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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Goddess of Peace Is Busy in
Many Lands—Kellogg
Pact Is Proclaimed.
By EDWARD W, PICKARD
RENE, that goddess of peace, who
has become familiar to all cross-
word puzzlers, was the star performer
of the week. Her gracious presence
was manifest In Washington, London,
Paris, Rome, and Mexico; and over in
Manchuria she could be seen peering
through the fast thinning war clouds,
Our own National Capital was the
stage for the more formal peace pro-
ceedings, for there President Hoover
In an Impressive ceremony declared
effective the Kellogg-Briand treaty for
the renunciation of war as a national
policy of the 40 nations that have de-
clared thelr acceptance of the pact.
In the East room of the White House
were gathered the representatives of
42 of those countries, together with
former President Coolidge, former Sec-
retary of State Kellogg, Senator Borah,
and a few other Invited guests. At the
central seat of a long U-shaped table
was the President, with Mr. Coolidge
at his right. When the diplomats had
entered while the Marine band was
playing and had been Introduced and
seated, Mr. Hoover arose, and in a
rather cautiously worded address, con-
gratulated the assembly and the na-
tions represented on the coming Into
force of “this additional Instrument
of humane endeavor to do away with
war and to obtain by pacific means
alone the settlement of International
disputes.” He expressed the thanks of
the nation to Mr. Coolidge, Mr. Kellogg,
Senator Borah and Representative
Swanson for thelr diplomatic skill, de-
votion and high service. The Presi.
dent then read his proclamation mak-
ing the pact effective,
There were no other speeches. and
the assemblage adjourned to the state
dining room where luncheon was
served,
OINCIDENTAL with the ceremony
in Washington were announce-
ments from London and from the
White House of action looking toward
real curtailment of naval building pro-
grams by Great Britain and the Unit-
ed States. Declaring that his govern-
ment Is determined to secure a redue-
tion of naval armaments through
agreements with America, Prime Min-
ister MacDonald told the house of
commons that work had been suspend-
ed on two cruisers now under con-
struction and contracts for a subma-
rine depot ship and two submarines
had been canceled. This, he indicated,
was but the first step in an extensive
program which would Include not only
canceling of contracts for ships con.
templated and actually under con-
struction, but also scrapping ships al-
ready built,
Of his conversations with Ambas-
sador Dawes, Mr, MacDonald said:
“We have agreed on a principle of
parity, and that, without departing in
any way from that principle, a meas-
ure of elasticity can be allowed 80 as
to meet the peace requirements of
each nation. We have arranged that
we shall not allow technical points
to override the great public Issues In-
volved In our being able to come to
an agreement.”
The prime minister sald that Oecto-
ber seemed to be the most likely
month when his contemplated visit to
President Hoover would take place,
The house of commons rose on Friday
and was told by the prime minister it
would not be summoned to sit again
until October 26.
RESIDENT HOOVER'S response
to Mr. MacDonald's announcement
was Immediate. He gave out word
that construction of three crulgers, the
keels for which were to be lald down
in American navy yards this autumn
would be held up pending econsidera-
tion of disarmament proposals. In a
formal statement the President sald
in part:
“lI have read with real satsifaction
the statement which the prime min-
ister has made in the house of com-
mons, The American people are great-
ly complimented by his proposed visit
and he will find a universal welcome.
“Mr. MacDonald's statement marks
a new departure In discussion of naval
disarmament. The prime minister In-
troduces the principle of parity, which
we have now adopted, and Its
summation means that Great Britain
and the United States henceforth are
not to compete In armament as po-
tential opponents but to co-operate as
friends in the reduction of it.
“We have three cruisers In
year's construction program
have been undertaken in the
ment navy the detailed
ings for which are now In
preparation. The actual keels would,
in the ordinary course, be laid down
some time this fall. Generally speak-
the British cruiser
siderably American
at the time and the i
construc these three cruisers
would
con-
this
which
govern
yards, draw
course of
ing, strength con
exceeds
present
tion of
;
i
not be
strength
actual
ikely in themselves to
produce inequality in the flual result.
