Show news review of current events 94 the world over hoover moratorium plan with french modifications on in effect great britain calls conference to work out but details by EDWARD W PICKARD M MUTUAL conces alons by the united states and VC france obtained by clever negotiation resulted in the acceptance of the hoover moratorium plan in principle by the french government all other important nations already had accepted so president julius curufus 11 hoover 0 0 v e r announced that the plan might be considered as in effect as of date of july 1 i 0 brealy summarized the agreement provides that debtor governments shall be relieved of payments due between july 1 1031 and july 1 1932 aggregating approximately millions of dollars germany will be relieved of reparations payments to the former allied and associated governments totaling nearly millions of dollars great britain prance france italy belgium and other debtors will be relieved of war debt payments approximating millions the greatest sacrifice will be made by the united states which will forego war debt receipts totaling millions beginning july 1 1933 1033 the deferred reparations and war debt payments will be paid in installments during a ten year period in addition to the reg ular current payments payment by germany of conditional reparations totaling millions will be unreservedly suspended germany will be required however to pay the unconditional reparations amounting to 15 with the understanding that this amount in full will he loaned bock back to germany A loan of about 25 millions will be made to central european countries if necessary by the federal reserve banks of the united states and european central banks tile the accord reached was entirely satisfactory to both tile the americans and the french president hoover gained his chief point the gist of the whole plan for germany does not have to pay uny any international debts for one year the french statesmen congratulate themselves because the accord calls for the moral support of the signatories signa tories in getting a private loan for frances central european friends and lays upon germany moral responsibility for not using her moratorium savins saving for armaments foreign secretary julius curtius and chancellor bruening of germany of course are pleased beyond expression and the former paid warm warin tribute to the work accomplished in paris by secretary mellon the german press however professes to be disgusted with the compromise several influential papers declaring that it wrecks the plan entirely in concluding his announcement of the agreement president hoover touched on the question of world disarmament which he considers the second feature of hla his program for restoring economic prosperity ably seconded M mr hoovers H HAVING effort to bring about abou t the moratorium the british government called a conference of the powers to work outtie out the details of the plan the premiers and foreign ministers are to meet to in london and it Is expected secretary stimson will participate as an al observer when he reaches england this conference will meet from time to time for several months it Is understood der stood and may continue to function for several years V VICE ICE PRESIDENT curtis came out la in the open in earnest opposition to tile the policies of the federal farm board and in company with senator arthur capper of Z kansas yent before chairman stone and carl williams of the board to urge that it change its stand conc charles curtis berning e r n 1 n g its wheat holdings the two kansans kansana argued for hours that this wheat should not be put on the market until the price reached 85 cents but mr air stone refused to make any such pledge lie ile did state however that thi the board would not offer any of its wheat at the present low prices Buth but he ewade made it plain that the board would abide by its policy enunciated july 1 which was that it would feel free to sell up to a cumulative maximum of five million bushels a month for the next year mr air curtis activity in the controversy over the boards wheat holdings has haa been interpreted as indicating Ind leat a desire on his part to avoid tor for the vice presidency and to run for the kansas which he formerly held when asked about his political plans he replied not get anything out of me 1110 for at least three months senator watson of indiana republican leader of the senate also has been trying to influence the farm board arguing for 92 cents which Is said to bo be the average price paid by the stabilization corporation for its wheat as the figure below which the board should not sell senator william E borah insurgent republican of idaho and chairman of the agri cultural committee named at the progressive conference last march lias has insisted that the board defer all sales until wheat goes to S SECRETARY or OF STATE STIMSON Is having a pleasant pleasanter plea santer cr time on his european vacation thannas than has fallen to the lot of secretary of the treasury mellon starting too late to get mixed up in the moratorium negotiations mr stimson arrived at naples tuesday on tile the steamship conte grande accompanied by mrs stimson he was met by ambassador garrett and following a visit to pompeii and herau laneum went to rome by automobile thurmay evening lie he called on premier mussolini at the palazzo venezia and later met him at a dinner given by the american embassy in mr air sons honor the ruins of the ancient roman forum just beyond the capt hill fill were brilliantly lighted up at night the secre european vacation will last two months and he will devote considerable time to art an investigation of conditions on the continent DR n JOSEPH L I 1 darance DF france rance for m e r united states senator from maryland evidently I was in deadly earnest when recently he announced that he was a candidate for the republican nomination for the presidency in 12 1932 already he has started on his dr J 1 I france summer his many