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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Premier Laval in Washington Conferring With President Presi-dent Hoover Status of Manchurian Embroglio Blanket Freight Rate Increase Denied. . By EDWARD W. PICKARD the President had promised to aid federal farm banks ty recommending recommend-ing an Increase In capitalization. They said they told the President Presi-dent that the present capital of the 12 land banks Is tied up In farm land that cannot be sold, and hence the farmers In this time of stress are not able to avail themselves of the credit facilities which congress Intended when It created this particular par-ticular branch of the treasury system. sys-tem. Fears that the economy program for the Navy department would be disastrous for the navy bond and the maintenance of Old Ironsides, otherwise the frigate Constitution, were dispelled by an announcement announce-ment by Theodore 0, Joslyn, sec retary to the President. lie said that whatever else Is eliminated from the budget, the band and the historic his-toric frigate would be provided for. The President, be said. Is opposed to diminishing "the Inspirational value" of the old Constitution by laying her up and to taking the "Joy out of life" by scrapping the band. CATHOLIC discontent, and home rule for provinces threatened so much trouble for the regime of Mnuel Aznna, the 'new provisional PIERRE LAVAL, premier of France, arrived In the United States Thursday for his conversations conversa-tions with President Hoover. II ur- Ctilna and that the influence of the league and of white nations generally gener-ally In the East would greatly decline. de-cline. . Brland, as a kind of mediator, asked Japan to abandon the fifth of Its five points, which demands "a new arrangement between the South Manchurian and the Chinese railways In Manchuria to obtain cooperation, co-operation, and It was Intimated in Tokyo thut this might be done. Jupan's other points are: 1. A mutual pledge by both nations na-tions not to resort to aggression. - 2. Chinese abandonment of anti-Japanese anti-Japanese movements, including boycotts boy-cotts and anti-Japanese propaganda In school textbooks. S. Mutual respect for territorial rylng at once to Washington, h e was received there : with all due formality for-mality and cordiality cor-diality and was housed, with his entourage. In the mansion of Ambassador Am-bassador Walter Edge. There was the stated round of calls, receptions and dinners, all arranged In ad- Pierre Laval Tance by Warren Delano Itobhlns, I im I Li Li president of the Spanish republic, that the cortes took quick action, passing a law "for the defense of the republic" that gave Azana real dictatorial dicta-torial powers. He is now In a position posi-tion to deal with the monarchist-clerical and syndicalist syndical-ist co-mmunlst groups, ond also Manuel Azana . ... .- . the "chef de protocol," and both M. I-aval and.' tils daughter, Mile. Josette, seemed to enjoy themselves.' them-selves.' However, the chief interest. In the premier's visit centered In his talks with Mr. Hoover. 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 It was known thut the French mission was concerned especially with ques- . tlons of flnunce and disarmament and would try to reach an agree-. agree-. nient In which these two matters would be jinked up with the security se-curity which France-continunlly demands. de-mands. M. Laval was troubled by the American belief that France Is militaristic and did his best to dispel dis-pel that Idea. On the way over he intimated that about the limit he expected from America In the way of security guarantees was a cou- sultatlve pact to define the aggressor aggres-sor in war, but he thought the In-" In-" ' : : ctrument might be so -worded as to Imply certain assurances of the at- Integrlty. 4. Chinese recognition of the validity of the existing treaties guaranteeing guar-anteeing protection of Japanese life and property and the right to reside and engage In peaceful occupations on leased land In Manchuria. These are not final terms, but are considered by Japan essential preceding withdrawal of troops to the railway zone. In reply to the nations that Invoked In-voked the Kellogg pnet, Foreign Minister Shldehara declares that Japan recognizes fully Its responsibility responsi-bility under the pact and holds that its army's action In Manchuria bus 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 accord-ing to the reply, does not Intend to take recourse -to war to obtain a solution so-lution of Its differences with China The government's aim la to compose the differences paclfleully. with the rebellious members of the government. , . Acts of aggression against the republic re-public are defined elaborately. The government can deal with labor, political po-litical and religious disorders with extraordinary powers. It Is privileged privi-leged to dissolve any organization considered a menace to public order, or-der, suppress a hostile press and fire any public official whom It finds lax in enforcing the law. . The government is also empowered empow-ered with the right of search and seizure of arms. Anyone convicted nt rwiflaesHlnir flrnm. nr evpn nf GREAT BRITAIN'S parliamentary parliament-ary campaign developed Into a good deal of rough bouse performance, perform-ance, with many fist fights and the slinging or much l mud. Prime Minister Minis-ter MacDonald held his own quite well in the debates, but some others did not fare so well. Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the New party, was the cen- ter of disturbance I whenever he ap-i ap-i neared w I t h his bodyguard of prize fighters and football foot-ball players. He was Jeered and booed " - r . - eulogizing the ousted monarchy is liable to Imprisonment. Strikes will be Ulegnl nnlesa preceded by an eight-day notice. REPRESENTATIVES ERNEST R. Ackerman of New Jersey and Fletcher Hale of New Hampshire,. Hamp-shire,. both Republicans, died .during, the week. The Democrats thus for the time being had a majority of one In the new house, the count being: Democrats,. 21 4; Republicans, 213; Farmer-Laborlte, 1; Yicles, 7. ' Five of the vacancies,' two normally nor-mally Democratic, are to be Ailed at special elections November &. Governor Gov-ernor Larson of New Jersey: was expected ex-pected to call a special election to fill the vacancy In the normally Republican Re-publican Fifth district before the new congress convenes December 7. Attorney General Stevena of New Jersey believed, however, there was hot sufficient time. .