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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over CuLan Revolution Collapsing After Bloody Battle at CiLara Oil Wells of East Texas Are Closed Down. By EDWARD W. PICKARD , L.-.y.v 'U' -M TITIIKN Gen. Mario , VV Menocal and Col. V - 3 Carlos Mondlota were .1 captured by the Cuban ( ! government troops J and locked up In Ca- ; .j banas fortress, It on-' on-' 45 pea red to observers on I tlle island that the , revolution had cnl- - lapsed. Indeed, Pres-U Pres-U J idem Machado started off the week witli the Gen. Menocal. announcement that the revolt was over, that the rebels ' were surrendering everywhere and that there would be peace throughout Cuba within a few days. The most Important of the remaining leaders were said to be in Santa Clara province prov-ince with rather smull bands of followers. fol-lowers. Aviators were sent out to (ly over rebel territory dropping leaflets announcing that Machado would grant amnesty to all who surrendered immediately. im-mediately. lint the revolutionists had not yet reached the end of their resources. A 'filibustering expedition landed men i i from half a dozen countries and quantities quan-tities of arms and ammunition at Giharn, near the eastern end of the , Island, and that port was captured and fortified. The government Immediately Imme-diately moved against this force, and (there followed one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in Cuba. The gunboat gun-boat Pntrla destroyed the Gibara fortress and a land army inflicted a ' crushing defeat on the rebel troops and the filibusters. Meanwhile planes dropped bombs on the town, which was badly shattered. It was reported that about 500 revolutionists were killed and that the federal casualties were heavy. Lifting ol the censorship revealed that the rebels also had suffered severely In fierce engagements in Santa Clara province. Despite these defeats, the revolutionary revolu-tionary leaders still at large were insistent in-sistent that their cause was not lost. General Menocal managed to smuggle out of his cell a proclamation urging his followers to continue the struggle, and there were Indications that Macha-do's Macha-do's troubles were not over by any means. In Washington, though the State department would make no comment on the situation, It was the general opin-. opin-. Jon of officials that the only way Machado can prevent renewed uprisings upris-ings Is to enact speedily the reforms along democratic lines that his administration admin-istration promised. Certainly the American government hopes he will adopt this course, for It has no desire to intervene In the affairs of the island republic and will not do so unless un-less developments bring on a state of virtual anarchy there. TEXAS has taken its stand beside Oklahoma In the fight against ruinously low prices for crude oil, and It was expected that Kansas also would adopt measures for curtailment of production. The net result, it was believed, would be higher prices for midcontinent crude oil and possibly the stabilization of the. American oil Industry. Following action by the legislature, Gov. Ross S. Sterling ordered the complete shutdown of the 1.600 producing pro-ducing oil and gas wells of the great east Texas area, and then sent about a thousand National Guardsmen into four counties to enforce the order, martial law being proclaimed. No resistance re-sistance was met, the larger companies com-panies closing their wells before the soldiers arrived. Governor Sterling, himself an oil man, predicted higher crude prices and estimated the Texas nnd Oklahoma shutdowns would take about one million mil-lion barrels a day off the market, lie said martial law in east Texas will not be lifted until the state railroad commission com-mission has issued proration orders. Governor Murray of Oklahoma, who originated the idea of dealing with overproduction by declaring martial law, sent a message of congratulation to the Texas executive. Most of the operators In the oil regions re-gions planned to care for employees during the shut down period. Drilling was continued as usual for there was no ban on bringing in new wells provided pro-vided they were shut down immediately. immedi-ately. POLITICAL observ- p"" '"" 1 ers in Illinois saw, f In the latest epl- - "1 sode of the Frank L. ; . . sj . Smith case, Indication --. . ..-J that the man who was . . J elected to tin United : j States senate by I1II- - - . .43 nois and was twice i ; .?