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* r . - p * _ . V V The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C„ Thoreday, December 18,1M4 • K r > \ Hfe.- r, . • *■. •. * News Review of Current ~ Events the World Over \ Robinson Says President Plans No New Taxes—Franco- German Agreement Concerning the Saar Reported— Vinson's Warning to Japan. By EDWARD W. PICKARD O. Weatern N.wapapar Union.* J OE ROBINSON of Arkansas, senate floor leader, spent four hours In conference with President Roosevelt at Warm Springs, and emerged with the welcome assurance that the New Deal program to be pre sented to congress In January does not contemplate the Im- or the substantial In crease of existing taxes. He added that fie believed expendi tures for normal gov ernment purposes Senator would be kept well Robinson within the national Income. Of course, this does not mean a balanced budget, for this cannot be had while enormous sums are being ipent for relief and re-empfbyment, but the senator would not admit that the cost of these would go above the ten-blllion-dollar mark. , “Unemployment relief Is to be pre ferred to the dole," he said. "A rea sonably conservative program should be adopted with a view to tapering off the deficit” Senator Robinson said that the bonus was discussed at some length but do conclusion was reached. Intimates of the White House have expressed the fear that a bonus program calling for expenditure of more than two bil lion dollars may be passed over a veto. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, chairman of the senate finance com mittee, who was also present at the conference, left for Washington to be gin a study of unemployment Insur ance. Next day the President’s chief caller was Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper, and he told Mr. Roosevelt that business would more rapidly on the road to recovery If only It were as sured of a safe and aane federal pro gram of expenditures. To correspond ents Mr. Roper said he was greatly cheered by Senator Robinson's state ment He felt that the left wing de mand for vast sums of money for re lief of the unemployed must be checked and that there must be a fur ther shifting of relief control to com munities. called to meet on December S to dis cuss the forthcoming plebiscite In the Saar, so that Hungary might “defend its honor against proceedings which have no other purpose than to compro mise the good name of the whole Hun garian nation." The document tbeh pointed out that the council, under Article IV of the covenant of the league, may deal with T ROUBLE over the Saar plebiscite may be averted after all the alarm, for It is reported unofficially that Chan cellor Hitler of Germany and Foreign Minister Pierre Laval of France have reached an accord providing that Ger many will pay for French mining prop erties In the Saar If France Abandons the effort to keep the region under the Jurisdiction of the league of Nations. Substance was given this report when Relchsfuehrer Hitler Instructed all the Nazi propaganda forces In the Saar to cease their activities. He or dered that disturbances must be avoid ed and that the Nazis must rely largely on the press to keep the swastika fly ing In the disputed territory after the plebiscite. This would seem to Insure an Impartial vote on January 18. J APAN, having given unofficial notice that she will withdraw from the Washington naval treaty, still seems to have hope that the United States and Great Britain will agree to give her naval parity. But Just In case, she has now Invited France and Italy to Join her In denouncing the pact Those nations may consent but the two great Anglo-Saxon nations are as one In demanding that the 5- 5-3 ratio be maintained. Representative Carl Vinson of Georgia, who R# P r# *snUtiva Is chairman of the c * rl V"*”* house committee on naval affairs, has ma^e plain the policy be will Insist upon. “I sincerely hope It will not be nec essary to scrap the treaty," ha said, “but It seems now we cannot hope very strongly for anything else. We cannot grant naval equality to Japan at any price. If the Tokyo government does Insist upon wrecking the treaty I will Insist that the house naval affairs com mittee and congress make enough money available to build five ships for each three laid down by Japan.” -Japan, he said, had once agreed to be satisfied with three warships for each five built by the United States or Great Britain. “Officially and for mally It said that was all It needed," Vinson said, “yet now It wants more.” ty question affecting the peace of the world. It is, therefore, the duty of the conn- dl to face this question aa soon as possible, it asserted, “and thus guard against the grave dangers which might arise from the situation that Hungary Is still bound to bring to the attention of the council.” The Jugoslavian charges were sup ported