? ? News Review < Events th Chancellor Chamberlain Say Debt Cancellation?Inflat Lame Duck Amei By EDWARD GREAT BRITAIN tins been Invited to discuss with the United States the war debts with a view to revision and possible reduction, tlie invitation E having been extended by the Hoover administration with tiie illmost certain concurrence of PresidentElect Roosevelt. The conference, if the British accept, will be held in March; and it will be followed Immediately by similar conferences with the nations that are not Chancellor in default in payment ChamLerlsin to this country, name ly, iiaiv, i.iinuarini, Czechoslovakia, Finland and I^atvia. But Secretary of State Stlmson, In sending out the Invitations, omitted France. Belgium, Poland. Hungary and Esthonia. the nations that have defaulted; and this, too. it is understood, met with the approval of Mr. Roosevelt, who will he President when the negotiations nre under way. However, there were Indications in Washington that Mr. Roosevelt will have arranged separate conferences with the defaulters. England is especially interested in tiavinu France included in such arrangements as may he made, believing a tinal settlement' of debt and economic subjects cannot well he reached unless France is taken into account. Representative Ralney of Illinois. Democratic floor lender In the house, seemed to be roused by t tie news. "The conferences won't amount to anything. In my opinion," Rainey said, "because the American people are not going to stand for a reduction In the debts. "The debt conferences should be linked with the world economic conference. The thing to do is to bring about a removal of International trade harriers so that trade can be revived. The conferences already projected | hold only a possibility of onenin? nn I trade routes and giving the dehtoss a chance to |my." England accepted the invitation, and her stand on the war debt question was stated plainly by Chancellor Neville Chamberlain In an address hefore the Leeds Chamber of Commerce: Briefly, the British government will ask either cancellation or reduction bo drastic that It will almost amount to the same thing. If this cannot he obtained, said Chamberlain, the settlement reached must he final and must not involve resumption of the Cernuin reparations. "To disturb the I^iusanne agreement." he said, "would be to reopen old wounds and to destroy for an indefinite period all prospect of agreement on matters afTecting the happiness and prosperity not merely of Europe but of the whole world." Undertaking to explain the matter to "the fanner of the Middle West," the chancellor said that If the war debts payments were to be resumed they could not be made by loans or by further shipments of gold. "Effective means of paying." he continued, "would have to be found and they could only he found by Increasing sales of foreign goods to America or. what would come to the same thing, by diminishing purchases from America." THERE will be no more lame duck sessions of congress, for the Twentieth amendment to the Constitution has now been ratified by more thac 36 states and will go Into effect October 1ft next. Action by the ^ Missouri legislature Kgj clinched It. and several other legislatures came Into line the H^raHHpP^r same day. Under this Kjp^Wppjjl amendment both senatora and represents lives assume office on January 3 following their election. The ~v President and Vice Sen. Morris President take office on January 20 following election. The newly elected congress Is automatically called Into session on January 8 and on the same date one year I later. The changes do not affect the terms of Hoover and Curtis or any j _ member of the present congress. Adoption of the amendment la something of m personal victory for Senator Norrta of Nebraska who fought for It through many years. It was passed by the senate several times hot alwajra previously was blocked la the of Current l6 World Ov ei s Great Britain Wants Wai ionists Luse in Senate? ndment Ratified. W. PICKARD INFLATIONISTS are becoming mori vociferous and apparently mon numerous daily in Washington, hut a this writing they have not got any where. Their first big effort was put forth during debate on the Class hank ing hill in the senate. Wheeler ol Montana. Independent Democrat, of fered an amendment