OVIET RUSS
as personified by
Maxim Litvinov, Its
commissar of foreign
affairs, had the time
of its young life at
Geneva where the in.
ternational commis-
sion of Inquiry into
Briand's European
union project was sjt-
ting. Litvinov as
tounded Arthur Hen-
M. Litvinov gergon, Briand, Dino
Grandi and the rest of the commis-
sioners by the calm statement that
their “capitalistic” governments were
ruining themselves and the rest of the
world by selling goods dear at home
and cheap abroad—in other words, by
dumping. And he then with equal
calmness denled flatly that the Soviet
government had been guilty of this
pernicious practice, though generally
accused of it. Russia, he asserted,
had done just a little friendly ex-
porting.
“lt is perfectly obvious that low
prices cannot be regarded as indiecat-
ing dumping,” he declared. “If, how-
ever, by dumping is understood a
policy of high monopolist prices in the
home markets and cut prices for ex-
port, it will be found precisely that it
is the capitalistic countries which are
guilty in this respect.”
The Soviets, continued the commis-
gar, are eager to help in bringing to
an end the present economic depres-
sion, and on their behalf he offered
two suggestions for the consideration
of the commission, The first of these
was that the European powers adopt
a convention pledging themselves to
compulsory sale in the home markets
at prices no higher than on foreign
markets. The Soviets, Litvinov sald,
would sign such a convention, He as-
gerted that it would ralse the buying
power of the masses and help them
absorb overproduction.
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His second proposal was this: In
order to remove the atmosphere of
mistrust and jealousy that has been
aggravating the crisis, all nations
should sign a pact of “economic non-
aggression” along the same lines as
the Kellogg pact outlawing war. The
draft of a protocol of such a pact was
submitted to the delegates. It called
for a general customs truce, among
other things.
In the first sessions of the com-
mission the question of the proposed
Austro-German customs accord was
brought up, and the pact was vigor-
ously and skilfully defended by Dr.
Julius Curtius, German foreign min
ister, and Johann Schober, Austrian
vice chancellor, The British and
French insisted that the accord should
be submitted to the World court for
an opinion as to whether it violated
the post-war treaties, and the council
of the League of Nations ordered this
done, The council has selected Arthur
Henderson as chairman of the 1032
disarmament conference,
HERE has been of late much dis-
as to whether conditions
in the United States justified a general
cut in wages, and what the effect of
such a move would be. Secretary of
Labor Doak took a hand in the debate
with a statement to the effect that
any move on the part of industry to
lower wages would be considered a
violation of confidence by the admin
fetration because of the agreement to
maintain wage scales which President
Hoovér obtalned from the Industrial
leaders late in 1020. In the event of
wage reductions, he declared, organ-
ized labor would be justified in de-
manding higher pay and in opposing
the move by strikes.
Mr. Doak added that so far as he
knew, no leader of industry has pro-
posed a reduction in wages. Such
suggestions, he sald, have come from
bankers, and are based on the opinion
that workers’ pay should be lowered
to conform to the low price levels
which have resulted from the depres-
gion. He attributed the current con-
troversies between workers and em-
ployers to the expiration of agree-
ments, and added that In nearly every
case the difficulties have been amie
ably settled, Bix Impending strikes,
which were brought to the attention of
the Labor department the previous
week, were averted by the depart-
ment's conciliation service, and In
every case a return to the existing
wage scale was effected,
cussion
x LONDON the
world grain confer-
ence was trying to
find the remedy for
the crisis in the agri-
etiltural world brought
on by the immense
overproduction of
wheat. Samuel R. Me.
Kelvie, member of the
American farm board,
told the delegates the
first thing was to 8. R. McKelvie
slash acreage to cons
sumption needs, and submitted the re
sults of a study of the situation of
fnerensing surpluses and falling
prices. Speaking from the American
standpoint, he sald; “We see no possi.
bility of a satisfactory solution of the
world wheat problem which does not
include, as the most important single
element, curtallment of production: In
exporting countries, individually and
as & whole, until a better adjustment
Letween supply and disposition can
Lo effected, and restraint upon fresh
expansion of production thereafter.”
