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T1BRITISH SOLDIERS SHOT IN' SHANGHA AS FOE RETREATS BEFORE CANTONESE Felled as Shantungese Are Driven Toward Foreign Area—Shells Whiz Over Tallest Buildings in City. - ADDITIONAL AMERICAN SAILORS ARE LANDED Fires Throughout Night Raze Huge Sections in Native City—Armed | Striking Postmen Run Amuck. 150,000 Workers Join General | Walkout as Rioting Continues. BY REGINALD SWEETLAND. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1927. @ SHANGHAI, March 22 British soldiers were or! wounded when Shantungese sol- diers retreated down the settlement outside the north settlement bound- | ary at 5 o'clock this evening. Cantonese lined the roofs of build-! ings, firing on the retreating North- erners, who were advancing toward the settlement. The British troops | were forced to retreat rather than| become involved in the Chinese civil | war. Volunteers Rush Aid. Foreign volunteers and British, Spanish and Italian reinforcements rushed up to prevent the battle from breaking into the settlement. The action may force the British defense forces to assume the offens: The | entire neighborhood is under fire. Additional American and British sailors were landed this morning when the situation took a- more seri- ous turn owing to complete control of the Chinese area adjacent to the settlement being seized by armed guards which grasped civil and ad- ministrative offices. Stray bullets, machine gun and rifle fire dontinue to menace foreigners and Chinese within the foreign settlement. Some bullets have hit pedestrians in the central business district. Periodicall; hizz over the city’s tal Orne landed in the Whangpoo River just off the Bund within 60 yards of the Hawkins, the British flagship. i First Division Arrives. The Cantonese first division of the | first army, 3,000 strong, followed the | AGREEMENT TO DIVIDE CHINA REPORTED MADE BY GENERALS French Believe Southern and Northern Army Leaders in Full Accord. Elimination of Secondary Chiefs, Unequal Treaties and Communists Aim. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1927, PARIS, March 22—The French government h: ason to believe that Chang Tso-Lin and Chang Kai-Shek have agreed, after secret negotiations, to divide China between them, or even unify it on a basis of moderate nationalism. Terms of the agreement are be- lived to be elimination of all sec- ondary military chiefs, elimination of foreign capitalistic influence “under unequal treaties,” and elimination of Russian Communist influences. Communists Are Suspicious. It is known that the northern w lord is opposed to unequal treaties, and also that the southern general is on bad terms with the Chinese Com munists and the Russian Reds. The latter now are so suspicious of him that they have appointed civil mili- tary inspectors to accompany his armies. Obviously Chang Chung-Chang, who is Chang Tso-Lin’s general, has abandoned Shanghai to Chang Kai- Shek practically without combat. Similarly, there seems little southern opposition to Chang Tso-Lin's ad- vance on Hankow. The latter city is the stronghold of Russian and Chinese Communists. Expect Attempt at Coup. It is thought'that Chang Kai-Shek will first come to terms with the for- eign powers at Shanghai and that then Hankow, menaced by the north- ern armies, Wwill make a coup d'etat against M. Borodin, the Russian ]agent, and the Chinese Communists, Chang Kai-Shek Chang Tso-Li thereby giving him control of the southern movement. If these meas- ures succeed, Chang Kai-Shek and Chang Tso-Lin thereafter will be un- disputed masters of China. PAIR NOW DENY SIYOER NURDER Widow and Gray Repudiate Confessions and Are Held Without Bail. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 22.—Mrs Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, who signed cofifessions that they had mur- dered Mrs. Snyder's art editor hus- band, Albert Snyder, in a love anfl insurance plot, pleaded not guilty railroad into Shanghai south station, | in Jamaica Magistrate's Court today offering no resistance when refused entrance into the settlement extension roads by British outposts. Fires razed huge areas in the Chapei-district (native city of Shang- baf), continuing from Monday and lighting up the quay throughout the night. No attempt was madé to cope ‘with the blazes, as they were within gun range of Northern stragglers as ‘well as labor gunmen. One hundred and fifty thousand workers have joined the general strike which was declared as the Cantonese reached the cif Essential services are being operated by soldiers, Marines and volunteers. The post office, over which the revolu- tionary flag is flying, is occupied by & company of American volunteers. Postmen Run Amuck. Striking postmen armed with rifles continue to run amuck in the Chinese city, firing on Chinese and foreigners promiscuously. Americans residing outside the limits of the foreign concessions are evacuating their residences this eve- ning and pouring into the settlement with