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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Japan Still Defies League of Nations and China Threatens Groener Asks Fair Play for Germany in Armaments. By EDWARD W. PICKARD THERE Is no war in Manchuria because, be-cause, as the League o Nations and other authorities agree, there cannot be a war until a competent government has de- I i clarcd war. Hut there have been bloody battles bat-tles up there almost every day, and the situation during the week was getting worse. The league council was to meet again on November Id, and It was confronted con-fronted with the fact that Japan had not heeded its order to Henry Pu-YI wjthdraw her troops by that date, with the added aggravation aggrava-tion that Tokyo had reiterated the statement that It would not obey the order and would make no concessions to the league. Then China came to bat with a statement by Its representative at Geneva, Dr. Alfred Sze. In a note expressing his government's conditional condition-al acceptance of the one-year arms holiday Doctor Sze told the league secretariat flatly that if the league covenant and the Kellogg pact should fall in the Manchuria crisis, China would build up her fighting forces to protect herself against Japan. Before Be-fore that he had asked the league to send an international force to police the Manchurlan railway zone. Gen. Ma Chan-shan, commanding the Chinese troops in southern Manchuria, Man-churia, was said to have attacked the Japanese at the NonnI river bridge which the latter were repairing, and after a sanguinary conflict the Chinese Chi-nese were driven off. But they did not go far and at last reports were gathering gath-ering for another attack ; and more Japanese soldiers were on their way hurriedly to the scene. There were other battles, but this was the biggest. What was more alarming to foreign nations was the spread of the fighting to the big city of Tientsin. This began be-gan with outbreaks of Chinese mobs that attacked the Japanese concession. conces-sion. The Japanese officials said the disorders were due to the fighting of Chinese factions and that the real motive mo-tive of the Chinese was to occupy the foreign concessions In the city; so the Japanese forces went into action "for protection" and shelled the Chinese. Chi-nese. American, French and other troops were held ready to act, but at this writing had not been called on to do anything. In the background of all the trouble trou-ble is Henry Pu Yi, who as Hsuan Tung was the last Manchu emperor of China. The young man is a quiet renting rent-ing householder in the Japanese concession con-cession in Tientsin, but loyal monarchists mon-archists have always been about him and now It is asserted that there is afoot a plan to separate Manchuria from China and put Henry on the throne. With this in view, it is said, many thousands of troops have been gathered together by Gen. Liang Inching, In-ching, former ally of the Manchu dynasty and for years the enemy of the Chang family now headed by Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang. It is true most of these reports come from Japanese Jap-anese sources, but they have the ring of truth. Ambassador Dawes was instructed to go to the league meeting. WHAT Germany can and will do and what she asks the other powers to do for her continue of absorbing ab-sorbing interest to the world. The reich's stand on dis- armament was set forth by Gen. Willi Wil-li e 1 m Groener, the brilliant soldier, who is now minister of war and minister of the interior and who may succeed Von nin-denburg nin-denburg as president. "Germany has the right to the same treatment as all oth- er nations,'' General Gen Groenep Groener said. S h e Is entitled to the same security and to the same methods of disarmament disarma-ment as other nations. It was expressly ex-pressly guaranteed in 1919 that the other powers would follow the path Germany took when she was disarmed. dis-armed. "When we disarmed we were forbidden for-bidden to possess heavy artillery, tanks, war planes, submarines, and warships over 10.000 tons. Even antiaircraft anti-aircraft artillery was prohibited. Military Mil-itary conscription was forbidden, and Germany was instructed, even to the slightest detail, on how to organze her army. "The result is that Germany is utterly ut-terly disarmed. Measures have been taken to guarantee an effective disarmament. dis-armament. Would it not be flying in the very face of all logic, and would It not be a violation of the solemn obligation to disarm entered Into by all other nations, if the forthcoming Oisnrmnnunt conference would now seek In apply other methods than those tried out on Germany? "Therefore we object to the drafts of '.'