Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1933, Page 16

A—16 =% DEBT CUT PROMISE NEVER MADE BY U Hoover-Laval Conference . Declared to Have Avoided Any Agreements. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star, PARIS, France, January 6.—Did or @id not President Hoover and the then French premier, Pierre Laval, agree dur- Ing their conference in Washington in 1931 that, if Europe settled the problem of reparations. the United States would reconsider the war debts owed by the allies? Contradictory statements In the Wash- ngton Senate debates, as reported here, appear to be due to misunderstandings. According to persons who are familiar with both the Hoover-Laval conversa- tions and the Lausanne negotiations, the truth is as follows At no time did President Hoover and YLaval envisage a drastic reduction of either reparations or war debts, The French wanted to keep the Young plan intact and the United States wanted to maintain the war debt agreements. But both President Hoover and Laval agreed that, owing to the depression, it would probably be necessary to prolong the Hoover moratorium for several years on both reparations and war debts. The un: tanding reached was that Europe should first arrange an exten- sion of the reparations moratorium and then the United States would arrange a similar extension of the war debts moratorium. Position of United States. The position of the American Gov- emment as privately expressed just prior to the Lausanne Conference was: 1. That the suspension of payments might have to be prolonged. 2. That the existing agreements ought, neverthless, to be maintained in principle. 3. That reparations, no less than war debts, Tepresented a just obligation, and that, except temporarily, there was no more reason to relieve Germany of its obligations than to relieve the other debtors. 4. That both war debts and repara- tions might, in the long run, have to be scaled down, but that this could be done only after something like normal conditions have been restored and the capacity of payment could be estimated with some semblance of long-term equity. The United States had reason to be- lieve that Edouard Herriot, former pre- mier, shered these views. At Lausanne, however, after resisting for a certain length of time, he finally succumbed to the British view, which favored com- plete cancellation of both reparations and war debts. What he got for this was a Franco-British consultative agreement, which France earnestly de- sired. Bold Step Advocated. | To his question, how France and Great Briltain could be sure that, if reparations were canceled, the war debts would also be canceled, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain replied that the only way was | to take a bold step in the interest of | the whole world and trust to the un- derstanding and generosity of the United States to do its part afterward. Herriot, nevertheless, insisted on mak- ing final ratification of the Lausanne agreements dependent on a new war debt settlement. The United States, it is believed, was | privately quite plain in expressing its disapproval of the Lausanne agree. ments; first, because they tended to break down faith in contracts, and second, because Great Britain and Prance obviously planned to make vir- tual cancellation of reparations a diplo- matic weapon to try to obtain the vir- tual cancellation of the war debts. It is significant that Laval never ceased to criticize Herriot's policy at Lausanne, What Laval wanted France to do at Lausanne was to arrange to prolong the moratorium, which would give plenty of time to make a new and final settlement on both war debts and reparations, but within the framework of the Young plan. Laval Statement Expected. 1t is possible that Laval will make a public statement in the near future telling the French public what it never has been told heretofore, namely, that the United States has never at any time either urged or favored cancellation of reparations any more than it has fa- vored cancellation of the war debts. This statement, if and when it is made, may have important political re- percussions here. As far as the present issue between France and the United States is concerned, the question seems to be whether the fact, that the Lausanne agreements followed other lines than those discussed by Laval and President Hoover, automatically relieved the United States of all obligation to- ward France, or whether the fact that the Lausanne agreements include ex- tension of the moratorium for Germany obligates the United States to grant a i owing to the continuance of the de- pression and without prejudice to the al settlement. ht, 1933.) WILL OF SENATOR JONES IS FILED FOR PROBATE Leaves Income of Half munity Estate to Widow—Realty Holdings Undetermined. of Com- y 6.