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Events the World Over
Europe’s Concerted Move for War Debt Cancellation—
Hoover and Roosevelt to Confer—Diversion of
Colorado River Completed.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
Cm RONALD LINDSAY, British
ambassador to Washington, handed
to Secretary of State Stimson bis gov¬
ernment’s request that the United
Sir Ronald
Lindsay
two* days later Belgium asked the
same thing. The three powers asked
suspension of all war debt Install¬
ments, including those due December
35, pending the outcome of the discus¬
sions suggested.
Receiving notice of this action while
on bis way from California to Wash¬
ington, President Hoover immediately
informed President-Elect Roosevelt of
the development and invited hint to a
conference at the White House, sug¬
gesting that he bring with him the
Democratic leaders of congress and
arty other advisers lie might select.
He told Governor Roosevelt he was
loath to proceed in the matter with rec¬
ommendations to congress until he
had conferred with him, since any set¬
tlement of the debt problem must he
the result of protracted negotiations
that would reach beyond the remain¬
ing days of liis administration. The
President's plan seemed fair enough,
but Mr, Roosevelt accepted it only “in
principle,” saying he would be glad to
meet with Mr, Hoover and go over the
situation but asking that the meeting
he "wholly Informal and personal."
He added that the European notes
create a responsibility “which rests up¬
on those now vested with executive
and legislative authority,” Thus it
was made evident Governor Roosevelt
has no Intention of shouldering any
responsibility ahead of time.
NE thing that Is fairly certain Is
Uf that Europe’s concerted move for
revision of the war debts, and cancel¬
lation If possible, will not be success¬
ful with the short session of congress
that opens in December. Not one of
the senators and representatives in
Washington was in favor of granting
the concessions asked, so the prospect
was that the debtor nations would
either have to pay the December In¬
stallments or default. The British in¬
stallment ts 95, tHe French 20 millions,
nnd the Belgian two millions. It was
felt certain that Great Britain would
pay if necessary.
Governor Roosevelt, according to
Democratic leaders. Is opposed to any
reduction of the debts; hut he thinks
payment could he made easier through
an economic conference to free trade
channels of tariff barriers and ex¬
change restrictions. President Hoover
Is opposed to downward revision of
the tariff, but has suggested that for¬
eign nations be given credit ngninst
their obligations for any concessions
that would offer a wider market for
American farm products and manufac¬
tures.
/GERMANY’S interest in this debt
VJ matter is vital, for the drive of
the allied nations for revision is
based on (he Lausanne pact of last
July. Tills was a “gentlemau’s agree¬
ment" providing that the reparations
which Germany must pay the allies
should lie reduced from $20,000,000,000,
ns stipulated in the Young plan, to
$714,000,000. The reduction was not
to take effect unless the United States
could be prevailed upon to modify the
understanding under which the allied
powers are obligated to pay this
country.
The United States government has
consistently refused to link the war
debts with reparations. On the other
hand the Hoover administration has
repeatedly made it clear that its at¬
titude toward full payment of the
debts could be modified only by meas¬
urable success of the world disarma¬
ment movement.
n*RANGE, through Premier Herriot,
r laid before the disarmament con¬
ference in Geneva its complete plan
designed to bring about general dis¬
armament nnd
peace. It was well
ceived by the
and Norman
American
tive, praised it as
great concession,”
hopes for the
of the
were high. But
were dashed
Germany refused
find in it reason
rejoining the
the
program was Just another plan to as¬
sure French hegemony on the con¬
tinent.
The French scheme, combining the
consideration and
modification of the
war debts agreements
under which European
powers are obligated
to pay this country
eleven billion dollars
in principal and ten
billions in interest,
during the next 58
years. The french
ambassador followed
with an almost iden¬
tical request on be¬
M. Herriot
ideas of security and disarmament,
seemed to offer Germany the equality
she demands, under terms yet to be
agreed upon. But it provides for “Pro¬
gressive disarmament" of the powers
and excludes rearmament for Ger¬
many. The section of most vital in¬
terest to the United States reads:
“Any war undertaken In breach of
the Paris (Briand-Kellogg) pact is a
matter of interest to all the powers
and shall be regarded as a breach of
the obligations assumed towards each
one of them.
“In the event of a breach or threat
of a breach of the Paris pact, the said
powers shall concert together as
promptly as possible with a view to
appealing to public opinion and agree¬
ing upon the steps to be taken.
