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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over King Edward Defies Cabinet, Clinging to Airs. Simpson Garner Mixes in House Leadership Rattle Presidents Rucnos Aires Address. W. PICKARD By EDWARD WrMfrn NiHtfaKf ('ntmi. CONFRONTED with the cabinet, the high clergy, the leaders of both the Conservative and the Labor parties and goodness knows how many of the ordinary people of his empire. King Edward VIII insists on continuing his intimacy with Mrs. Wally Simpson, presumably with the intention of marrying her. And he does not intend to abdicate in order to cling to the American divorcee. Defying the disapproval of his advisers, the bachelor monarch proposes to test his constitutional right to wed the woman of his choice provided she consents. Such, at this writing, is the status of what has become a genuine crisis for the British empire, highly interesting to all the world. The cabinet discussed the affair at length and sent Prime Minister Baldwin to remonstrate with the king, but the statesman got nowhere with the ruler, and next day told the house of commons he was not yet ready to make a statement. Edward called together his close friends, including his brother the duke of York who would succeed him if he abdicated, and considered the next move in the serious situation. This might be the resignation of the cabinet and the refusal of party leaders to form another Some of the English government. statesmen, like Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal, or David Lloyd George or Winston Churchill, might mere rubber stamps' of the President. Thai accusation hurt the mem- bers feelings sufficiently without rubbing it in by having the country get the notion that the duly elected Democratic members of the house are going to become the rubber stamps' of the vice president, so that the Lone Star stale may run both ends of the capitol to the exclusion of any participation by any of the other 47 states. A CCORDING to the New York Daily News, Former President Herbert Hoover may become an expatriate. The newspaper quoted Mr. Hoover "intimates here and in Washington that he had virtually decided to. take up indefinite residence in England as did Col. Charles Lindbergh- more than a year ago. Recalling that Mr. Hoover had seldom lived in the United States after his graduation from Stanford university until the war years, the Daily News said that some of the happiest years of his life had been spent in London, which was headquarters for hi3 mining enterprises in all parts of the world. self-will- undertake the task at the request of the king, but probably none of them could command the necessary majority in the house. It is suggested that Edward might attempt to follow the example of Charles I, who set up a government without a parliament. The British press at last has abandoned the silence concerning the kings course but most of them declared their opposition or their regret. Public opinion will probably have a great deal to do with solving the problem. The Church of England will not have Mrs. Simpson as King Edward's wife at any price, the Church Times, its organ, declared, lining up mili tan tly behind Baldwin and the cabinet. Mrs. Simpson and her two previous husbands have been divorced and upon that the church takes its stand, was the Church self-impos- ed Times' position. It is reported on good authority that King Edward is negotiating the sale of his Canadian EP ranch to Lincoln Ellsworth, the American explorer. house of lords killed uBRITAIN'S Lord Ponsonbys "mercy death" bill by a vote of 35 to 14. It would have allowed a doctor to end the life of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease. The measure fell before the attack of churchmen, who opposed it on religious and moral grounds, and of doctors, who felt that the responsibility was too great to be assumed by their profession. The archbishop of Canterbury made no objection to the bill on religious grounds, but said: It is better to leave this difficult and delicate matter in the hands of the medical profession rather than drag it into the open and regulate it by le- gal procedure. STALLED back to Washington be-cause he is acting President during the absence of Mr. Roosevelt, Vice President Gamer promptly involved himself in the battle for the house leadership that is being waged by the supporters of John J. O'Connor of New York, chair- man of the rules c o m m i 1 1 ec. and Sam Rayburn of Texas, chairman of the interstate comM merce committee. Mr. Gamer put him- VicePresidcut Garner self behind his fellow Texan, declaring: "I am for Rayburn 200 per cent. He is the best equipped man for tiie job and 1 will do all I can to further his candidacy. O'Connor's friends and other representatives who had been neutral were astounded and angered by what they considered an unwarranted intrusion by the vice president into a house contest. John D. Din-ge- ll of Michigan voiced this sentiment when he said: The distinguished vice president has a big enough job on his hands as presiding officer of the senate without interfering with the organization of the house with which he has no connection whatsoever. The Democratic members of the house in the last congress were compelled to go through a campaign under the untrue accusations from the Republican enemy that they were A S THE cruiser Indianapolis and its convoy, the Chester, entered the harbor of Buenos Aires, a salute to President Roosevelt boomed from the guns of eleven warships, ten squadrons of airplanes wheeled overhead, and thousands of citizens cheering crowded the waterfront. Argentinians generally