Show JL news I 1 qu review of current events the world over mussolini says conquered ethiopia will be italian colony house battles over new relief bill some ca campaign mp aien aign developments by EDWARD we PICKARD 0 western newspaper union Is conquered emperor challe SLI hallo selassie Se lassle has fled to pales tane aboard a british cruiser and the il tallan army Is in possession of addis ababa the war in east africa Is ended but this climax way any be only the beginning of a still greater story for benito mussolini tells the world that all of ethiopia now belongs 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 assurance that lie would not infringe on french and british interests in east africa meaning file alic french railway from djibouti to addis ababa and the british interests in the lake tana headwaters of the blue nile 11 II duce intimated that if france and britain would support liis his program he would give them full trade privileges in ethiopia and exclude all other nations the league of nations council was about to meet in geneva and it was believed the anti fascist sentiment among the french left parties that have just come into power would influence the french attitude there the british too were said not dot to be cecon reconciled to victory and it was understood 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 tale take the cistand assumed last fall by the united states and refuse to recognize acquisition of territory by force all of them realize such recognition to in this case would create a dangerous precedent precede nL success in east africa Is a humiliating defeat for great britain 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 tahe military sanctions against italy was due to the horror of war and not to fear althe of the amate mate le outcome the labor labovites laborites Lab orites tes eng g eden by their attacks and he be refu sed to disclose what the governments policy at geneva might be demanding a free band to deal with circumstances as they might arise one result in washington of the taking of addis ababa was severe criticism of the state department for having so wretch wretchedly edy protected a legation there minister engert had only a few weapons and the building was open to attack representative edith nourse rogers of massachusetts introduced a resolution calling on secretary hull for information as to measures taken tor for protection of the legation staff EMPEROR HAILE of ethiopia gave up the hopeless fight against the italian invaders and fled 1 from addis ababa with his family victorious troops soon after marched into the cup cap ital the first to enter being a picked ment representing all units of the italian army the askarl infantry artillery air force engineers gren adders bersaglieri at al plot cavalry marines and F a s c 1 s Is men agn haile selassie their coming was welcomed by the foreigners who remained in the city lor for as soon as the negus left the natives began to pillage plunder and burn the business center of the town was speedily wrecked and the government buildings were stormed and nd 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 bills WITH wem the introduction of the unemployment relief bill calling for appropriation of a billion and a halt hal f dollars a lively fight started in the house the republicans and a fair sized bloc of democrats attacked the measure chiefly because the entire big all sum was to be turned over to narry harry hopkins administrator in accordance cor dance with the wishes of president roosevelt ROose TeIL the chief executive bad refused to countenance the earmarking of tor for projects of the heavy type sponsored by Secie tary ickes head of the public works administration and so the adherents ot of the latter gentleman were prepared to revive the old ickes hopkins feud majority leader bankhead nank head was confident the bill would be passed as by the appropriations committee at a republican caucus representative john taber of new kew york ranking minority member of the appropriations committee explained the measure to IA his colleagues as that they could conduct an intelligent opposition to it he promised a real fight on the bill when hopkins was before the committee in secret session he was ordered to lo 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 fund was still unexpended added to the extra one and a half billions requested by president roosevelt hopkins would have three and a half billions to spend in an election year it was coln pointed led out FORNIAS ALI presidential republican C CALI preference primary eagerly awaited by the whole country resulted in the defeat of the landon slate of delegates that was put forward by william R hearst and governor merriam Merr lam with lan t 11 dons tacit consent kj I 1 the winning delegates X 10 3 backed by II herbert erbert hoover and nominally pledged to earl warren though ed carried the tha state by a majority of 0 about mr warren announced alt alf landon at once that he be released them from their pledge to vote as they see fit in the convention tills this looked like a blow to governor landon and to a certain extent it was but his managers claim at least 18 of the delegates will go over to the kansan on all 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 rated almost solidly for mr roosevelt roosevell upton epic sin SID clairs ticket received something over votes and that of john S mcgroarty 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 HENRY Hnat ENRY P republican national ional chairman has taken a leaf from the plans of the democrats and announces that the men n nominated oal n abed at the cleveland convention to head the republican ticket will be notify notified ed of the fact at a grand outdoor ceremony in the municipal stadium near tte tle convention hall immediately after the adjournment this plan of course Is conditional upon the wishes of the nominees