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News Review of Current Events the World Over p. -'C Representative Tinkham’s Scathing Attack on Secretary Perkins—Senator Lewis Warns Against Any More Disarmament Treaties. By EDWARD W. PICKARD C by W»«t.rn N.w.paptr Union. Secretary Perkins G EOROE H. TINKHAM. the } beard ed and sharp-tonjrued represent ative from Massachusetts, has revived the controversy over the League of Nations with an as sertion that the Unit ed States Is being slipped Into the league through the back door. He says' the Joint res olution adopted In the last few days of the S e v e n t y-thlrd con- g r e s s, making the United States a mem ber of the Interna tional labor organiza tion was the first of a contemplated series of moves designed to put the United States openly into the league, con trary to the wishes of the people and of congress, and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins was the especial ob ject of his attack. Using such harsh words as “fraud" and “Intrigue," Mr. Tlnkham accused Secretary Perkins of employing “contemptible trickery" in advocating the adoption of the resolu tion. Mr. Tlnkham quoted the labor secre tary as saying that the international la bor organization, “Is not even now an Integral part of the League of Nations, and membership In the organization dries not Imply affiliation with the league.” He continued: “This statement Is *he grossest per version of the truth. It Is squarely contrary to the facts—facts established by an Indelible record, the treaty of Versailles. The statement contained in the letter of the secretary of labor wag Intended to deceive. The secre tary knew that the congress of the United States was opposed to entry Into the league of Nations and would not vote for entry knowingly. Entry was therefore made surreptitiously and fraudulently. “Article 31>2 of the treaty of Ver sailles states: ‘“The International labor office shall be established at the seat of the League of Nations as part of the or ganization of the league.’ “This audacious Intrigue to have the United States enter the League of Na tions by way of one of the organs of the league is to be followed by an at- tcmpt to have ttre United Stales enter another of Its organs, the Permanent Court of International Justice of the League of Nations, this subsequently to be followed by a proposal of full membership In the League of Nations" Thus, the independence of the United States will be destroyed, the will of the American people thwarted, and the United States Inevitably Involved In the next European conlllct.’’ S ENATOR JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS of Illinois, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations and a veteran In International con ferences, has set forth a view concerning treaties for disarma ment or reduction of armaments that will meet with the ap proval of many of his fellow citizens, though they are sharply at variance with those of the administration. He evidently is glad the Washington naval pact is dying, owing Senator Lewis to the action of Japan, and .he says that In future the United States must, for Its own sake, remain aloof from •II such agreements, because they are almost certain to embroil us In war. Addressing the National Forum In Washington, Senator Lewis declared the recent naval conversations in London succeeded only in designing a “chart of death to men, destruction to nations," and he warned against the renewal of the Washington treaty. - “Plain It must be," Senator Lewis pointed out, “that should we enter the deal, and It is disobeyed by any of its parties, the United States must bo called on by the nations Involved to lend ourselves to enforce the compact. This means war upon the United States by the nations we threaten to force to obedience, or war from the na tions we refuse to aid In the enforce ment. "To the United States nothing. but •vil and danger awaits our entrance into any i ntenmtional etmt raet -with foreign nations preparlif|; for war on each other." America wants no war and wants armaments only for self-defense, the senator said, and America does not recognise the right of any Interna tional conference to tell her what arms abe needs for that purpose. “On this right of onr own self-de- .fense America stands sovereign In her guarded Isolation," be Informed other atalons. “We deny the privilege of any nation to dictate to the United States the quantity or quality of pro tection odr nation shall adopt** v '. War can come to the United States only through her foreign entangle- nseota, Senator Lewis explained, and of tha prewnt warlike attitude of the world, America must stand Isolated. ’ ■ <> »• C PEAKING of war. It Is Interesting ^ to learn that the senate mission to the Philippines has discovered thdt those Islands "possess the most Im portant