—The will of | es, filed for pro- disclosed that he left f his half of the commu- to his widow, Minda, as long s single ath, Senator Jones’' half of be shared equally by a es of Seattle; a daugh- Jones of Yakima, Wash., h Faye Jones,’his daughter- Senator We ate yest it would be impossible > value of the real estate : t time. The will ed to Washington, D. C., the depositions of the Davis and H. C. Walker, n 1916 5 REBELS ORDERED TAKEN TO ARGENTINE ISLAND January 6—The ordered former [ . de Alvear and der Adolfo Guemes sent to S trial for complicity frustrated revolutionary Mayor Carlos Noel, former Minister of Interior Jose Tamborini and Honorio Pueyrredon, who has served as chancellor and Ambassador to the United States, were given the option of Jeaving the country or accepting deten- tion wherever the government desig- nates. They have been held on the cruiser Veinticinco de Mayo since the THE EVENING STAR, W 7 SHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1933. House Boss ‘WOMAN ELECTED SPEAKER IN NORTH DAKOTA. MRS. MINNIE D. CRAIG. Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives will take orders from Mrs. Minnie D. Craig, Esmond, N. Dak., elected Speaker of the House as the State Legislature convened January 3. She is believed to be the only woman Speaker of a legislative assembly in the country. She is shown above wield- ing her gavel. A. P. Photo. CUBAN IS SLAIN “WAKING ESCAPE” Law of Flight Applied to Suspected Assassin of Senate President. By the Assostated Press. HAVANA, January 6—By applica- tion of the anclent “law of flight,” Angel Alvarez, suspected in connection with the assassination last September of Senate President Clemente Vazquez Bello, was killed yesterday. Alvarez was admitted to the munici- pal hospital early yesterday morning. time, unidentified. After he died the identification was established and sub- sequently police announced he had been killed when he tried to escape. An autopsy the temple indicated the fatal bullet was from a short distance. owned a green automobile similar to the one used last July in the slaying of Miguel Calvo, a police official. They also declared that he had confessed being one of the occupants of the auto- mobile used by the assassins of Senate President Vazquez Bello. Alvarez, a former engineering student at Havana University, was arrested ‘Wednesday night at the suburban home of Luls and Enrique Cuerbo, who also were detained. When he appeared at the hmp“;aldnsvezal hours later he was accompanie W0 men Who wer Hdentifed. Y o H0k INDICTED IN SLAYING ST. LOUIS, January 6 (#).—Harold Urban, 17, and Ralph Jarboe, 18, ac- cused of being the “picture wire” rob- bers who committed seven hold-ups in St. Louis, binding their victims with picture wire, yesterday were indicted for murder for the killing of a colored man in one of the robberies. Three indict- ments charging robbery with a deadly weapon also were returned against them. BUYING PLAN Let's get off to a real start a lot of confidence in 1933 going to prove it. staking my reputation on $19.33 for plot was exposed in mid-December. In the first nine months of 1932 im- into Soviet Russia totaled 1,749, 460 metric tons, and exports were 12, #54,368 metric tons, He was gravely wounded and, at the | report said powder burns on | Police had established that Alvarez | WORLD SEEN AR BYALSTRAN LOM Chancellor Dollfuss Recalls Assistance From U. S. After World War. By the Assoclated Press. VIENNA, January 6.—Chancellor En- gelbert Dollfuss said today that ratifi- cation of the $43,000,000 Lausanne loan to Austria by Italy, France and other guarantor nations gives not only Aus- tria, but the rest of the world, reason | to view the coming year with more op- timistic eyes. “The Lausanne loan, quite beyond its importance to Austria, was of basic in- ternational significance, for its ratifica- tion demonstrated in a practical way that nations which exert themselves to find a way out of difficulties, through agreement with other nations, do not exert themselves in vain,” he said. | oNor is this the first time in recent | history that Austria bas noted a re- | awakening of an