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News Review of Current Events the World Over France anil Belgium Default on War Debts ? Great Britain and Four Other Nations Pay ? Drys Argue Against Legalizing Beer. By EDWARD W. PICKARD FRA SCE. reputedly one of the rich est nations In the world, has tie faulted. For the first time in history it has brouen its pledget) word, refus iny to pay the Decem ber war debt Interest installment of $ll>. 261.432 due the Unit ed. States. This ac tion was taken by the chamber of deputies by a vote of 402 to 1S7. while the gal leries roared the Na tionalist and Royalist song "Not a sou to America.** The power* M. Herriot fu! Socialist party de serted the government. Premier Herriot had oiade a tre mendous light, the most brilliant in his career, and when his defeat was an nounced he and nls ministers Stalked out of the chamber. The deputies then took another vote on a motion to defer payment until such a time as an international debt conference can he held, and this was carried. 381) to ft". The Radical Socialists who had supported tbe premier's terms for pay ment had left the chamber before this vote was taken. Herriot nnd his cabinet Immediately submitted their resignation* to Presi dent l.ohrun and as is cusiomary. were asked to carry on until >i now government could be formed. ? 'onse quently It was necessary for Herriot to transmit to Washington the de cision of the chamber. FOLLOWING a rapid exchange be tween London and Washington. Great Britain fulfilled expectations by paying the &I5.550.W10 in principal and Interest due the United States on Thursday. MncD o n ald's government had proposed that the payment should not be regarded as the regular semi-annual Installment provided for in the debt agree ment. but as a pay ment on capital to he taken Into account in any future under- Sec'y Stimson standing. Secretary of State Stimson promptly replied declln Ing to accept the payment if accompa nied by conditions that would amount to repudiation of the debt funding poet. The British explained that they were merely setting forth their own position and reserving the right to re cur to their arguments in the future examination ot the whole question "to which the United States government has agreed. ' The officials in Washington Inter preted t lie last British note as one of "mental reservations'* and decided they could accept the payment with out committing the United States to any deviation from the terms of the debt settlement. So the incident was considered closed so far as Great Brit ain was concerned. Belgium followed the example of France and defaulted.. The cabinet council decided not to pay America the *2.12ri.<HNl that was due Thurday. explaining that the Hoover mora torium and the Lausanne reparations agreement had deprived Belgium of substantial sums and that the debt funding agreement of 1025 was based on Belgium's capacity to pay. Then the cabinet resigned. Italy. Lithuania. Czechoslovakia and l*atvia paid up on the debt. Hungary, Poland and Esthonia did not pay. Po land has asked the United States to review the debt agreement on the ground that her Interest on the debt is unfairly high when compared to that which Italy pays. PRESIDENT-ELECT ROOSEVELT was aroused lo wrath when the cor respondent of the London Express sent a cablegram to his paper mis representing Mr. Roosevelt's views on the debt question. The dispatch said in part: "Let me at once clear up any mis understanding there is at home con cerning whnt the new President is going to do ahout war debts. I gather from our conversation that on March ft he Is going to make a statement which I believe will bring some meas ure of relief to a doubting world. -But although I have the best rea sons for believing that the interest on the war debts may be waived, and per ha i *s some pretty hard conditions will be attached to cutting off <he In terest. there Is no possible shadow of doubt that the capital, representing at I loose ve It's own figure Si 1.000.000.000. will have to be paid ? every red cent of It" Governor Itnosevelt declared the story was made of whole cloth, that he had refused to give I he correspond ent a "Christmas message for the world** and had declined to discuss with him the debts or anything else. Lieut. Gov. H. II. Lehman, who was S present when the Englishman saw the governor, asserted that nothing In any way justifying the cabled story had I been said. The I'resi dent-Elect took occasion also to deny a report printed In a ! Sacramento newspaper that he would offer the portfolio of the Interior to i Senator Uiram \V. Johnson. El'RESENTATIVE LOUIS T. Mc Fadden of Pennsylvania, who seems to dislike Mr. Hoover more than anyone else does, introduced a resolu tion seekinu to impeach the President on the ground that he has failed to obey the mandate of congress against the cancellation of the war debts