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Ex _ Hoover Moratorium Plan. With French Modifications, in Effect ? Great Britain flails Conference to Work Out Details. B> I DWABD V. PICK UJD MTTl'AL ConceS- J J s i< y i h e ] l i, i : ?? J states an<l j t rance. obtained by | ?.*-?.? r neg? : ation. re- j ante of the lloover \ morato: :u. : iti in T>: principle I y the ns'" - eminent. All other .ni:?ortant nations already had p*r? il .. > ? r ;nc I that the plan might be considered as in e'.T? - i as of date of July 1. Brefly summarized. the agreement provides that debtor governments shall he relieved of payments due be tween July 1. 1IC1. and July 1. 11*32, aggregating approximately SoO mil lions of dollars. Germany will he r?s lieved of reparations payments t? ? the former allied and assoe ated govern ments totaling nearly 4<?.? mali'-as of dollars. Great Britain, Frame, Italy. Bel gium. an 1 other debtors will be re lieved of war debt payments approxi mating 4<?o millions. The greatest sacrifice will be made by the United States, which will fore go war debt receipts totaling *jr.o mil lions. Beginning July 1. the deferred reparations and war debt payments w. : l..- t 4i,j jn instal' ier.ts during a ten-ye.:r p. -riod. i* addition to the reg ular current payments. Payment I1.' "i'-riiianv of conditional reparations toiuiiiig 24o n i!i -ns will be unreservedly suspended. Germany will I..- required, how. er. to pay the unror .I *. :. ii repu rat. amounting to $1. it.oimmio, with the understand !ng that tliis amount in full will he loaned hack to <o-rman?v A loan ft about *_T. mi Hons will tie made t?? Central Kun.pean countries If necessary by the federal reserve banks of the I :..!< d Slates and Kuro pean central ban'.*. The accord r? aehed was entirely satisfactory to (???:, the .\:n> ieans and the Fret. President Hoover gained his ehief point, the gist of the whole plan, t-r Germanv do-s not have to pay any in;?-rnat" Mini debts for tine year. The French congra! ulate T\ ?: be.-aii^e rise accord calls for the moral support of the signatories in -ring a private loan for Fran- ?? s entral Kurop?>an friends, and lays upon <.'- rmany moral restton-.yfflli; v for not using her mora torium savins for armam^is. Foreign Secretary Ju'.ius Curiius and Chancellor Bruening of t icrtiiauy, of course, are pleased beyond expres sion, arid the former paid warm trib ute to the work accomplished in Paris by Secretary Mellon. The German pre<-., however, professes to he dis gusted with the compromise, several influential papers declaring that it wrecks the plan entirely. In concluding h's announcement of the agreement. President Hoover touched on the question of world dis armament, which he considers the sec ond feature of his program for re storing economic prosperity. A VIN(? ably seconded Mr. Hoo ? ver's effort to bring about the | moratorium, the P.ritish government i called a conference of the powers to work out the details of the plan. The premiers and foreign ministers are to meet in London, and It is expected Secretary Stimson will participate as an official observer when he roaches England. This conference will mw-t from time to time for several months, it is un derstood. and may continue to func tion for several years. VICE PRESII>KNT Cnrtis came out in f the open in earnest ? opposition to the poli cies of the federal Hi farm board, and. in company with Sena- HHsnS tor Arthur Capper of Mar" > Kansas, went before . Chairman Stone and Carl Williams of the ^ board to urge that it ~ holdings. The two Kansans argued for hours that this wheat should not be put on the market until the price reached 85 cents, but Mr. Stone re fused to make any such pledge. lie did state, however, that the board would not offer any of its wheat at the present low prices. But ke made change its stand con c e r n 1 n g its wheat Charles Curtis it plum thai the board would abide bj ;ts polio > ? nunciaied July 1. which w.;s that it w >uld feel free to sell up ? ? a cumulative maximum of five mil ? ?u busi.e;- a month for the next year. Mr. Curtis' activity in the contro \er*y over the board's wheat hold ir -,-s has been interpreted as indicat i n a desire on his part to avoid re nomination for the vice presidency and to run :<-r the Kansas senator s-hip whirii he formerly held. When asked about nis political plans, be re plie-i "The >11 not get anything out of me for at least three months." Senator Watson of Indiana. Repub lican leauer of the senate, also has beel trying to influence the farm board, arguing for 1*2 cents, which is sai^ to be the average price paid ny the stabi i7.at;<>n corporation for its wheat, as the figure below which the board should not sell. Senator Wil liam E. Borah, Insurgent Republican of Idaho and chairman of the agri cultural committee named at the 'progressive conference" last March, has insisted that the board defer all sales until wheat