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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Grau San Martin Tries to Establish Government for ' Cuba Four More States for Prohibition Repeal Blue Eagle Notes. By EDWARD W. PICKARD SITTING precariously od the edge of the Cuban Presidential chair to which he had been hoisted by the radical junta, Ramon Grau San Mar-, Mar-, jfwv- tin endeavored ear-Li'1 ear-Li'1 s -rfv nestly to maintain his f HS balance and to estab- I 1 lish a government so I V soll3 that !t would be l'ls??' 4 given recognition by 7; ; J the United States. On 'f j all sides he was beset 4 with difficulties and ' threats. In the big jVSs A lsational DOteI were j M si te deposed army and navy officers, heavily Ramon Grau ame(J an(J supporteJ San Martin by the more conserT. tive factions that favored the return to power of De Ospedes whom the radicals had shoved out In the harbor har-bor of Havana and elsewhere about the Island were American warships, embodying em-bodying the possibility of armed intervention inter-vention by Uncle Sam If conditions became be-came too chaotic. In the capital city and other centers new political and revolutionary factions formed nightly, and various strikes complicated the situation. Money, food and gasoline for the troops that were supporting Grau San Martin were running low, and merchants were refusing credit Nevertheless, the President w-ho is a more forceful figure than De Cespe-des, Cespe-des, carried on bravely and proceeded to select a cabinet Posing and speaking speak-ing for the talkies, he declared : "At last Cuba Is again free among civilized civi-lized nations of the world. Cuba now has a stable government, all that we need for prosperity, and we hope that prosperity will come quickly." The ousted military officers, who had taken entire possession of the National hotel and were beleaguered there by the radical soldiers, sent Col. Horatio Ferrer, secretary of war and navy under un-der De Cespedes, to the Presidential palace to demand the immediate resignation resig-nation of Grau San Martin, but he met with no success. Meanwhile the entire staff of the hotel left and the officers were forced to run the place themselves. Ambassador Welles, who had resided In the hotel, also departed, as did most of the Americans who had taken refuge there. WASHINGTON, of course, was watching the developments In Cuba with deep Interest not to say anxiety, but President P.oosevelt was determined to avoid Intervention If possible. Through Secretary of State Hull he Indicated that he would follow fol-low a line of strict neutrality among the Island's factions and would permit Cuba to solve her own political problems. prob-lems. Mr. Hull's formal statement was : "The government of the United States has no Interest in behalf of or prejudice against any political group or Independent organization which 3 today active in the political life of Cuba." Former President Mario G. Menooal, who returned to Cuba after the ousting of Machado. entered Into the picture when the military officers Invited him to lead their effort to force Grau San Martin out of the Presidency. tpOR several days Spain was wlth-F wlth-F out a cabinet following the ousting oust-ing of the pro-Socialist government of Premier Manuel Azana, and the situation situ-ation was critical. .,w, However, President fr ' Zamora called in Ale- - V '. jandro Lerroux, vet- ; eran Republican lead- ; "'" '4 er, and charged him ""- ' "'"fj,, to form a coalition , cabinet based solely "?i - on the Radical party "?V and the Independent 1 J 1 republicans. This Ler- 1 ronx accomplished fc' with some difficulty, ., , .. ,, .. , Alejandro persuading all the ml- .. . , , Lerroux nonty republican groups to support him. although two of their leaders, Salvador de Madarlaga and Felipe Sanchez Roman, had refused re-fused to sign up. Lerroux selected a cabinet that was approved by President Presi-dent Zamora. Of its thirteen members, mem-bers, six are members of the Radical party, which is really the most conservative con-servative party In the country, so the government has taken a decided turn to the right. Lerroux and bis government govern-ment may have considerable difficulty In the cortes, for the Socialist left and the monarchist right will strong In opposition. One thing the Spanish government hns to cope with Is the great crime wave that Is sweeping over the country. coun-try. Murders, bombings and Incendiary Ores have been frequent and the police ond civil guards do far have been unable un-able to check the outrages. Mnny of the crimes are attributed to Communists. Commu-nists. Tj'OUfc more states fill Into line for repeal of the Eighteenth, amendment, amend-ment, making twenty nine Unit so far have vnteij, with none In opposition, Only seven more are needed for the rntifieutlon of the amendment, arid now riot even the most confirmed pro. hlhifionints believe the wet wave can te pushed back. It Is a moral certain ty that repeal will be accomplished before be-fore Christmas. Maine, stronghold of prohibition since 1S51, proved her change of heart by voting more than 2 to 1 for repeal. The wets carried every county and their SO delegates will take formal action in convention on December G. Then, all in one day, came Maryland, nearly 5 to 1 for repeal ; Minnesota, where the wets outnumbered the drys more than 2 to 1 ; and Colorado, where the repealists won by nearly 3 to 1. Other states to vote on the repeal amendment this year are: Idaho and New Mexico, September 19; Virginia, October. 