SEEN a aréund the NATIONAL CAPITAL Carter Field Washington.—There is more desire on the part of President and Secretary of State Hull to co-operate with the League of Nations in the sanctions against Italy than has appeared on the surface. Both regret exceedingly that the neutrality law passed by congress did not further. They wish that the word “munitions” had been used instead of “arms, ammunition and Im- plements of war,” which phrase is so narrow in Its strict definition that It could not possibly be stretched to In. clude oll, or copper, for example, with- at the administration to another upset In the courts, this lack of legal au- thority, the government has been bear- Ing down hard on exporters and would- be exporters of war materials, One of the latest incidents is that the shipping board bureau of the Department of commerce-—survivar old ship- ping board—warned a certain concern about to ship a cargo of oll to Italy that the proposed shipment was “dis- approved.” The excuse here was that the ship and cargo would have to run the gaunt- let of the League sanctions, and the government had an Investment. It so happened that the ship the would-be exporter desired to use had been sub- sidized. As a matter of fact, the only risk Involved Is that in the time elapsing after the sallinz and before the ship reached her Italian destination an actual blockade of Italy might be de- clared. For up to now there has been no more than a hint of actual blockade. No ships have been stopped by British or French warships in the Mediterranean. No threat has been made that any will be. £0 ¥ i sti « subjecting jut despite of the Nevertheless, Insurance on traversing the sea that Mussolini claims the British now dominate, but that the Italians ought tn, has jumped tremendously. For example, an Amer ican importing firm, which brings car- gos of figs and dates from Persian gulf ports, has been seriously consid. ering sending this freight overland to Atlantie or else around the Cape of Good Hope, Change World Cruises Further, ports, most world-crulse advertising visits to South Africa, and have been eliminating the Mediter- ranean entirely, although normally most world tourists want particularly to visit Italy and Greece and the Holy Land. So that the government, In this raise of Insurance rates, which Is Inter preted naturally enough as a danger gignal, Is perfectly within its right in seeking to restrain shipments. Yet everybody knows that this Is not the real reason at all, but merely an ex- cuse, For the government could be just as much protected in its Invest. ment—through subsidy—in ships mak- ing the journey through the “war zone” as it Is from any other maritime dan- ger. Questioned about the situation, offi. clals of the shipping bureau replied blandly that the bureau “must conform to administration policy.” That is the real answer, although the Interesting fact is that the policy has never heen stated. It has merely been hinted, The first hint came when the State department, with no hint of publicity, sought to restrain the Standard OU from shipping oil to its Italian sub- gidiary. The company made the thing public by giving out Its answer. Standard’s real point is also concealed, It would be perfectly willing to stop shipping oll to Italy If it were pro tected by public action on the part of this government against its Itallan sub- sidiary. Keen observers here figure the gov. ernment will do something to restrain copper shipments also, perhaps using the same tactics, Copying Wilson President Roosevelt is taking a leaf from the book of Woodrow Wilson in talking over the shoulders of the diplo- mats to the peoples of the world, The President and his advisers know per fectly well that there Is going to be no curtailment of armaments at the dis armament conference to be held In London. It has been a long time since there was the slightest hope of It Hence the administration's objective has been switched to the future, and from the world's rulers to the world’s peoples, While there is considerable pessi- mism about thisaccomplishing anything, no one Is partienlarly disposed to erith cize It publicly. Army and navy offi cers have some bitter words about it in private. They agree with the gen. eral feeling that no one now living will be here when the fruit is borne, if ever. But they add that this propa. ganda will also reach the taxpayers, and through them the congress of the United States, Hence, they fear, the net result may be to make no change whatever In the armament spending of any other na. tion, but to tend very directly to slow down such spending by the United Bates. In particular. they point out that the one nation which has given less heed to world opinion than any other, for some years, has been Japan. Naval officers, especially, have always be- inevitable, anese are oppressed by taxes to carry their armament load. But there is not the slightest Indica- tion that the Japanese people intend to rise In their might and demand that thelr government curtail its military expenditures, On the contrary, all in. dications are that the Japanese people approve Nippon's militaristic course, believe It to be essential to thelr fu- ture, and are fiercely willing to make any sacrifice for their country. Military Rule in Japan Even those most optimistic about America’s contention that armament cost should not be increased by any nation concede this. What they hope for Is a change of sentiment, perhaps a year from now, perhaps later on, The answer of the army and navy to this is that if the opinions of the Japanese did change, it would not make any difference, It has