Show N R review eviree of current aren events ts k FUEHRER EHRER STIRS EUROPE demands colonies threatens czechs czecho and says ger many lany fear war anthony eden resigns chancellor hitler delivering the sensational speech in which he defied the world declaring germany was not afraid of war above him Is seen general goering this Is a radio photo from berlin A AW Y I 1 M summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union hitler defies the world turmoil spread over P POLITICAL 0 europe after fuehrer adolf hitler in an address to the reichstag declared his intention to make germany one of the most powerful nations in the world worl gave warning that it was re arming and did not fear war though it desired peace and demanded the t h e return of germanys germanas Germ anys lost losi colonies furthermore i hitler upheld the aggressive gres sive actions of adolf hitler italy a and nd japan and asserted that germany would not tolerate ultimate victory of the loyalist faction in spain over francos rebel forces the fuehrer told with gratification of his success in compelling chancellor to give the austrian nazis representation in his cabinet and to permit them to act as a political party ile he gave no assurance that the independence of austria would be preserved he openly threatened similar action against czechoslovakia unless the germans in that country were granted political liberty hillers Hit lers speech might be iced as a declaration that germany will ignore great britain france and other western powers in carrying out her international policies ies i will continue her efforts to destroy the last vestiges of the general settlements tle ments which followed the world war will insist that the have not nations must be restored to a basis of equality with the have powers and is prepared to defy an any y combination of powers which may be formed against her here are some of the other things hitler told the reichstag germany refuses to accept credits or other promises in substitution tor for the colonies taken from her by the treaty of versailles reports of dissension between the nazi hierarchy and the wehr are nonsense and in his new role as supreme commander of the armed forces he has decided to strengthen the army to prevent the menace of war germanys germanas Germ anys relations with great britain can not be improved so long as british statesmen and newspapers attempt to meddle with what the reich regards as its own internal affairs germany has no intention of returning to the league of natio nations c french worried premier CHAUTEMPS and othi er high french officials saw in hillers Hit lers words concerning german minorities in other lands a definite threat against czechoslovakia a military ally of france whose security the french are bound to defend there are about germans in that country from prague the czech capital came word that czechoslovakia would not even negotiate with germany regarding autonomy for those germans and would not yield to coercion as did austria officials said that it if negotiations are hillers Hit lers aim they would be regarded as infringement gement of czechoslovakian sovereignty and therefore not acceptable As for the prospective british italian agreement the french government was fearful that chamberlains overtures to mussolini would take a course that france could not follow without risk of alienating its own socialist and communist elements the government however was determined to keep unbroken its close relations with britain 4 halifax succeeds eden REFUSING to go along with prime minister neville chamberlain ch am in his plans to buy I 1 a friendly settlement with germany and italy capt anthony eden british foreign secretary who has fought the ambitions of european I 1 I 1 dictators for t two wo years resigned ned from the cabinet with him went viscount Cr anborn the principal foreign undersecretary der secretary V is i s count halifax was to lord halifax appointed sue suc aeed eden temporarily this change was in effect another triumph tor for hitler was especially regretted by france and threatened to precipitate a serious crisis for the british government viscount halifax lord president of the council and former viceroy of india is a personal friend of hitler and an insistent advocate of imme annne diate friendship with germany and it italy aly even at the cost of great concessions ces by britain lie he was sent to berlin not long ago to talk over matters with the nazi leaders eden told the house of commons that he had resigned rather than deal with italy in the face of premier rife hostile propaganda against britain and II if duces glorification of victories in spain chamberlain boldly told the house of commons that his government aou would id begin negotiations with italy at once in hopes of obtaining a friendly settlement he put forward a four power peace plan designed to eliminate the dangers of war in europe As members of the pact he advocated germany italy france and britain chamberlain went to buckingham palace and gave king george his account of the events leading up to edens resignation and then sum boned dino grandi italian ambassador to a conference with them were halifax and sir alexander cadogan permanent undersecretary for foreign affairs it was learned that the break between chamberlain and eden came to a climax a few days before when grandi grand and the prime minister had a conference concerning the basis on which negotiations might be opened for a general understanding between london and rome some british leaders feel that agreement with mussolini tor for medi security would give britain a stronger hand in dealing with germany on the question of colonies t wallace gets busy OF agriculture S SECRETARY WALLACE is losing no time in putting into effect the new farm law which gives him increased powers over production he announced the 1938 marketing quotas for cotton and two types of tobacco to start with the national cotton acreage allotment was r set at approximately compared with I 1 last a s t years planted acreage of sec wallace e the he flue cured tobacco quota was axed at pounds compared with the 1937 production of pounds the quota for dark tobacco was set at pounds these quotas will remain in effect through the marketing year subject to approval by two thirds of the affected producers referenda among the producers are scheduled tor for march 12 cotton acreage allotments will be apportioned among individual farmers by local committees of prodoc ers ar for price increases ba BEFORE going to hyde park for a short vacation president roosevelt announced two moves designed to restore prosperity he declared the administrations economic policies are being directed toward a limited increase in prices to be achieved without inflation or any substantial increase in the cost of living he ordered the reconstruction finance corporation to renew its lending to industry and the railways the president specifically