Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1927, Page 6

. [CE JAM AND DYKE BREAK FLOOD TOWN Waterloo, Neb., ;éces Crisis. Water Kneedeep in Streets. By the Associated Press. WATERLOO, Neb.. February Water rushed knee-deep through streets of Waterloo today and the town of 400 faced fits most serious flood threat in years as the result of a mile long ice jam in the Elx- horn River and the breaking of a dyke. The water spread through the town and into virtually every house after & long dyke near Waterloo broke, let. ting the water pour in from the west as well as from the north, where an ice gorge had formed between the Lin- coln Highway and the Union Pacific Railroad bridges. Many fantilies were driven from their homes and at least two men were marooned by the fcy flood. Resi- - dents worked throughout the night to move belomgings out of the danger gone. i It was believed impossible to repair the dyke, because of difficulty in ap- proaching the break. and the lack of ‘materfals. PRESIDENT VETOES FARM-AID MEASURE 2 1 those who produce other crops. He in- sisted that the measure was intended for the relisf of certain groups of tarmers and not for the rank and file. In the opinion of the President. the bill proposed to have the Government commission packers buy hogs énough in this coun- y and similarly to commission millers 10 operate in wheat and eorn and have sponsibllity involed in passing on the validity of acts of Congress, and with appreciation of the fule that the j courts will indulge in every presump- tion to support the validity of legi lation and that no act of Congres will be declared invalid unless plainly sc, but nevertheless, 1 feel constrained to advise you that the act in question if approved. would, in its most es- sential provisions. violate the Consti- tution of the United States, in that it takes from the President the constitu tional executive power and duty of making appointments to fill the offices created by it and by legislation con- power of legislation to private co operative assoclations and corpora {tiéns, and individuals acting collec ftively, and the hoard created by the statute: in that it contravenes the pro visions of the Constitution against the taking of property withéut due | process of law Objections in Detail. After reciting at length the intent and purpose of the bill the Attorney General took up, oge at a time under four principal heads, what he consid- ered the objections to the bill which render it unconstitutional. One provision of the act, he said, which is plainly in violation of the Constitution 18 that which limits the President in his appointments of members of the hoard to select in ach district one man from a lit itted by a nominating The Constitution upon .the President “a power,” said the Attorney General, “but imposes upon him a duty to exercise his judg- ment in the selection of appointments of higher officers. It contemplates that his appointments shall be by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and not by and with the ad- vice and consent of any other person or official. Delegation of Power. Taking up the question of whether the Congress had delegated lts own legislative authority, the Attorney General #aid that if the act was to be considered “as a regulation of inter- state commerce, then Congress has delegated to private associations and corporations the power to determine whether the regulation shall be put into effect, or at least, has required their concurrence to Its being placed in operation. * * * To the board has been given the legislative power to deter their losses, costs and charges paid by the.farm taxpayers. “It is roughly estimated.” said the President, “that in this country there are 4,000 millers, over 1,000 meat-pack: ing plants and about 1,000 actual spin- ners. 0 one can say definitely after Teading this bill whether each of these concerns would be entitled to receive a contrmct with th Government. Cer- tainly, no independent concern could . continue in business without one.” Clearly, the President said, the pro- posed legislation involves government.