friends tire are helping to the extent of their powers the doings began with a public meeting ut at mount ararat farms the doctors country estate in cecil county maryland very soon it Is expected he will make a tour through the grain states of the west assisting france in getting his campaign under way are jonathan bourne former senator from oregon and head of the republican publicity bureau during the hie wilson administration and lyle arnder who Is described n as a prominent new york chemist and bible speaker 11 doctor france says that on his trip in the west he will give his reasons for seeking the presidential President lill nomination and will discuss the grove grave world crisis and its remedy through the application ilon of the principle of righteous ness to economic social and international problems probie ms s plough it Is un kia 1 ler stood in rome nome i that pope plus and ia A C premier mussolini have both decided decide to F avoid any precipitate action in their controversy they continue z to hammer at each h N other with encyclicals als and newspaper arti articles the pope steadily maintains that the mgr gr borgon 13 orgon church Is suffering clel duca p perse e r s e cution at the hands of the fascist rulers of italy but for the present at least lie he will not consider the withdrawal of tile the papal nuncio to rome mgr borgon clel duca the nuncio for his part has been doing all he could to bring about a peaceful settlement of the quarrel the popes latest encyclical dealt severely with the iho fascist position on the education of youth and was wae characterized by the abo I italian tallan press a as a return to the medieval conceptions about the respective authority of the church and state copies of the document were vere not only distributed in the churches of rome but also were sent out of the country by special couriers cour lera which action drew fascist ridicule the convention of iha ibe Ber BEFORE great lakes hudson budson waterways Water waya ass association 0 clation in albany N Y senator copeland cop eland and representative haell ton fish of the empire state and various others attacked the proposed st lawrence ship canal and urged that congress begin as soon as possible the construction of all american waterways from the iho great lakes to the atlantic seaboard by way of the mohawk valley and tile the Elud hudson son as a means to relieve unemployment it was declared by the speakers that the st lawrence canal was considered only because the farmers of the middle west wanted it for an outlet for their surplus grain and mr air fish said the russian wheat situation now makes the building of a ship canal through canada a fantastic myth ll 11 there will be another war M MAYBE in south america before long dispatches from asuncion paraguay said that senor guachalla Gua challa minister from bolivia sent a note to the foreign office declaring he had bad been ordered by his government to suspend diplomatic relations between the two nations the paraguayan government replied with the announcement that it had ordered its minister to bolivia bollei a to return home dont ask what its I 1 all it about peru has been having a little war of its own government versus revolutionists the other day the rebels were defeated at Huam butto and the city of cuzco their headquarters was taken the re thereupon fled to the jungle and probably little more will be heard of them quarrel with the church of rome Is now centered in the state of vera cruz and the prospects of a peaceful settlement are growing more and more remote in protest against the recently enacted law of the state limiting the number hea of priests rt nt rev rafael out gulzar zar valencia bishop ot of vera cruz has instructed ted all catholics of the state to abstain from attending dances theaters and other festivities until tile the conflict between the church and government Is ended the bishop also has instructed ted his priests to keep their churches open even if the state forbids services conducted by priests OSEP STALIN has made public J JOSEP the new policy of soviet russia in dealing wath the bourgeoisie and the kulaks kolaks of well to do farmers these classes hitherto suppressed persecuted and exiled are now to be concil conciliated to an extent if they will consent to operate cooperate co with and labor for the soviet regime the rulers of russia have discovered that the brains and skill of the old order are needed to meet the growing demands of agricultural and industrial development As part of the new order of things stalin also presented a program entailing radical changes in the governments policy toward labor and industry to insure the success of the five year plan B dollt ILLY BURKS of greenwich conn I 1 S profess professional professions iona I 1 golfer whose real biame name is ig afi burkowski he la Is a ajol pole Is the new open colf champion of the hie united states wearing ealr the crown wh which ic br bobby abby jones laid p it 1 I aside in the tournament on the inverness course coarse at toledo billy burke burke and george von elm of detroit tied for first place with cards of next flay day they undertook to play off the tie nt at ZO SO holes and again tied so on monday the second playoff play off was staged and burke won byn margin of one stroke finishing the longest tourney in golf hl history story curke burke had a total or of rsm as strokes for the holes played in t the he five days of their battle and von elm elin E lin had this was slightly over an average of 4 for each hole NOTABLE among the deaths of the week was tbt of john brisben walker in brooklyn for many years he w was as often in the public eye as a soldier business man writer and editor and crusader for world peace the duke of acosta aosta cousin of tho the king of italy also alao passed away to the grf great at sorrow of the italian people he won considerable fame in the world war I 1 1 M 1931 western union 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