been dem- onstrated often, they Insist, that the Japanese people belleve what they are told, and are absolutely under the thumb of the military oligarchy. {OO In this respect, in the American mill tary view, they differ two most military powers in Europe—Germany and Italy. For the present there is no one to oppose the will of Hitler in Germany or Mussolini in Italy. But no one knows what will be the situation In either country ten years from now. Or even one year from now. sharply from of the Italy and Germany are each dom- inated for the time being by one strong man. And no can a prophecy as to what would happen after that strong man passes from the stage. one venture There is nothing comparable to that in Japan. In Nippon it Is a group of high army and navy officers who dom- inate, The death of any ten of them makes no material difference In general objective, The policy has been adhered to for many It Is to dominate China, and Japan a world power. Ever since the Russo- Japanese war it has been one forward step after another, with an occasional sidestep such as the abandonment of Washington arma- the Years make ment conference. The navy does not even feel that the freedom of the Philippines lessens the danger of war between the United States and Japan. Canadian Treaty Down underneath all the clamor against the Capadian reciprocity treaty, expert detectors of popular sentiment here belleve the country will approve it. Further, they believe that treaty is approved In if the Ottawas—which which came Mae. back will be a despite the majority by Kenzie King so recently power-the net effect Roosevelt asset at the polls, Should Ottawa reject the treaty, on the other hand, feeling here is that net effect will be injurious to the ad ministration in the election next year. This is based on a fundamental po- Htical factor—human nature, Many business men, economists and experts in International trade have figu if the reciprocity treaty with Canada In the Taft administration had gone into effect, the net effect would have been beneficial. Bat no politician who was active at ¥he time doubts that it was a serious handicap to Mr. Taft when he faced re-election, Had the treaty gone into effect, it 1s ressoned, and had the opposition to Mr. Taft promised the country to abrogate the treaty, then every one who was di- rectly benefiting under the trea'y would have been driven to Taft's de fense, to protect their selfish interests, But there was no possibility, as it appeared when Taft was running for re-election, that the treaty could be revived. Hence there was no selfish element to be driven to Taft's ald, while all and sundry who thought they would have been hurt by the treaty were still resentful at what they thought Taft had tried to do te them, and were easily Inflamed against him. This was especially effective In the Northwest, into the red that negotinted Lumber Interests Howl This time the loudest onteries are coming from the Pacific Northwest, where the lumber interests think they would be badly hurt by the treaty. Ap plying the 1912 chapter to the present situation, If the treaty Is rejected the northwestern lumber Interests will in. fluence a heavy vote against Roosevelt next year for what he tried to do to them. It Is not a question of big spe. cinl interests affecting the electorate, No one ever accused former Senator Clarence C. Dill of Washington, repre genting the big Interests. He worked for a high lumber tariff because it would benefit his state, and he figured it ment of the Washington voters are i8 not the type to understand their problems, On the other hand, If the treaty Is ratified by Canada, although the feel ing In Washington and Oregon on lumber, and perhaps in opstate New York and Wisconsin on that million and a half gallons of cream which may be brought in at reduced duties, will be no different, there will be offsets. For example, the orange growers of California, to say nothing of the pro- ducers of other fruits, will want to know if the opposing candidate pro poses to abrogate the treaty-to take away the advantage they will be enjoy- ing under it, Copyright =-WNU Service, i CENTRE HALL, PA. OWNRIGHT war between the Chinese armies of Dictator Chiang Kal-shek and the Japanese appeared almost certaln when the autonomy movement In north China was revived In eastern Hopel and Chahar provinces by Yin Jukeng, the’ ad- ministrative commis and friend of Japan, Leaders of the rest of the region were undecided on their but Jap began to pour In by the train- joad, Three thousand of them with full war Bd " # gloner course, anese troops © Gen. Chiang Kai-shek garrison at Pel than doubled. The raliway Junc tion a few miles from Pelping was seized, Colonel Takasashl, military at. tache, asserting this was necessary be cause the rolling stock was being Wis more 11 of the Japanese forces. officials sald the Na was determined to to force south In Nanking tional government meet with force any attemp® autonomy territory on the ing reforms designed to stop the spread movement, Chiang was hurry. ing large bodies of troons to the north ward. port Fu-chu, defense of of the lord, Han with of the 8S ung war him invasion. wooed Wang eign m ernment, cabinet, by the Japanese, premier and for Nationalist gov. resigned as president of the He has fully recoverad assiduously Ching -wel, * nister of the not him. RAZIL was revolt, In the northern part of the country. Latest advices sald the rebels had control of the city of Natal and of The laid to the Communists and was feved to be led by Luls Carlos Prestes, Communist leader for all of South America. It was sakl he