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machine will wear out more
quickly than the annual
meter"
The automatic meters were
adopted here after the Bureau of
Standards drew up specifications
for the District Commissioners.
They were installed on several
downtown streets and $40 have
been in use for approximately
three months.
Under terms of the appropria-
ton act, under which they were
installed as an experiment, the
meters would be removed on
June 80, unless legislation were
enacted to continue them In oper.
alton.
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Our Brain Child

Bridge Chance! Tuesday, 8:15,
Wardman, the Federal Bridge
League opens its next team ses.
sion, costing $3.25 per person for
IL consecutive Tuesdays Cor slight.
ly more than two-bits per twi.
light) =. Fans should phone Ge.
SOFT for full info on this group,
which was formed by your re.
porter in 1882 under auspices of
Luther Stewards Federal News of
those days.
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successfully worked at the job
could make but As to so, Hopping
of course, and it's wondered why
And, of course, the D. c. resi-
dents who DID pass, as we don't
mind repeating, didn't come back
and probably never will!
Sincere, AnyhOV
Our sincere, though belated,
compliments to Bob Beeton's
Treasury Post, American Legion,
on the success of its Christmas
Party at the Good Samaritan Chill
dren's Home The committee,
led by Mary M. Becker, Disburs-
ing, distributed clothing, toys and
candy to 1873 children and food to
AZ adults The Post also sent
baskets of food, clothing and toys
to the homes Of three veterans.
IncisiUe
Physical examination Of emer-
gency workers slated for February
incumbency in newly classified
positions are now well under way,
employees of several agencies hav-
ing received orders to show up and
say "Ah" There seems to be a
coon up the tree, however, for
clerks report the tests are stricter
by far than anything ever ex-
pected "They even inspected
my incision!" Exclaimed one re-
Gently This looms in line with
the recent two-timing of helpless
war vets between certain agencies,
and this reporter wonders if the
same dear boys are behind it all
Incidentally, continued separa-
tion of emergency funds from reg
ular estimates in the recent Budg-
ct Message is not viewed with
alarm at Civil Service Commis-
sion, where it is pointed out that
many problems of extending the
classified service have not yet
been worked out and that there
is plenty Of time (even through
another fiscal year, to bring the
newly included jobs under regular
appropriations.
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Frdnkfurter Appointment

MIR. 2OOSEVELTS opposition
V1 in Congress has a soft spot
in its heart for Felix Frank
furter. The Harvard professor
was against the Presidents Su-
preme Court packing program,
although he did not speak out
openly.
Only private comment in the
Senate cloakroom now is the
President may have timed the
appointment of a Jew unfor-
tunately. The same morning
the appointment was made, Hit
ler'S own newspaper, "Voelki-
scher Beobachter, carried a
headline: ~. S. Under Jewish
Dictatorship-62, 900 in Federal
and State Administration"
The cloakrooms believe Mr..
Roosevelt made the appoint
ment deliberately to show his
defiance Of such ScurrilouS pro-
paganda.
After Frankfurter mounts the
bench, however, the Senators
may discover he has some novel
ideas about reversing the cur
rent Supreme Court theory Of
interstate commerce upon which
business regulation rests. When
the Supreme Court overturns
that basis, the whole restrictive
legal wall against expansive
Government regulation Of bust
ness will fall.
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All OUer the Air

AFGE-Several new lodges re-
Gently reported The Civil
Service Week program will be pre-
Sented over 10 stations, further
details coming Fred Fraser,
prexy, and other officers were re-
Gently installed for the Vets Adm.
unit by Berniece Heffner En-.
craving and Printing Lodge meets
Wednesday Robert Hyland is
the new leader of Mail Equipment
Lodge, and Chester C. Thorpe
leads the Railroad Retirement
group.
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treSS due to its
current reduc-
tion-forced by
cash-lack . . A
meeting of en-
ployeS was held
yesterday a n d
workers W ere
told that a re-
quest has been
made that the
Comn1i S S / o n
seek a defici-
ency appropria-
tt on sufficient
TO rec ov
those now be-
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Rearn1an1ent Program

