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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over " United States Warns Japan It Is Violating the Nine-Power Treaty President Prods Congress on Relief Measures. Ey EDWARD W. PICKARD JAPAN has been formally notified that in the opinion of the American Ameri-can government she is violating the nine-power treaty by her actions in Manchuria. The Unit-fynr.&l Unit-fynr.&l ed States does not I - recognize as legal Ja- tA-f pan's occupation of the country. China E j j- 1 and Japan are both rty warned that Washing- H 4 ton will not recognize , V any agreement entered - ""f4 into by them which E , violates the open-door E pact or the Kellogg bjsttrAtaas.Mttfcj anti-war treaty. These statements Sec'y Stimson wpre fonvarJed ln identical notes to Tokyo and Nanking by Secrelary of State Stimson, who immediately thereafter called in the diplomatic representatives of the signatories sig-natories to the nine-power pact and told them what he had done. It was expected that Great Britain and some of the other powers would follow the American example. Mr. Stimson declined de-clined to say what could or would be done if Japan persists in violations of the treaty. The nine-power pact calls for no other action than "full and frank communication between the contracting powers concerned" in case of an emergency. The Kellogg treaty calls for no military or diplomatic steps. The Japanese forces in Manchuria moved on southward from Cliinchow and occupied Shanhaikwan, the gateway gate-way to China, situated where the Great Wall reaches the coast. Their garrison garri-son in Tientsin was heavily increased and a "grand review" was held there. Earlier in the week the Washington administration was aroused by an attack at-tack made on American Consul Culver B. Chamberlain by Japanese soldiers in Mukden. Formal protest brought an apology from the Japanese ambassador ambas-sador in Washington but Mr Stimson let him know that the incident . would not be considered closed until the offenders of-fenders had been adequately punished. For this affair, as for all its actions in Manchuria, the Japanese government govern-ment sought to put forward excuses and explanations which in most cases appear to be ready made to fit the circumstances. On Friday a bomb was hurled in Tokyo by a young Corean in an effort to assassinate Emperor Hirohito. It exploded near the carriage preceding that occupied by the ruler, and no one was injured. GREAT disturbance in the French government was caused by the death of Andre Maginot, minister of war, and it appeared certain there would be changes in the cabinet. Some observers expected Briand would be forced out and that Tardieu would succeed him as foreign minister. Maginot Magi-not was responsible for the government's govern-ment's strong military attitude and originated the plan for a great chain of fortresses along the eastern border. WITH President nnover appealing appeal-ing to congress for speedy and nonpartisan action on the relief measures meas-ures he has recommended, the Democrats Demo-crats began to push forward the first of -ri their party bills of , major importance, This is a tariff bill f I not designed to alter & 4;S t 1 existing rates but to I ' 1 deprive the Chief Ex- .A J ecutive of his control t' 1 over the flexible pro- ' 1 visions of the present . v - j act. It also calls od K the President to sum- ILL t -J mon an international conference for the re- J' W' Co"ler duction of tariff rates. This measure, which was introduced by Representative James W. Collier of Mississippi, Democratic chairman of the house ways and means committee, commit-tee, had the approval of the congressional congres-sional Democratic joint policy committee. com-mittee. It would take away the power pow-er now enjoyed by the President to accept or reject, as he alone sees fit, the recommendations made by the tariff commission, under the flexible provisions of the Smoot -Hawle.v act. It would give congress the final right to determine whether or not the commission's com-mission's findings justify a change in rates. Supported by all the Democrats and probably some of the independent Republicans, Re-publicans, this bill, it was admitled, had a good chance to get through both houses but not with a sufficient mar gin to pass it over the presidential veto that might be expected. MR. HOOVER'S plea for quick action ac-tion on relief bills was made in a special message. The measures fur which he spoke especially Included the bill already passed by the house to increase the capitalization of the federal land bank system by a sum between $100,000.(100 nnd ? 12.". 