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] NAYAL DISCUSSION " BY STIMSON SEEN Well Informed Circles Expect Move to End Rome-Paris Seaport Deadlock. 3 Datch to The Star. TARIS, June 27.—It is expected here in diplomatic circles that Henry L. Stimson, American Secretary of State, who sailed from New York today for Naples, will reopen the Franco-Italian naval problem, which for more than a year repeated negotiations have failed to solve. Certain authorities, usually well informed, anticipate that Mr Stimson will utilize his week's stay in Rome to exchange ideas with Italtan officials, including Dina Grandi, foreign minister, in the hope that a new start toward ending the Rome-Paris seaport deadlock may be made. Gibson Will Lend Aid. If the American Secretary of State receives any enccuragement in Rome in this direction it is belleved that upon reaching Paris about July 15 he will find himself in a position to placa the whole question again before the French government. One fact which increases the expectancy that Mr .Stimson may intervene in the naval controversy is based on the known anxiety of the ‘Washingt-n administration for the suc- cess of the world conference on disarm- ament to be held in Geneva next Feb- ruary and the certainty that the con- tinued failure of the French and Italians to solve their naval differences is one of the stumbling blocks thereto. It would be opportune, therefcre, it is remarked, for Mr. Stimson to use his influence, even unofficially, to encour- age both the Italians and the French to launch & new effort at an under- standing. In such an undeitaking it is notable that Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson, one cf America’s disarmament experts, has just returned to his post in Brussels from a vacation in the United States and will be on the ground to assist Mr. Stimson in any naval conversations that may take place either here or in Rome. Could Take Ships Over. Both France and Italy are regarding each other’s shipbuilding programs with jealousies. It is noted here that while the official Ttalian building sched- ule has not expanded, neverthless a large number of fighting ships is under | construction in the Italian yards to the order of the smaller powers, attracted there by the policy of Premier Benito Mucsolini of offering them exceptionally cheap rates. This means, the French contend, that the Italians have a num- ber of ships nearing completion which could be taken over by the Fascist gov- ernment, under the terms of the con- tracts, in the event the necessity for suck a course arose. For their part the French are worried To Dedicate Wilson Statue work of Gutzon Borglum, Paderewski. RS. WOODROW WILSON, show! honor when the statue of her husband (right), United States, is dedicated at Poznan, Poland, July 4. The statue, the was presented to Poland by WAR-TIME PRESIDENT’S WIFE HONOR GUEST AT l“N‘l’_ JULY 4. n at left, will be cne of the guests of ar-time President of the Ignace P. Photo. [SOLATION OF U. 5. " EXPECTED T0 END ;Hoover Debt Proposal Hailed | by Europe as Marking Change in Policy. BY LELAND STOWE. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, June 27.—President Hoover's | debt moratorium proposal is hailed in | France and throughout the continent as by the disagreement that has arisen | MATKIng the end of American isolation | and the sulcide of the capitalistic sys- tes m, At this writing the exact nature of France's response to Washington is un- known, but what appears certain is that France cannot turn her back upon Hoover's plan. To as great a measure as possible, taki into account her handicap of a parliamentary opposition, there is reason to believe France will co-operate. Future Worries French. And at this moment a telephone communication informs me that the Prench government is open to Bruen- ing's suggestion of holding another Chequers Conference, this one at Paris. In other words, efforts will be made for Bruening and Curtius to be invited to Paris to discuss Europe’s situation with Laval and Briand, and France is now | sald to be willing. Such a Franco-German conference would be the most fortunate thing that could happen at this moment, and its ultimate possibilities for creating and | over the nature of the capital ship which it is planned to build. When the matter was before the Chamber of Deputies last week, although 1,293.- 000,000 francs ($50,685,000) were esti- mated as necessary for the new units voted, the deputies decided to postpone the proposed 23,000-ton capital ship for further study by the experts. At that time Joseph Paul-Bonour, chairman of the chamber's Foreign Affairs Commit- tee, stressed the thought that building 80 large a vessel would be interpreted in Italy as a direct challenge and prob- ably set the pace for a naval armaments race, as Italy is believed to be deter- mined to maintain the parity she claims with France. It seems highly probable to some ob- servers that now, while the new French capital ship is under consideration, the experts and Mr. Stimson could take ad- vantage of the better international at- mosphere brought about by President Hoover's move to get the stumbling block of Franco-Italian relations ous of the way. o (Copsright, 1931) STIMSON TO AID MELLON Becretary Optimistic of Ultimate Result | As He Salls for Europe. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 27.—Secretary o State Henry L. S pected to help Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon convince Europea: nations of the world value of adheri to President Hoover's suggestion for a ear moratorium on war debts and reparations, He was optimistic concerning th2 ultimate results from the President's suggestion but was chary of making any definite predictions. ‘When he first went on the liner Conte Grande, an hour and a half befove sail- ing time, he was quoted by a reporter for a financial newspaper and news service who talked with him for several minutes, as saying that the French Chamber of Deputies vote of confidence last night was a ciear indication that a satisfactory agreement would be reached between France and the United States. Questioned concerning this later by other reporters however, he said that it would be impossible for him at the moment to make any comment on the action of the French Chamber, but re- iterated his general feeling of optimism. Secretary Stimson is technically on a wacation trip and intends to do some grouse shooting while abroad, but it was generally expected that most of his time would be devoted to conferences concerning the Hoover moratorium plan with the statesmen of several Eu: ropean countries. While abroad he will visit Rome, Paris, Berlin an London. i gt Long Illness Fatal. Bpectal Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., June 27.—Serv- ices will be held tomorrow afternoon for Mrs. Mottie E. March, 60, wife of Gera-S. March, whose death late yes- erday followed two months' iliness. | from Europe. As such it is regarded by | all odds the most far-reaching change |in Washington's foreign policy since | Wilson brought the 14 points across the | Atlantic. Therefore, Europe is prepared | | to regard the new Hoover policy as a | | stenificant turning point in America’s attitude toward the rest of the world. | But it should immediately be recog- | nized that Washington’s timely inter- | | vention to ease the debt-paying nations’ | burdens and aid the economic recovery actually is two-edged. It is a momen- | tous reversal of Washington's attitude | toward debts and reparations—at least | in the French interpretation—but it also alters completely France's position | as related to debts and reparations. | France Loses Initiative. | President Hoover's courageous and energetic action has deprived France of taking the initiative on the reparations crisis, and it has prevented her from dominating the question. Thus what has the aspects of brilllant success for American diplomacy has the accom- | panying effect of sharply limiting the scope of French diplomacy. For the first time in five years or more France finds her dominating places in Europe |as concerns debts and reparations snatched from her and occupied by an- | other nation-—of all people, the United States of America. ‘The opportunity for French construc- | tive leadership s suddenly diminished low France must associate with col structive leadership in the role of sec- | ond fiddle or assume a negative attitude which would be highly dangerous for | Europe and for her own prestige. Per- | haps one of the greatest benefits of President Hoover's initiative is that it has jolted France from a “sit tight” pol- | icy, which in recent months has been | fraught with increasingly disturbing and unfortunate potentialities. Something drastic was needed to make the French government realize the grave dangers in Germany and in Central Europe and the supreme need of doing something about the conditions. Laisser faire, as cham- pioned by far tco great a percentage clft French spokesmen, threatened dis- aster. Europe Sheds Gloom. Now although the pill may be a bitter one and contains serious difficulties of internal politics for the government, & new point of departure has been made. For the first time in 12 black months and at a time when the horizon is darker than ever, Europe feels a re- surge of confidence and a glimmering hope that there is some way out. And in the view of many experienced ob- ervers here, Washington at last has shouldered in whole-hearted fashion the world leadership which for years as been hers for the taking. No one can vet safely foretell how far this new leadership and spirit of co- operation may carry all the nations concerned. Doubtless, there will be ob- stacles and disappointments, but what is of paramount importance for the moment is that entirely new possibilities | have been opened up. At last Europe does not seem to be sliding heedlessly toward revolution, social break-down $7.50 White or Sun Tan Gold Frames More styles in inexgensive frames] Engraved white d or new sun