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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Mussolini Says Conquered Ethiopia Will Be Italian Colony House Battles Over New Relief Hill Some Campaign Developments. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Weattirn Newspaper Union. ETHIOPIA Is conquered, Emperor lliille Selassie lias lied to Palestine Pal-estine alioun a liritlsh cruiser, and the Italian army la In possession A.l.llo At.ol.r, t '' " ...... A The war In East Africa Is ended. P.ut this climax may he only the beginning of a still greater story, for It e n 1 1 o Mussolini tells the world that all of Ethiopia now belongs to Italy, to be treat- eu us u cuiony anu Benito defended by force Mussolini of nrms lf neccg. sary. lie toned this down just a little lit-tle by giving the French ambassador assurance that he would not Infringe on French and Itritlsh Interests In East Africa, meaning the French railway rail-way from Djibouti to Addis Ababa and the British Interests In the Lake Tana headwaters of the Blue Nile. II Duce Intimated that If France and Britain would support his program pro-gram be would give them full trade privileges In Ethiopia and exclude nil other nations. The League of Nations council was about to meet In Geneva and It was believed the nnti-Fnscist sentiment sen-timent among the French left parties par-ties that have just come Into power would Influence the French attitude there. The British, too, were said not to be reconciled to Mussolini's victory and It was understood Foreign For-eign Secretary Eden would Insist on continuance of the penalties against Italy, provided the other leading nations agreed. Indeed, the league could not well raise the sanctions if the European powers take the stand assumed Inst fall by the United States and refuse to recognize acquisition of territory by force. All of them realize such recognition In this case would create cre-ate a dangerous precedent. Mussolini's success In East Africa Af-rica is a humiliating defeat for Great Britain, and a sad blow to the prestige of the League of Nations. Na-tions. Anthony Eden told the house of commons that Britain's failure to take military sanctions against Italy was "clue to the horror of war and not to fear of the ultimate outcome." The Laborites enraged Eden by their attacks and lie refused re-fused to disclose what the government's govern-ment's policy at Geneva might be, demanding a free hand to deal with circumstances as they might arise. One result In Washington of the taking of Addis Ababa was severe criticism of the State department for having so wretchedly protected protect-ed a legation there. EMPEROR RAILE SELASSIE of Ethiopia gave up the hopeless fight against the Italian invaders and fled from Addis Ababa with his family. Mussolini's wrowi victorious troops soon after marched Into the capital, the first to enter being a picked regiment reg-iment representing all units of the Italian Ital-ian army, the ' As-karl, As-karl, Infantry, artillery, ar-tillery, air force, engineers, grenadiers, grena-diers, ' bersaglierl, wis. Sil Alpinl. cavalry, ma- na"e selass,e rlnes and Fascist militia men. Their coming was welcomed by the foreigners who remained In the city, for as soon as the negus left, the natives began to pillage, plunder and burn. The business center of the town was speedily wrecked and the government buildings were stormed and ravaged, these Including Includ-ing the treasury from which the state's store of gold was stolen, and the armory. The streets were strewn with corpses and the Ethiopians, Ethi-opians, crazed by liquor, rushed about shooting at random and gathering gath-ering up their loot to carry it to the hills. Only one American was reported killed. That was Mrs. N. A. Sladin, American wife of an Adventlst missionary, mis-sionary, who was struck by a stray bullet. Nearly all other foreigners were gathered In the well fortified British legation, but American Minister Min-ister Cornelius Van H. Eggert with his wife and the male members of the staff remained In the American compound. They were armed only with rifles and pistols and were under un-der orders from Secretary of State llull not to risk their lives uselessly; useless-ly; but they were determined to hold the legation and radio station as long as possible. After repulsing many attacks, this plucky group finally evacuated the legation. WITH the Introduction of the unemployment relief hill calling call-ing for appropriation of a billion and n half dollars, a lively tiiht started in the house. The Republicans Repub-licans and a fair sized b'oc