1TISH LABOR
OPPOSES PACT
Hcmsay MacDonald Makes
Remarks About Anglo- 1
French Agreement " T
Northwestern Rail Union
' iHjM. U. QFPEGAKTJ
ST. FAUU' IClan. Oct.
(AP)--rFlnal ocUoa la expected
within i tiv months on fc pro
posal to create the largest railroad
Ttem In point of mileage In the
United States through nntflcatloa
of the Great Northern, and North
em Padfie. Closing oral argn-
menta will 1 heard by the later
state commerce commission Octo
ber taad 4 and decision la expeet4atber
SIRlfXNGHAM. Eng Oct. J
CAP ) . Ramsay MacDonald, Bri
tish labor leader, had some sharp
things to say at the labor party before January.
nil. I w AATfi VMtfriliT mBMni-
h.r th wrr.fT. mmnnt'.! WhH i the Unification petition
handling of the Anglo-Fteneh na-Jrelat J 10 the North-
al agreement. ' I8 ownersmp or 91 per
"Was any diplomacy more sto-'cent of the stock of the Barllng-
pldT" ho exclaimed. rTou canjuna. voua make that road also a
have diplomacy wrapped np like 'part of the glgantle system The
a cat In a bag and kept . from j combined roads would operate 11 r
aMowmgoryon can bare yonrcat.aoo mile of track: tn It western
at of the bag open to Inspection. states and two' Canadian proTta
Bnt here you hare the tall of the) ToU1 i..ets'would be f
wJTC ; . on this
ww moat Cad oat what la behind, M, aj, . v.
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the tail and at the end of It Sir
wetea has certainly inrented a
stew kind of ' diplomacy which I
wwafd can, tall oat of the bag
diplomacy."
- The former premier-daring the
day presented a resolution ' on
world peace and disarmament, de-
ding that the" goremment
a general act of arbitration
' that the - Anglo-Trench naral
agreement be abandoned, that an
ettectiTe disarmament treaty-be
signed and that all foreign troops
hm - unconditionally withdrawn
from the Rhlneland.
. In the course of a speech sup
porting the resolution which sub-
seqsently was adopted. Command
er Kenwarthr, labor member of
parliament, said:
The danger or war between
this country and America and Be
tween Trance and Italy Is aa real
as was the danger of war between
this ''country and Germany ' In
lit . - Ton hare again the unof
Tidal, bat neTertheless binding,
conTersatlons between staffs in
Parts and staffs In London.'
'lie .In aannal openatlng economy
estimated at flf.O 00.00. which,
the roads say, would permit re
duction . in local r freight - rates.
Heading the opposition la the) Chi
eagolUlwankee, St. Pan! ft Pa
cific road, which declares the plan
would defeat the intent oX the
Transportation -net " of III
through elimination of competition
and , union of two strong roads
than- through , merging
strong and weak - srstenuu Thou
sands of words of oral argument
and briefs hare been submitted.
Under the plan, all stock of the
Great Northern, Northern Pacific
and Borllngton and their tT&sld-r
tartes would be held by the Great
Northern Padfie Railway company
created for the purpose. It would
hard f500.000.00O capital stock.
substantially equal to the combin
ed capital of the Northerns, for
which It would bo exchanged ahare
for share;''-. - -
... Pnlflrarlon Plan
The interstate commerce com
mission, while actually concerned
only with the irntfleatlon plan.
ttlon or a second shattering will
come to the long-eheriahed dreams
af the Isle James J,- H1U "father"
of the Northerns.
-4 An effort waa made aa early as
ltei - to merge the . Northerns
through the Northern Securities
sompany aa a holdlnx and ooanf.
ins suit, but the plan was held by
tae unuea states supreme court
to be in Tlolajtloa of the Sherman
anti-trust law," Wlht paasage of
the TTansportation Act of llio
V the Northern lettered
they aaw a way to effect the unifi
cation.
Just what realignment of the
exeeuoTe personnel will be made
tn case the plan la approred la
matter of conjecture. The death
of if r. Ulott left three men prom
inently Identified with actual op
eration of the Northern Loi
WT. 'HDV chairman or the Great
Northern and eon of the "empire
bullder;w CbArlea Jtonnelly; pres
ident or the Northesn Padfie, and
Ralph Budd, - president of ; the
Great Northern,
Penasyrranla and New York Cen
tral and slightly greater than the
Canadian Padfie..; '. '
Chief Benefits ...
Prlndpal beneflta of the unifica
tion as presented by the Northerns will In effect dedde whether fru-
nunc d rar
n
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"TACOMAi Oct. t (AP) The
blessing of the RL Rct. Abbot
- lAmbert Burton. O. S, B 8econd
Abbot of EL Martin's Abbey at
Laoey.' near Olympla, saeeeedlng
Oswald Baron. O. S. B.. who died
several months ago. took -place
bere. Tuesday morning at the Holy
Resary church. The Iter. Abbot
Burton was elected by the mem
bers of SL Martin's Abbey and
. following confirmation of the elec
tion by the church in Rome the
' ceremony took place Tuesday. He
will hare Jurisdiction of the Mon
astery at St. Martin's daring his
, life time. Before coming to
-Washington he resided In Atchi
son, Kans.
Most Rer. 'Ed ward Howard. D.
D Archbishop of Portland, was
-celebrant of the mass and was S-i
stated by Rt. Rer. Edward J.
CTDea, D. D bishop of Seattle;
Rt. Rer. Joseph McGratb, D. D..
bishop of Baker City. Ore.: Rt
Rer. Abbot Martin Vaeth, O. 8.
B of Atchison, Kans.; Rer. Ab
bot Bernard Murphy, O. S. B., of
Mt. Angel, Ore.
A grand opportunity to get Into
the news awaits some fellow who
can smoke two brands of cigar
ettes while he's blindfolded and
can't tell 'em apart. Roseburg
News-Review.
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