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11 THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1932 "ON THE MOVE" IN THE AUSTRALIA AND BRITAIN BELFAST RELIEF CONCESSIONS 40 to 60 per Cent More for the Unemployed MR. TOM MANN DEPORTED MEN GASSED IN DESTROYER Dockyard Accident ENGINE-ROOM' RESCUE Experimental Ship TJun Portsmouth dockvard emrjlovees FOUR-POWER CONFERENCE DEADLOCK France Insists on Geneva GERMANY REFUSES INVITATION TO GO THERE End of Anglo-French Conversations FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENTS The statement says that, in the case of outdoor relief workers who had gone on strike it was agreed that if any of the applicants showed immediate willingness to resume work there would be no victimisation. taken last merit. Geneva was chosen. Ifc was officially announced in iBelfast by the Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland last night that the grants of outdoor relief to unemployed in distress would be increased by between "40: arid 60 per cent upon the former scale.

THE NEW SCALE The new scale will be Man and wife, 2i days' work, or 20s. per week. Man and wife with one or two children, three days' work, or 24s. per week. Man and wife and three or four children, 3i days' work, or 28s.

per week. Hah and wife with over four children, four days' work, ox 32s. per week. From the terms of the official statement, it would appear that Lord Craigavon, the Prime Minister, was in a position to announce these terms on Tuesday, the first night of the rioting. It is pointed out that in the case of single persona and in geriuine cases where persons were living on their own in lodgings special consideration would hn Driven.

Further, the guardians would revise their administrative arrangements so as to obviate the existing routine work and unnecessary investigation. MR. MANN AT RIOT (From our Correspondent.) Loxdcut, Friday Night. The Herriot-MacDonald-Simon con versations were resumed at ten o'clock this morning, and ended at one o'clock tbe issuing of the following official statement: Conversations took place to-day and yesterday at 10, Downing Street Detween Air. MacDoiiald, M.

Herriot, and Sir John Simon on the subject of tbe British proposals for a meeting in which they would participate with Italy and Germany in order to overcome the difficulty which has arisen -at The French and British Ministers agreed in considering that the meeting should consist of the four Powers named, and that tbe best place for such a meeting would be Geneva. His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom have sought the concurrence of the two other Governments concerned in this proposal. This meeting would have nn unofficial and preliminary character. Its object would be to seek and propose means by which the common work of the Disarmament Conference within the league of Nations might be effectively resumed. CATEGORICAL REFUSAL Within an hour of that announcement "being made it was announced that the Italian Government had fabled agreeing to go to Geneva, but lhat the German Government had rabled declining.

Great was official astonishment, real or assumed, at this news. It was at first suggested that the German reply meant that the German Government were certainly reluctant to go to Geneva, but that it did not exclude entirely the hope that hho might yet be induced to go. But this will not do. There is the highest authority for baying that the German refusal is categorical. The situation has been dramatically changed.

Last, night we were dis-iinctly encouraged to think tbat the Four-Power Conference was a settled thing, because France, the one Power which had resisted the project, was now prepared to come in for the Government have taken it for granted that Germany was willing to take part in the Conference. That is how thoy have chosen to interpret the German Government's reply to" their invitation, though some versions of that unpublished reply hardly supported the view 'that Germany was unreservedly committed to participate in the Four-Power Conference. BRITISH MINISTRY SURPRISED However, Sir. llacDonald, having picvailed yesterday on M. Herriot to accept the conference, the British authorities did in fact conclude that the trick was done and that the four Powers could now meet.

Of course, the decision had yet to be taken where the conference should be held. It was UNITED STATES Hosts of Destitute Wanderers BEGGARS IN CARS The Art and Etiquette of Hitch-Hiking" (From our Ifcw York Correspondent.) One of the striking phenomena of the depression, although little is heard of it, is the amazing number of homeless people who are now drifting about the United States. Americans have always been a migratory people, but the number of those who are "on the move" from necessity, not from choice, has increased probably tenfold. In the old days these migrants were practically all men and -boys, but to-day there are many thousands of women and children among them. It is by no means an uncommon sight to see on the highway a father, mother, and several small children drifting aimlessly along.