- al price fixing. The proposed Federal < board, he eald, is given almost un- limited authority to fix prices on des- ignated commodities. “This is price fixing, furthermore, said the President, “on some of the Nation’s besic foods and materials. Upsets Normal Exchange. The President hel that this price- fixing would upset the normal ex- ehange relationships existing in the open market. He held that finally it would have to be extended to cover & muititude of other goods and serv- - ‘Government pricefixing once start- < -d,” said the President, “has alike no justice and no end. It is an economic <+~ The propo.ed equalization fe the :President #» d, is a tax for the ape- ®ial benefit of particular groups and ~represented the most vicious form of taxation ‘The chief objection to the bill’ E:x the President, “is that it would ot benefit the farmer. - Whatever “hay be the temporary influence of arbitrary interference, no one can ‘deny that in the long run prices will . e governed by the law of supply and demand.” Would Flout Law. The President insisted that to in- crease prices and then to expect to maintain_them on a higher level by means of a plan which would in- crease production while decreasing consumption, “is to fly of an economic law as wel lished as any law of nature. The President criticised the unlimited control” which the proposed Federal Farm Board would have over the agricultural industry under the terms of the bill. He insisted that the administrative difficulties involved were sufficient to wreck the plan and that no one had yet outlined in defi- nite and' detailed terms how the principle of the bill was to be carried out in practice. The collection of the equalization fee itself, he sald, would present a tremendous and complicated problem of administration. Burden on Farmers. The bill, he insisted, threatened to aiss] and slow up industry and &ofln rmers’ home market rbs 90 por oent of his prod- uets, It would, he said, impose the burden of its support to a large de- gree on farmers who would not bene- fit by it. He pointed out that the products embraced in the plan are only onethird of the total American farm production, and that there are several million farmers who do not produce any of the designated prod- ucts or very little of them and that those farmers would be compelled to pay the premium upon the products designated In the bill. The President admitted frankl that there is & real and vital agricu tural problem in this country. He sald, however, that a real farm-relief ‘measure mast be just and impartial and open the way for aid for all farmers. “It has been represented that this bill has been unanimouslv approved by our farmers,” continued the Pres. ident. * N 1 ‘Several of our largest farm | organizations have refused to sup- | port it and important minorities in | the members and leadership among | the most important ur‘nnlu(lmls‘ who are recorded us giving it in- dorsement have protesied to e | egainst it i Opinion of Sargent. Turning to the question of the con stitutionality of the farm-relief bill, President Coolidge said he would con tent himself with trausmitting to the Senate the opinion of Attorney | General Sargent “This measure ong and in- volved that it ix fmpossible to discuss | it without going nto many tiresoms | details,” he said. “Manv other reasons | exist hy it ought not a; proved, | but %t ! :mpossible 1o :tate them aii without writing a book T'ne most de cisive one 1= that it is not constitu tional. This feature is ditcussed in an opinien of the Attorney General hore with _atiached «and made a part hereot.” Thst .« ol Inciudes some aood features, the President adimitted. but he @adced that these provisions, in tended 1o tive . rg, have been barred from otn ..structive proposals. In this preasure, he said. these provi- slons hate .. been completely sub- ordinated to the main objective, “which 18 70 have the Government dispose of exportable surpluses at a loss and make sume farmer taxpayers foot the bill. Attorney General's Summary. In his opinion to President Coolidge, | office d and strengthen coopera- | mine that price in its entire discre tion, without any rule or formula to gulde its judgment prescribed by Con- gress, such as a provision tl the price determined on as the objective of operations shall be based on cost of production, or reasonableness, or any- thing of that kind. The power of the board to determine the price is t"” lute and the discretion unlimited. Congress has further relegated -to the board, he said, “the absolute: dis- cretion, unregulated by any rule or principle, to say whether the fee shall be imposed on the sale, the manu- facture, or the transportation. Third Objection Considered. The Attorney General took up under his third section what he con- sidered as “broader and more funda mental constitutional objection,” declar- ing: “A painstaking search has not disclosed to me anything in our con- stitutional history or in the decisions of the Su; fe Court of the United States to justify the belief that the power of the Federal Government tc regulate commerce includes