spread the movement all over Braz, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile, of Gen. troops, army Pernambuco. command the federal Under Rabelo, navy hurriedly sent the rebellion, and northward to Several days Inter a revolt hroke out in Rio de extraordl cipal parti tion ry precautions ipants there were the avia foroes, it and It was announced this outbreak bad been suppressed. pounced that also had been crushed and persons had been Killed In days of fighting. the four HERE was terror throughout Ger many when Hitler started what ap- parently was to be another “purge” Hundreds of persons were arrested and taken to prison or concentration camps, those taken including some minor off cials of he Nazi party in Berlin. Many others were known as Socialists. The Association of Nationalistic Jews, com posed of war veterans, was suppressed and its leader Jailed. IN OF Eup 20 had been set as the date for a meeting of the League of Nations sanctions committee to con gider the impositon of an oll embargo against Italy, but Pre. miler Laval and Brit ish Ambassador George Russell Clerk, after a conference in Parls, recommended that the session be indefinitely postponed, and this ae tion was taken, The statesmen feared early riously aggravate the litical situation, and gor thought If he Premier Laval were given more time he might bring about the conciliation of the Italo-Ethi opian quarrel There were good reasons for the un iy told the world that the Imposition of an oll embargo would mean war In Europe, the warning being given through his ambassador to France, Vittorio Cerrutl, Furthermore, there was doubt In London and Paris con cerning the ablity of the United States government to prevent the shipment of oll to Italian ports. In Washington it was reported that Ambassador Au gusto Rosso had discussed the matter with Secretary of State Hull, suggest ing that attempts to choke off exports and other com not constitute cotton did neutrality. Empe.or Halle nirplane flights to in Ethie so that was in the dis Ababa announced that its had driven the Itallan troops from Gorahal, recapturing the town of of oll, copper, mercial articles “orthodox two Selassie made the fighting thelr resistance to the invasion measurably stiffened, South, The ge Gerlogubi by encireling movements, hern sector, according communique, a thousand Ital Makale retreated 60 Losses on both sides the nort - lans occupying miles to Adigra were increasing, THE ECRETARY OF the New Deslers and the big corporations concerning steel prices. Mr. Ickes sald there was “prima facle evidence of in identical bids Florida public project. The PWA ad said companies $IR5,000 each between steel on a ministrator four ding bid the Jones & and Kalman bxidl Carnegie, Laughlin, Bethlehem su same that identical bids on an ocean terminal Morehead City, N, C., and the Tribor- ough bridge in New York city. There was fo foreign bidder on the Miami conirnct Sec’y Ickes ary }—were the cern “that is farthest away and has to is to spread prosperity around™ RESIDENT ROOSEVELT was mighty busy at Warm Springs study. ing the departmental estimates for the of 193637. Representative . Buchanan of Texas, chair an of the house appropriations com- took in first ences and told the correspondents that he would carry a budget of not more E500, 000,000 in excess of estimats part the through the house by “a of a fight.” Then Mr. Buchanan, didn't appear to have White House support for this stand, left sud- denly for Washington, refusing to ex departure; and the confer revenues devil who Morgenthau, Acting Buadget of the appropriations committee, The President told the press they were making distinet progress in ar ranging the federal finances, having asiready cut the departmental estimates by $400000000, He contradicted re. ports that he was contemplating di. vision of the Ickes PWA and the Hop- kins WIA to ease the friction between the two New Deal officials, LEVEN American diplomats and naval officers, selected by Secre tary of State Hull, have sailed to rep resent this country in the coming naval conference in London, At their head is Nor man §. Davis, the President's ambassa- dor-at-large for Eu rope, who participated in the preliminary con- versations last year. Acting with bim will be Undersecretary of State William Phillips and Admiral William H. Stamdiey, chief of paval operations. Ad. N-H. Davis visers to the delegation will be Ray Atherton, counselor of the American em bassy in London, and E. H. Doomaun of the State department, Noel IH. Field of the division of west. ern European affaires, who attended the last naval conversations, and Samael leber, secretary of the American lvga. tion in Bern, Switzerland, will act as technical assistants, The navy's four technical experts will be Capt. Royal E. Ingersol, Com mander Rostoe BE. Schuirmann, |.ieut, Arthur D, Ayraolt, and Lieut. J. I. Fulton. Divining Rod for Brain Tumor Hunt Described New York.