THE ORIGINAL rearmament
L program first suggested last
fall (Baruch's idea) did not get
Q good popular reaction. The
response indicated the country
was for adequate defense, but
just adequate. So the White
House whitfield mildly and re-
jiggered plans for presentation
to Congress, without, however,
sacrificing much Of original in.
tentions.
True, the budget request for
emergency armament" money
was cut, but the White House
hopes to get authorization from
Congress-not appropriations
for Q lot more. In other words,
1t will get authority to spend a
lot, get money for only a little,
and then come along later with
q request for the rest of the
money. Also some rearmament
plans have been slipped into
budget categories other than ma
tional defense (air fields in WPA
Tor example,.
In this way the budget re-
armament program will not look
aS big as the program is, and yet
the program can be carried out.
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AW G'Wan!

JOHNNY FEDERAL says:
"The death rate in Congress
must be terrific Almost
every day some newspaper
headline starts: Represents
tive Dies'!"
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Here and There

1temetteS: Luellen Gilchrist, who
retires January 81 after over 81
years of service, was recently pre-
Sented with a fitted travelling case
by fellow workers in Insurance
Service, Vets. Administration.
Helen Thomas, Interior, visited
her parents at Utica, N. Y, during
the holidays. AS a stenographer
Miss Thomas Is "tops," having a
record Of IS long letters in one
day without error. In WPA's
Federal Writer'S Project recently,
an employe was telling with en-
thusiaSm Of the folklore Of pixies
and fairies" discovered in the back
country Of New England, only to
gasp when the listener retorted:
Huh, I never knew the Writer'S
Project influence extended that
far!"
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Speaking Of Government
Workers
-By J. Earle MOSer
CONSTANCY

CONSTANCY
Our chief all for Uhen ttD1s policy to be-
And also all for Coolidge ,Dhen Cal chose not to
And he's been all Roosevelt since Nineteen Thrtyt
As he'll be all for Whom Comes Dhen the Democrats done
Which Wouldnt bother at all II 1t Dere not that he
Trusts not to patronage alone to hold his petty job:
But has the gall to let toll and SteGdt1St loyalty
-ADOLPHUS,
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'cEntrdnce Around the Corner"

Cworld copyright, 1899, by King Fea-
lures Syndicate. Inc, all rights re-
served. Reproduction in full or in
part strictly prohibited.)
WHAT HAPPENED to all this
w big rearmament program
you have been reading about
10000 new planes and all that
is causing some inner con-
Germ in Congress.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke the ex-
pected words for it in his mes
sage, but when he sent up his
budget the following day, the
Wherewithal was missing.
Not a red cent for emergency
armament" beyond the old pro-
gram of last year was contained
in expenses proposed for the
next six months. Only a 210
millions increase was proposed
for the following IL months be-
ginning next July mot enough
to build and equip 1000 small
fighting planes with guns and
men and too late to make much
Of an impression now.
Ordinarily you might deduce
the armament expansion will be
Q .baSiSleSs ballyhoo-but don't.
There's many a slip 'twixt the
cup and the lip here, and this
seems to be one of them. Lofty
inner authority indicates the
play is now being worked this
way:
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/ IL q 4 " JHcOD bakeE
(though the Commission is said
to feel prospects for this are
glum) However, it was learned
the following will be done: Cd
Furloughs be preferred where pos
sible to dismissals; (2) 15-days
notice be given in addition to &C
crued annual leave in outright
examinations (this can't be done
for those furloughed): 90 Fur
loughees will be reappointed as
soon as possible: a. Other jobs
for those ousted will be sought
. Jacob Baker, United Federal
Workers president, also conferred
with Commission officials, it was
learned Credit for aiding the
afflicted employees is particularly
due Walter Hand, Administrative
Division chief, and F. Witcher
Mccullough, general secretary
who have attacked the problem
from all sides.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
A BIT HERE, A BIT THERE

Working in conjunction with
CIO unionists within its
ranks, Coal Commission is taking
all possible steps to alleviate dis
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Back at Work