the power to establish and maintain or take steps to establish and maintain rice at which merchandise may b ught and sold in interstate com- merce, with the necessary conse- quence of fixing the price at which the commodity in question shail be bought and 80ld in every place in the land, whether in or out of interstate commerce.” : & ““The things intended to be brofight. about by this act,” declared the Attor- | ney General, “are the very thingsithat Congress and the courts have hereto- fore declared to be burdens and re- straints on commerce. This act,.in- stead of preventing, creates burdens and restraints on commerce as those terms have herefofore been under- stood.” The equalization fee, one of the principal features of the act, was branded by the Attorney General as unconstitutional, wheth considered from the standpoint of tax, or not a tax. Fee From Another Angle. f it be not a tax."he said, “then ita imposition and collection would violate the provision of the Federal Constitution prohibiting the taking of property without due process of law. Treating the equalization fee ax not a tax, it is obvious that what is attempted by this act is to enable cer. tain agencies under Government di rection and supervision to engage in the business of huying, selling, hoard- ing, and otherwise disposing of agri- cultural products for the purpése of restraining commerce, of interfering with its free course, and of imposing upon commerce what have hereto- fore been considered burdens, restric- tions and restraint On the other hand, he pointed out if the equalization fee be considered as a tax it could result in the United States “engaging on its own account in buy and selling, an activity which hardly is to be supported as a regulation of interstate commerce. Neither could the fee be sustained under the taxing power of the Con- stitution, according to the Attorne: General. 3 ARREST MOTORISTS FOR CARRYING SIG “The Awakening” Banner, Ad tising K. K. K. Benefit, Causes Round-Up. Wholesale arrests of automobile drivers carrying advertidements of. he Awakening.” to be staged at a local theater next weck, were niad; sterday and today by police fron the various precincts. The*assistant corporation counsel's office in Police Court today refused to issue papers against the defendants, however, as the majority pleaded ig- norance of the law that prohibits using an automobile on the public streets for advertising purposes. The warned those arrested and stated that if the violation continued papers would be issued tomorrow. “The Awakening” is being staged re us a benefit for the Ku Klux an Those arvested and hooked at the first precinct yesterday gave their i names and addresses as Perry L. Law- horne, 5 Pennsylvania _avenue southeast; Florence Jarvis, 4415 Kansas avenue: John W. Brighten- burg, 411 M street; Ira §. Isham, Riverside, Md. and Elmer De Young Klopfer, 330 Eleventh street north- east. Mr. Lawhorne alone put up collat- eral. The $5 was returned to him in Police Court today. | Scores of others.were arrested at !the various precincts and told to-ap- pear in court toda | Monroe Doctrine No Check. LONDON, February Drummond, secretary general of the League of Nations, reviewing the work of the League hefore the parlia- the attorney general summarized his eonclusions ax to why the bill wax un constitutional as follows “F have considered these Wit questions realization of the graie re- fmentary committee of the House of Commons night, said the fdea l!hal the Monroe doctrine impeded the action of the Lea was entirely grounylless. fers that power upon others: in that | Congress delegates its constitutional | of | i not only confers | ver- | in Latin America | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 'C..- FRIDAY, - FEBRUARY- 25, -1927. [ TEXT OF MESSAGE VETOING FARM BILL President Declares McNary- Haugen Measure to Be Discriminatory. | | | (Continued from Fourth Page.) curate conclusions, No rebates are allowed except on cotton. Any year therefore that a large corn or wheat crop is estimated which turns out to be too high too much money would be collected, and as it Is not return- able it would result in so much loss to the farmer. If the crop were un- derestimated, the fee might not fur- nish a large enough sum to sustain the market on that particula ! modity Reversal of Sound Policy. he main policy of this bill is,an {entire reversal of what has been | heretofore thought to be sound. In- stead of undertaking to secure a method of orderly marketing which il dirpose of products at a profit, it proposes to dispose of them at a loss. Tt runs counter