providing for tlx free coinage of sliver at the ratio ol sixteen to one?the old formula ol William Jennings Bryan?and Hues Long of I^iuisiana proposed anothei amendment authorizing the govern raent purchase of silver and stabiliza tlon at approximately 14.38 to 1. After violent discussion both thest schemes were defeated, by a vote ol 56 to 18 lu each case. During the debate Senator Tom Con oally of Texas Increased the perplexitj of the senate by announcing he wai preparing a measure to debase tht gold content of the dollar by one third and perhaps. If it were const! tutlonal, to forbid Individuals mnkini contracts cntling for payment In dol lars of current weight and fineness Both Senator Class and Senator Fess argued strongly against all the lnfln tlon proposals, as did Iteed of 1'enn sylvanla. ?. lCi uciug u.iui.v uiungicu dj amendments the Glass hanking bil! was passed by the senate. Its fat? in the house is problematical. PRESIDES*! HOOVER vetoed tta? tlrst deficiency bill, carrying appro prlations of .<:u .ihki.ihmj and the hous< upheld his action, the vole being lU'Jtc 158. The President disapproved ol the measure because he and Attorney General Mitchell held unconstitutional a provision placing control of nil sub stnntinl rewinds from income, gift anc! inheritance tnxes In the hands of s Joint congressional committee. Senator McKellnr Indicated that he would make another attempt to remove control over refunds from the treasury. Mil. ROOSEVELT. In Warm Sprlngi after his inspection of Musch Shoals, was busy studying the prob lems that will come before him an<; conferred with man) : notable men of hi: party and a few whc y are not of that per Ml suasion. Among hit catiers were severa ?ww&m w^?* nc<*?r<,|nK to th? | ft cabinet makers, havt PL chances of beinj offered port folios Among these wai Rronson Cutting, th< senator from New Sen. Cutting Mexico who boltec the Repuliliran ticket last fall and helped elect Roosevelt The gossip was that he would he mad< secretary of the Interior It he wen willing to accept the place. Senatoi Cutting was accompanied on his visit by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin another "rebel** Republican. Bernard M. Baruch of New York chairman of the emergency nationa transportation committee, also was li Warm Springs helping the President Elect orepare his program and giving advice especially on the railroad sit nation. Then, was talk that he might bo appointed secretary of state, prob ably the only cabinet position he woulc take, though many still thought thai position would go to either Senatoi Walsh of Montana. Owen D. Young oi Norman Davis. Mr. Roosevelt * tolt the correspondents he might announce one cabinet choice before going on bii yacht trip, but no more than one. Pre sumably that will be Jim Farley. wh< it Is conceded will be postmaster gen eraL FARMERS are to have the oppor tunlty of borrowing $!er cent. One million dollars Is allocated for feed for farm live stock In drought and storm stricken areas. Farm bloc members of congress defended the bill. asserting there would be widespread suffering on the farms uideaa such loans were authorised. Many member, however, attacked It ? Scout, Murphy, N. CM Fri I as paternalistic, socialistic and bound to Increase farm product surpluses. Snell of New York, minority leader, declared It was utterly inconsistent with the pending domestic allotment measure, the pur|K?se of which Is to ( increase farm product prices and decrease acreage. The senate agriculture committee began hearings on the domestic allotment hill Wednesday, hoping they would he completed In a week or so. ( The same arguments for and against it that were heard in the house were repeated. Elimination of the citizens' military training camps as an economy move was rejected by the house, which ^ added $2.r?0U.(K)0 to the War depart' 2 ment appropriation hill to insure their I continuance. Also $frfi0.000 was add- i ed to the appropriation for the re- ! t serve officers' corps. The measure j was then passed, f The senate finance committee re- | ported the house beer bill amended to - include wine and to provide tt.05 per j f cent alcoholic content. This measure I f may get through congress before adr Journment but probably will be vetoed i" if it does. A LEXANDEIt. the handsome young ** king of Jugoslavia, uccompanied , by Queen Marie and his foreign minisf ler, Bosko Jeftich. spent the week in Rumania visiting King Carol at the lntter's country pluce. Slnaia ttnln?