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Show News Review of Current Events the W orld Over Japan, Having Saved Face by Victory, May Make Peace Vvrith China Lindbergh Baby Kidnaped for $50,000 Ransom. By EDWARD W. PICKARD pROSI'ECTS for cessation of hos-' hos-' tilities In China and for ultimate peace wcr? somewhat enhanced the middle of the week, for Japan had 4 , k "s a v e d face. Her forces In the Shanghai Shang-hai area strongly reinforced re-inforced and under the supreme command of Gen. Toshinori Shi-rakawa, Shi-rakawa, former minister minis-ter of war, another tremendous effort to drive hack the Chinese Chi-nese army was started start-ed and after many hours of fierce fight- Gen. Shlra- '"S. ws reported to kawa have succeeded. Gen. Tsal Ting-sal's Nineteenth Nine-teenth route army which had been so bravely resisting the Invaders, broke and fled northwestward and westward from the Chapei-Kiangwan line, and the Japanese having accomplished their immediate object, their military and naval authorities ordered the cessation ces-sation of operations and submitted terms for a truce pending the holding of an International conference on the Shanghai situation. It was apparent that the Japanese were determined to win a big victory before the meeting of the League of Nations, assembly on Thursday. Having Hav-ing accomplished this object, they were In better position to make or accept peace plans. Earlier in the week conversations con-versations in Geneva and aboard the flagship of British Admiral Sir Howard How-ard Kelly at Shanghai had led to hopes that there would be an immediate cessation ces-sation of fighting. But the Japanese still Insisted on the withdrawal of the Chinese forces . before moving their own, and this China refused. In Geneva Ge-neva the council of the league adopted a proposal of Joseph Puul-Boncour for a conference of all the powers directly interested, in Shanghai, and the Japanese Jap-anese government accepted this plan. Sir John Simon, British delegate, announced an-nounced that the United States would adhere to this proposal. The council . made the conference contingent upon a truce, and the fact that the severest fighting of the war followed immediately immedi-ately served to confuse the situation and to make observers in Shanghai skeptical of results. Dispatches from Tokyo quoted War Minister Araki as declaring: "Even if diplomatic negotiations are opened, we cannot withdraw our forces immediately. immedi-ately. It is impossible to do so in dealing with China's undisciplined and treacherous military forces. We can only withdraw our troops after witnessing ourselves that the Chinese forces have been withdrawn definitely to a certain designated point. We can keep our promise, but there is no guarantee guar-antee that the Chinese will keep theirs." Notwithstanding the arguments and pleas of certain university presidents and many pacifists, the United States government will not countenance a boycott of Japan, which would be in effect a war measure. Great Britain also Is opposed to such an economic blockade, and therefore it was predicted predict-ed that this drastic step would not be voted by the league assembly. The smaller nations were expected to favor fa-vor the boycott, but it could be sidetracked side-tracked by the British. CHARLES AUGUSTUS LIND-bergh. LIND-bergh. Jr., the twenty-months-old son of Col. nnd Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, Lind-bergh, was kidnaped Tuesday evening from the nursery on the second floor of his parents' home at Hopewell. N. J. The police forces of New Jersey, New York. Pennsylvania and other eastern states were busy on the case within an hour and. with the aid of countless airmen, began an intensive search for the infant and the rash miscreants who had stolen him. Indications In-dications were that the crime was committed hy a man and a woman and that the kidnapers had fled in an automobile. The criminals left a note demanding demand-ing the payment of $,"0,000 ransom and threatening the baby with death if this were refused. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh were of course ready to pay anything possible to get back their child and the authorities aided them in facilitating negotiations. At this writing it is reported that the return re-turn of the baby is expected soon. The kidnaping shocked the nation and the Lindberghs bad the warm sympathy sym-pathy of the entire population of the country and the active aid of everyone every-one who could in anyway help them. NOT officially associated in any way with the situation in the Orient, but interesting nevertheless is the fact that in a short time almost the entire navy of the United States will be in the Pacific ocean. Orders issued by the Navy department direct most of the warships in Atlantic waters wa-ters to take part in the March anil April maneuvers In the San Pedro area. The training squadron of the scouting foice and the special service squadron, including ten new cruisers anil destroyers, will join