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? *?? The Alamance gleaner ? .. . _ . VOL. LV1II. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, 1932. ^O. 43. News Review of Current Events the World Over President Confers With Roosevelt and Congress Leaders on War Debts?Hitler Offered German Rule Under Conditions. By EDWARD W. PICKARD PRESIDENT HOOVER and Presi dent-Elect Roosevelt held their scheduled conversation on the war debts In the White House Tuesday Dr. Raymond Moley and exchanged views as to the wisest course for the United States government to pursue. The conference may have been of value to the two gentlemen but its national or international Impor tance is questionable. Mr. Roosevelt had no intention of commit ting himself concern ing the debt question or of assuming any responsibility in ad ranee or tils inauguration. Mr. Hoover can do nothing more than make a recommendation to congress In the matter of reopening the debt settle ments. and It Is practically certain that congress Is overwhelmingly op posed to reducing the debts or sus pending the payments. Besides Mr. Hoover and Mr. Roose velt, there were but two persons ad mitted to the conference. These were Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills, who with Secretary of State Stimson had prepared the data for the President; and Dr. Raymond Moley, professor of government and law In Columbia university, who at tended as Governor Roosevelt's ad viser. Doctor Moley, an authority on sociology and crime, was one of the so-called "brain trust" that traveled with Roosevelt during the campaign, and It was he who assembled much of the material for the governor's speeches. There are those who think the professor will be the Colonel House of the Roosevelt administra tion. The President, as Is well known, favors action looking to revision of the war debt settlements, but knows congress would not sustain him In this position; so It was thought prob able he would merely tell the debtor nations that the United States de cllnes to suspend the December 15 payments and that there Is no Imme diate prospect of reduction of the terms. However, It was believed In Washington that he would recommend to congress the re-creation of the war debt funding commission for the pur pose of making new settlements with the nations that might otherwise de fault. This he tried to have done In 1031 but congress declined, and It probably will decline . again, which would mean the entire debt problem would be passed on to the incoming Democratic administration. WEDNESDAY morning the Presi dent ar.d Secretary Mills went over the whole matter again with 13 lenders of congress, including Speaker Garner, the VIce-Presldent-Elect, and these: Senators Sraoot, Watson and Reed. Republicans, and Harrison, King and George, Democrats; Repre sentatives Collier, Itainey nnd Dough ton. Democrats, and Hawley, Tread way and Bacliarnch, Republicans. With them he sought to formulate a united policy on the debts for presen tation to congress; and this was the conference of greater Importance, for these leaders really will determine the attitude of the government In the matter. Czechoslovakia Joined Great Britain, France and Belgium In the petition for suspension of payments and re vision. Italian ministers decided that Italy would pay Its debts punctually and Premier Mussolini approved. OVKIt In Berlin there were confer ences during the week that were vital to the future of the reich and of Intense Interest to the rest of the f World. Wtfter talking with leaders of various parties. Presi dent Von Hlndenburg ? summoned Adolf lilt- ] ler, chief of the Na tional Socialists, who j had demanded con trol of the government j for his party and the : l?ost of chancellor for himself. The Nazi j leader set forth the alms of his move \ rnent. and in return the president gave him a mandate to Adolf Hitler form a cabinet tinder certain condi tions which Hitler temporarily at leaat rejected. The president demanded that llltler agree to raepect tha majority or Von rapen'i emergency decrees and that his cabinet would have to be backed "by a majority or almost a majority" of the relchstag. Von Hindenburg also demanded Hitler's pledge to gov ern according to parliamentary rule. He further stipulated that Hitler must maintain the present military anil for eign policies and that General Kurt von Sct 'elcher must be retained as minister of defense and Baron Kon stantln von Neurath as foreign min ister. At this writing the outcome of the conference is in doubL Hitler was still trying to get assurance of a ma jority in the relchstag, but this