few possessions. The north railroad station is the center of disturbapces, remnants of the northern forces engaging Kuomin- tang agents and labor gunmen throughout the night and day and ? occasionally directing big guns at the @rmored train which Gen. Chang Chung-Chang’s “white Russiz serted at the settlement. A majority of the shells have thus a overhead. One fell in Chinese ns” de- | and were held without bail for the grand jury. They repudiated their confessions. Gray, married and the father of a 10-year-gd daughter, told the au- thorities earlier today, they said, that he agreed to the murder plot when Mrs. Snyder threatened to reveal their relations to Mrs. Gray, unless he { helped dispose of the art editor, whose | insurance had been recently increased | from $10,000 to $25,000. Explains Murder in Detail. { Supporting in the main a confession given by Mrs. Snyder, Gray explained in detail how he and the woman exe- cuted the murder from plans arranged by mail while he was traveling. ay, arrested in Syracuse, N. Y., on information supplied by the woman, maintained during the long trip down- State that he was innocent, but he confessed when he reached the office of District Attorney Newcombe in Long Island City early today. Snyder was killed, Gray said, by a | window sash weight which Gray pur- | chased three weeks ago and gave to { Mrs. Snyder, who hid it in her home. | Picture wire tbat was found about the Ineck of the victim and choloroform found in his brain were purchased in Syracuse before Gray came to New York Saturday night for the crime. Slain After Card Party. Snyder was slain shortly after he {went to bed on returning with his { wife and child from a card party at { the home of a friend. Gray told police movie studio in the French conces-|he hid in one of the rooms of the sion, but the residential district has' house after entering through a door not been damaged ely left open by Mrs. Snyder. e fire Brec Mrs. Snyder s R e | clubbed the victim, applied chioro- the direction of the | forme-d-saturated cotton to his face worked throughout | and then tied his hands and feet. additional wire | - Gray insisted he did not tie the wire waterfront adja-: around Snyder's throat. jon and at| G nd Mrs. Snyder ransacked the house to indicate that Snyder was | ¢ said he and Coolies under municipal council the night erccting barricades thy to the nch conc strategic positions. ish defense forces have reir outposts far into Chin communications between nd Narfking have been dis. Labor offic 'd two on t.e Shanghai-Hangchow ving southwardssto welcome trains Rallway the Cant Gen. I who Gen. defense com- took refuge in Shanghai’s leading hotel, within the foreign settlement, under an assumed name. He is expected to flee to Japan ,when the 15 propitious. BRITISH KILL 12 SHANTUNGESE. missioner of ig Wound Score Attempting to Break Into In I Settlement. HAT ). sops shot und killed at le sunded about a score o se when they made a fresh attempt to break through the barriers of the international settlement Later the British udmitted 300 Shan- , who gave up their arms ering the settlement is understood that the J. farther to the east disarmed mitted several hundred more. itonese regulars arriving in the nghai north re r foes’ efforts to escape into ritory alties were reported t the barriers today. ¢ announced that Gen. P commander of tk Northern defensc forces at Shanghai, has agreed to surrend His capitu nged yesterday in ne ontinued on Page 4, Column 4.) SHANG China, March ish t Shantun hanese nd ad - fore No ¥ in the It is offict st | gion are precipitat- | ! killed by burg After that, Gray | continued, he tied Mrs. Snyder and {left for Syracuse. | Before leaving Syracuse Saturd 1y arranged to have a letter mailed |to his wife and another to Mrs. Sny- der, and he also arranged to have the ibed in his hotel room disturbed to |indicate that he had slept there. A blue shirt belonging to Snyder was found in Gray’s hotel room. This, he said, was given him by Mrs. Sny !der to replace his own, stained with (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. ROME WILL INSIST ONARMS EQUALITY Strength Comparable to Any on Continent Sought, League Body Hears. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Marcn 22.—Delegates to the League of Nations preparatory commission on disarmament, which is laying down the governing principles of armament reduction in prepara- ton for an international conference, had no doubt today concerning Italy’s stand. Gen. Marini, the Ttalian representa- tive, made it clear at yesterday's meeting that his country would refuse to accept armaments subordinate to those of any other country of conti- nental Europe. This, in the general view, is definite indication that Italy will press for an armament strength equal to that of France. The delegates today were perusing the complete draft of a treaty of arm- ament reduction presented by the British representative, Viscount Cecll. | BTORE, {0 0L, SUTEEn L0 ar This provided for naval limitation by measuring tonnage by categories of ships, in line with the plan favored by American experts, instead of fixing the total tonnage of all and Italy. Civilian Aircraft Omitted. itation of land effectives, pre- sumably to include reservists, is dealt with in the treaty, but no reference 18 made to civilian aircraft, which ommission may possibly arouse di satisfaction on’ the part of the French and Italians. Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Great Britain and the United States, are referred to in the draft as the ‘countries represented on the council” which may decide measures to safe- guard the peace of nation: ould there be violation of the disarmament treaty provisions. In the House of Commons Monday night the first lord of the British ad- miralty, W. C. Bridgeman, announced | that President Coolidge had sccepted | a British suggestion that at the forth- coming three-power naval disarma- ment conference the countries repre- ! sented be permitted to introduce for discussion any method they thought | might reduce armaments i While Great Britain was sincerely anxious to co-operate with American | aspirations, he said, the country’'s spe- ! cial needs for protection of communi cations with her dominions and col- onfes must be taken into considera- tion. International Control Hit. The text of the American memoran dum submitted at Geneva March 8, containing observations on.the report of the joint commission of experts on economic and other phases of the gen- eral disarmament discussions under League auspices, was made public by (Continued on Page 3, Column ipri;u:e of Wales Falls From Horse Again ‘ and Loses Chance to Win Cup He Donated! By the Associated Press HOLDE NBY, Northamptonshire, | Englana, Prince of | Wales was thrown from his horse to- {day at the first jump in the army | point-to-point steeplechase, but escaped (injury. | The prince was competing for a jcup which he himself donated for the jevent. He was riding the famous Cark Courtier, on which he won Lord Man- s’ Cup on March 16, He was leading in today's race when the horse tripped on a hedge 'h‘r:nm'h and threw the prince about 15 yards. The prince arose smiling and tried to catch the horse to re- | mount, but the animal got away, and the prince was unable to resume his part in, the race. It was the first fall m‘ prince has had in a long time, as far as is pub- licly known. His displayed his cool-headedness by lying still during the few seconds re- quired for the rest of the field to gillop past. As soon as the danger of being jumped on by another horse was over he arose, none the worse for his experience. His horse was caught after some difficulty. The prince intends riding another of his_string, Lady Doone, in the 'Bel- voir Hunt' point-to-point’ race at Bar- rowly, near Grantham, Thursday. The last previously reported un- horsing of the prince, whose falls have attracted much public attention, occurred January 7. The prince’s frequent falls have caused agitation from time to time against his strenuous riding. Never- theless he continues his interest in horses and racing. 1 Bloodshed Ts Reported. [TALY NIPS REVOLT INALBANIA; Z0GU PREPARED 10 FLEE Mussolini Thwarts Jugoslav . Plot to Foment Revolu- tion in Balkans. TENSION IS RELAXED WHEN BIG POWERS ACT Belgrade Parliament Quits in Up- roar in Demonstration Over ° Roman Minister. BY JOHN GUNTHER. | By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily | News, (o ht, 1927 ~That unrest in ous that Ahmed March 2 Albania is®so sel Zogu, the Albanian president, w prepared to flee last week end, was | revealed today with the news that the Popolik docked at Bari on Mon- day from Durazzo and was welcomed by persons who expected to find Zogu and his family aboard. Evidently Zogu received reassuri information just as he was leaving Tirana and called off the flight. Some of his family and personal luggage v-as said to be aboard the boat. ROME | i | newspapers report | bloodshed in north- | the murder of | unnamed —at | wo Italian rmishing and ern Albania as well a lan influential bey | Tirana. | | Count Volpi presented to thej { Chamber of Deputies on Monday a | {proposal couched somewhat vaguely | for the purpose of “converting into law the recent decree which promises | a _guarantee of Italian obligations with respect to new public works in Albania.” Probably this presages government assistance to “the Society | for the Economic Development of| Albania,” a subsidiary of an Ttalian | bank which is charged with Albanian harbor and railroad work. sk Storm of Publicity. | The scene in the Belgrade Parlia-| ment in which Signor Bolderero, the | Italian minister, Wi said to have| been insulted is reproduced in the newspapers here under the headlin “monstrous and disgusting inciden The Italian press denies the Belgrade | reports that Italian guns were landed | at Sangiovanni and Dimedua, near | Scutari, last week. ) The central fact of the whole Italo Jugogiey situation—which