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Show ' News Review of Current Events the World Over Radicals in Senate Keep Up Fight Against Drought Relief Compromise Schall Attacks Attorney General Mitchell. By EDWARD V. PICKARD X - ' 1 RADICALS Id the senate gave np hope of defeating the compromise on drought relief appropriations ap-propriations which was outlined a week ago, for Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, and many titers prominent In his narty Indorsed It as tile host thai could 8enator Blaine be outi,ined. Itoih Robinson and Caraway, who had been so critical of the administration's policy, pol-icy, chanted their stand, defended President Hoover, expressed their confidence con-fidence in Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and admitted Hint the work of the lied Cross In the drouj-'ht area bad Improved until it was now adequate ad-equate to the situation, liobinson said be was uot trying lo save his face, but honestly believed that the compromise com-promise agreement would do whal was necessa ry. Secretary Hyde was asked to tell the senate wiiether in his opinion money obtained by farmers under the compromise plan could he used to buy food. His reply was yes. La Follette and Blaine of Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, Norrls of Nebraska and other Insurgents In-surgents continued to denounce the . compromise as humiliating, wicked, shameful and altogether wrong. Young Bob denounced the Democrats for cooperating co-operating with the 1 dminislralion, and asserted that "if we accept this surrender sur-render It means that we do nothing for the 22.000,000 alTected by unemployment." unem-ployment." While he was speaking a committee of fifteen that was said to represent the workers' unemployment Insurance delegation tried to get into the house of representatives with a big petition, demanding that Speaker Longwortn recess the house for twenty minutes so they might appear on the floor and state their case. The speaker refused this request and would not receive the committee in his ofHce. so the petition peti-tion was left with his secretary and the Importunate visitors were gently pushed out of the Capitol by a bunch of policemen. The unemployed workers work-ers were said to be led by communists, commun-ists, and the Washington police were out In force to prevent a Red Invasion. This aroused the wrath of Senator Blaine, who declared that "the menace exists only In the minds of those who are protecting the very system that may some day create a real menace of this sort." In Minneapolis, Boston, New York, Sacramento and other cities there were communist demonstrations in behalf of relief for the unemployed, in some Instances In-stances Involving conflicts with the police. TD. SCHALL, the blind radical Republican Re-publican senator from Minnesota, resents President Hoover's, request that he cense recommending Ernest Mkhel of Minneapolis for a federal Judgeship Judge-ship and submit a list of "til" candidates. He DUts all the blame for l!f 'gB the situation on At- Ernest Michel torney General Mitchell, Mitch-ell, declaring that the hitter's "corporation-public utility connections" have warped his Judgment. Schall isn't letting let-ting the iffair rest. He sent a letter calling to the attention of the President Presi-dent "some of tile former corporation connections of his attorney general," and also told the senate all about these. , "As a Republican and a senator," Schall wrote, "let me Importune you. Mr. President, lot to close your eyes to the lessons of rectnt political history. his-tory. Taft wrecked his administration by trusting Bellinger; Harding wrecked his by trusting Fall. Dnugh erty and others of lesser notoriety like Theodore Rush Holland. "Are you going to wreck yours by further trusting your attorney general? gener-al? The answer it for you to make; but millions of loyal Republicans throughout the land are hoping and praying for a negative answer." WELL, the Smedley Butler incident is closed. The riery marine general gen-eral has expressed In writing his regret re-gret for his animadversions on Premier Prem-ier Mussolini, Secretary of the Navy Adams has formall' reprimanded hitn for bis Indiscretion, and the order for the general's court-martial trial has been revoked. The public is disappointed disappoint-ed for It had expected some spicy reading. Information obtained at Washington Is that Ambassador de Martino of Italy called on Secretary of State Stimson and discussed the Butler case In such a way that It was easy to infer that his government would prefer that Italo-American relations should not be Imperiled through a presentation of the circumstances surrounding the alleged al-leged hit-and-run Incident in a possibly possi-bly acrimonious