.! disarmament agreement as worked out by the preparatory disarmament dis-armament commission at Geneva. It is a violation of the principle of the equality of nations if it tries to make eternal the difference between the victors vic-tors and the vanquished by freeing the victors of their obligations to disarm and making the vanquished bear the full brunt of the disarmament clauses In the Versailles treaty." CONFERENCES and conversations in I'aris and Berlin concerning reparations and war debts were held behind closed doors, but it was reliably re-liably reported that the French government gov-ernment sent word to Berlin that whatever concessions are made to meet the German situation must be only temporary and within the framework frame-work of the Young plan; that France will not agree that Germany's private debts shall be given precedence over reparations payments; and that if there is any permanent reduction In the conditional 'art of the Young plan annuities, it must be accompanied by a corresponding reduction In the war debts owing to the United States. Germany, on the other hand, Is evidently evi-dently seeking to take advantage of her present economic distress to obtain ob-tain a great permanent reduction of reparations, or even their complete obliteration. The French nationalists are determined that Premier Laval shall not abandon the principle of reparations, no matter what pressure Germany brings to bear. OUR political pot is already seething seeth-ing and bubbling and there is a lot of talk, loose and otherwise about next year's campaign. Senator George W. Norris of Nebras- if -v In. ; . 4 ka gave voice in Washington to a few characteristic opinions. opin-ions. The insurgent Republican made a strong attack on the policies of Mr. Hoover, and seemed to the correspondents about ready to participate in a bolt of radicals from the G. 0. P. Senator Norris ticket that Presumably will be put up nest summer. Here are a few of the things the Nebraskan said: "If we are to keep men employed, why discharge them? It may Ik necessary neces-sary in some instances for private industry in-dustry to reduce its employment, but there Is no justification for the government gov-ernment discharging workers. "If we expect industry to keep men at work the government ought to set an example because the government Is the largest employer in the nation. I favor a bond issue to cover the emergency emer-gency and provide work for the unemployed. unem-ployed. I do not favor bond issues in peace times, but this is an emergency tantamount to war conditions. I mean a bond issue, not to provide charity, but to provide jobs by road building and other federal construction. construc-tion. Instead of fighting over the dole the government ought to provide work for its jobless citizens." Concerning the world court Senator Norris said : "I shall favor American adherence only if a reservation is adopted requiring the senate's approval ap-proval before any controversial issue, involving the United States, may be submitted to the court for decision." COMING back to the supposed opposition op-position in the Republican ranks to the renomination of President Hoover, Hoo-ver, which if it exists will probably he futile, it is inter esting to note that Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California is going to visit Chicago Chi-cago t the purpose of finding out what support he would receive re-ceive in Illinois if he became a candidate. Some of the Republican Repub-lican leaders of the city and state said ' v ' i v.'"'"" - I. i they would give the matter serious Sen. Johnson thought, and they were rsther of the opinion that Johnson might be approved ap-proved by all or part of the Illinois delegation in the convention. They cited the fact that the Californian has opposed all of the Hoover policies that proved most unpopular in this part of the country, and also they thought his coming into Illinois as a presidential entrant in the April primaries pri-maries might help their state ticket. Those of them who oppose Mr. Hoover had heretofore had no one to suggest except Frank O. Lowden. WHEN Harry Moore was elected governor of New Jersey the other day, it was immediately suggested that he might be a good man for the Democratic Presidential nomination, and Senator Lewis of Illinois agrees that Moore stand at the top of the list of dark horses. Lewis also told the reporters there was an "undercover "under-cover movement" in the Republican inrty to repudiate President Hoover. DEATH having removed from tha senate the forcible and picturesque pictur-esque Thaddeus H. Caraway of Arkansas, Ar-kansas, the Democrats of that state are considering the choice of his successor. suc-cessor. The suggestion has been made, and well received, that the senator's widow, Mrs. Hattle Caraway, be nominated nomi-nated to 