| Show news review of current events the world over 1 litvinov Lity inov soviet commissar baits Eu ropes statesmen at geneva secretary doak denounces suggested wage reduction by EDWARD V W PICKARD 0 OVIET it RUSSIA U S 8 1 A 0 as aa personified by maxim litvinov its commissar ar of foreign aff affairs alris had bad the time of its ita young life at geneva where the in fe i national commission of inquiry into B r I 1 and a n d I 1 a european union project was bitting astounded arthur hen M derson adriand dino grandl grand and the rest reat of the commis blonera by the calm statement that their leapt capitalistic governments were ruining mining themselves and the rest of tire world by selling goods gooda dear at home and cheap abroad in other words by dumping damping and he then with equal calmness denied flatly that the soviet government had been guilty of this pernicious practice though generally accused of if it IJU busain Sila 11 he D asserted had dono done just a little friendly exporting yort lne it Is perfectly obvious that low prices cannot be regarded us as indicating dumping be declared if how low evor by dumping Is understood a policy of high monopolist prices in the bebe markets and cut prices fr for export it will be found precisely that it Is the capitalistic countries which are guilty in this respect the soviets continued the commis our ear are eager to help in bringing to an n end the present economic depres pion elon and on their behalf he offered two for the consideration of the commission the tha first of these was that the european powers adopt a convention pledging themselves to compulsory sale in the home markets at prices no higher than on foreign forchen markets the soviets litvinov said bald would sign blan such a convention lie ile asserted that it would raise tile tho buying power of tho the mosses masses and help them absorb overproduction ills second proposal was this in order to remove tho atmosphere of inis mistrust trust and jealousy that has been aggravating the crisis nil all nations should sign a pact of economic along the samo same lines na as tho kellogg pact outlawing war the draft of ak protocol or of uch such a pact avas was submitted to tho the delf delegates tates it called for or a general customs truce among other ether tb things ings in tile the first sessions cessions ces Bess lons of the com yil salon tile the question of the proposed austro gerwan cus customs accord was bro brought light up and the pact was vigorously and skillfully fully defended by dr julius curtius Ourt Curt lua lus german foreign win ister and bobann Se schober bober austrian vice tice chancellor the british and french instated insisted that the accord should be submitted to tho the world court tor for art an opinion as to whether it violated the postwar post war treaties and the council of the league of nations ordered this fione the council has selected arthur henderson Ue as of the 1 1032 disarmament conference Teus has been of late much its ills slon na as to whether conditions condition in the united states justified justl ned a general cut in wages and what the effect of hsuch a move would b be e Secret secretary afy of labor doak bonk tool took a hand in the debate w with ft a statement to tho the effect that nor any move on the part ot of industry to lower wages would be ba considered a violation ot of confidence by the adain admin because of the agreement to maintain wage scales which president obtained from the industrial leaders late in I 1 1020 in the event ot of wage reductions he declared organized labor would be justified justl fled in demanding higher pay and in opposing tho the move by strikes mr doak boalt added that so BO far as he linew knew no ao leader ot of industry has proposed propose a reduction in wages such suggestions he said raid haye have come from flora bankers and are based on the opinion that workers pay should bo be lowered to conform to the low price levels which have resulted from the depres slon lie ile attributed the current controversies trover sies between workers anil and em to the expiration of agreements and added that in nearly ebery ease case tho the difficulties have been amicably a settled six impending dlug strikes which were brought to the attention of the labor department the previous week were averted by the departments conciliation service and in every caso case a return to the existing wage scale was effect effected eL ji TN LONDO NIthe world grain conference was trying to find and the remedy for the crisis in the nerl cultural world brought on by the immense of wheat samuel R me mc member of the american farm board told the delegates tile the first thing thine was to S ar Mc mckelvie Kelvia slash clash acreage ac reafie to con needs and submitted the re suits cults of a study of the situation of increasing istir surpluses pluses and falling prices places speaking from the american standpoint he said we see no possibility of a satisfactory solution ot the world wheat problem which does not include as an the most important single element curtailment of 0 production in exporting countries individually and as x i whole until a 1 I better adjustment supply and disposition position dim can tin effected and restraint upon fresh expansion or of prot production luction thereafter As a material aid toward relieving over overburdened markets mckelvie McKelv le urged every possible means of consumption expansion and suggested abolition by european Kur importing countries of their protective tariffs milling regulations and preferential prices lor for domestic wheat HEN the directors of the world W WHEN bank for international settlements met in basel switzerland they heard from gates cates AV its president that afie ali e deposits of the institution ution have gone past the mark this sura bum Is for far in excess elcess of tile the expectations and it clearly shows according to the belief there that the world bank Is becoming something more than a mere lucre depository tor for the central banks of various nations so that even if the reparations payments should later be put on some other basis or cense cease entirely the bank would till still be certain to continue to function the bank lias has consented to help in putting the austrian bank Cre ditan back on its feet but it was de tided that the initiative must come from the league ot of nations committee for control of austrian loans apartment AS S WAS predicted the war department part ment line has decided to abandon wholly or in part ba 53 surplus forts camps and reservations in the list announced by secretary hurley are fort lincoln N D fort missoula soula mont fort eustic vu va fort U D A russell texas fort brown texas fort hunt va camp stephen il D littly ariz camp garry J jones ariz miller field N Y and chanute field of course the abandonment of these posts may be prevented by indignant congressmen harmy HOW OW the american army to Is to be re organized developed and modernized was described in an announcement no by gen douglas macarthur chief of staff the plans set forth include extent extension lon of mechanization and m motorola doriza tion throughout throughout the gem army the revamping macarthur ot of the cavalry arm by the substitution