source of war material under the American flag." Senator Tydlngs of Maryland sent the word from Manila that there are In Zainhales province deposits of chromite so large that they have attracted the attention- of other nations. John W. Hnussermnnn, dean of the Islands’ gold mining Indus try, told the senators these deposits may soon take their place as one of the most Important ore bodies In the world, and he added significantly that chromium Is the One war material which the United States does not have In ample quantities within Its borders. These deposits In the Philippines were" discovered after the Tjydlngs-McDuffle Independence act was drafted. It Is easy to see that this news will be of Immense Interest to Japan, whlch t lu Its plans for territorial expansion, is ever on the lookout for war material sources. P OPE PIUS XI Is not optimistic con cerning wo*ld peace. In his Christ mas eve address, delivered according to custom to the cardinals resident In Rome, the Holy Father said that “the clamor of war spreads ever fffrther,” and he urged the .world to pray and work for peace. “We see a constant Increase In warlike arms," the pope continued. “This Is a distracting element In which the spirit seems to have no part. We are on the eve of a day when the heavens resound with the hymns of angels calling for peace on earth. Never has the chant had more reason for being than today." King George, In a radio address to all parts of the British empire, was a little more cheerful. He adjured his “peoples beyond the seas" to remem ber that they all belonged to one great family. “My desire and hope Is that the same spirit of brotherhood may be come ever stronger in Its hold and wider In Its range,” the king said. “The world Is sltll restless and trou- bled. The clouds are lifting* hul wa O NE of the worst American rfRway- wrecks of the year, occurred at Dundas, Out, when a Christmas ex cursion train bound from London, OnL, to Toronto.was telescoped by the De troit-to-Toron to express on the Cana dian National rallwayS lineoui It stood on a siding. Apparently the express ran through the open switch. Two wooden coaches were demolished, and about fifteen persons were killed. More than a score of others were Injured. A third coach was thrown on end close to the edge of a 150-foot cliff. The alertness and. quick thinking of Engineer B. Burrell of the speeding train from Detroit, was credited by railway officials with having averted an even greater tragedy. Seeing no hope of preventing the locomotive from piling Into the rear of the special train, Burrell ordered It cut loose from the coaches beh 1 Hd and prevented them from telescoping. BRISBANE > • . rfl THIS WEEK A Pretty Good Christmas Germs Travel High We Are Coughing Better Prairie Dogs, Catacombs It was a satisfactory Christmas, the best since the depression began. The nation at least knows that the depres sion is here and that attending to It. Instead of talking about things “Just around the corner." is the program. The government knows that money was made to- be spent In emergencies and that helping the people Is cheaper than revolution. The government i» spending and helping. Major Brfhd S OLDIERS from Great Britain. Italy Sweden and Holland, to the num ber of 8,.TOO, under ute command of MaJ. J. E. S. Bclnd, a British vet eran of several wars,, marched Into the Saar from-ndtth and south with flying colors, and were stationed at stra tegic points throughout the area, prepared to maintain order until after the plebiscite of January 13 which will determine whether the Saar shtfll again be come a part of Ger many or remain under control of the League of Natloms. The arrival of the troops was ^Stched by the league authorities with consider able anxiety for there had been fears that Nazi enthusiasts there might cause trouble. But the Inhabitants 'of the basin remained quiet, none of thei showing either enmity or enthusiasm for the league’s armed forces. Under the terms of the treaty of Versailles any person living In the Saar at the time of the signing of the treaty is eligible to vote In the plebi scite, and the Nazis of Germany made great efforts to gather as many of their adherents as possible from other lands to which they had migrated. From the United States 352 Saar Ger mans traveled back to their old home aboard the liner Bremen, and were wel comed with feasts, as was another large contingent from South America. The German government denied that It was paying the expenses of these voters from abroad, asserting they were financed by private donations. . ik Chf m "con^T have still our own anxieties to meet I am convinced that if we meet them ln the spirit of one family we shall over come them, for then private and party Interests will be controlled by care for the whole community.’’ He made a special effort to reach the restless multitudes In India, whose fate now is in the hands of parliament, by assuring them of his “constant care of them." President Roosevelt’s brief Christ mas talk was addressed especially to the citizens of America, calling for "courage and unity,” for greater hap piness and the Improvement of human welfare. Bruno Hauptmann P ROSECUTION and defense attor neys completed their preparations for the trial of^ Bruno Hauptmann on the charge of murdering the Lindbergh baby, and the little town of Flemington, N. J., was a busy place. The names of 48 veniremen were drawn for examina tion as Jurors, and the sensation over the mailing of a satire on the Lindbergh case to 150 prospective jurors died down. C. Lloyd Fisher, defense coun sel, said he would not ask for a new panel. Betty Gow, the nurse who put the Lindbergh baby to bed the night he was kidnaped and killed, arrived from Scotland on the liner Aqultania and went at once to the Morrew-home to Englewood, N. J., to await her call as one of the state’s star witnesses. She declined to talk to reporters, hut posed for cameramen. There was a report that Miss Gow plight remain In this country and take up her former Job in the Lindbergh household. She had acted as nurse for Jon, second son born to the Lindberghs, until she re turned to her home In Scotland several months ago. Hauptmann seemed calm as tfie time for his ordeal approached, and $e ate a hearty Christmas dinner. Mrs. tmrprrhfiKBr whd~ nrovetr from the Bronx to Flemington to' be near her husband, made a radio appeal “to the people of the country to wdlt until they hear every side of the story be fore they condemn Iplm.” She reiterated her belief that Haupt mann had nothing to do with the kid naping of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. She repeated her story that Haupt mann had waited for her at a Bronx bakery where she worked the night of the kldnapolng and that he had taken her home. / i *•'„ * -, -- •_ Aa for the ransom money foufid In the Hauptmann home and garage, ahe Insisted on the truth of her husband’s story that he got the money from Isl- dor Fish, who la dead. lira. Haupt mann told parts of hsr story amid sob* P EACE In central Europe was pro moted by two events. The Jugoslav ian cabinet resigned and a new cabinet was formed with Bogoljub Yevtltch as premier. As foreign minikter he had conducted the case of his country against Hungary before the League of Nations and accepted the compromise decrsloh7 andhe fs a Close friend of Prince I’aul, head - of the regency, who' Is Inclined to a moderate course. The Austrian government refused the extradition to France of Colonel I’er- chevich, Croat exile, who was accused, along with Dr. Ante Pavelich, of Insti gating the assassination of King Alex ander In Marseilles. Italy had-previ ously refused the extradition of Pave lich. It Is said in Informed quarters that further examination of these two men would have revealed facts that would have endangered peace in Eu rope. e )L CHARLES A. LINDBERGH,.-by his flights across Arctic regions In 1933, has enabled the Department of Agriculture to demonstrate conclusive ly that the spores of plant disease can be borne on remote air currents. With a spore trap of his own devis ing, which he called “the skyhook." Co.'onel Lindbergh obtained specimens which confirmed the previous theories of government experts that plant dis eases may he carried even across con tinents by air currents. That was announced by Fred C. Meier, the department expert who In terested Colonel Lindbergh In the work. - ; Colonel Lindbergh devjsed his “the skyhook," a light, strong contrivance, easy to o[>erate and well adapted to protecting sterile glass slides from con tamination except for the time they were exposed. Mr,.-Meier prepared the slides and has examined and photo graphed them. He credits Colone'l Lind bergh with careful work. A FTER winning the handicap prize In the England-to-Melbourne air race, the giant American-built plane Ulver, pride of the Royal Dutch Air Lines, started on a speed flight- from Amsterdam to Batavia, Java, with sev en persons aboard. During a thunder storm It crashed to the desert ten miles from Rutba Wells, Irak, and buriled to cinders,—all its.occupants perishing. A/TaKTIN J. INSULL, brother of Samuel, was given a Christmas -present by-a Chldkga Jury to-the form of a verdict of not guilty of embezzle ment from the Middle West Utilities company. The money, $344,720, was used, according to the prosecution, to a desperate effort to recoup Insult's per sonal losses In the stock market F OR the Oral time the RFC has un dertaken the management of a railroad. John W. Barriger, chief ex aminer for the Interstate -commerce commission, announced that nominees of the RFC would be placed In charge of operation of the frenver & Sait Lake railway, whlchjia* received