11 out the unexpired term. This would be tantamount to her election. elec-tion. Mrs. Caraway Is said to be willing will-ing to accept the office. She is a close student of public affairs and has been a charming and popular hostess In the Lord Baltimore mansion, a colonial colo-nial home just over the Maryland line near Washington. D UMANIA'S royal family has sup-plied sup-plied the world with another romance. ro-mance. This time it is Prince Nicholas, Nich-olas, brother of King Carol and Prin- 1 cess Heana, who is the central figure. Nicholas Nich-olas met accidentally and fell in love with Mme. Deletj, divorced daughter-in-law of a former cabinet minister. minis-ter. He asked Carol for permission to marry mar-ry her and the king refused, whereupon Nicholas climbed into in-to his automobile, Prince Nicholas Piclied UP the lal3y and drove at top speed 125 miles to the village of To-han. To-han. There he compelled the mayor to perform the marriage ceremony, and the happy couple rushed away, while the terrified mayor telephoned the news to Bucharest So far as is known, the king has not relented enough to recognize the marriage as even a morganatic union. But he probably will not take severe measures, for he Is fond of his brother and gives him much credit for his own success in gaining the throne of Rumania. Ru-mania. Then, of course, Carol cannot can-not fail to remember his own affairs in the past Prince Nicholas, who is twenty-eight years old, accompanied his mother, Queen Marie, and the Princess Ueana on their tour of America Amer-ica in 1926. SMALL-minded people reveled in the news that C. Van Ness Leavitt, a brother-in-law of President Hoover, was arrested in Santa Monica, Calif., on charges of violating the state prohibition pro-hibition law. A police officer and two dry agents who were raiding speakeasies speak-easies there found Leavitt in an alley holding a sack containing nineteen pints of liquor, and he was released on bail after pleading not guilty. Leavitt said some one handed' him the sack while he was visiting in a store and asked him to take it out the back door and get rid of it, and that he acquiesced as a friendly service not knowing the sack contained liquor. The owner of the store, also arrested, said he believed the sack was brought in by a bootlegger fleeing from the police. Altogether a trivial affair, made news only by Leavitt's relationship relation-ship to the President. WILLIAM L. Edison, second son of the late Thomas A. Edison, who intends to contest the great Inventor's In-ventor's will, issued a statement at YVilminsrton. Del., in which he said he believed be-lieved interests opposed op-posed to him are trying to establish the impression that he was not always on friendly terms with his father. As proof that this is untrue he pointed nut that when both had perfected like radio equipment he (William) did not w L Edison market his set in opposition op-position to his father's even though it was patented. "I have had the highest regard for every member of my fatner's family," he said, "and never since his second marriage has there been a single Instance In-stance of unpleasantness either with my stepmother or any of my full or half sisters and brothers. "Until the conditions of my father's will and codicil were revealed no disagreement dis-agreement of importance ever had come between us. Even now I do not intend to allow the case to degenerate into attacks on personalities." Edison's will left the bulk of the estate es-tate to Charles and Theodore Edison, the two youngest sons. Thomas, the eldest son, has said he would not join William in contesting the will. f BSER VANCE of Armistice day was the occasion of innumerable ceremonies and addresses in all parts of the country, and in the lands of the allied nations as well. President Hoover, Hoo-ver, of course, led our nation in observing ob-serving the day. In the morning, accompanied ac-companied by General Pershing, Secretary Sec-retary of War Hurley and Secretary of the Navy Adams, he went to Arlington Arling-ton cemetery and laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. At eleven o'clock, the hour symbolic of the ending of the war, the President was in West Potomac park, where he dedicated the beautiful marble temple which the people of 'Vashington have built as a memorial to the soldiers who went from the District of Columbia. In the afternoon Mr. Hoover paid a visit to the old frigate Constitution at the Washington navy yard. General Pershing and American Legion Le-gion officials participated in a commemorative com-memorative program in the evening, and the Carnegie endowment for international inter-national peace held a mass meeting which was addressed by Houston Thompson and Frederic R. Coudert (Cc). 1931. Western Newspaper Union.) |