goes to $1.25. CECRETARY OF STATE STIMSON i ^ is having a plea-anter time on his I European vacation than has fallen to j *he lot of Secretary of the Treasury I Mellon. Starting too late to get mixed J up in the moratorium negotiations. I Mr. S:itnson arrived at Naples Tues i lay ori the steamship Ooi'te Grande, I accompanied by Mrs. ,<timson. He was , met by Ambassador Garrett, and, fol I lowing a visit to I'ompeii and Uercu laneum. went to Rome by automobile. Thunlay evening he calb-l on Premier ! Mus>olini a t the Palazzo Venezia and later met him at a dinner given by rhe Ameraan end-assy. In Mr. Stim S'-n*s honor the ruins of the ancient Roman Forum. ,hi?t beyond t!ie fapi teline hill, were brilliantly lighted up at nighr. i The secretary's European vacation will last two months and lie will de vote considerable time :?? .n investi gation of conditions on tie- continent. Dr. josiiPii I. Fran ? . former United Si. t.-s s -nator from Ma rj 'and, evi dently was ill deadly | earnest when recently 1 h? announced that he was a . ii. lidate for I the Repuf - an nomi- I i _ 'HM nation for the I'resi ^ ? ll^P! doney in 1 Already he has started on his Or. J. I. France . iimt -;i i^-n. nn.l ttis many friends are , helping to the extent of their powers. The doings began with a public meet | ing at Mount Ararat farms the doc J tor's country estate in <>< il county. Maryland. Very noon, it is expected. ! he will make a tour through the grain ! states of the West. Assisting France in getting his cam paign under way are Jonathan Bourne, former senator from Oregon and head of the Republican publicity bureau during the Wilson administration, and Lyle Rader. who is described as "a prominent New York chemist and Bi ble speaker." Doctor France says that on his trip in the West he will give his reasons for seeking the Presidential nomina tion and will discuss "the grave world crisis and its remedy through the ap plication of the principle of righteous ness to economic, social and interna tional problems." Though it is un dprM ?? J3| j derstood in Rome that Pope Pius and Premier Mussolini have both decided to avoid any precipitate action in their contro versy. they continue to hammer at each other with encyclicals and newspaper arti cles. The pope stead ily maintains that the church is suffering perse cution at the hands of the Fascist rulers of Italy, but for the present at least he will not consider the withdrawal of the papal nuncio to Rome, Mgr. Borgon clni-Duca. The nuncio, for his part, has been doing all be could to bring about a peaceful settlement of tbe quarrel. The pope's Latest encyclical dealt severely with the Fascist position oo the education of youth, and ?u har:i. *eriz?Hl by the l*a an press as i rer urn to the roei ;.l . ? : : ^ns about the respective . '> ? ' the vhurch a?id .-rate. ('? e- >*. "he docu ment w?*r?' an? only . ti the churchcs of I*? fle. ' ?: - ? out of "he curlers ? which u< : "a drew i -" r -j cule. BrlFOIlK the ?;? : : r or the I... ~;e> II ?: ??TW...S n 5n a ? ??:> x V. Senator 'Vpeland and Itep~-?ti ' llai;:;! ron Fish >4 ?be ! ? >? : ?? and various others a '.. ?: St. l.awrt v v s!, ; r_*t ' that congress ????:.- r s ?? n a* p? ? >*?; Me tie f??r!>rr\ ' - * \ri:er j waterwav ?-. r r !.:,!,? ? :?? J ' hp A* 1; r v\ :.t of ; Mohawk \-: . . i : -? ?:?. j.- a means r?- ? ?-nr. If was by sidered only n ? : .rnifr> of ;he M \V? - ? ,t f?r .in ? ?UTlet tor !h'-ir ? .and Mr Fish suit I :he II-*:-- .n w ?? if situa tion "now makes r :d-ng o? a ship canal through ?'ar:-; :a a fantas tic myth." MAYBE tl. t . -h-r war in South A:i-\'a ? re ion? Dispatches from As r. * ? . Paraguay, said tiiat St.-:.- r : . . minister from Bolivia, sent .. !?????_? to the for eign office de.-iurl: h-? !:ad been or dered by his gov ramect to suspend diplomatic rela"i?'iis between the two nations. The CaraL'jayan government replied with the announcement that it had ordered it s inister to Bolivia to return home. I ???n't ask what it's all about. Peru has beta living a little war of its own ? goverr.rnent versus rev olutionists. The ???her d: v the rebels wore defeated at lluamhutio and the city of Cuzco. tin head juariers. was taken. The revolters thereuiH?n fled to the jungle, and probabij little more will be heard of thetn. \ 1! XI< '( ?'S quarrel * * * w the < hureb of Rome is now ??? n tered in the si ate o! \ . ra ? ruz and the prospec ts of a peace ful settlement are growing more and more remote. I ti pro test against the re cently enacted law of the state limiting the BishopValencia nu'"'"-r "f |,r - "? Itev. Ka'ael Utlizar Valencia, bishop of Vera Cruz, bus in structed all Catholics of the suite to ab stain from attending dances theater? and other festivities until the conflict between the church and government is ended. The bishop also has in structed his pri?