now almost | certainly is quieting down—is as fol- lows: The Italians got wind of al serious Jugoslav attempt to promote | a revolution in Albania and by astute vigilance managed to create such a/ storm of publicity in all the capitals | of Europe that the revolution was! forestalled. i | for service on five LD SHARK LA ARRESTS SOUGHT Stephens, Claims Clear-Cut Cases Against Five Alleged Violators of Act. Warrants charging violations of the “loan shark law’’ are being prepared or more money lenders as soon as the present con- gestion in Police Court has been cleared up, Corporation Counsel Fran- cis H. Stephens announced today. Besfeged day and night by an end- less array of new complainants, Mr. Stephens declared he has as high as four and five “clear-cut cases” against alleged loan sharks and he is making the necessary preparations to bring them into court by April 1. - ‘THe corporation’ counsel's office has been besieged by inen and women ever since Mr. Stephens issued a call through The Star, the latter part of last week, for persons who belleved they had been fleeced by loan sharks to lay their grievances before him. Shephens Besieged at Home. Not only has he been obliged vir- Lo warships, | which plan is supported by France | o i 4 Swould be left undone to settle the | K¢ case about which there should be question to the satisfaction of all con- | #1Y auestion. . They are all Just about, | i | | | yesterda: |ing to invoke the good offices of the | will charge first. We can c { hesitate to do this | tually to lay aside all other matters | to take care of his constant stream of callers, but dozens of them have gone to his home in the evening | In their eagerness to help bring loan ; | sharks to swift justice. It was 1 PARIS, March 22 (#.—The tension ! o'clock this morning before Mr. arising out of the Italo-Jugoslav-Al-| Stephens closed the door on his last banian controversy, brought to the, caller. fore by Italy’s allegations that Jugo-! “I could go into court tomorrow mobilizing military forces | with sure-fire cases against a num- on the Albanian frontier, had relaxed | ber of money lenders,” Mr. Stephens today. It appeared as though the war said. “We have been trying to clear alarm was subsiding as rapidly as it 'up the dockets, however, and with the arose. This was attributed to the cases piling up more and more every ay, I believe we can afford to post- pone summary action for a week or 10 da “I can’t see a loop hole in the stat- te books for these people. Thus far 1 do not believe we have received a sin- ALARM SUBSIDES. Prompt Steps of Paris, Berlin and London Are Effective. lin and London governments. | After a brisk exchange of vie between the various capi tals, there was further negotiation to day. It was announced that nothing e same type of cases we had back in 913, and we remember the co-opera- | tion'we had from the courts then. I | am confident history will repeat itself. For the most part the diplomatic Several Charges Considered. efforts are understood to be directed | “We have not decided as yet which toward satisfying Italy without hav- | particular violation of the statute we g 5 arge most League of Nations Council. Italyde- ! of the companies involved with failing clined to accept the authority oflto take out licenses. That carries a the council in 1923 in the dispute|jail sentence. Or we can lay charges with Greece over the Island of Corfu. | of usuasy under two distinet sections, But the urgent summoning of thel|They, too, permit the courts to send Council still remains a possibility | the convicted usurers to jail. and. the powers interested will not| I am convinced that this time we should the situa- | should ask the courts to inflict the tion show further signs of-becoming | heaviest penalty allowed. We shall gggravated. I be able to show case aftér case to Jugoslavia has made repeated de- |prove that the violations have been cerned and to find a way to preven a recurrence of the trouble. Council Is Possibility. | 1 {ed that nials of alleged military prepara- | tions with a view to fomenting| trouble in Albania. Nothwithstand- | ing this, the Italian newspapers con- tinue to publish stories of machina- tions in Jugoslavia for an Albanian | insurrection. Paris Advises Caution, i France, having Jugoslavia more or | less under her wing, has counselled | the Belgrade government to act with the utmost cantion. while it is learn- the British Minister called at the Jugoslav foreign office vester- day and likewise counseled modera- tion. ‘When the Italian Minister at Bel- grade attended yesterday’s session of the Jugoslav Parliament, there was a_demonstration by the opposi- tion that compelled a suspension of the sitting. Later, when the national assembly resumed the sesslon, For- eign Minister Peritch expressed the deep regret of the Jugoslav govern- ment over the insult to the Italian Minister. ITALY KEEPS HANDS OFF. Embassy Declares Government Enter- tains Peace Policies Toward Balkans. By the