Show news review of current events the world over radicals in in senate keep up fight 0 against Drou drought glit relief compromise schall attacks attorney general mitchell by EDWARD W PICKARD in the RADICALS senate gave up hope of defeating the compromise on drought relief appropriations which was wag outlined a week ago for robinson of arkansas democratic leader and ninny others prominent in his party indorsed endorsed Indor sed it as the best that could senator blahn be e obtained both robinson and caraway who had been so critical of the administrations ions polley policy changed chanced their stand defended president hoover expressed their confidence in secretary of agriculture hyde and admitted that the work of the red cross in tile the drought area had bad improved until it was now ad adequate to the situation robinson sald t ld he wax was not trying to sue sine his fam face but honestly believed that the compromise agreement would do what was necessary secretary hyde was asked to tell the senate whether in his bis opinion rooney money obtained by farmers under tile the compromise plan could be used to buy food his reply was yes la ro follette ilette and blaine of wisconsin norris of nebraska and other insurgents sur mur gents continued to denounce deu ounce the compromise as humiliating wicked shameful and altogether wrong young loung bob denounced the democrats for cooperating with the i and asserted that if we accept this surrender it means that we do nothing for the affected by unemployment while he be was speaking a committee of fifteen that was said to represent the or workers unemployment insurance delegation tried to get into the house of representatives with a big petition demanding that speaker longworth recess tile the house tor for twenty minutes so EO they might appear on the floor and state their case the speaker refused this request and would not receive the committee in his office so the petition was left fib his bis secretary and the importunate visitors were gently pushed out of the capitol by a bunch of policemen the workers were sold sald to be led by com commelin MILIn ests and the washington police were out in force to prevent a red lied invites invasion n this aroused the of sen t or blaine who vilio declared that the met menace ace exists only in the minds of those alio bo are protecting electing pr the iery ery system that may inay some day create a real mense menace e of tills this sort in minneapolis boston new york sacramento and other cities there were communist demon denion st il rations in behalf of relief for the unemployed in some instances 8 involving conflicts with the P police olice D SCHALL Lttie the TD blind radical republican senator from froia minnesota resents president homers Hoo ierg request hint he cease recommending ernest of Minnea minneapolis polls for a federal judgeship and submit a list of fit bt candidates candidate 8 he puts all the blame for tile the situation on oil at erne ernet st michel torney general mitch ell declaring that the batters lat corpor a tion public utility connections connection sP have Illar warped ped his bis judgment schall letting the affair rest he sent a letter calling to the attention of the prest derit dent some of the former corporation connections of his attorney gen general erfil and nd also told the senate all about these As a republican and a senator schall wrote let me importune you ur president lot to close your ees to the lessons of recent political his tory taft wrecked ills his by trusting billinger harding wrecked his by trusting fall daugh erty and others of terser lesser notoriety like theodore rush holland are you going to reek reck yours by further trusting your attorney gener a al the answer it tor for you to make but millions of loyal republican throughout the land are hoping und anil praying for a aega negative tive answer WELL wis ELI the smedley butler incident Is closed the fiery marine gen eral lias has expressed in writing his regret for ills his animadversions un on prem I keiu ler ier mussolini secretary of the N anvy a IV y adams hns has formal him for his indiscretion and the order fur for the generals court martial trial has been revoked the public Is disappointed tor for it had expected some spicy reading information obtained at washington to Is that ambassador de martino of italy called on secretary of state stimson and discussed the butler case in such a any ay that it was easy to infer that ills his government would prefer that italo american relations should not be imperiled through a presentation of the circumstances surrounding the alleged hit and run incident in a possibly acrimonious way it was apparent that mussolini wona louia be glad if the matter were dropped entirely so BO mr samson suggested to mr adams that flint a compromise might be effected with the result stated above premier mussolini was quoted as saying in rome 1 I have already forgotten tile the hole matter except the kind touch of friendship the american government goern ment showed towards italy and me HEN tile the senate passed the independent W WHEN offices appropriation bill the federal farm board was wa gien a new dew lease of life and assured that it could continue its operations for another year the measure carried the finni filial of the boards authorized revolving loan fund the senators desiring to abold blime it if the ilia board falls to ut results rejected an amendment offered by senator clack black of alabama which would have forbidden the use of any of the hundred millions for trading in futures on grain or cotton exchanges southern senators were particularly exercised over the use of farm board funds by cotton co operatic cs in trading la in futures by permitting its bands to be used in tills this way it was asserted that the board Is encourage ug speculation E embarrassing SING to say the least Is the position in leo S rover district attorney of the district of columbia finds himself when the senate rescinded its approval A of the appointment of george otis oils smith as a member of the red fed eral board and power P leo 8 rover then rejected the nomination it also adopted a resolution ordering mr rover to institute court to oust mr smith from the board he has no choice but to obey these instructions however both resident president hoover and attorney general william mitchell hold that mr air smiths appointment was legal and that the former appin val of it by the senate must stand wherefore ap parent patently ly it Is up to sir mr rover to attempt to proe that his superiors are wrong in their contention CANNON of the methodist church south was freed from the charges made against him the elders deciding they did not hot h have ave sufficient sudi clent merit to warrant putting the bishop on trial but this end the church mans troubles for senator nyes ayes campaign fund committee with enlarged powers called on him to explain his expenditures of anti smith funds in the campaign of 1928 disclosure in the house of the large expenses incurred by the nye cum com cittee in its