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Show of Current s Review Events the World Over v6 n , Ceer at Once Is the Democratic Stand on lln filiation Senate Passes Economy Bill r to Save 150 Million. N EDWARD W. PICKARD D iZM suited in retaliatory action by more than forty countries, created international economic hostilities, destroyed international trade, driven our factories into foreign countries, robbed the American farmer of his foreign markets and increased his cost of outright repealrBffr?i!.tlon plant ts the offlA Vi Democratic par y Not on,y aland af pstion. . 11 Pty of L the repeal the a in e n Eighteenth demands nient, hut modifies- - ISTof the Volstead was ct The decision five after readied de heated hours of national bate In the Chiea-an- d convention at the about w K old bot. witnessed lions ever conventin a political . ion. , "'SJertU, Hitchcock of of the resolutions naj follows: the i ttr Fore.j, the of repeal favor We olOC re u demonstra-- wildest A aat the congress immedi- a constitutional nmoose M, truly representative ft Se 'Niiwai d actually promote temperance, of prevent the return ftoon and bring the liquor under compwjic into the open control by and supervision lete that the federal demand its Btemaent effectively exercise to to enable the states Lr twm bar Inta an rww tier prd Western Indanrj ae u ij fENSES, Cu! run, m liquors of intoxicating of their laws. importation delation eff- against themselves ectively protect ftittiOEl te repeal, we favor of the Vol-itta- d manufac-tm- e act to legalize the and sale of beer and other con-t- ot brerages of such alcoholic as is permissible under the Constitution and to provide therein t proper and needed reve- Pending modification ts. ay Mai n.eftaiinf t in of minority report calling submission of a which placed this plank platform came on the question tote The Hatting a et" tr a HON tpeal The minority redown by 934 to 213. platform is a model of brev ity, amendment am toted ;tah He h wwv"- - words in exactly 1,390 Mazing con-t- o declaration of P.epublican &000 words. Some of the out-l- a; planks, briefly, titivated n as: has to In nu is, don1 sn tran res hive; ca in Immediate tn 25 of not less governmental of the national credit get annually balanced on the accurate executive estimates rJa revenues, raised by a system (nation levied on 4 the principle of pay. stand currency to be t hards. s of stc! ns. erect Britons preserved at i competitive tariff for revenue. Extension of federal credit to the 1,8 to igo, ross : Maintalnence to KODICT are as follows reduction cent in per oeter provide unemployment the diminishing relief resources of 8Jta make it Impossible for to provide for the needy ; ad-Planning of public works uempioyment and old age insur-:- t under state laws. fectment of every e that will aid Powei r r constitutional the farmer to as'c Parm commodities ot of production. Heess of . for 5.aS.armyatoluate S?Wrtial na- - ent of f realizinS on ? ,retief of Zl7' deimsitors of sus- a u- - ::rnai ntion banks f,,r the epositor3 and the pre- f tlleir moDl-vts6 in detriment of local tn of JustIte 5jrj,sure veterans. 4 intln 1 of ,t a e opposed- ies, Plicy World UtlMw' ain times tionship lnc'uding and the of At,ateS - aQd by dd.ts ow- by foreiSn to the pending reser- - ng. I1 ' :ongres-- t oper k Political 61cessive use of tobbie, EetcberVn?111 lnterests t0 cont'rress and JWlcfcrTi r;ts pricea irh, C by personal con- - hiSh public ln!!uence stock ex- - W ?tierS CSMarn, board made tbe tCa,WhiCh f!trm D Wj?d poIicy prod- - of re- - eft tbe I- Jr. 5 artot ln L Ver s v!1""5 bv511 by tbe to pass ?rv-- i Vj ;5F observers agree that the of France and Japan and the coolness of Great Britain are certain to result In the rejection of President Hoovers latest proposals for reduction of armament. Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, always a deep student afof international fairs, is of this opinion, and in a speech In the senate he declared the replies of the countries named even embody the clear expectation of a war in which the United States might be embroiled. Therefore, said the senator, it is time for this country to take stock of its national defense policy, and he offered three suggestions. To Democratic senators he suggested that they applaud the Presidents effort to bring about world concord through the reduction of armaments. To the Democratic convention in Chicago, he suggested that there be a fall written Into the platform declaration as to the army and navy that will assure defense, and adequate preparations against these peoples who are refusing to Join us in an effort for peace and are contemplating events which in their judgment will surely Involve us In war. To the President he suggested the withdrawal of a proposition that foreign nations had flouted in order that the future course of the nation as to its foreign relations and its defense might be made an open campaign issue, with the people given