Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1927, Page 4

® MAYOR S WARNED OF PLOT ONLIF Steubenville, Ohio, City Af- fairs in Turmoil—Police Chief Accused of Theft. STEUBENVILLE, 1.—Steubenville's are in the throes of excitement again, | with Mayor E. J. Sander the recpient | of a mysterious death threat; Chief of Police Ross Cunningham formal charge of larceny, and Night Sergt. Richard Edgerly. retired on a | pension last week, refusing to quit his | post following a legal opinion that | the city acted without authority. | Mayor Sander is not taking the @eath threat seriously, although it was admitted he is guarded by police An anonymous, telephone call to city hall last night taformed Sander of a | plot to kill him. Sander rec i succeeded John who ed as the city’s chief executive. Following on the heels of the threat to kill the mayor, Chief of Police Cunningham, successor to Blaine Carter, who was ousted from office recently for misconduct and refusal v..i enforce laws against vice, was formal- | 1y charged by former Safety Director | Oliver Conley with the theft of a bat- | tery from a seized S Cunningham will be giv hearing before Mayor week. Conley was dismissed by pew administ n Both Sander and Cunningham de clared today that they are the targets | of the underworld and friends of the | ousted administration for their efforts to clean up the city CALLES REAéSURES NATION AS OIL LAND REVERTS TO STATE “irst_Page.) January affairs the (Continued from @rs but the continued control of the wvital agencies of the government.” Word has come from the State De- partment that Sacasa and his adher- ents could not hope for recognition by the United States if he dis- fodged Diaz from his 1n the present fight nition would be in violation of the Central American pact adherence, which bans all governments that come fnto being through violence and revo- Tution. . Borah Expresses Concern. ' While the United States continues announced reutral attitude toward both sides in the Central American republic, Chairman Porah of the Sen- | ate foreign relations committee has expressed his concern over the situa- tion being rendered more complicated through a possible killing of an Amer- fean while United States marines are in the country. He believes, however, that unless something of this kind Bappens American forces will withdrawn at an early date. “A policy of watchful waiting has Deen adopted with regard to the New Mexico oil laws, which went into effect while American oil operators owning extensive interests there were adopt- ing a tacit agreement to refuse to apply for the required confirmatory goncessions under which they would receive 50 and 30 year leases, with privilege of. renewal, in lieu of their Present titles. Russian Relations Touched On. ‘While operators who fail to con- their titles will “renounce their hts under the law,” .They will not have their properties confiscated, ac- dording to the Mexican embassy. In " other words, the embassy says, they /il lose their “privileged position. Russian-American relations were fouched on when Boris E. Skvirsky, director of the Russian Information Bureau, said in a New Year state- ment that “at present there are obvious handicaps to the development of commercial relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, which I hope will be removed in due course.” He made no reference, how- ever, to last night's Muscow dispatch ‘pgarding recognition preliminaries. SELFISHNESS DENIED. Bmbassy Issues Statement By Indus- trial Secretary. he Mexican embassy here today industry, department of commerce d labor, Mexico City: “Ever since the promulgation of the troleum law and regulations, this partment has been procuring, with- its jurisdiction, the fulfillment and plication of their provisions, but in- terested parties have pretended to in- terpret this attitude as a policy of obstruction following a deliberate pur- Pose on the part of the federal govern- ent to take possession of valuable terests, the ownership of which the oprietors are not in a position to bstant: “The 3 dvisions of the petroleum Iaw and ulations clearly demon- the government is not i selfish motives, as those precepts do.not establish for the ad- inistration”any privileges nor royal- s on privite lands, whether they jay have been contracted for prior to r after May 1, 1917. On the other hand, the constant efforts of this de- partment have been directed toward granting the interested parties-all the facilities consistent with the law in the matter of declaration of rights, @eting upon specific instructions from the president of the repub) “This department considers it con- \:mvm to state most emphatically that the government does not intend to injure rights