seemed a feat almost Impossible as Hugen burg's Nationalists and various other relatively small parties were holding out REDUCTIONS In the budget of ap proximately $500,(100,000. request ed of the cabinet by President Hoover have been met. The cuts in appro priations for the fiscal year beginning June 1 next were settled by the cab inet at about $700,000,000, but It was explained that this would be offset "by certain Increases In uncontrollable items, such as Interest and amortlza tion on the public debt and tax re funds to the extent of about $150, 000,000." The White House statement said "the administration Is determined to present a balanced budget." and lead ers of congress appear equally deter mined to keep down the regular ap proprlations at the short session. WESLEY L. JONES, veteran Ro publican senator from Washing ton, who was defeated on November 8 for re-election, died In the Mount Baker sanitarium in Seattle. He had served in congress for 33 years, was one of the most uncompromising of tbe drys, and at the time of bis death was chairman of the powerful approp priations committee. Governor Hartley of Washington ap pointed E. S. Grammer, a Seattle lum berman and a Republican, to fill out Jones' unexpired term, thus assuring the Republicans of a majority in the short session. WHAT did the President say to Fred Britten? That was the question that was agitating the propo nents of a bill legalizing beer. The wet congressman from Chicago ad mittedly went to the White House in the hope of finding out what Mr. Hoo ver would do to such a bill If It were passed in the short session, and as he came forth he nnnounced he was convinced that the ('resident would not veto It. Rejoicings among the beer boys! Then came swiftly Theodore Josiln, one of the White House secretaries, with the lint assertion to the newspa per men that "the President had de clined to discuss beer with Mr. Brit ten" Cheers from the drys! Notified of this action on the part of the White House. Mr. Britten stuck by his guns, asserted that Mr. Joslin knew nothing about what had been said during his conference with the President and reiterated his predic tion that Mr. Hoover would approve beer legislation. RAYMOND ROBINS, the long miss ing social worker and prohibition advocate, was found In the mountains of North Carolina masquerading as "Reynolds Rogers, a mining engineer and prospector. Identified by his nephew and then hy his wife, he j Insisted for several days he did not know them and was In real ity "Rogers." In oth er respects his mind was clear, and after a rest in a sanitarium ( and medical care be recognized Mrs. Rob ins and his own iden tity and was declared Raymond Rot>Jn? to be on the way to normal health. The psychiatrist in charge said Mr. Itobins had been suffering from am nesia or a similar mental malady. Ever since his disappearance early In September Mr. Robins had been In the Great Smoky mountains, tramping about and prospecting. Supporters of the st. Uawrence waterway treaty now fear that It will not receive consideration at the short session of congress, because the opposition has come forward In such strength. One of them. Senator Wnlsh of Montana, thinks It will reach a I vote before March, but will not pre diet the outcome. Should the ratlfl cation or rejection of the pact go over to the new congress, its fate would depend largely on the attitude of the j new President. This, It tvns hoped, would be revealed by the testimony of Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the New York power authority, who was scheduled to appear before the senate foreign relations subcommittee after the Thanksgiving holiday. Powerful opposition to the treaty developed at the fourteenth annual convention of the Mississippi Valley association in St.-Louis, on the ground that one article would dry up the Illi nois waterway, now nearly ready for opening, and the lakes to the gulf wa ter route. The article in question. It was said, takes from congress Its rights to prescribe diversion from Lake Michigan for navigation pur-, pos?