by the other two states of the little entente, Czechoslovakia and Rumania. Italy, which has stood by Hungary, was expected’to refuse to grant extra dition to France of Dr. Ante Pavellch, alleged leader of the gang that planned and carried out the assassination of King Alexander. The court of appeals at Turin denied the application of France, and It was believed the min ister of Justice would confirm this rul ing. kL A GAIN It may be said that If or when another European war hreaka out. It will start among the •oothern nations. The blase lighted by tbe assassinations of King Alexan der and Louis Barthou in Marseilles Is still smoldering. Jugoslavia’s dele gates in tbe League of Naflons formal ly charged Hungary with complicity In tbe murder of the king, asserting she had harbored Balkan terrorists. Hun gary demanded Immediate action by tbe league's council on this accusation, declaring “the peace of the ^ world” might be affected. The Hungarian hole naked that tbe matter b* placed M «f®odt of tb* council', n^atoB L EON ARCHIUBAUD, French re- porter of the budget, declared bo- fore the chamber of deputies that It was undeniable that an understanding exists between France and Russia, and that the Soviet government bad offered armed aid to France In case of a -confilcL with Germany.' This caused great ex- cltement and the French office content ed Itself with a denial that there was any military accord. The * . . _ . Russian offer was gen- Col. J«n Fabry h> ,. been made by Maxim Litvinov, Rus sian foreign commissar, last spring to the late Louis Barthou and again to his successor, Pierre Laval. Col. Jean Fabry, former French minister of war, gave support to Archlmhaud’s state ment by asserting that France’s knowl edge of German rearmament, the de tails of German troops and Informa tion concerning the secret manufac ture of arms and airplanes In the relch was supplied by Russia. The two men were arguing for a large war budget, and Archlmbaud pictured Russia’s huge military machine working with France as the only means of preserving peace In Europe. D ISPATCHES from Germany tell of serious unrest In the relch, and though the government calls them “ma licious lies,*’ It Is a fact that the army and police forces are being held under emergency orders A long smoldering feud between the reichswehr (regular army) and the schutzstaffel (black shirt picked Nazi guards) was believed responsible tor the orders, which Involved suspension of Christmas furloughs for soldiers and military police. Drilling of Nazi storm troops has Increased, reports said, while all mar riages of army men and police set for tke Christmas holidays, popular wed ding period for Germany's military men, have been postponed.- Baron Werner von Frltsch, chief of th^ reichswehr, In a memorandum to Hitler, said plainly In discussing Nazi suppressive methods that, unless more liberal spirit prevailed, the gov ernment would face opposition from all sides in case of war. He told Hit ler something must be done about the bad blood between the schutzstaffel and the reichswehr. — • \ I NSPECTOR SAMUEL P. COWLEY •od Agent Herman E. Hollis of the bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, engaged In a gun battle with Lester Glllla, better .known as George (“Baby Face") Nelson, Public Enemy No. 1, and a companion, near Barring ton, III, and both the federal men were shot to death by machine guns In the hands of the bandits. Tbe killers, ac companied by a woman, escaped for the time being In tbe agents’ car, their own being disabled. Next day Nelson’s body was found miles away, in NUes Center, at the en trance to a cemetery. He bad died of nine bullet wounds from the guns of tbe federal agents he killed and evi dently his body had been left at tbe roadside after his companions had failed to save his life. In the same region were found Nelson’s clothing and the car the bandits had fled In after tbe battle. Cowley was the man who killed John Dilllnger, chief of the gang to which Nelson belonged, and he also was In command of the posse that ran down and killed “Pretty Boy” Floyd In an Indiana cornfield not long ago. T hanksgiving day m America was wedding day In London for the duke of Kent., fourth son of the king and queen of'England, and Princess Marina ' of Greece. The metropolis swarmed with royalty and nobility from many lands, and vast throngs of ordinary persons watched the parade to Westminster Abbey, where the mar rlage ceremony was performed. The ancient church was filled with the for tunatsf ones who had been Invited and the scene was glittering. The only Americans present were United States Ambassador and Mrs. Robert W. Bing ham. . The ceremony In the abbey was cele brated at 11 o’clock In the morning, and It was followed Immediately by an other, the Greek Orthodox. The latter took place In the private chapel of Buckingham palace and Was