As a material ald foward relleving
overburdened markets McKelvie urged
every possible means of consumption
expansion and suggested abolition by
European importing countries of their
protective tariffs, milling regulations
and preferential prices for domestic
wheat,
HEN the directors of the World
Bank for International Settle-
ments met In Basel, Switzerland, they
heard from Gates W, McGarrah, its
president, that the deposits of the in-
stitution have gone past the $400,000,
000 mark. This sum is far in excess of
the expectations, and it clearly shows,
according to the belief there, that the
world bank is becoming something
more than a mere depository for the
cehtral banks of various nations, so
that even if the reparations payments
should later be put on some other
basis, or cease entirely, the: bank
would still be certain to continue to
function.
The bank has consented to help In
putting the Austrian bank, Creditan-
gtalt, back on its feet but it was de-
cided that the initiative must come
from the League of Nations committee
for control of Austrian loans,
AS WAS predicted, the War De
partment has decided to abandon
wholly or in part 053 surplus forts
camps and reservations, In the list
announced by Secretary Hurley are
Fort Lincoln, N. D.; Fort Missoula,
Mont.; Fort Eustis, Va.; Fort D. A,
Russell, Texas: Fort Brown, Texas;
Fort Hunt, Va.; Camp Stephen D.
Little, Ariz.; Camp Garry J. Jones,
Ariz. ; Miller Field, N. Y., and Chanute
Field, IIL Of course the abandon-
ment of these posts may be prevented
by indignant congressmen,
Hew the American
army is to be re-
organized, developed
and modernized was
described In an an-
nouncement by Gen,
Douglas MacArthur,
chief of staff. The
plans set forth include
extension of mechan-
ization and motoriza-
tion throughout the
army, the revamp
of the cavalry arm by
the substitution of
fighting machines for horses, and the
development of powerful tank forces
to be attached to army corps or field
armies, rather than the infantry, which
remains the basic arm.
Some cavalry units with horses as
mounts will be retained for tse In
rough country, but in general the
horse as & war weapon 8 discarded,
The mechanized force at Fort Eustis
will be reorganized a reinforced cav-
alry regiment. Combat cars, equipped
with machine guns and possibly heav-
jer weapons, which can travel 70 miles
an hour on hard roads, are counted
on to give the cavalry high mobility
Despite the more extensive use of
machines, the infantry will remain the
backbone of the army according to
General MacArthur's program.
General
MacArthur
OOVER dam across Boulder
canyon of the Colorado river is
within the law and work on the huge
project can go ahead. So ruled the
Supreme court of the United States
in deciding that the act of congress
authorizing the construction was con-
stitutional and dismissing the bill of
complaint of the state of Arizona, The
court, however, declared that Arizona
had shown that it might be Injured by
the distribution of water from the
reservolr tu bz created and that It
therefore has the right to make furth-
er appeals for relief should its rights
be impaired.
In another case, that of Yetta
Stromberg, youthful communist, the
Supreme court held invalid that clause
of California's “red flag” law which
makes it a felony to “display any red
flag or other device in any public
place or from any building us a sign,
symbol or emblem of oppositifn to
organized government or as an invita.
tion or stimulus to anarchistic action,
or as an aid to propaganda that is of
a seditious character,” The finding
declared this clause was “repugnant
to the guarantce of liberty contained
in the Fourteenth amendment”
ELEBRATING the fiftieth anmi
versary of its birth, the American
Red Cross staged on May 21 what It
culled “the world's greatest dinner
party.” Every one of its 3.500 chap:
ters held an anniversary dinner in its
community, and all of them were con
nected up by radio with the main din.
ner in Washington. At this feast
President Hoover, who Is also presi
dent of the Red Cross, was the prin.
cipal speaker; and the guest of honor
was Judge Max Huber of Geneva,
Switzerland, president of the inter
national committee of the Red Cross,
With them sat cabinet officers and
their wives and many other notabil-
ities,
The Post Office department Issued
a special commemoration stamp on
the anniversary date,
EATHS of two Americans at-
tracted considerable attention.
