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KEEPING UP WITH EVENTS Edited by ROBERT W. HORTON World Economic Parley Indefinitely Delayed THE organizing committee of the World Economic Parley held a closed meeting in Geneva yesterday. What was said no one knows. What was decided was that the conference will not be held at least until summer. The organizing committee -adjourned for three months. At the end of that time it may meet again and see about setting another date. The committee did decide to ask Premier MacDonald to preside if and when the conference is ever held. Z Trotzky Criticizes Stalin in Books There are published in this country today the second and third volumes of Leon Trotzky's "History of the Russian Revolution.' In one of them, Trotzky writes: "Stalin's errors have brought him to a vulgar idealization of democracy, or a which can be nothing in reality but either an imperial dictatorship or a dictatorship of the proletariat. Step by step Stalin's groups have procooded along this road to a complete break' with the position of Lenin." Trotzky also says: "When faced by great problems, Stalin always renot thru lack of character as in the case of Kanenev, but thru narrowness of horizon and lack of creative imagination. suspicious caution almost organically compels him at moments of great decision and deep difference of opinion to retire into the shadow, to wait, and if possible to insure himself against insurrection." Police Kill Nine at Communist Meet Police fired on a meeting of Communists in a hall in Berlin last night and killed nine workmen. Fifteen were wounded. At another Communist meeting in Berlin earlier in the day, a big demonstration against the government was put on. The day was cold, and many of the workmen appeared on the street without coats. They didn't have any. There were shouts of "We are hungry," "Death to all Fascists" and "Down with the Schleicher Government.' Their antipathy to Von Schleicher is due to the rumor that he plans to set up an absolute dictatorship. French Cabinet Due to Be Defeated Thirty-one deputies were ready to begin questioning the Paul-Boncour government when the French Chamber of Deputies was called to order today. The questions of policy are expected to defeat Paul-Boncour before the end of the week. China Denies Planning to Quit the League For weeks there has been a rumor in Nanking and Geneva that China, as dissatisfied as Japan over the League of Nations' handling of the Manchurian invasion, would withdraw from the League. The rumor was denied in official circles in Peiping last night. It was admitted, however, that unless the League settled the dispute favorably to China, other means of satisfaction would be sought. Japan says the same thing. Communist Propaganda Found in Barracks The government of Chile has decided not to call this year's quota of military conscripts because a quantity of Communist propaganda was found in the garrison at Valparaiso. Instead, the government will call for volunteers to serve without pay. Lewis J. Selznick Dies; Pioneer Movie Man Lewis J. Selznick, 62, one of the pioneers of the movie industry, died at his home in Hollywood last night. His son, David, is production chief of the RKO studios in Hollywood. French Farmers Fight Police in Paris Several thousand wheat farmers descended upon Paris last night and held a demonstration during which they demanded that the government maintain the price of wheat. They passed a resolution which said: "If the government fails to act constructively to maintain the price of wheat, we representatives of small farmers from the four corners of France will declare a tax strike." After the meeting, the demonstrators started to march to the Chamber of Deputies. The battle with police followed. The police won. Woman Wants 'All' Her Cash in Bank A run on the Bank of Commerce at Memphis, Tenn., one of the largest banks in the South, brought a crowd to the institution yesterday. In the line was a woman, who began screaming and demanding all the money she had in the bank. When she finally got to the window and they checked up her account it was found that she had on dposit exactly 40 cents. She got it. The total funds on deposit were $16,000,000. The bank obtained $13,000,000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Thousand Teacher Out on 'No-Pay' Strike One thousand primary school teachers in Oriente Province, Chile, have been on strike two days in protest against failure to receive their pay checks. They have had to work for nothing several months. John Faulkner Dies at Age of 104 The "world's oldest jockey," John Faulkner, died at Appleford, Berkshire, England, last night. He was 104 years old and the father of 32 children. "Old John" was a tradition at the English race tracks and had been a familiar figure on them for nearly a century. He rode his last race at the age of 74. Two years ago he tried to break a mule for a friend and was thrown and broke a thigh. Faulkner married twice. Many of his 32 children were successful jockeys, trainers and stablemen. "Old John" abided by a single rule thruout life-never bet on the ponies.