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Vaughan
Saunders (he's with Public Works
Administrator have returned
from q honeymoon trip to the
South The bride was Mary
Catherine Ross, Of Seattle, and
was welded to Mr.. Saunders,
Thanksgiving Day at st. Paul's
Episcopal Church, the Rev. Airing.
ton A. McCallum officiating
Miss Evelyn Lambert vas brides.
maid and the groom's brother
James Cooper Saunders, was best
man =. Ushers were A. Pembroke
Thompson, T. Rowland Thomas
Lawrence A. BAH and / sslie Gil
lis.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07

onto Aggie, which seized and de.
stroyed 115,050 pounds of "moldy,
insect-infested, rancid, filthy, de
composed and poisoned" food in
tended for YOUR Christmas din.
ner!
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By :EUie' Robert

caught the pesky "feesh' and was delivering them
in person, that quickly forgetting I might be
giving myself the lie, said, showing the fish at
him:
Here, you --, I'm lady! Take 'em to
the tradesmen's entrance yourself!"
Now who to rib2 We've been on the subject
Of fish, and to me it seems sort Of mean to leave
it-that means but one thing: The greatest of
Washington fish. Representative j. Ham (and
eggs) Fish, "R. Of New York" as the papers
identify him. He's trying to get statue Of Rob-
ert E. Lee, the Confederate general. erected here
in the Arlington Cemetery. The c. A. R. don't
seem to want the statue-of General Lee
placed at Arlington, although this hallowed
ground was at one time the homeplace of the
great general. I very much admire Hams ef-
forts in this respect. and think it most un,
fortunate that so long after this great conflict
our highly respected G. A. RS, or whoever as
sumes to be speaking for them, should take
such narrowminded position.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07

We know one newspaper
man who's seen "The In
former" nine times! Any
how, it's at the Little Ninth
and F. today, together with
Pare LOrenZ's "PlOw That
Broke the Plains"
Also a tip as to the de-
liciousness of Highs ice
cream seems pertinent, plus
the fact that one Of the many
High Stores operates at 2132
Pennsylvania Ave. N. w.
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Ewes Rib

I WAS talking with two men this afternoon at
tea (men Of vital Importance therefore,
their names can't be mentioned-again, might
get shot. Anyway. we were discussing the new
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Nuts to You!

Agriculture recently announced
HOLIDAY FRUITS AND NUTS
WATCHED" so If you had no
dirty or insect-infested food on
your Christmas table, blame it
The Washington times., 1939-01-07

gan to sing long and lovely song. This story
has no moral it's just statement of fact
you to do with it what you like.
Alas! I've been trapped! A story told by me,
on myself, has preceded me to Washington, and
my direct bosses advise me to tell it quickly my.
self, before someone else tells it on mel So
here goes. When was in Palm Beach fishing
one day, caught several kingfish They're
awful COED eatin'-and decided to take them
to friend of mine. So arrived, dressed like
tramp, four magnificent fish wrapped up in news
paper rang the front doorbell-the butler ap-
peared, more magnificent than Paul McNutt
himself.
Entrance Around the Corner"
T TMBLY said that here were some fish for
L Mrs. soandSo. With magnanimous ges-
ture he pointed to the right and around the
corner: That's the trade entrance" came forth
IN scnorous tones. This so enraged me after I'd
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
All Formulated NOuu

The executive committee of Pres
ident'S Own Garrison, Army and
Navy Union, met at the armory
January 3 to formulate a policy
for 1889 The union delivered
40 Christmas baskets to needy vet
eraI1s' families the night before
Christmas After the baskets
were made up, Major and Mrs.
John A. Maigret entertained men,
berS Of the welfare committee
with a buffet supper At the
recent meeting of the Presidents
Own Garrison, with Comdr. Jo-
seph G. Mayton presiding, Elwood
w. McNely was installed as ad-
jutant, and an auditing committee
consisting of Major Maigret, chair.
man; w. F. McCauley, secretary;
F. M. Dryden, Elwood McNelly
and Richard Rainey was appointed.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Why?