opportunity to speak in November. MOST s nife, wetwith pny-les- 3 that proposal. of such the enactment states as several the by flTY '''ONGlllkSSIONAL action on the economy bill was completed by the house Hnd senate Tuesday night. The senate agreed to the changes made by the house in the plan of s furloughs for government employees. The major house changes in ttie furlough plan were reduction of the exemption from $1,200 to $lno and establishing a graduated scale of pay cuts for those employees whose services were so needed they could not he given a months leave without pay, as will the employees who can be spared. The pay cuts begin at 10 per cent on salaries over SlO.OtXl and range to 20 per cent on salaries of $20,000 and over. Those milking less than $10, OKI who could not be furloughed would give up 8 per cent of their years pay. One reason for the senates reluctance to approve the hill may have been that it cuts the salaries of congressmen 10 per cent. The Vice President and speaker of the house suffer 15 per cent slashes. Even the President is invited to do his part, the measure providing that whatever portion of his salary he wishes to turn back Is acceptable to the Treasury department President Hoover had Indicated his willingness to accept a smaller salary as part of the economy program. The salary and wage cuts provide the great bulk of savings in the measure, but changes in bureaus to eliminate duplication will effect other reductions In government cost. b- - eras;erpd aV res't of have ln- - of nS 'n, d the imnii0, t0 thc api,roval of rat1 ayifT law, the re-- AT A meeting of the Republican campaign committee called by Senator Henry D. Hatfield (Rep., V. Va.), committee chairman, plans were made for an active senatorial campaign in the East, Middle est, and Far West. Senator Felix Hebert (Rep., It. I.) will be in charge of eastern headquarters at New York, Senator L. J. Dickinson (Rep., Iowa) will Chiopen midvvestern headquarters at D. Carey Robert cago, and Senator (Rep., Wyo.), at Cheyenne, will have charge of the far western section. In the Middle West the senatorial committee will assist In the camIllipaigns of Senator Otis F. Glenn in in Watson E. James Senator and nois In Iowa it will have thp Indiana. in candidacy of Henry Field, victor the primaries over Senator Smith Wildnmn Brooklmrt, radical Republican, to support. TWO MILLION DOLLAR curtailment of the coast guards prohibition activities was voted by the senate with the passage of the treashill. ury and post office appropriation counterbalthan more was The saving anced, however, by an Increase of the for rural sanitation appropriation from $300,000 to $3.0O0.ifeH) and the retention of customs surveyors and apbill had praisers, which the house thrown out. As agreed to, the hill carried A EFRESENTATIYE LA GUAUDIA and other congressional critics of the federal farm board think they have found another case of mismanagement by that body, and the New Yorker has sent to Chairman J. C. Stone a letter demanding a full explanation of the boards sale, last fall, of 15,000,000 bushais of wheat to T China. The chief question in the minds of congressional inquirers Is why the farm board sold wheat to the Nanking government on long term credit when advices from China are that China has paid cash for Canadian and Australian grain and has been selling large amounts of wheat to Russia and getting payment in cash. The farm board's transaction with China was fulfilled lust fall and winter on the Nanking governments plea that its own granaries were empty, that it had no funds to make cash payments and that millions of Chinese faced starvation. In approximately the last four months of 1931 and the first four months of this year, thp United States sent to China 14,800,000 bushels of the farm hoard's stabilization wheat. It accepted Chinas notes, partially secured by customs receipts, calling for payment in 1933, 1934 and 1935. During this same period, Chinas wheat exports to Russia, Japan and Korea showed surprising upward fluctuations. Whether or not the Nanking government's ability to buy American wheat on credit made it possible for Chinese shippers to Increase their exports so suddenly was a question the critics wanted answered by Chairman Stone. PRAJADHIIOK, the good catured king of Siam, Is no longer an absolute monarch. When he was in the United States some months ago he said he intended to grant his people a constitution when they were ready for it, but they couldn't wait any longer because of the economic country's distress. Headed by the army and navy, they put on a revolt at Bangkok, arrested a number of princes and other government leaders, and announced tlmt a consti- tutional monarchy must be established at once. They gave the king only one hour to accept their terms, declaring that if he refused they would put another prince on the throne. and his queen returned Immediately from their vacation and he agreed to the demands of the