the scouting force of the Paci'ic tleef in defense of that pan of the California coast from attack by the battle fleet, which was due to start eastward from Hawaii on March 8. A total of 141 warships of all types. Including battleships, aircraft carriers, eight-Inch gun cruisers, cruis-ers, destroyers, and submarines will participate In the test of the Pacific coast's defensive power. D EPRESENTATIVE CHARLES R. Crisp of Georgia, acting chairman chair-man of the house ways and means committee, and his subcommittee for the drafting nf thp new tax bill completed complet-ed their work and reported re-ported the measure to the full committee, after which It was offered of-fered to the house for passage. Mr. Crisp announced that the bill assured a balanced bal-anced budget by the end of the next fiscal year provided current estimates were not upset. c- R- Crisp The measure Is expected to provide approximately $1,100,000,000 additional addition-al revenue annually through new or increased taxes. The principle feature fea-ture is the general manufacturers' sale tax, which, by the inclusion of a tax on gasoline sales, should produce pro-duce $025,000,000 annually. Increases in Income, Inheritance and estate taxes will bring about $250,000,000. The remaining $225,000,000, or thereabouts, there-abouts, will be raised by excise taxes. A promised cut of $125,000,000 to $150,000,000 in appropriations will bring this revenue program within the limits of next year's budget, it was said. ECONOMY went by the board when the house passed the emergency road construction bill which appropriates appropri-ates $132,500,000 for federal aid to the states in road building. Supported as a means of relief to the unemployed, the measure passed by a vote of 205 to 109. only 12 Democrats being recorded in opposition. Most of the money is to be allotted to the states by the secretary sec-retary of agriculture under the provisions pro-visions of the federal highway act. The federal government, according to the terms of the measure, is to be reimbursed re-imbursed over a period of ten years, commencing in 193S by making deductions deduc-tions from regular apportionments to be made later under the highway act. Secretary of Agriculture Hyde severely se-verely criticized the bill, asserting it would provide jobs for only about 35,-000 35,-000 men and would endanger stable development of the future federal aid program. It was predicted the measure, meas-ure, if it passed the senate, would be vetoed by the President. QUARRELING over credit for legislative leg-islative achievements, the Hoover supporters and the Democratic leaders lead-ers have quite ruptured the bi-partisan alliance for the eco- Iiili 1 nomic relief of the country, such as it was. Speaker Garner assailed the President, Presi-dent, was in turn attacked at-tacked by Senator Moses of New Hampshire, Hamp-shire, and the Democrats Demo-crats who hope to see Mr. Garner nominated for President leaped to his defense. Chief Sen. Connally f the latter was Senator Sen-ator Tom Connally of Texas. In a fiery speech he lambasted lambast-ed the administration for extravagance and lauded the Democrats for economy. econ-omy. Senator Brookhart of Iowa interjected inter-jected a question and brought on himself him-self this withering retort: "Tlv? senator from Iowa is a Republican Repub-lican in name only. He Is just as bitter bit-ter an antagonist of the present administration ad-ministration as any Democrat dare be. Yet he is afraid of anything that happens hap-pens to bear the Democratic label." rV AY by day Al Smith Is becoming more than a receptive candidate for the Democratic nomination. He has given written permission tp his friends to enter him In the Massachusetts Massa-chusetts primary. Smith carried that state in I'.)2S and Is so popular there that It will be the scene of the real Smith-Roosevelt fight. One former Democratic senator who seeks to take advantage of this possibly pos-sibly Democratic year to regain his old seat is Duniel E. Slock of Iowa. In announcing his candidacy he outlined out-lined views on national issues, advocating advo-cating tariff revision, a referendum on prohibition and adequate farm relief legislation. Steck was the Democratic nominee in 1024 and was seated hy the senate after an election contest with Smith W. Brookhart. He was defeated in 1930 by Senator L. J. Lickinson. Maj. Gen. Smedley D Rutlor announced an-nounced that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for United States senator from Pennsylvania against Senator James J. Davis. General Gen-eral Eutler said he would run on u bone-dry platform and would have the full support of Gov. Gifford Pint-hot. p RESIDENT HOOVER In a special message to congress asked for legislation leg-islation that would speed up federal criminal court justice, eliminate flaws In the national bankruptcy act and strengthen prohibition enforcement in the District of Columbia. The President's Presi-dent's proposals Included: 1. Legislation permitting the United States Supreme court to prescribe uniform uni-form rules of practice and procedure In criminal cases for all proceedings after verdicts In the district courts and for the Circuit Court of Appeals, so as to shorten the time between conviction con-viction of prisoners and their Incarceration Incar-ceration In federal penitentiaries. 