tan gold! ear] nose pads! We fit your old lenses free of chargel $5.75 1004 F St. N.W. e & 06 o O | cementing the new co-operation in Eu- rope far exceed those inherent in the Chequers meeting. But it must be stated that the German statesmen’s visit to Paris would undoubtedly have re- mained outside the realm of possibility had not Hoover's step broken the inter- national deadlock of despair and opened up an entirely new frame of mind in the cld world, perhaps as well as at home. i In these kaleidoscopic events France's position is bound to change. That is what worries thousands of Frenchmen who have remained steadfastly blind to France's relations and responsibilities with Central Europe and Germany. But it is no longer possible for France to stand still. The international politi- cal procession is at Jast under way and the weight of French necessity to de- cide to act and to assume a role of one sort or another is becoming ir- resistible. New Courses Now Open. There are many in Paris who mourn the fact that Prance has lost the first initiative, but numerous initiatives re- main before Europe will find her way back to stability, and in these ad- ditional steps France's role will be of | tremendous importance, as it will be during the Disarmament Conference. However, if France is to aid in Eu- rope’s reconstruction and join hands with the United States, Britain, Ger- | many and Italy, there is one essential | fact which thrusts itself upon the diplo- | mats of all these other nations and especially upon the Americans. The abruptness of Hoover's interven- tion, straight shouldered and courage- ous ‘as it was, greatly disconcerted the French leaders and the parliamenta- | rians in particular because they were entirely unprepared for such a drastic | proposal. In the early half of this | week the antagonism of the press and the politicians waxed dangerously strong through the conviction that France had not been consulted and had been left out of the negotfations. This perhaps | was unavoidable, but cannot be risked again without courting trouble from Prench public opinion. Unison Will Favor Recovery. For that very reason Bruening's great common sense in asking a conference | with the French leaders is a highly hopeful augury. Close co-operation with France during the next few |months by British, American and Ger- |man statesmen alike would be one of | the greatest contributions toward future European understanding that could possibly be made. The economic, finan- cial and military power and even self. sufficiency of France could easily render her a stumbling block of dismaying pro- portions in the sane reconstryction of SMUTS 1S OPPOSED 10 OFFER ON DEBT South Africa Should Pay Up, He Contends, Lauding De- lay for Others. By Cable to The Star. JOHANNESBURG, _South Africa, June 27.—Gen. Jan_ Christian Smuts, who probably was President Wilson's closest collaborator at the Versailles Peace Conference, opposes South Af. rican acceptance of Great Britain's of fer to extend President Hoover's pre posed suspension to dominion war debts. . “The union government should thank Great_Britain heartily, but it must say, ‘We are going to pay our debts,’” he_said. . Gen. Smuts considered the Hoover proposal one of the greatest things tha. had happened in recent years and hopea that this hand of friendship would .= grasped with alacrity. Scuth Africa, nowever, wanted no suspension and would put the honor of South Africa first. Gen. Smuts said that he had no reason to think that the union gov- ernment would make use of the offer. ‘The people of this country knew of the financial position and heavy tax- ation in the United Kingdom, and would compare the position of the taxpayers here with that of British taxpayers. After years of surpluses it would be a climb-down to accept the British offer, he continued. (Copyright, 1931.) FAIRFAX COUNTY MAN SHOT TWICE IN HEAD Brother Tells Authorities Wounds of Theodore Krause, 26, Were Self-Inflicted. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 27.—Theo- dore Krause, 26, of Franconia, about |nine miles from here, in Fairfax | County, was brought to the Alexandria Hospital suffering from gunshot wounds in the head, which, his brother said, were self-inflicted. His condition is serious. Julius H. Krause, brother of the wounded man, who brought him to the hospital, told Fairfax County police that his brother fired two shots from a .32-caliber revolver in his home, then went out into the yard and fired a third | shot into his head. According to Julius | | Krause, the wife of the wounded man, | Edna Krause, and Earl Edward Rodgers | witnessed his act. | The wounded man. who is employed as a car repairer for the Fruit Growers’ Express Co., has a wife and one child. | No reason could be assigned for his act | by his brother. siiger AUTO BRUISES WOMAN Rosie A. Mickey, 23 years old. col- | | ored, 1341 Corcoran street, was treated | at Georgetown Hospital late yesterday | | for a bruised hip sustained when hit by the rear bumper of an