Show news review of current events the world over litvinov soviet commissar baits Eu ropes statesmen at geneva secretary doak denounces suggested wage reduction by EDWARD V W PICKARD tj SOVIET 0 OVIET RUSS it U S S I 1 A h as personified by maxim axim litvinov its I 1 c commissar om of foreign affairs had the time of its young life nt at geneva where the international ter ler commis commas mon 0 of f inquiry into B r I 1 a n ds J s european union project was sitting litvinov astounded arthur hen M derson briand dino grandl grandi and the rest of the commas blonera by the calm statement that their capitalistic governments were ruining themselves and the rest of the world by selling goods dear at home and nd cheap abroad in other words by dumping and he then with equal calmness dented denied flatly that the soviet government had been guilty of this pernicious practice though generally accused of it russia he asserted tad done just a little friendly exporting it Is perfectly obvious that low prices cannot be regarded as Ind indicating leat ing dumping he declared if however by dumping Is understood a policy of high monopolist prices in the lome home markets and cut prices for export elport it will be found precisely that it la Is the capitalistic countries which are guilty in this respect the soviets continued the commissar are eager to help in bringing to an end the present economic depression and or on their behalf he offered two suggestions suggestion for the consideration of f the commission tile the first of these was leas that the european powers adopt a convent convention lon pledging themselves to compulsory stile sale in the home markets it at prices no higher than on foreign markets the soviets litvinov said would sign such a convention lie ile asserted that it would raise the buying power of the masses and help them absorb overproduction ills his second proposal was this I 1 in n order to remove remote the atmosphere of inis mistrust trust and jealousy that has been aggravating the crisis all nations should sign a pact of economic along the same lines as the kellogg pact outlawing war the draft of a protocol of such a pact wa vi as 5 submitted to the delegates it called for a general customs truce among other things in the first sessions of the com cission nIs sion the question of the proposed austro german customs accord was brought up and the pact was vigorously and skillfully fully defended by dr julius curtius Curt lus german foreign minister nod and johann schober austrian vice chancellor the british and french insisted that the accord should be submitted to the world court for an opinion as to whether it violated the postwar treaties and the council of the league of nations ordered tb this 8 done the council has selected arthur aenderson Ue as chairman of the 1032 disarmament t conference THERE has been of late much als as to whether condIt conditions lons in the united states a ju justified justille stifle d a general cut in wages and what the effect of cuch a move would be Secre secretary of labor doak took a hand band in the debate with a statement to the effect that any move on the part of industry to lower wages would be considered a violation of confidence by the administration because of the agreement to maintain wage scales which president hoover obtained from the industrial leaders late in 1029 1929 in the event of wage reductions he declared organized labor would be justified justl fled in demanding in higher pay and la in opposing the he move by strikes mr donk doak added that so far as he be knew no DO leader of industry has proposed a reduction in wages such suggestions he said have come from bankers and are based on the opinion that workers pay should be lowered to conform to the low price levels which have resulted from the depres depre a slon elon lie he attributed the current controversies trover sies between workers and employers to the expiration of agreements and added that in nearly every case the difficulties have been amicably settled six impending strikes which were brought to the attention of the labor department the previous week were averted by the depart conciliation service and in every case a return to the existing wase wage scale was effected TN LOND LONDON 0 N the IN 1 world grain conference was trying to fin find d the remedy for the crisis in the agricultural world brought ion by the immense overproduction of ef wheat vilean samuel R me mc kelvie member of the american farm board told the delegates the first thing was to g S p R McKelv mckelvie le flash acreage to con needs aws and submitted the re bulls aults vt of a study of the situation of increasing surpluses and falling prices speaking from the american steindl lie he said we see no blaty ot of a satisfactory solution 0 the world wheat problem which does docs not include as the most important single element curtailment of production in exporting countries individually and as a whole until a better adjustment between supply and disposition can be effected and restraint upon fresh expansion of production thereafter As a material aid toward relieving overburdened markets mckelvie McKelv le urged nery every possible means of consumption expansion and suggested abolition by european Iuro importing countries of their protective tariffs milling regulations and preferential prices for domestic wheat nen the directors of the world wann bank for international settlements met in rasel basel switzerland they heard from gates W its president that the alie deposits of the institution ution have hae gone past tile mark this sum Is far in excess excess of the expectations expectation and it clearly shows allows according to the belief there tint that tile the world bank Is becoming something more than a mere depository for the central banks of various nations so that even cen if the reparations payments should later be put on some other basis or cease entirely the bank would still be certain to continue to function the bank his has consented to help in putting the austrian bank credi tan stall back on its feet but it was ft as decided that the initiative must come front from the league of nations committee for control of austrian loans apartment AS S WAS predicted the war department part ment has decided to abandon wholly or in part 53 surplus forts c camps a in ps and reservations in the list announced hy by secretary hurley are fort lincoln N D fort missoula HIs Alls soula mont fort bustle va fort D A russell texas rort fort brown browh texas fort hunt va camp stephen D little ariz barap garry J jones ariz miller field N X Y and chanute field of course the abandonment of these posts may mai be prevented presented by indignant congressmen LI OW the Aine american rican A A Is to he be army r reorganized e organ zed developed and modernized was described in nn an announcement no by gen douglas M macarthur chief of staff the tu plans set forth include ex extension tenIon of mechanization and motorization throughout the general dermy the revamping macarthur of 0 the cavalry arm by the substitution of fighting machines for horses and tile the development of powerful tank forces to be attached to army corps or held field armies