The standard history is that they hava been dispossessed because unable to pay the rent or to meet the interest payments on the mortgage. They have heard vaguely that things are better in soma distant State, and they are going to find out. In the autumn there is a vast migration' towards Florida and other States in tho warm southern tier, and in the spring the tide turns northward again. There is just enough left of the old pioneer tradition to cause a general slow drift to tho West in the course of a year hundreds of thousands of these desti tute travellers get to the Pacific Coast, where they form a desperate problem for the social-work agencies. Probably only in the United States could one see the phenomenon of beggars in automobiles.

Many thousands of these vagrants, and particularly if they are travelling as a family, do so by motor-car. Onecan buy a dilapidated second-hand Ford for $25 or $50, and every American man is an automobile mechanic. On this country's hard-finished roads cost of operation is surprisingly small, and the money for petrol, tyro repairs, and food is begged along the way. In pleasant weather the tourists "camp; out" in the fields, gipsy fashion; when ifc storms they can always find some charitable soul in the countryside to tako them in, or can apply to the organised charities in the towns. BORROWED RIDES There are, of course, an enormous number of persons on the highways who lack even the 25 or 50 for a car and these make their way on foot or hitch-hike borrow rides from passing motorists.

(Many others steal rides on railway goods trains.) Hitchhiking has- become something of a fine art' in the Uuifced States, there arc even books which give instructions on it. One must, instance, carry 110 luggage; one must be clean shaven; one must not be sitting by the wayside or even -standing still, but walking slowly -iii the desired direction; one must be reasonably clean and well-dressed. One must never ask fo a ride whilo a car is going up any sort of hill or -down a very steep one one must not ask after sunset, and so on. The standard cesture of annlication is to stand facing the approaching car and jerk one thumb over the shoulder. Cases are on record where individuals have crossed' the United States 3,000 miles in this fashion in only nina 01 ten days by obtaining consecutive "lifts" from one motorist after another.

Nearly all of these persons, of course, are men, although there are a few strong-minded young women who boasc of travelling hundreds of miles by this The; 'great majority of the persons now on the road, however, are hardly to be classed as' hitch-hikers. Many of them are roughly clad working men who have heard that jobs are to be "had in some distant place and who. are almost always disappointed on their arrival. There are many destitute families walking the roads. There is also to-day an American equivalent of the Russian wild boys." Social workers estimate that there are several' hundred thousand adolescent wandering about the country, most of them the victims ohomes broken up through the depression.

They arc petty thieves "or beggars many of theni- nave got into tne nanos 01 tramps wno debauch them mentally and physically. If the country were not so preoccupied -with othor phases of the economic -disaster, this one. would receive the. most, serious attention. The "Bonus'Expeditionary Force," routed from Washington' with such unnecessary contained many and most of these are turned loose on the" roads.

They came Washington because they-had lost all hope of receiving aid any-' -where else: so far froml; Radicals they were aggressively Ottawa Conference Bargains MORE PREFERENCE Mainly by Raising Duty on Foreign Imports Details of the tariff alterations made by. the Australian Commonwealth Gov ernment in-order to give immediate effect to the Ottawa-agreement were issued yesterday. These alterations implement the undertakings given by the Commonwealth Government in the Ottawa agreement to give additional preference to British goods by the application of a formula agreed upon at Ottawa. The formula is as follows When tho duty on The minimum margin ci L-rvl. i Drpferenee will bo Free to 19 ad valorem 15 ad valorem.

19 to 29 ad valorem 17J ad valorem. "The application of this formula, Mr. Bruce, the Australian Minister in London, states, will result in increasing the average rate of preference accorded to British goods entering Australia from the present level of between 10 to 12 per cent up to a level which in practice will probably be found to exceed 17i per cent. Over 40 per cent of Great Britain's exports to Australia enter the Commonwealth duty free, and on almost all these goods the preference will now be a minimum of 15 per cent. "TEMPORARY NECESSITY" "In the majority of cases the increase of preference under the application of the formula has been brought about by an increase of duties on foreign goods rather than by a lowering of rates on British goods.