“In application of the pact of Paris
outlawing war, any breach of that
pact shall involve the prohibition of
direct or indirect economic or finan¬
cial relations with the aggressor coun¬
try. The powers shall undertake to
adopt the necessary measures to make
that prohibition Immediately effective.
"The said powers shall declare their
determination not to recognize any de
facto situation brought about in con¬
sequence of the violation of an In¬
ternational undertaking.”
This In essence means that the
United States would abandon Its his¬
toric claim to neutrality rights.
Great Britain’s plan, presented by
Sir John Simon, concentrates on a re¬
duction of national armaments, par¬
ticularly air forces, the latter to be
abolished by degrees on condition that
Germany In the meantime does not re¬
arm in the air.
* rpRANCE, ain have got Germany together and in Great project Brit
one
—the formation of a tripartite eco¬
nomic consortium designed to rehabil¬
itate Europe and the Near East, It
was announced In Paris by Raymond
Patenotre, French undersecretary for
national economy, who said the first
project would tie the offering of a
loan of 17,000,000,000 francs for the
electrification of railways in Poland,
Portugal, Rumania and Iraq. France
and England are expected to provide
40 per cent of the loan each, and Ger¬
many 20 per cent. Premier Herriot
will he the tltulnr head of the con¬
sortium hi France nnd Chancellor
Franz von Pa pen in Germany. Pate¬
notre, as tite vice president for France,
will he in actual charge of operations,
with headquarters in Paris.
l'atonotro said guaranties as to in¬
surance, security arid noncompetition
in industrial bidding would constitute
the underlying principles of the or¬
ganization.
I“\IVERSION of tlie Colorado river,
one of the big preliminary pieces
of work In the building of the Hoover
dam, has been completed and the full
Frank T.
Crowe
yards must be removed before pouring
of concrete starts, the river bed being
excavated to a depth of 130 feet.
Frank T. Crowe, general field su¬
perintendent of Six Companies, con¬
tractors, said the most difficult part
of tlie project is behind the engineers.
Building of the dam itself, he ex¬
plained, will he comparatively simple
work. He said the big Job was the
pioneering state of shaping the great
canyon walls, building the diversion
tunnels and spillway bores and get¬
ting the river out of its channel.
Work on the project ts more than a
year ahead of schedule nnd It is ex¬
pected to be completed by the end of
1937.
\\T HEN Senator Borah’s committee
VV on foreign relations opened the
hearings on the St. Lawrence water¬
way treaty the expected opposition
developed immediately and in full
force. Witnesses for the railroads,
port authorities, cities, and world
shipping Interests united in asserting
that the development of the St. Law¬
rence river for navigation and power
would disrupt the national transpor¬
tation system, peril vital American in¬
dustries. injure lake shipping, jeopard¬
ize the coal and ore business of the
Great Lakes, and magnify the unem¬
ployment problem.
Among other attacks on the water¬
way development ns proposed in the
Hoover-Ben nett treaty, were charges
that completion of that seaway be¬
tween the Great Lakes and tlie Atlan¬
tic, via Montreal, would jeopardize
billions of dollars’ worth of railway
bonds held by the public and insur¬
ance companies. It was said further
the plan would be likely to bring about
government ownership of railroads.
now going under
ground through the
two Arizona tunnels.
The still water be¬
tween two temporary
dams at the inlet and
outlet of the diversion
tunnels has been
pumped out and tlie
riverbed laid bare for
nearly a mile ready
for excavation. Bed¬
rock probably will he
reached by next July.
Some 4,000,000 cubic
D EPRESENTATIVE SHANNON of
Missouri resumed his investiga¬
tion of government competition with
private business with hearings in Chi¬
cago, and his committee was told that
this competition is a “trust" that must
be destroyed if private enterprise is
to be encouraged and economic re¬
covery furthered.
Representatives of business organi¬
zations in Illinois and the Panama
Canal Zone as well as executives of
steamship companies, told the commit¬
tee of specific cases where the gov¬
ernment competes to the detriment
of private companies. On the basis
of their testimony, the United States
government today is Interested in
every type of business from mortician
to the manufacture of gun powder.
The Illinois Manufacturers associa¬
tion, representing practically every
manufacturing industry in the state,
ascribed to the government respon¬
sibility for a large part of the unem¬
ployment in the state and through
its counsel, David C. Clarke, charged
before the committee that the gov¬
ernment has been found to be com¬
peting, directly, in 27 different manu¬
facturing operations “and numerous
others.”