automobile | operated by Leonard Darn of McLean, [ 'Va., while in the 3000 block of M street. | Willlam Cunningham, 23 years old. | colored, 336 Bryant street, sustained | slight injuries when struck by a hit-and- | run driver while operating a bicvcle at Wisconsin avenue and M street late yes- terday. The automobile. which left | | after "colliding, bore a North Carolina | license, police say. | | SCHOOL LAW TIGHTENED | VATICAN CITY, June 27 (# —The Fope today promulgated a constitution to bring about uniformity and improve- ment in Catholic universities through- |out the world which grant ecclesiasti- | cal degrees. | The constitution, which is the first |of this nature, lays down heavier en- trance requirements and also raises the | standards for theological degrees. The | Pope was aided in reaching his conclu- slons by reports from many American Catholic educators. e —— of world economics any time in the next six_months or two years. & The transfer of this Prench moral | and material weight to the joint side of the United States, Britain and Ger- many and one of the greatest steps to- ward the psychological and economic recovery will have been made. This is | surely one of the most, important con- | siderations with which the diplomats | of the Old and New Worlds a faced. | 6% 6% 6% 4% 4% % 4% & Sosede 030 G0 o350 430 e el oo afo st feiale 00 o, 030 egoede ‘.0 < < ¢ 2 < DIAMONDS Also complete line of stand- ard and all-American made watches. Shop at the friendly store— you're always greeted with a smile—with no obligation to buy. Charge Accounts Invited M. 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Would you imagine these facts to have any- thing to do with the fact that Reichs- wehr Minister Wilhelm Groener occu- ples a strong and slmost independent position in the Breuning cabinet? They have. No politically-minded Germans were surprised to learn that soldiers and sail- ors and officers up to and including the rank of captain were excepted from the new emergency decrees reducing the salaries of all government officials and employes from 4 to 8 per cent. This exception was not contained in the original tax, but it became clear two days ago. when it was published in the newspapers. Reichswehr salaries will not be cut. Yet even the Germans are somewhat surprised to lesrn that Gen. Groener simply decided this exception one morn- ing over his breakfast and decreed it without consulting his chancelior. ‘Those who wondered should have re- membered that armies, as Napolecn said, march on their stomachs. Reichswehr commanders have already a complete set of plans for coping with possible riots and rebellions during the coming Winter, What good are plans if the soldiers’ pay i too small? (Copyright, 1931.) CHEVERLY TAX LEVY FIXED AT 20 CENTS| 1 $1,500 Revenue Is Anticipated by, Newly Incorporated Mary- land Town. Speclal Dispatch to The Btar. CHEVERLY, Md, June 27.—A rate of 20 cents on each $100 assessed valua- tion of real estate and personal property has been set as the town tax rate by the Mayor and Town Council for the year, beginning July 1. The town was only recently incorporated and this is its first tax levy. Tax=s will be due Wednesday and it is estimated that the 20-cent rate on a total assessed valuation of town property of about $750,000 will yield approxi- mately $1.500, the total called for by the town budget. ‘The maximum tax rate that can be charged here is 25 cents on the $100. Town officials said they had hoped to establish & 15-cent rate, but in view of necessary exprnse incident to organiza- tion were compelled to raise it to 20 cents. Town Clerk and Treasurer Carl R. Yagle expects to have all tax bills in the mall by July 1. A meeting of the Mayor and Council soon is to be held to study needs here, including the naming of a town mar- shal, the only post which has not yet been filled. Members of Trinity Lutheran Church, Wahington. enjoved a lawn party to- night at the home of Mayor Fred W. Gast, BELGIU REPLY UNTIL MONDAY Cabinet Will Frame Answer Which Is Expected to Reach Here Tuesday. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS. June 27 —Le Peuple says today the Belgian answer to the Hoo-| ver moratorium proposal has been post- | poned until Monday's meeting of the cabinet. The answer is expected to reach Washington Tuesday. L'Etolle-Belge declared today the re- MORATORIUM WOULD CHECK TAX INCREASES IN GERMANY ~ By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, June 27.