to the principle of conservation, which would require us to produce only what can be done at a profit, not to waste our soil and re. sources producing what is to be sold at a loss to us for the benefit of the | forelgn consumer. It runs counter to the wel.considered principle that a healthy economic condition is best maintained through a free play of| | competition by undertaking to permit | {a legalized restraint of trade in these | mmodities and establish a species of | | mongcpoly under Government protec tion, supported by the unlimited pow of the farm board to levy fees and enter into contracts. For many gen- erations such practices have been de- public welfare. It can not be that they would now be found to be bene- ficial to agriculture. This measure is so long and in- volved that it is impossible to discuss it without going into many tiresome detai Many other reasons exist why it ought not to be approved, but it is impossible to state them all with out writing a book. The most decisive one is that it is not constitutional ‘This feature is discussed in an opinion of the Attorney eral, herewith at- tached and made a part hereof, #o that I shall not consider the detalls of that phase of my objections. Of includes some good features. its provisions, intended to aid and strengthen co-operative marketing. have been borrowed from proposals | that do represent the general trend of constructive thought on the agricul- tural problem. In this measure, how ever, these pi lons are all complete- ly subordinated to the main objective, | which is to have the Government dis- | pose of exportable surpluses at loss and make some farmer taxpayers foot the bill. This is not a measure to help co-operative marketing. Its effect, on the contrary, is to eliminate the very conditions of advantage that ! now induce farmers to join together to regulate and improve their own busi- ness. “That there is a real and agricultural problem is keenly appre- ciated by all informed men. The evi- dence is all to convineing that agricul- ture has not been receiving its fair share of the national income since the war. Farmers and business men directly dependent upon agriculture | have suffered and In many cases still | suffer from conditions beyond their control. They are entitled fo and will have every consideration at the hands of the Government. urely, a real farm relief measure must be just and impartial and open the day to aid for all farmers. Surel it must not contemplate, as this meas. ure inescapably does, that farmers in some regions should be penalized for the benefit of those in other regions. Surely, it must be aimed to promote the welfare of the community at large. There is no thoughtful man who does not fully appreciate how vital a pros- perous agriculture I8 to this Nation. It must be helped and strengthened. To saddle it with unjust, unworkable schemes of governmental control is to invite disaster worse than any that has yet befallen our farmers. Many Farmers Oppose Plan. “It has been represented that this| bill has been unanimously aproved by |our farmers. Several of our largest farm organizations have refused to support it, and important minorities vital the most Important organization who | are recorded as giving it indorsement | have protested to me against it. “It 18 not to be thought that the farmers of the United, States want our agricultural policy founded upon legislation as proposed in this measure. The final judgment o American farmers always has been and will be on the constructive vather than the destructive side. What the | farmers want. and what the American | i people as a whole will approve, is leg- | istation which will not substitute gov- ernmental bureaucracy for individual and_co-operative Initiative, but will facilitate the constructive efforts of the farmers themselves in their own | self-governed, organizations. “Although these arguments and pthers have.been advanced in Con- | ress and outside, I find little attempt | | has been made to answer them | pressire for this bill arises prima | from the natural and proper sympat { with the farm distress from the {war inflation speculation and collapse. | Many_sincere and. thoughtful people i have expended a great deal of ti {and energy in working out this meas- | ure and are entirely honest and hon. | orable 1n their advocacy of it. It is| | a great regret to me, that 1 am unable | | to come to the conclusion that the bill | | would help agriculture, be of benefit to the country. and be.dn accord with the Constitution. “Other plans n Congresy for have heen proposed dvancement in this ich plans offer promise of sound assistance to the farmers withqut ' these unconstitutionalities, invasion of Executive authority, this contracting with packers and | millers and other manufacturers, everproduction with its inflation inevitable crash, without divect price fixing, buying and | (his creation of huge bureaucracies 'They are, on the contrary, devoted entirely up farmer-controlled marketing con- cerns to handle their problems, in- cluding occasional surplus produc- tion, and applicable to all agriculture and not to & minor fraction. 