, 1935-09-17
WASHINGTON
BY Ray Tucker

A1MMANA IN
BY Ray Tucker
Cautious - Circumstances sur
rounding the Roosevelt-Hu de-
mand for fulr adherence to world
peace treaties make the experts
suspect that it was a sort OF Me
too" u~tterance. IL fell like an echo
as well as Q summary Of our long
distance moves for peaceful solution
Of the Italo-E Ethiopian dispute.
When Secretary Hull saw the
press at 1890 In the morning. he
expressed no official comment on
Samuel Hoare's warning that Great
Britain might fight. If need be. to
make Mussolini behave. Then the
noon editions brought word that
Premier Laval OF France had back
ed the British stand in a stirring
speech az Geneva. II was hot until
the breakup Of the Italo-French al
lance seem imminent that Mr..
Hull called In the correspondents
for an emergency press conference
and distributed his formal state
ment.
Mr.. Hull showed that he had pro-
fitted from the experience OF Prede-
ceSSor Henry L. Stimson IN the
Manchurian affair. The United
States stepped cut as an orphan
guardian Of world peace that time
and neared the brink OF war with
Japan before we realized that Brit
ain az co. were not following ms. So
now Uncle sam serves as a private
in the parliamentary army OF the
the nations.
Grave The Hoare-Laval-Hull
breakdown has had a behind-the-
scenes effect az washington which
may prove as strategic as events at
Geneva. Trade and diplomatic and
military experts are divulging Sc
~crets-off the record-which may
eventually influence American and
world opinion
These indicate that II Duce needs
q foreign war 20 avert serious do
mestic trouble-and possibly inter-
nal conflicts. He has invoked emer-
gency measures which shock our
observers, and only the fact that
he has done pieceneal conceals
their significance. He has reduced
corporate dividends to q maximum
Of 6 per cent. appropriated all sur
pluSes and required italian subjects
10 cash foreign securities for pay
ment in lire. The inflationary
trend Is partly offset by increased
industrial activity now. but If pro-
duction says for lack Of a war Italy
will be in a dire state economically.
tn choice OF Ethiopia was un-
fortunate. say the experts. Their in
formation reveals that II Is not rs
rich In resources as Mussolini claims,
and that climatic and topographic
al difficulties make exploitation both
impossible and Improbable. II Duce
would never get his bait back.
Shunted-AlthouVh George Han
sons suicide on the high seas seemed
10 be entirely unrelated TO great in
ternational moves. 1t casts new light
on events affecting Washington,
Moscow and Toxic. II seems to bear
out suggestions that the abrupt note
to Ru about ccmmunistic activ-
tiles was dictated by President
rather than Secretary Hull.
Hanson was one Of the ablest men
IN the foreign service. Stationed for
many years in the Orient, he knew
the habitues OF dives and diplomats
Of all nations. His confidential re-
ports proved invaluable when Japan
was pushing her troops into Man
churian Businesses a few years ago.
AS promotion he was transferred to
Adds Abaha when Italy and Ethio-
pla clashed. But en- route he was
shunted 10 Salcnika and he died O
broken-hearted man
What happened was this: While
speaking az an executive session CT
the Russian Chamber Of Commerce
In New York. he criticized certain
policies Of the Soviet. He simply re-
peated the charges which MI. RooSe-
welt made in his note &c Moscow q
few weeks ago. But for this offense
he was deprived Of his promotion
and sent TO the diplomatic hole OF
Salonika. Thus Mr.. Hull disciplined
him for setting forth Mr.. RooSevelt's
views. It IS understood that certain
banking interests once 10 le but
now friendly TO the Soviet forward
cd his off-thc-record remarks to the
stat, Department.
Je0pardy-W0rld War veterans are
set to stage an anti-New Deal field
day this month unless politically
minded counselors can smooth out
their grievances. The Veterans OF
Foreign Wars got their hammers out
yesterday and the American Legion
will resolve az 81. Louis the 25th OF
this month. The vets are enraged
over the deaths OF their comrades
du. g the recent Key West hurri-
cane. They brand the William-Ijams
report as a "whitewash" and have
conducted their own Investigations
through Florid representatives. Ex-
tremists propose condemnation OF