This was a temporary necessity, since the Commonwealth Government had given emphatic election pledges that ifc would neither increase nor reduce duties on industrial products except ou the advice of an impartial tariff board. Tho schedule issued to-day might convey the impression that Australia is giving effect to the Ottawa agreement aunoit entiiely by increasing the tairn on foreign l'his, now-ever, is not the position. Uver since the negotiations with iegaid to Ottawa were commenced last March the Tariff Board has been reviewing the incidence of the tariff, and already a large number of imports decieases in the duties have been received and acted upon- These reductions were made as part of the Budget introduced into the Commonwealth Parliament on Seuteniber 2, 1932, and affected many items of interest to Bntisli t.racle. Tliey included woollen piece goods, a number of iron and tsteel items, important classes of machines and' machinery." A resolution )een introduced into the House of Kejiresentatives which reiinposes primage duty at the rate of 10 per cent ad valorem on galvanised iron and steel sheets, in addition to the duties now payable. TEXTILES Concession to Artificial Silk The changes in the Australian tariff announced yesterday are, as Mr.

Bruce points out, an application of the new yreference formula by which the increase of preference, to British goods is "in the majority of brought about by an increase of duties on foreign goods rather than by the lowering of rates on British goods." Whatever the future may hold in store when the Tariff Board gets to work, opinion in the eotto.i and woollen trades last night was that there was not much to be grateful for. Australian duties on many classes, of textiles are already so high that the increase of the duty against the foreigner would not make much difference. The old Australian tariff was on three- decker lines, but the intermediate rate has not been effective, and the recent alterations in the tariff (such as those of September 2 in cotton and woollen goods) dealt with only two rates British and general. The new tariff is on the same plan. DUTIES NOT LOWERED As will be seen from the detailed comparison of the cotton and woollen duties on another page, Lancashire has -to lace the same duties as before on cotton piece goods, but a reduction of 5 per cent (from 25 per cent ad valorem to 20 per cent) is made on artificial silk piece goods.

This latter concession may assist in meeting the competition of France, Italy, and Switzerland, who with Japan are our chief rivals in the market. There will he regTets that Australia has not thought fit togive any preference on calico for bag-making, in which Japanese competition is keen- -The duties on towels, which were modified on September 2, are not changed. The duties remain on British cotton yarns as they were fixed on May 4. The new schedule does not revise the com-plicated duties then imposed on counts below 50'b. -m, The duties on foreign textiles have been increased on most items.

On yams for cotton tweeds and; blankets and sewing threads the. duty from 5 to-15 per cent on (in' which' the TJnited States is ourjebief competitor) 'from 5 to 12 per cent. The general tariff against cotton piece goods remains at 25 per "The most important change in the' case bi woollens is the reduotion -'of -ad valorem duty oh Britishfyarna-from 35 to 25 pertoent-the specific remains at pex pound. A A Exaniples "of the" "tariff changes" 'as; they.ect textiles, appear on 1 "page 14 A new Pendleton cinema, now id course of construction, expected to. "be in -It JwSi peopleV-there "will be a-park for 500'carsi and-aifoyerfand; cafer.to hold 300 people.

will'be provided-t- Candsty -organVaad a rising stage, aTe to be; instelled. 1 were removed to Haslar Naval Hos pital after-having been overcome by fumes on hoard the destroyer Acheron in Portsmouth dockyard yesterday. The men were J. Jonnson, w. H.

G. Tobin. N. J. Cross.

and J. B. Williams, and they were working in the engine-room of testrnver when they were overcome. Four of them managed to. struggle out, but Rogers had to be rescued oy one of the" naval men on board.

He rne in a serious condition when got out, but recovered consciousness after prolonged attention by dockyard and naval medical officers. TVip Tripn were all nromressintz: satis factorily in hospital'last evening, and their condition was not regarded as rln.nrrpmiiR. It is understood that the accident was f.iKPd the down-draught of wind affecting the exhaust of one of the petrol engines which drive -the dynamos, wita the result that those men working in the ship's boiler-rooms were overcome. It was there that the five men were engaged. New Type of Engines destroyer which is to i-ommissioned next Wednesday for service in the Mediterranean Fleet.

