Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1929, Page 2

PREMIER IS MADE VICTIM OF RUSE Naval Accord Intriguers Re- ported Centering Attack on MacDonald. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Propaganda originating in The Hague, Geneva and Paris, which is now ecircu- lating in Washington and designed to wreck the Anglo-American naval nego- tiations, has just been brought to the attention of high administration offi- cials. It directly concerns Ramsay MacDonald, the British prime minister, and its specific purpose is to weaken the »ffect of his conversations with Presi- aent ilsover and Aml lor Dawes. ‘The ruse inventzd 3 this end is a cir- cumstantial stury that Mr. MacDonald's days as premier are already numbered end that he is on the threshold of being ousted by a member of his own cabinet, who is non: other than Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer. Difficult to Disbelieve. ‘The report has been dinned into the ears of at least one of the Hoover cabinet members directly concerned with naval negotiations and was set forth with such persistence and detail that he found it difficult to disbelieve it. One person in Washington to whom the MacDonald-Snowden story came cabled to a high authority in London and received this reply: “Report absolutely unfounded, It seems part and parcel of unscrupulous campaign now afoot in The Hague, Geneva and Paris to hamper MacDonald’s negotiations with Hoover.” ‘Washington authorities in position to analyze the true inwardness of this ingenious intrigue—as it is considered to be—point out that the transparent purpose is to show that any arrange- ments MacDonald might discuss or enter into with President Hoover would be futile because he is not to remain prime minister very long. The bringing in of Snowden's name as MacDonald’s imminent successor has two angles de- signed to clothe the propaganda with plausibility. The first is the peppery chancellor of the exchequer's newly won popularity in Great Britain fol- lowing his recent victory in The Hague reparations conference and the cor- responding dimming of MacDonald’s glory. The second angle is Snowden's supposed readiness to annul agreements with the United States Government, Snowden’s Startling Speech. It will be remembered that during last Spring's general election campaign in Great Britain, Snowden startled the country with a speech suggesting the Labor Party’'s opposition to the Baldwin-Mellon debt settlement and Labor’s intention to abrogate it. Such a program later was disavowed by Mr. MacDonald. In connection with the MacDonald negotiations for naval par- ity with the United States, the im- pression sought to be created :glfi.he prophecy of a Snowden premiership is that under it any Anglo-American ar- rangement might easily turn out to be a scrap of paper. Ramsay MacDonald and Philip Snowden, while both Socialists and La- borites, have long ranked as political rivals, much as in this country Re- publican leaders or Democratic lead- ers are frequently rivals within the party ranks. That MacDonald highly of Snowden and trusts him im- plicitly was_evidenced only recently, when the Prime Minister appointed the Chancellor of the Exchequer acting premier during MacDonald’s absence at Geneva for this month’s League %l Rkely ‘that. ¢ only importan ely that the only ce which will be attached to the whole story in Washington is that it bears on 1ts face evidence of being the lat- est—though perhaps not the last—at- tempt of ill-wishers to throw barriers across the path which Messrs. Hoover and MacDonald are trying to travel (Copyright, 1920.) NAVAL OBSERVERS WERE WARNED OF SHEARER IN GENEVA (Continued From First Page.) amount of time he spent in their com- pany that he was not discouraged.” PRESIDENT READY TO AID. Hoover Wants None Spared in Probing Propaganda Activities, President Hoover not only wants the Senate to go to the very bottom in its inquiry into the big navy propagand- ists but he stands ready personally to help the committee in its investigation, it was disclosed today with the an- nouncement that the probe would be conducted by a subcommittee of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee. Senator Shortridge of California will be chairman of the subcommittee, and the other members are Senator Allen of Kansas, Republican, and Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader of