Show A 0 7 A 1 I 1 T if 14 6 e A xv T 40 54 W 1 new nc curtiss torpedo lioni lionizing bing ii heilig te texil d fly li li 8 navy 2 daughters ut of tin the Qun lulng laying wreath on statue of 13 1 lee in tile capitol at washington on leps birthday 3 governor I iwans ians of 0 Ain erlean simoa samoa and tile high calef of manua on the occasion of tile the governors annual visit lilt to te ilanza group NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS election of now mew pope affected by the jealousies of the nations of europe PRO PHO GERMAN MAY BE NAMED americas attitude toward the genoa conference shantung Que question near settlement in washington sec retain y wallaces agricultural confab develops much friction dy by EDWARD W anti ALL europe and in a lesser depee degree nil Aul america erlea la Is interested in the selection of ft a to succeed benediet benedict XV the snored sacred college luis has been summoned to meet on february 2 for tilts tills purpose and the cardinals are nil all hurrying to home those from the united states and canada cannot reach then the internal city in time forthe fort lie opening of the conclave unless it if Is postponed and mity be too late even to participate in the election tilts this however Is unlikely since the aam campaign if one may so term it Is becoming coming so complicated that the ilia choice of a pope rally muy bo be delay delayed according to italian correspondents the main besiie sue Is again what Is called tile the 1 oman question tho quest question lon of relations lall ofis botwen beewen tile the vatican and the quirinal the idallan cardinals who are in the majority in the sacred collego college are divided into two camps on tills this matter sonic some supposing supporting the policies of plus X who favored a strong church independent of the ration italian states and some bonus standing for dene bene diets measures tit of rapprochement with tho the italian prominent government leading up to inal final reconciliation in the former group the leading candidates are cardinals carain alil merry del val and laurencl Lauren tl in the latter cardinals oas gas porri mufti and cardinal la fontaane Font alne lilue of venice had been classed with the plus group but it Is sald said pope benedicts lying dying wish was that lie he be elected the italian government Is supporting the i candidacy dac of main because of tile his strong nationalistic tendencies though it la ig believed cardinal iler cler the liero of belgium will receive a large vote on tile the first ballat it Is generally conceded flint no non eon can be elected however foreign nations are concerning themselves greatly in the netali and tile international jealousies and suspicions generated by bf the world war are playing nn an important port part france fance does not ot desire that reint relations lom between tile the antl vatican lind the lie quirinal shall lie be restored fearing site would lol lose ethe alie ad she now holds as the strongest catholic power belgium anti and poland will vate ns as does france some of the italian were quite sympathetic toward inward tile lie central powers during the tha wr r and there was a rumor that lint they might combine with those from certain other countries to elect a pro lerman lerm nn after in state elate four days during which time lime it was viewed by many thousands thousand 0 mourners the body of pope benedict was carried on oil Th thursday into tile the lhoir chapel of k st peters church where the last rites were performed placed in n triple casket of pine learl left and walnut the roin remains were arro than interred jn in it crypt of the lower church n part of the old basilica which dates from alio lie tittle century the ulli official cial recognition of tile the pope death ordered orel by the italian hutton government I 1 lias I 1 as bee i pleasing to the ilia chur cli flogs fl on nil all were ivere halt staffed T THIS writing the united states AT government ins has not ns nit yet et ap ao bounced its decision relative t to participation in the conference tit lit genoa was in consultation consul with secretary of state secretary of commerce Com merces 11 hoover cover senator I 1 ilor and others mid and it was reputed ted cd lie ho had wade made up his alid tn in send his regret re the d Is nut not with tile alie pre present sent policies of some european g governments ov ern ments which ore are asking its kielp I p in the reconstruction or of europe and believes they should mend their 1 ways four cor cardinal dinal principles which it holds they should adopt according to information from washington fire are arf r of 0 their excess excessive Ne militar establishments j second bill bal pricing of rational budgets levying of adequate taxes recognition of anan chil engagements third stopping the practice of issuing enormous amounts lot of paper money fourth recognition that the economic recovery of europe la 14 remitted to economic conom lc rehabilitation of germany which involves a just an and d speedy settlement of the reparations t ions problem vie the premiers who agreed to invite the soviet government of russia to take part in the conference at genon genoa may repent their action it if lenin and ills crowd carry out the plan announced in Alo bosc seow ow it Is said they will present enormous claims against tile the allied governments and the lie united states for dan damages inges sustained by rus sla through the repeated attempts to overthrow the lie soviet regime and frist finland because it Is alleged to have supported tile the revolt in K karelia these claims would for far more than offset the old russian debts owed to other nations recognition of nv which hjelt lins hns been one of the chief demands made on tile the soviet government still insists P PREMIER that german reparations shall not be discussed at all at genoa but he Is trying to come to an amicable arrangement ran gement with lloyd georgo george con coni i caming an alliance ills plan Is that tile hie durnal duration on of the alliance affiance shall b be unlimited instead of ten years that e it be ree reciprocal that the term german I 1 aggression include attach on the allies in the neutral or occupied zones of tile he rhineland that there be immediate ined hite discussion it there Is menace on germanas germanys Germ anys eastern frontier find and that there be permanent contact between the french and british general staffs it was sold said lloyd george probably would accept all but tile the third and fourth of nt