000.000 ; the bill to create a federally financed S'iOO.OOO.OOO "reconstruction finance corporation"; the bill to create a Home loan discount system capitalized capital-ized by the government at a minimum of 5150,000,000; and a bill to liberal ize the rediscount provisions of the federal reserve system. The President also urged a plan to release the assets of closed banks, a revisions of the transportation act with a view to strengthening the value val-ue of railroad bonds, and a revision of the banking laws, the better to protect depositors. Senate and house leaders of both parties promised to aid the President's proposals. The senate started relief affairs In its own way by passing Senator Capper's resolution authorizing authoriz-ing the distribution to the needy of 40,000,000 bushels of stabilization wheat held by the farm board, through the administration of the American Red Cross and other organizations. The farm board is to be credited with the market price of the wheat at the time of the transaction. John Barton Payne, chairman of the Red Cross, said that that organization would gladly undertake the distribution, distribu-tion, and later before the house committee com-mittee on agriculture he not only spoke in favor of this bill, but encouraged en-couraged the introduction of a bill to treat farm board cotton in the same fashion, so that cotton goods may be donated to those lacking clothing. Mr. Payne was explicit on one point. He wanted the exact duties of the Red Cross as distributing agent definitely set out In the bill. Out of his experience, experi-ence, he said, the Red Cross would be criticized in whatever it did and he wished no loopholes left in the bill. COULD William Jennings Bryan have returned to earth and been present in the - senate chamber the other day he would have been immensely im-mensely gratified, for the old "16 to 1" is- V v? sue which nearly car- i0'!:l':i: ried him into the If:. '-"..' :-:v White House years ivf':1-:'f:;S ago .was revived by ' Is?t "1sk I Senator Burton K. 0MiS Wheeler. Thai Detn SMSf ocrat from Montana i;-?;Ss:s introduced a bill pro- ls.'lssjj viding for the free ffliifv; ; coinage of silver on f the basis of 16 ounces "a.vnAii to 1 of gold, which V . r Sen. Wheeler was exactly what Mr. Bryan sougnt so long to bring about. "This legislation would do more than all suggestions heretofore combined com-bined towards reviving, encouraging, vitalizing and resuscitating business in this country and throughout the world," Wheeler said. "Contentment, happiness and lucrative lucra-tive occupation would be substituted for discontentment, despair, with their inevitable resultant tragedies to follow." fol-low." SENATOR BORAH sometimes disregards dis-regards utterly the wrath of his colleagues, anaV he did this when he introduced Mtree bills designed to effect ef-fect economies in government expenditures. expend-itures. The first of these meirsures would redu"e" the salaries of the federal fed-eral farm ooard members from $12,- 000 to $!).00(i a year. It woulo further furth-er place a $15,000 maximum on any annual salary connected with the board, a orovision aimed at the counsel who now receives $20,000. The second bill strikes at the dearly beloved twenty cent mileage prerogative preroga-tive of congressional and certain other oth-er governmental officials. The third bill cuts the salary of the Vice Presid ml from $15,000 a year to $10,000; and does the same thing for the members of the President's cabinet, cab-inet, it also reduces the $10,000 per annum now paid to senators and representatives rep-resentatives to $S.(KI0. It was stated at the White House that President Hoover did not believe be-lieve this federal salary cut movement move-ment would come close to passage in congress and thai if it were seriously considered he would oppose it. His opinion is that it would result fn loss of efficiency i.nd morale and also that it would set a had example for the country. All through the depression period the President has urired busi ness and industry not to reduce wages except as a last resort. "OMMUNIST activities in the Unit-' Unit-' ed Slales have been a specialty of lamillon Fish. Jr.. congressman from New York, and I he recent tragedy in Easton, Pa., when v -. 1 ,., clerks were ; C , j killed by a bomb 1 .s:" mailed to an Italian, together with the riis- Jf'ks n covery of bombs in tf.5 . ! the mail in other lo- (,' $ rnlities gave him a 'f s i new opportunity. He I " x introduced In the : house a resolution ' : : 1 ''""ins for a congres- -iV.iJ sional inquiry into u -i. r-- t. 'he activities of Fas-Hamilton Fas-Hamilton Fish, ..... jr cists and anti-t ascists in this country. The "diabolical bomb conspiracy," he said, had been charged to both those factions fac-tions of our Italian residents nnd he urged the invesligation "for the purpose pur-pose of pulting an end to all such activities ac-tivities which tend to create discord with a friendly nation and have caused enmities, riots and murders among our own people." JOHN J. RASKOB, chairman of tlie Democratic national committee, fearing a split between the wet and dry wings of tlie party, backed down a bit from his dripping wet attitude, lie made public a letter he sent to members of tlie national committee recommending the adoption of a home rule plank by tlie coming national convention. lie advocates the