Show news review aview of current events the world over premier er laval in washington ington conferring with president hoover status of manchurian Em imbroglio broglio blanket freight rate increase denied by EDWARD W PICKARD LAVAL premier of france plenge arrived in the united states thursday for his conversations with president hoover hurrying at once to washington ho he wits was received there with nil all due formality and cordiality and was housed with his entourage to urage in the mansion of ambassador walter edge there was the stated round of calls receptions and dinners all ar an ranged in advance by warren delano rob kob bins the chef do de pro pierre laval aval l tocol and both bogli at laval and his daughter mile josette zeroed seemed to enjoy themselves however tho the chief interest in the premiers visit centered to in his talks with mr hoover what they discussed and what conclusions they reached if any were not to be given out but to the public until the affair was all over but it was known that the french wits was concerned especially with questions of finance and disarmament and would try to reach an agreement in which these two matters would be linked up with tho the security which france continually demands M laval was troubled by the american belief that france Is s militaristic and did his best to dispel that idea on the way over lie he intimated that about the limit he expected from america in the way of security guarantees was a consultative pact to define defan e the aggressor in war but lie he thought the alie instrument might be so worded as to imply certain assurances of the attitude of tho the united states towards a power that deliberately forces war As to finance the premier expected to reach an agreement with mr hoover concerning prolongation of the moratorium on war debts and nd reparations ile he also hoped plans might be laid for an international conference to examine the gold and credit questions FOR OR ono one minute wednesday night the people of the united states turned out their electric lights in tribute edthe memory of thomas alvn alva edison an ad impressive demonstration that was requested by president hoover that day tho the funeral of the greatest inventor of all time was held in west orange and his body was laid in the tomb the services were dimple but many thou thousands sandi of mourning men and women were there mr hoover was kept in washington by duties but he was represented by mrs hoover henry ford anti anil harvey firestone closest friends of edison were prominent in the throng they had said goodby to him two weeks before when nil all knew hi his death was not far on off APAN removed the manchurian emi JAPAN brosilo from the front page temporarily pora rily when it withdrew its objections to american participation C lp 1 I tion in the discussion of that matter mattei by the league of nations this however wits was a mere inere formality for prentis gilbert american consul at geneva already was sitting in with the league council V the committee of five of the council sug bug ff V that the pow ers signatory to the kellogg antiwar anti war pact prentiss call to the attention gilbert of jupin and china their obligations under tinder that treaty and identical notes on that line were sent to tokyo and by great britain the united states france italy germany spain and other nation eions than the council committee continued its discuss discussions lons of the manchur lan an question and it was reported that its attitude was being reversed owing too t alleged suggestions from washington japan it appeared was about to win a complete diplomatic victory and the chinese delegates were dumbfounded founded d in other words it was rumored tho the council would decide that japans occupation of manchuria might continue indefinitely until tokyo was satisfied that the security of jap adese in the province was amply guaranteed find and that negotiations between japan and china should begin at once there was every reason to believe that these conclusions would be indignantly b rejected by china diplomats in geneva feared the results of the councils rumored change of view prophesying that the government would fall that there would again be chaos in china and that the influence of the league and of white nations generally in the east would greatly decline briand rland Il as a L kind ind of mediator asked japan to abandon the fifth of its five points which demands a new nev arrangement ran gement between the south man charlan and the chinese railways in manchuria to obtain fo co and it was in tokyo that this might be don bonfi japans other points point are 1 A mutual pledge by on oth both nations not to resort to agg aggression resil 2 chinese abandonment of antl anti japanese Ju movements including boycotts and anti japanese propaganda in school textbooks 8 mutual respect for territorial integrity teg rity 4 chinese recognition of the validity of the existing treaties guaranteeing protection of japanese life find and property and the right to reside and engage in peaceful occupations on leased land in manchuria these are not final terms but are considered by japan essential preceding withdrawal of troops to the railway zone in reply to the nations that invoked the kellogg pact foreign minister declares that japan recognizes fully its ita responsibility under the pact and holds that its ardys action in manchuria has been activated solely by reasons of self belt defense and also to protect japanese lives and property against wanton attacks by chinese troops and bandits the Jan japanese anese government according to the reply does not intend to take recourse to war to obtain a solution of its differences with china the governments aim la Is to compose the differences pacifically REAT parliamentary GREAT campaign developed into a good deal of a rough house performance with many list fist fights and the slinging of much mud prime 1 minister macdonald macd onal d held his own quite well in the debates debat e S y but some others did not fare so well sir oswald oswa d mosley osley leader of the new party was the enter center of disturbance 1 tur bance wherever he appeared with h his 19 bodyguard of prize fighters and football pi players he was sir oswar J mosley jeered ano and booed bloed and physically assaulted several times and a birmingham court issued summons for his arrest after a stormy meeting in that city winston churchill was nearly mobbed while addressing a meeting in support of viscount borndale Bo son of countess beatty but was waa saved from the howling crowd by the police one novelty in the campaign was the use of airplanes in aid of the national government candidates the machines were all privately owned and were under the direction of a woman mrs 11 R bentley ben ley dbent DECLARING that a blanket 15 per cent increase in freight rates rate s would be contrary to the best interests of the railways and would be unjustified by the economic conditions prevailing the interstate commerce commission denied the application of the carriers for the he boo boost 9 t the abe commission suggested instead a temporary increase of rates on numerous specified fled commodities for a period ending march 31 1033 with the understanding that the additional rev denue produced by such increases shall be pooled by the railroads to meet deficiencies in interest payments on their bonds and other obligations this increase it was estimated might produce its as much its as 12 i whereas the roads hoped to get from the blanket raise asked in some quarters it was intimated that the railroads might now resort to cutting the wages of their workers which they are bolh to do since they realize this would decrease buying power and in turn decrease the quantity of freight to be carried the president returned to WHEN washington from the yorktown celebration one of the first delegations lie he received was from philadelphia bearing a strong protest against parts of the navy economy program especially the postponement of the construction construct Jon of the naval hospital in that city four congressmen told mr hoover they thought work on the hospital should go ahead another delegation which included senators nye and frazier of north dakota asked white house aid in iel leving the farm land credit situation in III the western and northwestern farm regions later the two senators said that aliv th president had promised to old aid the federal farm banks by recommending om an increase in capitalization they said they told the president that the present capital of the 12 land banks Is tied up tip in farm land that cannot he be sold and hence the farmers in this time of stress are not able to avail themselves of tile the credit facilities which congress intended when it created this particular branch n 1 the treasury system fears that the economy program tor for the navy department would he disastrous for the navy band and the maintenance of old ironsides otherwise the th frigate constitution were dispelled by an announcement by theodore G joslyn secretary to the president ile he said th t whatever else Is eliminated from me ine budget the baud band and tb bla bas |