rather than the infantry which remains the basic arm some cavalry units with horses as mounts will be retained for use in rough country but in general tle the horse as a war weapon Is discarded the mechanized force at fort eustis will be re ed a reinforced cavalry re glinert mert combat cars equipped with machine guns and possibly heavier weapons which can travel 70 miles an hour on hard roads are counted on to give the cavalry high mobility despite the more extensive use of machines the infantry will remain tile the backbone of the army according to general MacArt burs program dam across boulder canyon 0 of f the colorado 0 river is within the law and work ork on the huze huse project can go ahead so ruled the supreme court of the united t ed states in deciding that the act of congress all authorizing thor IzIng the construction was constitutional r and dismissing the bill of complaint of the state of Arl arizona tile the court however declared that arizona had shown that it might bo be injured 1 hy v the distribution of water from the reservoir to be created and that it therefore has the right to make further appeals tor for relief should its rights be impaired in another case that of yetta tetta stromberg youthful communist the supreme court held invalid that clause 0 of f Cali fornias red flog flag low law which makes it a felony to display tiny any red lag flag or other device in any public place or from any building us as a sign symbol or emblem of opposition to organized government or as an invitation or stimulus to t anarchistic action or as an aid to propaganda that Is of a seditious character the finding declared this clause was repugnant to the guarantee of liberty contained in the fourteenth amendment celebrating ELE BRATING the fiftieth anal C celebrating of its birth the am american red lied cross staged on may alay 21 what it called the worlds greatest dinner party every one of its chapters held an anniversary dinner in its community and all of them were connected up by radio with the main dinner in washington at this feast president hoover who Is also president of the red lied cross was the principal cipal speaker and the guest of honor was judge max huber hober ot of geneva switzerland president of tie the international committee of the red cross with them sat cabinet officers and the their I 1 r wives and many other riota bli atles the post department issued a special comale commemoration stamp on the anniversary date r D of tv tal americans americana at considerable attention in tours fri fraince t nee ince brig gen robert nobert II 11 dunlap a distinguished officer of the marine corps was killed by a landslide in a heroic effort to save the life of a woman ralph barton bartoli famous cartoonist and illustrator committed suicide in his newyork new tork York apartment leaving a note that said he be feared he was going insane P 1 pope OPE PIUS XI ad dressing a group of spanish pilgrims described the burning of churches and other religious edifices in spain us as sacrileges leges against god and holy religion and added while I 1 recognize the abnormal situation el tun lion in spain it cannot justl justi cardinal fy the outrageous p deeds carried out by segura the enemies of god that were mere not suppressed by bt the authorities 11 the vatican however wv ever Is promoting a policy of conciliation and tin the papal nuncio hint has lira friendly fil endly consultation with ot justice de los illos who ho explained the arrest and expulsion of bishop mujica of vitoria Vl torla tile the nuncio has expressed sorrow over what has happened and it Is understood in madrid that he places much of the blame for the riot ing on the attitude of cardinal segura the former primate of spain who was waa forced to leave the country because IW h would not accept the republic without protest cardeal segura and bishop mujica got together at lourdes france and proceeded to rome home for an Ind indefinite fInIte stay they will probably be told that the vatican intends to drop the rel with the republic alfonso the former kin king celebrated his forty firth fifth birthday with a eriv private it te family luncheon in fontainebleau there was no observation atlon of the anniversary niver sary in madrid agen ESPITE the rebellious cantonese gen chlaup rat kal shek Is still the r ruler u ler of china and when the peoples convention dosed closed its twelve day session in he made an impressive plea for unity and for cooperation co operation with the government in Rup suppress press ing banditry and communism the principal achievements of the conven convention tion were the adoption of a new constitution which goes into effect on june 1 the declaration of the republic 0 of f china with its permanent capital 1 l at and the mandate given the government to carry out the terms of the manifesto declaring all unequal treaties between china and foreign powers null and void OR many months the world has F FOR been reading fig about the first armored cruiser built bythe by the german re public under the units limits imposed by the ibe versailles treaty it was described as a wonderful vessel of tons so powerful that it was called the vest test pocket battleship well it was launched the other day at kiel in the presence of a huge crowd of boffl officials chats and citizenry but the event was marred by a conflict of orders that resulted in the ships being loosed to slide down the ways was before president had bad a chance to break the bottle of champagne on and christen it deutschland Deutsch land the new ship defies the washington treaty classification it Is neither nelt lier a capital ship nor a cruiser hut but Is superior to both limited to tons it Is much heavier armed than other ships of the same size it Is s equipped with six 11 inch gun euna 9 throw ing projectiles weighing cdo pounds in velocity which Is sat said to be as 83 muc much h ns as 20 knots the new ship la Is superior to capital ships the hull hall of the cruiser Is of shallow draft and so minutely compartmented as to make it comparatively safe against for torpedoes and mines the usual heavy tur turbines ines have been replaced by diesel motors which give a radius of action of over miles the cost of the ship was FLYING men of the united states army had a chance to show what they can do in mass during the week for the air forces were mobilized in grand maneuvers at chicago new Y york ork and elsewhere und under e r k the direct co command of gen it D Fou Pou lols dean of the fighting geneal or the planes men 13 D foulois of all types concentrated at dayton ohio and on thursday put on a parade parada and exhibition at chicago that was BBS tho closing feature of the cites jubilee then they descended on the atlantic coast a end 11 d ills played their ability to defend the metropolis and boston from hostile attack A night bombing raid on new york had been planned but general macarthur chief of start staff vetoed this asserting out the maneuvers represented a attempt to test out the defensive power of the air arm rather than the staging t f a circus neatly seven hundred planes took part in the maneuvers being gathered from all I 1 parts of the country ira IB loll 1011 wt alra |