of any nature and that enforcement of the legal precepts above mentioned only obeys to a high #pirit guiding Mexico, ns a soverelgn mation, to dictate the laws best suited for the country's requirements and the imperative need of enforcing them for the good of the eommunity, and the parties interested, to whom every faci is granted. “With the above purpose and in ac- eordance with the final prescriptions cont: @ of the petroleum law, this department, as a dependency of the federal government, will not enter any applications of third parties | or outsiders for the exploration or exploitation of lands acqu May 1, 1917, for the purpe as the not in provisions SCHOOL REPORTED SEIZED. Methodist Episcopal Mission Said to Have Been Taken Over. The New York Herald-Tribune in a dispatch from Washington today said that* the Mexican government had geized the first building belonging. to &n American -Protestant church and hed taken steps to make it permanent is the Diario gazette of the which arrived odist Episcopal Missio: with headquarters at Atlanta, ¢ is at Piedras gras, 'in Coahuila, ‘where it was in charge of J. A. W. a Methodist minister. building was used as a mission facing a | s NEW ATTEMPT TO OUST | COLORADO PRISON HEAD Compiles Series of Charges in Move to Remove | Governor Penitentiary Warden. | By the &ssociated Press. IR, January 1.—For a_sec- ond time, efforts will be made by a Governor of Colorado to remove Thomas J. Tynan as warden of the State Penitentiary at Canon City. vesterday that . inefficency, urbordination and _ drunkenness rinst Warden Tynan have been pre- {pared by Gov. Clarence J. Mor- nd will be presented to the C: sion probably today. intention to force trial of Tynan before the com- mission resulted from the warden’s re to permit two Canon City phy- ns to enter the prison and ex- e three convicts alleged to have beaten for infraction of prison discipline. _An executive order of the governor December 10 directed the physicians to make the examination. Two vears ago the Civil Servi Commission refused by a two-to-one vote to uphold charges preferred gainst Tynan by Gov. W. i Sweet. ONE DEAD, 7 HURT, S NEW YEAR ToLL Guns, Knives, Hatchet and Bricks Figure in Capital’s Celebration. Bricks, guns. knives and a hatchet figured prominently in an untradi- tional ebration of the advent of the New Year in Washington last night, and today the District Morgue and the hospitals present a grim specter of the result. One Kkilled and s&ven wounded was the toll. One of the injured is Policeman Willlam T. Murphy of the ninth precinct station. Two others are colored girls. The body of Samuel Lucas, colored, 24 years old, lies in the morgue, the of a gunshot wound inflicted watch night” party at 2403 H street, while police search for Jesse ans, also colored, 804 Twenty-sixth street, who went to the house in search of his wife and found her. Lucas was killed almost instantly when his assailant opened fire. An- other bullet buried itself in the foot of Harold Bruce, colored, who was taking part in the festivities. Policeman Murphy was fa dnzed condition in front of 213 ren street northeast, suffering from sre wounds in his head and face, ith a flatiron beside him. The po- liceman had gone to interrupt a dis turbarce. John H. Mosley, colored, 218 Warren street, is being held b the police in connection with Murphy’s injuries. . Lula Baylor, 14, and Emily Carter, 18, were in Sullivan court southwest when a group of boys attacked them. The girls were taken to Gallinger Hospital for treatment. Five colored boys are under arrest on suspicion of being members of the attacking party. Cut With Hatchet. Seven stitches were -required to close a wound made by a hatchet in the forehead of Luther Chapman, col- ored, of O'Brien court, who is said to have engaged in a fight in a neigh- bor’s house. William Hech, 42 vears old, 321 Fourteen-and-a-half street, was cut over the heart with a penknife by an unidentified man in a fight near First and H streets northeast shortly after the arrival of the new year. His as- saflant has not been apprehended. A brick hurled by an unidentified boy in Fitzstmmons court struck Riley Morton, colored, 11 years old, and put him in Freedmen's Hospital for treat- ment, while another “watch night” party, at 332" Jackson alley, resulted seriously for Alexander Frye, colored, who was shot through the back. Frye accused his sister, and the police are looking for her. odlan s TAGS BRING GOLD MEDAL. U. S. Army Wins in Geneva Red Cross Competition. The Medical Department of the United States Army has been awarded the gold medal of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the first prize in the competition of “Wound Cards,” held at