the Senate. The Senate Naval Affairs Committee, at a meeting held today, authorized Senator Hale of Maine, its chairman, to appoint a subcimmittee of 3 or 5 to conduct the inquiry. ‘The subcommittee, its is expected, will begin its investigations immediately. It will determine what witnesses it will summon, and subpoenas will be issucd for them. The inquiry is likely to take some time, and may call for a large number of witnesses. Hoover Wants None Spared. Although the President, even in his public denunciation of these propa- gandists, has mentioned no names, he has given every indication that he wants no one spared in the Senate committee’s attempt to get at the truth of the matter, Moreover, the President is determined to expose the extremes to which big Navy advocates went in working the purpose of Governme; effort to bring about further naval dis- armament. He wants the public t know just what was done as interfer- ence at the Geneva naval conference :wc ‘{elrs ago, and who was responsible or_it. William B. Shearer is suing three large shipbuilding corporations for what he alleges is pay due him for his work in_contributing to the failure of the able mention. Miss Virginia K. Frye, director of the Mitchell Park Playground, Twenty- Third and S streets, is shown above presenting prizes to youthful winners. Yes- terday’s program at the playground also included a costume and float parade, movies and refreshments. Front row_(left to right) : Miss Frye, Marguerite Dove, prettiest; Emily Harden, d“edn;:; JI;IIKILKIIIIH. unique; Rol ; Annie Thompson an ary McLane. Evelyn Markwood, Ed::'d Dove, Barbara Harden and Edith Markwood, honor- berta Schold, most Back row: Elizabeth Shepherd, The lower photo shows Patricia and Edgar Prochnik, children of the Austrian Minister, with their entrants in the entertainment. —Star Staff Photos. State, War and Navy Departments and other governmental agencies whose ac- tivities have brought them in some con- tact with propagandists. It is known that the Navy Depart- ment’s report to the President includes among other things, the records of the Navy Intelligence Bureau relating to activities of certain individuals and or- ganizations who have been engaging in propaganda. These Navy intelligence records go much further than the mere question of indulgence in big Navy propaganda. The personal records of these individuals and groups coverm; a long period in advance of the 192° Geneva_conference are included. ‘The President, for the time being, is having nothing to say publicly on this subject. He has declined to make any comment upon the allegations of Mr. Shearer, the admitted Navy propagand- ist, that four admirals of the Navy were interested in his “patriotic work.” The President will not presume to in- terfere with the Senate committee’s in- vestigation, but those who are close to him feel certain that he will keep in close touch with certain members of that committee, and will impart to them :rqh:lt ideas or suggestions he may have ive. Jones Denies Reports. Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, naval observer with the American delegation at the 1927 Geneva conference on naval limitation, today denied reports that he influenced President Hoover to launch an investigation of activities of Shearer at that conference. “There is nothing to that,” Admiral Jones declared. “I was out of town when the President made his announce- ment regarding Shearer, and I had had no communication with .the President on the subject before that.” - Admiral Jones also repudiated em- itically reports quoting him as hav- said he had “spoken once” with the self-styled naval expert. “I never met Shearer in my life, so far as I know, and I never spoke to (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) stated. “I think I saw him just once. It was while I was in my office at Geneva. A man, a stranger to me, opened the door of my office, but with- drew when he saw me sitting there. I inquired of others who had seen the man start to enter, and was told it was Bhearer. That is the only time I can recall of ever seeing him.” Shortridge Comments. Following his appointment as chair- man of the investigating committee Senator Shortridge said: “We propose to go to the bottom of this mttg.