and has "endeavored to nullify the con tracts existing between the United States and Its debtors." in his talk the Pennsylvanian even hinted at pos sible bribery. A motion to lay the im peachment resolution on the table was opposed by only eight members, all democrats except McFadden. f) It KM IKK HKUItlOT of France ' having accepted the agreement ret-oiiciliug the equality demands of Germany mid the security require ments of France, the German govern ment consented to return to the dis armament conference and hopes for the success of that conference were revived. France, Great Britain and Italy declared that one or the aims of the conference is to give equality of rights to Germany and her allied powers within a framework of secur ity for all nations. Britain. France, Italy and Germany allirmed they would not resort to arms to settle disputes, and the same powers prom ised to co operate in a sincere effort to bring about disarmament. In Berlin this accord was consid ered a distinct victory for Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher and Foreign Min ister Von Neurath. REPRESENTATIVE DANIEL E. Garrett of Houston, Texas, died In his Washington apartment after an illness or several months, lie was a t'einocrat of great inlluence in the party and in t lie house, had served sixteen years in congress and was re elected in November. EXCEPT for the war debts beer was the chief topic of interest In Washington. The house ways ami means committee was conducting hearings on the legalizing mens ures. and it heard plenty in opposition from both men ami women. The gentler sex came tirst and the things It said about beer were far from gentle The women were led by Mrs. Henry W. Peahody of New York, general chairman of the worn en's national commit- Or. A. J. Barton tee for law enforce ment. They told the committee that beer was responsible for 110 per cent of preprohihition drunkenness, and asserted that modification of the Vol stead act was the entering wedge for the return of the open saloon. Then they warned that if Ited revo lution and riots followed the passage of beer legislation the responsibility would be laid at the committee's door. Next day the dry men. marshaled by Dr. A. J. Part on, executive secretary of the Anti Saloon league, took the floor. They included Canon W. S. chase. Deets Picket. Bishop James Cannon, Jr.. and others, and another woman. Mrs. Ella Boole, president of the National Women's Christian Tem perance union, was with them to add her argument!*. One of the witnesses produced by the drys wns Dr. Walter R. Miles of Yale, who told of experi ments he made with students tending to show that a 2.7J4 per cent alcoholic drink was Intoxicating. He adm!tted jhe stuff he gave the boys was not real beer but a concoction of grape Juice, sugar and alcohol. Secretary of the Treasury Mills was summoned by the committee to give estimates of the amount of revenue which would be derived from a fa- ! of $5 on ench barrel of legalized beer. Little affected by all the dry argu ments It had heard, the committee went to work drafting the legalizing bill. The wets were confident the> could put It through the house, but were not so sure tliey cm Id muster a two-thirds vote to overcome a veto by President Hoover ? and there were reports that the Chief Executive would disapprove the measure on the ground that It would nullify the Eighteenth amendment. Thu senators v,-ere discussing the j relative merits of repeal and modifi cation. Senator Borah. a tx?ne dry. said- he liked the re|?eal plan offered by Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, who is very wet. Mr. Blaine's resolution would amend the Constitution, first, by forbidding transportation o' intoxi cants Into any state or territory in vio , latiou of Its laws; second, by author izing congress to enact laws to aid enforcement in dry states. Tills he j would substitute for the Eighteenth [ amendment. \ 17ETS In the house were defeated | VV in two attempts to cut oil funds for prohibition enforcement. Amend ments tc\ the treasury supply bill de signed to slash from the UKM appropriation for the coast guard were ofTered by Schafer of Wisconsin | and Boylan of New York, but both | were voted down. JAPAN was becoming more and more isolated by developments in Geneva. The League of Nations conciliation committee of nineteen which Is now to handle the Sino Japanese trouble over Manchuria, intended to ask the United States and Itussia to have representatives ! on the committee, but Tokyo Instructed Its delegation at Geneva to reject any such proposal. Indeed. Ja pan declines to let the committee settle the controversy, thus dis regarding the friendly advice of Great Britain. Then Maxim Litvinov. Soviet foreign affairs commissar, issued a statement that itussia and China are resuming diplomatic negotiations, that were rup tured in 1027. He gave out the