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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over League of Nations Council, Still Hoping for Peace, Moves to Curb Italy American Legion Condemns All Un-American Isms. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Western Newspaper Union. ITALY having rejected the peace plan proposed by the League of Nations committee of live, and Ethiopia Ethi-opia having accepted It, the commlt-, commlt-, m.. ..,,...1 tee reported to the ' r . ';; t league council that I :.:-JOAiuA 113 e(T"r,s t0 solve k, . the problem were HT". futile. The court- 1 i ell thereupon held I a public meeting f-'T, j.S and adopted unanl- ",' -, mously the recom- j & xps niendntion of Its I " ' j president, Enrique fcA Q RulzGuinazu of Ar- a .u trj gentlna, that It pro-Anthony pro-Anthony Eden cee(i under nrtk.e 15 of the covenant, drafting a report re-port and recommendations for settlement set-tlement of the Halo-Ethiopian em-broglio. em-broglio. As they did once before, the Italian Ital-ian delegates walked out of the meeting, and a spokesman explained that this was because they "would not sit at the same table with Ethiopia." Ethi-opia." With other prominent Fascists, Fas-cists, the Italian representatives repaired re-paired to the lobby bar, ordered drinks and rather ostentatiously consumed them and marched out. In a secret session the council drafted its report and framed Its recommendations; but It also asked the committee of five to reconstitute reconsti-tute Itself so It would be ready to take advantage of any opportunity for mediation that offered In the near future. A feature of the council's session was an address by Capt. Anthony Eden, British minister for league ' affairs. Conversations in Rome between be-tween British Ambassador Sir Eric Drummond and Premier Mussolini had led some to think Great Britain Brit-ain was weakening, but Eden announced an-nounced his government was "steadfastly "stead-fastly determined to abide by its policy" as previously declared. He said in part: "In addressing my colleagues at the council on September 4 I expressed ex-pressed the view that It was our duty to use the machinery of the league that lay to our hands. "Such Is still my view. I therefore there-fore support without qualification the proposal of the president of the council, since we are now working under article XV, that the council should draw up a report of the recommendations provided for in paragraph IV of that article. "So long as the council Is engaged en-gaged In drawing up a report of tke recommendation the work of conciliation can continue and it Is clear that no opportunity for such conciliation within the terms of the covenant should be missed." Eden's attitude was supported by Peter Munch of Denmark and Maxim Max-im Litvinov of Russia. On the whole, prospects for settlement set-tlement of the African affair were very dim. It was reported that Mussolini had said to Count Charles de Chambrun, French ambassador to Rome: "I will invade Ethiopia on the date fixed a month ago." Emperor Haile Selassie wired the league requesting that in view of the ''Increasingly provocative attitude atti-tude of Italy" neutral observers be dispatched to Ethiopia to establish responsibility in case a clash occurs. oc-curs. Great Britain informed Italy that her tremendous naval concentration in the Mediterranean was not ordered or-dered with any aggressive motive but because of the violent anti-English campaign carried on by the Fascist Fas-cist press of Italy. The massing of the British warships at Gibraltar. .Malta. Alexandria and the Suez canal continued, and Italy respond ed by rearranging her naval dispositions. disposi-tions. Also the (low of Italian troops to East Africa was continuous, and it was announced In Rome that -00. (100 soldiers of the classes of Hill. 1012. 1 ; 1 1 .' and 101-4 had reported for duty. This brought to 1.000.000 the total Italian mobilization, which Mussolini some time ago promised would he the mark reached before October 1. One result of the supposedly Improved Im-proved relations between England anil Italy was the cancellation of the sailing of 10.000 more Italian troops to Libya, which colony borders on Egypt PREPARING for the imminent probability of war between Italy and Ethiopia, Secretary of State Cordell Hull established an ollice of arms and munitions control to carry out the provisions of the neutrality neu-trality nc' and direct federal control con-trol of the munitions trallic. The otlice is under the direction of R. Walton Moore, assistant secretary sec-retary of state. Joseph ('. Green is chief of the nlhYe and has as his assistant Charles W. Yost. On recommendation of the board President Roosevelt proclaimed that hereafter