‘ inmmmti‘::mwm wufl; CAITY on vestigal £8 prom] and as rapidly as possible. We gvul n?eet this afternoon to determine what wit- abfl:d fi_‘fll when the matter would be heard by the commit. Directed Particularly at Shearer. Shearer at these had to do with 3 m in this ecuntey vl-na POLITICAL ANGLE SEEN IN KILLING Murder of Chicago Precinct Captain Believed Reprisal for Death of Connors. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 12.—Gang murder, with a background of politics, confronted police today in the death of Charles S. Brown, 28-year-old pre- cinct captain for Alderman Dorsey Crowe of the forty-second ward. Brown, dying ffom four bullet wounds in the head, was pitched into the street from a curtained automobile as, with lights out, it purred through the “Foam- ing Fifties,” South Side beer battle- ground, last night. His hands had been bound behind him with wire, and he had been robbed. Police See Reprisal. Pclice immediately sought to fit the crime into the jigsaw pussle of the past month's slayings. They saw in Brown's death possible reprisal for the slaying September 1 of Henry Connors in a gunfight at the C. and O. Cabaret on.North Clark street. s Connors ‘was & precinet captain for Richard E. Prendergast, who unsuccess- fully opposed Dorsey Crowe for forty- second ward alderman in the last elec- -] cam- Dol s eleciic. with. scdon, be marked by sluggins, fist fights an e, ot RS b I . mm&-'-.f' worked in the ranks rowe. slaying L into the forty-second ward with orders to arrest any known enemies of the s were found who heard him Brown was forced o e Sown. on the floor of the d that he was shot in that 'hs:ckec was found a letter rman Crowe notifying telling o‘lfi mglnn his affairs “so that nothing will interfere with your attending. COMMITTEE TO PLAN PLAYGROUND SYSTEM Progress in Development of Capi- tal’s Recreation Facilities to Be Studied. Further progress in the development of w.gln{ton'n " recreational _system will be dealt with tomorTow at & meet- ing of the special co-ordini eflg: SAS ENVY CAUSED ARABS TOATTACK Winston Churchill Talks of British Problems in Holy Land. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 12.— Great Britain's .rroblem in the Holy Land and naval disarmament were among the subjects touched upon by the Right Hon. Winston Churchill, for- mer chancellor of the British exchequer, today in his first interview with news- g:per men since his recent arrival in in Prancisco. The British statesman chatted with reporters for nearly two hours, in a discussion of world affairs. His theme was hopefulness and tolerance. His be- lief is that the %lundlrles of the world, }I given rulox':dle time, can be satis- sted. e, Mr- Churchill said, the Jew and Arab must make up their minds that the future of both depends upon their living together in amity. N‘emur can be given an exclusive right of way. “Great Britain's problem in Palestine is to persuade the Arab that he must dwell inamity with the Jew,” he said. “To Jewish enterprise the Arab owes nearly everything he has. Fanaticism and a sort of envy have driven the Arab to violence and for the present the E.mhlem is one of proper policing until rmony has been restored.” Contrary to the general belief, the British visitor said in discussing naval armaments, Great Britain really wel- comes an American navy as large as her own. Britain cannot afford to reduce her navy, he asserted, as three-fourths of her food is brought to her over the seas. This factor makes necessary & large navy, he explained. 0ld Maids Precious to Him. LONDON, September 12 (#.—R. B. Kerr of London thinks that old maids are the world’'s most precious - sions. They have devoted to humani- tarian projects the energy that other- wise would have been expended on house and family, he told the Interna- tional Congress of the World League for Sexual Reform. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band at the bandstand this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant leader. March, “Americans We"......Fillmore Overture, “Daughter of the Regiment,” Donizetti Entr’ Acte (a) Song, “Somewhere a Voice Is Calling” (request) Tate (b) “A Southern Patrol”....Voelker Excerpts from musical comedy “The Be;mt.y Price”. Fadiss Hn;lnes Novelty, “Happy-Go-Lucky”. eyer wnlllylulk, F“L’Iltudl.ln'.l.!u ‘Waldteufel Finale, “Honey" veeo.. .. Whiting “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the Army. Band, Curtis D. Alway, captain, commanding; William J. Stan- ‘Thomas second nard, band