In Tours, France, Brig. Gen, Robert
H, Dunlap, a distinguished officer of
the marine corps, was killed by a
landslide In a hercic effort to save
the life of a woman. Ralph Barton,
famous cartoonist and illustrator, com-
mitted suicide in his New York apart.
ment, leaving a note that sald he
feared he was going Insane,
OPE PIUS XI, ad-
dressing a group
of Spanish pilgrims,
described the burning
of churches and other
religions edifices in
Spain as “sacrileges
against God and holy
religion,” and added:
“While | recognize the
abnormal situation in
Spain, It cannot Justi-
fy the outrageous
deeds carried out by
the enemies of God
suppressed by the
Cardinal
Segura
that were
authorities.”
The Vatican, however, Is promoting
a policy of conciliation and the papal
puncio, Tedeschinl, has had friendly
consultation with
de los Rios who explained the arrest
and expulsion of Bishop Mujica of
Vitoria. The nuncio has expressed
sorrow over what has happened, and
it Is understood in Madrid that he
places much of the blame for the riot.
ing on the
the former primate of Spain
forced to leas country
would not accept the republic without
protest,
not
who
ve the
at Lourdes, Franc
for an Indefinite
got together
proceeded to Rome
the Vatican intends to drop the quar
rel with the republic,
Alfonso, the former king,
his forty-fifth birthday with a private
fafilly luncheon In Fontainebleau.
There was no observation of the
niversary in Madrid
ESPITE
Gen. Ch
ruler of China,
convention closed
sion In Nanki
inng Kalshek is still
its twelveday ses
ng he made an impres
sive plea for unity and for coopera.
tion with the government in suppress.
ing banditry and communism.
ne
The principal achlevements of the
convention were the adoption of a new
constitution, which goes into effect on
June 1, the declaration of the republic
of China with its permfnent capital
at Nanking, and the mandate given
|
of the manifesto declaring all unequal
treaties between China and foreign
powers null and void.
gn many months the world has
been reading about the first ar-
mored cruiser bu an re-
public under the limits imposed by
Versailles treaty. It was described as
a wonderful of 10000 tons so
powerful that it “
pocket battieship” Well, it was
launched the other day at Kiel in the
presence of a huge crowd of officials
and citizenry, but the event was
marred by =m conflict of orders that
resulted In the ship's being loosed to
glide down the ways before Presi
Hindenburg had a chance to break the
bottle of champagne on its bows and
christen It Deutschland.
The new ship defies the Washing
ton treaty classification. It Is neither
a capital
superior to both,
tons, it 8 much heavier armed
other ships of the same size.
equipped with six 1l.inch guns throw.
ing projectiles weighing 660 pounds,
In velocity, which Is said to be ns
much as 26 Knots, the new ship Is
superior to capital ships
of the cruiser is of shallow draft and
go minutely compartmented as to make
it comparatively safe against tor
pedoes and mines. The usual heavy
turbines have been replaced by Diesel
motors, which give a radius of action
of over 10,000 miles, The cost of the
ship was $20,000,000,
iit by the Gern
the
verse]
wns called the
Coat
vest
dent
pang men of the
United States
army had a chance to
show what they can
do In mass during the
week, for the air
forces were mobilized
in grand maneuvers
at Chicago, New York
tnd elsewhere under
the direct command of
Gen, B. D. Foulols,
dean of the fighting Sonera
alr men. The planes, 8. D. Foulols
of all types, concen.
trated at Dayton, Ohlo, and on Thurs.
day put on a parade and exhibition at
Chicago that was the closing feature
of the city's jubllee. Then they de
scended on the Atlantic const and dis.