- , FORMER Representative Harry K, Rowbottom- of Indiana, who was sentenced to a year and a day Imprisonment In Leavenworth neni- titude of the United States towards a power that deliberately forces war. As to finance, the premier expected ex-pected to reach an agreement with Mr. Hoover concerning prolongation of the moratorium on war debts and reparations. . He also hoped plans might be laid for an International conference to examine the gold and credit questions. COR one minute Wednesday night " the people of the United States turned out their electric lights In tribute to the roem6ry of Thomas Alva Edison an Impressive denion- . etratlon that ' was requested by President Hoover. That day the funeral of (he greatest- Inventor of all time was held in West Orange . and hla body waa laid In the tomb. The services were simple but many thousands of mourning men and women were there. Mr. Hoover was kept In Washington by official duties, du-ties, but he was represented by Mrs. Hoover. Henry Ford and- Harvey Firestone, closest friends of Edison, were prominent In the throng. They had said goodby to htm two weeks before when all knew bis death waa not far off. JAPAN removed the Manchurian embroglio from the front page temporarily when It withdrew Its . abjections to American nartlclnatlon Sir Oswald Motley tentlary for accepting accept-ing bribes for patronage pat-ronage Jobs In the First Indiana district. dis-trict. Is to be released re-leased ou parole on .November 9, though . his term normally, would not end until February Feb-ruary 1932. It was learned at the s Department' of Justice Jus-tice that ' among those who recomV mended the narole and physically assaulted several times and a Birmingham court Issued Is-sued summons for his arrest after a stormy meeting In that city. Winston Wins-ton Churchill waa nearly mobbed while addressing a meeting In support sup-port of Viscount Bnrodale, son of Countess Beatty, but was saved from the howling crowd by the police. One novelty of the campaign was the use of airplanes In aid of the National government candidates. The machines were all privately owned and were under the direction direc-tion of a woman, Mrs. R. R. Bentley. V ECLARING that a blanket 15 per cent Increase in freight rates would be contrary to the best Interests of the railways and would be unjustified by the economic conditions con-ditions prevailing, the Interstate commerce commission denied the application of the carriers for the boost. The commission suggested instead a temporary Increase of rates on numerous specified commodities for a period ending March SI, 1933. with the understanding that the additional addi-tional revenue produced by such Increases In-creases shall be pooled by the railroads rail-roads to meet deficiencies In Interest Inter-est payments on their bonds and other obligations. This Increase. It. was estimated, might produce as much as $125,000,000, whereas the roads hoped to get $.rOO.OO0,0Q0 from the blanket raise asked. In some quarters it waa tntl- rs the discussion of that matter by the League of Nations. Na-tions. This, however, how-ever, was a mere formality for: Prentiss Gilbert,1"; American " consul at Geneva, already was sitting In with flie league council. The committee of five of the council anggested thnt the powers signatory . te the Kellogg an- Harry E. v ." Rowbottom Prentiss Gilbert were Senators ;ames E. Watson and Arthur JRoblnson of Indiana, Indi-ana, both Republicans. Other recommendations In favor of releasing Rowbottonr.b.efore the expiration of his full termwere made by Circuit Judge ;Cha.rles E. Woodward, who sentenced, the former for-mer representative, and by 'judge Vanderburgh of the. Probate court of Evansvllle. District - Attorney George I. Jeffery. who prosecuted Rowbottom. was opposed to the pn-. tl-war pact call to the attention of , Japan and China their obligations under that treaty,' ' and identical notes' on that line were sent to Tokyo and ' Nanking by Great Britain, the United States, France. Italy, Germany, Spain and other na- tlons. Then the council committee continued con-tinued Its dlscnssions of the Manchurian Man-churian question and It was reported re-ported that Its attitude was being reversed owing to alleged suggestions sugges-tions from Washington. Japan, It appeared, was about to win a complete com-plete -diplomatic .victory, and the Chinese delegates were dumbfounded, dumbfound-ed, In other 'words. It was rumored ru-mored the council would decide that Japan's occupation of Manchuria night' continue Indefinitely runtil Tokyo wai satisfied that the security secur-ity of Japanese In the province war amply guaranteed, and that negotla- flora between Japan and China should begin at once. There was . ' every reason to believe that these - conclusions would be Indignantly rejected by China. Diplomats In Geneva fenred the result! of the council's rumored . change of view, prophesying that te NahClng government would fall, that there would again be chaos in mated that the railroads might now resort to cutting the wages of their . 1.300.000 .workers, which they are loath to do since they realize this would decrease buying power and In turn decrease the quantity of freight carried. . . 1 ITHEN the President returned to Washington from the York-town York-town celebration, one of the first delegations he received wns from Philadelphia, bearing a strong protest pro-test against parts of the nnvy economy program, especially the postponement of the construction of the $3,000,000 naval hospital in that city. Four congressmen told Mr. Hoover they thought work on the hospital should go ahead. Another delegation, which in . eluded Senators Nye and Frazler of North Dakota, asked White House aid In relieving the farm land credit situation in the west era and northwestern farm regions. Later the two senators said that role, the Justice department said. A L CAPONE, boss, gangster of Chicago, facing sentence to the penitentiary after his codvfetionon charges of Income tax fraiidt was dealt yet another blow by.'th'e government gov-ernment las week. v Collectors of Internal revenue at ''Chicago, and Jacksonville, FlaM were directed by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon to place liens on all property owned by the racketeer as a preliminary, move toward the collection of taxes ranging from $200,000 to $1,000,000. GREEK people resident on the' Island of Cyprus revolted a sal list British rule, demanding that the Island be turned over to Greece. Mobs stormed and burned the government house In Nicosia and fought the police. Four British .warships were sent from. Crete and airplanes carried British, soldiers from Egypt. (A 1111. Wnltra Newspaper L'olon.1 |