It is the first vessel in the navy to be mtea with special turbine equipment. When the Acheron was handed over to the Admiralty from the yards of Messrs. John I. Thornycroft a year ago, she was known as the navy's "Hush-hush destTover. She is one of ttie Acasta, inss with 'a soeed of 35 knots and a dis placement of 1,330 tons.

She is 313 feet in length. She is the first destroyer to be fitted with special machinery designed to make use of high pressure steam ana nas been a great success. During her trial runs she made a new record for fuel economy. It was believed that the success of the Acheron would probably lead to an extension of the high pressure system to later navy vessels. The Acherot.

had been attached temporarily to the Atlantic fleet as an experimental ship. PICKED LOCKS OF PRISON-VAN 2 Men Escape in Street Two prisoners made a daring escape from a prison van in a busy Glasgow street yesterday and have not yet been recaptured. The two men, Wiggins ana William Porter, were being conveyed with four other prisoners in the police motor-van from Barlinnie Prison to the County Buildings. There they were to have been charged at a pleading diet with two other men with being concerned in smash-and-grab raids on jewellers' premises. One of the two men who escaped, it is frrtt rwespfisinn of nn instru- UUU.LUUI qwv merit of some description, and on the way I rum ijariinnie ne pictieu im? iwu iuuas uj.

xJUan Unnfrnco Street nhnt 200 yards from the County Buildings, the door was opened. Higgins and Porter ji a-nA aft leapt irum me luuvmg cui-ig discovered until the County Buildings were reacnea. The remaining four prisoners were then sitting in the van unconcerned and told the officers who went to take them out that the other pair had "gone for a haunts of the escaped men, but no trace 01 mem couici ne iouuu. "I ie ivLint iT.fi-rti vaora cinno a cSmiTnT escape was made from a police van in .1 j. i FOWEY HARBOUR New Gift to the Nation The National Trust announces that Mr.

and Mrs. Stenton Covington, who gave part of St. Saviour's Point, Polruan, to the nation in 1927, have now generously made an addition to the property of 3j acres. To Firaoutfi Mr. and recently gave the famous Point Neptune'Woods to the Fowey Borough Council, so that by this new gift both sides of the entrance -to Fowey Harbour will be completely protected' against defacement, and another piece of the rocky coast between Fowey and Polperro becomes a public open space for LIBERAL VICTORIES IN CANADA Second in Fortnight SUMMERSIDE.

(PRlirCK EDTTAED j. 'By the narrow majorityof one, the Liberal candidate, Mr. J. McNeil, has won the i here, regaining the which'Xthe" Conservatives wrested from Liberals at the general election B.e'uter.'-'.! 'Only list wjf fhtTy laterals won 'another-. the'Tfirst since the OtUw; agreements were he Government candidate.

i 11 ti i I JLJ TRADE UNIONS TO MEET These terms, it is thought, avert' com pletely the possibility of a general strike among the workers of Belfast, They will be considered by the trade unions, who will summon a meeting almost immediately, but it is believed that they will be acceptable. The Belfast had agreed to provide additional distress relief works, and the Government had under taken to make grants at the rate of 50 per cent of the cost of these works. Mr. Tom Mann, the Communist leader, who arrived from England yesterday morning, was detained after attending the funeral of one of the victims of Tuesday's rioting, and was deported from Belfast at night. He was escorted to the Heysham boat about an hour before she was due to sail, and was asked to remain in his cabin.

There was no demonstration. VICTIM'S FUNERAL when' Iiis detention became known. A crowd collected outside the L.M.S. station, but was disappointed. Mr.

Mann travailed via HeyBham. Ho one but ordinary travellers saw him go aboard, and he was not recognised by anyone. He, was- accompanied to the vessel by fourteen members of the Criminal Investigation Department. Tnmnawail -in Mann said his purpose in visiting Belfast was to fraternise with his Communist comrades and encourage them in their struggle against slave conditions. It was his intention to address a meeting.

at the Custom-house Steps, Belfast, on Sunday, hut when he informed the police officer who questioned him of that intention, the officer said it could not be allowed. Mr. Tom Mann, who is now seventy-sir, has been a Communist leader for ten years. He first came into prominence to llue great London dock strike of 1B88, and after an amazing career as a strike leader in England and Australia, Leaded the Syndicalist movement which played a larfif part in the Labour disputes of 1911-13. In 1913 lie was in the United States, in 1914 in South Africa, and during lecent years he lias frequently visited Russia.