—What the Hoover plan for a one-year moratorium on war debt and reparations payments will mean to the great number of Ger- mans of modest means is a question foremost in ghout the country. To a machinist, for example, with a wife and two children, it would theo- retically mean a family saving of $25.20 for the yoar, since every man, woman and child is taxed $6.30 annually un- der the reparations schedule as figured in the German budget. Actually, however, the worker wjll not benefit from any such savings at all un- der the Hoover plan. His present taxes will be maintained. Household econo- mies which have been made up to now, whether on beer, food, coal, clothing or whatnot, will have to remain in force. What a moratorium in all likelthood would do would be to stave off the is- suance of further emergency decrees in the coming year and thus check the in- crease of tax burdens which now rest 80 heavily on the middle and lower classes. In that sense a one-year holi- day would act as a great stabilizing in- fluence. It would provide the basis of security in figuring the family budget, which after all is directly a part of the government budget. Ald to Social Unrest, Few people outside Germany can gauge the impact of each new emer- gency decree on flle middie and lower social structure of the Reich. To avoid that impact fo) while would me: much to the fety of the Bruening regime. The reaction to the last decree can leave no doubt that such stringent measures, as necessary as they may be, gravely imperil the government. Practically all the social outbreaks in Germany, such as hunger demonstra- tions, strikes and riots, are the result of organized agitation by radical politi- cal parties like the Communists, Fascists and Nationalists. The response of these parties to the Hoover plan is typical. The Communists conceive the move as the oppression of labor. The Reds, well as the Fascists amd Nationalists, regard the American proposal as a lot of humbug and swear that nothing will suffice but a complete and final over- throwing of all reparations. Socialist workers and the trade unions afliated with them. tax and their concentrated onslaught on certain restrictions of the dole in | the new decree, they admit that altera- | tions in the decree in favor of the working classes cannot be made effective simply on the basis of a one-year holi- | Socialist leaders | re that the treasury of | | day on reparations. | are quite a: the Reich will need for the present, as | well as the coming budget year, every | mark saved on reparations in order to | keep out of a new hole. Another Breakdown Seen. Chancellor Bruening's last emergency decree based its financial estimates on |a maximum of 5.000,000 unemployed. | Since, however, at the height of the ! Summer season there are 4,000,000 job- less and conservative estimates figure a | minimum of 5,500,000 unemployed n the coming Winter, another breakdown | would seem to be in prospect. This | threatened collapse may probably be balanced by the financial results of the proposed moratorium. If the German railways. for example, were freed of | their 660,000,000-marks share of the | reparations debt, they would be enabled to employ a large part of that sum in | construction and repair work as a count- ermeasure against increasing unem- ployment. If at the same time the yvear's res- pite from reparations should stimulate German and world economics, as Presi- | dent Hoover seems to anticipate, the industrial, unemployment and wage conditions in the Reich would ease up | somewhat. The burden of social pro- tection on the government and munici- palities and on employer and employe can be imagined when it is realized that fully two-thirds of the entire Ger- man_ population, including employes' families. is covered by different forms | | of social insurance. Agitators Breed Reds. one to aid industry and capitalism in | as | Soberer judgment is shown by the | Despite their | move for refusing to pay the emergency | Will Remove Impact of Emergency Decrees and Mean Much to Safety of , Bruening Regime. seller in New York, or Kansas City, or Denver, and they are for the mst part taking their medicine like men. en idle hands and idle minds, however, are agitated by political radicals, who promise a short cut to prosperity, the unemployed become acutely aware of their pains and breed riots. The great majority of the German people, to sum up, are anxicus and willing to take advantage of the Hoo- ver pi , provided, of course, that it goes through at all. Belief that the plan concrete temporary relief in Germany's crisis is still widely en- tertained. Any illusions that may have been cherished that a moratorium pointed the way to an immediate flight | to easy street are rapidly becoming | dispelled. A year's suspension of the | annual $400,000,000 payment is seen as & prop for the Reich’s internal and ex- ternal financial framework, but nobody now is looking for the passing out of any bonuses. Just to be rcasonably sure of the ground they are standing on is a relief to a people who have grown a little weary of economic and political earthquakes in the last six months, EDUCATORS TALK WARONILLITERACY 120,000 at Los Angeles—| L. Smith, Indiana, Urges Changed Individualism. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif, June 27.— ‘Twenty thousand educators, here for the annual convention of the National | Education Association, today discussed | means of education which would elimi- | nate {lliteracy throughout the United States. | Henry Lester Smith, dean of the School of Fducation, Indiana Univer- sity, and president of the National Council of Education, said America needed a subjective-minded as well as an objective-minded type of human | being. 