Show news review of current affairs the world over war debt parleys to open in washington 0 early in march more alore cabinet speculation hitler becomes chancellor of germany by EDWARD W PICKARD homles w AR debts cabinets and economies or the lack of them drew dew ouch ch of the public attention duri during ngat the ahe week sir ronald lindsay the british 1 dor spent four hours j talking with P resi lent dent elect roos roosevelt eglit nl ait warm arm springs and 4 then started home in a hurry h to tell his gov e r omen what he be had or bad not learned nebout the next administrations intentions k neither gentleman would inform the people sir ronald concerning their lindsay conversation though sir ronald said he was hopeful that his country and the united states might reach an accord on their economic problems problem s mr air Roosevel ts spokesman said little beyond the statement that the meetings in washington probably would woul d begin early in march le it was understood lo in london that prime minister macdonald would be invited to come over rind and take part in the negotiations actions the british also were convinced that they would be required to give so something substantial in return for even a reduction of the war debt ind and gloomily they contended this could not be done return to the sold gold standard tariff preferences to american goo goods g and ceding of territory vere all declared out of the question italy and czechoslovakia were the first rint nations ions to follow En glands example and accept the invitation to the washington conferences our own statesmen of both parties were dubious concerning the wisdom of the course mr roosevelt has embarked upon james hamilton lewis or of illinois democrat in a speech in the senate warned the incoming president not to emulate the mistake of president wilson in undertaking der taking to be his own ambassador senator david reed of pennsylvania republican supported the position of senator lewis and indicated he would consider it going over the head of congress for mr loosevelt to arrive at debt agreements or understandings with the foreign delegates invited here to discuss the question replying to reed senator lewis said he could not believe that prest dent elect roosevelt had gone over the head bead of president hoover and con gress to negotiate on the debts with sir ronald he asserted that it was bis big opinion that europe was attempting to m maneuver this country into a position where it could repudiate its eleven billions of debts 1 11 I cannot believe senator lewis said that president elect roosevelt would tolerate the british ambassador going to him to deal directly when he be knows that if he reaches a judgment it must be approved by the senate 1 I 1 will say to the senator from pennsylvania that if the president elect were so to fall from his plane of high character his sense of obliga tion alon his knowledge of statecraft adf and his allegiance to the american people as to deal lea directly over the heads of the president and con congress ress then I 1 say that would be a tolly folly he be will regret m momentarily aroused to meet its responsibilities the house passed one important measure designed to provide alief in the depression and sent ent it on to the senate this was the bankruptcy bill to aid debtors in procuring reduction of their financial cial obligations or axten ax tension slon of time in which to pay its provisions apply to individuals and corporations and it Is believed to be of especial help to the railroads chairman Por nerene of the reconstruction st finance corporation told a senate subcommittee that the corpora tion would have to continue to finance fleance the railroads of the country unless the banks came to their assistance lie he declared the banks were not dol doing ag their share adding they get the count rys money and then treat it as it if it were in cold storage E EXPERT cabinet makers continued to put forth lists of names that would be found in president elert elect official family if their guesses were correct but mr roosevelt just before leaving warm springs for jacksonville to em bark on the astor yacht of to bet the cor respondents that su 80 per cent of their sto ries on the cald cabinet net I 1 be wrong an ch other name was add ed to the possibilities bernard M when senator cordell baruch hull was as summoned to georgia for a conference it was at once asserted by the wise ones that hull might be made secretary of state or if another man was found for that post would be given some other port follo folio bernard II al baruch of new york tork continued a favorite for a cabnet cabinet place but the speculators were guessing that he would bo be appointed secretary of commerce mr air baruch has been very active in devising democratic measures to reduce the cost of the federal government and was the author anthor of the plank in his part bartys Ys platform that pledged a 25 per cent reduction he be thinks the limit of taxing power has been reached and has furnished air roosevelt with an estimate of possible economies economics aggregating nearly by which to balance the budget mr baruch Is opposed to current plans for inflation saying it Is not money that Is scarce it Is confidence in money if the stability of money and credit were ere established beyond peradventure in the eyes of the world money would rush from biding seeking investment there would be more sound money asking to work than all the inflated money we purpose to create it Is the key to recovery and it depends upon the simple expedient of balancing the budget in the only way left for us by reducing spending by about one billion dollars I 1 INSTEAD of trying to set get a comprehensive e farm relief program through the short session the democratic leaders in congress are now concentrating on legislation to prevent farm fore closures this was made plain by senator joseph T robinson of arkansas in testimony before a senate subcommittee that was considering various farm mortgage relief bills the bill which senator robinson thought should be taken as the basis of a measure to halt foreclosures fore closures Is the hull bill which would give the R F 0 of fedrial money to be used in paying off farm mortgage holders the farmer then agreeing to pay the government on easier terms BOTH germany and france have new governments the former being likely to last indefinitely and the latter probably doomed to an early demise adolf hitler ditler z zt leader of the national j socialists of germany geratano Gera tany was as appointed chancellor by president von ton who was in a dilemma arter after the resignation of gen kurt von ton cher the nazi chief bo however never was compelled akl boll to accept as members of his bis cab adolf hitler inet enough of his opponents to leave leaie actual control lu iu the hands of the aged president and to promise to observe the constitution of the republic former chancellor Cliance llor von one of von HInden burgs fa favorites orites wits was made vice chancellor and four members of the von schleicher ministry were retained they are earon baron konstantin Konstant ln von neurath foreign minister fount count lutz von schwerin kroslak flin