approve' of Mr. Roosevelt's policies and he was welcomed to their capital as a great dictabenevolent tor. They had CPAIN'S government appealed to 3 the council of the League of Nations to deal with the menace to peace and good will among nations allegedly created by recognition of the fascist rebel junta. Secretary J. A. C. Ave-n- THE CffiERniqjfg " Italo-Germ-an Im jentimenti.1 Ill confess. cl thereupon convoked the council, though at this writing the date for the meeting is unsettled. It was believed Italy would refuse to attend the session; Germany is no longer a member of the league. French statesmen didn't approve the Spanish action, feeling that it complicated an already serious situation and could di no good. There were-- no decisive developments in the long siege of Madrid, but the loyalist defenders seemed to have gained renewed strength and made .tierce counterattacks on thv Fascists in the University city area. The rebel airplanes repeatedly bombed the city and hundreds of men, women and children were reported killed by their projectiles. CENATOK BORAH of Idaho And c&ndles ijdd to romance lots Besides w t!y ri" the light fcTC"! rc- - turned to Washington, and one of the few topics he was willing to talk about was the proposition of some French deputies that France settle her war debt to the United States by a payment of 10 cents on the dollar,' in .order to clear the way for further borrowing of American money. Mr. 'Borah was quick to declare his opposition t o such a scheme, call- ing it downright in- - SeMtor3orah solence on the part of the French, and as he is the ranking Republican on the foreign relations committee his words mean something. Said thp senator: We settled once at 51 cents on the dollar and that was just about what they owed us at the close of the war. We have no reason to believe that they will keep their word this time any more than they did before. This is no cash proposition. It is another installment scheme. Remember this money belongs to the American taxpayers. If we continue to loan this money and then take it back at 10 cents on the dollar we cannot do any more to promote armaments. In the French chamber Jean Mistier, ...chairman of the foreign affairs committee, requested tne deputies to drop discussion of the debts question in order that the government may have a free hand in its present negotiations with the United States. Details of the negotiations were not disclosed. Some Paris observers thought there was an attempt to fix up an Anglo - French - American security pact and that France was ready to reconsider the debt question in order to facilitate the execution of that project. planned to give him an elaborate reception, but it was toned down somewhat at his request President Justo, who already had greeted the distinguished guest by wireless, met him at the dock and accompanied him to the American embassy. Then Mr. Roosevelt, Secretary of State Hull and members of the American delegation to the peace conference made a formal call at the government house. Next day, after a ride about the city. President Roosevelt attended the extraordinary session in the legWILLIAM GREEN was islative palace to open the president of the peace conference which American Federation of Labor behe initiated. A formal dinner for fore the closing of the convention in Tampa. Secrehim at the government house and a reception for all conference deltary Frank Morrison and the 14 vice egates followed. The event of the third day was a luncheon at the presidents also were chosen for another American embassy in honor of term. In his speech President and Mrs. Justo. Then of acceptance Mr. Mr. Roosevelt embarked and started Green made a reon the return trip, with a brief stop newed plea to John at Montevideo, capital of Uruguay. L. Lewis and his In his eloquent address before the C. I. O. associates peace conference Mr. Roosevelt set to "come back to forth his program for banishing our home and fight war from the Americas and erecting the common foe. economic barriers against war elseThis the insurgents where in the world. The first task in achieving this, he said, is show no sign of doing. The 1937 "making war in our midst im- convention was awarded to Denver. The convention refused to concur and the second step is possible, to insure the continuance of de- in four resolutions attacking the Sumocracy in the western hemisphere preme court. It instructed the exas the best guarantee of peace. He ecutive council to have a bill for warned the war mad nations bent t' ? six hour day and five day week introduced in congress and declared on conquest that the American rethe 30 hour week to be the parpublics "stand shoulder to shoulder in readiness to "consult together amount objective of the A. F. of L. for our mutual safety and our mutual good. 