travels about the country has greatly irked the north dakota senator this expense recount account has been introduced into the congressional record and nye justly fears it will be a potent weapon in the hands of his foes vi alien lien he comes up for reelection re election and admirers F of albert C fritchle of maryland are very busy these aln so days urging him film as the democratic standard hearer bearer of 1132 1132 they b have a v e the ritchie for president league and its general secretary lawrence lockwood of Rill ilmore II 11 mure gov ritchie says buys it will have branches in forty eight states within three months mont lis already these branches number thirteen in michigan massachusetts illinois and georgia hating been formed in the last two weeks the national president of the ritchie league Is edward A gahler gabler of philadelphia ladelphia and the lender leader in new york Is william A Iott dl As Is s of course upil ell known governor Is a wet the entire maryland Denh cracy Is a back of governor fritchle Ritch le the only man in the history of maryland who alio has been elected four tinia oliue to the governors chair from reports re el pd the lh believe belleve that ritchie already Is reg regarded aided as a serious contender for the presidential to be made hv by the denlo democratic party next year the plan to formulate a nationiel natio ital organization got under way about two months ago secretary lockwood said a quiet cam was now being conducted on the pacific coast and among midwest states ny BY A vote of 91 to 56 the lower LJ house bouse of the illinois asset assembly ab ly passed an act wiping out tile the state prohibition law and the search and seizure act that complements it the repeaters repe alers lers had bad 14 more votes than alino were necessary the measure goes to the senate donate which Is to in recess until fob feb auary 17 27 and some of tile the house mem bers gave warning that unless prompt action was taken by th the upper bouse there might be a filibuster on appropriation bills tile the wisconsin senate adopted three resolutions asking congress to relieve the country from prohibition one urges a national prohibition referendum the second anks modification of the lie Vol stend act a ct to permit the annu m inu facture of fight wines and beer and tile the third calls to fo immediate repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment concurrence of the lower house bouse in these resolutions was considered certain deales P the en vt 4 1 7 of the monarchy and disregarding all threats kang alfonso has restored part of the abrogated cons titu liodal rights of the spaniards and called parliamentary elections for march 1 ending the dle dictator ship that t llila has been in king alfonso existe exl ce about seven years the royal decree restores during the election period freedom of speech freedom of writing freedom of lawful assembly and of and religious organization it says the government tins lias done everything aws possible I 1 to guarantee honest elections ilij in d that these should have the tull full support of the nation hut but say the madrid correspondents many politicians do not bellee believe in lie sincerity of the government and ninny many more mora will not participate in tile the elections because of their wrath against the king socialists representing tile the vast majority of labor republicans who vibo command the support of fully W per cent of the students monarchist enemies of alfonso XIII who under the guidance of sandier sanchez guerra are demanding a constituent assembly stand fast lo in their refusal to gu go to the polls the opening of the electoral period finds the country in a state stale of extreme nervousness alarming posters of revolutionary lutio nary and counter revolutionary plots appear everywhere IF F THE naval ap bill reported favorably to A tit the house bouse becomes IH law the naval establishment lish ment will be considerably sider ably reduced the carries t ml A aich Is inore than below the expenditures tit al loved for the current year it provides for rep britten fewer ships lo in corn commission reduces the enlisted personnel of both the navy and the marine corps corns diminishes funds for new warships A and decreases the size of the naval send emy classes at annapolis Annn polls strength Is maintained at the same leel le el there Is now before congress a war ship authorization hill carrying which provides for the ron con st ruction of one cruiser four submit rines and one aircraft carrier chair man fred A britten of illinois of the naval duval affairs coni committee matee announced ef forts would he be made to have the house enact this measure and it also will III be pushed in the senate later it Is fib ored by president hoover a negative vote the W WITHOUT ate the kendall bill a al 1 ready passed by the house for a 44 4 t hour week in the postal service the measure was vins hacked liy by llie file national federation of post office clerks and opposed ed by postmaster general brown WHILE paul Bogdin nv hend head of the anitori trailing trading was dening den ing to chicago business men that russel was Jump ln on central european maikits maik malk ets dis pallies lies came from alehin telling how bovi 1 ans eliis commercial represent a I 1 he there operating front Ms hir split tin on file lie stork stock vas a fering soviet wheat at pricel as much as 25 per cent under those quoted by y comp competti ettl tors it was under Nod in tile llie austrian capital that the lie collel nl was visa planning to ship wheat from tilla stun black sea fu ports up the danube river to compete compete with from itu fill mania jugo ju alaila and hungary in the markets of sentral central s europe jugo slavia already has taken steps to cm cinn lint bat this move a decree beang gated doubling do the lie duty on imported wheat flour and corn rumors it minors tit of turin turmoil till in tug ilus sla eia that might lend lead to a revolution caused tile price i ol il l wheat on fill the bugo board of inide to jump 4 cents a bushel to the price quoted there since last july lof I 1 ORD IRWIN alio ho Is still viceroy of inda deenis to have spilled the beans in the ole with ith the na tiona lists marialina Mali almu alina hlin fill wits was W i rather a conciliatory mood wrote to lord irwin asking an invest 1 gation of what lie termed gross cruelty cruel y and repression hy by police lu in subduing thoat engaged in ID the liberation ino eugent the reply of the viceroy Is described us as curt lind and coldly official slid and the member of the he working committee ol oi tile the national congress professed to see tit in it no evidence that thai tile the government govern meni really desires to make peace with tin till nationalists except on its on terms n ains they feel there Is no longer tit hope lie tot fui the elie acceptance of li il title line minister I 1 itam 11 I 1 m S say fly proposal for home rule tor for india the III legill leg iff Islat lve council approved I 1 lie slat MK dun idd plan 04 el 1311 1931 UJ fulua i A |