Show cerra review of current events HOW TO CHECK JAPAN JA AN united states doesn doean t wish to take the lead no peace in labor ranks 1 I 1 Q W g m N t W as I 1 al mr N I 1 bull davis and welles going coins to confer with president IF se 9 we y summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western Nes newspaper paper union may meet in brussels MOW OW far president roosevelt I 1 is s Hw swilling willing illing to go in the effort t to 0 stop japan in china is what other powers especially great britain are eager to know the people 0 of the united states also would like to be informed in that matter the british statesmen wish america to take the lead and also they would like the suggested conference of the nine power treaty signatories signa tories to be held in washington this latter suggestion is definitely opposed in our capital and so it was believed brussels might be selected as the meeting place cities in switzerland also were considered mr air roosevelt who conferred with secretary of state hull undersecretary sumner welles and norman davis his roving ambassador was represented as being strongly averse to taking a solitary lead in the action to check the japanese apparently he preferred that the quarantining of nations guilty of international lawlessness which he proposed in his chicago speech should be limited to a united international moral stand the national council for prevention of war representing a part of the extreme peace sentiment in the united states announced that its annual meeting had declared for immediate rn invocation of the neutrality law which the president has not seen fit to put in operation the council was strongly against a boycott on japanese goods believing this would only aggravate the situation K japan denies violations I 1 IN N A formal reply to the charges of treaty violation the tokyo foreign office flatly denied responsibility for the sino japanese conflict and asserted that china not japan had violated the treaties the anti jap anese attitude and the mobilizing of chinese troops said the statement forced japan to take military ary action entirely in self defense japan disclaimed any desire to annex parts of chinese territory and declared the accusing nations misunderstand der stand the situation L italy supports japanese HER E was considerable doubt T THERE whether italy would take part in the pacific treaty conference but it was assumed that if it did it would defend the course cour se pursued by hp 4 japan in china and would do what it could to frustrate the designs of the f other conferees this was assured tn by the message conveyed to the tokyo government by giacinto L al W Z auriti italian ambassador r to ja giacinto pan according to auriti a japanese news agency auriti promised kensuke horinouchi japanese vice foreign minister that italy will never spare general support to japan K japs win big battle D from shanghai said the japanese forces in north china had won a big victory in hope province breaking through the chinese lines at on a vital railway after three days of fierce fighting however the chinese claimed to have strengthened their positions in that region and it was reported the communist eighth route army was heavily attacking the rear and flardy of the japanese columns in shansi province neutral observers thought the japanese conquest ot of north china would soon be complete in tokyo prince konoye the premier formed a supreme war council of national leaders les ders japans plan to set up an antono republic comprising the northern provinces is revealed in the tokyo press the capital is to be neiping under its old name of peking no peace for labor AR between the rival factions win WAR in american organized labor is not going to cease in the near future the C 1 I 0 leaders gathered in atlantic city for 11 F their first war council and john or L lewis their e chief h I 1 e f revealed I 1 plans for setting up a permanent dual organization he ja condemned the suspension of the C 1 I 0 unions from the american federation of labor as john L lewis cowardly and contemptible and said those unions considered themselves now novy out of the federation and awaited any further action by the federation with complete indifference in the federation convention at denver it was taken for granted that the ten C 1 L 0 unions would be finally expelled and president green announced plans for the attack on the rival organization in several great fields the first vigorous blow will be struck on the pacific coast in a drive to organize workers in the cannery and agricultural field the second battle ground will be among the white collar workers generally and an effort to offset the C 1 I 0 maritime groups on the pacific coast was vas considered one of the speakers in denver was senator george L berry of tennessee he has kept his press mens union within the federation i although he was c losely closely associated with willi lewis in labors non parti part san league derry berry maintained his seat on the fence wishing success to the federation organization campaign and also to the organizing efforts of others X more opposed NE of the bills which president 0 ONE roosevelt wants congress to push through in the expected special session is the measure introduced by senator norris creating seven more to preserve and develop natural resources throughout the country the bill was approved by a senate subcommittee but publication of 0 hearings held by the house committee on rivers and harbors shows that interested departments of the government oppose the plan in these published he hearings arin s the department of agriculture especially excoriated the authority idea saying that it would permit and seems even to propose duplication by the conservation autho authorities ritie s of a large part of the work of the department of agriculture the treasury department objected to construction operation and maintenance of sewage and industrial waste disposal plants by federal authorities ties working independent of and not subject to health laws of the respective states the department of justice preferred not to offer any suggestion the department of labor reported no specialized knowledge of flood control and conservation X court upholds black F FOR OR the present at any rate hugo L blacks seat on the supreme court bench is secure the court refused to permit albert levitt former federal judge in the virgin islands and patrick henry kelly keily of boston to contest the legality of blacks appointment the ruling was announced by chief justice hii hughes hes who said the two men did not have sufficient interest in the liti litigation levitt indicated he mi might start other proceedings |