of Democrats Dem-ocrats attacked the measure chiefly because the entire big sum was to be turned over to Harry Hopkins, WPA administrator, In accordance with the wishes of President Roosevelt. Roose-velt. The Chief Executive had refused re-fused to countenance the earmarking earmark-ing of $ 100,000,000 for projects of the heavy type sponsored by Secretary Secre-tary Ickes, head of the Public Works administration, and so the adherents of the latter gentleman were prepared to revive the old Ickes Hopkins feud. Majority Leader Lead-er Bankhead was confident the bill would be passed as reported by the appropriations committee. At a Republican caucus Representative Repre-sentative John Taber of New York, ranking minority member of the appropriations ap-propriations committee, explained the measure to his colleagues so that they could conduct an "Intelligent "Intelli-gent opposition" to it. lie promised a real fight on the bill. When Hopkins Hop-kins was before the committee in secret session, he was ordered to give detailed information concerning concern-ing his expenditure of the four billions bil-lions deeded him by congress last year. Hopkins reluctantly admitted that nearly two billions of the original orig-inal huge fund was still unexpended. unex-pended. Added to the extra one and a half billions requested by President Roosevelt, Hopkins would have three and a half billions to spend in an election year, It was pointed out. CALIFORNIA'S Presidential Rer ' publican preference primary, eagerly awaited by the whole country coun-try resulted In the defeat of the msmm uanuuii oiiiie ui delegates that was put forward by William Wil-liam R. Hearst and Governor Merriam, with Landon's tacit consent. The winning win-ning delegates, backed by Herbert Hoover and nominally nom-inally pledged to Earl Warren though . , , unmstructed, car-Alf car-Alf Landon . , , . . ned the state by a majority of about 90,000. Mr. Warren War-ren announced at once that he released re-leased them from their pledge, to vote as they see fit in the convention. conven-tion. This looked like a blow to Governor Gov-ernor Landon, and to a certain extent ex-tent It was; but his managers claim at least IS of the delegates will go over to the Kansan on an early ballot. bal-lot. Moreover, many friends of Landon deprecated the fact that Hearst was supporting him, believing believ-ing it would do him more harm than good ; and they were glad to see him freed in part from what they consider con-sider an incubus. Democrats voted almost solidly for Mr. Roosevelt. Upton ("Epic") Sinclair's ticket received something over 100.000 votes, and that of John S. McGroarty, Townsend plan supporter, sup-porter, about half as many. In South Dakota a slate of unln-structed unln-structed delegates favoring Landon won over a ticket pledged to Senator Sena-tor Borah, though the margin was slender. SENATOR ARTHUR H. VAN-DENBERG VAN-DENBERG of Michigan has asked Gov. Frank D. Fitzgerald of that state to present his name to the Republican convention in Cleveland Cleve-land for the Presidential Presi-dential nomination, but the senator Insists this does not make him an active candidate "T h e Michigan state convention generously Instructed Instruct-ed the Michigan ' & v delegation In Cleveland Cleve-land to present my Senator name," the senator Vandenberg said. "But the delegation Is unpledged un-pledged at my request. It is free to vote as It pleases. I have not sought a delegation here or elsewhere else-where and I shall not do so. I have not sought the nomination and shall not do so. My situation Is not changed In the slightest." Friends of Senator Borah In Utah tried unsuccessfully for a Borah pledged delegation from that state. The Republican state convention In Ogden voted to send an uninstruct-ed uninstruct-ed group to Cleveland, following the recommendation of the resolutions resolu-tions committee. The Arkansas delegation also will ba uninstructed, though the state convention approved an "expression of good will" toward Gov. Alf Landon Lan-don of Kansas. Col. Henry Breckenridge. who offered of-fered himself to the Democrats as a Presidential nominee aspirant merely mere-ly so that disaffected members of the party might have some place to go, received about one-:.eventh of the votes In the Maryland preference prefer-ence primary. The rest, of course, went to Mr. Roosevelt. Colonel Bre kenrblge had made no campaign. SECRETARY OF STATIC HULL has successfully negotiated another an-other reciprocal trade agreement. It Is with France and was si;:ned at the State department depart-ment by Mr. Hull and Andre de