revolutionists, Issuing a proclamation legalizing all the acts of the peoples party under whose banner the government had been taken over. A draft of the constitution was submitted to him and after studying it with representatives of the revolters he signed it. The only casualties in the coup detat were the death of a palace soldier and the wounding of Gen. Sena Songkrain, bill to abolish the oath of to the British crown for the Irish Free State entered in a new phase of its tempestuous career when the senate passed the bill with several strings attached to it. As a result of the senate action, the oath bill does not serve the purpose originally announced by President Eamon de Valera of giving the Free hut State complete independence, carries an amendment that would sterilize it. This amendment provides that abolition of the oath could not occur until the British and Free State governments have readied an agreement on the point. Minister Connolly of telegraphs, speaking for the government, said the measure would not lie accepted in its present form. TIIE between Gen. conference A PEACE Augusto Snndiiio, Nicaraguan in- lend- surgent. and powerful political ers of ids country has been arrange for the near future. This startling development came about through Gn. Manuel Balladares. prominent who recently laiked with AmerSun-dist- ican officials from Nicaragua alder a conference with Sandiim. The conference will lie held at San Lorenzo, a Honduran port. The parfour littticipants will probably lie the oral candidates for the presidency and Gen. Horatio Portocariero, San lino's candidate. con'er-encThe immediate object of the liba of single is the nomination con the among from candidate eral Is testing five. If a compromisen decreached the next s'on would he eleclaration of an armiv.lee pending hnal peace. and ultimately tions, e fiscal year 1932 ended p 30 the public del'! 810 Si'l.oou, crease from .war This was liminishing revenues and of penditures. In spite deceit. n:i r) tliP Is the largest in the id of the last 19 251. Out" ""I. time history, treasure e n ray of inclined to act that ttie dei'.'it lc no by ind been antii'i.-s'c- l P cut's was tuns statisticians i'st aid also that the not coif'ing the Re spendings for the Iinancp corporation cap federal land bunks will ldv below the estimated for the fiscal year Intermountain Hews cTt -- Briefly Told for Busy Reader PRESERVE OIJ) cabin DAM GE1) BY 11,001) he iPmme of LAMBS ARE MO ING FER INSECT PEST CHERRY IROP GOOD The University of Utah is proving the fact that education is not an episode limited to the few years at school. The Home Study Jmm Mm Department at the University has developed a plan whereby sensible men and women may use their leisure time for study at home in fields ranging from high school algebra to world politics. They may do this studying without interfering with their regular work. There is no age limit. There are no school terms and no entrance examinations. CALDWELL, IDA. The Native Daughters of Canyon county are going to preserve the aged log cabin of Tom, Dick and Dave Johnson, who built the structure In 1801. The building will bo moved to Memorial park, and will he furnished with Pioneer relics arranged in a style typical of the early days. HOMEDALE, IDA- .- lire of unknown origin totally destroyed the public school building at Homedale. The loss was partly covered by In- surance. PRESTON, IDA. Much damage was done to the hay crop In the Treasureton district, about fifteen miles north of here, by a recent cloudburst ou Rocky peak. Two large streams of water rushed down the ravines on the north and south sides of the mountain, carrying fences, large rocks and cut hay with it. BOISE, IDA. Idaho lambs, exceptionally prime, are beginning to move to market in large numbers. The movement is considerably later than normal, due to a late spring and to the fact that many growers are holding their lambs for Increased weight localise of a market demand for heavier stock. UT. Warrior InDUCHESNE, sects of the grasshopper family, believed to be the same species that the pioneers had to deal with, have appeared in the southeast portion of this county. Unless curbed soon these grasshoppers will prove extremely harmful to crops. IDA. Six carloads EMMETT, of cherries were shipp'd from the Emmettrayette district recently. Shipments from the southwestern paYt of the state this season have been estimated at 75 ears, representing a 25 jier cent decrease from the 1931 total. Shipments from the northern part of the state are also under way with a substantial increase predicted. The 1932 estimate is 250 cars, while 1931 shipments totalled 80 cars. PROVO, UT. Unemployment re- lief work in Trovo cost a total of $7,179.07 beginning with December 1931, according to a report issued recently. OGDEN, UT. Pres. Mulcaby of tlie Ogden Rotary club, presenting his annual report recommended that all Rotary clubs in Utah make a united effort to have the state supply textbooks for high school students as is the ease with grade schools. This recommendation was made by the retiring club president when In the report of the club activities said that the Ogden Rotar-ian- s during the last school year had expended $500 In purchasing textbooks for 90 students who, due to economic conditions, would not have been able to continue at high schooL SPANISH FORK, UT.