celebrated by Archbishop Germanos, archlmand- rlte of tbe Greek church in*-London. Only a select company of royal wit nesses was present ^— BRISBANE THIS WEEK The Swiss Answer Back Wise Mrs. Roosevelt Our Trade Balance This Is Good News Bwltssrlaad is small but takes noth ing “lying down." Every Swiss of fight* Ing age Is a-reserve member of the Swiss army, with a rifle and ammuni tion that he caa use That encourages Independence. Europe knows that It would cost more to conquer Switzer land than Switzerland would be worth, la addition, nobody would know bow to run Swiss hotels, except the Swiss. Recently Dr. Carl Barth, Swiss pro fessor of theology at Bonn university, to which the former German kaiser was sent as a boy, was dismissed by Pnpsla’s minister of culture, because Dogter Barth would not take the oaQr of personal loyalty to Hitler. The Swiss government takes that up promptly, saying to Germany: 'Tf you ^dismiss a Swiss teacher for politi cal reasons, the Swiss government will immediately send home all German professors in Swiss universities.” No hemming and hawing there. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wise and energetic lady, advises giving small children as young as silt or seven l weekly allowance, because It teaches them to be Independent. They learn how to spend, when to save, what to pay, and grow up independent, self- reliant individuals. That Is a good thought that some wise professors high up In government might adopt If It Is wise to teach Individual Inde pendence to young children, why not encourage it In grown-up Americans, instead of training them to spend the jest of their lives Ip any NBA baby carriage? D EPORTS of various business groups Indicate that "luxury spending” is becoming more noticeable and Is aiding Industry considerably. This includes everything from the baby’s doll to the palatial yacht—and some place In be tween Is fine furs—and all trade organ izations report an Increase. Reports to Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. R» per by business leaders Indicated that sales in some gift lines this year would be 40 per cent greater than a year ago. Charity Is not forgotten in this re vival of spending. Community chests and councils reported that contrlbu tlons to community chest drives this year already are within 10 per cent of the 1020 total, and national Income has dropped about 50 per cent In that time. Again there Is cheerfulness. United States exports since October were highest in three years. Uncle Sam •old $206,352,000 worth of goods to other countries, $76,723,000 less than hs took In. Tbat is called a "favorable trade bal ance,” and is supposed to be a good thing. Absit omen, but the French revolu tion started at a time when France, for the first time In s long while, found herself exporting more than she bought T AKE It from the Department of Agriculture that American farmers have these reasons to be thankful this year: Cash farm Income from sales of crops and live stock. AAA benefit pay- Edsel Ford, son of Henry, and a great help to his father as president of the Ford company, dined with Presi dent Rooeevelt in Warm Springs, Ga^ and told him the nation is “out of ths trough.” The two Fords are good Judges of returning prosperity. They expect to ■ell at least l.OOO.QOQ other “Fords" this coming year. B OLIVIA’S troops In the.Chaco were being soundly whipped by the Par aguayans and President Daniel Sala manca was blamed. He visited the war front and was arrested by Gen. En rique Penaranda and forced to resign. Meantime Vice President Jose Sorzano had taken over the presidential powers by decree and Installed a new cabinet. Penaranda appeared to be the virtual dictator and It seemed likely he would take steps to bring about peace with Paraguay. jnents, and emergency drouth sales of cattle to the govern Meat totaled $736. 000,000 In October, compared with $659,000,000 In September and $620,000,- 000 in October, 1933. Total farm cash Income for ten months this year was $5,045,000,000 com pared to $4,099,000,000 for the corre sponding period last year, of which $4,614,000,000 was derived from mar ketlngs and $433,000,000 from benefit payments and emergency cattle sales, compared to $3,967,000,000 and $132. 