-(> Offiplnllv If I , JF was Just a family vis ! I jflMi ll- Marie being Carol's ! Li "^ sister, but the eorre?C* ?lM,n(^en^s 8n^ ^ w:,a i *or the purpose of | ML .J*l seeking a common , jSB front on the question i , of equal armaments, j due to come up for i ( King discussion In Geneva Alexander on January 31. The | ! little entente powers, j which include these two nations and Czechoslovakia, did not like the action i of the great powers in giving Germany , Judicial equality in armaments with- ( 5 out consulting the little entente, and ( they propose now to demand more con* sideratlon when Important matters ' come up at Geneva. ^ King Alexander was especially anx- , ' ious to get Itumanla's hacking on a 1 protest which Jugoslavia plans to raise against Italy's alleged pouring of ma1 chine guns and munitions Into Hun1 gary through Austria. Diplomats In Iturhnrest said an Im' portant side-issue of the royal visit I would be a private conference con- I cerned with the problem of restoration of former King George as the ruler i of Greece. Such i est oration, it was ? explained, would be Immensely valuable to Jugoslavia, since a friendly I Greek government would secure use r of Salonikl harbor for Jugoslavia i should circumstances demand. SOUTH AMERICA'S two unofficial wars attracted considerable atten' tion during the week. Colombia sent i a Joint note to signers of the Kellogg ' pact asking that they call upon Peru t not to violate the treaty at Letlcia, toward which a Colombian flotilla 1 was steaming to recapture the town' - from the Peruvian Nationalists who 7 seized It some time ago. The place 1 was ceded to Colombia by Peru un1 der a treaty signed in 1922. The Peruvian government asked the league of - Nations to order suspension of "all - measures of force" in the Letlcia r area. 1 Secretary of State Stimson hurriedly ' called to his home the diplomatic representatives of the powers signa, tory to the Kellogg pact to consider I this critical situation. He then sent i a note to Peru invoking the pact and making it plain that the United States 5 considered Peru was In the wrong in the dispute. \ Bolivians and Paraguayans were 1 fighting desperately for possession of 1 i Fort Nanawa in the disputed Gran t Chaco and both sides claimed the adr vantage. The battle lasted for daya 1 r and the casualties were numerous. 1 * O EPORTS from Tokyo said the Jap? anese cabinet had decided that Japan's withdrawal from the League of ? Nations was Inevitable and had Instructed Yosuke Matsuoka to restate hit country's position In regnrrt to Manchuria and then leave n?nov. home. I Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchlda ; was understood to have Informed the * I cabinet that application of paragraph * 1 four of article fifteen by the league. 1 * under which recommendation for defl- ' * nlte action In the Manchuiian dispute can be made, appeared almost certain. 1 I The cabinet. It was said, agreed that I this step would be followed by condemnation of Japan's action In recog? nlzlng the Manchukuo Independent t government headed by Henry l*u YIt 1 the former emperor. I I t P' RESIDENT *EAMON DE VAI.ERA ' woo amaahlng Tlctory In the ' lrtah fr? SUt. election*. hU party j gaining vote* ererywhere at the ex- * penne of that of William CoagraT* ( hla chief opponent. ' ?. im wi mi. mumi ouw. day, February 3, 1933. CHANCE GIVEN TO PAID UP NATIONS Those Not in Default Aske( to Debt Parley. Washington.?The State depart men announced oil behalf of President Elect Roosevelt that debt negotta tions will he held after March 4 wit the six countries that paid their I>? cember Installments to the Unite States. Secretary Stimson, who several day before had invited tireat Britain am Italy to send delegations to Washing ton, was instructed to extend simila invitations to Czechoslovakia, Litbu ania. Latvia and Finland. The defaulties. headed by France thus were placed in a separate urn unenviable category. No provisioi was made to reconsider their obligu tions. Officials explained the doo would be closed to them until the; pay up or make arrangements t< square accounts. They iiii'st take tin