Geneva, Switzerland, recently, in connection with the meet- ing of the International Standardiza- tion Committee. Maj. Gen. Merritte W. Ireland, surgeon general of the Army, has just been informed of the award. The “Wound Cards” exhibited by the United States Army are the standard forms known as the “Emer- gency Medical Tag” and the “Field Medical Record,” employed by the Army in the fleld for tagging sick and wounded for evacuation and rec- ord purposes. In addition to their technical value in connection with the treatment of each case, these forms are eventually flled in the War De- partment. They then become valu- able in connection with the military record of the patient and in the ad- justment of claims for pensions and compensation. They are also of great value in the study of medical history. The first of these tags is attached to the soldler’s clothing at the time he recefves first treatment for sick- ness or wounds. The other is attached when he is first transported to a hospital. Both tags remain with the patient until medical treatment is later. These tags constitute a con- finally terminated, possibly months tinuous record of the medical treat- ment. EX-U. S. ATTORNEY HELD. CHICAGO, January 1 (®).—Henry 1. Foster, a former A States Attorney General the office of the alien property cus- todian in Washington, was ordered re- moved to Oklahoma City to face charges of impersonating a Govern- ment officer in connection with_ the cashing of o worthless check at Mus- kogee, Okla. Foster, reported to be the son of a member of the New Hampshire Legis- tavor of |lature, waived a hearing on removal. He said he had not claimed to be a Federal officer, but had merely pre- sented letters which he received while in the Government service as means of identification. school and was called the ‘Institute of the People.’ In February, 1926, it was closed by the Mexican government be- cause of alleged teaching of religion by foreigners, and now the govern- ment has served notice the mission butlding will become its property un- der the Mexican law, which prohibits churches from owning real estate and { provides their property shall become the property of the nation. The Meth. odi; Episcopal -Church, however, is given opportunity to protest, and if it makes no representations the prope automatically goes to the Mexic i government. “This seizure of church property is| throughout expected to add materially to the dif-. qulties of a situation already ~ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FUNDFORLEAPLEY FAMIY NOW 1.6 Only $193.49 Still Needed to Assure Home for Widow and Seven Children. Contributions received by The Star in the past 24 hours to be applied to the fund now being collected for the relief of Mrs. Lewis Leapley and her seven children, who were rendered fatherless when Mr. Leapley was killed in an automobile accident two days before Christmas, amounted to .05, and brought the total to date at_$1,606.51. Mr. Leapley owed about $1,700 on his home. It has been suggested by many that if this debt is wiped out, Mrs. Leapley and her children will be assured of a house to live in and the burden of supporting the family will be made much easier. The standing of the fund today leaves but $193.49 to be collected, if it is deemed advis- able to apply the money to securing the Leapley home. Contributions have been received by The Star as follows: Previously acknowledged.....$1,283.46 Employes, seventh and eighth floors, Evening Star News paper Co........ A STAEE B Ladies’ Capital Post, No. erans of Foreign Wars. H. A C W. 8. H. Mrs. C. W. K. K. M. W. M. Herbert Roly. Bill, Charlotte and Tom M. 8. P Miss Ida Weill. B.F. M. Mr. and Mrs. W D. F. Groff.. Maude B. McPherson. ‘W. Trego. Total to date ..$1,506.51 'WORLD RELIGIOUS | MEETING IS PLANNED Pentecost Committee of Disciples of Christ Propose Session in Capital in 1930, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 1.—The Ren- tecost anniversary committee of 15, | appointed at the National Conven- tion of the Disciples of Christ in { Memphis, to plan a world meeting in 1930, met Wednesday and named an arrangement committee of 120. The convention will be held in Wash- ington, where it is planned to erect the Capital Church of Christ, costing $1,000,000. A tenth of this sum | already has been pledged by R. A. Long of Kansas City. A campalgn to Increase the mem- bership of the church from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 by 1930 also will be con- ducted, along with a campaign to add 1,000 churches, 1,000 préachers and 1,000 laymen preachers to the organi- zation. PRESIDENT OF ALBANIA SENDS THANKS TO ITALY Gratitude ,Is Expressed to Musso- lini for Aid in Recent Earth- quake Relief. By the Associated Prees. ROME, January 1.