way. It was apparent that Mussolini would be glad if the matter were dropped entirely, so Mr. Stimson suggested to Mr. Adams thnt a compromise might be effected, with the result slated above. Premier Mussolini was quoted as saying In Rome: "I have already forgotten for-gotten the whole matter, except the kind touch of friendship the American government showed towards llaly and me.' X71IKN the senate passed the inde-pendent inde-pendent otlices appropriation bill the federal farm board was given a new lease of life and assured that It could continue Its operations for another year. The measure carried the final SKKl.OtHUKKJ of the board's authorized $500,000,000 revolving loan fund. The senators, desiring to avoid bli.me if the board fails to accomplish results, rejected an amendment offered of-fered by Senator Black of Alabama which would have forbidden the use of any of the hundred millions for trading in futures on grain or cotton exchanges. Southern senators were particularly exercised over the use of farm board funds by cotton co-operatives in trading trad-ing in futures. By permitting its funds to be used In this way It was asserted as-serted that the board is encourag'iig speculation. EMBARRASSING. to say the least. Is the position in which Leo S. Rover, district attorney of the District of Columbia, Colum-bia, finds himself. When the senate rescinded re-scinded Its approval of the. appointment of George Otis Smith as a member of the fed- Leo S. Rover eral PHwer board and then rejected the nomination, it also adopted a resolution resolu-tion ordering Mr. Rover to Institute court proceeding to oust Mr. Smith from the board. He has no choice but to obey these instructions. However, both President Hoover and Attorney General William Mitchell hold that Mr. Smith's appointment was legal and that the former approval of It by the Senate must stand, wherefore apparently ap-parently It is up to Mr. Rover to attempt at-tempt to prove that his superiors are wrong In their contention. BISHOP CANNON of the Methodist Church South was freed from the charges made against him, the elders deciding they did not have sufficient merit to warrant putting the bishop on trial. But this didn't, end the churchman's troubles, for Senator Nye's campaign fund committee, with enlarged powers, called on him to explain ex-plain his expenditures of anti-Smith funds In the campaign of 11128. Disclosure in the house of the large expenses Incurred by the Nye committee com-mittee in Its travels about the country coun-try has greatly Irked the North Dakota Da-kota senator. This expense account has been Introduced into the Congressional Congres-sional Record, and Nye justly fears It will be a polent weapon In the hands of his foes when he comes up for re-election. FRIENDS and admirers ad-mirers of Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland Mary-land are very busy these days urging him as the Democratic standard bearer of 1932. They have formed the Ritchie-for-I'resldenl league and its general secretary. secre-tary. Lawrence Lock- I wood of Baltimore. Gov Ritcne says it will have branches In forty-eight' stales within three months. Ahvady these branches number thlrfeen. organizations in Michigan, Massachusetts. Illinois and Georgia having been formed In the last two weeks. The national president of the Ritchie league is Edward A. Gabler of Philadelphia, and the leader in New York is William A. PowelJ. As is of course well known. Governor Ritchie is a wet. The entire Maryland Democracy Is back of Governor Ritchie, the only man In the history of Maryland who has been elected four rime. to the governor's chair. From reports re-ceived. re-ceived. the tilchie leaguers believe that Ritchie already is regarded as a serious contender for the presidential nomination to he made hy the Democratic Demo-cratic party next year. The plan to formulate a national organization got under way about two months ago. Secretary Lockwood said a quiet campaign cam-paign was now being conducted on the Pacific coast and among midwest states. BY A vote of 91 to 56 the lower house of the Illinois assembly passed an act wiping out the state prohibition law and the search and seizure act that complements It. The repealers had 1-1 more votes than were necessary. The measure goes to the senate, which is In recess until February Feb-ruary 17, and some of the house members mem-bers gave warning that unless prompt action was taken by the upper houBS there might be a filibuster on appropriation appropri-ation bills. The Wisconsin senate adopted three resolutions asking congress to relieve the country from prohibition. One urges a national prohibition referendum, referen-dum, the second asks modification of the Volstead act to permit the manufacture manu-facture of light wines and