played their ability to defend the
metropolis and Boston from hostile at
tack. A night bombing raid on New
York had been planned, but General
MacArthur, chief of staff, vetoed this,
asserting that the maneuvers repre
sented a real attempt to test ont the
defensive power of the alr arm rather
than the staging .f a circus Nearls
geven hundred planes took part In the
maneuvers, being gathered from ab
parts of the country,
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HISTORIC EVAIIGELINE CAN
aN BAYOU TECHE
1
By ELMO SCOTT WATGCON
HE other day several
thousand people gathered
in the little town of SL
Martinville, La, to par.
ticipate In a ceremony
which rolled the
pages of history to events
that took place more than
175 years ago. The
mony was the unveiling of
& statue and when it stood revealed
there was recalled once a great
tragedy in American colonial history,
and one of the tenderest stories
literature, the story of
the quest of Evangeline for her lover,
Gabriel, immortalized in 8 poem by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. For the
statue was a lifesize image of the
famous “Maid of Grand Pre”
of those who had gathered
pay her honor were her own
Louisiana descendants of tl
eenth century Acadians and a
tion of several hundred Acad
Moncton, Grand Pre, Montreal
other Canadian cities and towns
made a pligrimage to this shrine for
this occasion and who were slso re
paying a visit r the Louisian
Acadians to OC
Erecting the
pear the left
back
Core.
mare
more
jove
delesn
rom
and
who
ans f
anada b
the
i St.)
giafue over
wing of the ol
where the real E
is one of the sit
establishing =a
there to be known
Evangeline Nationa
public recreation
perpetuate the
jean poet and
particular, and
sufferings, i
faith, In
The nan
wins Emme
*Gabriel”
vangeline lies buried
i
ps in the project of
national reservation
as the Long
I Memorial
center i
memory
the Acs 3
the Aca
the real "Evangeline
rliine lal he, the
was Louis
we of
faithi
Arceneanux,
is a part of the tragic
tale of the simple folk of Acadia who
were deported by British soldiery from
their homes away back In 1755, he
Acadians were French colonists who
had settied in what is now Nova Sco
tia In 10607, and who lived a happy,
contented existence in their homes in
the New world until caught in the
macistrom of world politics, stirred
up by the contest between England
decide which nation
In the series of wars be
tween the two countries which began
in 1080 Acadia was a pawn on the
international chessboard, now held
by the French and now by the British,
As for the Acadians themselves,
they were in the main neutral. In
fact they were often referred to in the
official papers of the time as the “Neu.
tral French.” While the sympathies
of most of them no doubt leaned to-
ward their own countrymen and some
of they supported the French cause,
for the most part they wished to be
left alone In their peaceful pursuits
as farmers and fishermen.
In that year the British, who then
held Acadia, decided that the Aca.
dians were “an enemy encamped in
the heart of the province” and deter
mined to get rid of them. According
ly this was done by methods which
seem to have been unnecessarily
harsh,
The principal responsibility for this
rests wpon the leutenant-governor of
Nova Scotia, Charles Lawrence, who
was acting governor until the lords
of trade in London should pick a snc.
cessor to Gov. Peregrine Hopson, who
hud resigned,
y harvest time In 1755 the expul-
glon of the Acandians began when
Colonel Monckton, acting under Law.
rence’s Instructions, gathered in 400
of the Inhabitants of Chignecto. Colo
nel John Winslow will live in history
as the officer sent to “the little vil
lage of Grand Pre, on the shore of the
Basin of Minas”
Winslow arrived at Grande Pre on
August 19, September 2 Colonel Win.
slow lssuned a proclamation Informing
the people that the Heutenant-gover-
THE EW EVANGELINE
STONUITE, TT Clrberriations
nor had a communication to impa
to them. The men were ordered, there.
fore, to appear in the church at Grand
Pre at 3 o'clock in the afternoc
ptember 5.
fateful Friday
the 41S men
into the church
ta mila to them from
Stern-faced soldiers with
{2 gu
in adie e of
youth,
and red con arded
in the
been placed
other armed sold]
ing bayonets
the door the
bie had and
nterpreted
lage In French,
Vith the ement
pronoun of the ter
nds and
ted to
own with ther effects,
your
ix, and ths
money yousehoid
al you yourselves are to
from this, 1] 3
vince” 8 murmur of anguish es
caped the damfounded Acadians
Until aroused by com
mand of an officer, bewildered In-
habitants sat mute and staring, as
though unable to comprehend the sig-
nificance of the fate they were con
signed to. Recovering from the shock
of Winslow's words, the Acadiansg’
first thoughts were of their families,
with whom they had no means of com-
munication and who would not under
stand the reason for thelr detention.
