Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
The Story the Week Has Told

maranatha, their aiders and abettors
are at the least anathema.
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GENEVA-The international confer
ence pursuant to q resolution OF the
late League Assembly, with the immed-
late avoWed aim Of tariff holiday,
but vaguely aimed at larger inter-
national economic cooperation, opens
at Geneva tomorrow. February II. We
are told that there Is In contemplation
"a program of subsequent negotiations
for facilitating economic relations by
all practical means and especially by
reducing hindrances to trade" The
United States will have quasi repre-
sentation In the presence as observer
at the conference Of Edwin G. Wilson,
first secretary of the American en-
bassy at Paris. In reply to an invi-
tation to participate in the conference,
our Government expressed itself cor
daily as follows:
THE American Government views
with appreciation any endeavor to facil-
itate worldwide economic relations
and remove discriminatory economic
measures, and has with this object
signed and ratified the convention for
the abolition of export prohibitions and
restrictions and has co-operated with
other international activities looking to
the betterment of economic conditions
throughout the world"
Fifteen ministers of commerce, three
former finance ministers and one for
eign minister will attend the conference.
Every European country, except Albania
Is to be represented. OF peculiar sig
nificance is the emphatically hostile
attitude of the British dominionS, which
refused participation.
NOTES.-Since the beginning of the
year nine European central banks dn-
GLIDING the Bank of England, the Bank
of France and the Reichshank) and
one South American bank of issue
have lowered their discount rates, this
movement being in no small degree due
to the little affair in Wall Street toward
the late years end.
Reports arrive of labor demonstrations
and food riots in Madrid, Barcelona
and other cities of Spain; grocery
stores broken into; some Stoning of
police; order restored by police and civil
guards; some injuries, no fatalities.
King Alfonso, all of the cabinet and
several foreign diplomats have left the
capital for a hunting trip" indicating,
of course, that all's well.
Pirates in the river system near Can
ton, China, seize IL vessels chartered
by the STANFORD Oil Co. of New York,
Chinese junks carrying oil worth
$4,000: the climax of series Of like
performances. The Nationalist govern
ment has ordered five gunboats carry
ing troops to proceed against the
picaroons. Bandit forces roam through
the Provinces of Human. Kiangsi Hupeh,
Szechwan, Anhwei and Kiangsu, max
ing life hideous.
Five persons were killed and several
wounded in a shooting affair at a
political meeting at Victoria, State of
Espirito Santo, Brazil, on February IA.
Apparently Conservative reprisals for
shooting by Liberals on a Conservative
electioneering party last week, which
killed S and wounded IA. It seems to
be an earnest presidential campaign.
On February 8 the Williamson bill,
providing for transfer of prohibition
enforcement from the Treasury Depart
ment to the Department Of Justice
pursuant to the recommendation of
the Law Enforcement Commission)
was passed by the House without Inn
portant amendment and without a roll
call.