Associated Press. The Italian embassy asserted yester- day that its government entertained only the most peaceful policies with resard to the Balkans. Referring to _difficulties between Italy and Jugoslavia, Ambassador di Martino issued the following state- ment: “The Itallan government does not intend to disturb the European peace in the slightest degree, nor is it mak- ing any military preparations what- ever. The tenslon with Jugoslavia will soon be eliminated by the sincere and firm attitude of the Itallan govern- ment. The whole country is working intensely for its economic reconstruc- tion, while public opinion is calm and no excitement exists, as can be testi- fled by the thousands of Americans living in Italy. A | District deliberate and continuous. The law provided jail sentence for these per- istent violators, and these laws should be obeyed to the letter.” The Star, too, has recefved numer- ous complaints, all of which have been | referred to the corporation counsel's | offic Several persons also have asked The Star to extend its investi- | gation to larger field: |SEEK RULING ON “JOKER.” Auditor and Commissioner Dis- agree on School Site Funds. The District Commissioners are planning to ask Controller General McCarl for an opinion on a “‘joker” attached to an item of $154,000 in the appropriation act for the purchase of property for school sites. District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan has ruled that the appropriation must be spent for the acquisition of land for schools proposed in the five-year building program. Engineer Commis- sioner J. Franklin Bell insists, how- ever, t it was the intention of Congress that the $154,000 be used to acquire land for additions to the Park View and Cromwell Schools. In,view of the conflicting opinions, the Con- troller General will be requested to decide the question. | TEACHER'S HOME BOMBED. | Strite Over Annexing Village to Chicago Alleged Cause. CHICAGO, March 22 (#).—A dyna- mite bomb was exploded early today at the home of I. C. Hamilton, school teacher, living in Mount Greenwood, tearing away the front porch. The bombing was attributed to political strife on the question of annexation of the village to Chicago. No one was injured. Radio i;x-ogr;@s;l;age 12 SALE OF KICKLESS “"HIGHBALLS" AT LE PARADIS IS ENJOINED Patrons Add Liquor to Ginger Ale and Ice‘ and Cause Nuisance, U. S. Alleges, Getting Restrainer. United States Attorney Peyton Gor- don and Assistant United States At- torney Harold W. Orcutt today aimed a blow at public drinking from private bottles in cafes and night clubs of Washington. They obtained from Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford of the District Supreme Court a tempo- rary restraining order against the Na- tional Cafes, Tncorporated, which oper- ates the Le Paradis Cafe, at Thomas Circle; Meyer Davis, president of the company, and Howe Totten, owner of the property, to prevent the main- tenance of an alleged nuisance in vio- lation of the national prohibition law. The cafe s not padlocked. Without making any allegation that liquor is sold or “bootlegged™” on the premises of the fashionable cafe, the prohibition enforcement officers allege that a nuisance is being maintained by having a place where persons con- gregate for the purpose of drinking from their own transported bottles, with the knowledge, connivance, aid and- assistance of the managements and its employes. The allegation is made that glasses of cracked ice are provided and ginger ale sold with knowledge that these articles are to be used in public drink- ing of intoxicants in violation of the Volstead act. Whisky, gin and other liquors are mixed with the ginger ale in the glasses furnished by the man- agement, it is aseerted, in the pres- ence of waiters and other employes of the establishment. Notice of this alleged unlawful use (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ARLINGTON ZONING BILL IS GIVEN 0. Virginia Senate Committee Reports Measure to Control Development of County. BY REX COLLIER. Staft Correspondent of The Star, RICHMOND, Va., March 22.—The so-called Ball zoning bill, which would provide a powerful zoning commission for Arlington County, in accordance with recommendations of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion, was favorably reported today to the Virginia Senate by the committee on counties, cities and towns. Senator Frank L. Ball of Arlington County, sponsor- of the bill, at the same time predicted passage of the bill by the Senate before the end of this week. It will go then to the House of Delegates. The zoning bill, considered in Arlington County as one of the most important pieces of legislation ever sought from the Legislature by that county, was introduced in the Senate several days ago and referred to the committee on special, private and local legislation. It was reported by that committee to the committee on countles, cities and towns, which, at Sendtor Ball's urgent request, held : special