>ts to keep their churches open, even if the slate for bids services conducted by priests. JOSKF STALIN has made public flie new policy of Soviet Russia in dealing with the bourgeoisie and the kulaks of well-to-do farmers. These classes, hitherto suppressed persecuted and ex lied, are now to be conciliated to an extent if they will consent to co-operate with and labor for the Soviet regime. The ;ulers of Russia have discovered that the brains and skill of the old order are needed to meet the growing demands of agricultural and industrial devel opment. As part of the new order of things Stalin also presented a program en tailing radical changes in the govern ment's policy toward labor and indus try to insure the success of the live year plan. Billy bcrke of Greenwich. Conn., professional golfer whose real name is Burkowskl ? he is a Pole ? is the new open golf champion of the United Suites, wear ing the crown which Bobby Jones laid aside. In the tourna ment on th_ Inverness coarse at Toledo, Bnrke and George von Kim of Detroit tied for first place 1 with cards of 'J92. Next day they undertook to play off the fie at 36 holes, and again tied. So on Monday the second play off was staged and Burke won by a margin of one stroke, finishing tfce longest tourney In golf history. Burke had a total of ,">S9 strokes for the 144 holes played In the five days of their hattle. and Von Elm had f>90. This was slightly over an average of 4 for each hole. Billy Burke NOTABLE among the deaths of the week was that of John Brishen Walker In Brooklyn. For many years he was ofien in the public eye a? a 1 soldier, business man, writer and edi tor and crusader for world peace. The duke of Aosta. cousin of the king of Italy, also passed away, to the great sorrow of the Italian people. He won considerable fame Ln the World war. ?EJ. It XL. W?t?ra NewtMDer Cnloa.? Alaska's ranhandle Geographic Marb^r on Southern Coast of Alaska Peninsula. t-> ? N ? ... ? ? .'-aOhJe at V. t ' ' ? PLANS ff ?? ati'l Mrs. Lind bergh to tty to the ? >rient and their first reported intention t?? Ciwwoig nt rent ion on I the air route to Asia along Alaska's I southeast "panhandle." The great Alas- ' l;a peninsula and the* Aleutian islands. a!l under American jurisdiction : Kam chatka. a part of the Soviet Union; an'l the Kurile islands, northern exten sion of Japan. The route Is an ideal one as far as landing places ore concerned for planes fitted with pontoons, for while most of the ground is rou^h. there j are innumernhle coves and harbors among the islands and in their in dented coastlines. The route was first shown to he practicable by the group of United States army flyers who flew around the world in 1P*J4 The first leg of the route, after the United States prof?er is left, leads over the straits along the west coast of British Columbia, then over the Island-studded Inland Passage of southeast Alaska. Reyond the north ern end of the Inland Passage comes the open water of the Gulf of Alaska until Kodiak island is reached, south of the Alaska peninsula, ii Is from the tip of this peninsula That the 1.5V00 mile crescent of the Aleution island chain sweeps off toward Asia. The Aleutians are vo|eani< n fact made plain by the t-rst and largest of the "stepping stones" I'riimak \! though It has an a <?a only a little larger than Rhode Isl: nd. so many craters occur on Unimak Island that there is often a great deal of confu sion as to the location of the various eruptions reported Mount Sh!??hal din. often reported active, is the most striking ..nd beatit'ful of the eleven major craters of the Island. It has one of the most nearh perfect cones In the wrrld. seeming to float sus ponded In the air above its cloud ^irt base. What Unimak Is Lik-. Despite | nitaak's si: e and Its sep aration from the mainland of Alaska by only a narrow strip of water, it is of little importance. There are no good harbors around its shores and only one settlement. Cape Alsit vil lage. Is listed. Cod Ashing on the great hanks to the south of the Island, which are sim ilar to those of Newfoundland and the mining of small quantities of sulphur and pumice stone are the principal in dustries. The inhabitants are mostly ; the remnants of the original native tribes found here by the Russians in the Eighteenth century. Like its sis:er islands. Unimak is In : general desolate and scraggy along Irs ? rocky, grass-covered lower slopes. It is treeiess. and. except for Its heavy rainfall and fogs, has a delightful cli mate. Summers in Unimak are cooler than places farther north, while in winter th. weather is milder than that of Tennessee or Kentucky, twenty degrees of latitude farther south. The warm Japan current, which creeps rip ; the const of Asia and around the ! Aleutians, gives it a January aver | age of thirty degrees above zero. The^ American world flyers remem ber Unimak as part of one of the most difficult stages in their globe . circling trip. Port Moller. the com | muniry 10 which Major Martin made