1‘ “America needs a changed individ- ualism,” he said. “It needs a mental self-sustaining. self-supporting, creative | type of individualism. Such an indi- | vidualism should form a fundamental society unit within itself and could be capable of adjusting itself more ade- quately to the more complex units of the social structure.” | The endowment of man—the faculty which gives him power to dissociate himself from the immediacy of his ex- | perience and still retain it—must be | governed, he said. by accuracy, com- | pleteness and retentiveness. Hence, | Smith said, a broader and more accu- | | rate concept of human relationships as | | they have existed, is essential to any | | systematic endeavor to improve rela- | tionships of the present. | “A religious concept and practice must be fostered in the present and | future generations by the educators of | the country.” he sald. “It must be her- alded in the far corners of America where the rural child may grasp its full meaning as quickly as the urban school child.” W. C. Bagley, professor of education at Columbia University. was elected | president of the National Council of | Ecucation to succeed Smith. Oldest Resident Dies. FRANKLIN. W. Va, June 27 (Spe- ci2]) —Mrs. Mary J. Crummett, widow | of Noah Crummett, 91 years old, and the oldest resident of Pendleton County, | died at her home near Sugar Grove. ‘The workers now on the dole or either of the two other public funds | are not in actual danger of starvation. | | Others who are employed part time or * A5 TIME SHOWS BLISS ART TASTE GOOD Early Paintings of Modern School Now Hang in Museum. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 27.—When the late Lizzie P. Bliss, daughter of Cor- nelius Bliss, Secretary of the Interior in the McKinley cabinet, bought the paintings of Degas, Gauguin and other pioneers of the modern school more than 15 years ago she was all but laughed at. Not an artist herself, her judgment nevertheless was good. Today the works of these artists are held modern classics and Miss Bliss' collection is described as one of the finest of its kind in the world. Collection In Museum. It hangs now on the soft, beige can- vas-covered walls of the Museum of Modern Art. Miss Bliss, who died at the age of 66 last March, has willed the paintings to the museum, inaugu- rated two years ago. They will remain as a permanent collection providing the museum is in its own home next year. This, its founders say, will occur. Mrs. J. D. Rockefeller, ir., is treas- urer of the museum; A. Conger Good- year, chairman, and Alfred H. Barr, Jjr., director. Paintings of modern artists, vividly and frequently subjected to heated criticism, have hung on the walls of the museum. Metropolitan Refused. ‘They are paintings which the Metro- politan Museum of Art has denied a place because its policy demands that time eliminate the possibility of mak- | ing a mistake about the value of & work of art. Not only has the Museum of Modern Art shown the works of the earlier French moderns, but it has sought to elevate the works of some of America's best painters. It has been a watchful patron over the paintings of Winslow Homer, Albert P. Ryder and Thomas Eakins. It has exhibited the creations of John Marin and Georgia O'Keeffe. Even the lesser artists have had days of nobility at the museum. A year ago & group of “unknowns” hung their as yet unsung works there. New Works Hung. Other galleries bringing forth the works of young Americans and lesser lights of the art world are ever seeking new talent. Last March the -Marie Harriman studios chose 22 paintings from 100 submitted by “unknowns.” Of these, the paintings of George Picken and Thomas Donnelly have been well received. Modern they are, but more represen- tational and less abstract. They do not reflect a hang-over from cubism. Strong, vital, rugged, they depict in the fresh colors of nature the American villages, lowly coun- landscape, rural virgin hills and - rough dirt trysides, roads. HUGE STILL SEIZED Special Dispatch o The Star. DUMFRIES, Va. June 27—M. A. Lynch, State prohibition officer for Prince William County, seized a 150- gallon-capacity still and 1,500 gallons of mash in a dense woods off the Ma« nassas-Dumfries highway last night. The operators of the still malle their escape, but not without a lively chase by the officer, who, despite the density of the forest, believes that he recog- nized two of the illicit manufacturers, GENOA HAS 4 BOMBINGS GENOA, Italy, June 27 (#)—Terror- ist demonstrators, who during the last few months have subjected Italy to & series of bomb explosions, today chose Genoa for their latest bombing. Four bombs burst in different parts of the city, one blowing a hole 15 feet in diameter in a wall at the royal pal- ace. More than 100 windows were broken. 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