Clarke declared that his association
had been advised that tlie federal gov¬
ernment, was not strictly concerned
with the actual cost involved in Its
ventures. “Much less,” he said, “is
there strict regard for any reasonable
profit to the government from indus¬
trial operations.”
Lr /"OKLAHOMA is twenty-five years
old, and the silver anniversary of
her admission to the Union was fitting¬
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of representatives. He was one of
the speakers, the others being Charles
N. Haskell, tlie first governor, and
Federal Judge Robert L. Williams, for¬
mer govornor nnd first Supreme court
Justice. Among twenty-six Oklaho¬
mans honored at a banquet nnd whose
names were added to those in the
state’s Hall of Fame were Secretary
of War Patrick Hurley, Will Rogers,
cowboy humorist; Judge Haskell, once
known as an oil company capitalist;
Senator T. P. Gore, Senator Elmer
Thomas and Former Senator Robert
L. Owen.
The marriage of "Miss Indian Ter¬
ritory’*' to "Mr. Oklahoma" was re¬
enacted by the couple who partici¬
pated in the first ceremony at the
state capltoi in Guthrie November 10,
1907. Following the ceremony carrier
pigeons were released to hear news
of tlie birthday to the four corners of
the United States.
r IBERALS of Honduras, having
lost out in the recent election,
have turned to revolution and have
been fighting some bloody battles with
the government forces. Tlie rebels
were reported to have seized tlie towns
of Trujillo, La Ceiha nnd La Esperv
nuza, and then they moved on the city
of San Pedro, which they captured.
The fiercest of the fighting to date
was in n counter attack there by tlie
government troops. Many hundreds
were said to have been killed.
In the electlor Gen. Tibnrcio Carias
Andlno, the Nationalist-Conservative
candidate, won over Angel Zuniga
Huete, the Liberal nominee. The In¬
auguration has not yet taken place,
nnd President Mejia Colindres remains
as the head of tlie government The
President nnd the President-Elect are
political allies.
^ CEVERAL weeks ago In this column
mention was made ol the quarrel
between Peru nnd Colombia over pos¬
session of Leticia, and by a slip of
the pen it was said tlie sector in dis¬
pute had once been ceded by Colombia
to Peru, instead of by Peru to Colum¬
bia. An authoritative source now
gives the Information that the Leticia
sector was in fact ceded by neither
country to the other, hut that it Is in
territory that has always been claimed
by Colombia. In 1922 by the terms of
the Salomon-Lozano treaty (between
Peru and Colombia) it was definitely
decided that Colombia’s southern boun¬
dary line included Leticia within the
limits of Colombia, and the sector was
thereafter recognized by Peru as be¬
longing to Colombia.
COON after the December session of
congress opens Senator Benigno
Aquino of the Philippine legislature
will be in Washington to take part in
the efforts to win independence for
the archipelago. He sailed from Ma¬
nila some days ago hearing secret in¬
structions to the Filipino delegation,
presumably ir the form of a mandate
of the legislature opposing both the
Hawes and Hare bills, and demanding
a new independence gram without res¬
ervation by the United States of naval
bases and coaling stations.
The mandate also would provide for
tariff reciprocity between the United
States and the Philippines and that
there be no plebiscite on independence
by the islanders in the interim of tran¬
sition of government for a period not
exceeding ten years. The limitation
on Importation of sugar to the United
States free of duty would be fixed at
not less than 1.500.000 long tons.
C. 1S3S, Western Newspaper Union.
CLEVELAND COURIER
ma City. All the peo¬
ple of the state and
the governors of other
states were invited to
the birthday party,
and many were pres¬
ent. At the bead of
the pioneers partici¬
pating was Gov. Wil¬
liam H. Murray, who
was president of the
constitutional conven¬
tion and speaker of
GEORGIA
NEWS
Happenings Over,
the State
Luten Teate was recently elected
for the third consecutive term as
president of the Thomasvllle Kiwanis
club.
Ten Marietta women recently asked
the Cobb county grand jury to conduct
an investigation of the treatment of
prisoners at the county convict camp.
George Cleo Nelms, of Commerce,
and Frank Ivey Newman, of Gaines¬
ville have been appointed second lieu¬
tenants in the infantry reserve,
U. S. A.
Governor Russell, in a recent radio
address, said the plan of the Amer¬
ican Red Cross to enlist every wage
earner in the campaign of mercy, is
progressing very satisfactorily.