"Life's Little Ironies! In 1887,
when Engraving and Printing
faced a cut, the feminine several
years temporarily appointed"
printers assistants were informed
by bigger big-wiggie that Il know
you'll be let out soon, but I hope
to see you all back" :. The ma
iority never came back, at least
the majority that were D. c. resi-
dents, because of the apportion-
ment law, lowsayest Of non-merit
statutes now on the books .
Biggest irony, however, is the r.
cent test in which some 5000
passed Many of those who had
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Less Shoes for Moore

Omigosh! The other day it was
raining cats and dogs when B. R..
Moore, one of our better traffic
policemen, decided to take his
lunch hour and drop into an F.
Street movie Certain nobody'd
fool with the majesty of the law,
he left his wet rubbers (overshoes
to YOU'D in the lobby to dry .
We know you've guessed the rest:
they were gone when he came out
and 1t was still raining cats and
dogs!
The Washington times., 1939-01-07

One pound boxes of deli
ciOus ORIGINAL VELATI
chocolates or caramelS are
presented to: MILAN JOR-
DON, Interior (honOr rOll) i;
ROY HAPPY" ALLEN,
PWA; RUTH A. BARNELL,
Vets Administration (recent
birthday and veddy POPULAR.
Candy will be presented at
either store, Ninth and G Sts.
N. w., or 609 Fourteenth st.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
WARNER BROTHERS

WARNER BROTHERS
schedule today: EARLE and
AMBASSADOR-Bing Crosby
and Franciska Gaal in paris
H o n e y m o o H." plus Gene
Austin with Candy and Coco
and Charles Kemper on the
Earle stage. METROPOLI-
TAN-"Devil'S Island" with
Boris Karl0ff. PENN, TIVOLI
and UPTOWN Hard to
Get" with Dick Powell and
Olivia De Havilland. CAL
VERT-TOmmy Kelly and
Ann GiIlis in "Peck'S Bad
Boy at the Circus"
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Behind the News By Paul Maklon

that he will make this an
eighty-billion-dollar country at
any price level anytime soon.
Their budget estimates of
coming revenue revealed puz-
zling lack of enthusiasm for the
Presidents optimism, which was
rather more puzZling in view Of
the fact that the budget con-
tanned the very spending pro-
gram which Mr.. Roosevelt wants.
The official budget estimate
is that income and corporation
tax receipts-based entirely on
national income, Of course-will
be off 20.4 per cent this fiscal
year and 27.4 per cent next
year.
Anticipate Gains
WHAT makes this sound more
w peculiar is the fact that
the estimators expect other di-
rect taxes from business to i'm
prove this year.
They expect the people to
drink more liquor beginning
July / because their liquor tax
return is up Z per cent over the
1888 fiscal year; smoke more
cigarettes because their tobacco
receipts are estimated up 7.44
per cent; buy more stocks and
play more cards because their
stamp tax estimate is up 26.6
per cent; buy 20 per cent more
autos; buy 10 per cent more gas
oline: use 3 per cent more cleo
tricity.
In fact they expect an average
of about 6 per cent better busi-
ness in 1899 over 1893 as re-
vealed in their manufacturers
excise tax receipt estimates.
Better Business FOrecast
ONE reason for the dis
" crepancy is technical. In
come tax collections lag, while
direct taxes on business are
currently up to date all the
time. For this reason, Mr..
Morgenthau will collect in the
next fiscal year beginning
July u two income tax install
mCnts on lower 1888 business
and two on 1899 business.
Nevertheless, competent out
outside authorities believe the
Treasury took far too pessimistic
a view regarding income and
corporation tax returns.
The excise tax estimates may
be accepted as a better barom-
eter Of the immediate future
which would mean about 6 per
cent better business this year.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Budget Estimates

MIR. ROOSEVELTS Treasury
4V1 estimatorS apparently are
not wagering their regulations
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
"Also a Great American"

"AlSo a Great American"
0F course, General Lee was the great leader of
" the Confederate forces; also he was a great
American. If I may add my modest comment,
the very fact that the War between the States
occurred, created by an honest difference Of
opinion even between brothers on both sides,
the very fighting Of it settled once and for all
the fact that this is a great United States and
it never will be questioned again. Although
tragedy at the time, it may really be blessing
in disguise. Go on, Ham, think you're alright
and you'll get lots Of help in every direction
in your efforts to put across such worthy
proposal
La gaceta., 1939-06-26
LOS ~IRLANDESES PRONE
TEN QUE SEGUIRAN A
RROJANDO BOMBAS