000,000, respectively, In 1933. S AMUEL 1NSULL and bis sixteen co defendants In the giwat mall fraud trial In Chicago were acquitted by the. Jury, despite the long work of the gov- ernment officials In preparing and present ing the case at an esti mated cost of $100,000. The verdict was reached on the third ballot, and the attor neys for the prosecu tion could say only that they had done their best It ^as ap parent that the jurors » . • •• were not convinced Samuel Insult tfaat Ingull , nd hl , aides had an intent to defraud. There are other charges standing against IS- ■ull, but whether or not there will be further prosecution Is uhdeclded. There were rumors that the former magnate. It cleared of all charges, planned to re-enter La Salle street and the utilities field. Wlntbrop W. Aldrich, head of ths New York Chase National bank, big gest private bankjn the world, tells reporters In Seattle: "Business men and bankers in til the cities we have visited believe that there has been • real Improvement since September." Prosperity Is climbing up, according to Mr. Aldrich, and he ought to know. He has on hand more than a billion dollars that be will gladly lend you, If you can prove your ability to pay it back. * Samuel Insull and sixteen co-defend ants are acquitted of using tbe mailt to defraud. A majority of the Jury, which took two hours to decide, voted for acquittal from the start Apparently Mr. Insull might have , avoided that tiring trip to Greece. There Is war talk with a meaning In Europe. Hungary Is filled with rage because Jugoslavia accuses Hungari ans of plotting the murder of King Al exander. The Hungarians are flghtera but not murderers. England and France are agitated alleged news that Germany Is armli with all possible speed, regardless 61 the Versailles treaty. There are a dozen causes for ,War floating around Europe, and no/par ticular cause for peace, except that no nation could well afford another/war— Uncle Sam’s pockets being Uglily but toned, at present ‘ TC Senator Nye, an earnest/man, de voted to peace, but not at ’/any pries," asks the big United Aircraft company just what it has In mind ip Its constant expansion In production p«EN. LAZARO CARDENAS, who ^ though only thirty-nine years old Is a veteran of the Mexican revolu tion, was Installed as president of Mex ico on November 30. He is of Spanish and Tarascan Indian stock, a fine sol- •dler and statesman and has held office under the revolutionary government for five years. T HERE Is bound to be another hot tight In the senate over tbe rw vamped St Lawrence waterway treaty, but It looks now as if President Roose velt -were Justified In his expectation that the treaty will be ratified. Sena tor James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, leader of the opposition that defeated the pact In the last session, said-la Washington that he had heard rumors that some major provisions Involved In the controversy had been eliminated In a new treaty with Canada that Is be ing negotiated The omitted provisions, he understood have to do with the id betterment seems to has In mind of airplanes. The se fear that United Alrcr the possibility of Let us all hope that It has exactly that in mind, and that a government showing little energy or Initiative of Its own In air defense will predate help from private Initiative. r I N A trial lasting only a few minntes. Lord Ashley won a divorce from his wife, the former Sylvia Hawke, actress, and the costs, estimated at $10,000, were ordered paid by Douglas Fair banks. who was named as co-respond ent Neither lady .Ashley nor the American film star made any defense, and there were but two witnesses, Lord Ashley and George Edwards, Fair banks' secretary. A decree nisi was granted by Justice Sir Boyd Merrtmsn. and It may be made final In six month* American share df the cost of the sea way and limitations'’on the diversion of water from Lake Michigan for the Chicago drainage canal He added ru mor also had it that the new pact would acknowledge complete American sov ereignty over Lake Michigan. , The St Lawrence treaty was one of the live topics discussed in the annual ednsentton of the Mississippi Talley association in St Louis. The association voted to continue its opposition to the treaty unless Its ob jectionable features are removed New Jersey draws a panel of 180, 63 of them women, for the Lindbergh kidnaping an<l murder trial The -an thorities, without being specific, say they have evidence against Bruno Rich ard Hauptmann not .revealed to tho public. Hauptmann’s lawyers would probably prefer all men on the Jury. Women feel more keenly than man do abont kidnaping chlldreii. When President Roosevelt says ha maaha to give the people of the United States cheap power, ha means It At Warm Springs ha has been working oil "a broad national.program" for cheep er power. - It is understood that ho will not bo "too drastic," but be will give tbe people whst they need. • Next In importance to free air and free water la cheap power. d rawF£jjg»sri»4»srt* m* National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart t Washington.