Show news review of current events the world over japan having saved face by victory may malse mae peace with china Lind lindbergh bergli baby for ransom by EDWARD W PICKARD for cessation of hostilities P PROSPECTS tili ties in china and for ultimate peace so somewhat enhanced tn tile the middle of the week for japan had bad saved face her forces in the shanghai area strongly reinforced in and under the supreme command of gen yoshinori norl former minis ter of war another tremendous effort to drive back the chinese pese army was started and after many hours of fierce fight gen shara in S was reported aptel to have succeeded gen kawa tsal tsai ting nineteenth route army which had been so bravely resisting tile the invaders broke and led fled northwestward and westward from the chapel biangman line and the japanese hazing haing accomplished their immediate object their military and naval authorities ordered the cessation of operations and submitted terms for a truce pending tile the hold holding ng of an international conference on the shanghai situation it was apparent that the japanese were determined to win a big victory before the meeting of the league of nations assembly on thursday having accomplished this object they were in better position to make or accept peace plans earlier in the week conversations in geneva and aboard the flagship of british admiral sir howard kelly at shanghai had led to hopes that there would be an immediate cessation of 0 fighting cut but the japanese still insisted on the withdrawal of the chinese forces before moving their own and this china refused in geneva the council of the league adopted a proposal of joseph paul boncouri for a conference of all the powers directly interested in shanghai and the japanese government accepted this plan sir john simon british delegate announced that the united states would adhere to this proposal the council made the conference contingent upon a truce and the fact that the severest fighting of the war followed immediately served to confuse the situation and to make observers in shanghai skeptical of results dispatches from tokyo quoted war minister abaid as declaring even if diplomatic negotiations tire opened we cannot withdraw our forces immediately rt it Is impossible to do so in n dealing with chinas cainas undisciplined d and treacherous military forces we can only withdraw our troops after witnessing ourselves INA the chinese forces have been withdrawn definitely to a certain designated point we can call keep our promise but there is no guarantee that the chinese will keep theirs notwithstanding the arguments and pleas of certain university presidents and many pacifists paci fists the united states government will not countenance a boycott of japan which would be in effect a war measure great britain also Is opposed to such an economic blockade and therefore it was predicted that this drastic step would not be voted toted by the league assembly the sm smaller aller nations were expected to favor fator the boycott hut but it could be side tracked by the british c HARLES AUGUSTUS D bergh jr the twenty months old son of col and mrs charles A lindbergh I and was tuesday evening evenin g from the nursery on the second floor of his parents home at hopewell N T J the police dolice forces of new jersey new york pennsylvania and other oilier eastern states were busy on the case within an hour and with the ald aid of countless airmen began in an intensive search for tile the infant and the rash rail miscreants who hat had stolen him indications were that the crime was committed by a man and a woman an and d that the kidnapers had fled in an all automobile the criminals left a note demanding the payment of ransom and threatening the baby ith death it if this were refused colonel and mrs Lind lindbergh beigh were of course ready to pay anything possible to get back their child and tile the authorities aided them in facilitating negotiations at this writing it Is reported that the return of the baby Is expected soon the shocked the nation and the Lindberg LInd berghs lis had the warm sympathy of tile the entire population of the country nil and tile the active aid of everyone nho mho could in anyway help them anway NOT OT officially lilly associated in any way alth ith tile the situation in the orient but interesting nevertheless Is the fact that in a short time almost the entire navy of the united states will be in the pacific ocean orders issued by the navy department direct most of the warships la in atlantic waters to t take part in the march and april maneuvers in the san redro pedro area the training squadron of the bc outIng foye slid and tile the special service including ten new crul cruisers sers and destroyers nil ill join the scouting force of the pacific fleet in defense defens of that thai pun will of if the lur coast f from attack by tile battle fleet which was due to start eastward from hawaii on march 8 A total of HI warships of all types including battleships aircraft carriers eight inch gun cruisers destroyers and submarines will participate in the I 1 test of tile the pacific coasts defensive power D representative CHARLES R alx lx crisp of georgia acting chairman of the house ways and means committee and his subcommittee for the drafting of the new tax bill completed their work slid and reported the measure to the full committee after which it was offered to the house for passage mr crisp announced that the bill assured a balanced budget by the end of the next fiscal year benr provided current estimates were not upset C R crisp the measure Is expected to provide approximately additional revenue annually through new or increased taxes the principle feature Is the general manufacturers sale tax which by the inclusion of a tax on gasoline sales should produce annually increases in income inheritance and estate taxes will bring about the remaining or there ati nuts bill ill be raised by excise taxes A promised cut of to in appropriations will bring this revenue program within the limits of next years budget it was said CONOMY went by tile board when ellie ECONOMY the house passed the emergency road construction bill which appropriates for federal aid to the states in road building supported as a means of relief to the unemployed the measure passed by a vote of to only 12 democrats being in opposition most of the money Is to be allotted to the states by the secretary of agriculture under the provisions of the federal highway act the federal government according to the terms of the lie measure Is to be reimbursed imbur sed over a period of ten years commencing in 1038 by making debue deductions from regular apportionments to he be made later under the highway act secretary of agriculture hyde severely criticized the bill asserting it would provide jobs tor for only about 35 OW men and would on endanger danger stable development of the future federal aid program it was predicted the measure it if it passed the senate would be vetoed by the president over credit for legislative Q isla tive achievements the hoover supporters and the democratic leaders