The Joel manufacturing plant at
Athens is making free of cost dresses
for children to be distributed by the
Red Cross to youngsters whose par¬
ents are unable to purchase clothing.
Judge Hugh J. MacIntyre, of the
city court of Thomasville, was re¬
cently appointed to and sworn in as a
justice of the court of appeal, suc¬
ceeding Judge Roscoe Luke, resigned.
Gainesville recently became debt
free until 1940 when $178,469.70 worth
of bonds were burned at a special
celebration at the city hall. There
was a large gathering at the celebra¬
tion.
A poll of Georgia motorists in¬
dicates an overwhelming sentiment
in favor of a drivers’ license law,
according to a statement issued by
I)r. George T. Dickson, of the Dixie
Associated Motorists.
Miss Gay D. Shepperson, executive
secretary of the ^eorgia department
of public welfare work, says assump¬
tion of rfcsponsibility in connection
with welfare work is rapidly increas¬
ing all over Georgia.
W. C. Bewley, general manager of
the organized Georgia peach industry,
told the growers at the annual meet¬
ing of the Georgia Peach Growers’
exchange, in Macon, recently, next
season should be profitable.
An army of fifteen hundred dep¬
utized citizens will likely he in the
Atlanta area within the next few
days. Tiiis is Atlanta's answer to
tlie challenge of the underworld in
the battle to curb banditry and hold¬
ups,
An Aberdeen Black Angus steer be¬
longing to C. F. Patten, Jenkins coun¬
ty farmer, won the grand champion
prize at Savannah first fat stock
show, held recently at the Savannah
battoir. There are 125 cattle in Pat¬
ten’s herd.
Mrs. Augusta Lambdin, historian of
Lamar county, has received notice
from A. K. Rogers, director of the
bicentennial celebration of Georgia,
that site has been named a member of
the historian committee of the bicen¬
tennial commission.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, president¬
elect, will come to Warm Springs
this week to rest, and that resort,
where nature heats water in her
own peculiar way, and gives it will¬
ingly for the benefit of mankind, is
getting ready to receive him.
The Georgia Baptist convention, in
session at Macon, recently, *went on
record as opposing any change in
prohibition laws, aversion to depiction
of crime in the movies and belief in
greater regulation of business by the
government for the protection of the
poor.
An increase of approximately a
million dollars in the 1933 advertis¬
ing appropriation of the Coca-Cola
company over 1932’s appropriations,
the biggest in the history of the com¬
pany, is reported by R. W. Woodruff,
president, following the regular quar¬
terly meeting of the board of direc¬
tors recently.
The Garden club of Barnesville,
of which Mrs. J. M. Rogers is pres¬
ident, has been requested to su¬
pervise beautification of the Car¬
negie library grounds. Mrs. J. A.
Corry, chairman of the library hoard,
announces that the board lias set
aside a sum to be used for the pur¬
chase of shrubs and flowers for the
plot.
Dr. John Burns was named presi¬
dent of the Gainesville Kiwanis club
for the coming year and Robert A.
Brice, treasurer, at a meeting held
recently at the Dixie Hunt hotel.
Directors elected included Dr. Jesse
Meeks, Dr. John W. Jacobs, Frank W,
DeLong, Fred D. Estes, Jeff Hulsey,
W- P. Martin and Dr. Roland Q.
Leave]!.
The Macon branch of the Agricul¬
tural Credit Corporation will not be
in position to accept applications for
loans until organization of the re¬
gional bank in Raleigh, N. C., has
been completed and the policy for
crop production loans established.
Representatives of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters and the
Southeastern. Fire Underwriters’ As¬
sociation, in conference with Mayor
Key, of Atlanta, approved the con¬
templated hundred thousand dollar
saving in the first department of that
city.
MMCWED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Ochool CUNDAYI Lesson
! (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. Moody Bible D. D.. Mem
ber of Faculty,
Institute of Chicago.)
©, 1932. Western Newspaper TJoio*.
Lesson for December 4
LIVING WITH PEOPLE OF
OTHER RACES
I KINGS 8:41-43; John 4:5-10; Acts
10:30-35.
| GOLDEN TEXT—Then Peter opened
j his mouth, and said, Of a truth I per*
j ceive that God is no respector of per¬
sons. Acts 10:34.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Telling a For
j i eigner JUNIOR of Jesus. TOPIC—The God of Ail Na
j | tions. SENIOR TOP
INTERMEDIATE AND
■' IC—Playing Fair with Other Nations.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP¬
IC—Following Christ in Dealing with
j Other Races.