'T'HE cause of world peace should be the gainer by the death of GERMANYS cabinet, with Hitler Sir Basil Zaharoil in Monte Carlo. presiding, promulgated a num- Known as the mystery man of ber of startling edicts for the fur- Europe," he was for many years the master salesman of armaments therance of the Goering four-yeplan of rehabilitation of the reich. and amassed an immense fortune Most important of these is the eco- in that and other business enternomic sabotage law, decreeing prises. Bom in Odessa, Russia, of death for Germans who unscrup- Greek parents, Zaharoff had all of ulously hoard wealth abroad and Europe for his field of operations. He was knighted in England, bedamage the German economy. This is directed against violators came a citizen of France and marof recent injunctions which put with ried a Spanish duchess. He gave in reach of the government between valuable aid to the Allies during 1.500,000,0:10 and 2.000.000,000 marks the World war, founding chairs of ($600,000,000 to $800,000,000) which aviation at Par if and Pctrograd could be converted into foreign cur- and presenting 25.009 pounds sterrencies should the necessity arise. ling to the British government for a similar purpose. Another law orders the incorporation of every German boy and girl, without exception, in the Hitler T ABOR department statistics re-ported a jump of 14 per cent in youth movement, for physical, spirwholesale prices in the approxi- itual and moral training. The youth leader of the German mately three years in which the reich, Baldur von Schirach. was Roosevelt administration has sought made responsible directly to Hitler to raise the general price level. and given the rank of a supreme The widest gain was registered for farm products, which rase from on Nazi authority. iidex figure of 58.7 three years ago T E PORTS to the senate cam-paig- n to 85.5. Foods increased from 65.4 funds committee show to 83.5. All commodities other than that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., gave farm products and food increased 77.5 to 80.8. $70,000 to Republican campaign from As figured into living costs, the funds, while Democratic organizations received $50,000 from Mrs. department's statistics covering James R. H. Cromwell, formerly purchases by wage earners and Doris Duke, the tobacco heiress. lower salaried workers showed an The committee said it hoped to increase for all items, from 77.2 at trace the source of most of the the close of 1933 to 82. in Scptcm-- I spent by scores of political ber, this year. The increases were: organizations in the last campaign, Food, 69.4 to 84.3; clothing, 76.2 to as a basis for legislative recommen- 78.6; rent, 63.9 to 64.6; house furdations to the President and nishing goods, 73.5 to 76.2. Fuel and light costs fell from 90.3 to 87.4. W tills In proposing a Washington. western hemifor the peace pact sphere, President Wuton Roosevelt in his Polieiet Foil speech at Buenos Aires has directed attention to two important positions that the United States has taken in its foreign relations. Whether Mr. Roosevelt so intended or whether it is by the very nature of the circumstance, he nevertheless has set up before the American people the neof the cessity for Monroe- doctrine- and has age-olbrought up for fresh scrutiny the policies- of President Woodrow Wilson that .werg Resigned to establish by collectiveventually world-peacist' action. I think that .it. must be admitted that the Wilson policies for international peace have not worked. who examines them Anyone squarely and frankly must recog- nize one outstanding inescapable fact: they have proved to be the illusion's of an idealist. They constitute a landmark, however, and in so doing it seems to me they should serve as a guide on what not to do. Candidly, the Wilson policies, beautiful in theory that they were, have been shown to be futile because they did not consider the perfidy nor the chicanery of European statesmen. They were predicated upon a belief that the world leaders were sincere in their desire for peace-an- d it is sad but true that such is not the case. In other words, the Wilson theories that were builded up into a supergoverament to be called the League of Nations overlooked the element of human - d - j fallibility.I : It requires only a brief review of the history of the League of Nations to reveal the definite conclusion that there is an absolute lsck of sincerity on the part of the European statesmen. Each one has been concerned only with gains and' advantages accruing to his own nation. His actions have been permeated to the core with selfishness, sometimes aggravated with desires for personal distinction. The league fell down in dealing with Russia's Stalin and Germanys Hitler. It took a mighty flop in the movement to check Italys Mussolini in - Pan-Americ- an Ethiopia. Having flattened out, none of the three above mentioned has any respect for the league authority. When you add to this the absolute dismissal of the league as a world influence as was done by Japan, you have less than nothing left. Mussolini said the other day that in order to straighten out the Wiltoman pean would it tangle be neces-Illutio- nt sary to wipe out all of the Wilsonian illusions. He could have referred only to the Wilsonian slogan upon which we entered the World war, namely, the "war to make the world safe for democracy. Later, it will be remembered, the World war was the war to end war. Neither of these slogans bore fruit. Each was an illusion, a dream of world peace held by a great man whose only weakness in assuming world leadership was that he trusted oiher statesmen as he trusted the American people, to arrive at a sound conclusion and stick to it. 1 am not prepared to say that the Wilson policies led us in a wrong direction. The fact remains, however, that the war that was to make the world safe for democracy led directly into destruction of democracy and the establishment of fascism and communism in various parts of the world as an important factor in the government of peoples. ar All of this, of course, was not visible nor predictable at the time the policies were initiated. It is all too plain now, however, and that is why President Roosevelt can very well be governed in his new move with the He can proceed upon a basis with at least a hope of success because it is quite apparent that the Americas, North and South, can protect themselves if arrangements for prevention of war relate only to the western hemisphere. International