international spirit | of co-operation. Another occasion was | when, after the World War period of i hatred and destruction, a friendly hand | was stretched across the ocean from America. | " “We remember gratefully the sym- | pathy shown us on the other side of |the ocean after the war. At a time of our worst distress the citizens of | the United States had for us, not only words of compassion, but demopstrated also with helpful deeds that, even after | the terrible experience of the war, there still existed on earth a noble humane- ness capable, not only of consolation, | but of reconstruction. “Our thanks for this was modest, but it was the utmost we could do; we ex- erted every effort to overcome the eco- nomic crisis in our own country, hoping thus to participate in the rehabilitation of Europe.” HITLER-VON PAPEN PARLEY REPORTED Said to Have Discussed Possibility of New Attempt to Make Nazi Leader Chancellor. By the Assoclated Press. | BERLIN, January 6.—The newspaper | Taegliche Rundschau, considered to |be a mouthpiece for Chancellor von | Schleicher, asserted yesterday as an in- | dubitable fact that Adolf Hitler and former Chancellor von Papen, hitherto arch enemies, met in Cologne Wednes- day at the home of Baron Kurt von Schroeder, a partner in the private bank of J. H. Stein. The purpose of the conference was o consider the possibilities of attempt- ing once more to make Hitler chan- cellor. In view of Von Papen's close personal relations with the German President, it is apparently hoped that he can prevail upon the President to drop his misgivings against a Hitler chancellorship.” The newspaper added that for days interested parties had been working at bringing Von Papen and Hitler to- gether. Von Papen never has aban- doned the hope of returning to active palitics. MAJ. WESTBROOK DIES SYRACUSE, N. ¥, January 6 (#).— Maj. Emma Westbrook, 86, one of the seven founders of the Salvation Army in this country, died in a hospital here yesterday. She had been retired for several months, Stricken with pheu- monia when she came here two years g0 to speak, she never recovered fully. Maj. Westbrook was the only survivor | of the seven men and women who came | to this country in 1881 to organize the | Salvation Army. They were sent to New | York by Willlam Booth, the Army’s founder. ORIGINATORS OF THE BUDGET IN WASHINGTON A Happy New Year SALE Suits & Overcoats Reduced for this 1933 Sale to 19. 33 for a real year . .. I've got ... and this is the way I'm I'm staging a sale . .. I've taken hundreds of regular Sol Herzog Suits and Overcoats and made a new price . . . $19.33. worry about the style (they're all brand-new fresh goods) . .. you don’t have to worry about the sizes be- cause they’re all included, and, last of all and most im« portant, you don’t have to worry about the quality, because they're all with the Sol Herzog label, and I'm You don't have to that. Come on down ... let’s make 1933 a real year ... remember— the SUITS $19.33 for the O’COATS —starting 1933 with a bang! Sor HER20G - F Street at Q4 PARK ROADS CLOSED ‘The road on both sides of the ford in Rock Creek Park, near Plerce Mill, be- came so fcy shortly after midnight Jast night that United States park police barricaded it because of the traffic hazard. The Beach Drive road on the east FILM STAR GAGGED, ROBBED OF §41.500 Cause of construction work being doge | BELty Compson and Former| at the foot of Blagden avenue. Biagden | 45 avenue, at Allison street, also was| Manager Victims of Fake Messenger Boy. barricaded to prevent cars coming down to the ford and having to turn around on the ice. Texas G. 0. P. Leader Dies. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., January 6 (P) —Eugene Nolte, chairman of the State Republican_Committee and a party | A TObber dressed as a messenger boy en- leader in Texas for many years, died |tered the home of Betty Compson, last night in the home of his daughter, | threatened her life, bound and gagged Mrs. J. W. Goode. He had come here | her and escaped with jewelry the film from his home at Seguin for medical | actress said she valued at $41,500. treatment. The actress, reporting last night's By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif,, January 6.— robbery to the police, said the man also bound and gagged E. D. Leshin, her former production manager, who was visiting at the home. She sald the Jewelry was insured. Playing Cards. 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