—A new divining rod for the human brain, which literally smells out with the uncanniness of a fox: hound the presence of brain tumors that cannot be detected by the X.ray ard also determines the tumor's size and exact location, was described for the first time at the New York Acad *my of Medicine, The new tumor “detector ™ halled w eminent neurologists present as an epoch making advance In the detection and treatment of brain tumors, as well ns opening up new avenues of ap proach in the study of the functioning of the human brain, was reported by Dr. Charles A. Elsberg, neurologist of the Neuralogienl Institute of New York. one of the units of the Columbla-Pres byterian medicd) center. Doctor Elsherg made his report be fore a joint meeting of the New York Neurological soclety and the section of nenvology paychiatry of the acad omy of ne OME Interesting views on current problems : Raymond Moley, former member of the “brain trust,” told the Association of Buying Officers in New York: "1 have sald many times that the whole problem of government rellef and work relief 1s a necessary temporary ex- pedient: but it Is also a shaky and dangerous one, to recognize that work rellef in itself is no curative, It is narcotic In its effect” Harry W. Nice, Republican governor of Maryland, declared In Chicago that America’s constitution is no more in need of change than are the Ten Com- mundments. The issue in the coming election, he held, is that of free Insti. tutions versus dictatorship. Gen, Hugh 8. Johnson, former NRA gdministrator, toid Milwaukee Hotari- ans that the administration is proceed- ing to the “left,” that 97 per cent of the business men of the United States against It the New attitude toward the profit sys- the Johnson texford Tugwell, Aubrey Wil and Harry Hopkins, “The idea { dividing the nation’s wealth, as pro- pe sed by way out,” he sald. {to he dor are because of Dealers’ As prime egfponents of ernment’s present philosophy, elted llams tem, gov. these gentlemen, Is not the “Rather, the thing i Is to create wealth, with persons working and each cre. ating new wealth” JAN AMERICAN Alrways opeped a new chapter in the story of when Its huge China Clipper the first consignment of air mail from Alameda, Calif, to Manila, with stops at Honolulu, Midway islands, Wake island, and Guam Capt. Edwin C. Ma sick, veteran chief pi- lot of the company, was in command of the craft and was ald- ed by a crew of six wen. Fourteen passen- gers started on the Capt. Edwin flight and twelve were C. Musick dropped off to relieve the staffs at Midway and Wake. The suam and Manila i been flown heretofore. After or two more flights to nila the clipper will continue te and operate on through sched. gles thereafter. The Phi ine Clipper, Alrpays’ avi. ation "ta not one stécond of trans-'acific * Atlas const prepar and her crew began ons for a flight to Manila be December 6. RUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN'S attorneys assert that some of the Lindbergh ransom money has been found in Massachusetts and that thelr have discovered pleces of evidence that are of The himself issued a state Dr. John F. y “make a full confession™ aiso doomed man calling on Condon he knows concerning the kid- g and murder of Lind- son, Colonel n bergh's little (GeV ERRULS of the federal re serve banks, in the bulletin of the reserve board, have sounded a most cheerful note concerning business con- ditions. Summing up facts gathered all over the country, they concluded that the United States was undergoing the most substantial economic recov- ery since the depression gan, with every sign pointing to its contipuance, Business activity has been sdstained for ten months near the high level It reached the first of the year, the bul letin sald. “in contrast to the course of business in the three preceding years when advances were not sus- tained but were quickly followed by declines.” JR a long time it has been appar ent that there would be a split in the American Federation of Labor over the issue of industrial unlonizm versus craft unionism. That split now has occurred, and in the ranks of or ganized labor there is coming a great battle between the two ele ments. The matter was precipitated by the res ignation of John AL lewis, head of the United Mine Workers of America, as vice pregident of the fed. eration. He Is the John L. chief protagonist for Lewis unit unionization of mass production of industries, and his opponents, the craft union advocates, are led by William Petal Pillow or Bag for Pajamas By CRANDMOTHER CLARK I'M SOLD It always works Just do what hospitals do, and the doctors insist on. Use a good liguid laxative, and sid Nature to restore clocklike regularity without strain or ill effect. . A liquid can slways be taken in gradually reduced doses. Reduced dosage is the real secret of relief from constipation. Ask a doctor about this. Ask your ist how very popular Dr. Cald- well's Syrup Pepsin has become. It gives the right kind of help, and right amount of help. Taking a little less each time, gives the bowels a chance to act of their own accord, until they are moving regularly and thoroughly without anv help at all. Dr. Caldwell’'s Syrup Pepsin con- tains senna and cascara—both natural laxatives that form no habit. The ac- tion is gentle, but sure. It will relieve any sluggishness or bilious condition due to constipation without upset. Failing of Mirror Cant sed OUrse yes WNU-—4 Quick, Complete Pleasant ELIMINATION Let's be frank. There's only one way for your body to rid itself of ti tors that cause acidity, The latter have had a majority in the late conventions of the federation, but Lewis has a lot of followers and is a determined fighter. He has set up joined him Immediately. came from a special assessment of $1 each on the 4000000 United Workers this fall to Lewis and those associated with him, Oid Age Due to Onions Waukesha, Wis.—Dr, Margaret Oald well, ninety years old, Wisconsin's oldest woman physician, attributes her long life to the fact that she never has done any heavy housework and has eaten “lots of onlons™ Thankful Skunk Attleboro. Mass — Seemingly thankful the skunk found with its head stuck In a glass Jar, withheld its odiferous weapon while Rev, John C, Vernon, re : WAF |
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