have quite ruptured the partisan bipartisan bi bl alliance for the eco relief of the country such as it was speaker garner assailed the president was in turn attacked by senator ill mopes moes of new hampshire and the democrats who hope to see mr garner nominated for president leaped to his defense chief sen connally ot of the latter was nas senator turn tom connally connal 1 y of texas in a fiery speech lie lambart ed the administration fur for extravagance and lauded the dem democrats for or economy senator Broo brookhart lhart of iowa interjected a question and brought on himself IN I 1 his withering retort tha tl senator from iowa Is a republican in name only ile he Is just as bitter in antagonist of the present administration as any democrat dare be yet lie he Is 1 afraid of ail thing that happens to lo hear bear the I 1 he democratic label hibel DAY D AY by day at al smith Is becoming more thin than it 11 receptive candidate for the democratic nom domination illation ue lie ling has ghen written permission to his friends to enter him in tile the massa ausetts hu prIn primary iary carried that state in 1023 and Is so popular there that it nill ill be tile the scent scene of tile the real sinith roosevelt fight one former senator who to take advantage of of this possibly democratic year to lo regain his old id seat Is daniel V F sleek of iowa in announcing his candidacy lie he out lined views on notional nit ional issues advocating tariff revision lon a referendum on prohibition and adequate farn relief legislation was the democratic nominee in 1024 1924 and was seated by the senate after an election contest with smith W brookhart ile de was defeated in 1930 by senator 1 f J dickinson mal maj gen cen smedley D butler an bounced noun cerl that he Is a candidate for the lie republican nomination for united states senator from ile pennsylvania against senator james J davis gen eral huller butler said he would run ID on a bone dry platform and would have the full support of gov gifford pinchot resident RESIDE Nr HOOVER in a special PRESIDENT pressage message to congress asked tor for legislation that would speed up federal criminal court justice eliminate flaws in the national bankruptcy act and strengthen prohibition enforcement in the district of columbia the presidents proposals included 1 legislation permitting the united states supreme court to prescribe uniform rules of practice and proc procedure edere in criminal cases for all proceedings after verdicts in the district courts and for the circuit court of aphea appeals is so 80 as to shorten the time between conviction of prisoners and their incarceration in federal penitentiaries aries 2 laws permitting an accused person to waive the requirement of indictment by grand jury when the accused admits his guilt 3 legislation making valid all grand jury indictments where soleast at least twelve eligible jurors vote for indictment e regardless of whether ineligible jurors voted 4 Passin passing of legislation limiting the time for making motions to quash indictments because of dis qualifications ot of jurors 5 legislation enabling the attorney general to forego prosecution of chil bret in the federal courts and to return them to state authorities to be dealt with by juvenile courts and other state agencies 6 legislation supplementing the pro hibit lon law for the district of columbia 7 amendment of the bankruptcy laws to give debtors protection of the courts in certain cases to remove cumbersome sections of the bankruptcy laws to require examination of every bankrupt by a responsible official and numerous other reforms 8 legislation creating additional and federal court personnel to relieve congestion f legislation legislation EGI to authorize a complete LJ investigation of the stock exchanges Is favored by the senate banking committee and a subcommittee headed by senator walcott of connecticut has been appointed to prepare it it was the consensus of the committee chairman norbeck said that all phases of stock market speculation should be inquired into tile the activities of the long interests as well as the short interests will be investigated he said but it is probable that the bears will receive first attention with only five votes in opposition the senate passed the norris anti in junction bill tor for which organized labor has been crying tor for several years it sharply limits the cases in which federal injunctions may issue in labor disputes provides that a person charged with indirect contempt ot of a federal court shall have right of appeal and outlaws the yellow dog contract that Is any agreement whereby Nhe reby workers promise not to join a labor union during the term of their employment there Is no longer any doubt about getting a test vote on prohibition in the house the petition to bring the eeck deck linthicum bill for state liquor control to the floor has received the necessary signatures the final name being that of J J mansfield of texas a cripple who made his way to the clerks desk in bis big wheel chair and affixed his big signature as the w wets ets cheered the test will not come before march 14 AVID JAYNE HILL educator historian DAVID and diplomat died last week in washington where he had lived in retirement for many years before becoming ambassador to germany in 1907 doctor mil hill served as president of bucknell university for nine years from iessi to he was president of the university of rochester ue lie began his diplomatic career in 1903 when he was appointed minister to switzerland lie he was made minister to the netherlands two years later and was a member of the permanent administrative counell council of the hague tribunal and one of the amerlean american delegates to the second peace conference at the hague has broken out in finland R REVOLT the rebels are members of the lop capua lapua u a party or fascists and they have gathered in large numbers well armed threatening civil war if president pahr evind aud does not oust all communists and socialists cia lists from his bis cabinet IF the presidents reply was the decreeing X of a new safety law that gives him extreme military powers to meet the crisis it permits the suppression of newspapers president found guilty of aaita tion don dissolving all demonstrations search of homes examination of all persons out of doors and hindrance of armed individuals moving from place to place with other steps considered necessary to preserve order the briny and civil guards proved loval to the government and went out to meet the revolutionaries and the hie president decided the leaders of the capua lapua party should be arrested if possible the disturbance was malu ly in southern finland centering at 11 manthala Mao Man REAT era of freel free G trade which had bad lasted for 85 years came to an end with the enactment of 01 the new tariff law lav and its approval by the crown the final hours saw numerous ships rushing to all the bolts of the united K kingdom ingao 1 trang to ing to get et their cargoes to ian land rid before the customs duties became effective fec ive tive IQ 1132 1932 western newspaper union |