“We do not however, to have
any misunderstanding of our actions.
and t shall not lay
keels has been an
tunity consideration of
effect upon the final f
parity which we expect to
though our hopes of relief from
struction lle more largely In the
ter years of the program under
law of 1828."
wish,
herefore we
until there
for full
agreemen
reac
WAR between China and Russia
probably has been averted at
least for the present. Reminded by
the United States, Great Britain and
France of their obligations as signers
of the Kellogg treaty, both govern-
ments declared their Intention to abide
by the terms of that pact; and then
at the suggestion of China representa.
tives of Nanking and Moscow began
a conference at Chang Chun. This,
it was believed, would lead to direct
negotiations for a peaceful settlement
of the controversy over the (Chinese
Eastern railway, There were uncon-
firmed reports of several clashes along
the Manchurian border, and Russian
diplomats declared there could be no
mediation between the two nations un.
til China had restored the status quo.
jut the atmosphere was more peace-
ful, nevertheless. Japan, which has
vast interests in Manchuria, was striv.
ing bard to prevent warfare, and both
China and Russia insisted they had no
desire to resort to arms. Secretary of
State Stimson in Washington was os
pecially active in the cause of peace
in the Far East,
REMIER POINCARE of France tri
umphed in his endeavor to obtain
from the French parliament a ratifica-
tion of the debt agreements with the
The
chamber of deputies authorized the
action by a vote of 300 to 202 after a
long and stormy debate which sent the
premier to a gick bed. The senate dis
cussed the question more quietly and
then concurred. Ratification by France
was so long deferred that congress will
have to take action on the agreement
all over again next fall. The louse
ratified it two years ago but the sen
ate refused to consider it until France
had acted, Meanwhile a new house
has been elected and the representa-
tives must pass on the agreement
again,
ONSEQUENT on the signing of the
Lateran treaties that ended the
long quarrel between Italy and the
Vatican, the pope, for the first time
since the destruction of the papal
state In 1870, emerged from the Vat
ican, and entered the portico of St
Peter's, ending the self-imposed im-
prisonment of the head of the Catho-
lic church. However, Plus XI did not
leave the boundaries of the sovereign
Vatican state established by the trea.
ties, for St. Peter's Is included in its
territory. The occasion was a great
one not only for Rome but for the
whole Catholic world. Thousands of
Italian soldiers, Fascisti and city po-
lice guarded the plaza of the church
while perhaps three hundred thou-
sand devout Catholics knelt as the
procession moved from the Vatican in
close resemblance to the Corpus
Christi processions, Pontifieal gen.
darmes, with the papal colors, the
Palatine guard and heralds with
trumpets led large bodies of various
clerical denominations, and after the
chamberlaing and the cardinals came
the pope himself, on a platform borne
by twelve men and earrying the
Eucharist. On the portico of the great
church the ceremony of the benedie
tion
performed,
With the assistance of the [talian
officials the whole affalr was given
a holy and solemn aspect that kept
It from being merely an immense spec-
tacle. The crowds were asked to re.
frain from cheering, and the making
of photographs, moving or still, was
forbidden,
NJ EXiCo's part in the
i peace concert was the ending of
the Catholie rebellion by the
der of the “Cristeros” and thei
ers in states, and
houncement by the prosecuting
ney general that all
tuted ag
bellious activities in the n
———
general
several
legal suit
ISL persons accus
church, sedition and furnish
rebels, have been s ispended
out the tw
territ
Preside
T BREE banking
sal MN. 1.
3 owned
Securities company, whose presi
rd I. Edwa
ate
is former Senator Edwa
were closed by the st
of banking because, he sald. thel
ital has
doubtful
been Impaired by
value. The affair is mysteri
ously tied gp with the recent ki!
ing of the executive vice president of
one of the concerns and his
nation after he was released
Three Florida banks have
closed. They are the First National
of St. Augustine, the Phifer
bank of Gainesville, and the Pank of
Ormond, winter home of J. D. Rocke
feller, They shut their doors because
of excessive withdrawals and for the
protection of depositors.
