Show news review of current events the world over italian troops invade ethiopia and the war begins mussolini warns nations not to interfere craig made alade chief of staff by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union art Is on in east cast africa mus W WAR troops in eritrea invaded ethiopia because according to a not dote he be sent the league of nations of UK the Ethl ethiopian mobilization though this was not nol ordered until after the th italians had crossed the border and mccu pled pied strategic positions south ot of mt bit diussa all baltin heta hercul the ethiopian forel foreign ga minister sent to the league this message A telegram received october 3 from ras kas hercul informs the imperial government that italian military airplanes this morning bombarded aduca and Adl Adi grat leaving many victims among the civilian population including women and children and destroying ying numerous houses A battle Is at this moment taking place in the province of adame these rhese events occurring on ethiopian territory constitute a violation of the empires frontier and a breach of the covenant of the league through italian aggression A reuters dispatch from addis ababa said the italian force advancing on adame had been defeated but this ahls report i probably was false the italians moving south sooth from the asmara region crossed the mareb river frontier at widely separated points and converged in heavy columns toward aduca the scene of the terrific italian defeat 0 39 9 years ago government authorities in rome at first denied that adua and had been bombed but this action was reported by american correspondents with the italian army halle Selas ies sies order for general mobilization was carried throughout the empire by the ominous beating of the war drums and his eager warriors responded by the hundred thousand the emperors first war order was to his chieftain ras cabada and throe three other generals to take men to mt lit mussa all the defense in the north was entrusted to the negradas Neg of Wol lacho it was estimated at addis ababa that the emperor could count on the services of about 1250 fighting men and the women also tire are ready for active work in the conflict with the opening S simultaneously ln of hostilities in ethiopia mus gave the signal for tremendous rows mass gatherings of all fascists in italy millions of black shirts in all the cities dropped everything and assembled to cheer for the duce and his african adventure from the balcony of the venezia palace in rome the premier touted the words that committed bitted his nation to a policy that may mean elther either victory or cr ruin he reiterated his Ie termInation to seize territory from ethiopia but declared he would do everything possible to prevent the campaign from bringing on a european war but he warned the league of nations and all nations to keep their hands off saying to sanctions of an economic character we reply with our discipline our sobriety and our spirit of sacrifice to sanctions of a military character we will reply with measures of military character to acts of war we will reply with acts of war summoned hastily to a meeting of the league council in geneva the states statesmen mea of europe found themselves confronted by the fact that an undeclared war was being waged by a league member against a league member article XVI of the league covenant provides for severe penalties for such euch a war when the aggressor has been determined the sanctions range through an economic and financial boycott to final military penalties before going to geneva anthony eden of great britain conferred with premier laval lava of france to in paris ue ile had instructions to throw the full support of nt his bis movement behind league efforts to isolate or halt the conflict in africa french officials als believed that it if sanctions were applied by the league they would be only economic which would shut oft off loans and raw materials from italy the mobilization of the british navy davy in the mediterranean and the red sea continued with accelerated cele rated speed IRM assurance that the united FIRM states would not be drawn into a foreign war was given by president roosevelt in his address at san diego lie ile sa said id we not only earnestly desire ponce peace but we are moved by a stern determination mi nation to avoid those perils that will endanger our peace with the world As president of the united states I 1 say to you most earnestly once more that the people of america and the government of 0 those people istead and expect to remain at peace with all the lw world orld in washington secretary of state hun half made a strong plea tor for peace declaring that economic recovery Is being retarded oy dy international political uncertainty he warned that world political stability cannot be achieved without a revival of world trade and that war will block trade conspirators formed an Bela BULGARIAN elaborate borate plot to assassinate king boris III and seize control of the t he government ern ment but they were tolled foiled and many persons were arrested among them were 27 army officers and former premier almon sources close to the government ae blared an attack was to have been made on the king as he appeared before lit ills subjects to review a parade in celebration of the anniversary of his bis accession to the throne marching soldiers were to have been without ammunition and in the confusion following the attack the plotters hoped to take control of the arsenal and public buildings AJ GEN MALIN CRAIG a vet M MAJ eran of two wars and commandant of the war college was appointed chief of staff of the american army by president Roose roosevelt X ile he took office immediately succeeding gen douglas macarthur who la Is on his way to the philippines to be military adviser to the new island commonwealth craig Is advanced to full generalship born in st joseph L fi mo in 1875 craig was gen malin graduated from west craig point in 1898 immediately afterward he saw service in cuba during the spanish amerl ameri can war and in june 1900 participated in the china relief expedition made necessary by the boyer boser outbreak after service in various army posts in this country craig upon american entrance into the world war la in 1017 1917 was wag assigned as chief of staff of the forty first division and sailed with that outfit for france liter later he became chief of stall staff of the first army corps serving in 1 that position until the armistice was signed for his fine work in the world war he received the distinguished service medal and he also was given the legion of elonor and croix de guerre of france order of the bath of england order of the crown of belgium and order of the grown crown of italy 1 R E report for three months TREASURY tending ending september 20 0 showed a first quarter deficit of this was 34 per cent greater than for tha corresponding period a year ago which at that time was a record deficit expenditures tures tor for the quarter amounted to this was an average of about a