& The Mississippi Valley associ ation has in the past indorsed the St Lawrence project, and it still does? hut It opposes the treaty In its present form. ? VfOSCKK MATSUOKA, the smooth, smiling representative of Japan In Geneva, appeared before tlie coun cil of the League of Nations and set forth his country's position in rela tion to Manchuria and China. In ef fect he defied the league and ridiculed the findings of the L.vtton commission whose recommendation of the interna tionaiization of Manchuria he declared unthinkable. "Establishment*of the state of Man* chukuo seems to be the only solution possible," said Matsuoka in fluent English. "We have violated neither the covenant of the league, the nine power treaty nor the pact of Paris. We acted in self-defense and spon taneously, and when we acted the in dependence movement developed spon taneously." Matsuoka assured the council that China was a dismembered nation which was a prey to rival war lords and was menaced by communism. Had China or even Manchuria been prop- I erly governed, the present situation would not have arisen, he said. Wellington Koo replied with elo quence and spirit for China. He charged that Japan had kept China in turmoil as part of a plan to conquer Asia and the world in successive stages. Matsuoka had complained tb-' Chinese boycotts were hurtful to friendly relations. Koo inquired whether friendly relations still exist ed. He explained that the boycott was a self-imposed sacrifice and the most humane method of resistance to aggression yet devised. Then he whipped forth a clear threat In be half of the Chinese government to le galize, extend and protect the boycott. The league council was helpless, for there was no chance for conciliation, so the whole affair was referred to the assembly of the league. Whatever the assembly may do, the statements of Foreign Minister Uchida and the war office in Tokyo make it plain that Ja pan Intends to maintain the status quo In Manchuria. LATEST advices from Manchukuo say that the Japanese there have just launched a great military drive against the 33.000 Chinese who have been threatening from the north. In China it Is declared these forces are under the command of Gen. Ma Chan-shau, whom the Japanese claim to have killed In battle some months ago. General Ma made a name for himself as the gallant defender of Tsitslhar, against the Japanese a year ago. I^ater he served General Ma with the Japanese army, but only, as he later revealed, to obtain Japanese secrets. The Chinese forces are concentrated In the northwestern part of lleilung klnng province. SENATOR F. BYRNES. Democrat, of South Carolina, has announced that he will ask the first Democratic senate caucus at the December ses slon to agree not to confirm any of President Hoover's recess appoint ments, these Including several appoint ments to the home loan bnnk board, the tariff commission and other bodies. AFTER serving 23 years as presi dent of Harvard university, A. Lawrence Lowell, one of the world's foremost educators, has resigned. No reason was given In the announce ment, but Doctor I.owelI Is yeventy six years old and It had long been known that he desired to retire as soon as the new house plan, which he regarded as thecap3toneof his career, was working smoothly. UNIVERSITY of Michigan, with an unbroken list of victories, won the football championship of the Western Conference, with Purdue a close second. Yale defeated Harvard In their annual battle which still holds chief Interest In the East #. tut Wssura Newspaper baiaa. Here Are the Country's Finest Fox Hounds IF YOU are a lover of dog*?and most of us are?you will l>e Interested in this photograph of the five champion * fox hounds of the United States. The picture was made in Washington, where the hounds were competing In the meet of the National Foxhunters' association. They are the property or A. G. Kolfe of Richmond, Va., and were bred and trained by It. L. Hays of Buckhannon, W. Va. These dogs hold more championships than any oher pack of fox hounds in the country. STORY FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS By THORNTON W. BURGESS PETER SURPRISES HIS FRIENDS THE Merry Uttle Breezes of Old Mother Westwlnd were tired of playing alone. "I-et's go to play with Striped Chipmunk 1" cried one. No sooner was It proposed than away they raced across the Green Meadows up to the old stone wall on the edge of the old Orchard nearest to the Green Forest. It did not take them long to find Striped Chipmunk. He was racing along the old wall as If his life depended on It "Come play with us!" shouted the Merry Little Breezes, dancing around Striped Chipmunk. "Too busy. Too much to do," mum hied Striped Chipmunk, for his cheeks were stuffed with nuts so that he could hardly speak at all. With that he whisked out of sight between the stones of the old wall. Presently he was out again scampering back toward Wolverine Quarter Harry Newman has been the first string quarterback of the strong Uni versity of Michigan team this season and has proved himself one of the best players In the Western confer ence. the Green Forest. The Merry Little Breezes raced along with him, teasing him to