— President Ahmed Zogu of Albania has sent a message to Premier Mussolini convey- ing the thanks of the Albanian gov- ernment for Italy’s action in sending a Red Cross detachment of 2 officers and 10 men to aid in relief work at Durazzo, which was shaken by an earthquake last week. The mayor of Durazzo and the presi- dent of the Albanian Red Cross have visited the Italian legation there and expressed gratitude for Italy's speedy aid. They said that it was an affir- mation of the friendship between the two countries which would augur well for the effectiveness of the recently signed Italian-Albanian treaty. A The International Federation of Trade Unions has recently celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. NOW HOLDING Wyoming Senator Is “Grand Old Soldier,” While Several Other Members Have Achieved Honors. By the Associated Press. The schoolboy impression that the new American” Government wh{vch emerged 11§ the Revolutionary War was comp almost entirely of ex- minutemen¥@nd that in later years public officlaldom has been running almost entirely to“ non-military fig- res seems to be all wrong. uTake, for instance, the United States Senate. When that branch of Con- gress first set up in business in 1789, with Rhode Island unrepresented, only seven of 24 members had seen military or naval service. In the present Senate thers are 19 out of 96. And the first Senate had as its presiding officer John Adams, whose military experience was so scanty as to be ai- most indiscernible, while the sixty- ninth is presided over by no less than a full fledged major general, Charles G. Dawes. Warren “Grand Old Soldier.” Gen. Philip Schuyler of New York ‘was the outstanding soldier-Senator of the Firt Congress, and the only one among all his senatorial colleagues whose military achievements have lived in history. Now the “grand old soldier” of Con- gress is Senator Warren of Wyoming, holder of a congressional medal for gallantry in action at the seige of Hudson in the Civil War, arren ranked as a ‘“non-com” the war between the States, but he serves now alongside one general and a handful of cwnel!. WARREN DEAN OF WAR VETERANS A. A. A. APPEALS FOR 19271 AS GREAT SAFETY YEAR Model Motorists and Model Pedes- trians Needed, Says T. P. Henry, President of Body. Make 1927 the “Great Safety year, even if we fall short of the records we have been creating in other flelds of endeavor,” is the new year appeal of Thomas P. Henry, president of the American Automobile Association. “We need model motorists and model pedestrians,” he said, “just as much as we need safe brakes, safe headlights and safe highways. He urged adoption by the States of the recommendations of the Hoover conference on street and highway safety, gradual elimination of grade crossings, better safeguarding of dangerous crossings, and creation of “super-highways” in congested urban centers. BRGER L FREE DESPTEVARRAN Sheriff Fails to Arrest Gang Leader in lllinois on Mur- der Charge. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, 1L, January 1.—Al- though a warrant was issued Monday at Benton charging Charles Birger, armed Harrisburg gang leader, with complicity in the murder of Mayor Jo2 Adams of West City, Birger stil] is | at liberty and Sherifft Lige Turner maintains silence as to his plans. Sheriff James Pritchard of Fraklin County, who delivered the warrant to Sheriff Turner Tuesday, said he could not understand Turner's atti- tude. He talked to Turner over the telephone yesterday, but said he did not get any satisfactory information as to whether the warrant had been served or when it would be. Warrant Was Read. Birger told a local newspaper cor- respondent Tuesday night that Deputy Sheriffs Elmer Gibbons and Lon Travelstead had called at his home and read the warrant, but the next day he drnied he had been ar- rested. Sher.®f Turner admitted he Gibbons and Travelstead to Birger's house, but refused to affirm or dény that the warrant had been served. Birger had announced he would leave Tuesday night for Benton in custody of Sheriff Turner and depu- ties and would arrange to furnish bond at once. Later he learned the offense was non-bailable unless habeas corpus proceedings were brought, which would leave the question of bail to the discretion of circuit judge. Grand Jury Meets February 7. The prospect of having to remain in jail at Benton until the next grand jury meets February 7, is believed by some observers to have caused Birger to change his mind about surrendering. 