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Show NEWS REVIEW OF GURRENTEVENTS Dawes Making a Fine Start in London Progress of Disarmament Plans. By EDWARD W. PICKARD GEXEILLL DAWES, our ambassador ambassa-dor to Great Britain, Is hitting It off mighty well In London so far, conducting con-ducting himself and the affairs of his high office with the dignity and good sense that would be expected of him. Wednesday the ambassador and Mrs. Dawes attended their first court In Buckingham palace, and the former settled the "knee breeches" question by appearing in full dress evening attire at-tire with long trousers, abandoning the precedent set by his immediate predecessors pre-decessors and reverting to what Is truly the correct court dress for American diplomats. Mrs. Arthur Henderson, Hen-derson, wife of the new secretary for foreiga affairs, presented Mrs. Dawes to Queen Mary, who was escorted by the prince of Wales because of the Illness Ill-ness of King George. The ambassador's ambassa-dor's wife in turn presented a number of American women to her majesty. In another matter that may seem trivial Ambassador Dawes has done what practically all Americans wlil admit Is the correct thing. He has announced that during his Incumbency the American embassy in London will be dry. this being the rule in his own home since long before prohibition, although al-though he does not claim to be a teetotaler. tee-totaler. In many of the American missions abroad liquor Is still served, but the State department does not permit per-mit its cost to be Included in expense bills. Otherwise the department does not Interfere in the matter. General Dawes was the guest of the British Empire Service league at a banquet, being entertained as a representative repre-sentative of America's soldiers and of the American Legion. He said he found In the league's constitution, "named as one of the fundamental objects ob-jects for Its formation, a statement of purpose which I trust Is uppermost today In the hearts and consciences of the peoples of the world. It Is to further fur-ther the Ideal of comradeship as opposed op-posed to force as the arbiter between nations. Let me say that that phrase expresses my chief Instruction re-ceh?d re-ceh?d from the President of the United Unit-ed Ktates as I left for London to take up duties as American ambassador and enter Into official relations with two great English-speaking nations. That phrase expresses the Intent of the Kellogg treaty." IIui;h Gibson, American ambassador to liel'itim, held a long conference with Ambassador Dawes In London, on order of the State department, and then both of them called on Prime Minister MacDonald. The subject of the t.'ills was the progress of disarmament disarm-ament negotiations, the next move In whhii must come from Europe. Mr. MacDonald was busy all week preparing pre-paring the speech from the throne which, it was expected, would announce an-nounce the place and time for the proposed meeting of the powers for consideration of the disarmament question. In Washington It wns believed be-lieved the njjval reduction conference would be held In London In the fall and that the United States, Great 'i'-itain, Franr-e, Italy and Japan, would participate. The Italians, It Is reported, are ready to enter the parity, par-ity, and this fact will force France to corne In, although the French have been clinging to the Idea that all dls-arnifirn'Tit dls-arnifirn'Tit doings should be mannged by the Le;igue of Nations. Di:i;.VJ i:.S on the rHtifh-nllon of the French debt agreements will begin be-gin in the French parliament about July 14 ni,d will keep Premier Poln-c;:r; Poln-c;:r; In P;nis, so the meeting of tlte allien iim Germany for adoption of the Vo ifi reparations pl;in, iirrange-leejit iirrange-leejit til ev:i'tj;itJon of the Ilhineliind f r ; I elmlng up of other war mutters la I j V I .v to be postponed until late In July. The I'niled Slater will be Invited In-vited to the conference, but so far as the proposed International bank of Bettlernent and Its nperal!ous are con-lerned, con-lerned, America will keep bands on. Ilhin Is t'ie dccbiloii of .Secretary of State Stimson. He said there were no recent developments to change the government's position, which be stated stat-ed on May 16 was that It does not desire de-sire to have any American official participate par-ticipate in the collection of German reparations through the bank or any other agency. Foreign Minister Stresemann of Germany, Ger-many, In an eloquent speech In the relchstag, made it fairly certain that Germany will accept the Young plan If the allies agree to an early evacuation evacu-ation of the Rhineland, despite the hot opposition of the Nationalists. O ESUMPTION of diplomatic and trade relations with Soviet Russia Rus-sia will be one of the first acts of the Labor government of Great Britain. The Soviet regime was formally recognized rec-ognized by the former MacDonald government, but relations were broken brok-en off by the raid on Arcos bouse, headquarters In London of the Russian Rus-sian commercial mission, made by the Conservative government in May, 19LT. MacDonald and his cabinet are seeking the co-operation of all other parts of the British empire In their Russian policy, though their approval Is not technically necessary. It was said the cabinet would not renew the trade agreement by which Russia was allowed to maintain a trading organization organi-zation in London with diplomatic immunity. im-munity. "FORMAL approval of the Kellozg peace pact was given by the Japanese Jap-anese privy council, but politics entered en-tered Into the affair to such an extent ex-tent that the downfall of Premier Tanaka and his government may follow. fol-low. The expression used by the original orig-inal signers of the treaty, "In the names of their respective peoples," was explnined by the privy council as not interfering with the supreme power pow-er of the emperor to make treaties, but Count Uihida, who Flgtied the pact for Japan last August, resigned from the council, asserting he had Initialed It thinking that the phrase meant merely "for the sake of their respective peoples." All of which Is rather obscure to Americans. The fact Is that the enemies of I'aron Tanaka are using the treaty as a