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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Powers Are Eusy With Plans for Limiting Armaments and Insuring Peace By EDWARD W. PICKARD Ti EDUCTION' of armaments and other plans for insuring the peace of the world and so saving the lives and money- of its inhabitants are occupying oc-cupying the international mind these days largely to the exclusion of other matters. Chief of the week's developments develop-ments in this line was the virtual conclusion of the conversations between be-tween Ambassador Dawes and Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain with enough agreement reached to make certain tiie calling of a five-power five-power conference on naval reduction. England will issue the Invitation, it was announced, to the United States, France, Italy and Japan, and the meeting probably will be held In London, starting In the second week In January. Mr. MacDonald completed complet-ed his arrangements to sail for the United States on September 2S to confer con-fer with President Hoover and Secretary Sec-retary of State Stimson, and It was assumed that this consultation would result only in furthering the plans for the big meeting. Dispatches from Washington asserted as-serted that President Hoover already had agreed to accept a limitation of the number of 10,000-ton cruisers the United States may build, In addition to a limitation of aggregate cruiser tonnage, which Is the point for which the British contended In the futile Geneva conference of 1027. Whether America's big cruisers shall number 18 or 21 ls to be decided later. It may be, too, the British will put over their former proposition that there shall be no replacements of capital ships before 103G, when the Washington Washing-ton treaties expire. The extremists In the matter of nntlonul defense are rather worried by these reported concessions, con-cessions, and ennnot see how the United States ls to attain naval parity with Great Britain, but Aniericuns In general probably regard the negotiations negotia-tions with complacency. President Hoover In a radio address sought to reassure those who might be apprehensive for their country's safety. He declared that naval and land armaments should be held dowu to the barest necessities for defense purposes, In the Interests of peace, and that unless this policy Is adhered to, preparedness may Income a threat of aggression undt cause of fear and animosity throughout the world. The proposals now under discussion by the great powers, he said, "would preserve our national defenses and yet would relieve the backs of those who toil from gigantic expenditures and the world from the hate and fear which flows from the rivalry In building warships." war-ships." Dealing with the troubles that may confront the five-power conference, the London Dally Telegraph says: "It Is from Frnnce and Italy, rather than from Japan, that the greatest dlfllcultles are feared. These two powers may draw together temporarily tempo-rarily for the purpose of objecting to holding the conference In London and of weaving causes for delay, hut they have been engaged Blnce 1H20 In a naval race of a very strenuous und severe chnructer with one another. "It Is rot generally appreciated that France has been working on a building build-ing scheme which does not reach Its maturity until 1H42 nnd which comprises com-prises 18 cruisers, HO destroyers, G7 ocean-going subuuirlncs and -18 coastal submarines. Italy's building program was further Increased only last year by the addition of lit ships to cost an additional J I.',IKKI,IKX), hut Its principal princi-pal strength lies In Its fast destroyers and motor torpedo craft." LORD Itnl'.I'.KT CIX'II, presented -J to (he disarmament committee of the League of Nations the British plan calling for reopening of the ipiestlou of trained army rcserws In any sctiemo for world disarmament, nnd was supported by the Ceruuin dele;n. lion, 'i'h Frunch, Italians and Jap anese argued that this question had been definitely laid aside last spring and that the present time was Inopportune Inop-portune for reopening it. Since the great powers in the Leagne of Nations have rejected France's proposal pro-posal for an International standing army, and Great Britain refused to help form an International navy, the league Is now thinking of forming an international air force to help in compelling com-pelling the world to be peacefuL Col. Clifford Harmon of America, president of the International League of Aviators, Avi-ators, suggested the scheme last December De-cember and was sharply rebuked by Lord Cushendun of England; but he did not give up, and seems to have gained some support from Premier Briand of France and other diplomats. Last week both the French and the Germans Introduced before the disarmament dis-armament committee resolutions defining defin-ing the Juridical status of the planes of such an International force over various countries. The French measure meas-ure said that the international commission com-mission for aerial navigation Is preparing pre-paring plans and urges the freedom of flying over all states, granted that they are the league's machines. The German resolution said that, having learned that the international commission for aerial navigation is studying the legal position of league aircraft, the question must give rise to an important issue that the various vari-ous governments will require an opportunity op-portunity to study after they have received re-ceived complete Information on the project. Count von BernstorfT for Germany thought the French viewpoint could not be accepted. Harmon's plan provides for a fleet of bombing planes to attack and break np mobilization In an aggressive country by smashing bridges, tunnels, railways, and other lines of transportation in order to prevent pre-vent the attacker from Invading a neighbor country. The leagtie assembly shelved until next year a proposal to assist nations threatened by war with International loans guaranteed by all powers In the league. One of its committees also carried toward completion plans for lowering of customs barriers and reductions re-ductions