0.3 Birger, who has been engaged in a fued with the Shelton gang for con- trol of the Southern Illinois coal belt liquor traffic, has repeatedly said he would kill Karl Shelton, one of the rival leaders, at the first opportun- ity. Shelton was recently released from jail under $60,000 bond on a mail robbery charge for which his brother Barl and Bornie still are held. JAPAN NOW PREPARING FOR NAVAL MANEUVERS Huge Sum Voted for Elaborate Display of Fleet Next Summer. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, January 1—Japan’s grand naval maneuvers, to take place next Summer off the east coast, are expected to be the most elaborate in the history of the fleet. Five million yen for the event is provided in the navy’s budget. Several hundred warships will parti- cipate and the navy department has ordered experiments with several new forms of sea fighting. The grand maneuvers are held every four years. CHINA SEEKS EDUCATORS. for Peking Offers Inducements 1929 Convention. AUGUSTA, Me., January 1 (®). —China has offered a cash bonus in American gold and the use of the dow- ager empress palace as inducements to the World Federation of Education Assoclations to hold its third biennial meeting at Peking in the Summer of 1929. Dr. Augustus O. Thomas, pres- ident of the federation and Maine commissioner of education, announced the offer yesterday as the first that has been received for the 1929 ses- sions. The 1927 meeting will be held in To- ronto from August 7 to 12. SEATS IN SENATE The general is Senator Tyson of Ten- nessee, a West Pointer, who saw com- bat service in the Spanish War, before he led the 13th Division in France. He holds a distinguished service medal, while Senator Means of Colo- rado, likewise a veteran of two wars, who is commander-in-chief of the Spanish-American War Veterans, holds the distinguished service cross. World War Veterans. Other veterans of the war with Spain_include Senator Broussard of Louisiana, Edge of New Jersey, Wads- worth of New York, Greene of Ver- mont, Oddie of Nevada and Neely of West Virginia. Two graduates of the Naval Acad- emy are in the Senate—Howell, of Nebraska, who was a lieutenant in'the Spapish War and a reservist during the World War, and Weller of Mary- d. The World War veteran roster in- cludes Reed of Pennsylvania, a major overseas; Goff of West Virginia, who served in the judge-advocate's office; Pepper of Pennsylvania, a Plattsburg graduate; both Iowa senators, Steck, who was a captain overseas and Ste art, a “top-kick” of the marines; Rob- inson of Indiana, a major in the army of occupation; Hawes of Mis- souri, who was in the Intelligence Corps, and Bingham of Connecticut, who commanded the flf.lng school at Issoudun, France. He is an explorer, author and former professor . at Princeton, Harvard and Yale. NN N S PROSPERDLS 12 Miners Are Looking to Miami Conference in February for Augury. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., January 1. —Trade union leaders share the opti- mism of business leaders as to pros- pects for 1927. Officials of five inter- national unions which maintain head- quarters here were unanimous in their confidence that industrial activity will not diminish, appreciably at least, for several months. ““The building trade is a pretty good barometer of general conditions,” said William L. Hutcheson, president of the International Brotherhood of Car- penters and Joiners, “and we know from projects already under way that building ~ operations will continue briskly until next Winter. The last two vears have been abnormally pros- perous for buflders. We anticipate a recession from the peak of activity within. the next two years, but there is no sign of its beginning as yet.” Increase for Printers. John W. Hays, secretary-treasurer of the International Typographical Union, asserted that investigations by that organization’s statistical bureau | had failed to disclose any reasons for alarm as to the future. “In our last fiscal year,” said Mr. Hays, “earnings of union printers in- creased by $16,216,321 over the previ- ous year, reaching a total of $169,066, 736, A 'part of this increase repre- sented scale increases, but business on the whole was better than ever before in the industry. The future looks just as good. Incidentally it is to be hoped that no sudden depression will strike business now, because the working class of this country has no stored-up ‘fat’ to live upon. “High wages have helped, I believe, to make and maintain our prosperity, but spending habits have increased apace. The average worker is so well loaded with installment-plan debts for automobiles, radlo sets, etc., that even a brief spell of hard times would ruin him and at the same time give gen- eral business a terrible blow.” Miners Are Uncertain. Jacob Fischer, general secretary- treasurer of the Journeymen Barbers’ International Union, was optimistic without reservation. Styles and re- gard for personal appearance, he said, have made the barber trade more prosperous than ever before. