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Show ews heview of CuiTent Eventslieid Over o hcntI.aly Slrugples Against Economic Sane-tiona-Presulcnt Talksyoi, About Tax" By EDWaWTPICkar Western Newspaper u,n J APAN stnUlonly lonmeil that the J autotioniy niovoiiHMit In the northern pvovliu-ps of Chinn, fos-toretl fos-toretl by the Jiiptmose army com- lnaiulors, was likely like-ly to prejudice hor case In the naval conference soon to "Ihmi ln London. Therefore the army liipih command In Tokyo told Its subordinates sub-ordinates on the continent to "lay off" and the ambitions ambi-tions schemes of Kenji Doihara l,on- Kpn.'i Doihnra came to mm-lit, at least for the present. That plotter, who bad become known as "the Lawrence of China." quietly departed from reiplns, and bis early return was not expected. Thus, for the first time ln recent re-cent years, the Japanese militarists militar-ists have been cheeked, by the Tokyo To-kyo government, which Informed them that the mission of the Japanese Jap-anese army in ManchuUuo did not Include Intriguing for separation of the Chinese provinces and that it would not be permitted to pass south of the great wall without an Imperial order. Instead of the autonomy coup, the Nanking government was told by the Japanese authorities in China that it must institute reforms In the northern provinces. Aldra Ariyoshi, Japanese ambassador, had a Ion. conference with Dictator Chiang Kai-shek In Nanking, nnd told the press lie had received assurances as-surances that the Chinese government govern-ment was adequately prepared to cope with the situation in north China. Ariyoshi said be had also received assurance that Nanking desired de-sired to continue friendly relations with Japan. Neutral observers in China are not convinced that the autonomy movement will not be revived at the first opportunity. PRESIDKNT noOSEVELT has gone to Warm Springs, Ga., for his annual visit, and for three weeks will divide his time arming rest, politics and work. He was to deliver one speech at Atlanta; and after his return to Washington he will journey to Chicago to deliver an address on December 9 which probably will be an argument for a permanent AAA. Following his Chicago speech, President Roosevelt will go to South Lend, Ind., to accept an honorary hon-orary degree and make a brief address ad-dress at the University of Notre Dame. The acceptance of this invitation in-vitation was considered an adroit political move because of his recent re-cent refusal to take any action concerning the Catholic persecutions persecu-tions In Mexico. SOMETHING new under the sun Is now being tried out an economic war to put a stop to a military war. Fifty-two nations are united ln the im-I im-I position of sanctions sanc-tions against Italy, which became an outlaw nation on November 18 by decree, of the , League of Nations. Four league na-j na-j tlons, all unimportant, unimpor-tant, refused to participate. They ' aa Anctt-riS. Hlin- I. ,1 " , un. oauua11" gary, Albania and Para-uav. Indirect support Is given the league by two nonmember nations, na-tions, the United States and Germany. Ger-many. Nearly all the world s chief ports are closed to Italian goods and exports to Italy of arms war materials and a long list of Key products has stopped. Loans and credits for the Italian government, public bodies, corporations and Individuals In-dividuals are forbidden. Should this momentous acton 'succeed. It would seem that the em of P.enito Mussolini and the Fnsc.st regime in Italy is in b Rht. Should and the peace of the worm menaced. Standing steadfast against the ! sanctions Premier Mussolini pro sanctions, i .i,i,.h tliev were claimed the day on wh r.h W established "a day of Ign ' Iniquity." as had been M red W ! the Fascist grand counc II he K was made a mer- all buildings and tl. o.e we ! 