- denied a seat in the f upper house because A of S:tniuel Insull's -- -.Afca contributions to his ,- , , ... , , ... F. L. omitn. campaign fund, might seek again to represent his state In the senate. What has happened is that Mr. Smith has made public the fact that Julius Rosenwald, Chicago financier, between the primary and the election of 1026, offered him stock In Sears. Roebuck & Co., then worth "",000, to withdraw from the Repub lican nomination. Mr. Rosenwald Is too III to be Interviewed but his Intimate Inti-mate friends admit the truth of the story und uphold the purity of the financier's motives In thus seeking harmony har-mony within the Republican party. Mr. Smith, at his residence In Dwight, said : "I did not Issue the statement for political purposes. If I Intended to use it for such, I would have used It In my two campaigns for the senate and again last year. I Issued It because be-cause olhers saw tit to write a book about the case and because they did not give the people all the facts. "As to my future action politically. I shall be governed by conditions." If Smith should lile for the senator-ship senator-ship nomination, he will have Senator Glenn as his opponent in the Republican Repub-lican primaries. He was defeated for renomination In 11)27 by Glenn in the upheaval which also retired former Governor Small. nPIIERB cannot be any general re-vival re-vival of prosperity until the nations na-tions of Europe settle their political disputes and the German reparations have been revised. Such is the opinion opin-ion of the Wiggin committee of international inter-national bankers at Basel which was appointed to study Germany's financial finan-cial needs and capabilities. The German Ger-man government was greatly encouraged encour-aged by the report, and one of its officials offi-cials said that a new conference on finances, politics and reparations must be called Immediately and that all Europe Eu-rope hoped It would be called by President Pres-ident Hoover. D ECURRING reports that President Hoover would call a special session ses-sion of congress to deal with the unemployment un-employment situation were declared at the While House to be without foundation. foun-dation. The President feels, too, that It Is unnecessary to call congress earlier ear-lier than December to organize in time to consider the reparations-war debt plan. He believes this can be handled han-dled In the regular session. The President appointed Walter S. Gilford, president of the American Telegraph and Telephone company, head of a national organization which will be charged with the task of -mobilizing national, state and local relief agencies of every kind In meeting meet-ing the unemployment crisis during the coming winter. Jouett Shouse, executive chairman of the Democratic national committee, came out with a statement demanding of President Hoover "more ppsitlve action and less theoretical investigation." investiga-tion." He asserted that the President is spending more time ascertaining how many persons will be out of work next winter than he Is In taking measures meas-ures for their relief. 1 ! Prlchett, presi- E - M ! dent emeritus of the F 1 Carnegie Foundation F js 'II 'or 'ne Advancement L of TeachinS. lD 'he I- X ? 1 aDnua' report of the I i foundation mates the j svi, M l30'd assertion that -Sw jpl the leaders of the 'il I American Legion "in- k..A.4Uj ten(j t0 rai(J the treag R. T. O'Neil. ?t f Jtl'eUDited States. And he questions ques-tions the patriotism of war veterans who ask pensions or bonuses when uninjured. un-injured. Under the subheading "Patriotism, "Pa-triotism, Pensions and Politics," Doctor Doc-tor Prichett says: "There has come about in our country coun-try a complex of patriotism, bonus seeking, and politics the like of which can be found In no other nation on earth. Organizations that started in pure patriotism have lent themselves to pension lobbying on such a form as to demoralize both the veterans and congress." "Erroneous and unfair" Is what Ralph T. O'Neil, national commander of the American Legion, says of the Prlchett statement, adding: "The American Legion never has in the past or, in my opinion, never will in the future, ask anything that is unfair un-fair or that will place an unjust financial finan-cial burden on the country." He says the real objective of the veterans' vet-erans' organization has been to get disability compensation, but that it never has asked a pension for able-bodied able-bodied men. FROM a preliminary treasury statement state-ment is derived the unpleasant information in-formation that the government suffered suf-fered a drop of more than $0)0,000,000 In Internal revenue collections during the fiscal year 1031, the first full year during which taxes were effected by the economic depression and the falling fall-ing stock market. Total collections for that year were $2,42S,22S.700. Income In-come taxes yielded $l,S0O,0 10,-100, a decline of ?5:.0,0OO.0OO, while miscellaneous miscel-laneous internal revenue accounted for collections of S5US.1SS.200, a drop of 501,(;i)S.2-10. Corporation income taxes netted the government ?1,02G,202,GD0, a decline of S2o7,021.700, and Individual taxes $S.'i3,G-17,700, a decrease of $3i:i,iyti,-JKJO, $3i:i,iyti,-JKJO, reflecting the depressed conditions in the business wond and the wide va- i nations of collections in times of prosperity pros-perity and in limes of depression. i While both corporation and Individ- ' ual Income taxes were cutting a deep ! swath in government revenues, miscellaneous miscel-laneous taxes showed only a small loss despite the business slump. All tobacco taxes for the fiscal year amounted to -14-1, 270, "ilKJ, a decrease of but SCOiiiiiUO. Of this total cigarettes ciga-rettes accounted for $.'