I.a-boulaye, I.a-boulaye, the French ambassador. It will become effective on June 15, and the details of the pact were not immediately immedi-ately made public. It Is believed the terms Include duty concessions by the United States on Sec'y Hu" French wines, cigarette papers, and luxuries such as laces and cosmetics, cosmet-ics, and by France on American exports ex-ports of agricultural and industrial products. The agreement is also understood to contain Increases in French quotas on American exports of fruits, and possibly other products. prod-ucts. An announcement by the State department said: "The agreement with France is the first comprehensive arrangement arrange-ment for regulating commercial relations re-lations with that country In many years. It will provide improved opportunities op-portunities for the expansion of trade In products of special interest to each country, and will enable the commercial Interests concerned to develop these opportunities without fear of the sudden and unforeseen changes to which they are exposed in the absence of such an agreement. agree-ment. "In addition to duty concessions and quota increases by France and duty concessions by the United States on carefully selected lists, of products, the agreement provides in general for substantial most-favored-nation treatment by each country of the commerce of the other." THE national resources committee, commit-tee, which Is headed by Secretary Secre-tary of the Interior Ickes, has submitted sub-mitted for the approval of President Presi-dent Roosevelt a plan for the creation cre-ation of a Pacific Northwest Power agency that would outrival the Tennessee Valley authority and would produce almost as much electric elec-tric energy as the entire nation could utilize. Two of the New Deal's power ventures, the Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams, would be embraced by the PNPA. The ultimate cost of Bonneville will be 75 million dollars dol-lars and that of Grand Coulee 204 millions. The additional dam and power plant projects proposed by the committee would entail expenditures expend-itures of approximately 526 millions, mil-lions, making a total of 803 millions. mil-lions. DANIEL O. HASTINGS, senator from Delaware, chairman of the Republican senatorial campaign committee and outspoken opponent . "I of the New Deal, will not seek reelection re-election when his present term expires. ex-pires. He so announced an-nounced in a letter to the party leaders lead-ers of his state, giving as his reason rea-son the necessity to devote himself to his law practice. i n is may nave m-Sen. m-Sen. Hastings fluenced hig deci. sion, but it is more than suspected that the real reason was the fact that the du Pont family, all-powerful in Delaware Republican politics, had decided that the senatorial seat should go to Gov. C. Douglas Buck, who is related to the du Ponts by marriage. Senator Hastings has always al-ways been ready and eloquent In defense of the du Ponts against attacks at-tacks by the New Dealers. HENRY P. FLETCHER, Repub lican national chairman, has taken a leaf from the plans of the Democrats and announces that the men nominated at the Cleveland convention con-vention to head the Republican ticket will be notified of the fact at a grand outdoor ceremony In the Municipal stadium, near the convention conven-tion hall, immediately after the adjournment. ad-journment. This plan, of course, is conditional upon the wishes of the nominees. The Democrats had previously previ-ously announced plans to notify President Roosevelt and Vice President Pres-ident Garner of their re-nomination with a ceremony at Franklin field, Philadelphia. MINERS and operators In the Pennsylvania anthracite fields have agreed upon the continuance of existing wage levels for two years, though final details of the contract are still being worked out. Other points decided upon, it was said, are a complete checkoff of union dues, a form of equalization of working, time in Idle collieries and a seven-hour day during the second year of the contract Tlw miners now "work an eight-hour, six-day six-day week nnd had been seeking a six-hour, five day week. SOME one with a peculiar idea of humor played a mean joke on the authorities in Washington. The red flag of Communist Russia with the hammer nnd sickle was discovered discov-ered at dawn flying from the flagstaff flag-staff atop the marble building of the Supreme court of the United States. It was sn skillfully fastened up there that policemen and firemen worked an hour and a half before the revolutionary rev-olutionary emblem could be removed. |