INDUSTRIAL HOPE Belfast enjoyed another day's freedom from disorder, apart from the stealinp of the contents of several breadcarts in widely separated parts of the city. The industrial atmosphere was also considerably improved. A big batch of the relief workers on strike went back to their jobs, while shipyard employees, after a long spell of idleness, saw hope in the fact that Messrs. Workman, Clark, and in addition to orderBfor two new ships announced to-day, have secured a contract from the Anglo-American Oil Company for extensive repairs to two large oil tankers. The magistrates at the police court dealt with another batch of prisoners on charges connected with tbe disorders.

A number of the men were also charged with being drunk, the offence alleged against one man being that he "was drunk while in charge of a hatchet to the danger of the public." Most of the accused were remanded. Fines were imposed in other cases. The relief workers on strike have arranged several ooen-air meetings' in connection with the proposed general strike during the week-end. and another large numoer 01 ponce were transierrea from the country districts to the city. It is expected that the proposed meetings will be banned by the police.

DUBLIN DEMAND Dublin unemployed propose to march to Leinster House on Wednesday, the occasion of the reassembly of the Dail, and demand either work or bread. TALKS BEGUN Official Statement tions declared "It was a hard day," but the fact that the conference is to be continued to-day is taken as a good eign. Mr. De Valera's original demand was that the question as to whether or not the annuities and other disputed revenues amounting in all to about 5,000,000 were legally due from the Free State Government should be submitted to sn international tribunal, and against that the British Government's contention was that the tribunal should be confined to tbe British Empire under terms of agreements 'arrived, at at the -1930 Imperial Conference. It is expected that the present negotiations will centre on the constitution of an arbitration court.

The morning session of the Conference lasted until one o'clock, and the afternoon talk proceeded until shortly after five o'clock. On leaving Whitehall Gardens last' levening Mr. De Valera's car was driven to Downing 'the 'Irish leader did not leave 'rThe" car backed through the; Foreign. where went into" Whitehall again without stopping. It is not toown whether, this "waV.

avihistake on; the; part-of thej. driver "or. a to ''sratwijt tHe The car drbvp wyryar4sthe West End hi 1 direction of ttohiotel where Mr. De Vtlexsc'iB ope'riin'gof the (inference cbincfdes-wKh the Free State Mr- De ftilkjwith hisr'delegatiorilasti! evening regarding' yesterdayVdisctission "andtte'PJo-grsxnme -for 1 'Av representatwe' of ithe told i reporter it-was highly, improbable, tbat tcMlay. distinct, the aade.tbatdisfeOMWiia.

would jy Mr. MacDonald agreeing, though he notoriously dislikes Geneva and had begun by proposing London. M. Herriot argued persuasively for Geneva. He became the advocate for the smaller He agreed that they were entitled to object to tne problem being taken away from Geneva as thonch thev had no concern in it.

and he finally urged tbat there was really no case for holding the confer ence anywnere else tnan ueneva. Herriot had his war. It never occurred to any of them (or at least that is what is now conveyed; that Geneva could possibly be a stumbling-block to Germany. THE HAGUE SUGGESTED German objections to Geneva, how ever, are unshakable. There is abund ant confirmation of that from German official sources in London.

They take the view that it is a French manreuvrc to get them back to the Disarmament Conference by a subterfuge. They are to be inveigled into a Four-Power Conference which, being held at Geneva, would virtually become a subcommittee of the Disarmament Conference itself. When they announced that they would come on conditions to London it was because London gave them assurance that they would be engaged in deliberations demonstrably; independent of Geneva and the Disarmament Conference. I am told quite earnestly from responsible German sources that Germany would still be ready to join in a Four-Power Conference held anywhere but Geneva, with the possible exception of Lausanne, which the Germans do not like because of a predominantly anti-French atmosphere both in the town and its press. The Hague, it is put to me, for instance, would be quite an acceptable meeting-place to the Germans.