—Henry A. Wallace, see- rotary of agriculture, is girding bis ‘ armor to fight off a Wallace drive to revile the Will Fight agricultural adjust ment act Mr. Wal lace sees many sinister moves now be ing made in that direction and he la preparing to meet his adversaries in the congressional battle that now ap pears certain to come. The secretary freely admits now that there may be some changes necessary In the adjustment act, but bis position will be boldly against too much whlt- tllng when agricultural legislation ir before congress In January. The con viction Is held by him that the agri cultural ' situation has been Improved by the New Deal program, and he is avowedly favorable to its retention In' a general way, although in a recent speech Mr. Wallace told the national grange that probably it would be neces sary to reexamine the basis of the prograta that has been operating now more thgtf a year. “Exactly what form the drives on ths adjustment act and administration may take this coming winter,” said Mr. Wal lace In an Interview the other day, “no one of us can say, but from present Indications I would anticipate the most potent drive to be directed at restric tions on agricultural production. So I envision a conflict, a choice between two paths, one leading to unrestricted agricultural production at the earliest possible moment, the other leading to continuance and perfection of the pres ent control methods. Either path may 4mgy- well require certain changes tn Notwithstanding President Roose velt's speech at. tbe annual convention of the American Banker» Bankers’ association Diatnutfal here, a speech that was believed at tbe time to have salved the bankers’ feel ings, considerable distrust of adminis tration policies has begun to accumu late among tbe banking fraternity. It was noticed before tbe appointment of M. S. Eccles as governor of the fed eral reserve board, but it has become much more evident and more vocal since. The reason Is tbat Mr. Eccles Is considerably more of a liberal than most bankers and. business men. Frankly, some of the Important bank ers of the country fear that Mr. Eccle* will go far to the radical side In direct ing affairs of the greatest banking sys tem In the world. While most financial authorities are not now alarmed over the prospect of any Inflation by means of reckless run ning of printing presses, they do fear that the banks of the country will be forced Into the position of buying gov ernment bonds whether they desire to do so or not I was told by one bank er, a man who has served In official capacity In Washington, and therefore knows this field as well as banking, tbat be would not be surprised If banks were assigned certain blocks of bonds which they must purchase In the course of financing by the treasury in the next two years. All of the conservative thought In the country looks upon this, of course, as next to printing press money in Its Inflationary tendencies. . > the Agricultural Adjustment act Be fore I discuss unrestricted production In detail, I would like to say parentheti cally that I am for It, provided there Is a sufficient excess of Imports over exports to service the debts owed us by foreign nations, and In addition to “pijnrTirr price for our exportable sur plus; and provided, furthermore, that shipment of these excess products abroad does not Impoverish our soil beyond repair." While Mr. Wallace Is saying that the drive IS on the adjustment act, observ ers are finding considerable objection among farmers to control from Wash ington. I think It is an undoubted fact that tbe American farmers are rock- ribbed individualists and. that bell true, they naturally resent having reaucrats sitting In Washington oi tell them what to do and how to db 1L Because the farm Industry was so flat on Its back when tbe adjustment act was passed, tbe bulk of tbs were willing to accept anything that promised a measure of rellefyaccordlng to the considered judgment jbt students who have watched the whole picture. They have found now, however, that unhappy consequences Jrave resulted. and 1 am {old -by -marly members of congress that they / are uncertain whether there Is a majority of farm ers In this country/now favorable to the New Deal farta program. It seems rea fore, that the nably certain, there- usslon of fa rip legis lation In the new congress will devel op that which has not been developed ely, the voice of the con- ere Is also likely to be vlo- ions from the corn and hog because of the processing hogs. A goodly number of Contum to Be He^rd before, ■umer. lent expi producers taxes farm / leaders believe, after surveys* among actual farmers, that the proc- g taxes on hogs have been taken oqi of tlje farmer’s hide and not the hag. I told you some weeks ago that there as every prospect of a proposal to repeaf the Bankhead cotton law. That movement has gained in momentum b* yond belief. The Department of Agri culture, under Mr. Wallace’s direction, Is taking a census, a vote, on the ques tion whether this law should be con tinued. The result is that congress will find that question on itji door-step also, and don’t forget that opponents of the Bankhead law are real fighters. Those who claim to have suffered dam ages under it believe that one dose Is