mentioned farm prices as needing to be increased on the other hand he said certain other prices such as those in the building industry have remained at a high level for the last few years no specific monetary ac action t ion is contemplated to toi increase nerease those considered too low he added X kennedy now ambassador JOSEPH J OSEPH P KENNEDY took the oath as ambassador to great britain in the office of president roosevelt and will soon leave tor for his new post he resigned as chairman and member of the maritime commission and mr roosevelt appointed as new head of that body rear admiral emory S land ot of colorado retired chief of the navys bureau of construction who has been a member of the board since last april to fill out kennedys Kenn edys term the president selected max orell truitt of st louis who has been the commissions counsel mr kennedy apparently lost out in his squabble with secretary of labor perkins concerning legislation to curb labor disorders in the american merchant marine both of them appealed to the president but that gentleman did not indicate his stand on the pending bill which kennedy favored and madame perkins and the C 1 I 0 opposed ac rumania goes fascist RUMANIA is now a fascist corporative pora tive state of guilds patterned after italy this was settled when king carol proclaimed the new constitution which provides for a parliament composed of guilds of farmers workers and intellectuals both the chamber of deputies and the senate are reduced in size and election of members is to b be e by trades and p professions ro fes not by political parties T the h e king carol king will appoint half the senators and will have veto power over all I 1 legislation egis I 1 lation all ali rumanians are declared equal with radical distinctions and religious freedom is granted with the orthodox rumanian church as the state religion trials by jury are abolished and the death penalty reintroduced for certain crimes the constitution was wa s created by Ru manias powerful crown council a special body established by king carol to define general policies and chart the course of parliamentary measures carol and dr miron cristea head of the nations latest cabinet collaborated in drawing up the constitution C ortiz inaugurated 0 OBERTO 0 ORTIZ was inaus lv president of argentina for a six year term and pledged himself to maintain democracy in a speech to the congress he said As a candidate I 1 ratified my faith in democracy that implied a solemn promise to respect liberty and guarantees of the constitution he went on to say that only a strong people can maintain peace and justice under present world conditions dit ions therefore he added development and perfection of armed in institutions and moral reserve of the nation would be his special preoccupation rescued from ice floe OUR russian scientists who FOUR spent nine months at an observation post near the north pole were were rescued with their records and equipment from their ice floe that was drifting along the east coast of greenland this ice raft had carried them more than a thousand miles and was reached with difficulty by ice breaking vessels the meteorological and hydrographic records compiled by the scientists in their vigil through the arctic night are expected to aid russia in plans for regular transpolar trans polar flights from russia to the united states relief bill pushed S SENATE ENATE leaders expected to put through with little delay the emergency relief appropriation pria tion bill the house approved the measure by a vote of to 23 all efforts to make major changes chances in the measure were overridden only one amendment barring relief to aliens temporarily in this country was authorized the works progress administration which has on hand about of ils is regular appropriation will administer the additional relief fund the has reported to congress that the money will keep at least persons on the relief rolls until june 30 K signs CIO contract GENERAL ELECTRIC company signed a one year contract affecting pi of its employees making the united electrical radio and machine workers of america a C 1 I 0 affiliate the sole barg bargaining bar employs gainin inin R j agent in six of its plants employ ees of other plants are to be offered the same contract the agreement bars both a closed shop and company unions provides a procedure for adjusting disputes stipulates the use of an impartial umpire outlaws strikes and lockouts and provides for the use of company bulletin boards by the union army planes great flight SIX bombing planes of the united states army air corps successfully completed an epochal mass f flight of miles from miami fla to buenos aires the only intermediate stop was at lima peru from there the bombers roared over the snow capped andelin desiN An and landed at the argentine capri 1 I tal where thousands cheered the aviators the planes carried 48 men besides the flight commander col robert olds K earle wants toga GOV OV GEORGE H EARLE of pennsylvania announced his candidacy for the democratic nomination tor for united states senator standing on his record as governor and continued support of the roosevelt administration it if elected a member of the senate I 1 shall continue my services on behalf of the principles which have marked the roosevelt administration and my own administration in harrisburg earle said c wiping off debt WITHOUT Wap debate the senate approved proved a house bill writing off more than in reconstruction finance corporation debts to the treasury senator byrd of virginia said the legislation marked a return to honest bookkeeping on the part of the federal government he explained that the which obtained all its funds from the treasury had listed among its assets about two and a half billion dollars it had advanced for relief and expenditures in various government agencies 4 jones urges tax revision JESSE JONES the usually level headed chairman of the reconstruction st finance corporation conferred with treasury officials and urged them to do what they could to hasten congressional action on tax re r 4 vision he told der secretary roswell magill that the whole country was waiting impatiently for action on promised modification of the undistributed profits and capital jesse jones gans gains taxes jones indicated a belief that the bill which is still in the hands of the house ways and means committee was being held up by opposition to a provision retaining a stiff tax on undistributed profits of corporations owned by a few persons battling baffling f for or teruel T deion fighting for possession of teruel key point of the spanish rebel advance toward tj 1 avo east coast was reported fran francoe coH 0 troops were storming the trenches and posts of the government forces that took the city two months ago and were said to be having the best of the battle the loyalists were driven back from several strategic positions and admitted their de tenses were crumbling |