leader; . Darcy, leader, at the Army War College this afternoon at 6:50 p.m. March, “The Washington Post" Overture, “If I Were King”. Fox trot, selected. Waltz, "lerlce Espanol”. ... Beaumont Selections from “The Prima Donna,” a ‘Cordoba’ )Axlbenr{: Chant ., * o} o Cnnr"tmmfltfllh". . .Albeniz Paso Doble, de Reina,” Irish tune, "lflndnnderr{um".cn ger Fantasia, “Gems of Tschall Arran; “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band, Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Wit- comb, second leader, at the Sylvan _,'rhn, mion::nument Grounds, tonight at :30 o'clock. Overture, “Ca; . Dvorak Prelude and intermezzo from ‘‘Jewels of the Madonna”. ....... . Wolf-Ferrari Solo for cornet, “Creanonian Polka,” ‘Weldon (8econd Leader Arthur S. Witcomb,) Grand scenes from “Andrea Chztzrer," G Bolo for saxcphone, “Valse mes:x}:l ® “Camneval in Parls”.. ......Svendse “The Star Spangled Banner.” %E;g b ! 5 i 3543 He 3325 LT i B H i 1 i i g dano | man. Venezuelan Makes Declara- tion Regarding Monroe Doc- trine Before World Court. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, September 12—Declaring that a real entente among the peoples of the North and South American con- tinents can be developed, Cesar Zumeta, Venezuelan statesman and representa- tive on the council of the League of Natlons, today made an important declaration regarding the Monroe Doc- trine. He spoke at a conference of the signatory nations of the World Court of International Justice, and the chairman of the conference, Prof. W. J. M. Van Eysigna of Holland, announced that in view of the importance of the declara- tion it should be reproduced in full in the minutes. “In recording the vote of my govern- ment for the protocol of adhesion of the United States to the Permanent Court of International Justice, accord- ing to the unanimous wishes of the signatory nations,” sald Zumeta, “I have done so the more willingly because of my personal interpretation. If the reservations of the Uhited States were to be applied in connection with a dis- ute between American States, these fiatter would always find juridical means of agreement in conformity with law and a competent jurisdiction. “My optimism is inspires are daily losing in our continent xhepactuceneu which they seem to re- tain on the other side of the Atlantic. This doctrine has been, is and will be at each stage of its development no more than a variable whose expression is the resuit of play of two orders of forces—that of a powerful unity, the United States, in the presence of that of the plurality formed by other Amer- ican republics.” Expect British Proposal. Further examination of the problem of disarmament in connection with the limiting of trained army reserves and war mtefl;:g%zl&lx;;%u ex;f)ev;v;:d to be proj e e of - :lalns‘ l;ssembly today by the British elegation. A“nrlnsh spokesman _emphasized these questions were not definitely set- tled by the preparatory disarmament commission and he sald Lord Cecil would present a resolution urging the hastening of the work of drafting a treaty for the general disarmament con- ference and would lay down a series of principles which the British government thinks should not be lost sight of. It is stated the exact text of the resolution has not yet been prepared. Germany's idea ref ing the reor- ganization of Europe into a “United States” were outlined before the eco- nomic committee of the e of Na- tions today by Dr. Rudolph Breitscheid, leader of the Social Democrats, the largest German political party. Enlarging upon the views of Foreign Minister Stresemann, which already in- dicated German support for M. Briand's pan-European plan, the German spokesman announced his supj of a tariff “truce” throughout the continent. However, he favored a three-year period during which existing tariff levels would not be raised, rather than the two years as suggested by British and Belgian spokesmen. One important point of difference an- nounced by Dr. Breitscheid was that he believed an economic confederation of European states must have its initial basis in common rolltlcll interest to assure its successful launching. Dr. Breitscheld said Germany would be glad to see the abolition of passport visas throughout Eu: He was not sure a world economic conference as y M. Loucheur of France thing. delegation introduced be- fore the economic committee today a proposal that the