-- The pea harvest for the local cannery Is under way and the plant has commenced the season's puck. The peas are exceptionally fine flavored this year and the pods are well filled. A good crop Is expected. LOGAN, UT. After nearly two years of idleness, the Smithfield pea cannery has opened for the summer run. A maximum force of 450 men and 180 women may he employed. TOOELE, UT. The Tooele fair board has voted to carry on a fair 23 again this fall, on September and 24. BOISE, IDA. Suit to prevent collection of the five cent stale gasoline tax on fuel ued tn t:- u s of the United Air Lines operating across Idaho between Portland an Salt Lake has been fibd in Uniti d States district court by the aviation conqiany. IjOGAN, UT. Due primarily to oniy an 80 per cent tax collection in Cache county last year, expenses, Including $14,000 for depreciation, exceeded revenues by $ 15,833 40. a special audit report by the Utah State Agricultural college showed upon Us submission to the county commissioners. BOISE IDA. Highways in Idaho continue in good condition although construction and repair work Is increasing In volume the report of the bureau of highways discloses. Travel on the Old Oregon Trail Is slowed by construction st Georgetown and Lava not Springs east of Pocatello and repair and resurfacing operations west of Burley. Holes and a washout between Bliss and Twin Falls also are slowing truffle but the highway is open at all points. What tho (Prepared hr National Geographic Washington, D. C.) Wean Lady Well-Dresse- habited by half starved, unkempt Society, WNU Service. province, India, fearing of its rhinoceroses, wholesale shooting, lias made killing or injuring of these animals Illegal except In cases of BENGAL Bengal, straddling the northernmost point of the Bay of Bengal, and stretching northward to ttie foothills of the Himalayas, owes much of its fame to an animal the Bengal tiger which inhabits most large zoos. The province is one of the most thickly inhabited areas of the world. It is nearly equal In area to tho state of Kansas and as ninny people live within its borders as Inhabit New York state, Pennsylvania, IlliTexas and Michigan. nois, Ohio, More tiian eighty different languages are spoken, not to mention tlie many dialects. The narrow northern extremity of Bengal resembles that of Idaho. Like Idaho, the province spreads out as It stretches southward. But after leaving that extremity, no one could charge Idaho with having such deformity of shape, for the border line of Bengal zigzags in all directions. Bengals gateway is Its most homely feature. The water that surrounds the coast Is laden with silt, brought down from the north by the Ganges and a labyrinth of rivers and creeks that pierce tlie const line. Waterlogged jungles. Infested with tigers and other wild animals, lie between these channels. These wilds and the swampy lowlands immediately north of them are called the Sundarbans. When the Ganges goes on Its annual rampage and overflows its hanks for 200 miles from its mouth, the Sundarbans ar submerged. The less flooded area Is planted in rice and it is an Interesting sight to see row boat farmers tending their submarine crops. When tlie water subsides, It leaves a fertile layer of earth that causes Jute, rice and wheat, nnd many other products to thrive In this region. Nearly all Bengal Is a flat, fertile plain from the Sundarbans to the foot of the Himalayas which is reached nfter n day and night of rough train riding. A narrow gauge railroad is then taken to reach Bene gals roef, Daijeellng. The snake-likcoaiaa of the railroad passes th"U'gnJ3 of acres of tea plants that, resemble fields of from a boxwood hedge. Rome of the plants grow six feet tall In Bengal, and are stripped of their leaves five times a year. Calcutta, the capital of the province, is one of the most progressive cities of the East, with all the modern devices to handle its tremendous commerce and enterlain Its native and foreign population. In less than 250 years It has heroine the Largest Loncity In India and second only to In British empire. the don To the traveler who approaches Calcutta by water, its growth Is a , mystery. At tlie mouth of the lloogh-lythe indigo blue water of the Buy of Bengal turns to a dirty brown. For much of the 80 mile trip mml flats and water logged forests form the side scenery with no evidence of civilization save for the commercial craft plying the river. Only the most skilled pilot can steer a vessel up the shifty channel. When almost within sight of Calcutta, tlie smoke stack of a Jute mill and d