weapon to force bis resignation. "S.JEWS of the accord between Mex- ' Ico and the Catholic church was spread all over Mexico, by mall, airplane, air-plane, radio and every other means, and was greeted with rejoicing by the people. Bells were rung, prisoners released re-leased and a general holiday enjoyed. Mgr. I'ascual Diaz, who had just been made archbishop of Mexico, and Archbishop Ruiz of Mlchoaran conferred con-ferred with the government officials and tried to make arrangements for the reopening of all churches on Sunday, Sun-day, the day of St. Peter and St. Paul. However the department of the Interior Inte-rior said It would be Impossible to complete the necessary inventories before be-fore about July ID and that resumption resump-tion of the normal functioning of the Catholic church throughout the country coun-try would not take place fully before Hint date. On Friday services were resumed at the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, near Mexico City, the ceremonies being extremely Impressive Impres-sive and magnificent. Priests who fled across the border during the troubles are fast returning. HENRY P. I LKTCH Ell, American ambassador to Italy, has sent bis resignation to the President and It litis been accepted. Mr. Fletcher, who will sail for home on August H, has been In the diplomatic service for thirty-one years and bus been our rep. roHentalivc In Koine for five years. He says he will spend Home months In bis home In Grecncaslle, Ph., and that be lias no other plans for the future. Put It Ih thought In Washington he will be a candidate for the senate to fill the seat which so far has been denied to William S. Vare. Whatever action the senate takes In tin? Vnro caae, a successor to Vare will be elected tint later than November, lil.'CJ, and maybe sooner If the seat becomes vacant. .Mr. Fletcher accompanied Mr. Hoover on bis South American trip and many thought he would ho selected for secretary of stale. It Ih said be wanted ell her that place or the ambassadorship to London or Paris. Ills work lis a diplomat IniH been notable. T ErUBLICANS of Virginia seem to put themselves entirely In the hands of Bishop James Cannon, Jr, and his coterie of dry Democrats. They met In state convention last week in Richmond and nominated for governor the same Dr. William M. Brown of Washington and Lee university uni-versity who was selected by the anti-Smith anti-Smith Democratic convention at Roanoke. Not only that, but they also named the entire state slate put np by the Cannon meeting. Virginia's reorganized form of government, gov-ernment, as put Into effect under the administration of Gov. Harry Byrd, was denounced by Col. Henry W. Anderson An-derson of the Hoover law enforcement commission, the convention keynoter. The speaker urged the repeal of many laws, especially the ones dealing with elections and Democratic primaries. Professor Brown was put In nomination nomina-tion by C. Bascom Slemp. MAJ. RAMON FRANCO and three companions, who started from Spain on a projected flight to the United States with a stop at the Azores, are now listed with the many victims of attempted transatlantic flights. After leaving Cartagena they totally disappeared. Immediate search for them was begun by the ships and airplanes of Spain, Portugal, Portu-gal, Italy and Great Britain, the sea between Europe and the Azores being scoured. Several times there were uff-confirmed uff-confirmed reports of the sighting of airplane wreckage. The flyers had only a small supply of food and water, and their big seaplane could not be expected to remain atloat very long. IF PLANS submlted to stockholders are accepted, as It Is not doubted America Is to have a great merger of aviation companies with assets of more than $7U.iH0,iXJO. The concerns to be amalgamated are the Wright Aeronautical Aero-nautical corporation, the Curtiss Aeroplane Aero-plane and Motor company, the Keystone Key-stone Aircraft company and nine or more affiliated concerns. The new company, which will be known as the Curtlss-Wrlght corporation, will embrace em-brace two separate groups of manufacturing manu-facturing companies, the Curtiss group, headed by C. M. Keys, and the Wright group, headed by Richard F. Hoyt, vice president of Hayden, Stone and company and chairman of the Wright Aeronnutlcal corporation. Mr. Hoyt will be chairman of the board of the new company, and Mr. Keys will be president. The company will have an authorized author-ized capitalization of twelve million shares of no par value stock of which two million shares will be class stock, entitled to a preferential payment pay-ment of $2 a share annually, and which will be convertible, share for share. Into common stock and callnble by the company at 10 a share. The remaining 10.000,000 shares will be common stock. IiRF.SIPF.NT HOOVER approved the promotion of Brig. Gen. Ralph II. Van Deman to u major general to fill the vncancy caused by the recent death of MaJ. Gen. Harry A. Smith, commander com-mander of the Seventh corps area, llrlg. Gen. Frank It. .McCoy will be appointed ap-pointed n major general upon the retirement re-tirement of Van Deman, September .1, at the statutory age of sixty-four. Col. George O. Sim w will till the vucancy lo the brigadier general list. GOLD medals have been awnrded to fifteen Boy ScouSs who risked their lives to save Hie lives of others, according fo announcement by the National Na-tional Court of Honor of which Daniel (;. Beard Is chairman. The luds thus honored are: Sidney I lershowltz, Washington. I). C. ; Lawrence P.ee, Prove, Utah; William Wil-liam P.ennet, Iioblis Ferry, N. Y. ; William Wil-liam G. Ilolford, Jr., Portland Ore.; Willie Evans, Itockford, Tenn. ; Thomas Thom-as Messader, I '.rook 1 1 n, N. Y. ; Mar-low Mar-low White, pensacola, Fla.; Lazo-rlsliak, Lazo-rlsliak, Sharon, Pa.; Ted Derrick, Kockwnod, Tenn.; William David Jordan, Jor-dan, Park Hldge, III.; ,1. 0. Acuff, Mhl-dlesboro, Mhl-dlesboro, Ky. ; William J. Martin, P.rookllehl, Mo.; .lames Lucas, Macon, Gu., and Wilson Sclio.de. v, Mercer, Wis. A gold honor medal was sent to the parents of Scoutmaster James Tar-water Tar-water Wright of Itockwood, Tenn., who gave his own life to save boys In Ids troops from drowning during tho Tennessee Ten-nessee and Alabama floods. |