!.".8, 015,100, representing rep-resenting a reduction of SWl.OSC. The government stamp tax figures emphasized the extent to which business busi-ness slumped In the stock market and commodities exchanges. Collections on capital stock sales and transfers dropped from SIC 0!S,22G In UKiO to S25.51l),900. repressing a decline of S2i.17S.20O. The figures for the produce markets Indicated that sales for future delivery deliv-ery had been cut more than half. The taxes on sales of nroducts on exchanges ex-changes were given as Sl.GS2.ijU0 for 1031, as compared with S.i.:j'.)'J.Sio during dur-ing the previous vear. when business conditions were better. Notwithstanding the lowered collections, collec-tions, the government found that it cost more proportionately to gather the smaller taxes than it had during the years of prosperity. QUITE rece i 1 n "1 Rafael Largo f s j Ilerrera, noted P ru vian political lo. 1 r ! and. former minis r i of foreign affairs, a 4 rived from Lima by I airplaue. lie has no v ? S, been nominated f r g the presidency of ( J Peru by the Econo- ( f" t g mist party, and it is ,s58.'w8 said stands an excel- ,,, , , . . B . . Rafael Largo. lent chance of being elected. So Senor Largo started back home the other day to participate In the elections, and again he traveled by the air route. He thus was the first passenger to make a round trip by plane between Peru and New York. During his brief visit to this country coun-try he spent a day or so in Washington, Washing-ton, where he has many friends and admirers. JOHN E. BAKER, American relief expert and adviser to the Chinese railway ministry, sends word that the flood In the Yangtse valley is China's most terrible disaster ta the present century. About thirty million people have lost their homes and a third of them are destitute. The loss of life, already terrific, was increased when a great dike protecting part of Hankow Han-kow gave way and several hundred persons were drowned. Typhoid, cholera chol-era and dysentery are epidemic, and industry Is paralyzed. All foreigners were reported safe. The Chinese government has made an offer to the federal farm board for part of its surplus wheat to help feed the refugees, and the Idea is favorably considered by officials In Washington. J now fallen like j , many another, Prof. 'emslif If Augustlnas Walde- $ CJ s maras, former dicta- h tor of Lithuania, was - -s)ap Jj put on trial before a k sss jH court martial at ; vjslf f i Kaunas on charges Vs' I i of plotting a revolt t yJJd?' s R year ago to over- s.Vi jalffiiyiv-ir4 throw the present ., ,,, ,. joint dictatorship of M.Wa demaras v i President Anthony Smetona and Premier Jonas Tubelius. Twenty-four of his followers were his fellow defendants. The plot was betrayed be-trayed to the authorities by several of Waldemaras' adherents, all members of the Iron Wolf organization, and it was expected their testimony would result in severe sentences for those accused. Professor Waldemaras, who returned to Kaunas from his place of exile near Memel to attend the trial, said the charges were exaggerated, which sounds like a weak defense. There won't be any sympathy for him in Poland, for when he was in power he was the bitter foe of that country and of its dictator. Marshal Pilsudskl. DEVELOPMENTS in the New York legislative investigation of the administration of New York city may bring about a political fend between Governor Roosevelt and Tammany Hall that would have a decided effect on the governor's chances for the Democratic Dem-ocratic Presidential nomination. Some of his friends believe a break with Tammany might help rather than hinder hin-der his cause in that matter and would bring him support from other states where the loading Democrats have been holding aloof from the Roosevelt boom because of fear that he was too closely allied with Tammany. These friends think that even if Tammany should turn hostile. Roosevelt could carry New York state against 'Mr. Hoover unless there should be a great improvement in the economic situation within a year. Leading members of Tammany would not discuss for publication their attitude toward Roosevelt because the Tammany policy apparently is to avoid an open break with the governor gov-ernor so long as he has the state patronage at his disposal and remains a decided Presidential possibility. GOING back to Illinois for a moment: mo-ment: Newton Jenkins of Chicago has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States senator on a platform of opposition oppo-sition to the renomination of President Hoover. Mr. Jenkins, who Is forty-four forty-four years old, an ex-service man and a lawyer, has twice before been a candidate can-didate for senator. oci. 1931. Western Kcwip&mt Unloo.) |