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LAVAL REPORTED LIKELY T0 RESIGN Herriot, Abandoning Lead of Party, Also Due to Quit Government. BACKGROUND— Since the decline and death of Aristide Briand, Edouard Herriot, rhetoric teacher turned statesman, has been France’s leading inter- nationalist and seeker ajter per- petual peace. A strong supporter of the League, the thrice former premier has a large following, and Laval coalition government needs support of his Radical Socialist party to prevent tottering. Herriot has been enraged at Hoare-Laval peace proposal, which many think “betrays” the principles of the League. 4 (Copyrisht, 1935, by the Associated Press.) PARIS, December 19.—A likelihood that Premier Pierre Laval would offer his resignation, following the example of British Foreign Secretary Sir Sam- uel Hoare, was reported today in the Chamber of Deputies lobbies. President Albert Lebrun, however, was expected generally to urge Laval to remain as chief of the government. | with the probability that he weula | face a Chamber debate December 27, as co-author with Hoarse of the criti- cized Franco-British plan for Italo- Ethiopian peace. Laval was expected to consult Pres- ident Lebrun immediately upon his | return from Geneva, where the peace | proposals have been virtually aban- | doned before the League of Nations. Herriot Resignation Looms. While former Premier Edouard Her- | riot, who resigned last night as leader THE EVEN ING STAR, WASHINGTON, As Naval Conference Opened in London The first plenary session of the London Naval Conference was held in the Locarno room of the foreign office. Seated before the microphone in the foreground, with his back to the camera, can be seen Norman H. Davis, Ambassador at Large and chief delegate from the United States, at the conference. seen at the left center, opened v.he session. Premier Stanley Baldwin, ~—Wide World Photo. TALMADGE TORULE STATE'S FINANGES Declines to Comment as to | and detailed account of his position. Authoritative sources said there as no doubt that Sir Samuel's secret | | working with Premier Laval, whlch‘ resulted in the peace proposals, proved highly unpopular with certain | members of the British cabinet. | Although this disagreement was kept | 1 as quiet as possible, informed sources | said it undoubtedly was communicated to Sir Samuel yesterday by Neville Chamberlain, one of his oldest friends, of the dominant Radical- Soc:alm.i Exemplary Economy Plans | who called on Hoare at the prime party, remained in the cabinet for| the time being, the possibility of his | eventual resignation as minister o!‘ state also was discussed in the lobbies. Andre Cornu, a member of his party, | said: “It is no secret that Herriot would prefer a firmer foreign policy.” A stormy future for Laval in the Chamber of Deputies was predicted by political sources, which said the ties binding the Radical-Socialists and the government were weakened by Her- | riot’s resignation from the presidency of the party. Herriot saved the cabinet from an immediate crisis by abandoning his leadership of the Radcial-Socialist party and remaining loyal to Laval over the Franco-British proposals for East African peace. Gesture Effect Uncertain. ‘The ultimate effect of former Pre- mier Herriot's gesture on the Cham- ber of Deputies’ debate set for Decem- | ber 27 on the controversial Italo-Ethio- | pian peace plan became uncertain. The premier could sidestep the issue by reading a decree of closure of Parliament Monday, after the Senate has voted on a bill for action against domestic political leagues. Herriot resigned the presidency of the Radical-Socialists last night, os- | tensibly because a majority failed to | support the government on Lavals suggestions for concessions to Italy to end the Fascist warfare in Ethiopia. The former premier, a parlia- | mentary bulwark for the cabinet, was | quoted reliably as telling friends he | also would step out of the government | because he disapproved of Laval's “weak” support of the League of | Nations in the Italo-Ethiopian con- flict. Neutrality (Continued From First Page.) America's neutrality and avoid fur- ther wars, the actual ordering of the | embargo should be left to the discre- tion of the President. In the Senate, there are three dif- ferent trends of thought regarding the | future neutrality law. | Some Senators believe that a law Jproviding that nations making pur- | ¢hases in the United States must pay | cash for whatever they buy and take | it away in their own ships will be ample to safeguard America’s neu- trality. Other Senators are of the opinion that placing an embargo on all trade with the belligerent nations—that is to say. a complete cessation of all economic and financial relations— would be a sufficient deterrent for any further wars and save America all possible entanglements. Other Senators like Bone, Clarke and Nye are of the opinion that an embargo on the export of raw ma- terials will serve the purpose. Most Senators believe, however, that the mandatory power should re- main in the hands of the Senate and | that the executive branch of the ad- ministration should have only the power of enforcing whatever law is passed by the Congress. MURDER TRIAL WITNESS REFUSES TO TESTIFY Another May Be Ruled Out in Case Against Oklahoma 0il Worker. By the Associated Press PAXTON, I, December 19.