the democrats had bad previously grevl announced plans to notify president roosevelt and vice president garner of their nomination re with a ceremony at franklin field philadelphia ARTHUR n H s SENATOR of michigan lias has asked gov frank D fitzgerald of that state to present his name to the republican convention in cleveland for the presidential nomination but the senator insists this does not make him an active bandt date 3 the michigan state convention generous generously 13 instructed the michl gan delegation in cleveland to present my name the senator said but the delegation senator is at Vane teg my request it Is tree free to vote as it pleases I 1 have not sought a delegation here or elsewhere and I 1 shall not do 10 so I 1 have not sought the nomination and shall not do so my situation Is not changed 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 recommendation 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 pla place 1 ce to go received about one seventh of the votes in the maryland preference primary the rest of course went to mr air roosevelt breckenridge made no campaign THE national resources committee which Is headed by secretary of the interior ickes has submitted for the approval of president roosevelt a plan for the creation of a ila pacific CHIC northwest power agency that aou would id 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 ve ven n tures fore the bonneville and grand coulee dams would be embraced by the the ultimate cost of bonne vilie will be 75 million dollars a and u d that of grand coulee millions T the h e additional dit ional lonal dam and power plant projects proposed by the committee would entail expenditures of approximately millions making a total of ANIEL 0 HASTINGS senator dirom from delaware chairman of the republican senatorial campaign committee and outspoken opponent of the new deal will not nol seek reelection election re whet when his present term en eit pi res 8 be e so an bounced in a loiter letter to the party leaders of his s state giving P 41 P ills his reason the feces SHY to devote himself to his law practice this may have indie encee his decision sion bui of ic it Is more than sus peeled that the real sena hastings reason was the fact that the du do pont font family all powerful in delaware re pub publican ilean politics had bad decided that the senatorial seat should go to gov GOT 0 douglas buck who Is related to the do ponts fonts by marriage senator hastings has always been rea ready dy and eloquent in defense of the do ponts fonts against attacks by the new dealers MINERS M and operators in the pennsylvania anthracite fields have agreed upon the continuance of colst ing wage levels for two years though final details of the contract are still being worked out other points decided upon it was sald said are a complete checkoff of union dues a form of equalization of working urne 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 bad been seeking a six hour five day week I 1 IN N his press conference the president dent announced that administration leaders had 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 bolter better housing housie through slum clearance lie ile indicated the bill could be modified to include provision tor for low cost housing to bring better homes within the reach of low ION income classes S one with a peculiar idea of humor played a mean joke on the authorities in washington the red flag of communist russia with the hammer and sickle was discovered at dawn flying from the flag 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 france and was signed at taft state department by mr hull and andre de the freuen ambassador irwill it will become effective on june 15 and the details of the pact were not immediately made public it Is believed the terms include duty d u t y concessions by b y the t b e united states on french wines elga secy r hull rette papers p 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 french quotas on american exports of fruits and possibly other products an announcement by the state department apartment part ment 11 t said the agreement with france la 19 the first comprehensive arrangement tor for regulating commercial relations with will that country in many years it will provide improved opportunities tor 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 to in the absence of such an agreements agreement la in addition to duty concessions and quota increases by france and duty concessions by the united states on carefully selected lists of products the ngi agi provides in general for substantial most favored nation treatment by each country of the commerce of the other INAL elections in france put complete FINAL F control of the chamber of deputies in the hands of the revolutionary popular front a coalition of communists ts socialists radical socialists and minor left wing groups the new chamber does not meet until june and the confusion Is so great that there are fears of chaos and financial panic in the interim many believe the popular front will be unable to form a stable government to succeed that of premier sarraut sarratt Sar raut the lead must be taken by the socialists for they now form the largest group in the chamber with seats INCE international naval disarmament S SINCE ment efforts have failed those who advocate adequate national defense rejoice in the passage by the house of the bill appropriating approximately to build our navy davy up to treaty strength representative marc antonilo 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 authorizing the laying of keels for two ton battleships after january 1 1937 1037 should any foreign signatory to the london naval treaty start a battleship replacement program two days later they hey t might have read dispatches from london saying baying rumors had reached there that japan was considering tay lay ing down a ton armed with 21 inch guns |