After a lengthy conference Colonel
Winslow permitted the prisoners to
choose 20 of their number to break
the news to the families and to bring
srioved
*
he sharp
3
tie
to be held accountable for the be
havior and safe return of the 20,
An effort was made to keep families
intact. But a lack of transports; the
natural confusion and terror that nec-
essarily followed; Winslow's fears
that his force, greatly outnumbered
by the Acadiang, might be overpow-
ered, and the barrier of language all
contributed to the separations that
made the sufferings of the exiled
Acadians so tragic.
Three ships, the first to sall, left
the Basin of Minas October 13, bound
for Maryland, Virginia and Pennsyl.
vania, The last ship to leave Acadia
sailed southward December 20. To
prevent any stragglers that escaped
to the forests from finding a place
of refuge, squads of soidiers attend.
ed to the work of burning every house,
barn or building that would in any
way furnish shelter,
In all from Grand Pre and other
places moore than 6,000 Acadians were
deported, They were scattered In
the English colonies from Maine to
Georgia and in both France and Eng.
land, Many died; many, helpless In
new surroundings, sank into decrepit
pauperism, Some reached people of
their own blood in the French colony
of louisiana and Canada,
Among those who came to Loulsl
ang was young Louis Arceneaux who
had become separated from his sweet.
heart, Emmeriine Y.abiche, and whe
settled on Bayou Teche, a stream
which winds in and out like a suake,
THE REAL EVAN CELINE “=
EPTITERLINE LABICHE
name, which i
for snake. Here, too
later came Emmeriine Lab
had been
nag
Yer
hence its
term
There
unts of
is some
how
lowing
American bon
ard from a Fren«
a young cou
age dav
. C. wag Horace Lorenzo Conol
iy. then a neighbor of Hawthorne at
Ralem, He had been rector of St.
Matthew's Protestant Episcopal churcl
un South Boston, But Hawthorne was
wobbly in error in stating that Con
olly obtained the story directly In
a French Canadian
At any rate some time later Haw.
thorne took Conolly to dine with Long
fellow at Cambridge. During the din.
ner the clergyman told Longfellow
that he had been trying in vain to
get Hawthorne to write a story based
on an incident told him by Mrs. George
M. Haliburton, a former parishoner,
who had formerly lived in Nova Sco
tia. Conolly then related the story
briefly. Longfellow sald to Haw-
thorne: “If you really do not want
thig incident, let me have it for a
poem.” His friend willingly con-
gented, and “Evangeline” was the
result,
The other account—and this is the
one which you will hear in the Acad-
jan country of Louisiana--is that
Longfellow, while he was an instruc
tor at Harvard, was told the story by
a handsome young Acadian, then a
student at Harvard, Edward Simon,
jater a judge in Louisiana, who had
learned it from his friend, Judge Felix
Voorhies. Judge VYoorhies had been
told the story by his grandmother,
Madame Anne Bastarieche, who
brought Evangeline to the Teche conn.
try. Madame Bastarleche died in 1530
at the age of 103,
It was Madame Bastarieche who
told of how Emmerline Labiche sprang
forward with a glad ery when she
met her former lover and of how the
faithless lover told her that he had
married another and was happy.
On the lands of the ancient Duke
DeBois Blane Louls Arceneaux set-
tiled with his bride and there many
of his descendants Hye today. The
heartbroken girl, Madame DBastarieche
told her grandson, lost her redson
and, until death came to her, she wan
dered about the banks of the Teche,
gathering the water hyacinths and
weaving bride's wreaths of them.
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