—One witness already was lost to the State and the admissibility of & second was in doubt today at the murder trial of Martin L. 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The Governor will find himself in | | complete control of the State finances, due to failure of the Legislature to | pass an appropriations bill for 1936 and 1937 His critics say Georgia laws prevent him from spending State funds with- his friends say Georgia's constitution charges him with the duty of keeping the State government going. London rCflmmur(l From First Page.) | pearance of the head of the govern- ment, The resigned foreign secretary, who spoke as a private member of the House, told his colleagues that the war raised very difficult questions between Great Britain and France. “It must be obvious to every mem- ber.” he said, “that the great body- of public opinion in France is intensely nervous concerning a breach with | Italy and nervous conceraing anything { likely to weaken the French defense. “In view of these facts, I did every- thing in my power to make a settle- ment possible. “The proposals which emerged from the discussions in Paris were not French or British in the sense that we like them. Neither Laval nor I liked many features of them.” Situation More Acute. Sir Samuel warned: “The situation has become more acute. I believe we now are entering & much more dangerous phase.” He told his colleagues that the taking military precautions on behalf of the League of Nations, and that no other member had taken such steps. Delay in effecting peace in East Africa, he declared, “might mean a irresistible drift to a European war. Applause Greets Finish. Sir Samuel spoke 45 minutes. The conclusion of his address was greeted with a thunderous burst of applause, | in contrast to the silence in which he | had begun speaking. Hoare immediately left the cham- ber. While he had been speaking a furi- | ous debate over the foreign policy had been raging in the House of Lords. Lord Halifax, the government’s lord privy seal, summarized much of the debate by deciaring to his brother peers: “Efforts toward peace, wrongly, are dead.” Baldwin Faces Stiff Fight. Baldwin looked pale and worried, facing the stiffest parliamentary de- bate of his premiership. rightly or Owing to a fog, no daylight entered | the high windows of the austere, packed chamber. Rev. G. S. Woods, Laborite, asked Baldwin if his statement during the general election—that the League of Nations would remain the keystone of the British foreign policy—still repre- sented the government’s policy. Baldwin replied: “Yes, sir.” The parliamentary storm broke a short time earlier in the House of Lords where Lord Davies led off the attack by declaring that public opinion in Europe, across the Atlantic and throughout the Dominions was “out- rageously shocked by these unfair pro- posals” of the Franco-British peace plan. “Had they stood,” said Davies, “thcy would have left an indelible stain on the honqr and reputation of Great Britain.” Davies Sees Huge Blunder. In his questioning of the govern- ment Lord Davies declared: “On the other side of the Atlantic, the government has stemmed the ris- ing tide of co-operation with the League of Nations and made itself looi | ridiculous in the eyes of the American people. “There has been a huge blunder. Why is it necessary to emulate the acrobatic performances of Premier Laval?” When Hoare arose from his seat, he promised the House of Commons a full ___Yemas 1o S 3 =1 you&b ”fl”nfly ymeh » === 400 u. - 75¢ Duuml JI.N flC’/I')#E 1009.€ 50 oo o Mer.7673 minister’s request. ‘ Official sources learned that if Sir | | Samuel persisted in his dctermmalmn not to apologize for his cou eral of the younger member: cabinet intended to resign. | Eden in List Mentioned. Among those mentiored were An- thony Eden, minister for League of Nations affairs; Alfred Duff Cooper, secretary of war; W. G. Ormsby-Gore, first commissioner of works: Oliver Stanley. president of the board of edu- | cation, and Walter Elliot, minister of | agriculture. The House of Commons openly ex- pected the new foreign secretary would be a prominent figure. | Chamberlain, chancellor of the ex- chequer, would prove a popular choice. informed sources said. and certainly would calm the situation. He