Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1929, Page 12

.S ENVOYTOAT N CHNA AL BA : Delay in Restoring Postal Rights to American-Owned Paper Is Cause. By the Assoclated Press. Impatient at the delay of the | Nationalist government of China in ful- fllli:? its promise to lift the ban im- . last month in withdrawing postal | , privileges from the North China Star, v &n American-owned newspaper pub- + lished at Tientsin, the State Depart- ment has instructed American Minister MacMurray at Peking to make repre- sentations to the Chinese foreign office and ascertain why the promise of the | Nanking government has not been made 00d. E0Charles 3. Fox, the American pub- lisher and editor of the Star, was in- formed by the local municipal board at Tientsin on February 5 that the direc- torate general of posts, in accordance with_orders from the ministry of com- munications, had ordered his paper refused postal transmission. No reason was given in the notification nor was | the American publisher given any op- portunity to answer any charges. Supported Nationalists. It developed later that the ostensible cause of the ban was that the Star had printed a news service dispatch from Peking to which the Chinese officials took exception. The paper always has supported the Nationalist cause and the ban was a surprise. The American legation at Peking brought th se to (he attention of the | Joreign office at Nanking and was in- formed on February 25 that the han was due to a misunderstanding. The legation was informed that the central committee had agreed to instruct the Tientsin board to lift the ban. Foreign Minister C. T. Wang at the same time sent a cablegram to friends in the United States saying the ban would be lifted soon. Edict s Criticized. ‘The foreign press in China and a large section of the native Chinese press, as well as leaders of American and Chinese business interests, meanwhile criticized the Government's action as arbitrary and a violation of elementary Jjustice, the liberty of the press and renunciation of the principles which the Nationalists themselves laid down | when they took control of the govern- ment. ‘The Chinese government’s inaction in | the case had caused the State Depart- | ment to instruct Minister MacMurray | to proteed vigorously. Under the extra- territorial rights possessed by Americans | in China the publisher is entitled to | trial on any charge in the American Court in China, but no charges have been preferred. BRITISH TRADE IS SEEN IN NEED OF READJUSTING | R R L Government Committee Advises In- dustry to Write Off Losses and Begin Anew. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 12—The final re- port of the government committee on industry and trade today advised Brit- ish industry to write off its losses and to start anew. The committee was ap- pointed by the premier in July, 1924, ‘with Sir Arthur Balfour as chairman, to investigate conditions and prospects with special reference to export trade. ‘The committee previously had issued several surveys on different leading in- dustries,’ and in its general conclu- sions, published yesterday, said: S “It is abundantly elear that the first step to putting British industry in ?o- sition to compete successfully in the overseas market is to subject their or- ganization to a thorough process of reconditioning. “At all costs, power of access to new capital must be regained, and for this measures’ of financial recon- amalgamations to increase the size the business unit are among the essen- French Warrior’s Descendant Pays First Visit to U. S. Lafayette’s Great-Great- Grandson Will Call on Hoover in Washington, By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 12.—The great- great-grandson of Marquis de Lafayette, comrade-in-arms of George Washing- ton, arrived yesterday on the United States liner George Washington for his Y first visit to America. He is Comte Gilbert de Pusy and he accompanied a delegation of the As- sociation Amicale Des Croix de Guerre, | which anticipates organizing an Amer- ican branch. The delegation plans to place a wreath on the Washington-Lafayette Monument. in Washington and call on President Hoover. Their schedule provides for a visit to Lafayette, Ind., to present the sword of Lafayette to the city. During their two-week stay they also plan to visit headquarters of the Amer- ican Legion, in Indianapolis. PLANS 3-HOP FLIGHT T0 BUENOS AIRES Lieut. Doolittle, Army Pilot, Ar- ranging Trip From New York at Early Date. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March 12.—The New York Times today said it has learned that Lieut. James Doclittle, Army pilot, will make a three-hop flight from New York to Buenos Aires at an early date. ‘The flight will be made under the auspices of the Curtiss Airplane Export Corporation, the Times said. Complete plans will be announced within a week, the paper quotes John F. Allard, in charge of the arrangements, as saying. ‘The Times said t..e first leg probably will be a non-stop hop from Mitchel Field to the Canal Zone and a second hop to Lima, Peru, and the last leg across the Andes and South America to Buenos Aires. 72707 2, . THEl EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1929. BRITTEN FORESEES HUGE BRITISH NAVY Says English Plan Sea Force Equal to Total of All : Nations. By the Associated Press. 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Ingalls will resign his post in the House of Representatives today to prepare for his new duties. .- A Chicago committee will select 15 women who will receive scholarships for the Bryn Mawr Summer School and 10 women, or men and women, for the Wisconsin school. MIRACLE| ? P Piscoming to P P P WASHINGTON ' Watch Papers for Opening // 7. 2 Eric Riste, 42, and his daughter, Helen, 8, died in a hospital here yester- Four Children of Family Escape| i Ceonerd, T perished in the bum- ‘When Home Burns. explosion as Riste poured kerosene in ‘TYLER, Minn., March 12 (#).—Three | the kitchen stove. persons were dead yesterday as the re- mfi:‘r:&‘l‘l"sfi:;:fm m‘:“’i‘m ?‘; sult of & fire which destroyed the Eric |suffered a broken arm when he leaped Riste home near Florence, Sunday. from a window. THREE DIE IN FIRE. Central Armature Works 625-627 D Street N.W. 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