manufacturers, importers and exporters of six categories of war Implements nvst obtain licenses li-censes for exports and Imports. The articles named comprise only weap ons and othet articles used In actual ac-tual combat, such as guns, war vessels, ves-sels, military aircraft and poison gas. Secretary Roper told reporters that the munitions control board is studying the question of whether certain raw materials should also be classed with munitions. A MERICAN Legionnaires In con-vention con-vention In St. Louis adopted with shouts of approval a resolution resolu-tion for active opposition to "nazl-ism, "nazl-ism, fascism, communism and other isms contrary to the principles enunciated enun-ciated in the Constitution." Still cheering, the delegates followed that up by asking the withdrawal of United States recognition of Soviet Russia. The veterans recommended recent re-cent legislation for national defense de-fense and called for a larger army, continuation of the officers' training train-ing camps, the C. M. T. C. and R. O. T. C. In schools, and for a navy equal to any in the world. They asked all nations to work for world peace, and approved the neutrality resolution of the last congress. Cleveland, Ohio, was awarded the 1036 annual convention after four ballots. The national American Legion band championship was won by the Chicago Board of Trade post musicians. Franklin post was second, Omaha third, and Mineral Springs, Texas, fourth. At their final session the veterans vet-erans elected J. Ray Murphy of Ida Grove, Iowa, national commander, command-er, and passed a resolution demanding demand-ing immediate cash payment of the soldiers' bonus. Vice commanders chosen were: Raymond A. Gales of Virginia, W. E. Whitlock of South Carolina, Whitney Godwin of Florida, Flor-ida, Oscar VVorthwine of Idaho, Lou Probst of Wyoming. Mrs. Melville Mucklestone of Chicago Chi-cago was elected president of the American Legion auxiliary. SOFT coal miners were victorious victori-ous in the negotiations for a new wage agreement, and resumption of work in the mines was promised for October 1. The men were out on strike for eight days. Operators yielded to the union demands when they learned that relief officials would aid the strikers. AUBREY WILLIAMS, first assistant as-sistant to Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins, said in an Interview Inter-view that the unemployment prob--;Tffli lem will not be IT x A ' I solved by a busl-JUw busl-JUw jT J ness pick-up unless K J Industry "shares In- $ ha creased business ! with the workers." ? "d He asserted that - the present gain in s 1 business has put few more people to . I i work, and explained I s .T 1 this fact by attrib-uting attrib-uting it primarily Aubrey tQ Increased effl. Wllllams ciency which permits per-mits employers to produce more goods than before with fewer employees. em-ployees. Williams said there had been a drop in the number of people on relief, but he attributed this largely to a "hard-boiled" policy under which the rolls were combed of in-eligibles. in-eligibles. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT cleaned I up most of the official business on his desk and started on his vacation va-cation trip to San Diego, whence he will return through the Panama canal. Mrs. Roosevelt and a large party of officials accomp.-jiied him on the special train to the coast. At the last minute the President decided to speak to the midwest farmers, and this address was delivered de-livered Saturday at Fremont. Neb. The program called for a set speech at Boulder dam, another in the Hollywood bowl at Los Angeles, and one at San Diego. In addition addi-tion the Chief Executive talked to the gathered crowds at many of the operating stops made by the train. REPUBLICAN national committeemen commit-teemen met In Washington and began the serious preparation of the Presidential campaign. It was derided de-rided unanimously that the party efforts In the western states should be most vigorous and should begin Immediately. Headquarters will soon he opened in Cldcago with National Na-tional Committeeman Harrison Spongier of Iowa In charge, and funds wen! allocated for its expenses. ex-penses. The committee did not discuss candidates or the selection of a convention con-vention city. The latter will not he chosen until the winter meeting. At present Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas Kan-sas City are the leading contenders, with the last named in good position posi-tion because of its new air-conditioned convention hail. rEN. HUGH JOnNSON will soon be out of a job again, fur on October 15 he retires from the position po-sition of works progress administrator adminis-trator for New York city. This Is In accordance with a previous agreement with President Roosevelt. Roose-velt. He Is to be succeeded by Victor Vic-tor F. Ridder, publisher of the German language newspaper New Yorker Staats-Zeltung und Herold and the New York Journal of Commerce. Com-merce. 