1 have | frefjuently urged such legislation. 1 | wish again to renew my recommen- dation that some i plan be adopted. “I*am, therefore, obliged to return | Senate bill 4808, entitled ‘an act to | establish a Federal farm board to aid in the orderly marketing and in ! the control and disposition of the sur plus of -agricultural commodities,’ | without my approval.” | $30,000 Voted to Mrs. Imbrie. The House last night passed the Senate resolution providing for the ipuymenl of $30,000 to Mrs. Katherine Imbrie, whose husband, Vice Consul Robert W. Imbrie, was killed by a mob in Persia in July, 1924. The reso- ution must go back to the Senate for tuction on a Touse amendment, stipu 12 that acceptante of the ey I would constitute settlement, of ail claims arising from an atadl,made on her after the death of her band. ‘h % {DIAZ ASKS PUBLIC HERE TO BACK NEW NICARAGUAN PACT ontinued from Fi | itzers along the Bund. The pre tions were taken mostly to guard against invasion by defeated troops oL Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang. American Force Increased. The, American - defense force, hav- ing been augmented with 1,200 Ma- rines from San Diego, Calif;; vester- day, was strengthened further today with the arrival of three destroyers— the Preble, Noa and Hulbert—from Manila. More of the northern Chinese troops under Gen. Chang Tsung-Chang, mili tary governor of Shantung, arrived this morning, and it was estimated 8,000 wiil have reached the city by tonight. would be “pleased to extend to British subjects such protection as may be possible and proper under the circum- stances, Grew Delivers Reply. Acting Secretary Grew, in absence of Secretary Kellogg, who is ill with a cold, handed this reply to Sir Esme when the latter called at the depart- | [ ment to notity the Washington | Government formally that the Colom- | bo was being sent to Corinto because | it might “have a moral effect” and that it “would be & base of refuge for British subjects,” London news disputches say fhat British officiala and press regard the dispatch of the vessel as of little consequence, with officials anticipating no such incident as occnrred in 1895 over the British-Venezuelan clash in f | d 3,000 BRITISH HOLD SHANGHALI ~ BORDER AS CRISIS APPROACHES 0 IMPORTANT POST {BURTON IS CHOSEN i desire the co-operation of other | Representative Succeeds Late Sen- owers, ¥ : b ator McKinley as President of it quite likely that the Hankow | tish-Cantonese agreement had | o » Interparliamentary Union. something to do with the prompt British action here. In British opin fon, Britain's national prestige, badly | hurt by the Hankow expulsion in January, recelved another wound in | e recent Chen O oy AT he:| Interpatliamentary Union to succeed Hankow concession. The concesston | Senator MeKinley of [finois, who died = . il st December. e urmed O Ameioh pride. More. | Other officers who were elected with T e o agreement i ex.| Mr. Burton_include Representativ pected. to have an Immediate echo in | Montague, Virginia: Temple, Penn- India, where Soviet and other agita. | Svlvania, and e e i tors will be quick to use it to Britain's | Bres St B S h, 1P Bwaly, South Carollea, seoretary, and e Bl e rountu for | ATthur Deering Call of Washington. her readiness to assume leadership In | "fi\“."‘:x.':.',ifv’:' this Shanghal dificulty. Representative Burton of Ohio yes committee of the | unfon includes Mr. Burton, ex officio chairman; Representatives Britton of terday was elected president of the | and Cwiis of Kansas; Representatives McLaughlin of Michigan, Connally of Texas and Lea of California. The election was held at the twenty-fourth annual meeting of tly union” in the commigtee on nav | aftairs room of the House Office Build | ing yesterday. Mr. Burton and Mr, Montague were elected to represe: the American group on the council the Interparliamentary Union, whiely will meet in Paris in April. The nexg | meeting of the union will be Held in | Parls during August, 1927. ST BN 3 Garrett Proposed as Envoy. Representative Tydings, Senatore