THE FUTURE "What next? Mr. MacDonald' project can hardly survive this last check. Some attempt may still be made through diplomatic channels to induce Germany to change "her mind, but these latest happenings do not encourage hope. ifor is there much ground for thinking that France will forgo her tactical victory and accept any other place than Geneva. And so the Four-Power Conference, whose death was presumed a week ago, looks certainly dead now.

And if that is so, the problem goes back to a disarmament conference minus Germany, but a disarmament conference which, should find in that minatory fact the most urgent spur to its task of achieving drastic disarmament. A CONFERENCE IN ANOTHER CITY? Comment in France (From our own Correspondent.) Paris, Friday. The news from London that the British and French Premiers had decided to call a Four-Power Confer ence at Geneva was received with much satisfaction here, for it seemed to show tbat a way out of the present deadlock had at last been found. The choice of Genera as its meeting-place was particularly welcomed, and M. Herriot was complimented in the even ing papers on this achievement.

But this first good piece of news was soon followed by a message from London that, while Italy had agreed to attend the Conference, Germany had refused. Later still it was stated that Germany would perhaps be prepared to attend the Conference if it were to be held in some Swiss town other than Geneva; but it is highly improbable that France would agree to this. Her objection to Berne or Lausanne would be exactly the same as her objection to Lopdon bb the meeting-place for the Conference, the deadlock is likely to continue. Assuming that Germany persists in her refusal to go to Geneva for the Four-Power Conference, it seems that the only sensible thing to do and this view is in French quarters favourable to is to go on with the work of the Disarmament Conference regardless of Germany's policy. It is held that if France, and -the- United States -now acted' energetically- in that direction Germany, aware of her diplomatic isolation, would soon be obliged to abandon her present attitude.

is not certain whether, he new French "plan-inu discussed in" London, but it is that, some reference musV hayebeen made. It is scarcely that; the were merely limited to the elaboration of ''the; proposed Conference, that the possibility of refusal was not considered." It is-hoped here that common line' action was decided on between France and Britain in the Germany's refusal, and "shat the BritashV.G'overoment". did Shot L. consider Conference vas theoneand of achieving Belfast, Friday. Mr.

Tom Maun, the veteran Communist leader, who arrived in Belfast this morning, was detained after he had been about eight hours in the city. He was detained after the funeral of Samuel Baxter, one of the two victims of the riots, who was killed by a bullet on Tuesday in Leeson Street. The funeral took place from Baxter's home in Regent Street, near the centre of the city, to the Catholic cemetery in Trails Tt.na.rl. two miles away. Mr.

Mann was one oFthe four pall-bearers walking at tile side ot tue nearse, wrucn wua followed by hundreds of the footpaths on both sides of the entire route were lined with spectators. Immediately after the funeral Mr. Mauu, accompanied by several friends, returned to Falls Road to go into the city. No sooner had he reached the gate of the cemetery than he was appioached by police, and almost before anyone except those concerned knew what was taking place he was placed in a police car and taken to the Central Police Station. Mr.

Mann was closely shadowed from the time of his arrival in the city. THE AUTHORITIES' JOKE Mr.Mann protested vigorously against his detention und demanded to know what charge" was made against him. When he reached the Central Police Station a constabulary officer handed him an order signed by Sir iwson Bates, the Minister of Home Affairs, forbidding Mr. Mann to reside in any part of Northern Ireland except Clogher, County Tyrone. The order was issued under the Civil Authorities Powers Act, which was passed quickly through the Northern Ireland Parliament eleven years ago, when there was prolonged disorder, and gives the Minister of Home Affairs powers which were described by a distinguished military officer then serving in ulster as wider than martial law." Mr.

Mann read the order carefully, and then said with a smile that he had no desire to live in Clogher and would go. By fixing Clogher as the only part of the 8ix Counties where Mr. Mann could reside the authorities perpetrated a huge joke. Clogher is a remote hamlet in Tyrone, about, fifty mileB from Belfast, and to reach it Mr. Mann would require to pass through parts of County Antrim, County Down, County Armagh, and County Tyrone, all forbidden territory, and, of course, he could not leave the hamlet to return to Great Britain without also infringing the order.