international labor organization consider the inclusion in the program of the international labor conference of 1930 questions relating to hours, wages and the condition of work in coal mines with the object of reaching international agreement on the subject. China Threatens Trouble. China through her chief delegate to the Assembly of the League of Nations, Dr. C. C. Wu, Minister to Washington, today threatened to create a “most serious situation” at Geneva if the agenda committee of the League As- S e ution the revision of treaties. The Chinese diplomat said today he had cabled his government for instruc- tions following action of the program committee last night in deciding it was unable to transmit the resolution to the Juridical committe of the Assembly on the ground that it opened up a question of too vast importance. The opening of this question would make another avenue of approach for China in her campaign for cancellation of her so-called unequal treaties with Western powers, and the im nce with which Dr. Wu considers ter was indicated when he said his delegation might be obliged to leave the Assembly unless the da committee its attitude toward WOMAN IS ATTACKED. Hospital Patient Caught After He Hits Mrs. Dorothy Pope. While walking with her dog along Elder street about 10 o'clock last night, Mrs. Dorothy Pope, 32 years old, of street, was @ , she told police, struck her face with h’ fist and then ran. Charles M. Medford -of 7019 avenue saw the act and pursued i running & short distance Frivale of polics, A¢ the. tbirteenth A of ice. mmct the all assaflant was ed as John itles Harden, 327- year-old patient at Walter Reed - pital. He was turned over to hospital authorities for mental examination. Ia he caught him ‘and OUSTED MEMBER TO SUE CHURCH FOR ALIENATING WIFE’S AFFECTION| Mennonite Names 12 in Trespass Action as Preliminary to $200,000 Claim. ‘The man then went lo‘”ldt Lake City, not _blind. Preoe- | cupations which the Monroe doctrine | i At the left is Miss Neva Wier, who says the bird she is holding is “Reds”, and belongs to her, despite the claim of Mrs. Josephine Sprague that the parrot | On the right is Miss Esther Hanes. really is “Jakey” and is her property. MUSSOLINI RESIGNS ONE-MAN MAJORITY IN FASCIST COUNCIL | (Continued From First Page.) tions; formerly was undersecretary in that ministry. The same Toyal decree announced the ministry of public instruction hence- forth will be known as the ministry of national education, and that the min- istry of national economy will be known as the ministry of agriculture and forests. Belluzzo Is Replaced. Prof. Deputy Giuliano Balbino will be- come minister of national education, replacing Signor Giuseppe Belluzzo. Deputy Glacomo Acerbo will become minister of agriculture and forests, re-| placing Signor Martelli, who was min- | ister of national economy. Deputy Landro Arpinati will become | undersecretary for interior, replacing| Giacomo Suardo, who has held that t. pn"l'ha new ministers will take oath; before King Victor Emmanuel Monday. In explanation, the suggestion was| made in some quarters that the premier had held 8 of the 13 posts in the Italian cabinet for so long only because he wished to become acquainted with the various departments of administration in order to select the best fitted men to put at their head. Follows Precedence. His procedure in keeping the port- folio of interior is that which was customary in cabinets before the ad- vent of Fascism. Aside from the pre- miership, the portfolio is considered probably the cabinet’s most important Among the new appointments the most noteworthy was that of Undersec- retary Bino Grandi to become foreign minister. This appointment was ac- cepted as removing the likelihood of his becoming an ambassador to some important capital, possibly Washing- | ton. There had been reports to effect recently. Among the more interesting of the appointments was that of Giacomo Acerbo to become minister of agricul- | ture and forests. Deputy Acerbo first was_undersecretary to Mussolini when the Duce first attained power. Balbo Is Prominent Figure. Gen. Debono, the new secretary for colonies, originally was director general of police and then Governor of Tripoli. Gen. Italo Balbo, new minister of avi- ation, has been one of the most promi- nent figures in Italian and European ministerial life recently in his post of