his way on foot after his plan* crashed. Is about 150 miles farther east. The district presented the same Pitfalls for aviators as Unimak. con j ical peaks and sharp ridges rising sud denly out of dreary fog-hidden tundras and marshes. Portage Ray. where r forced landing was made, is on the mainland opposite Kodiak island, hut Is similar to the few indentations of Unl mak's shoreline, with rocky cliffs and treacherous sand shoals. The Aleutians, however, have an added handicap In the -willie-waqs. ? cyclonic winds peculiar to the region and probably attributable to the meet ing of the cold winds from the north and the warm breezes from the Japan current. Unalaska. a hundred miles farther cast, in the second largest of ihe Aleutians. On it is situated Dutch Harbor, port of call for vessels plying between Seattle and Nome. This har bor has deep water at its wharves and a protected anchorage that o ?,'<] ?o commodate the largest battle The shortest sea route between s. i :e find Vokoiiatna (the great cirde route) lies practically through Dutch 11 rbor, aim it wiuv Muutr liuitr bvcuuie an ini- 1 porta nt coaling and provisioning point. Pecause of the dangers from fo?> and rocks. however, ships now swin? well Fouth of the Aleutians. Only n f<-w natives ami whites li\e at Dutch Har bor. The Aleutians were born of vol canic action, and the activity is not yet spent. Hogoslof island, some miles from Dutch Harbor, is continu ally changing its form, rearing ore smoking promontory after armtlur above the waves and withdrawing othors. Volcanoes are to be found in the Aleutians in every stage of develop ment : young and aged volcanoes, active and dormant, not only cones whose symmetry rivals that of Fuji yama. but also the jagged stumps of mountains that have been blown to bits by recent volcanic explosions. Vulcanologlsts consider It one of the best known fields for the study of the problems of vulcanisni. Attn is tho easternmost of the Aleu tian islands. miles from the const of Washington state Because the In ternational Date IJne lies lust beyond Attu, an airman, rising from the Island to continue his flight, plunges nlrectly inJo another day without the lapse of any time. Thus, if he starts from ibis westernmost American station Monday morn'mir. be will be flying a few moments later in the morning of the day that to the Eastern hemis phere is Tuesday. Traveling in Kamchatka. The Aleutian route strikes flip m.tfo land of Asia at the coast of Katn<h:;Tka, 4r?o miles east of Attn. Tliis peninsula and the country north of it totlW'oring strait contains a large area of tundra or Arctic plains; soft sponsy morasses during the few months of summer; frozen, snow-covered wastes in winter. In the higher land Impenetrable under brush springs up in summer. What little travel is possible at this season is done on the back*! of sturdy ponies who must wade up the shallow streams or plod through the sticky sw.s ;?s. In winter travel is easy. Teams of doirs and reindeer whisk laden sleeves over the frozen surface of the streams and across the snow of the tundra :*t a rate, under favorable circumstances, of 7". miles or more a day. In the summer the curse of the moist regions of the north strik- > the Kamchatkan country; swarms of mos quitoes and (lies thicken the air and make life miserable for all living things. The nomadic flee with tlodr herds of reindeer to the sea where the breezes give some relief. The Kamchatkan peninsula proper is about 7."?0 miles In length, and the distance from its roots to Pering strait is an equal distance. From the southern tip of Kamchat ka the Kurile islands sweep south ward to the ma.ior islands of Japan. This distant string of fog-enshrouded, storm-lashed Islands Is the most west erly group of the north Pacific's hridge of islands. I. ike the Aleutians, the Kuriles are a string of volcanic peaks, dead and alive, whose smoking heads protrude above the cold and stormy waters of the North Pacific and stake out the Sea of Okhotsk. Thus, they form a haven for the Japanese fishermen who swarm over this island-girt s?<a in summer. Stretching between Kam chatka and the Japanese island of Yezo. they have long been known . o the Russians who exploited their valu able furs. Not until recent years have the Japanese become interested in these next door neighbors. The desolate islands are "*a cradle of blizzards." hazards to the mariner and aviator alike. Storms and squalls spring up from nowhere, low-lying fogs hug the water's surface in spring and summer, hidden rocks lie in wait for the unwary navigator and swift currents race through narrow straits. However, the lost sailor may tell when he Is close by the vast fields of brown seaweed or kelp which float on the water. Old salts who can "smell the beach" when near land are not alone In this useful ability when sailing these fog^y wafora.
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