play, hot he merely snapped his bright eyes at them and repeated that he was too busy; and this was all they could get out of him. The same thing happened when they tried to get Chatterer the Bed Squir rel to play and again when they hunt ed up Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel. Johnny Chuck couldn't stop stuffing himself long enough to play. He said that It was almost time for him to go to sleep for the winter, and he simply must get a little more fat to take him through. Bobby Coon and Unc' Billy Possum were asleep In their hollow tree*. Prickly Porky the Por cupine never would plav. anyway, so It was of no use to look for him. Paddy the Beaver was hard at work cutting a supply of wood on the shore of his pond deep In the Green Forest and sinking It near his house, where he could get It tn the winter when the pond was frozen over. He said that this was no time for playing and re fused to stop working even to talk. Jerry Muskrat down In the Smiling Pool was Just as busy. Even the birds which had not already started for the faraway Southland were too busy mak Ing up parties for the long Journey. "There Isn't anyone who will play with us." said one of the Merry Lit ' tie Breezes disconsolately. "Yes, there Is!" cried another. "Who?" shouted nil the others. "Peter Rabbit," was the reply. "Pe ter never works. lie always Is ready to play." So the Merry Little Breezes raced over to the dear Old Iirlar Patch to look for Peter. But Peter wasn't there. Mrs. Peter said that he had gone over to the Oreen Forest. Back to the fireen Forest raced the Merry Little Breezes. They know all of Pe ter's favorite places over there and they hadn't a doubt that they would find him. Straight to a certain brum ble-tangle they hurried to Peter. "Hello, Peter!" they shouted glee fully. "Come play with us!" "Can't," replied Peter. "I'm too busy." The Merry Little Breezes looked at one another ns If they couldn't believe their own ears. Whenever before had Peter Rabbit been too busy to play? "Thnt's a Joke!" they cried, and laughed merrily. "Come on, Peter! It's a splendid day for a romp. We'll play hide and seek and tag and any thing else you want to." "It's a splendid day to work, too/' replied Peter, "and I've too much to do to play." Peter was trugglng at a big bramble which he had cut off to get It out of one of his private little paths. Once more the Little Breezes couldn't believe their own ears. Pe ter Rabbit working! Whoever heard of such a thing? "You don't really mean thai," ven tured one of the Little Breezes. "I certainly do," retorted Peter. "I've cleared all the brambles out of my paths In the dear Old Brier Patch, and now I've got to clear them out of my private paths over here so that when I need to use them In a hurry there will be nothing in the way. Be sides, I'm going to cut a few new paths. You know" there Is nothing like being prepared. You ought to do a little work yourselves. You've no Idea how Interesting It is and how It makes the time fly." With this Peter turned his hack on the Merry Little Breezes and began to cut another bra ruble. 4 The Merry Little Breezes looked at EACH STEP WILL TELL By DOUGLAS MALLOCH WE SELDOM face a precipice Where we must choose the right or wrong. Tls not as simple as all this? 5 Then even weaklings would be 1 strong. Life is a path we walk along, The path an easy one to miss. No crimson light, no sounding gong, To warn us of some great abyss. No, step by step we rise or fall, And hardly know we fall" or rise; | Each hour directions must recall, And watch the way with open eyes. Below the valley always lies. But they who think to see a wall That separates the earth and skies Will never find It so at all. There never was a major sin Without a minor ere we fell. Some compromise, some giving In, Surrender of some principle. No, we must watch the path, and well, The depths to pass, the heights to win; Each hour will say, each step will tell? We are what we have always been. ?. 1932. Douglas Malloch.?WNU 8?nr1ca. one another, then with one accord they raced away to spread the news that l'eter Itabbit was working and refused to play, for they knew it would be the most surprising thing Peter's friends had heard for many a day. (?. 1911.b>T.W Burgos*.)?WNUScrvlc*. GOOD SAUCES A WELL-MADE sauce, smooth, nice* ly seasoned, will add much to any dish of meat or vegetables. Often a good white sauce for a foundation may he used with chopped hard-cooked egg, lobster, or cooked mushrooms, parsley, or various other flavor foods, to make a most tasty sauce. Onion Sauce. 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