The approach to the heart of this
lesson is through the Golden Text.
Raul on Mars' Hill declared, “God
hath made of one blood all the na¬
tions of men for to dwell on all the
face of the earth” (Acts 17 :26).
I. Solomon Praying for Foreigners
(I Kings 8:41-43).
The church has for its task the
preaching of the gospel to lost men of
all races. Christ came to seek and
to save the lost (Luke 19:10).
II. Christ Dealing With a Foreign¬
er (John 4;4-l()).
1. Jesus must needs go through
Samaria (vv. 4-5). Because of the
growing opposition Jesus was obliged
to leave Judea. He must “needs go
through Samaria,” not because there
was not another way to reach Galilee,
but in order to find this poor sinful
woman and the needy citizens of
Syebar.
2. Jesus testified to tlie woman (vv.
0-19).
a. A favor asked (». 7). He tact¬
fully made a request which appealed
to the woman’s sympathy. In intro¬
ducing the conversation, lie referred
to that which was uppermost in her
mind, water. Tills was the teacher's
point of contact. He soon passed from
a reference to earthly water to the
water of everlasting life, in himself.
b. Jesus’ tender dealing with the
woman (vv. 10-15). He first appealed
to her euriosity by declaring “if thou
knewest the gift of God” (v. 10). He
knew the deep unrest of the soul of
this sinful woman. He knew that if
she really knew him she would believe
on him and be saved from her sins.
He followed this appeal to her curi¬
osity by a promise which directed her
attention to her deepest needs.
c. Tlie woman convicted of her sins
(vv. 15-19). Before she could under¬
stand what the water of life was she
must be convicted of her sin. She did
not argue with him, hut became a
humble Inquirer.
III. The Salvation of a Foreigner
(Acts 10:30-35).
The Jews hated the Romans be¬
cause they were under bondage to
them. Peter, the head of the Apostolic
! group, was a Jew of strong prejudice.
I The time had now come for the re
! mova] of the wall of partition between
| the Jews and the Gentiles. Cornelius,
a Roman soldier, was a devout and
; praying man, though not saved. Two
' visions were given:
1. To Cornelius (Acts 10:3-8). While
engaged in prayer an angel from God
i instructed him to send to Joppa for
Peter who would tell him what to do.
2. To Peter (Acts 10:9-16). Peter
saw In n vision a certain vessel con¬
taining clean find unclean animals let
down from heaven, nnd heard the
command to arise, slay, and eat. This
vessel let down from heaven and taken
hack again indicated that both Jew
nnd Gentile were accepted on high. At
the bidding of the Spirit, Peter went
with the messenger, and in his ser¬
mon to Cornelius he set forth.
a. The basis of salvation—the death
of Christ.
b. Tlie scope of salvation—whoso¬
ever believeth on him.
c. The method of appropriation of
the salvation—faith in Christ.
IV. All Nations Are of One Blood
(Acts 17:22-28).
The way to bring peace among the
I nations is to make God known.
1. Paul’s declaratoin concerning God
(vv. 24-25).
a. The Creator of the universe.
b. His spirituality and immensity.
; Being essentially Spirit, heart wor
| ship of him is demanded, and being
| infinite, he cannot be confined to
| earthly temples.
c. His act of providence, ne de
j dared that in him we live and move
and have our being.
2. Pfcul’s declaration concerning
man (vv. 26-28).
a. We are the offspring of God
(v. 28).
b. Nations have their place by God's
purpose.
c. Man should seek God. These
truths concerning God and man as
declared and received will remove ra¬
cial and national barriers.
WORDS OF WISDOM
Death means birth into a fuller life.
• * •
j The crown of all virtues is love or
sympathy.
* * *
The best and purest of all joys is
! natural .affection.
* * •
The profoundest fact of human life
is that, for everyone, the real, the only
I true life is lived in the realm of the
: spirit
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neighbor’s. One afternoon the neigh¬
bor found Jimmie in the act of dip¬
ping a chubby hand into her almost
finished preserves.
“Why, Jimmie I?.,” she exclaimed,
“you know better than to do that.”
“Yes,” Jimmie agreed, "I ought to
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Hospitals in Russia are to have op¬
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operating table linen and garments
worn by the surgeon and his assist¬
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Soviet surgeons say that with careful
lighting delicate work can he dona
with thp minimum of eye strain.
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