large loans from the government agency. The railway is a abort road which has leased for 80 years the railroad bore of the Moffat tunnel mun the Moffat Tunnel Improvement district ' Colonel Lindbergh proves, after transatlantic flights, that bacteria can travel across the ocean by air. The winds of the north Atlantic carry microscopic germs of lif^ throujgh the upper air. Disease germs mlgtn trav el, thus, across either ocean. That Interests anybody planning to make war more Interesting by adding disease germs to poison gas and high explosives. Scientists already believed that, since life cannot be created on the earth, except supernaturally, life be gan on this planet probably with germs that had traveled mllllonk. per haps billions, of miles through space at absolute zero. They started life on the earth when It had sufficiently cooled off. and may have been brought in the wake of flying meteor^. Heat destroys microscopic life, cold does not. ——— & V National Topics Interpreted >4 v by William Bruckaft Washington.—Time after time since President Roosevelt entered the White House, many observ- Again at - ^rs have Insisted Crouroada that he had reached a crossroads and that on those occasions he necessar ily had to choose between the right and the left They contended with con- Cheerful optimists, telling you that conditions are getting better, remind you of Meyer Hecht’s benevolent friend who .told each tuberculosis patient, “You are coughing better this morn ing” We all are “coughing" a little bet ter. It has been the best, most free- 1y apprising Phrlstnmg gongnn Btnra th« depression began. Merchants testify to that The season of grand opera opened In New York with every seat sold and a demand for seats nonexist ent. Mr. Hull, able secretary of state, wants freer trade with foreign coun tries. Those that shut their markets to the outside world are like "animals which burrow In the ground.” says Mr. Hull. That might be true,~without proving that protection is unwise. Animals burrowing In the ground- prairie dogs, etc.—would regret It If they came to the surface and sat around Inviting coyotes to eat them. Early Christians burrowing In the catacombs were better off than they would have been the surface, thrown to the lions. It is better for this country to bur ro# under protection tlmn be thrown to the lions of free comi»etltlon of la bor and manufacturing. Occasionally you hear, what Mr. Field called “a sour note” 1 In the hope ful chorus of “Happy Days Are Hw® Again." Senator Dickinson of Iowa- Republican, of course-^ays ^ NRA plans have collapsed. He finds* 1 that “monopoly’’ Is being encouraged, pri vate Initiative Is being depressed and the small business man driven to the wall—“The rich are becoming richer and the poor poorer.”— That will be news for some of the rich—they had not heard It. You may hear many of them say now, “If I can get together and keep enough to take care of my family, that Is all I ask,” and they mean It. Projects thus far proposed by con gressmen and executives In-Washing ton would cost Uncle Sam. In addition to money already spent, $30,000,000,000, and would double the national debt. If the money were wisely created, wisely spent, the country would be better off, with many employed In useful work. But If It Is found necessary to Inflate with interest-bearing bonds, Instead of simply printing the money and later retiring It as bonds would be retired, the $30,000,000,000 would cost the coun try $00,000,000,000. • Is it really necessary to force on taxpayers that extra load of $30,000,- 000,000 for interest, *hen Interest bonds are Just so much "Inflation moneyT’^hnotesp^cT'dinefe’hTTroin greenbacks? . t . ... According to dispatches from Nan king, China’s killing methods make the efforts of Stalin or Hitler seem feeble. Gen. Klang Kai-Shek gives proof in Klangsi province. Six million people have been driven from their homes and 1,000.000 killed In cold blood by “Red Comhiunlst" troops. The killing championship Is now with China, naturally one of the most peaceful countries on earth. Mr. Irenee du Pont, munitions man ufacturer. who knows about war. since be produces "the goods." tells the muni tions committee “the only nay to wage a war Is to have an absolute monarch at the head of the government"; also “we shall have a h—1 of a time In caae of war.