ince minister baron eltz ion on Reu benach minister of post and communications and guenther gereke employment nd minister nister dr alfred flu hugenberg genberg leader of the nationalist party wits was made minister of 0 economics and agriculture ile ie Is a monarchist and a warm friend of the former kaiser copt herman goering Goerl ng hillers Hit lers right hand man became curn e a minister without portfolio 11 acting minister of the interior for prussia and commissar of 0 aviation on rind Is in control of all police forces in more thin than half the republic president von flin denburg dissolved the reichstag wednesday and ordered new elections for march 9 the nazis are confident that they will then obtain a clear majority in the parlia ment Sp enkIng over the radio hitler promised his government would save the farmer rind provide jobs for the army of idle created in fourteen years of marxist mismanagement in german germany 1 the socialists and communists planned a united front against hitler and threatened a general strike of course there were many encounters between the enfiled elabed nazis and their foes with a few deaths and consid conid cons id erable bloodshed dr wilhelm VII helin frick the new nazi minister of the interior said the government would woid oppose the strike plans with the sharpest ineas measures since the nazis are mostly still antl semites an exodus of jews front from germany Is predicted indeed ninny jews ril already ready are leaving the country on various pretexts when frick was asked whether ghether he be would move to extradite any of them he replied if these people leave that Is something which we can only desire continuation of hillers Hit lers rule depends largely on whether he can obtain the support of the catholic centrists Centris ts who nho have 70 members of the th reichstag they are especially ante antagonistic to t fluger iberg von a and rid selete chief of the steel helmet helm et war vet erans association all of w whom hom are considered reactionary RANCES new premier Is edouard FDa FRANCES ladler and his cabinet in which he be Is also minister of war Is very much the same as the raul paul boncoeur 0 ministry which the socialist party overthrew paul boncoeur Is foreign minister camille camalle chautemps Chau tempa minister of the int interior L VIP george bonnet has the finance portfolio and lamouraux Lamon raux that of the budget Da Dai ladler adier presented 4 his cabinet to the chamber of deputies edouard friday and Is scheduled deladier Da ladier soon to lay before that body his bis financial program since that Is substantially ly the same as aa that of his big predecessor the political sharps sharing in paris predicted that his ministry would soon be overthrown the revolt against excessive taxation in evidence in most countries of the civilized world was as marked in france by two enormous demonstrations during the week the first was a meeting of nearly substantial business men representing 75 0 syndicates and commercial and industrial interests throughout the country A resolution was adopted declaring that taxation Is strangling the count rys business and announcing that it if the new government attempts to increase the burden of taxation all interests represented will shut down their shops and plants A second meeting was held by smaller merchants artisans and industrials not included in the above association cia tion they adopted a similar resolution lut I 1 on E hirohito niRO HITO and prince Salon jl last of the elder statesmen of japan have approved the determination of foreign minister buchl da to recall the Japp japanese nese delegates from geneva when the report of the committee of 19 Is accepted by the league of nations ind rid article 15 para graph 4 of the covenant Is applied nevertheless to strengthen her position japan has withdrawn certain of her objections to the leagues formula for conciliation of the manchuria dispute provided the league makes some concessions the foreign office in tokyo was not hopeful that its terms would be accepted and admitted that japans withdrawal from the league was probable small powers on the committee of 19 defeated the british in drafting the final two findings in the report on the clidio japanese conflict over the protests of anthony eden english member who was mildly supported by the french it was agreed in principle to declare that the chinese boycott since september 18 1931 when japan started military operations in Man manchuria churin should be considered as a reprisal the small powers considered that this amoun amounted teu to justifying the boycott regarding the other finding it was agreed in principle pl to declare not merely that the japanese actions of september 18 1911 hut but also since then could not be regarded as legitimate measures of self defense moreover sweden finally got this amended to add that the league alone and not japan as that nation cl claimed Almed had the right to determine in such cases what constituted legitimate self de bense FARMERS of middle western states continued their efforts to balk mortgage foreclosures fore closures on farm lands and property and in many instances they were successful either preventing the sales or buying in the properties for a few cents and returning them to the owners responding to a request from the fco ga vernor of iowa the new york life insurance company announced that it had suspended foreclosures fore closures on farm propel ties in that state other com took toh similar action in ID Nel nebraska cras governor bryan aryan named a board of conciliation to attempt to bring debtors and creditors redl redi tors together and obtain fair settlements farm leaders said this plan was no good PLANS P I 1 ANS for protracted hearings on the beer and wine bill were canceled by ohp senate finance committee despite the of chairman Chair miln smoot Sr lot nevertheless Neier less its chances for passage at tills this session were considered remote as both the repeal resolution and up appropriation bills have precedence over it senator walsh of Aill massachusetts chu said he would lend a fight to knock out of the bill all provisions for federal control over the sale and manufacture of beer and senator bingham of connecticut salil said he would work to the senate bill with the lite li cusp measure representative Represent athe fred red britten of illinois came to the file front again with nith a bill for the reveal repeal of the jones 5 ind and 10 law which he declared was now thoroughly discredited in the canadian Can nolian parliament two separate moves were made to kill the law passed by ahr old liberal government prohibiting liquor exports to the united states so long ns as prohibition Is the law of this land brind i OLIN galsworthy one of the J best of modern english novelists died at his home in hampstead after it an a illness of several weeks author of the b e notable forsyte saga among many other works lie was awarded the nobe prize for literature for 1032 daas before his death england lost another eini eminent nent man of letters I 1 the george SaInt bhury sara rp asdale well known american poet was found dead in her bath in new york CL 1913 western newspaper union |