elect of Maryland, proposed to Presie {dent Coolidge today the name of Johm W. Garrett of Baltimore for the am bassadorship to Turkey. Mr. Garrete was secretary-general of the disarma- ment_ conference in Washington in | 1921-22 and has had a. long diplomatia | ecr. — el Assigned to Militia' Bureau. Lieut. Col. George B. Comly, United States Cavalry, .at the General Staff nounced by law as repugnant to the |2 in the members and leadership among '’ flour | to the principle of building | ¥ connection with the British boundary. At that time President Cleveland ohjected strenuously to the Rritish action and Anglo-American relations were strained until arbitra- i tion was agreed upon Maj. A. W. Bloor, Américan military attache, is reported from Managua as having arrived at the American lega tlon for indefinite duty and to study the Nicaraguan situation. Maj. Bloor, who was last stationed at Fort Sam Houston. Tex., has already visited dent Diaz and his minister of Text of British Note. The communication regarding Nica- ragua handed to Undersecre Grew at the State Department yesterday by Esme Howard, the British Am- ssador, follows: have the honor instructions from to inform you. on his & government to -send a man-of-war to st - coast of Nicaragua. and the H. M. S. Colombo is being dispatched to Corinto. Shi should arrive at Colon on Februa » at Corinto on February jesty’s government the present a war vessel may moral effect and would be a ba refuge for British subjects. “It is, of course, not intended to| land forces, and the commanding | officer will be instructed accordingly. “In informing you of the above, I am instructed to express once more to the United States Government the thanks of his majesty's gevernment for their assistance, and to say that his majesty’'s government will con- tinue to rely on it.” U. S. Promises to Act. the time of the Ambasador’ Grew had before him for a note to the Ambas reply to a previous emb: munication dated February note which was handed to the Am- bassador rea : “The Secretary of State presents hi compliments to his excellency. th British Ambassador, and in_reply to the latter's note, No. 130, of February 19, 1924, concerning the protection of British lives and property in Nicara- gua, has the honor to inform the British Ambassador that the Ameri- can armed forces which have been landed in Nicaragua for the protec: tion of American and foreign lives and property will be pleased to extend to British subjects such protection as may be possible and proper under the circumstances.” The Ambassador’s note of February 19, to which reply was made, follows: Ambassador Sees Danger. “His Brittanic majesty's Ambassa- dor presents his compliments to the Secretary of State and has the honor to state that he has been instructed by his majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign affairs to draw the at- tention of the United States Govern- ment to the menace t, sh lives and property arising from the pres: ent disturbances in Nicaragua. Tn particular, his majesty's government have been advised by his majesty" charge d'affaires at Managua that the hostilities betwetn the rebels and gov- ernment troops have now resulted in a situation which threatens the safety of British lives and property in Corinto, Leon, Managua, Granada and Mata- galpa “In reluctantly e in his view, therefore, ‘of the gr risks to which British dents Nicaragua are now exposed, majesty’s ambassador been structed to remind the United § Government that his majesty’s go ernment looked to them to extend to British subjects# and especially to those in the places above mentioned, the same, measure of - protection as they afford to United States citizens in the districts now ‘threateried by revolutionary disturbances.” Kellogg Letter to Borah Secretary Kellogg's _lettér, dated Thursday, to Senator Borah, Repub- lican, Idaho. regarding his proposal that the foreign relations committee visit Mexico and, Central America. follow: 5 “I have received and earefully con- sidered the resolution introduced by vou on the subjeet of a proposed in- quiry into the conditions and policies bearing upon the relationship between the Central American countries, Mex- ico and the United States. ‘I suggest that before acting upon this resolution the committee may, with advantage, avail itself of the information which the Department of tate will be glad to supply. I, my- elf, am at the moment confined to v house by the doctor's orders, but 1 shall be- pleased to instruct some of my assistants to appear before the committee at tomorrow's meeting and furnish documentary and other evi- d When the committee has_thus ex- hausted the informatiomal Tesources of the department, it will, 1 am sure, be in a better position to decide whether it is proper for the Senate to send an indegendent committee of investigation into . foreign - countries with which the executive is conduct- ing difficult and delicate negotiations.” U. S-BRITISH “PLOT” SEEN. Nicaraguan Liberal Brings China Into Scope of Struggle. MEXICO CITY, February 25 ().