Show ineas AT review of current events the world over says conquered ethiopia will be italian colony house battles over new relief bill some campaign t developments by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union Is conquered emperor E ETHIOPIA halle selassie Se lassle has fled to pales drie aboard a british cruiser and the italian army Is in possession of addis ababa the war in east africa Is ended ai but this climax may i be only the beginning of a still greater story for benito mussolini tells the world that all of ethiopia now belongs b to italy to be treated as a colony and defended by force of arms if necessary he toned this down benito just a little by giving mussolini the french ambassador ador assurance that he would not in infringe on french and bri british ish interests aln n east africa meaning the french railway from djibouti to addis ababa band and the british interests in the lake faana headwaters of the blue nile 11 II duce intimated that if france and britain would support his bis program he would d give them full trade privileges zoal ln E ethiopia t copla and exclude all other nations eions tl the league of nations council was gibout to meet in geneva and it was believed the anti fascist sentiment among among the french left parties that chave bave just come into power would influence the french attitude there the british tIsh too were said not to be recon lulled filled to victory and it was funder understood stood foreign secretary eden would insist on continuance of the penalties against italy provided the other leading nations agreed indeed the league could not well raise the sanctions if the european powers take the stand assumed last fall by the united states and refuse to recognize acquisition of territory by force all of them realize such recognition in this case would create a dangerous precedent success in n east africa Is a humiliating defeat for great britain end and a sad blow to the prestige of the league of nations anthony eden told the house of commons that britaina Brit ains failure to take military sanctions against italy was due to the horror of war and not to fear of the ultimate outcome the Lab labovites laborites orites enraged eden by their attacks and he refused to dis filose what the governments policy at geneva might be demanding a free liand and to deal with circumstances as they might arise one result in washington of the talking taking of addis ababa was severe of the state dep department artmont for having baring so wretch wretchedly edy protected a legation there minister engert had only a lew few weapons and the building was open to attack representative edith vourse kourse rogers of massachusetts introduced a resolution calling on secretary hull for information as to measures taken for protection of the legation staff HAILE SELASSIE of ethiopia gave up the hopeless fight against the italian invaders and fled from addis ababa with his bis family victorious troops soon after In arched into the cap ital the first to enter fieldg a picked regi ident representing all units of the italian 41 army the askarl infantry artillery airy air force engineers gren adlers bersaglieri al paol cavalry marines end and fascist militiamen halle haile selassie men their coming was welcomed by the foreigners who remained in the city for as soon as the negus left the natives began to pillage plunder nod and burn the business center ot of the town was speedily wrecked and the government buildings were stormed and ravaged these including the treasury from which the states store of gold was stolen and the armory the streets were strewn with corpses and the ethiopians crazed by liquor rushed about shooting at random and gathering up their loot to carry it to the hills ITH the introduction of the un W relief bill calling for appropriation of a billion and a halt half dollars a lively tight started in the house bouse the republicans and a fair sized bloc of democrats attacked the measure chiefly because the entire big sum eum was to be turned over to harry hopkins administrator to in accordance cor dance with the wishes of president the chief executive had refused to countenance the earmarking of tor for projects of the licary type sponsored by Secie tary ickes head of the public administration ministration and so the adherents ot of the latter gentleman were prepared to revive the old ickes feud majority leader Bank bankhead bead was confident the bill bould be passed as requited by the appropriations committee at a republican caucus representative john taber of new york ranking minority member of the ap aliens committee explained the measure to ills his colleagues as that they could konduct Lon induct duct an Inte intelligent lUgent opposition to it lie ile promised a real fl fight ht on the bill when hopkins was before the committee in secret session he was ordered to give detailed information concerning his expenditure of the foai billions deeded him by congress last year hopkins reluctantly admitted that nearly two billions of the original huge buge fund was still unexpended added to the extra estra one and a half billions requested by president roosevelt II would have three thre and a half billions to spend in an election year it was pointed out FORNIAS ALI presidential republican C CALI preference primary eagerly awaited by the whole country resulted in the defeat of the landon sla slate te of delegates that was put forward by william R hearst dearst and governor BI merriam with lan ions dons tacit consent the winning delegates backed by herbert hoover and nominal nominally lv pledged to earl warren though uninstructed carried the state by a majority of about aboul mr warren announced alf landon bounced at once that he released them from their pledge to vote as they see fit in the conven convention t 1 0 this looked like a blow to governor landon and to a certain extent it was but his managers claim at least 18 of tire delegates will go over to the kansan on an early ballot moreover many friends of landon deprecated the fact that hearst was supporting him believing it would do him more harm than good and they were glad to see him freed in part from what they consider an incubus democrats voted almost solidly for mr roosevelt upton Ep epic lc sin clairs ticket received something over votes and that of john S me ile groarty townsend plan supporter about halt half as many in south dakota a slate of uninstructed ted delegates favoring landon won over a ticket pledged to senator borah though the margin was slender Hnat P FLETCHER republican ican national ional chairman has taken a leaf from the plans of the democrats and announces that the men nominated at the cleveland convention to head the republican ticket will be doti notified of the fact at a grand outdoor ceremony in the municipal stadium near ire ate convention hall ball immediately after the adjournment this plan of course is conditional upon the wishes of the nominees the democrats had previously announced plans to notify president roosevelt and vice president garner of their nomination