news after a parley with D. W. W. Yen. Chinese delegate at Geneva. This was looked on as a direct hid for recogni tion of Russia by the United States. A spokesman for the government In Tokyo said this action by what he ! described as the nations "most dis- . turhlng to the peare of the world" was "Indirectly threatening" Japan. M. Litvinov CHAIRMAN MARVIN JONES of the j house agricultural committee In- | troduced the Democratic farm relief j measure In the house, the same being the allotment plan which Is favored ! hy President- Elect Roosevelt With this as a basis the Democrats hope to j work out a bill that can be passed at this session. The Jones bill which applies only to wheat, cotton, tobacco, and hogs, provides virtually two plans in one. For 10.13 the secretary of agriculture would fix the percentage of these com modities required for domestic con sumption. No means of curtailing production is provided. Thirty days after pas sage of the act producers of the four commodities would be entitled to re ceive adjustment certificates on that portion of their sales falling within the domestic consumption percentage. The certificates would be issued at the rate of 42 cents a bushel for wheat. 5 cents a pound for cotton. 4 cents for tobacco, and 2 cents for hogs, less a small administrative 1 charge. With passage of the act adjustment ! charges at these same rates "would be j levied on the processing of the four commodities. Tariffs at these rates would be levied on imports and an extra tariff of f? cents a pound on short staple cotton and cotton goods would be imposed. PRESIDENT HOOVER. In the pres ence of a group of distinguished persons, accepted on behalf of the na tion the deed to the wooded island of Anolostan in the I'otomac river which is now a natural shrine to the memory ! of Theodore Roosevelt. The President ! directed that it "shall hereafter be ; known as Theodore Roosevelt island and dedicated to the nation." Among those present at the ceremony were Mrs. Hoover. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt l-ongworth. Secretary of State Stim son and General Pershing. BLOODY fighting in the Charo con tinues between Bolivia and Para guay. and it is estimated that the casualties already have reached 30. 000. The Paraguayan forces claim to fcave captured several forts recently and have seemed to be having the best of the conflict. Rut the Bolivians are greatly strengthened by the presence of Gen. Hans Kundt, the German offi cer who is commanding them in the field. ? 1IU W?at?rs N?w?p*p?i UaSoa. SECRETARY MILLS Ogden Mills, secretary ol the treas ury, urged the house ways and tneans committee to help balance the bud::et by Introducing in congress a bill for a manufacturers* excise sides tnx. He estimated that a tax on legalized beer would bring in between $1125,000.000 and SI 50.000.000 the first year. ROBINS' STATEMENT ON HIS QUEER CASE Says "Darkness" Averted More Serious Collapse. New York. ? Raymond Robins, pro hibitionist, social reformer and friend of President Hoover, made his first public statement concerning his dis appearance en route from New York to Washington to keep an appoint ment with the President. He denied that he was a "quitter." That was taken as a reply to hints that his dis appearance ami reappearance as "Reynolds Rogers," prospector in North Carolina mountains, had been a sham in order to hide from some thing. The statement was brought here from Brooksville, Flu. There Colonel Robins is recuperating at his winter home. "1 have come through a terrible ex perience," says Robins' statement. "Here in my home, surrounded by my family and the friends and associa tions I have loved since I was a boy, I am being fully restored. Those who are wise in matters of this sort as sure me that the darkness that over took me in the midst of my day's work was a provision of nature to save me from a serious collapse. Those who meet me in the future will be able to judge of my mental clarity. Those who have known my life in the past will not believe I have heen a quitter. "For the generous and tender help fulness of many dear friends in these hours of suffering for my wife and family I am grateful beyond words. For the competent and kindly co-op eration of the oilicers of government und the immense aid ? and in the main, truthful and fair treatment ? ac corded me by the public press, 1 cher ish abiding gratitude. "In so far as there has been untrue and unfair comment, 1 forgive its au thors and accept it as the cost of a life spent in battle for causes 1 hold dear. All that I ask for the future Is judgment upon the facts of my work from dpy to day." Doctor Smith, who went to Florida at Uohins* Invitation, asserted that the Robins case was one of overwork causing physical and intellectual fa tigue," and that any hint of there be ing subterfuge or deception concern- i Ing his disappearance is entirely