meeting for its consideration late yesterday afternoon. No Opposition Voiced. There was no opposition to the bill, and after the committee had been fully advised of its purposes the mem- bers voted to report it to the Senate without delay. The law proposed for Virginia is modeled after approved zoning laws of large munlcipalities, as approved by the United States Supreme Court. It is the outgrowth of agitation over the lack in Arlington County—a part of the “Greater Washington” area in- volved in the National Capital's re- gional development program—of laws to control the use of land and build- |ings in that allimportant area. Officials of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and Arlington County’s own Park and Planning Commission and its organ- ized citizenry, repeatedly have de- plored the existence of such a situa- tion, in view of the extensive plans for park and boulevard deyelopment mapped out by Uncle Sam. Abattoir Caused Action. The recent and still pending dis- cussion over the proposed location near the Highway Bridge, and not far from the projected approaches of the Arlington Memorial Bridge and from Arlington National Cemetery, of a slaughter house, served to bring to a head the movement for a zoning provision, and the Arlington County Board of Supervisors joined in the movement by adopting a special ordi- nance governing issuance of building permits to such plants. The Ball bill would give to the Board of Supervisors of Arlington County, or to any other county having a density of population of more than 500 persons per square mile, full authority “to regulate the use of land and of buildings or other structures and the height. thereof, and also to establish building lines and to regulate and restrict the construction and loca- (Continyed Bn Page 3, Column 3.) SEEK BANDIT BANDS Mobilization Ordered M’(er; Unsuccessful Attempt to | quw Up Train. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March —Rebel- lious and bandit activities in the cen- government to order troop mobiliza- tions. Four regiments are in pursuit of Rodolfo Gallagos, at the head of a | band which on Saturday gight held up a Laredo-Mexico train; &hers are searching out the bandits responsible for 11 hold-ups Sunday on the Mexico City-Cuernavaca highway, and today the government received word of an unsuccessful attempt to blow up a train bound from Iguala to Mexico City. As the train was passing through the La Virgen Canyon near Cajones Station, in the State of Morelos, yes- ! terday, 300 rebels opened a heavy fire. The military escort prepared to defend the panic-stricken passengers fired back upon the rebels lining the heights on both sides of the canyon. | Escapes Dynamite Blast. i Despite the rain of bullets and the | rocks piled on the track, the engineer speeded up the train and brought it out of the canyon barely in time to| escape complete destruction, as a charge of dynamite exploded a few seconds after the train passed. Apart from these hold-ups and ban- dit activities, numerous disturbances have broken out in the States of Ja! co, Colima, Michoacan, and San Luis Potosi, and President Calles has instructed War Minister Amaro to proceed with a rapid cam- paign to overcome the outlaws. In connection with the attack on the Laredo-Mexico train, it is reliably reported that the President has cen- sured a number of military command- ers on the ground that the increased rebillious activities were due to their negligence, Foreigners Not Molested. The Laredo train attack, as de- scribed by passengers reaching Mex- ico City, was a revolutionary stration, the attacking part: as they fired their guns Cristo Rey!" (Long live Christ the King!) None of the foreign passengers, among them Mrs. C. B. Harriman of Houston, Tex., was molested. The| men, after burning two Pullmans and | the ‘firstclass coaches, made away with about 100,000 pesos from the ex- press car. MORGAN GIVES $200,000. Gift Makes Possible Research Into Sleeping Sickness. NEW YORK, March 22 (#).—A gift of $200,000 by J. P. Morgan, financier, to make possible the study and treat- ment of sleeping sickness was an- nounced yesterday by the Neurological Institute here. Mr. Morgan’s gift will be a memo- rial to his wife. It provides for con- struction and equipment of a complete Guanajuato floor in the new hospital to be erected as part of the New York medical cen- ter and for research work into the origin and treatment of the disease. tral states of Mexico have led the! U.5. TO TERMINATE ARMS SMUGGLING PACT WITH MEXICO Action Would Permit Lifting of Munitions Embargo at Any Time. LAND DISPUTE POSITION HELD STRENGTHENED Cancellation Follows Conferences of State Officials—Tellez Optimis- tic After Talk With Coolidge. By the Associated Press. An intimation that the United States had been unsuccessful In efforts to negotiate a commercial treaty with Mexico was contained today in a State Department announcement that the smuggling convention between _the fwo nations would