of economic Impediments to trade, an essential preliminary being a world tariff truce of three or four years. BRITISH and Belgian troops quietly began the evacuation of the Uhlno-land, Uhlno-land, and some of the Freuoh troops were withdrawn, though It ls expected France will maintain a rather large force there up to the last minute. Wiesbaden ls to be made the headquarters head-quarters of the Interallied Khineland commission, whose staff will be greatly great-ly reduced. OHINA says It Is getting tired of the Soviet Itussiaa raids on Jtan-churian Jtan-churian border towns aud that unless they cease the Nationalist government will drop Its defensive tactics and adopt other measures, confident that it will receive the support of world opinion. The Chinese troops are enraged en-raged by the tales of atrocities prac tlced by the Russians, as brought to Harbin by fugitive Chinese merchants from the border regions and cannot be restoalned much longer. Foreign Minister Min-ister C T. Wang has protested through the German government agulnst the Internment by the Russians of Chinese who are not Communists or members of Russian trade unions nnd demanded their Immediate re-leuse. re-leuse. While gathering large bodies of troops and quantities of munitions on the Munchurlan frontiers, the Chlueso are collecting a mnss of evidence to prove to the world that Russia has been Tlolatlng the Kellogg pact. Denials De-nials of this by Moscow do not have great weight with those who are uware of the Russian propensity to misrepresent to put It mildly, SOON after Col. R. W. Stewart wns ousted by the Rockefellers from the chairmanship of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana there were rumors ru-mors that he was going to form a combine to tight the American oil kings. Those have been revived now, for the colonel sidled for Kurnpo last week and It was ndmltted he would visit Sir Henri Dolordlng, oil magnate of Kurnpo nnd director general of the Rnynl Dutch Shell company who-;,, products already are sold ail ovei America, if a combine of Standard's ' competitors does result. It may bring the Royal Dutch Shell and Its ramifications, ramifi-cations, the Sinclair companies, the Prairie Oil and Gas and subsidiary pipe line company and the Continental Conti-nental Oil company all under a unified uni-fied control. Rumors In American financial fi-nancial circles were that Stewart had I enlisted the Morgan Interests. It looks as If a merry oil war were In the offing. Harry M. Blackmer, the American oil magnate who fled to France to rf avoid testifying in the Teapot Dome f- cases and is still over there, was fined $00,000 for contempt of court by Justice Jus-tice Siddons of the District of Columbia Co-lumbia Supreme court. His lawyer gave notice of appeal, and Blackmer's $100,000 in Liberty bonds, seized some time ago, remains In the custody of the federal marshal In Washington. APT. JOHN M'LEOD brought his 1 motor vessel Shawnee of Nova Scotia Into Halifax with two shell holes In its hull, and declared these were caused by two of four shells fired at close range by the U. S. coast guard cutter No. 145 when the Shawnee was , , 26 miles off New York, bound from Bermuda to Halifax in ballast. He said the No. 145 had all its lights doused and that -after the firing It called the coast guard Gresham, which later was relieved by another vessel, and that he finally outdistanced; bis convoy. McLeod said he would make formal protest through Ottawa. The Shawnee ls alleged to have been engaged In rum running. rOWN in the Carolinas the inhabi-tants inhabi-tants apparently are determined not to have Communists from other regions interfering with their labor troubles. The radicals from New Tork who went down there to aid the striking textile workers are having hav-ing a rough time, what with kidnapers kidnap-ers nnd whippers, and in a mob attack at-tack on persons on the way to a strikers' rally at Gastonia, N. C, one woman was shot to death. For this murder and for various floggings numerous nu-merous arrests have been made, and the state authorities seem to be doing all In their power to restore order: but the Carolinians are in an ugly mood and further bloodshed Is expected. ex-pected. DRESIDENT HOOVER'S appolnt-1 appolnt-1 ment of Henry F. Guggenheim as ambassador to Cuba to succeed Noble B. Judah, resigned, meets with general approval. The new ambassador Is one of the leading figutes In American aviation, being president of the Guggenheim Gug-genheim fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. During the war he t served In the naval aviation forces In both France and Italy and roie to the rank of lieutenant commander. O RIG. GEN. LYTLK BROWN, ona D of the greatest of American engineers, engi-neers, was appointed chief of army engineers wiph rank of major general to succeed Major General Jadwin. retired, re-tired, and simultaneously with making known this selection. President Hoover announced plans for the reorganization reorganiza-tion of the office Brown takes. High ranking officers will he placed In entire en-tire charge of Important projects nnd held definitely responsible for the successful suc-cessful completion of these special assignments. as-signments. General Brown Is fifty-seven years old and was born at Nashville, Tena. TSJEW YORK Is to have a lively L mnyoralty campaign with five candidates. Congressman F. H. La-Guardia, La-Guardia, extreme wet, won the Republican Re-publican nomination, but the dry Republicans Re-publicans begun laying plans to put up a dry candidate. The Democrats renominated Jimmy Walker, and Richard Rich-ard Enrlght, former police conitnl.i- sloner, was put up by the Square Deal party, attacking Tammany control of the police department. The fifth can dldate Is Norman Thomas, running ns a Socialist, nnd he Is expected to be stronger than his party because of dissatisfaction with both l.aGuardin aud Walker, JHKGKK of two of New York's A1 biggest haul,, the National City am the Corn l-Acharge, was arranged and approved by Hie directors. The consolidation brings together total re sources of $J.:'.S.i.or.i. Idi. maUin It the largest hael; In the world. . Woji. ru n.n..i ( |