day the deficit occurred in spite of in creased taxes and other revenues incident to improved business total revenues tor for the three months were compared with in the corresponding period of 0 tha preceding fiscal year A substantial amount of the increase in expenditures was due to AAA payments to farmers increased army navy and other departmental spending as well as larger allocations to veterans adjusted service certificate fund public debt sinking fund and civil service retirement fund contributed to the increase in regular expenditures di tures POTATO control was the subject of discussion at a hearing bearing called by the AAA in washington and officials farmers and consumers were given a chance to say what they hey thought about the warren act which W provides for quotas 1 q I 1 4 X for potato growers ka with a prohibitive tax ws on production in excess of 0 quotas and Is Z 0 pa armored with jail penalties w albies for willful buyers or sellers of bootleg potatoes this act was opposed secretary se reta ry by the new wallace W C e dealers and secretary of agriculture wallace said at the conference that he does not no t wan want to enforce it and do all in his power to avoid enforcing it ile he offered several plans for voluntary methods which would reduce potato sur pluses and raise prices ile he continued Illo taro growers are in real trouble and the AAA wants their lodgment judgment on possible cures for potato problems potato prices are about half of parity and the AAA desires to get tho the fuu full benefit of the judgment of potato producers concerning plans for increasing their returns HE AAA announced a production THE program for elgar cigar leaf tobacco tw for the next four years cars it provi provides deg a maximum acreage production of 40 per cent benefit payments will guarantee producers not less than fair exchange value or parity for the crop contract signers mill be prevented from growing tobacco on farms other than those covered by the contract RAVELING rapidly to the pacific coast for some fishing president roosevelt delivered several important addresses the first was at fremont neb where he spoke to about farmers and was wag enthusiastically asti cally received mr roosevelt set forth the chief accomplishments t of his adamini administration to date and challenged his opponents to do better lie ile defended the legality of the new deal doings and made it plain that he president en would p continue to car ro roosevelt vel ry y on experiments tor for the welfare of 0 the people denning defining his idea of constitutional government lie he said its true function Is to promote the abo general welfare not by interfering unduly with individual liberties but by bring ing to the aid of the individual those powers of government which are essential to assure the continuance ti nuance of the inalienable rights which the constitution Is intended to guarantee it la Is democracy tn the good old american sense of the word coming to the AAA in which his hearers bearers might be supposed to be most vitally interested the president asserted that agricultural adjustment Is an expression in concrete form of the lieiman haiman rights those farmer patriots sought to win when they stood at the bridge at concord when they proclaimed the declaration of independence and when they perpetuated these ideals deals by the adoption of the constitution no matter what attempts may be made to tear it down the principle of farm equality expressed by agricultural adjustment will not die the president told the crowd the AAA has made honorable history the president declared and as a result smoke Is pouring from chimneys again and workers without regular jobs are obtaining employment ne he served notice that it Is the purpose of his hi administration to use every sq square aare mile of the united states for the purpose to which it la Is best adapted nature must be harnessed instead of despoiled he asserted at boulder dam the president assisted in the dedication of the great project and delivered an address in which he be announced that government spending for employment purposes was dearld nearing its end and that now private industry must take up the burden of decreasing the army of the unemployed lie ile defended the ad administration against the charges of boon boggling dog gling and said its efforts meet with tb the approval of the people of the nation lie he touched only lightly on oa the power question secretary ickes w who ho also spoke said boulder dam should be renamed named re johnson dam la in honor of senator hiram johnson again at los angeles in the hollywood bowl and at san diego the chief executive delivered addresses add addi desses lesses and then he went to catch some fish POL COL FRANK KNOX pu publisher bUsher of the chicago dally news Is now an accredited candidate for the republican presidents il nomination for he be has received the indorse sg a ment of the republic y can state central committee corn t t of illinois colonel knox has been in it a receptive mood tor for a long time and has traveled all over the t country making speeches in various s unofficial straw votes jae he li has 3 been placed second only senator col co frank fran borah being preferred knox nox to him addressing the illinois central committee colonel knox knos said 1 I have been from the atlantic antle to the pacific and from west virginia on north and everywhere I 1 find that the republicans not only think that they will be victorious but they have a deep sense of responsibility to rescue the country from the hands of socialists WAN AN brothers have regained control over the vast railway and real estate empire they built and lost to new york bankers at the height of the boom this was valued at it was taken by a banking group when the van Swe defaulted on loans of and was put up at auction the brothers regained control for by bidding in the majority stock of the al AI keghany corporation holding company for all but one of the so called van vaa roads including the chesapeake ohio pere marquette arquette ll nickel plate missouri pacific and chicago eastern illinois and the van corporation through which the brothers ruled their vast real estate possessions N HIS second trial nelson I 1 IN publisher of the panama american was convicted by a federal jury in the tha canal zone district court on a libel charge resulting from his cratl criticism of conditions at fort clayton the charges wt brought by ma maj gen harold B fiske commanding the panama canal department and col james V heldt commander of fort clayton E RNEST P BICKNELL BICKNEL 4 for 27 years yeara prominent in the american red lied cross crass died in washington at the age of seventy three soon after his bis return from fl awall ile he was vice chairman in charge of insular and foreign operations of the red crons and directed direct eil relief of the san francisco earth quake floods in the ahlo und mississippi rivers the cherry and ami other anine ma ill asters forest fires ant anil inarik IMI injo tro trophies phles the ilia ain lu in italy |