was reported to have led the cabinet oppo- sition to the peace proposals. Other possibilities arose that Prime | Minister Baldwin himself might take over the vital duties of the foreign secretary, that Sir John Simon, home secretary, who yielded the foreign post to Hoare last June, might return to| the task. or that Eden. Hoare’s “for- eign office twin,” might become foreign Sir Samuel's resignation came sud- denly last night, 10 days after he and | Laval secretly had formulated the peace proposals, suggesting Italy, declared aggressor, be offered concessions in some two-thirds of Ethiopia as a basis | for settlement. Geneva (Continued From First Page) members of the Council declared lt does not even merit examination. | Delegates of the Little Entente (Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Ru- mania), the Balkan Entente (Greece, | Rumania, Turkey and Yugoslavia), | Russia and Portugal were understood to have joined in polite but unmis- THE CORNER IN MEN’'S WEAR Will remain open every evening up to Christmas until § P.M. SOL HERZOG i~c Corner F St. at Sth | Last Call! | 2 Holidays On i the High Seas S. 8. Oriente—Havana, Dec. 24th. Bremen—Bermuda and Nassau, Tth. 8. S. New York—Bermuda, Dec. 28th. Waters’ “Ideal” Tours 1517 H St. NW. NAt. 3724-25. 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ROME, December 19.—Premier Mus- solini delayed today his answer to the Pranco-British proposals for peace in Ethiopia, considered by Fascists to be already beaten in Lonmdon, slip- pinz in Paris and Geneva and re- Jected in Addis Ababa. Il Duce discussed the peace terms for three hours in a session of his Fascist Grand Council, extending into | «, | the early hours of this morning, but made public no decision, night. The delay enabled Mussolini to | study the quick succession of develop- | ments following the advance of me proposals and his pledge at Pontinia yesterday to “fight” for Italy’s rlzhu These sources said the premier may announce, after Saturday's meeting of his Supreme Council of State, whether Italy will discuss the terms as a possible basis for East African | settlement or reject them and try to solve the preblem in its own way. ETHIOPIA DELIVERS NOTES. Peace Proposal Deplored But Not Actually Rejected. ADDIS ABABA, December 19 (#).— The Ethiopian government today gave identical notes to the Ministers of Great Britain and France, deploring the Anglo-French proposals for Italo- | Ethiopian peace, but not actually re- jecting them. The text of the identic notes was couched in the strongest terms. This s 15 =9I 35 SCORES HERE GIVE JEWELRYTOTALY Rally Voices Faith in Duce as Speakers Assail British “Greed.” ‘Women gave wedding rings and men their personal jewelry last night as several hundred Italian-Americans pledged faith in Mussolini at an en- thusiastic rally in Pythian Hall, The audience cheered speakers at- tecking England'’s foreign policy and became so enthusiastic scores of men and women removed their jewelry and donated it to the cause along with cash. The women were emulating Queen Elena, who gave her wedding ring to the war fund. One of the women, Mrs. Lorenzo di Guilian, gave up a ring she had worn for 34 years. “It is not much,” she said, “I only wish I could do more for my coun- try!” Posters Flank Stage. The stage was flanked with posters of President Roosevelt and Mussolini and banked with American and Ital- ian flags. The crowd cheered and applauded when reminded the United States was | not among the nations which had | evoked economic sanctions against | Italy for its war on Ethiopia, Additional cheers were forthcoming when Mrs. Tina Marranzano, one of | "he principal speakers, denounced | Great Britain for “greed, bigotry and | selfishness.” The speaker declared | “England fears for her supremacy.” ‘ “That nation has succeeded to a certain extent, through propaganda, in | malaciously labeling Italy as an ag- gressor in the Ethiopian affair, of be- ing brutally uncivilized, of attacking a defenseless nation,” Mrs. Marranzano said. | Cites Italian Culture, | The speaker declared Italy’s contri- | butions to culture, science and art, | and to civilization as a whole, were | sufficient in themselves to refute the 'vile charges.” | “The Italian spirit,” she declared,' cailing in- | stead another meeting for Sazurday‘ CHRISTMAS &’é‘&&&&&“&% e 2SN SR 2 =S S SRS S SN 2 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1935. “has never and shall never be tram- pled into submission!” Several Italian patriotic societies sponsored the rally. 200 CHRISTMAS BAGS ARE STILL UNCLAIMED Two hundred children may go without warm clothing this Christmas unless contributors fill the remaining clothing bags supplied by the Chil- dren’s Emergency Home of the Central Union Mission, Mrs, John S. 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