submission sub-mission of an amendment to the Eighteenth amendment which would give control of the liquor traffic to each individual state. Mr. Raskob also asked that the result re-sult of his questionnaire to contributors contrib-utors to the last national campaign be referred to the convention. More than 25,000 replies to the questionnaires question-naires were received and of these 93 per cent favored tlie resubmission of the Eighteenth amendment to the people. peo-ple. Seventy-nine per cent were for outright repeal of prohibition. In his letter Mr. Raskob said: "1 believe there will be either a definite split between the Democratic party of tlie North and the Democratic party of tlie South or there will be formed a Liberal party in America unless those of us who love the traditions of the Democratic party find some common com-mon ground under the teachings of Jefferson without resorting to expediences expedi-ences and sacrificing the high principles princi-ples of either school of thought." DEMOCRATS and wets both rejoiced re-joiced ever the result of the election in New Hampshire to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Rep-resentative Fletcher Hale, dry Republican. Repub-lican. In a normally Republican district dis-trict William N. Rogers, former congressman, con-gressman, who is a wet Democrat, was victorious over former Gov. John Bartlett by about 3,000 votes. Rogers' chief issue in the campaign was unemployment un-employment and industrial depression. The Democrats in the house now number 220, while the Republicans have 214 and the Farmer-Laborites one. MAHATMA GANDHI is in prison at Poona, many other leaders of the Indian Nationalists are under arrest and troops are on their way from England Eng-land to reinforce those in India ; but it is evident the British government is going to have a terribly hard time suppressing sup-pressing the revolt of the natives. Viceroy Lord Willingdon put into effect ef-fect various emergency decrees, outlawing out-lawing the All-India Congress party, forbidding contributions to its funds and prohibiting demonstrations and peaceful picketing. From his cell Gandhi Issued an appeal ap-peal to the Christians of India to support sup-port the independence movement, to adopt the spinning wheel and homespun home-spun garments and to renounce drink. Native women were leading most of the anti-British demonstrations, while the men carried on the fight against payment of taxes and manufactured illicit salt. The boycott of British goods of all kinds spread rapidly. Gandhi told his followers that "the boycott is the weapon that will bring England to her knees." He continued to urge that they indulge in no violence, vio-lence, but in this he is not being obeyed by all the Nationalists. CHARLES G. DAWES, ambassador to Great Britain, on coming borne from London the other day took occasion occa-sion to deny forcibly the rumor that he was a possible can-didate can-didate for the Repub-!. Repub-!. v " lican nomination for f Y -s President, a sort of J last hope of those who S 1 not iavor 'ne re" isw ' nomination of Mr. ' 1 t Hoover, Gen. Dawes , i said he was in Wash- i N s lngton solely for the s " 1 puipose of consulting with the President concerning the course to be followed by the C. G. Dawes , , American delegation to the coming disarmament conference, of which delegation he is to be the head. After General Dawes and the other American delegates had breakfast with President Hoover it was announced at the .White House that the United States does not. intend to play a leading lead-ing role at the conference. Having cut the American military establishment to the bone in the name of economy, no further cuts along this line should be expected, this administration spokesman spokes-man said. It was also pointed out that as the United States now ranked fifteenth fif-teenth among the nations in military power, there was little likelihood that this country would be asked to make any real cuts. Dispatches from Rome say the Italian Ital-ian delegation will he led by Foreign Minister Dino Grandi, and that he will be assisted by Ihe ministers of war, navy" and ai- and some fifty other officials. offi-cials. The attitude Italy will take in the conference will be in accordance with the understandings reached in the conversations of Mussolini. Grand! and Secretary Stimson ln Rome and of Grandi with President Hoover in Washington. NOT only Chicago but mankind is much the poorer for the death of Julius Rosenwald, philanthropist and capitalist, who passed away after two years of Illness. He had made great sums of money In merchandising and devoted most of his fortune to benefactions bene-factions designed to encourage thrift and to eradicate racial and religious prejudice. REVOLUTION in Portugal was said to have been frustrated by the arrest In Oporto of 200 persons and the seizure of quantities of bombs, rilles and pistols. The situation, however, how-ever, was still considered serious. , 1932. Western Newspaper Union.) |