be terminated on March 28. The department, in whose hands has rested the long-standing and delicate situation involving American property rights in Mexico, issued a formal statément explaining that notice of termination of the treaty had been served on the Mexican government last night by the American embassy at Mexico City. In the absence of a commercial treaty or other arrangements with Mexico “safeguarding American com- against possible discrimina- the statement said, the Wash- ington Government did not deem it advisable to continue the smuggling convention ‘“which might in certain contingencies bind the United States to co-operation for enforcement of laws or decrees relating to the impor tation of. commodities of all sorts into another country.” Bearing on Arms Shipments. The smuggling convention has a direct bearing on the American em- bargo on arms shipments into Mexico Under the convention, even if the em- bargo were lifted the United Statss would be required to notify Mexico of impending shipments from the United States of arms or any other com | modities proscribed from importaticn under Mexican law. “By its terms the convention was to remaln in force for one year, upon the expiration of which period, if no notice of a desire to terminate it had been given by either party, it was to continue in force until 30 days after either party should give | notice of termination,” the State De- | partment’s announcement said. | “Upon due consideration (he Gov- ernment has concluded to terminate the treaty at the expiration of the year, and has accordingly given the to the govern ment of Mexico.” Action Follows Conferences. The announcement of American determination to terminate the treaty follows recent conferences at the ‘White House, Secretary Kellogg and Assistant Secretary Olds having twice talked with the President with- in the last few days without dis- closure of the reason for their calls. Whether termination of the treaty foreshadows raising of the arms em- bargo by the United States so far as Mexico is concerned was not in dicated. ‘The signed convention w 23, 19 ratifie smuggling Décember | March 11, 1926, and proclaimed Marc 18, 19 It went into effect Maich 28, 1926. No General Treaty Since 1882. The United States had had no gen- eral treaty of amity and commerce with Mexico since 1882. Such treaties. it has been argued, might have ob- viated the tangle over American rights as affected by Mexican oil and land legislation. - An effort to negotiate a commercial pact was made by Secretary Colby in 1921. It was renewed by Secretary Hughes and played a part in the nego- tiations which resulted in the signing of two Mexican-American claims con- ventions and diplomatic recognition of the Obregon government. A further effort by the United States to nego- tiate a commercial treaty was made by Secretary Hughes in 1924 in an exchange of personal communication: | with the Mexican foreign secreta: nd this was renewed in 1926 at the time the new Mexican petroleum and iland laws were first formulated. Mexican Ambassador Tellez con- ferred with President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg at the Coolidge residence on Dupont Circle last night, and today he said he entertained nothing but the most optimistic views of future relations between the United States and Mexico. Has Bearing on Embargo. Termination of _the anti-smug- gling treaty with Mexico March 28 has an important bearing on the em- bargo placed by the United States Government on the shipment of arms and munitions into Mexico. Undeniably, the arms embargo is the trump card held by tha State Department _in its presen. sealing with the Calles government over con- fiscation of American-owned prop- erty under the oil and land laws. It was well known that the embargo was imposed by the State Department to prevent the possible overthrow of the established Mexican government. Any lifting of the embargo at this time, when revolution is ripe in Mexico, would enable the rebel forces to obtain arms from the United States in sufficient quantities to threaten again the collapse of the Calles gov- ernment. Threats Made to Lift Embargo. Threats to terminate the arms em- bargo were made in the United States when it was known that Mexican arms were being sent into Nicaragua for use against the Diaz government recognized and upheld by the United States. No declaration, however, has been made at the State Department in the light of recent developments in the Mexican situation as to the inten tion of the Government with regard to lifting of the embargo at this time. So long as the anti-smuggling treaty was in effect, the Mexican government would have had the benefit of 30 days of grace in any eventual lifting of the embargo on arms. That is to say, the United States Government, for a period of 30 days, would notify the Mexican government in advance of the shipment of any arms to the Me: n_horder. The Calles govern- (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.