— Commenting the British govern- ment’s decision to send a warship to | Nic Pedro ) a, H here of the Liberal dent of Nicaragua, declared it is a clever move in the struggle ‘of *two | imperialistic powe who tuaily would agree not to molest | shing the aspirations nd ‘It is a strange meas adopted after eight months of figh ting in which asa _(Liberal | president) has shc mself capable of protecting foreigners, not a single foreign life or piece of property being injured. ( “The VUnited States anbl Great Britain have the same problems in Nicaragua and China. Both are anxious to control the situation; both are interfering with each other's policies. The sending of the British cruiser is' interpreted by the-Liberals s a clever move of Great Britain, intended to force’the United States to i on even Nicaragua and China are pawns the struggle of the great imperialistic powers, the end of whichjwill be John Bull and Uncle Sam’ shaking hands over an agreement not to molest each other in crushing the aspirations of |the peoples of China and {under the boots of their s i . Detroit clubwomen are demanding a court for women sim to those In New York and Chicago. | ter Laborers { Officers of the Shantung forces said that the northern Chinese battle squadron of 16 ships already had left Tsingtao, Shantung territo and was due very shortly at Woosung an- chorage, off Shanghai. The vesséls, one of which {s manned by Russians, also are bringing considerable Shan- tung land forces. Clash Is Reported. It was reported that a clash occurred. vesterday north of Kashing between the Natlonalists and soldiers of the defeated Marshal Sun. The engage- ment was not decisive, the northern army having been weakened by de- sertions and lowered morale. It also was learned today that the National- ists are operating troop trains be. tween Hangchow and Kashing, ha formerly controlled by Sun. The northern forces have retired to Singkiang, only 28 miles from Shang- hai. 1t is estimated that their strength there is not more than 16,000 men and that quick reinfdrcements from the Shantungese wil be needed If the city is to be held against the advancing southerners. The Shanghai labor situation is virtually normal. Not more than 18,000 men are still striking. The re- mainder have returned to work under the general labor union's order cailing off the general strike yesterday. How* ever, radical intimidation of work- ers continues. Leaflets were dis- tributed among post office employes promising death to those who - dis- obeyed the strike order as soon as the revolutionary army reaches Shanghai. No_American Marines were landed for the present, since defense plans de mot call for the use of these in the border service. . The British troops occupied a 20- mile line, part of it running into. Chi- nese territory, surrounding the inter- national settlement. The line was considered indispensable to the de- e of the cit Within the line formed by the troops, but outside the settlement, re- ide 8.000 foreigners. Also within the area is foreign-owned property worth $16,000,000 gold. Defenses along both the interna- tional and French settlements were strengthened anew with' barbed wire entanglements and sandbags, while machine guns were mounted at strategic positions. French Strengthen Defense. The French erected wire entangle- ments along the entire boundary of thelr settlement, which borders on the native section of the city. Twenty French marines were landed there to share defense of their concession with 400 Annamite troops. The British line of defense was set up after a request had been made by the Shanghal Municipal Council to the cohsuls of certain powers for aid in defense of the city. No réquest: was made to American Consul General Gauss, since it previously had been understood that the Americans were not to partake in the defense' of the border Local American author! believe the present the landing of their N American lives and property. 3 are said to be limited by the policy of the Washington Government to this operation only. The Associated Pr i that whenever the situation calls fo! American Marines, they will be landed immediatel The first American landing force now available is_composed of about 1.600 Marines. This force ‘can be in 00 men by the use of fes do not bluejackets. 