here and there groups of huts break the monotony of (he Journey and then, rounding a bend, the great Indian port appears. Hindus at the Bath. BathlDg ghats on both bunks now are filled with Hindus. One of the popular ghats is at the botanical gardens, where grows the famous Calcutta banyan tree. It covers nearly two acres and has about 250 trunks. A fl, i t distance beyond, perspiring natives loading and unloading ocean-goinvessels solve the secret of CalcutSmall ta's development commerce. boats resembling the Chinese sampans clustered about the wharves or floating leisurely to and from Howrah, river-- native-thatche- alcuttas manufacturing district in Darjeeling. on tlie other side of the Ilooghly, handle much of the local small freight. L'ke most large cities, Calcutta has t s slums with squalid houses of mud and thatch, and sometimes brick, bordering narrow, dirty streets and in na-- tl os. Dalhousle square, a few blocks from tlie Ilooghly is an attractive parkway. Tiie post oltlee, which faces its lake hears a tablet designating the vicinity of the famous Calcutta Black Hole episode. The Maidan, Calcutta's Mall, with its race track, cricket fields and gardens, Is the rendezvous for sport lovers and promenuders. In the evening the whos who of Calcutta are there. Colorful Indian rajahs with their servants in native costume, wealthy natives and government officials, both British and Indian, rub elbows on the walks or swiftly pass in ttieir foreign cars with chauffeurs whose costumes and uniforms represent myriad styles and colors of the East and West. Fort William occupies much of the river side of the Maidan. Nearby are the Eden gardens. In the southeast corner Queen Victoria lias been memorialized by a magnificent building in Italian Renaissance. Its central dome of pure wddte marble came from the same quarries from which the marble for the Taj Mahal was hewn. The white marble palace of tlie governor of Bengal, overlooking the Maidan from tlie north, was tlie residence of the Viceroy before tlie capital was removed to Delhi in 1912. This and the pnlntial residences, clubs and piddle buildings along the M.ildnns eastern side, gave to (ntcnita the name The City of Inlares. Darjeeling, nestling among tlie foothills of tiie Himalayas, is Bengals summer resort. Bike Simla, 703 miles farther west, and Srinagar in Kashmir, Darjeeling Is a godsend to perspiring Europeans who must spend the hot period in India. But It is more than a cool retreat: It Is a matchless observation post, when the clouds permit, for the mightiest mouutuin sceu-er- y that the world affords. Forty-fivmiles to the northward, across deep chasms and beyond tier after tier of foothills, rises Klnchinjunga, 28,150 feet high, buttressed by half a dozen peaks from 20,000 to 24,000 feet in altitude. Perched on a Ridge. Darjeeling stands ou a sort of stage before and above whlch sweep the slopes of Himalayan amphitheater heights. Tlie town Is perched on and astride a steep ridge that rises about 7.0(0 feet from the Bengal plains. On tlie side toward the mountains the ridge drops away for approximately 6.000 feet, forming what might. In American terminology, be called the Grand Canyon of the Ranjlt;" but whose heavily forested slopes and tropically luxuriant floor earns In India the more poetic name of Vale of e Ranjlt" Darjeeling has characteristics unlike those of most towns. It can hardly he said to have Btreets. Most of the buildings face on paths or walks which run along the main ridge and out on to its minor spurs, or work their way by serpentine routes to other paths that cling to the steep sides of the slopes. Rteps, too, serve in place of roads, connecting terraces that rise one above the other. One of the few carriage roads is a driveway that skirts the lower end of the main ridge and loads below to the suburb Lebong and Its barracks for British soldiers. The villus, bungalows, shops, government buildings, hospitals, churches, schools, barracks and native huts that make up Darjeeling and Its suburb form pendant communities, like giant saddle-bag- s thrown over the ridge. Dwellings are scattered down the slopes for a thousand feet, the ground floors of one tier on a level with the roofs of the next tier below. If one must cover much space In Darjeeling he rides on pony back or Is carried In a Utter by four servants. The center of Darjeeling Is Observatory Hill, a knoll on the crest of the ridge. Topping the knoll Is a Buddhist monument and surrounding it Is a small forest of staffs from which prayer flags flutter their suppUcatlons. From the benches near the monument one may sit, when mist and clouds do not Interfere, and take advantage of Darjeeling's best view of mighty Kinchin junga and Its fellows. But often tlie vigil Is fruitless. It Is only for rela'ivety brief periods during the s iri ig and early winter that one may sure of long, uninterrupted views of the towering granite and Ice walla and snowy slopes to the north. ! |