Londres, JUNO 26.-Con es-
tandartes color naranja, verde
Y blanco grupos de irlandeses
celebraron aver una nantes
taci6n en- contra del imperia-
lismo britanico. En- la plaza de
Trafalgar, un orador dijo es-
tas palabras: Las bombas Sc.
guiran explotando hasta que
ell ejercito y las instituciones
inglesas sean sacadas de Irlan
da.
Anoche explotaron otras
cuatro bombas, a la bora de la
salida de los teatros, y 10 per
sonas recibieron heridas.
Tn hombre que hula de Ia
explosion fue maltratado POI
ell publico, que lie confundi0
con un dinamitero.
Los peri6dicos califican e.
sos actos de terrorismo de ex'
p~resiones cobardes y atroces
de personals ,animadas por SEN
timientos antihumanos.
La gaceta., 1939-06-26
LOS P~ERIODICOS NAILS A.
TACAN AL DIGNO ALMl.
RANTE N

Berlin, JUNO 26.-Los pc
ri6dicos nazis Sc muestran de
contentos con la actitud del a.
mirante americana Yarnell, er
Swatow, y lie ealifican de agi
tador. lQuiere Estados Uni.
dos provocar al Jap6n, dice u.
no de los diarios, por orden dc
Jose Goebbels?
A pesar de las demands ia
ponesas Sc han mandado nue.
vos barcos a Swallow, "poi
cuanto Ell almirante hace de a.
gitador y Cordell Hull pone
los frenos."
La gaceta., 1939-06-26
CUATRO REACCI0NARIOS
PRESENTATION UNA Pc
TICION A HIROHITO

Toxic, JUNO 26.-Cuatro re
accionarios presentaron una
petici6n rogada al emperador
Hirohito para que este asegu-
re los derechos de beligeran-
ella del Jap6n en- ell asunto de
China.
Los firmantes son Mitsuru
oyama, anciano lider de la so.
ciedad Dragon Negro; Kuma-
taro Honda, exembajador en-
Berlin y un lider EN- ell movi-
miento antiingles; Kameehi
Otaka, un miembropoco como
edo de la Camara de los Pa
res, y Yujiro Miyake, a quien
Sc describe con publicista.
Els significante ell hecho de
que solo cuatro personals sin
Influenza firmaran la petici6n
La gaceta., 1939-06-26
BONNETT ESTIMA QUE UN
Gle SAM TIENE LA LILA
We DE LA PAZ

Paris, JUNO 26.-M. Bonnet
ell ministro de Relaciones Elk.
teriores de Francia, hablando
del partido Radical Socialista
en- Areachon, en- un banquete
declare que Estados Unidos
quiza tiene en- su poder la LA.
We de la paz. Isl Estados Uni
dos dipjera claramente que sc
pondria de nuestra parte en-
caso de que ell conflicto esta
lara, ell espectro de la guerra
definitivamente sc esfumaria
Bonnet manifesto que au.
mentan las evidencias en- Guam
to a que Alemania intenta a.
propiarse de Danzig.
La gaceta., 1939-06-26
Los ~fascistas ~itaianos explican
las palabras de Lequenca
un Cuardia de Asalto a quien acusan
de haber dado muerte a un hijo de Moscardo