0s angry demons. rations n the member nations of he The frontiers of It.i V ' WPre closed to goo, ;fn;ssiti(,s. tlons. except for ce tm n e. Restrictions of food, iui-i were put in force. ( U was "n....n in " Xi,iZed WW) of the y f,.Iogli an'agric iral pn f()r pJSV British and were c, "m t',,e It!lHnn a'"'--'tles ewnr 'J, "tWa b"t id he vvar would not stop mitil Italy Kth,rssion of a ia,-ge Mnl r r. t,,e EthlP"" war Itself, M ssohril unnouneed an Important change In commanders. Con. Emilio oe Bono was recalled with warm Praise for having achieved his mission mis-sion 'under extremely difficult circumstances" cir-cumstances" and was to be elevated to lie rank of marshal. Gen. Pietro Badoglio, chief of staff, was appointed appoint-ed to succeed De Rono as commander command-er In chief of the invading armies. Emperor Halle Selassie made two nirplane trips to the lighting fronts visiting Harar and Diredawa and Inspecting his troops in the South The government at Addis Ababa denied de-nied Italian claims that 2 000 Ethiopians had been killed ln a terrilic battle with Italian fliers. The communique said : "Information from the commander command-er of troops in the region of Makale states that the recent Intensive bombardment of their positions by ten Italian planes caused thirty deaths and slightly wounded fifty, instead of the 2,000 killed as mentioned men-tioned In the press communique from Asmara." DOPE PIUS surprised the world by naming twenty new cardinals, who will be Installed at a secret consistory December 1G and a public pub-lic one Dfcinher 10. Iu the group are fifteen Italians, two Frenchmen, French-men, one Argentine, one Spaniard and oneL'zechoslovakian. With these additions the sacred college will have sixty-nine members, the largest larg-est number in the history of the church and only one short of the full complement. The sacred college col-lege will now be composed of thirty-nine Italians and thirty non-Italians. non-Italians. The pope also named the Most Rev. Joseph C. Plagens, recently auxiliary bishop of Detroit, as bishop bish-op of the diocese of Marquette Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia, as bishop of the Savannah diocese. WHEN a hundred mayors, assembled as-sembled in Washington to discuss dis-cuss the work relief program, called on the President, he talked chiefly about taxes, which he said "have grown up like Topsy in tli Is country." He then announced that lie planned to call a conference of city and state officials late ln the winter for the purpose pur-pose of studying the whole system : 3 t of taxation which, Mayor La he said, should be Guardia simplified. Concerning the matter of continuance continu-ance of relief, Mr. Roosevelt told the mayors: "It is a question that you have to combat. My answer, and I am sure yours will be the same for city governments, is that we do not propose to let people starve. Some neople will be surprised to nnd hat the gigantic works program will be substantially earned out by the end of November, just as it was planned last spring." Te mayors elected F. H. La Guardia of New York Present of their annual conference and Edward Ed-ward j. Key of c,,lcoso vlce president. .HURMAN HENRY P. FLETCH-C FLETCH-C eh of the Republican national committee issued a call for i meet-0f meet-0f the committee m Wash na "on on December 10 to fix the tune and Place of the party's national nf I'VIG and to consider The lead among the cities seeking l1IrC F,eetc!,enr also announced the lawyers to raise a - fund. William B York, president of the A tee. Chicago 1 ;c twmUcrs Uvetv in national politic. ,-,r, v KEEP f',n,pr senntor TV- re ,, vania, heretofore wed a pUimy for fe Ue-. Ue-. console, ed a nomination. pnblican ln'f 'from the has eliminated ;; e"Tlr - " XV,,:" T 'is e c,u..,i.n exactly dehne. that is ue i ..1.lSS,.vet has it. 1"" he Sl ,, .,st vear that I ''nr'wlsen hist year doln . - ., p senate, for re-election to the A NOTI1ER prominent figure of the World war passed with the death of Earl Jellicoe, who com-l mantled the united British fleet in the great battle of Jutland and was! severely criticized because he did' not succeed In completely defeating defeat-ing the German fleet. Jellicoe, who' entered the navy as a cadet at thirteen thir-teen years of age, bad a colorful career on British ships and in administrative ad-ministrative positions throughout the world until at the end of four years as governor general of New Zealand in 1024 he practically retired re-tired from official public life. A MERICAN business generally Is pleased with the terms of the new trade treaty with Canada, made public simultaneously ln , Washington Washing-ton and Ottawa. Farmers and the lumber men of the northwest will not like