re with will a ceremony at franklin field philadelphia ARTHUR H SENATOR BERG of michigan has asked gov frank D fitzgerald of that f state to present his name to the R republican convention in cleveland for the presidential nomination DUE but the senator insists this does not make him an active bandl date the michigan michl an state convention generously is instructed the michl gan delegation in cleveland to present my name the senator senator anat sn at said but the delaga tion is at my request it la 13 tree free to vote as it pleases I 1 have not sought a delegation here or elsewhere and I 1 shall not do so I 1 have not sought the nomination and shall riot not do so my aly situation Is not aban changed ed in the slightest friends of senator borah in utah tried unsuccessfully for a borah pledged delegation from that state the republican state convention in ogden voted to send an uninstructed group to cleveland following the tion of the resolutions committee col henry breckenridge who offered himself to the democrats as a presidential nominee aspirant merely so that disaffected members of the party might have some place to go received about one seventh of the votes in the maryland preference primary the rest of course went to mr roosevelt Bieck breckenridge enridge made no campaign cacpal n HE national resources committee TUB which Is headed by secretary of the interior ickes has submitted for the approval of president roosevelt a plan tor for tue the creation of a pacific northwest power agency that would outrival the tennessee valley authority and would produce almost as much electrical energy as the entire nation could utilize two of the new deals power en buies the bonneville and grand cou con lee dams would be embraced by the the ultimate cost of bonneville will be 75 million dollars nod and that of grand coulee millions tile the additional dit ional dam and power plant projects proposed by the committee would en tall expenditures of approximately millions making a total of millions DANIEL dirom ANIEL 0 0 HASTINGS senator from delaware chairman of the republican senatorial campaign committee and outspoken opponent of the 06 new deal will not seek reelection nhep his present term expires he so an bounced in a letter to the party leaders of his state giving ij as his 1113 reason the debes sity to devote himself to his law practice this may have influx dinou encee his decision but bui it Is more than suspected that the real sena hastings reason was the fact that the du pont font family all powerful in delaware republican politics had decided that the set senatorial orial seat should go to gov 0 douglas buck who Is related to the du ponts fonts by marriage senator hastings has always been ready and eloquent in defense of the du ponts fonts a against ainest attacks by the new dealers M NT INERS and operators in the pe penn nn lve sylvania anthracite fields have upon the continuance of of e existing aist wage levels for two years though final details of tile the contract are still being worked out other points decided upon it was said are a complete checkoff of if union dues a form of equalization of working time in idle collieries colli eries and a seven hour day during the second year of the contract the miners now work an eight hour six day week and had been seeking a six hour ove five day week r N his press conference the president 1 announce that administration loaders leaders had bad reached substantial agreement on the principles and objectives of a housing program lie ile declared himself in favor of the wagner bill which is designed to encourage better housing through slum clearance ue he indicated the bill could be modified to include provision for low cost housing to bring better homes within the reach of low income classes S SOME OME one with a peculiar idea of humor played a mean joke on the authorities in washington the red flag of communist russia with the liar hammer iamer and sickle was discovered at dawn flying from the hag flag stair staff atop the marble building of the supreme court of the united states it was so skillfully fastened up there that policemen and firemen worked an hour and a half before the revolutionary emblem could be removed OF STATE HULL has S SECRETARY successfully negotiated another reciprocal cipro cal trade agreement it Is with nith france and was signed at the state stare department by mr hull and andre de laboulais the freuen 1 ambassador it will become effective on june I 1 15 and the details of the pact were not immediately made public it Is believed the terms include duty concessions by the united states on french wines ciga aciga secy hull rette papers and luxuries such as laces and cosmetics and by france on american exports of agricultural ri and industrial products the agreement Is also understood to contain increases in fredach quotas on Aine american rican exports of fruits and possibly other products an announcement by the state stale department part ment said the agreement with france Is 19 the first comprehensive arrangement for regulating commercial relations with alth that country in many years it will improved opportunities for the expansion of trade in products of special interest to each country and will enable the commercial interests concerned to develop these opportunities without fear of the sudden and unforeseen changes to which they are exposed in the absence of such an agreement in addition to duty concessions and quota increases by france and duty concessions by the united states on carefully selected lists of products the agi ement provides in general for substantial most favored nation treatment by each country of the cow commerce merce of the other EINAL FINAL elections in france put complete V control of the chamber of deputies in the bands of the revolutionary popular front a coalition of communists ts socialists radical liadi cal socialists and minor left WID wing groups the new nev cha chamber tuber does docs not meet until june and the confusion Is so great that there are fears of chaos und and financial panic in the interim many believe the popular front will be unable to form a stable government overn ment to succeed that of premier sarraut sarratt Sar raut the alie lead must be taken by the socialists for they now form tile the largest group in the chamber with scats scabs INCE international naval disarmament S SINCE efforts have failed those who advocate adequate national defense rejoice in the passage by the house bouse of the bill latino approximately to build our navy up to treaty strength representative marc antoclo of new york and a few others put up loud opposition but a record vote was not necessary the objectors dwelt especially on a clause claus authorizing the laying of keels for two ton battleships after january 1 1937 should any foreign signatory to the london naval treaty start a battleship replacement program two days later they might have read dispatches from london saying rumors had reached there that japan was considering laying down a ton battleship armed with 21 lach inch suns guns |