este resistia EN- ell Alcazar, Y l.
pidio que Sc rindiera, Isl que
ria que su hijo continuara vi.
viendo." Pidi6 ell general traI
dor hablar con SUI hijo v sacrl
ficando al inocente lie recomel
do: Muere como un buen es.
panol.
Este guardia mat6 despues
al joven,
A Juan Fernandez e Hippo
Ito SAM sc les acusa de habel
cometido mas de 40 asesina,
tos.
Jose Retuerto, uno de los
jueces leales en- Barcelona, de
tendo por los fascistas, dicese
que firm6 mas de 500 senten.
cias de muerte. Ell director de
peri6dico LA Traca", a Quier
los f~ascistas acusan de habel
aconsejadO la matanza de Gu
ras, seencuentra detenido y So
nombra Vicente Carcelle.
A Domingo Arauce los IA
langistas lie atribuyen mas d,
20 asesinatos.
Ell cardinal Gomas ha pu-
blicado un mensaje EN- los pc
ri6dicos en- ell cual pide per-
don para todos los presses pc.
liticos y aun para los erimina.
les. Estima ell cardinal que pe
"a proteger la sociedad del III.
turo csc perd6n es algo mas
que importante.
La gaceta., 1939-06-26
TUMULTO EN- UN MITIN DE
LOS TESTIGOS DE JEHOVA

New York, JUNO 26.-Una
reunion de la sociedad cristia
ma de Testigos de Jehovah ter
aver en- un tumulto GUAM
do hablaba ell juez j. R. Ru-
therford, ell director, y en- ell
en- que acusaba a la
iglesia cat6lica de apoyar a
Hitler.
mo importa 10 que les di
gan a ustedes, dijo ell juez, lc
cierto es que la Iglesia Cato
lica apoya a Hitler"
Uno de los asistentes critic
"'Eres un mentiroso", y Sc I'M
clio la rina en- la parte alta.
Algunos cat6licos que ibap
preparados para tirar huevo
entraron en- acci6n y despub5f
los bastones y los puhos. Mu
chas personals salieron con o
jos amoratado y narices rotas
Como uno de los provocadores
Sc detuvo a Alfredo Colenge.
0, de % amos,
Will.am Heath, de "a amos,
ell secretario de Rutherford, f.
yura entire los detenidos.
BESIDE ell principle del acto
IN grupo insisti6 en- molestar
al orador.
La gaceta., 1939-06-26
PENA DE MUERTE PARA
LOS QUE PASEN DINERO
DE

Roma, JUNO 26.-Con ell fin
deevitar que la moneda del
pals sc lleve para ell e~xtranje
70, sin permiso del gobiern },
Sc aplicara la pena de muerte
4 los contrabandistas.
TODD indica que a pesar de
as prccauciones tomadas, una
parte del POGO orc que hay en-
q naci6n ha sido llevado para
y extranjero. Este delito Sc lie
aehaca a los judios, que Sc d.
e venden liras en- cambio por
dep6sitos en- Ell extranjero.
Estas transacciones Sc veri
fican por medic de ''bolsas ne
gras' constituidas en- variog
paises de Europa,
La gaceta., 1939-06-26
CHUNGAS Y NO CHUNGAS
Desnudan en- Tientsin. Las victorias niponas
-Casas para Ybor. = Hitler, ell juez Ruther-
ford y los prelados. = Reparto equitativo.

Los Japoneses hacen desnu-
dar a los ingleses, cuando les a
grada para divertir a los 900
lies", en- las afueras de la conce
sion britannica de Tientsin.
Els una broma que no molesta
a "Marica" Chamberlain, sen
tado c~6modamente a miles de
millas del lugar donde sus COM
patriotas son atacados y humi-
lladoS.
Hay que "apaciguar' a los nj.
pones -. por cuenta de la digni
dad personal de los ingleses.
Ell traidor de Munich, trail
dor a. la democracia y la huma-
nidad, sigue remitiendo "notas
energicas".
La gaceta., 1939-06-26

mado por Ell ministro frances y
Sc lie hizo entender que Franco
jamas cogera ell orc a menos
que abandone su politica en- ia
vor de Italia. "El diplomatico
espanol es un hombre de recur-
SOS y Sc ampar6 en- una de las
salidas menos dificiles de la FRO
fesi6n, la de la neutralidad.
Contra Francia lanzan tam
bien furibundos ataques los pc
ri6dicos y aseguran que el acuer
do del Comite Colonial de la ca
mara de diputados, recomen-
dando sea cancelada la convcn-
ci6n de 1896, es una nueva pro-
vocation.
"Ahora el complot frances g
fecta NADIA menos que a AGO.
coo italianos. Es un acuerdo pro
pic de lasenilidad francesca.