Announcement was made of another
huge bank merger In Chicago. The
institutions to be consolidated are the
Foreman National bank and the State
Bank of Chicago, with the Foreman
National corporation as an went
subsidiary, The institutions will have
total resources of nearly $220.000.000
inap
resig
maore
State
invest:
ERMANY captured
champicnship of
the
the
speed
Atlantic
ocean when the rew liner Dremen ar
rived at New York 4 days, 17 hours
an minutes out from Cherbourg
8 hours and 5
held for som
Mauretania,
German Lloyd
records for a single day's
ing made 713 the
day. It maintained an
speed per hour of 27.83 knots, or al
most 33 miles, for the entire trip.
} miinnt
s
liner
miles on
_average
M EMDERS of the federal farm
A¥2 board held a conference in Chicago
with 30 Invited officials of grain grow
ers’ co-operatives, the purpose being
to acquaint the board with the prob
lems now existing in the marketing of
wheat and coarse graing and to ob
tain opinions of the grain growers as
to the methods to be adopted by the
board under the terms of the farm re.
lief act. From Chicago the board went
to Baton Rouge, La, to attend the
annual meeting of the American In
stitute of Co-Operation,
A/ 1LiaN HOHENZOLLERN is
now free to return to Germany
from his exile in Doorn, Holland, for
the bill for protection of the republie,
a clause of which excluded him from
the country, has expired and the
reichstag refused to renew It. It is
reliably stated, however, that the
former kaiser hag no intention of re
entering Germany,
ONDON experienced a “political
-4 sensation” when it was announced
that Lord Lloyd, Beitish high com
missioner of Egypt
request because of his
opinion with the Labor government
over Egyptian policy. Lord Lloyd has
been the actual dictator in Egypt and
he is held responsible by the Egyptian
Nationalists for the coup d'etat by
which the last parliament was dis.
solved and (ae present Egyptian gov.
ernment constituted by the flat of
King Fuad.
J) ISPATCHES from India say the
troops of Bacha Sakao, the self
made king of Aghanistan, were defeat
ed in a 16-hour battle by an army
raised by Nadir Khan, and that the lat.
ter was preparing to march on Kabul
with fair chances of ousting Bacha
from the throne.
Different States.
Vhat baked beans did for Boston,
Ing her famous, says J. . Hackleman,
crops extension specialist of the col
lege of agriculture, University of Nil
Because of the widespread rep
Illinois as n bean pro-
due ter, Hackleman recently re-
ceived within the short space of a few
nois,
£OY
Hg of
inquiries regarding soy bean seed
utiliz: the
for-
days
commercial ition of
ight states and one
wr the
from «
untry,
Brighter Day for .Beans.
Incidentally he considers the letters
ns additional that an
brighter day Is dawning for soy
What popularity the crop already has
gained in this state Is indicated by the
fact that lilinols last year produced
slightly more than 3,000,000 bushels of
soy beans, which was more than any
other two states and about a third of
crop
eign o«
E
evidence even
beans,
recent which the col-
lege has received about the crop came
from Montana, Nebraska, Indian:
inquiries
sourl, Wisconsin, Olio, Arkansas
as and Porto Rico.
Riding high on
now sweeping Hlinols
the wave of soy
bean popularity
the lini
veloped by plant breeders in the ex-
1 of the Universi
of Agriculture
proved
variety, a new th yleldes
ment station
gain
rieties grown
ation and produ
ver recorded
the
station
ed.
Sced Distribut
the new va
in ‘
Walls and Footings
walis and foot
t with
Con.
with
This also
wndation
be cheapened somewha
the quality of the
ling in to some extent
field stones,
means of disposing profitably
hard, clean,
at otherwise is more or less of a
nHEance
The
forms
piled In
and worked
among them, as is sometimes
but a layer of concrete should
the forms, then stones
stones should not be
th the concrete
done ;
other. Then an.
and another
The stones
the forms or each
other layer of concrete
.
‘
stones, and so on.
should be thoroughly water soaked an
hour or so before they are to be used,
Larkspur Poisoning Is
Cause of Large Losses
gees of cattle from larkspur pol
which are heavy each year on
ranges, and occur to a lesser
extent in the East, may be largely pre-
keeping cattle away from
De
until
States
Not
the United
Agriculture,
tured,
partment of
says
period and are in seed are larkspur
safe for cattle. Many cattle.
men in the West keep cattle away
from infested areas by riders or by
the use of “drift” fences.
can be destroyed where It grows In
masses by grubbing, including from
six to eight inches of the root.