** No question about the last statement Mr. Baruch, entering whole-hearted ly Into the President’s campaign to prevent profits for munitions makers to wartime, wisely urges preparation. slderable justification that he either had to be conservative or radical. But somehow the President arranged to fol low both roads at once. At least that conclusion has been reached by those who classify themselves as liberals. Nojy^-observers are saying again that the President has reached the crossroads and nmst choose between the right and the left. With the con- ventog of congress there has come for ward the usual number—perhaps I should say more than the usual num ber—of proposals for radical or con servative legislation as the case may he. Tttere are dozens, almost hundreds, of bills advocating nostrums and crack pot Ideas which cannot possibly do more than take up time and keep the government printing oflice busy at the expense of the. taxpayers in printing the bills themselves. There are in all of this mess as well many pieces of worthwhile legislation as well as the proposals bearing earmarks of draft ing under White House guidance. - In addition there are close to six dozen presidential appointments upon which the senate must act Some of these names are of individuals of known radical tendencies. Som'ebfhers are recognized as equally conservative. It will be the senate’s Job to pass upon these nominations which, some observ ers Insist, represent perhaps the widest variation In ecumunlc view that has ever been sent to the Capitol for con firmation of appointment. 1 — As a corollary for this confused state, there are the growing differences of opinion, based on presidential policy proposals, as to whether the govern ment should attempt to provide relief through work as Mr. Roosevelt desires or should turn to a plain, unadulter ated dole. There is the demand from the White House for legislation put ting the federal government further Into competition with business by ex pansion of publicly owned power facil ities and the question of liquidating or continuing to expand such programs as that of loans to home owners and ex- mdtam'tt NRA. Summed up, It would appear, superfl- .dal|y—at-least, that Mr,—Roosevelt to rioflnlfely af the crnaarnudfl. I am fnl/1 by legislative leaders, however, that the administration program thus far advanced again does not commit Mr. Roosevelt definitely to follow either the radical or conservative pathways. They point out that there is an unusual ad mixture of two schools of economic thought represented in legislation bear ing presidential approval and their thought seemed to be that Mr. Roose velt will avoid being forced Into either camp at this time. , « • • It has been most interesting to ob serve the fluctuation of temperature among the vafTous More Action New Dealers. I’rior Than Resulta? *<> the last election they were very low In spirit^ Many of them were saying, in private at least, that Mr. Roosevelt was getting out of hand as far* as they w’ere concerned and was turning cer tainly toward the conservative school of thought. At the same time among conservative members of the admin istration and in congress and to a con siderable extent among business lead ers, there was a growing feeling that they had witnessed the phenomena of having their own ears pinned hack Just when they thought they were on the upgrade. Following this change of ‘'trends, along comes the mass of White House legislation, some of which pleases the New Dealers and some of which pleases the conservatives. Each finds fault with that portion of the program that Is reasonably satisfactory to the other. This contrariety of opinion extends for Immediate payment, of the bonu*. It may not be a program fo? full pay ment of the sum that Is not due until 1945, but the pressure Is so strong that some action will be forthftomihg. ” If Mr. Roosevelt sticks to his guns and vetoes any bonus legislation ex cepting that proposing to care for the destitute ex-soldlero, sailors and ma- rines, there is enough strength In con gress to pass the legislation over his ■veto. The soldiers’ lobby Is strong; of that there can be no doubt. The mem bers will be thinking of their political future, not Mr. Roosevelt’s, when the question Is put before them. Then is when the Republican minority could be of distinct help to the administration but, apparently, that is just the thing the Republican minority is not (going to do. < * The administration is now examin ing various avenues of a possible com promise on the bonus payments and it is through, this course that a hope exists bn the port of administration leaders to avoid the showdown men tioned above. Knowing that It cannot count on the Republican minority for any help to carry through Its plans, th^e administration may make some concessions to the bonus advocates. These most certainly will be made un less a count of noses by the leadership shows a little later that the support ers of a full bonus payment can be whipped—and right now that is gener ally considered by observers as being impossible. Here again the views of radicals and conservatives clash. There will be some radicals supporting the bonus payment In order to force the Presi- dent Into a inflate the currency further. That group thinks inflation of the currency will boost prices and provide