3; Florida. October 10; Ohio, Pennsylvania. North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Utah. November Novem-ber 7. The repealists can afford to lose three of these, but probably will not do so. XJEW VORK city staged a huge NRA parade, and as a preliminary Administrator Ad-ministrator Hugh Johnson, addressing a mass meeting. Informed the nation that So per cent of the employers In the United States were already enrolled en-rolled under the blue eagle. He attacked at-tacked critrcs of the NRA. which he declared was "not an attempt at regimentation regi-mentation of Industry, but a charter of freedom," and asserted the country had been lifted ''about one-quarter of the way out of the Inky blackness of last March." While General Johnson was struggling strug-gling in Washington to formulate a code that would he accepted by the soft coal Interests. President Roosevelt was endeavoring. In a conference with the heads of each of the recovery units, to push ahead three of the major parts of his program expansion of credit. Insurance of bank deposits and control of the oil industry. Aid for the small business man. who still Is having trouble with his credit arrangements now is the central question ques-tion In the government's credit problem, prob-lem, according to Jesse II. Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance corporation, who attended the conference. Large Industries are finding accommodations, he said. Banks In small towns mint be convinced con-vinced that loans are now feasible, according ac-cording to Mr. Jones. They are still hanging back and not helping the merchants and industries In their communities. com-munities. Mr. Jones said. Mr. Jones repeated his threat that the government plans to take over functions of banks through the medium me-dium of mortgage corporations, formed among Industries for the discounting dis-counting of paper with the P.. F. C. This device, he said. wnuM olonr np the remaining credit difficulties In the road of the recovery drive. Secretary Ickes. after his conference with the President, said that the price fixing provisions would remain In the oil code, but that he would not attempt at-tempt to regulate prices until such a step became necessary. In another conference, plans to collect col-lect a billion dollars In bank taxes due the federal government were laid before be-fore President Roosevelt by Guy T. Ilelvering, commissioner of Internal revenue. Of the total due. $7.V)w0.fXiO Is tied np In litigation which the government Is seeking to speed. Ilelvering ex plained, because tax payers are seeking seek-ing to have It refunded to them. Another An-other ?2.Vi.r'iO,Ofin has not been paid In. Assured by the President of a sufficient suf-ficient fund to carry on the work. lie, verlng said he hoped to round up J.'iiYi.nnn.iYiO In Hie near future without with-out great difficulty. No prosecutions ' are being planned at present. A IiVOCATES of recognition of the Soviet Russian government by the United States are much encouraged by the appointment of John Van A. Mac-Murray Mac-Murray as minister to , Estonia. Latvia and . .', . Lithuania. They be- ;T . '.. ! lieve this Is a step ' j toward recognition jj and that Mr. MarMur- r O ray will be our am- v I bassador at Moscow I ' ' before very long. He I -Is a college professor '. J speclnllst In Russian , :V s" affairs and history , and recently returned ' from a trip through John Van A-Russia. A-Russia. In every re- ""Murray spect Mr. MacMurray Is qunllfied to represent tho United States nlirond, for be has held many Importnnt posts In the diplomatic service. In Europe and In (he Far Fast. In UfJI ho was an asslstnnt secretary of stale and soon after was appointed minister to China. It Is believed that the next step In the program for Russian recognition will be the establishment of credits amounting to nt least J.VI.OOO.fMH) for Russian purchnses of copper, cotton and railroad supplies In this country. IRAQ was In deep mourning for King Felsnl, who died suddenly In I'.orne, Swltzerl,'d. Ills son. (ilnizl, twenty-one twenty-one years old. wan dcrlnrcd bin successor suc-cessor nod took the onlh of office nt Rnsnih. lie retnlned his father's rnb-Inet rnb-Inet and was expected to follow I e. nl policies. PEACE for ten years between Greece and Turkey is assured by the pact which was signed at Ankara by Premiers Pre-miers Tsaladris and Ismet Pasha. The pact guarantees reciprocal frontier fron-tier security against aggression, a common com-mon understanding before deciding on domestic and International questions and mutual representation at international interna-tional conferences. CHANCELLOR HITLER and his Nazis have compelled Trof. Albert Al-bert Einstein to revise in part his long held pacifist attitude. His altered' views appeared in a . s . - -4 letter to a Belgian an-z an-z ' " . 