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, ' which includes taxicab drivers, truckmen and deliverymen employed in various lines, has found business good throughout the country, without any indication of slackening, according to Thomas L. Hughes, secretary-treasurer. ATh(-‘, future of the United Mine Workers of America is somewhat ob- scured at present by uncertainty over the outcome of the joint conterence of operators and miners which will meet in Miami, Fla., February 14. Offictals will not hazard a guess as o the scale demanded that may be formed at the international union convention to be held here January 25. Continuance of present policies of the organization is certain, since the administration was re-elected recently on the anthracite agreement signed in 1925, which will continue for five vears, stability fields. uring in these $50,000 LONDON ROBBERY POINTS TO U. S. THIEVES Department Store Gems Taken by Persons Concealed in Place Before Closing Time. By the Associated Press. January 1.—A $50,000 in Harrod's famous de- partment store has been added to a list of sensational robberies here of late, which is causing police to sus- pect that in some cases American thieves have been engineering the coups. The burglars in last night's rob- bery concealed themselves before closing time yesterday in Harrod's, then calmly collected the jewelry dur- ing the night and decamped. Recently there have been numer- ous sensational robberies, many of them daylight jobs, by motor bandits working much after the style of American hold-up men. In some cases the police suspect American thieves have been behind the robberies, which are less risky for themselves in Eng- land than in the United States, since the regular English police do_not carry pistols. Consequently the Eng- lish robberies have not been featured by the shooting that Characterizes many American hold-ups. 1 e AMBASSADOR GIVES CUP TO JAPANESE LEAGUE Silver Trophy Donated by Ameri- can Diplomat to Further Base Ball in Orient. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, January 1.—Charles Mac- Veagh, American Ambassador, has pre- sented a valuable silver cup to the Tokio Intercollegiate Base Ball League for competition. This league is the largest in Japan. The final game of its championship serles was played this year before 35,000 fans. ‘The Ambassador said he desired to show his appreciation of Japan’s en- thusiastic adoption of the American national game. To gain permanent possession of the cup a team must win the base ball championship five times. —— WILL HONOR SEWAR1). SEWARD, Alaska, January 1 (P). —Willilam Sulzer, former Governor of New York, and George A. Parks, Gov- ernor of Alaska, Wednesday night were elected directors of the Seward Memorial Assoclation, which has started a movement to erect a $100,- 000 monument to Willlam H. Seward, Becretary of State under President Lincoln. Seward {s credited with having been largely responsible for the purchase of Alaska by the United States from Russia in 1867. A proposal to enlist school children cf the United States in the campaign has been taken un- der consideration. Sulzer has long interested himself in Alaskan affairs and is the author of articles on the Northern Territory. Maj. Edmund B. Spaeth Quits. Resignation of Maj. Edmund B. Spaeth, Army Medical Corps, recently stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, has been accepted by the President to take effect today. Maj. Spaeth is from New York and i{s a graduate and medalist of the Army Medical School. of the class of 1917. He was appointed a first lieutenant, Medical Corps of the Organized Reserves, in February, 1917, and a first lieutenant in the Regular Army Medical Corps in the following September. He has held the rank of major since April, 1919, el 1 SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1927 FRAUD CHARGE AGAINST BROTHERS IS DROPPED Army Officer’s Sons Cleared of Cus- toms Duties Violation as Indict- ment Is Withdrawn. By the Associated Pres: NEW YORK, January 1.