Show news L I 1 qu review of current events the world over premier laval in washington ington 0 conferring with president hoover status of manchurian eniero imbroglio Em broglio lio blanket frei freight l bt rate increase denied by EDWARD W PICKARD berre LAVAL premier of franco france r arrived in the united states thursday for his conversations with prest flent dent hoover hurrying tit nt once to washington lie was received there with all due formality and cordiality and was housed with his entourage to urage in the ninn man slon of ambassador walter edge there was the stated round of calls receptions and dinners all arranged in advance by warr warren n delano roll rob bins the chef de pro pierre laval ava tool ocol and both al laval and his daughter title liue josette Jos otte seemed to enjoy themselves selves however the chief interest in the premiers visit centered in ills his talks with mr coover Il what they discussed and what conclusions they reached if any were not to be given out to the public until the affair was all over but bot it was known that the french mission was concerned especially with questions of finance and disarmament and would try to reach an agreement in which these two matters would be linked up with the security which france continually demands M laval was troubled by the american belief that france Is militaristic and did his best to dispel that idea on the way over he be intimated that about the limit he be expected from america in the way of security guarantees was a consultative pact to deline define the aggressor in war but he be thought the instrument might be so worded as to imply certain assurances of the attitude of tile the united states towards a power that deliberately forces war As to finance the premier expected to reach an agreement with mr hoover hooner concerning prolongation of the moratorium on war debts and reparations he also hoped plans might be laid for ark an international conference to examine the gold and credit questions FOR one minute wednesday night the people of the united states turned out their electric lights in tribute to the memory of thomas alva edison an impressive demonstration that was requested by president hoover hooter that day the funeral of the greatest inventor of all time was held in west orange and his body was laid la in the tomb the services were simple but many thousands of mourning men and women were there mr hoover was I kept apt in washington by official duties dudes but he was represented ly by mrs hoover boiner henry ford ant and harvey firestone closest friends of edison were prominent in the throng they had said goodby to him two weeks before when all knew his death deatti was wag not far oil off APAN removed the manchurian em cm JAPAN broglio brogli ct from the front page temporarily pora rily when it withdrew its objections to american participation la in the discussion of that matter by the league of nations this however was a mere formality for Prent les gilbert american con rai eul at geneva already at was sitting fitting in with the league council the committee of live five of the council suggested that the powers signatory to the kellogg antiwar anti and war pact prentiss arnn call to the attention gilbert e of japan and china their obligations under that treaty find and identical notes on that line were sent cent to tokyo find and by great britain the united states france italy germany spain and other nations 4 thon tile the council committee continued its discussions of the manchur lan ian question and it was reported that was owing to t alleged suggestions from washington Ing torl japan it appeared was about to win a complete diplomatic victory and the chinese delegates were dumbfounded la in other words it was rumored the council would decide that japans occupation of manchuria might continue indefinitely until tokyo was satisfied that the security of japanese in the province was amply guaranteed and that negotiations between japan and china should begin abonce at once there was every reason to believe that these conclusions would be indignant fa rejected by china diplomats in geneva feared the repairs remits of the councils rumored change of view prophesying that the government would fall that there would again be chaos in china and that the influence of the league and of white nations generally to in the fast east would mould greatly decline briand as a kind of mediator asked japan to abandon the fifth of its five points which demands a new arrangement ran gement between the south man eberlan and the chinese railways in Mane manchuria burla to obtain operation cooperation co and it was intimated in tokyo that this might be done japans japan ither points are 1 A mutual pledge by both nations not to resort to aggression 2 chinese abandonment of still anti japanese including boycotts and anti japanese propaganda to in school textbooks 8 3 mutual respect for territorial integrity teg rity 4 chinese recognition of 0 tile the validity of the existing treaties trent les guaranteeing protection of japanese life and property and the right to reside a and nd engage in peaceful occupations on in leased land in manchuria these are not final terms but bu t are considered by japan essential preceding withdrawal of troops to the rise railway zone kone in reply to the nations that invoked the kellogg part pact foreign minister declares that japan recognizes reeo reco 0 olaes fully Us its responsibility under the pact rod and holds that its ardys action in manchuria lias has been activated solely by reasons of self defense and also to protect japanese lives and property against wanton attacks by chinese troops and bandits the japanese government according I 1 ng to the lie reply does not intend d to lo take recourse to war to obtain a solution of its differences with china the governments ohn aim Is to compose the differences pacifically REAT parliamentary GREAT campaign developed into a good deal of a rough house performance with many fist lights fights and the slinging of much mud prime minister macdonald held his own quite we well in the debates but some others did not fare so well sir oswald mosley leader of the new party was the center of disturbance jwj tur bance wherever be appeared with h I 1 a bodyguard of prize fighters and football sir oswald prayers p PI I 1 ayers a y e r a H he was jeered and booed bloed so aoi mosley physically assaulted several times and ana a birmingham court issued summons tor for his arrest after a stormy meeting in that city winston churchill was nearly mobbed while addressing a meeting in support of viscount borndale Bo son of countess beatty beatly but was saved from the bowling crowd by tile the pollee police one novelty in the campaign was the use of airplanes in aid of the national government candidates the machines were all privately owne owned d and were under tinder the direction of a woman mrs R R bentley dbent DECLARING that a blanket 15 per cent increase to in freight rates would be contrary to the best interests of the railways and would be unjustified by the economic