affairs will have to be considered, obviously. But those authorities with whomamong I have talked about this problem, there seems to be little doubt that if the idea of collectivist action, first enunciated in the Wilson policies-- is to avail anything, it must be applied not to the world but to a section of the world. Pan-Americ- our neighbors to the south.' Frankly, they do not like it. Considering all of the factors involved in the Monroe doctrine, there seems no conclusion aliead but eventual abandonment of that pronouncement. When 1 say that, I do not mean that the principles of the Monroe doctrine need be thrown into the ocean. Yet, the name has been the focal point around which much antagonism has been built up and the romantic Latin blood of South America can hardly be expected' ever again to subscribe to the Monroe doctrine by that name. What, then, is the course? The Monroe doctrine, whether it was ever so intended, has placed the United States in a position where- it is made to appear as a boss. No nation of people enjoys So, if the Buenos being bossed. Aires conference is to result in a definite understanding by which the peoples of the western hemisphere are welded together in an effective group, some understanding must be evolved which will replace the ill will engendered by the Monroe doe-trin- e. Possibly, hat understanding lies in the direction being followed by President Roosevelt. Apparently, he is willing to subordinate the Monroe doctrine and concede to those other peoples on behalf of the United States the end of our overlordship. Undoubtedly, it will be a slow Present generations process. throughout the South American nations will be suspicious for a time and will move with caution but there are many who believe in eventual agreement among the western nations on a general policy that will keep us all out of European and Far Eastern entanglements to a greater extent than ever before. The thing that may break down the apparent Roosevelt plan is the circumstance of drawn swords and cocked rifles in Europe at the moment It is entirely possible that before concrete adhesion among the North and South American peoples can be accomplished, explosions in Europe may take place. If they do, propaganda agents of the conflicting powers will be abroad Attempts will be made to alienate various nations in the western hemisphere, to align them with one side or the other in the European controversy. It may well be that this condition will ruin the Roosevelt program before it gets under way but a start has been made and succeeding generations will profit if the peoples of North and South America can come to regard themselves as an individual group that is willing to make sacrifices necessary to cut off European connections when the European statesmen insist on fighting. There is yet one more thought concerning the South American sessions. There are students of international affairs who already are saying that history has repeated itself and that the United States has lost, as usual, in its diplomatic dealings. They are saying that the revision of the Monroe doctrine and the rebirth of that policy under a new name represents a gift by the United States. It may well be that such has occurred. But among saner minds, I believe the conviction is that the Monroe doctrine already has undergone so many alterations and revisions that a major operation on its structure will clarify the picture. The Monroe doctrine was designed originally, of course, to prevent European nations from gaining a foothold in either of the Americas. That danger is definitely past. Why, then, is it necessary to perpetuate an d policy that has no purpose any longer? Thus, it seems to me that if a revision, even a out of the Monroe doctrine cancasting elim-ina- te suspicion of our governments purposes among those peoples the same hemisphere, it is not too much to pay. anti-quate- Pan-Americ- i , i I I There was a great banquet held of the hotels in Washington at one Observed ofiiBno nun Lace curtains before beinr washed for the first time should be soaked for an hour or two in cold water to which two table, spoons of table salt have been added. This removes dressing in and makes them much easier to launder. cm-tai- Cake icing will adhere better and stay soft and glossy if a little glycerin is added to the icing mi- xture. The blunt end of a pencil is to use when marking on linens which are to be cm. broidered. ls To cook a ham so that it will retain all its flavor, encase it with a paste made of common flour and water, taking care to see that the steam cannot escape. Bake in a hot oven, allowing a quarter of an hour for every pound. 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Then I noted in the official agenda, the the toastmaster waved a wand over outline of the Buenos one of the greatest inventions program of Akm conference, modern times and the room was No Bon that no reference bathed in an electric brilliance the at all was made like of which has never Wanted been seen to the Monroe doc- The action typiffed, told the story trine. Apparently, that course had devclPmcnt in the to bo followed. The Monroe doc- ?;,..,HlS.nllBc United States and elsewhere. trine is a ticklish matter among Writers Mtwiipcr L'aim. le HOTEL Temple Square total Sl.SO to $3.00 Hotrl Temple meera kiahly desirable, friendly II aleiesplaera.Yen wUI always find late, anpremely remfurlalde-IbenmnhiasreraMnYan ran iw"" fare nndaraUail why tlila balrl wt 0 Tha y HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Tan ran also npprarlala wbyi IFa a mmrk of RfsIbwHaw la slay at this kamrtihii hesfelry ERNEST C ROSSITFR. Afe |