2. Laws permitting an accused person per-son to waive the requirement of indictment in-dictment by grand jury when the accused ac-cused admits Ids guilt. 3. Legislation making valid all grand jury indictments where at least twelve eligible jurors vote for Indictment, Indict-ment, regardless of whether ineligible jurors voted. 4. Passing of legislation limiting the time for making motions to quash Indictments In-dictments because of disqualifications ot jurors. 5. Legislation enabling the attorney general to forego prosecution of children chil-dren in the federal courts and to return re-turn them to state authorities to be dealt with by juvenile courts and other state agencies. 6. Legislation supplementing the prohibition pro-hibition law for the District of Columbia. Colum-bia. 7. Amendment of the bankruptcy laws to give debtors protection of the courts in certain cases, to remove cumbersome cum-bersome sections of the bankruptcy laws, to require examination of every bankrupt by a responsible official and numerous other reforms. 8. Legislation creating additional judgships and federal court personnel to relieve congestion. LEGISLATION to authorize a complete com-plete Investigation of the stock exchanges ex-changes is favored by the senate banking bank-ing committee and a subcommittee headed by Senator Walcott of Connecticut Connec-ticut has been appointed to prepare it. It was the consensus of the committee, com-mittee, Chairman Norbeck said, that all phases of stock market speculation should be inquired into. The activities activi-ties of the long interests as well as the short interests will be investigated, investi-gated, he said, but it is probable that the bears will receive first attention. With only five votes in opposition the senate passed the Norris anti-injunction bill for which organized labor la-bor has been crying for several years. It sharply limits the cases in which federal injunctions may issue in labor disputes; provides that a person charged with Indirect contempt of a federal court shall have right of appeal, ap-peal, and outlaws the "yellow dog" contract that is, any agreement whereby workers promise not to join a labor union during the term of their employment. There is no longer any doubt about getting a test vote on prohibition in the house. The petition to bring the Beck-Linthicum bill for state liquor control to the floor has received the necessary 145 signatures, the final name being that of J. J. Mansfield of Texas, a cripple who made his way to the clerk's desk in his wheel chair and affixed his signature as the wets cheered. " The test will not come before be-fore March 14. DAVID JAYNE HILL, educator, historian his-torian and diplomat, died last week in Washington, where he had lived in retirement for many years. Before becoming ambassador to Germany Ger-many in 1907, Doctor Hill served as president of Buckneil university for nine years. From 1SSS to 1893 he was president of the University of Rochester. Roches-ter. He began his diplomatic career in 1903, when he was appointed minister min-ister to Switzerland. He was made minister to the Netherlands two years later, and was a member of the per- manent administrative council of The . Hague tribunal and one of the Amer- j lean delegates to" -the second peace conference at The Hague. j REVOLT has broken out in Finland, i The rebels are members of the Lapua party, or Fascists, and they j have gathered in large numbers, well I i armed, threatening civil war if President ; Pehr' Evind Svinhuf-vud Svinhuf-vud does not oust all Communists and So- j cialists from his cabinet. cab-inet. The president's reply was the decreeing decree-ing of a new safety law that gives him extreme ex-treme military powers to meet the crisis. It permits the suppres sion oi newspapers President f0Und guilty of agita- Svinhufvud tion dissolving of all demonstrations, search of homes, examination ex-amination of all persons out of doors and hindrance of armed individuals moving from place to place, with other oth-er steps considered necessary to preserve pre-serve order. The army and civil guards proved loyal to the government and went out to meet the revolutionaries, and the president decided the leaders of the Lapua parly should he arrested if possible. The disturbance was main ly in southern Finland, centering ti .Mantsala. i N GREAT BRITAIN'S era of free trade, which hat lasted for 85 years, came to an end with the enactment en-actment of the new tariff law and Its approval by the crown. The final hours saw numerous ships rushing to all the ports of the United Kingdom, trying to get their cargoes to land before the customs duties became effective. ef-fective. I. 1932. Western Newspaper Union.) |