Therefore Mr. Mann had no alternative hut to leave Northern Ireland. WHY MR. MANN WENT TO BELFAST The police refused all information as to the route by which Mr. Mann was to travel to England, fearing that his friends would make a demonstration, as, indeed, had been hurriedly planned ANGLO-IRISH An Uninforminp- The Anglo-Irish" negotiations on the land annuities and other disputed matters opened in London yesterday.

The Conference eat in the morning and afternoon and adjourned until to-day. The following official statement waB. issued last night: The negotiations with the Irish Free State Delegation were begun at 2, Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W., at 10 30 this morning and continued this afternoon at 3 p.m. The Irish Free State Delegation was composed of the President of the Executive Council and Minister for External Affairs. Mr.

De Valera; the Minister of Finance, Mr. Sean MacEntee; the Minister of Justice, Geoghegan; and the. Attorney- 'General, Mr. Conor A. Maguire.

Government of the United JKjngttom was represented by the Secretary of State- for Dominion Affairs, Mr. Thomas; the Chancellor of the Mr. Chamberlain the Sec- retarv of State for War, Lord Hausnam and the General, Sir Thomas The' discussions will be continued The.hplding of the meeting at No- 2, Wtetehair Gardens was probably due to the fact that M. Herriot, the French In odnsnltation with Mr. Ramsay MacDonald- ajfct Downing StMefc-itwasat first fhought'that Sir John "SimonlHhe Foreign MhiiBter, was one of thViritish delegates, b-i a visit he to-.

thelConference prej sumably- to twelcome.sMr.r;De;ierai with whom Sir John had come into close touch" at his o'X'Hrrht'wasA-'-th'rown 'onv-ywbat rogr ess was made yesterday. Qnet.of those -who participated -i THE GERMAN VIEW Why She Will Not Go to Geneva (From our. own Correspondent.) Berlin, Friday. There is great dissatisfaction here that Geneva has been agreed upon by Fi ance and England as the seat of the Four-Power Conference. The British Government, so it was understood here, was not anxious to select Geneva, and Germany was against Geneva all along because the Four-Power Conference would then seem like a part of the Disarmament Conference, in which she.

has refused to take part until her claim to "equal rights" is met. German diplomacy is getting accustomed to a phenomenon that is continually repeating itself of Berlin and London agreeing, or Berlin accepting proposal made by London, and then London deferring to the wishes of Paris. Whatever may be said about the subject of the Conference Germany's claim to "equal rights," the Qerman objection to Geneva is intelligible. Germany entirely agrees to London, subject to the conditions laid down in the German reply to the British invitation. ANTI-MILITARISM NOT ALLOWED The Communists opened their election campaign with two mass meetings here in Berlin last nights The speaker at one of them began to talk about the danger of another war, whereupon he was promptly arrested.

No reason has bean given, and apparently there is none, except that while criticism of the Papen-Schleicher regime is allowed within fairly wide limits, no attack on the regime'i military, policy is tolerated. Indeed, almost the entire German. press has scared into silence on that, subject. Anti-militarism, or pacifism in. any form, is treated more severely than Socialism, atheism, or even Com-' munism.

The Socialist have com-, plained that the Chancellor, Yon Papen, in all true Gerrainaito be supporters -of" VbrPapn has replied that-ihe was referring onlyVto. Ger-rhan's-claim rightsjiin the matfcelrtbf "Goverhment'srmlitarypolioy-Pacifiats and anti-militarists rareooked upon -t patriotic: and -believed tnat-the service of the jhusbahd.rahdfather would certainlvv cause tbe to' look-after his: family they.did'notstarvieji?.-; Tne brutal treat-', -y-mect received, troops has simply stunned these people, ana tney arenow wanaenng tno 'someHof SthenT closelyyresemblingishell-shockf there v-them in an abandonedTeserrirvim 'i Jew yards. 5C: frnrti trurmillioiiaireB homes "of-Fifth Avenuek and" ''another or) the'f shore. of H1C v. United stalely BiversMe.Driveivr, COMMUNISM "NOT "GAINING C- y-cSpy.

t. In view 'of-Pmi dent'BSover'a charge 7f 'members Army 'iW wereXi fti' perhaps Botuetess man on the i-fejsg.