the nec essary hypodermic Injection to get us out of the depression. Opposed to these are a considerable number of house and senate members who fear inflation and Its results like they fefir the poison fangs of a rattlesnake So, when the bonus question Is joined as an issue It seems to me we will see an Interesting exposition of how politics makes strange bedfellows. • • • President Roosevelt Is about to <»pen up the federal treasury for loans to cities to provide Federal funds for construc- Loana to Citiea tion of municipal light- <nto -p«-w er plants. He has announced definitely Into the ranksTbf members of the house and senate. Consequently, the question to "w'hich the observers are now seek ing an answer is whethW Majority Leader Robinson In' the senate and th<> Democratic wheel-horses in the house are going to .be able to keep their tre mendous ' numbers In Une.‘*Thus far, there has be^n no word from*the ma jority leaders either in the house or the senate indicating any doubt on their part that the administration wt^fp will fall to drive recalcitrant members Into the proper alleys. Unbiased ob- __ servers are taklng the ever,, that time alone will tell. And It may be added with some x emphasis that if the wild horses itreak logger from the hitching post Ance, the cur- rent session of congress may provide much more action thon results. • * • ’ Present plans of‘the Republican lead ership,If there are enough Republicans t left to ma£e their Soldterw . presence felt,-4ndl- Lohhy Strong cate thfl t the Demo- 'V** cratlc comman<Jers need, not expect any help from that quarter in pulling hot chestnuts out •ays the country should buy and store , ^ * thousands of tons of tlo for use to the of tbe flr *’ For exam P le ’ 1 understand event of war. “1 think we ought to Buy tin Just as we would Invest ta a battleship, and keep It In storage" a. Ktac Tmturm SynOtetM, U*. WNU SsrvlM. that the soldiers’ bonus question will be used by the Republicans as a sort of prod with which to disturb the ma jority party. It seems definite that the house sad senate will pass legislation that he favors this procedure and, therefore, In effect has Invited' cities to Joto-the march, on Washington for more federal loans. The newest development In the ad- ministration program of loaning money here and ♦here seems to have resulted in repercussions of a more Important nature than objections voiced to oth er types of federal Joans. Here In Washington considerable discussion has developed as to the wisdom of this policy and this has been followed by speculation as to the ultimate end of a program of this kind. Opinion throughout the eountry apparently has not been definitely crystallized yet but from all Indications it appears we are due to hear much debate on the new est New-I>eal Idea. Objectors to the program of provid ing loans to cities for construction of municipal light and power plants In sist that Mr. Roosevelt has taken the longest Step toward state socialism thus far to be made a part of his New Deal. They contend that Mr. Roose velt has gone beyond his recovery pro gram and has embarked upon a plan representing pari and parcel of his scheme for public ownership of all In dustries Impressed with a public In terest through' service of a monopolis tic character. Opponents also argue that the Pres ident is placing privately owned. Indus tries under a severe handicap by forc ing them to compete with what should be private Industry but what actually -is their own government. N -OUaxterjSL Also. X liear exprea,. sjjbns of a fear that If any substantial number of cities borrow federal money to build their own light and power plants, the federal government wlH have expanded to that extent its dom ination over* those cities. Through loans to banks, to agriculture and to many other lines, federal influence dally is being exerted upon the private life of the country until, some observers declare, states, counties and munici palities are gradually sinking Into ob livion insofar as their own self-gov ernment Is concerned. On the other nana such advocates of public ownership as. Senator Nor ris of Nebraska, are elated over Mr. Roosevelt’s decision to proceed along public ownership lines. Senator Norris believes Mr. Roosevelt has authority now under public works and recovery act provisions to promote publicly owned light and power^lants about any place he pleases. The Nebraska sen ator, It will be remembered, was the spearhead of the movement that re sulted to creation of the Tennessee Valley authority and the program for development of electrical energy from the Muscle Shoals dams In the Ten nessee river. Already, privately owned light and power companies In many sections contiguous to the Tennessee river plant have been virtually forced to sell their properties to the TV A. Bk WasUra Wawapapar Ualae.