beer, and the third calls to- Immediate repeal or modification of the Eighteenth amendment. Concurrence of the lower house in these resolutions was considered con-sidered certain. r EFYING the en- emies of the monarchy and disregarding disre-garding all threats, King Alfonso has restored re-stored part of the abrogated constitutional constitu-tional rights of the Spaniards and called parliamentary elections elec-tions for Mnrch 1, ending the dictator- King Alfonso K,,iP "' "nS beeD '" existeLce about seven years. The royal decree restores during dur-ing the election period freedom of speech, freedom of writing, freedom of lawful assembly and of political and religious organization. It says the government lias done everything possible possi-ble to guarantee honest elections and that these should have the full support sup-port of the nation. But, say the Madrid correspondents, many politicians do not believe In the sincerity of the government and many more will not participate In the elections elec-tions because of their wrath against tlie king. Socialists representing the vast majority of labor; Republicans, who command the support of fully 90 per cent of the students; monarchist enemies of Alfonso XIII, who, under the guidance of Sanchez Guerra, are demanding a constituent assembly. stand fast In their refusal to go to the polls. The opening of the electoral period finds the country In a stale of extreme nervousness. Alarming posters of revolutionary revo-lutionary and counter revolutionary plots appear everywhere. T F THE naval ap- propriations bill reported re-ported favorably to the house becomes law, the naval establishment estab-lishment will be considerably con-siderably reduced. The measure carries $344,-00jX)00, $344,-00jX)00, which Is more than $30,000,000 below the expenditures al- lowed for the current year. It provides for Rep BrItten fewer ships In commission, com-mission, reduces the enlisted personnel of both the navy and the marine corps, diminishes funds for new warships and decreases the size of the Naval academy acad-emy classes at Annapolis. Officer strength is maintained at the same level. There Is now before congress a warship war-ship authorization bill carrying $74,-000,000, $74,-000,000, which provides for the construction con-struction of one cruiser, four submarines subma-rines and one aircraft carrier. Chair-man Chair-man Fred A. Britten of Illinois, of the naval affairs committee announced efforts ef-forts would be made to have the house enact this measure, and It also will be pushed in the senate later. It Is favored fav-ored by President Hoover. WITHOUT a negative vote the senate sen-ate passed the Kendall bill, already al-ready passed by the house,' providing for a 44-hour week In the p.ostal service. serv-ice. The measure was backed by the National Federation of Post Office Clerks and opposed by Postmaster General Brown. WHILE Paul Bogdanov, head of the Amtorg Trailing corporation, was denying to Chicago business men that Russia was dumping wheat on central European markets, dispatches came from Vienna telling how Russia's Rus-sia's commercial representative there, operating from his seat on the Vienna stock exchange, vas offering Soviet wheat at prices as much as 25 per cent under those quoted by competitors. competi-tors. It was understood in the Austrian capital that the Soviet government was planning to ship wheat from Russian Rus-sian Black sea ports up the Danube river to compete with grain from Rumania, Ru-mania, Jugo-SIavia and Hungary In the markets of central Europe. Jugoslavia Jugo-slavia already has taken steps to combat com-bat this move, a decree being promulgated promul-gated doubling the duty on Imported wheat. Hour and corn. K'linors of political turmoil In Russia Rus-sia that might lead to a revolution caused the price ol wheat on the Chicago Chi-cago board of trade to jump 4 cenis a bushel to the highest price quoted there since last July. I ORD IRWIN, who is still viceroy - of India, seems to have spilled the beans in the dispute with the Nationalists. Na-tionalists. Mahatnia Gandhi who was m rather a conciliatory mood, wrote to Lord Irwin asking an Investigation of what he termed gross cruelty and repression by police In subduing those engaged In the liberation movement. The reply of the viceroy is described as "i-urt and coldly official," and the inemhers of the working committee of the National congress professed to see In it no evidence that the government really desires to make peace with the Nationalists except on Its own terms. They feel there is no longer hope fot the acceptance of Prime Minister Ramsay Ram-say MacDonald's proposal for qualified home rule for India. The Bengal leg islative council approved the MacDun aid plan. (fcV 1931. Western Ntwaijaper uiuj.i |