the Japanese forces that were operating in Jehol province, and offered of-fered to resign. Soon after Wang and his entire cabinet submitted their resignations, res-ignations, the last to step out being Finance Minister T. V. Soong. Chiang Kai-shek, nnlike Wang, still thinks the Sino-Japanese dispute can be settled by direct negotiations and therefore refuses to take any warlike steps likely to antagonize Tokyo. Under Un-der the terms of the Chinese constitution. constitu-tion. General Chiang as permanent chairman of the military council Is untouchable and Is in full control of the armies. TWO Democratic senators were successful during the week In obtaining ob-taining renominations. They were Allien Al-lien W. l'.ark'ey of Kentucky, keynoter key-noter in the recent national convention, conven-tion, who d'-f'Titrd firmer Senator t;-vir:i' P.. !.-.rt:n ar.-l o'hrs ; and ?'rs. tn'::t XV. Car.. -.vav of A rkar.sn s, J tiie rr.ly w.i" '' n i: a.ier of th" up-;"T up-;"T .''- 1 'arauaiy had six - r ' r:' a'-.- ; - '! e f-i:;:na:!on but |