'TPHOUSANDS of Catholics, from -- high prelates to lowly laymen, gathered in Cleveland for the seventh sev-enth national Eucharistlc congress. The most spectacular event of the week was the midnight pontifical low mass celebrated In the stadium by the light of a myriad of tapers. Nearly 150,000 devout men and women knelt silently In the dimness as Archbishop Amleto Giovanni CicognanI, apostolic delegate to the United States, performed the rite. Later the stadium was again filled for the reception of the benediction bene-diction of Pope Pius XI, which was broadcast from Castel Gandolfo, Italy. NORTH CHINA Is due for another an-other dose of Japanese medicine, medi-cine, according to a statement by Maj. Gen. Hayao Tada, commander of the Japanese forces there. He said the Japanese army alms to "extend relief to and promote the welfare and happiness of the Chinese Chi-nese masses," and declared the army's policy Is based on these points: First A thorough removal of antl-Manchukuo and anti-Japanese elements from north China is necessary. nec-essary. Second In order to" extend relief to the masses in north China, the finances of this area must be removed re-moved from the control of the Nanking Nan-king government. Third Sovietizatlon must be prevented. pre-vented. REICHSBISHOP LTTDWIG MUELLER MUEL-LER and his Christian church administration In Germany are about to be abandoned by Hitler and the government, a new church directorate will be established and a new national synod will be summoned. sum-moned. In this way the relchs-fuehrer relchs-fuehrer hopes to settle the bitter quarrel that has been raging among the Protestants of Germany. The plan was announced by Hans Kerrl, minister for church affairs, through his commissar, Doctor Stahn, to the Prussian confessional synod meeting meet-ing in Berlin. Probably Bishop Mueller's successor . will be Rev. Friedrlch von Bodelschwlngh, who was elected relchbishop by the Orthodox protestnnt clergy two years ago and forced to resign by the government within a month of his election. MEN and women from all ranks of life assembled In the Yankee Yan-kee stadium in New York, paying nearly $1,000,000 for their seats, and saw Joe Louis, Detroit negro, knock out Max Baer, former heavyweight heavy-weight champion. In the fourth round. The chocolate colored boxer was Invincible, and Max was terribly ter-ribly outclassed, Louis plans to spend the winter and spring fighting In South America and Europe, after which he hopes to have a chance to show what he can do against the present titleholder, Jim Braddock. Judging by his past performances, he can do plenty. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent identical letters to a large number num-ber of the more prominent clergymen clergy-men of the country asking for "counsel and advice" because he felt no group could give more accurate or unbiased views of conditions and needs In their various communities. His letter said he was "particularly anxious" that the new social. security secu-rity law be carried out as conceived and added that the work relief program pro-gram was "vitally important." A flood of replies went to the White House. Many of them were entirely In sympathy with the administration's ad-ministration's policies. Many others were sharply critical of the New Deal. There were fome who thought the President was trying to drag the pulpit into politics, and in consequence con-sequence refused to answer. GEN. DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR, retiring chief of staff, in his final report recommended a five-year five-year plan for making the American army into an Istru- y...... a nient of speed, y' j fighting ability and 1 " 1 destructive power y - unsurpassed else- where. Qualityrath- p v er than quantity, I'J he said," was need l ed, and he pro- ff" posed that all im- i plements of war be L I" t1 modernized and LAaLT'k that the technical ,.. ... c Sen. MacArthur training of the officers offi-cers be Intensified. He said: "Beyond all doubt, any major war in the future will see every belligerent bel-ligerent nation highly organized for the single purpose of victory, the attainment of which will require integration and Intensification of individual and collective effort "But it will be a nation at war rather than a nation In arms. Of this vast machine the fighting forces will he only the cutting edge; their mandatory characteristics will be speed In movement, power In fire and shock action, and the utmost In professional skill and leadership." |