enough, and if they do not gain their point one way, they will accomplish their desires In another, much to the chagrin of Senator Bankhead, of Ala bama, who made so many long speeches | some records about bther winters'that As the laws now stand, It apparently would be difficult for the treasury, act- Ing through the fed- GlOMa eral reserve board. Would Fight t° tell any particular bank how many gov ernment bonds It must absorb. But it would not be difficult to change the law so that any bank could be allocated a stated amount of bonds and be given the privilege of turning over those se curities te the federal reserve bank for cuorency. jvlously, sucb financial students as veteran Jtenator Carter Glass, Vlr- inla Democrat, would fight to tbe death against what he believes to be misuse of the federal reserve system and the country’s banking - structure. There are several other Democrats, both In the house and senate, who would follow the Vlrginis senator’! lead. The belief, however. Is that there are not enough to defeat sucb s pro posal were It sent to congress with the administration’s blessing. There Iq hanking legislation sched uled for this coming session. Its scope has not yet been determined but It will legislation and, In all probability, there will be some brand new pet schemes put forward by professional advisers who have been called Into conference by Secretary Morgenthau and his aides. Then there are tbe findings of the sen ate committee on bank and currency to be considered. That committee, as will be remembered, held lengthy bear ings and exposed much corruption in- certain types of banks. Whether tbs members of that committee and tbs administration will attempt to bind ths whole banking structure hand and foot because of the rotten spots found In several apples In the barrel It la toe early to forecast Yet it Is to be remembered that there were ultra-radical investigators includ ed in the staff of men who operated under Ferdinand Pecora, the commit tee’s counsel. Mr. Pecora, of course. Is now s member of the securities com mission and therefore not In direct touch with his former employer, but there are those here who say his influ ence is just as great If that be true, the senate committee can be expected to go off at a tangent In drafting legis lation to hamstring not only the bad banks but the good ones. • • • . Because weather affects our dally lives as nothing else. It proves an ever fascinating subject It Is always in teresting as well, really a fascinating occupation, to look ahead. While we cannot definitely foretell the weather this winter, the American Nature association and the United States weather bureau have compiled i a —tai ”7 f~ - f 1 In its behalf. Mr. Wallace stated that he expects the main drive against present agri cultural laws to be in favor of removal of all restrictions on production. He thinks that Is a ridiculous course to fol low. He proposes to give present schemes of control time for trial in order to perfect them. In this he has, tbs whole-hearted support of the New Deal professors who clutter up Depart- ment of Agriculture offices In numbers greater than In any other government department the professors have their contacts at the Capitol, and they nae them. Thai, observers hers /eel that opponents of ths present adjust- ment act may not win unless the ob- are most interesting. Take for exam ple, the country wide blizzard of 1888. Tbe boys and girls of those days, those who now say, “do you remember way back when,” Insist that that was a winter which really was winter. The later generations point to the "war winter” of 1917-18, a period of exces sive cold and of great snow through out the United States east of the - Rocky mountains. The Far West was much warmer. Two outstanding winters were: 1912—Severe cold weather, during the first three months of the year when ^ unprecedented Ice formed on all north ern lakes and rivera. It was during this cold spell that Lake Superior was J frozen from shore to shore and moose fanners themselves are made vocal If that occnrs, It la declared by authori ties, we may see President Rooeevelt taking a hand because of the politics Involved. If the President throws his weight In favor of revision, there la little doubt but that cbanges-wlll come. If he Indicates that he la satisfied with the present eet-up, the strength of the professors will be so multiplied that defeat of their prv>gram will be nest ^ Impossible. creased on the Ice. Luke Michigan and Lake Erie were completely spanned with Ice In some places. 18^9—A record cold wave from Feb ruary 11 to February 13. with zero tem peratures extending from the Gulf coast northward. Mobile. Ala., record ed 1 below zero; Vicksburg. Miss..sero; Washington, D. OL, IS degrees below i St Louis, 19 below; Chicago, 21 belowi and Ottawa, Cart, 24 below. m Wwtww N«w«mp*t Uslo* 1 •N. wmmm