Initiative. This procedure was accepted as i direct bid to France and the four oth er defaulters?Belgium. Poland, Hun gary and Hsthonla?to step to tin cashier's window if they expect anj favors from the Roosevelt adtninistru tion. Debt negotiations will be conduct pd separately with each country The British case will be considere< first The Invitations made clear thai debt discussions would be concurrent wltn and conditioned on consldera tion of general economic problems In this way. it was said Roosevelt will demand trade concessions for tlu United States in return for any debt reductions, and will nttPimo ?r? >.iun. away barriers to world recovery. It is hoped to stabilize currency and pro mote return of the gold standard. Representative Itniney of Illinois Democratic floor lender, predicted ihat "no reduction or cancellation of wat ilebts" would result from the conferences to be held after President-Elect Roosevelt takes office, March 4. 'The conferences won't amount tc Anything, in my opinion." Uainey said "because the American people are not going to stund for a reduction in the debts. *The debt conferences should be linked with the world economic conference. The tiling to do is to bring nbout a removnl of international trade barriers so that trade can be revived, The conferences already projected hbld only a possibility of opening uj trade routes and giving the debtors a chance to pay." London.?Cancellation, or revision so drastic ai virtually to amount tc cancellation, wns indicated by the government as Great Britain's stand on the war debts. The British debt platform was laid down by Chancellor Neville Chamber lain at Leeds in an address before the chamber of commerce. If cancellation or drastic revision if too mnch to hojie for. then. Chamber lain stipulated, any settlement which is reached must he final and musl not Involve resumption of German reparations. Plunges Nine Stories; Is Only Slightly Hurl Seattle. Wash.?John Bo we. twentyseven-year-old former Chicago law clerk, fell nine stories from an apartment building here. In his fall he tore through a heavy plank walk like a projectile from a heavy gun. burying himself two feet deep in the soft earth. Yet he was able to tell the police who found him that he had attempted sul ride. He was taken to the emergency hos^ pital. where physicians found only a Tew minor Injuries and declared he would recover. Supreme Court Rules on Ship Seizure Act Washington.?Coast guardsmen are prohibited t>y the treaty with Great Britain of 11?4 from boarding, search n?t and seizing British or Canadian vessels suspected of liquor smuggling, when within one hour's sailing distance of the United State's shores, the Supreme court ruled. That la the provision as written Into the treaty which supersedes any rlhuses of the 1!?0 tariff act which nay conflict therewith, the court stated n its opinion. U. S. Gives Up Trying to Stop Drinking in Africa! Washington.?t'ongress may give op in attempt to discourage drinking of ntoxlcatlng liquor la Africa. Tlio an loal wring to American taxpayers roold be S5&. The State department lupply bill, reported to tbe booae. Ilml dated the S6ft sum authorized ualer a ltnat treaty aa this gnremiaent'a hare In aa International attempt to rerent African natives from using llstilled liquor. GOOD REASON Rennie and Gerald, little neighbor J boys, played together continually, but Rennie always seemed to get dirtier than Gerald. One day grandma asked j Rennie what he had been doing, when they came Into his house, and he said they had been playing together. Grandma then remarked: * -Rut you are so much dirtier than Gerald/' i* "Well I have twice as much fun h as he has.'* replied Rennie. d ? ? I TRY THIS! When children won't eat II and won't gain ; weight 3 I ? e | The youngster who has no appetite, l probably has gtasis. A little syrup of 1 I flgs will soon correct this condition ?"v?wujniy panoea ana you re feeling fine with ? he?rty appetite for brr.kfe.t_ Eat what Ton wiah.? no danger. Celmab* are aold In lOe and S6e P?*???a ? dm, ?or?. (AdrV a?; ; -uM-ssrtesiiu- ; "Sy.?^qja*a >onr Miiaaja an' uSaau1 ?dit? ?wtla.l riBimniHil ^ 1 ? llM^Til III " .a. - Jl ?men warm mecnild wit?andin ! Mothers should never coax a child to eat. Nature knows best. 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