—An in- dictment _returned in 1923 against Robert W. A. Wood and Thomas A. Wood, sons of a former quartermas. ter general of the United States Army, for conspiracy to defraud the United States of customs duties was nolle prossed by Assistant United States Attorney Coleman. The indictment was based on a charge that 1,000 bales of clothing were imported as carpet wool from South America in March, 1922, while the emergency tariff act was effec tive. Under this act, clothing wool was dutiable, but carpet wool was ad- mitted free. Yesterday's action was declded upon, Mr. Coleman’s papers said, be- cause the United States Customs Court of Appeals has decided there is fittle it any difference between cloth- ing and carpet wool. FOREIGN OUTLOOK CLOVDEDFORU. S All Problems Believed Likely to Yield to Solution by Diplomacy. By Consolidated Press, Although domestic tranquillity is in- sured, the external relations of the United States open the new year under a cloud of doubt and uncer- tainty. France is irritated over war debts. Russia is impatient and critical be- cause the United States has withheld recognition of the Soviet regime. Mexico continues to defy the Depart- ment of State’s warning about confis- cation of American oil properties and Latin America looks askance at the policy of the United States in Nica- ragua. Above these specific troubles the voice of President Coolidge is raised to Europe and the Far East in a plea for the use of moral force to prevent another era of armament competition and a revival of militarism. A troublous situation, on the whole, but in not one instance is there like- lihood of war. Tangles like these give a Secretary of State sleepless nights, but they usually are straight- ened out. U. 8. Terms to Russia. As for Russia, while the cables from Moscow today state that *“tan- gible” advances were made last Sum- mer by America with respect to a discussion of terms of recognition, there is no doubt that the United States would be-glad at any time to renew the parleys of the Harding- Hughes administration if there were the slightest indication that the Sovists intend to modify their ex- ternal policy. A definite and specific undertaking to refrain from Soviet propaganda in the United States is a prerequisite of all negotiations as well as a recog- nition of the sanctity of old contracts as well as new. Nothing has come from Moscow to inspire the hope that Russia. will change her theories to fit the United States, and there still is not the slightest objections from a legal standpoint to the practice of new theories within the borders of Russia so long as they do not consti- tute attempts to interfere in the man- ner in which nations elsewhere con- duct ' their political and economic affairs. Relations with France will show an early improvement. While ratifica- tion of the pending debt agreement has in it elements of political danger inside France, time is a great healer of wounds. The gradual stabilization of the franc is regarded on this side of the Atlantic as a hopeful sign. Some time during 1927 France may of her own volition increase her annu- ities on the commercial debt from twenty to thirty million, which would have a healthy effect on the situation, even If action on the debt agreement is postponed, as it surely will be in the American Congress until the French Parliament has acted. Mexico Still Problem. Mexico continues a thorn in the side of American diplomacy, and while there are only vague rumors and no tangible proof that Mexican intrigue had something to do with the stirring up of trouble in Nicara- gua as a means of diverting the at- tention of the United States from the oil problem, the effect has been to arouse anew in Latin America sus- piclon of the motives of the United States south of the Rio Grande. There is a continuous discussion in the South American press of the alleged aspirations of the United States to dominate by physical force if necessary everything between here and the Panama Canal. This makes the handling of both the Nicaraguan and Mexican prob- lems very difficult. The landing of marines in Nicaragua was a last resort in the hope not only of pro- tecting American lives and property but of shortening the revolution by the exercise of good offices and friendly advice. What the Coolidge administration has done in this in- stance is in line with precedents in Central America and the Caribbean under the Wilson administration. Liberal sentiment objected then as it does now to the use of marines, but just as Senator Borah, chairman of the forelgn relations committee, was satisfled of the intentions of the State and Navy Departments after examining the confidential messages from Admiral Latimer in Nicaraguan matters, 8o is it suggested that Amer- ican public opinion will be satisfied when all the facts are ultimately made public. The ofl problem with Mexico is in- tricate and legalistic. There are still hopes in the Natlonal Capital that a withdrawal of recognition, with fits consequent disturbance of internal af- fairs in Mexico, will not be necessary, and that a compromise will yet be reached, but a severance of diplomatic relations rather than any use of force is in prospect—and the Mexican sit- uation has a habit of curing itself, too, if given time. 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