1,000 British Marines On Way. HONGKONG, February 25 (P).— The transport Minnesota left here today for Shanghal with 1,000 British | Marines. ENVOYS GIVE WARNING. { Heads of Armies Told They Are Ex- pected to Protect Foreigners. <ING, February |(A’)8.d—The di- - body vesterday issued a warn- rrl&m‘:;hlkgd‘hmd of ‘the conflicting Chinese armies saying that in view of the possibility that military action in the region of —Sham?hnrn;‘:l\]aymzt any a o0 moment endange! e 1o tale ) r¥ to avoid incldents ‘constrain foreign au- to . take measures “Indis- the protection of their na- measure: which thorities pensabl tionals. The out that French sett the ‘bombardment of the lement and u part of the section of Shanghal‘last Tues- At S Ghinese gunboat, which had deserted the defending forces of Mar- ehal Sun Chuan-Fapg, showed the pos- Sibility of danger fo the foreign sec- tion. The gunboat aimed to shell Mar- shal Sun’s arsenal by firnig over the Gity, but the shells fell short. The. French. Minister here issued a declaration regarding the French quarter in - Shanghai, declaring the French authorities there were deter- mined to take measures which the sit-| uation may render indispensable. | HANKOW PROTEST STAGED. Against Britis Troop Move at Shanghai. | HANKOW, February ®)— Thousands of laborers participated to-| Parade | HE 25 | day- in & demonstration staged as a| British_troop concen- | 2| d in sympathy | un Chuan-Fan, | | e mass meeting ‘was held at noon and was followed by parades. Workers were told that they would be fined heav if they *falled to obey the general labor union’s orders cov- ering the program, which amounted to a oneday . general strike. The demonstration was without incident. British Charge d'Affatres’ Owen | O'Malley returned here today from Kiukiangy where he arranged detalls for displition of the British conces- sion_ther€ in accord with provisions of . the”O'Mallgy:Chent agreement. ““BRITISHACTING ALONE. ‘Question of Prestige in Orient, Seen Involved at Shanghai. Ca to T i SHANGHAL, February 25.—Antici- pation ‘of @& -possible “outbreak of disorder by Shantung troops (northern reinforcements), now pouring into the city and the danger of collisions be- | tween those troops and their allies which have been defending Naangha under Sun Chuan-Fang caused th British (o sét thelr troops to guardin. the hou s shanghai. The British did not wai} for or apparently ing captured some of the rolling stock | situation justifies | ss was assured | £ 2 | foreign representatives pointed W. J. WARD, INSPECTOR, ENGINEER'S OFFICE, DEAD Served as Foreman in Sewer Divi- sion Until Promoted 10 Years Ago. William J. Ward, 61 years oid, in- spector of sewers, District engineer office, and an emplove there for the. past 38 years, died in Sibley Hospital yesterday after a short illness. Mr. Ward served as a foreman in the sewer division until made inspec- tor about- 10 years ago. Funeral services will be conducted in St. Aloysius Catholic Church to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock. Inter- | ment will be in Mount Olivet Cem- etery. Mr. Ward is survived by three broth- ers, Augustus, James and Mark Ward, and three sistéers, Mrs. Matthew Clor- an of -Ironton, Ohfo; Mrs. Mary May of Minneapalis, Minn., and Miss Nellle a. d\'\'lrd of this city. He was unmar- ried. HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR DIES. Irving Edwards Bowker, 16-year-old “entral High School senior, son of Jay H. Bowker, audifor in the income tax unit of the Treasury, and Mrs. Bowker of 3212 Morrison street, died yesterday atternoon at Sibley Hospital following {an operation for appendicitis. Young Bowker 18 survived by his two brothers, Paul and three sisters Ellen and Lucile. The funeral will be tomorrow after- noon at 3 o'clock at the home.” Rev. J. H. Hollister, pastor of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, will offi clate, assisted by Rev. C. Haw- thorne, pastor of the United Presby- terian Church. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. School” friends will act as pallbearers. MESSAGE TO MACHADO. President Hopes Cuban Executive. Will Recover Speedily. By the Assocated Press. President Coolidge sent a_ personal message of sympathy to President Ma- chado of Cuba yesterday. expressing hope of bis early recovery from his present iliness and that he would be able soon to carry out his plans for visit to the, United States. 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