of fighting machines for horses and the development of powerful tank forces to be attached to army corps or field armies rather than the infantry which remains the basic arm somo some cavalry units with horses ns as mounts will be retained for use in rough country but in general the horse ns as a war weapon Is discarded the mechanized force at fort eustis will be reorganized a reinforced cavalry regi regiment mert combat cars equipped with machine guns and possibly heavier weapons which can travel 70 ralles an hour on hard roads are counted on to give the cavalry high mobility despite the more extensive use of machines the infantry will remain the backbone of the army according accord lne to general macarthurs Mac Arthurs program HOOVER dara dam across boulder canyon of the colorado river la Is within the law and work on the huge project can go ahead so ruled the supreme court of the united states in deciding that the act of congress authorizing the construction was constitutional and dismissing the bill of complaint of the state of arizona the court however declared that arizona hall had shown that it might be injured by the distribution of water from the reservoir to ha be created and that tt it therefore has the right to make furth er appeals for relief relict should its rights be Imp impaired alred in another case that of yetta stromberg youthful communist the supreme court held invalid that clause 0 f Cali fornias red flag law which makes it a felony to display any red lag flag or other device in any public place or from any building ar n sign symbol or emblem of opposition to organized government or as an invitation or stimulus to anarchistic action or as an aid to propaganda that la Is of a seditious character the finding declared this clause was repugnant to the guarantee of liberty contained in the fourteenth amendment celebrating ELE BRATING the fiftieth anal C celebrating of its birth the american red cross staged on may 21 what it called the worlds greatest dinner party every one of its chapters held an anniversary dinner in its community and all of them were connected up by radio with the main dinner in washington at this feast president hoover who Is also president of the red cross crosa was the prin opal speaker and the guest of honor was judea max nuber of 0 geneva switzerland president of the international committee of f the red cross CI cadonet with them sat bat cabinet officers and I 1 their heir alves and many other wes T the h e bost office department issued a u special commemoration stamp on the anniversary date r BATHS or of two americans at td ce considerable sid erable attention in tours france brig gen robert 11 dunlap a distinguished officer of the marine corps was killed hilled by a landslide in a heroic effort to save the life of a woman ralph barton famous cartoonist and illustrator committed suicide in his la new york apartment leaving a note note that said be feared he was going coins insane P popa PIUS XI ad dressing a grou group P of spanish pilgrims described the 15 burning of churches and other religious edifices in spain as sacrileges leges against god and holy religion and addid added while I 1 recognize the abnormal nal situation in spain it cannot justify cardinal the outrageous deeds carried out by segura a tile lie enemies of god that were not sup suppressed pressed by the an authorities thorit les the vatican however Is promoting a policy of conciliation and the papal nuncio has ahra friend friendly ty consultation with minister of justice do los rios illos who explained the arrest and expulsion of bishop of vitoria Vl torla the nuncio has flag expressed sorrow borrow over what has happened and ad it to Is understood in madrid that he places much of the blame for tile the rioting on the attitude of cardinal segura the former of spain who was wn forced to leave tile the country because be h would not accept the republic without protest carruol segura and bishop mujica got together nt at lourdes france and proceeded to rome kome for nn an indefinite stay they will probably be told that the vatican intends to drop the quarrel with tile the republic alfonso the former king celebrated his furty to arty fifth birthday with a private family luncheon in fontainebleau there wits was no observation of the an in madrid the rebellious cantonese agen gen chiang kai shek Is still the ruler of china and when the peoples convention closed its twelve day session tn in Nanki nghe he made an impressive plea for unity and for co opera tion with the government in suppressing banditry and communism the principal achievements of the convention were the adoption of a new constitution which goes into effect on june 1 the declaration of the republic of china with its permanent capital at and tile the mandate given the government to carry out the terms of the manifesto declaring all unequal treaties between china and foreign powers null and void FOR foil many months the world has been reading about the first armored cruiser built by the german republic under unde tile de limits imposed by the versailles treaty it was described us as a wonderful vessel of tons so 80 powerful that it was called the ilesi vest pocket battleship well it was launched the other day at kiel tn in the presence of a huge crowd of officials and citizenry but the event was marred by a conflict of orders that resulted in the ships being loosed to slide elide down the ways before president hindenburg had a chance to break the bottle of champagne on its bows and christen it deutschland Deutsch land the new ship defies the washington treaty classification it Is neither a capital ship nor a cruiser but la is superior to both limited to tons it la Is much heavier armed than other ships of the same size it la Is equipped with six 11 inch guns throwing projectiles weighing pounds in velocity which la Is said eald to he be as aa much as 20 knots the new ship Is superior to capital ships the hull ot of the cruiser la Is of shallow draft and so minutely compartmented as to make it comparatively safe against torpedoes and mines the usual heavy turbines have been replaced by diesel motors which give a radius of action of over miles the cost of the ship was FLYING men of the 8 united geates tates army had a chance to 4 show what they can do in mass during the AN week for the air 4 forces were mobilized in grand maneuvers at chicago new york and elsewhere under the direct command of gen II 11 D foulois Fou lols dean of the lighting fighting general geneal air the platies planes men 0 0 foulois of all types concentrated at dayton odilo aad on thursday put on a parade parada and exhibition at chicago that was thal tbt closing feature of the cites jubilee then they descended on tile atlantic coast and displayed their ability to defend the metrO metropolis polls and boston from hostle attack A night bombing raid on new soa had been planned but general macarthur Ma cArthar chief of stair staff vetoed this asserting that the maneuvers represented a rent attempt to test out the defensive power of the air arm rather than the staging singing t f a circus yearly nearly seven hundred planes took part in the maneuvers being gathered from au all parts of the country cal I 1 a 11 W 11 will UI |