undersecretary for aviation. He visited the United States last year to study American aviation and exhibitions of American plane constructors. ‘Today's general cabinst change was the most sweeping in the composition o;zthe Pascist ministry since July 9, 1928. A reorganization then left the Duce holding six portfolios, those of foreign aflairs, the interior, war. marine, avia- tion and corporations. Later Le as- sumed the portfolios of the colonies and then of public works. ‘This, f‘“ him 8 out of 13 voter in the cabinet council. ‘Today’s clux;,ee maintained at their posts Minister of Justice and Cuits Ruc- co, Minister of Pinance Mosconi and Minister of Communications Ciano. Wants to Rotate Leaders. ‘This reorganization of the cabinet was thought fo be for the came reason as the last, namely, that the Duce wishes to rotate the best men in the Fascist rty through the offices in crder to ild up an elite skilled in the art of government. The other undersecretaries were as follows: § Forelgn affairs, Deputy Amedeo Fani; colonies, Deputy Alessandro Lessona; war, Deputy Angelo Manaresi; navy, Senator Gloacchino Russo; public works, Deputy Araldo di Crollalalza; corporgtions, Deputies Guglielmo Josa d anuele di Trigona; national education, Deputies Pr-f. Sal ussolini laws for land reclamation; justice end cults, Deputy Giuseppe Morelli, and communicaf Deputy Ferdinando Plerazsl. MASS MEETING PLANNED. Arlington County to Observe Con- stitution Week. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va.. September 12.— —Star Staff Photo. POLLY IS DEMURE AS CLAMANTS TALK Does Not Even Wax Profane During Debate Over His Ownership. Everybody did a lot of talking about whose parrot the parrot was, except the | parrot. If Assistant United States Attorney Goldstein, who held the audition yes- terday, thought there were to be three speakers, the assistant United States attorney had another think coming. PFirst Miss Neva Wier, operator of a beauty shop at 1318 F street, talked about how the parrot was named “Reds” and belonged to her. Then Mrs. Josephine Sprague of 227 B street, talked about how the parrot was named “Jackey” and really lived at 227 B street. Ever so Dignified. It was all very dignified. Miss Wier had her say and Mrs. Sprague had her say. ‘While they were saying it, the parrot ruffied his feathers, cocked his eye on the ceiling and said nothing at all, Mrs. Sprague said the parrot could call her children by name; Miss Wier said the parrot’s real home was with her; some one else said the parrot flew to Harold Baker's home, at 202 Indi- ana avenue, six weeks ago, where Miss Wier claimed him and took him away. The parrot went on being non-com- mittal. Fears Polly's “Cussing.” Mrs. Sprague said the parrot was profane and she was afraid he might be in contempt of court, but neverthe- this | Jess she was going to file suit for pos- session of the parrot if the United States attorney took no action. ‘Then Mr. Goldstein had his say. He said it looked like possession was nine points of the law and otherwise declined | to say more. Miss Weir said, “Thank you!” and walked out with the parrot. As said before, the parrot hasn't said | anything yet. BRITAIN IS URGED T0 QUIT PALESTINE “May Be Our Ruin,” Says Viscount Rothemere in Attack on Middle East Mandate. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 12.—Viscount British publishe writing for the Daily Mail, today said Great Britain should hand back to the League of Nations forthwith its mandates for Palestine and Irak, for the Middle East may be our ruin.’ He suggested the United States was much more attractive to the Jews as a national home than the prospect of “patriarchal poverty in Palestine. He charged that the Balfour declara- tion setting aside Palestine as a national home for Jews was intended originally “to appeal to Zionist Jews, who were particularly strong in Germany and Austria. “The Balfour declaration, which was never submitted either to nation or to Parliament, is the sole reason for our presence in Palestine. “Morally we_are under no obligation to remain. Financially we incur a heavy loss in doing so. Politically our futile efforts to make Plles:})hg l;‘l'l‘elrlumu: house for Jews exposes us a) hostility from all the 8,500,000 Arabs in the Middle East. “Italy would be a far more suitable mandatory for the Middle East. Let us get away from this hornets’ nest while there