conditions prevailing the interstate commerce commission denied the application of the carriers for the boost the commission suggested instead a temporary increase of rates or on numerous specified commodities for a period ending march 31 1933 with the understanding that the additional revenue produced by such increases shrill shall be pooled by the railroads to race mee deficiencies in interest payments on their bonds and other obligations this increase it was estimated might produce as much as whereas the roads hoped to get from the blanket raise asked in some quarters it was intimated that the railroads might now resort to cutting the wages of their workers which they are bolh to do since they realize this would decrease buying tio power er and in turn decrease the quantity of freight to be CR carried aried WHEN HEN the president returned to washington from the york yorktown town celebration one of the first delegations he be received visa nas from phil philadelphia illel bearing a strong protest against parts of the navy economy program especially especial lT the postponement of the construction of tile the naval hospital in that city four congressmen told mr hoover they thought work on the hospital should go ahead another delegation which aich included senators nye and frailer of north dakota asked white house aid in relieving the farm land credit situation in tile the western and northwestern farm regions later the two senators said that tile th president had promised to old aid the federal farm banks by recommending om orn an increase to capitalization they said they told the president that the present capital of tile the 12 land banks Is tied up in farm lidid that cannot be sold and hence the farmers la in this time of stress are not able to avail themselves of if tile the credit facilities which congress int intended ended when it created this particular branch of the treasury system fears that the economy program for the navy department would be dibas troug for the navy bond boad and tile the maintenance of old ironsides otherwise tile the frigate constitution were dispelled dippell ed by an announcement by theodore G joslyn secretary to the president lie ile raid that whatever else Is eliminated from the budget the band and din th his y rt y wow ain t borle frigate would be provided for the president he be said Is opposed to diminishing the inspirational in spI rational value of the old constitution by laying her up and to taking the joy out of life by scrapping the band discontent and home CATHOLIC C rule for provinces threatened so BO much trouble for the regime of manuel azana the new provisional preal lent dent of the spanish republic that the cortes took quick action passing a law 1 for the defense of the he republic that gave azana real dictatorial powers tie ile Is now in a position to deal with the monarchist clerical and communist groups and also with the re bel beulious lious members of manuel A azana the government acts of aggression against the lie republic are defined elaborately the government can don den with labor political and religious disorders with extraordinary tra powers it Is privileged to dissolve any organization considered a menace to public order so suppress a hostile press and fire any public off iclal aborn it finds lax lat in enforcing the law tile the government Is also empowered with the right of search and seizure of arms anyone convicted of pos firearms ire inns or even of eulogizing the lie ousted monarchy Is liable to im strikes will be illegal un on less preceded by an eight day notice backerman RA representatives ERNEST n R Ar kerman ckerman of new jersey find fletcher hale of new hampshire both republicans died during the week the democrats thus for the time being had bad a majority of one in the new house the count being democrats republicans barmer laborite 1 vacancies 7 five of tile the vacancies two normally democratic are to be filled at special elections november 3 governor larson of new jersey was expected to call a special election to IIII fill the vacancy in the normally republican fifth district before the new congress convenes december 7 attorney general stevens of new jersey b believed Il eved however there vas mas not sufficient time ORMER representative harry E FORMER Frow bottom of indiana who was sentenced to a year and a day imprisonment in leavenworth penitentiary for accepting bribes for patronage jobs in the first indiana district Is to be released on parole ou on november 9 0 though his term it e r in normally would not end until february 0 9 1932 it nas learned tit at the ithe department of justice ice 4 that among those who bo recommended the pi parole were senators james E watson and harry y E Row bottom bottor arthur R robinson of indiana both republicans other recommendations in favor of releasing row bottom before the expiration of ills his full term were made by circuit judge charles E woodward who sentenced the former representative and by judge vanderburgh of the probate court of evansville district attorney george I 1 jeffery who prosecuted was opposed to the parole the justice department said pinchot PINC nOT governor of G GIFFORD pennsylvania appeared in washington and held a number of secret conferences with progressive members of the senate which started the correspondents oft off on a lot of speculation as to his possible candidacy for the presidential nomination in the republican primaries the governor and those these with whom he conferred were ivere equally reticent about the matters they discussed the senators whom he be saw included borah of idaho couzens of michigan Brook brookhart hort of iowa frazier 0 of north dakota and costigan fos ligan of colorado of the george washington adington dedication bridge across the hudson river took place saturday with the pomp and circumstance due such it 11 sub jet this marvelous structure spans tile the river from the heights of manhattan at street to the pall sadea on the new jersey shore the stretch between hie file massive towers Is feet find the bridge including its approaches approach es extends for nearly two miles it has been built lit in four and one halt half years at a cost of for the present it lias has four traffic lanes inner but there will be eight when the bridge Is completely paved A L I 1 CAPONE boss gangster of chicago facing sentence to the penitentiary after his conviction on charges of income tax fraud was dealt yet another blow by the government last week collectors of internal revenue at chicago and jacksonville fla were directed by secretary of dit treasury mellon to place liens ilens on all property owned by the racketeer as a preliminary move toward the collection of taxes ranging from tu to K people resident resl dent on the island got VJ of cyprus revolted against british rule demanding that the island he turned over to greece mobs blobs stormed and burned the government house in nicosia and fought the police four british isar warships ships were sent from crete and airplanes carried british soldiers from egypt 0 1931 western Now union i 1 |