'a ti-militarist who ap- : pealed to him to help I r i two Belgian consci- in - "v entious objectors to , military service who had started a hunger f s sv strike. I $',. ( "You will be very I 'h '1 astonished at what I i-ssi-i. am going to tell you," , ... . . Professor Einstein Prof. Einstein. , , . wrote. "Only a short time ago we could hope to fight militarism In Europe successfully by Individual refusals to do service. But today we are in the presence of altogether al-together different circumstances. There is In the center of Europe a state (Germany) which Is publicly preparing for war by all means. "In these conditions the Latin countries, coun-tries, above all France and Belgium, are in great danger and can only count on their preparedness. "As far as Belgium Is concerned It is obvious that this little country will Dot make abusive use of its preparation prepara-tion and that it has the greatest need to safeguard its existence. "Imagine Belgium occupied by present-day Germany! It would undoubt- 1 edly be worse than In 101 -4, even i though occupation at that time was J terrible. - That Is why I am telling I you in the most direct fashion that if I were a Belgian I would not refuse re-fuse to do military service under the present circumstances, but on the con- : trary I would accept It In full eon-science eon-science with the feeling that I was contributing to save European civilization." civili-zation." At that time Einstein was In Brus- 1 sels, but It was reported a Nazi organization organ-ization had put blrn on Its death list, so he fled to England and hid In a cabin on the east coast provided for him by Commander Oliver Locker-Lnmpson. Locker-Lnmpson. Its location was kept secret and lie said lie would remain there until October, when he was coining to America to lecture. T OUISIANA'S women have rr In-teiition In-teiition of letting up In their fight to obtain the ousting of Iluey Loni: and John II. Overton from the Un!te! States sen.-ite. Their organization, headi-d by Mrs. Hilda Phelps Ham niond. sent along telegram to Senator Connally of Texas, chairman of the senate Investigating committee, de manding tlnit the committee conclude Its Inquiry Into the stnte election that feated Senator Overton. The tele gram said In part : "The evidence of record that was adduced by a competent counsel and skilled Invesi i gators conclusively shows that Overton's election from In-ginning to end was a gigantic fraud designed and perpet r.itei by Senator lying Overton's campaign manager, with the knowledge and consent of Mr. Overton, who Is the beneficiary. "Senator Long has openly hotd that word has gone down to lay off of him. We prefer to disbelieve Sen ntor Long's statement, but the nttl tnde of your committee must seem to confirm Its truth. In the nnme of de cent citir.enry nnd npp'-ol'ng to a rightful sense of duty as a United States senator, wo urge yon nnd your committee to take Immediate and en ergetic notion." Bl;UISI'.I nnd footsore nft.-r a week ! of struggling through the forest- of Ontario, Ward T. Van Ornian nnd l-'rnnk A. Trotter, pilots of a Goudyenr balloon In the Jiimes Gordon Rennet t race ' .. I from Chicago, were ' ' I found nnd brought r " i bin k to civilizntion. , 1 Caught In a bail ' ,-' .S squall, they had beer) - ' " j forced to liiud, upside j' S . N . j down. In dense woods. Li - ' 1 Carrying heavy pucks, . I the two men fought . 1 their way slowly to- j ward the line of the Ontario Hydroelectric ' T" Va" Company. I heir rescue res-cue was made possible by the cutting down of n telephone poi. nlotig this line, for .lames Barrett, lineman, seeking seek-ing Ihe cause of no Interruption In service, found n note written by the aeronauts, l-'ollowlng n course which the note mentioned, the llneuuin found the Americans In n ramp nt Tower No. its. nn outpost. Though formal nunounceiiient bnd not been made. It appeared the winners win-ners of the race were ('apt. I-'ranclszek llvnek nnd Lieut. Zb.vgnlew Biirzynskl of rohind. who landed near Riviere a I'lerre, Quebec. iS 1 miles from Chicago. Chica-go. Van Orman nnd Trotter mndti about IV! miles. Lleutennnf Comninn-der Comninn-der T. G. W. Settle nnd Cbnrles H. Kendall, pilots of the United Stnles navy balloon, landed In Connecticut They traveled nbont 7."rO miles. Balloons Bal-loons representing Germany, Belgium, nnd France flew shorter dlstnnces, pnNY CAN'nM.IU made a gallant 1 effort to regain Hie lightweight title In New York nnd fulled. Fur fifteen rounds bo battled with Barney Ross of Chicago, the present chnmplnu, but In the end tho dii'lslon was given the younger man who hnd conquered Tony Inst June. C 133, Wilrn Nwiir Uuion. |