Agricultural Hints
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Plans make the money go farther
on the farm and in the home,
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gilos stand empty the
They ought to be filled
Too many
year round.
or torn down.
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use weed-killing prep-
eradicating weeds In
Some folks
arations for
successfully put in the mow the same
Is an bright sun and a free movement
of air.
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The pocket gopher and ground
squirrel will bother garden crops, such
ns cabbage and tomatoes, Ordinary
moles will also cause some damage
to these crops.
«eo»
Vegetables that are not good when
they leave the field are never any bet.
ter. It does not pay to put poor vege.
tables on the market, for they lower
the price of the whole shipment,
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When blasting stumps be careful of
hang-fires, Instead of risking life and
Hmb by immediate Investigation, look
at the chinrge the next day. The elec.
tric method of firing Is the safest and
surest.
Position in Case of
Accident,
Few ear owners
L
when they “pick up” a hitch-hi
fire aware
legal relationship hetween themselves
and the er
that of host
are linble
trian be
and guest, and that they
n the
tained through the driv
pede
to the “guest event
of Injuries gus
er's negligence, points out the Kk
department of the
Liable for Accidents.
8 que {100s
Chie:
g "
ity fu
avoid liab
the motor club sta
states he is lab!
ligence, hut in the ‘ity of
he is lable if
from his iilure to
an of
exercise
the accident results
the de
ordinary
under
Ee
dence would
cirenmstanees,
other reasons,
should be
“There are
which
selves to pers
sufficient In
tos
rides
too often does the at
from giving
produce a pi
factor of his
ly n
who had siven him a lif .
Grave Possibilities.
senerosity Is certain
youll
ag
aan eee eed
qe
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THE
(How Al
MOTOR QUIZ
trac oR
Owner as §
Q.— Whi
of the ope
dered a good t
iency of the emer-
gency brake?
Ang ~The
bring the car to a con plete stop In
feet from
Q.— When a ear or truck loses power
driver shou!
a speed of 20 miles an hour,
on long runs at high speed, on hills or
bard pulls, what should be
Ans. —First examine
Often a ches kup of the ol
major repair bills
Q.—How many
United
or more cars?
Ans There
than 3.000.000,
the en:
he spa
Ugs
States
very long ago there was a
concerted effort throughout the coun
ite a uniform signaling
a motorist could know what
abiend intended to do be-
fore he changed his course.
This
code
fellow
geems lo have died
a quiet Motorists do and do
not signal thelr intentions, And when
they do the signal most
uncertain that the man
confused than he
<a mpn inn
death,
likely 1s so
behind is
is helped.
A hand sticking out of the left {r
auto may
meanings than a chorus girl's blush.
The with extended arm
may merely be off his
ont
driver the
licking ashes
pretty piece of scenery or he
be testing for rainfall,
And even If he does intend to sig.
may
of traflic he may mean anything from
Intending to turn left to backing up.
The extended arm, held loosely be.
everything
Perhaps some day an ingenlous in
ventor will concoct a device that will
of the driver.
shearing off the pin bolt that
the springs of a ear. In
positive locking is
a
rg
holds
invention
at
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pave
wana te ate
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pr pp en pl pp a nll lind
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Air Intake Important on
Tractors and Métor Cars
Te & we »
ts u by the depar t
most tractors sind
Recent conting
of §
air Intake of tractors
thie Cf
faced
ng to the effect
irhuretor air
irward, three
First Motor Taxi
The
the streets
fret
Average Daily Cost of
Maintaining Automobile
According to f I 1byt
American Motorists’
ayerage
Americas
RUNES Con Heo 5 0
eee eros
AUTOMOBILE HINTS
CR pe pp Cp pp oly
Be courteous In traffic. The
fellow has his driving problems too,
. . ®
other
Even after they lay him in the am.
bu¥ince, according to traffic the
pedestrian’s right of way continues.
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law,
A tolal of 4341,138 people are em
ployed directly or indirectly by the au-
tomobile industry of the United
States,
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Some of us want to hang on anoth-
er 15 to 20 years to see whether they
will eventually put a ten-ton dirt truck
on the market in a sanitary waxed-
paper package,