is yet time.” BRITAIN EXPECTS ARMS CURB MOVE WITHIN 48 HOURS (Continued From First Page.) of a naval undersnndlng between ’he United States and Great Britain. B Favor of s oty of aaval 1 lavor of & pol of B o w aukilary ships are son- in so far as a - cerned. Parity, or naval equality, & reed u;gn between of President Hoover for either a t limitation or reduction, giving same time a basic parity with t Britain. The reduction policy, with its accom- nylnf desire by the President to cut Exu for naval expenditure, is one of the President’s most intimate desires and throughout the gl';eum negotiations It is known that has steadfastly ked toward this end. PARAGUAY AGREES - T0 CONCILIATION Members of Commission De- posit Ratification to For- mula Agreed To by Bolivia. By the Associated Press. Paraguayan members of the Para- | guay-Bolivia Commission of Inquiry and Conciliation today deposited with | the commission their government’s rati- fication of the conciliation formula agreed to Monday by Bolivia. By the action of the two contending countries possibility of the renewal of the hostilities which last December | threatened the peace of South America is believed definitely averted. Only ope day remains befor the commission musy close_the sessions which opened last March under the terms of a_protocal drawn up in January by the Pare Azerican Conference of = Conciliatiom and Arbitration. Brig. Gen. Frank R. McCoy of the United States directed the stormy six- month diplomatic battle. Other neutral members of the commission are Dr. Marquez Sterling of Cuba, Dr. Gonzalez Roa of Mexico, Gen. Guillermo Ruprecht of Uruguay and Dr. Raimundo Rivas of Colombia. Less than two weeks ago both coun- | tries agreed to the neutral proposal that division of the Chaco Boreal, a wilder- ness of nearly 200,000 square miles, be arbitrated, but resumption of diplomatic relations was not assured until today. SIMMONS SPECIFIES NINE OUTSTANDING TARIFF OBJECTIONS ___ (Continued From First Page.) | today held undisputed right of way in the ‘Senate. By a vote of 41 to 34 the Vare case late yesterday was deferred until Con- gress meets in regular session, so that no time would be lost in getting into the thick of the tariff battle. _The administrative provisions of the bill drawn up by the finance committce majority were open to debate under an agreement which placed these 2head of the sections dealing specifically with rate schedules. They were made the initial order of business under a motion of Senator Simmons, which was zp- proved yesterday. Thus several highly controversial clauses of the tariff bill were up for consideration at the very start, includ- ing the flexible provisions, the tariff commission and the proposed substi- tution of domestic for foreign values in assessing ad valorem duties. To speed up debate it was agreed that initial reading would be dispensed with. The vote on deferment of the Vare case was not regarded as a test of | strength on that issue or on the tariff. It was urged by Republican leaders solely as a means of expediting tariff legislation. When the Vare issue is brought before the Senate on Decem- ber 3 it is to be kept before the body until a vote is reached. Asks Higher Farm Rates. Chester H. Gray, legislative repre- | sentative of the American Farm Bureau | Pederation, has sent to each member of the Senate a statement asserting that the pending bill does not give agriculture and industry equal protec- tion. He asked higher rates for farm products than those already proposed. The statement asserted that while the weighted average ad valorem rate on agricultural commodities would be increased from 28.34 per cent under the present law to 32.60 per cent by the committee bill, the same average rate on industrial products would be raised from 38.18 per cent to 43.83 per cent, an inerease of 4.26 per cent for agriculture and of 5.65 per cent for industry. GEN. MOSELEY REPORTS FOR WASHINGTON DUTY | Calalry Officer Becomes Chief Mil- itary Aide to Assistant Secre- tary of War Hurley. Brig. Gen. G V. H. Mose! has just completed a four of d Fort Bliss, Tex., as commander of the First Cavalry Division, reported at the War Department today for his newly assigned duty as chief military aide of Col. Patrick J. Hurley, Assistant Sec- retary of War. In explanation of the assignment of Gen. 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