un- ! worthy and unwarranted." Cuban House Sets 8 Hours as Maximum Working Day Havana, Oiba ? The house of rep resentatives? by a vote of 121 to 4, sanctioned a labor hill which estab lishes eight hours as a maximum work I ing day in all industries and busi j nesses. The measure will affect 3o0,- j I 000 men and women. Madrid Girl Flyer Marries in Plane Madrid. ? Madrid's popular avintrix, Glsisa I'rieto, was married in the air to Emilio Copano, a Madrid merchant. She had to be content with a civil marriage for the priest refused to make the night when the three motors of the plane began to roar. A judge I>erformed the ceremony. Allan Hoover Is Elected to the Bachelors' Club I?a Angeles. ? The Bachelors' club a group of socially prominent younp 1 men mho still cling to "single blessed ness," has a new member. He la A) Ian Hoover, son of President Hoover ALLOTMENT PLAN FOR FARM RELIEF Democratic Bill Introduced in the House. Washington. ? Chairman Marvin Jones of the house agricultural com inii tee Introduced as (he Democratic ' farm relief bill a measure calling for | the senilis up of the allotment plan, more far-reaching than heretofore pro^ posed. The hill carries with it the blessing of President-Elect Roosevelt and em bodies the work of his advisers. Using It as a basis the Democrats In con j press hope to work cut a farm relief program which may be passed at this I session. The Jones bill, watch applies only I to wheat, cotton, tobacco, ami hops, provides virtually two plans in one. For 11133 the secretary of agriculture would tlx the percentage of these com modities required for domestic con sumption. No means of curtailing production Is provided. Thirty days after pas sage of the act producers of the four commodities would ne entitled to re cede adjustment certificates on that portion of their sales falling within the domestic consumption percentage. The certificates would be issued at the rate of 42 cents a bushel for wheat, live cents a bushel for cotton. I four cents for tobacco, and two cents j for hogs, less a small administrative I charge. With passage of the act adjustment | charges at these same rates would he | levied on the processing of the four commodities. Tariffs at these rates would be levied on imports and an extra tariff of live cents a pound on short staple cotton and cotton goods would he Imposed. Prior to the planting of 1JI34 crops of wheat, cotton, and tobacco, and the breeding of hogs for I lie 15134 pig crop, die secretary of agriculture might rec ommend and the President proclaim a second year in which the adjustment charges and tariffs would be in effect. But in the second year only those producers who entered into voluntary contracts not to increase production or at the order of tiie secretary to de crease production would receive a splltup at the end of the crop year of *he money In the fund raised by the charges on their particular com modity. Dish of Snake Fatal to Chinese Official Canton, China. ? Chu Cliaohsin in spector general of foreign affairs in the Canton government and formerly charge d'affaires in the Chinese lega tion in London, died after a dinner at naval headquarters. Physicians said snake poisoning caused death. The dinner was in honor of Admiral Sir Howard Kelly, commander in chief of the British naval forces in the Far Kast. Snake was on the menu at the din ner given by the Naval club. Chu was believed to have swallowed venom that had not been removed. Prior to the dinner, the Chinese diplomat was well. Russia Won't Surrcncl-r Insurgents to Japan Moscow. ? The foreign othce pul? lished ti sharp exchunge ot notes be tween the Soviet and .Iniutnese gov ernments in which .Moscow categor ically refused to surrender the Man churinn msurpent general. Su I*in? Wen. and his urmy or to prevent Jheir departure from the Soviet union. General Su recently tied before Jap anese forces in the Main hull region in northwest Manchuria and crossed the Russian border. House Beats Move to Impeach Hoover Washington. ? Party affiliations were ignored in the house of representa tives before the unprecedented spec tacle of presentation by Representa tive Louis T. McFadden. Republican, of Pennsylvania, of a resolution to Impeach President Hoover for "high crimes and misdemeanors" in connec tion with the war debts, democrats and Republicans alike rushed with a vote of 301 to 8 to overwhelm and table the Pennsylvanian's proi>osal. Marilyn Miller and Alvarado to Wed London ? Marilyn Miller and Don Alvarado of the American stage and screen announced their engagement here. Miss Miller and Alvarado were mem bers of a "stowaway party" carried to sea by the liner Bremen when the ship sailed from New York. Trick Cyclist Is Dead Raleigh. N. G. ? R. B. <MRed") Par rlsh, once famed as a trick motor cycle rider, died here In comparative obscurity.
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