It. High tariff advocates in congress are sure to attack the pact, but Its terms cannot be affected af-fected for three years, even were congress to repeal the reciprocal trade act under which President Roosevelt acted in negotiating the agreement. It Is considered a trade agreement rather than formal treaty, and goes Into effect January Janu-ary 1 next. Government officials, foreseeing adverse reaction in some quarters because of some of the sliced American Amer-ican duties, sought to show the pact would lead to greatly increased trade and employment which would benefit the country. President Roosevelt stressed that while duties were lowered on Canadian Cana-dian cattle, cream, seed potatoes and certain kind of lumber, quotas placed on these articles would prevent pre-vent serious interference with the American market. An analysis of the pact shows that the United States grants concessions con-cessions to Canada on 79 major commodities, Including: Tariff .slash cn four-year-old whisky whis-ky from $1 to 50 cents per fifth of a gallon. Reduction ln duties on specified quotas of beef cattle (from 3 to 2 cents per pound on animals over 700 pounds) ; dairy cows (2 to 1 cents) ; cream (3G.G cents to 35 cents per gallon) ; white or Irish seed potatoes (75 to 45 cents per 100 pounds) ; Douglas fir and western west-ern hemlock (50 per cent). Reduced duties on lumber and timber of other kinds; Cheddar cheese, turnips, apples, hay, maple sugar, live poultry, horses, halibut and some other fish ; some leathers and ferro-manganese. A pledge to keep on the free list Canadian pulpwood, newsprint, unmanufactured un-manufactured wood, shingles, lath, lobsters, certain furs, crude asbestos, asbes-tos, artificial abrasives and fertilizers. fertil-izers. A promise to maintain the present pres-ent 10 per cent duty on feedstuffs for animals. On the part of Canada the duties are cut on ISO commodities, ' some of the leading concessions being: Reductions on wheat (from 30 to 12 cents a bushel) ; off-season fresh vegetables (30 per cent) ; vegetables vegeta-bles imported in marketing season (33 per cent) ; most classes of farm machinery (50 per cent) ; industrial machinery (35 to 23 per cent) ; mining min-ing and textile machinery; radios (30 to 25 per cent) ; electric refrigerators; re-frigerators; tinplatc manufactures; dressed lumber; building materials; motor vehicles; cotton fabrics, furs, chemicals, silk fabrics, cotton manufactures, manu-factures, electrical apparatus. Also rate cuts on oranges, grapefruit, grape-fruit, nuts, iron and steel manufactures. manufac-tures. Place magazines and potatoes on the free list A pledge to grant the United States, on 707 articles, the lowest rates paid by any non-British country. coun-try. A promise to seek legislation to permit Canadians visiting the United Unit-ed States to carry $100 in American goods duty free back to their homes each month. A pledge to liberalize the system of establishing arbitrary valuations on American products. A promise to keep raw cotton on the free list and to put tractors on that list. I") RIME -MINISTER STANLEY I B-UDWlN and bis Conservative government party won an impressive impres-sive victory in the British par- llnniuntnrv PlPP- i- i I V. i -4 tlons, although the Laborites succeeded succeed-ed ln decreasing the Conservative majority major-ity ln the house by about 00 seats. Baldwin himself was unopposed for re - election. but Ramsay MacDon-ald, MacDon-ald, lord president . .1.- ,.nt1 nnI a-1 - or tntr Li'uiiui iiuu Ramsay former prime min- MacDonald Ster, was badly defeated, de-feated, as was his son. Malcolm, who has been minister of colonies. The eider MacDonald left tiie Labor La-bor partv to form the national government, gov-ernment, and the Laborites had been after his scalp ever since. The government party "ill have a majority ma-jority ' of about 2-0 in the next house of commons. -It wis a splendid resu. Baldwin Bald-win said in a statement. "Tl;.. co.m-rrv co.m-rrv has renewed Us support of the nalional Government. It has expressed ex-pressed decisively its confidence in Lr will and ability to continue our work for national restoration and he neTiv" elected members of parliament meet at Westminster on 'November 2d to take tneir oath of allegiance vo w c.va. |