these suggestions the fourth would amount to a guarantee for poland in asking that the lie duration of the all alliance rance be unlimited france explains that germany will at hot he bo recovered sufficiently to attack within ten years presumably slie site also takes into consideration the fact that the plebiscite in the sarre valley will not take place until 1931 1934 1 peking Is unexpectedly U UNLESS stubborn tile shantung question should be very shortly enabling the he arms conference to adjourn sine die through tile the efforts of secretary and mr balfour a compromise plan was arranged last week and cabled to tokyo nad and peking for acceptance under this proposal japan gives up her demand that the rall railway ivay be ba paid for through a loan by japanese bunkers blinkers and in return china agrees to tile the retention of a japanese traffic manager and accountant during the period of payment tile the broadis road Is to be purchased purchase by china with treasury notes payable at option five to fifteen years hence japans pans acceptance of tills this plan plait was believed certain anti and president ident himself appealed to minister sze to induce peking to approve of the agreement the committee on OE far eastern nf fairs concluded its consideration of the die siberian quest loh and japan Is left upon her honor to remove her troops from that country ns as soon ES cs the re establishment of political stability makes it safe to do so through baron ShIde hata she gave a virtual pledge to do this and it was in the ho minutes of the meeting after fully explaining tile the present retention of japanese troops in siberia tile the baron concluded nothing Is further from the thought of tho the japanese government than to take advantage of the present helpless condition of russia to t prosecute bel bellish fIsh designs the military occupation of the russian province tt bt sakhalin Sak halin is la only a temporary measure in conclusion the japanese delegation Is authorized to declare that it Is the fixed and settled policy of ef japan to respect the territorial of Rus russia slit und end to observe the principle of nonintervention tn in the internal affairs of that country the ilie gentlemen fron lie jie chita government must perforce hk bk content witt with this and it may ma be said lint there la Is no apparent renson reason to doubt tile lie good falth faith of japan in the matter matte the four powers to tha pacific treaty have agreed ft on an exchange of notes defining lie treaty as not applicable to the finland of japan whether tills lift includes eludes tile hie bonin and islands as japan jachn i wishes Is not yet et known own all three of tile the chief parties in the japanese diet which opened last week are arc on record as approving the results of the washington conference VREE THREE hundred delegates delegate a to the agricultural conference culled by Secret secretary nry wallace were in session in washington and considerable friction developed dei eloped luring during their deliberations tile the farn aers bluntly set forth their woes boes and president and mr wallace iet them know that the lie conclusions clu reached by the conference would form the basis for a drive by the alie administration to obtain for them relief measures from congress not only temporary relief will be naked asked but measures that shall be stabilize agriculture that there will be greater remuneration for the farmer and lower loner prices fo for r tile the consumer defore before the conference condei ence had been in session two days das insurgency made its appearance some delegates decin declared red the purpose of those responsible for the meeting was tile the destruction of the agricultural bloc in congress making the same charge the farmers Nut national lonal council started a confer conference erice of its own on friday RESIDENT has given P PRESIDENT hearty approval to the st lawrence waterway project and under his direction secretary of state Ilu glies already Is negotiating with the government of great britain for a treaty under tinder which the united states State sand and canada can undertake the project jointly the report of the international joint commission which was made to the house caused it slimp sharp slim p parliamentary fight several committees claimed jurisdiction over it but speaker gillett ordered it referred to tile the interstate rind foreign commerce committee and later the ways anti and means committee was given joint consideration of it opponents of the project mostly from atlantic coast states made a futile effort to have the report turned over to the rivers and harbors committee which Is counted us as hostile to the project probably there will be no legislation until the necessary ireat treaties ids tire are negotiated OF THE TREASURY S SECRETARY MELLON told tile house ways aind anil means committee that additional taxation to yield in tile the next nest two years would he be necessary to 0 make the initial payments of the proposed cash bonus to former service men ile he also condemned as futile unwise and improvident the plan of chairman fordney to finance tile the bonus from the bale of the lie refunded foreign war debts debt q all payments of principal and interest on those debs debts he said should go toward retirement of liberty bonds and payment of interest on them notwithstanding mr Mellon Me llona li warning tile majority leaders in congress decided that lint a bonus bill should originate in the house and be pressed to passage at once fordney stilt still clings to his foreign debt plan but Alel lons talk led to a revival of the proposed sales tivy tax I 1 illee Is not very enthusiastic over C CHILE tile the meeting in washington with pern to to settle gettle their differences os she accepted the invitation but now says slie she will ivill not take part it if bolivia Is allowed to bo be rc presente represent ea tile lending chilean Cl illean new newspaper says it must bi be stipulated that negotiations shall not alter tile the bering of tile die ancon treat treaty y the appointment of the Cl chilean illean representative has been it deferred e by should be mail of it the he death of viscount bryce fonner british ambassador to td washington lie he was nn an eminent man of letters and publicist ond and was so worm on an admirer of the united states flint he was called on an english I 1 ankro ank po ills his wort work tri titled the Anier leop commonwealth has been a k 1 in tle the schools of this country arr vr nimia yar |