Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1929, Page 20

‘20 (37 ARMY GENERALS ~ RETIRED BY KING fPosts in Jugoslavia Will Be . Left Vacant in Interests of Economy. Correspondence of The Star. BERLIN, May 6—While the pre- | paratory commission of the League of { Nations Disarmament Conference has been discussing at Geneva the problem fof a general reduction of land forces, ! Jugoslavia has been conducting a sen- sational limitation of army personnel on her own account. According to a recent dispatch from Belgrade to the [ Tageblatt, King Alexander, exercising Sthe extra-constitutional powers which “he assumed not long ago by royal de- % cree. has put some 37 high army officers fon the retired list and left their posts “vacant. i An overextended army list has thus been abbreviated in the interest of ef- ficiency and economy, without.any in- ,ternational pressure. Considerations of domestic politics may have had their influence in this sweeping clean-up in | ;the highest army commands. But if so, that phase of the reorganization has not been publicly emphasized. Former Chief of Staff Out. The Tageblatt's correspondent says “King Alexander has signed a mili- tary ukase by which a wholesale pen- .sioning of generals is to be accom- plished. Thirty-seven generals are af- ,fected by the retirements announced— ‘among them 3 army corps com- manders, 22 generals of divisions, 4 ibrigadier generals, 6 medical corps generals and Vice Admiral Koch. It is ,especially to be noted that Gen. Pes- ichitsch, former chief of the general istaff, goes on into retirement. His place 715 to be taken by the army commander, inow at Skoplje, Milan Milanovitch. ‘The so-called military council also is fdissolved “The retired generals are to be al- fowed to wear their uniforms and or- ‘ders are to be conferred on all of them. But no nominations for the vacant posts have been made. The duties of the high positions vacated are to be performed by subordinates for the present. Along with this whole- sale pensioning extensive transfers of generals and of other high officers have been effected. Almost all of the commanders of the war schools: and the military institutions have been dis- placed. Reasons Are Withheld. “This surprising shake-up of the per- sonnel of the Jugoslavian army caused great excitement all over the country— the more so_that the reasons for it are withheld. It might be assumed that the changes have some connection with the events of last January—that is, with the inauguration of the new regime If that is true, the reorganization of the Jugoslavian army ought to give the new regime an even stronger hold on the military establishment.” There are few armies, apart from {Mexico's, in which the simultaneous peace time retirement of 37 generals would not have thrown the military machinery startingly out of gear. ,MULBéRRlES.HIT BY COLD. $1,485,000 Damage Done Crop in Three Japan Prefectures. TOKIO, May 6 (#).—Damage from ‘cold weather to Japanese mulberry ' crops was estimated in press reports at 3,300,000 yen (about $1,485,000) in the silk-producing districts of Nagano, Ibaraki and Cunma prefectures alone, Official estimates were. not yet avall- ‘able. All Northern Japan suffered from the cold wave, with heavy snowfalls in Yamagata, Akita and Nikko districts, where the cherry blossoms had just bloomed and were blighted. STRIKE IS CONTINUED. South Carolina Meeting Votes Against Return to Work. ¢ TUNION, S. C., May 6 (#).—The strike # situation in Monarch and Ottaray Mills here shows no signs of adjustment. Saturday night a meeting of the loom { fixers, battery fillers and weavers was 2 held, with 96 out of a possible 115 pres- ent. A secret ballot was taken, with the result that 94 voted in favor of con- ¢ tinuing the strike and 2 voted to go § back to work upon the conditions lald " down by the mill executives. ! PILLS KILL CHILD. Boy, 4, Eats 90 Chocolate-Coated | Strychnine Tablets, ROCHESTER, N. Y., May 6 (.— . Ninety chocolate-covered laxative tab- i lets g&tzn by l-yext;-ald wl;‘u‘u.m |col- uring an_early morning explora- tion of the kitchen caused his death de- spite an eight-hour effort by physicians to save him. He was romping about the house before his parents were up and clambered on a chair to discover the bottle of pills in a cupboard. A half hour later he was taken with convul- sions. Strychnine in the tablets in small quantity caused death, hospital physi- cians said. Wounds Require 88 Stitches After Battle on Train By the Associated Press. INDIO, Calif, May 6.—Allan Keene, speclal agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad, today had 88 stitches in his skin to re- mind him of an encounter with a crazed man aboard a passenger train near here yesterday. Keene boarded the train at the request of the conductor to quiet a 70-year-old man. The pas- senger attacked him with a hunt- ing knife. Keene subdued him, but was badly slashed. The pas- senger was not identified. Screen Doors New—That Do Not Warp or Sag 3 BRANCHES 6~&C Sts SW. S*&FlaAe NE. (ROCKBETTON PAIEES ) - 502 Ga AveNW, Sewing Machines Used—Guaranteed Cash or Terms White Sewing Machine Co. | 711 9th St. N.W. hi Just_sprinkle a little Facteeth on your plates Makes false teeth stay in place and feel comfortable. | Sweetens breath. Get Fasteeth at Peo- | ples Drug £.ores or any other good drug THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.” ¢, MONDAY.~ MAY 6. 1929. e —— in murder trial of Earl Francis Peacox. chester County, N. Y., Is prosecutor. FIGURES IN TORCH DEATH PROBE Eugene Bussey (left), friend of Dorothy Peacox, torch victim, may testify F. H. Coyne, district attorney of West- —Associated Press Photo. BERLIN REDS ASK WORKERS 10 QUIT General Strike Is Called for Wednesday as Riot Areas Put Under Control. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 6.—Threats of new violence Wednesday loomed today to mar hopes built on last night's peace- fulness in Neukoelin and other dis- tricts, where police were in full con- trol after four days' bloody Communist rioting. At a secret meeting, 1,200 Communist leaders, obtaining admission only by each speaking a special password, voted to bury 21 of their fallen comrades in a single grave, turning the funeral after interment into a monster political dem- onstration. A resolution was passed calling upon workers over the city to begin a gen- eral strike at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Al- Ithough the strictest measures were BAUER, ARMY AIDE_ 10 CHINA, IS DEAD German Colonel Was Right- Hand Man to Ludendorff in World War. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, May 6.—Col. Max Bauer, German military adviser to the Chinese government and right-hand man of Erich Ludendorff during the World | War, died today of smallpox. | Death came to . Bauer when he | had just concluded & military campaign | in Central China which began with all | the odds against him and ended in| complete and decisive victory. Bringing together the incohesive ele- ments of the Nationalist Army he ef- fectively routed strong opposition of the Wuhan City clique and in a short campaign drove the conspirators from Hankow and Wuchang far up the Yanktse Kiang, where loyal Szechuanese cut their army to pleces. Col. Bauer was about 60 years old. During the World War he was attach- ed to Gen. Erich LudendorfI’s staff and | devolved & method of reducing fort- resses by attacking with artillery sup- ported by immediate infantry move- ments which proved highly successful at_Antwerp, Liege and other places. Both he and Ludendorff became bit- ter enemies: of the republic at the end of the war and in 1920 he completely discredited himself when he joined the so-called “Kapp putsch” or uprising to overthrow the republican government. In the collapse of the movement he escaped to Budapest. He returned to Germany in 1925, but lived in seclusion until announcement was made of his appointment as head instructor of infantry in the Chinese Nationalist Army, a post which he turned into one of great influence. CRASH RUMOR IS FALSE. CHICAGO, May 6 (#).—The report that a sightseeing airplane had crashed late yesterday was proved false only after several hours’ investigation by po- lice and air field authorities. Two planes were sent into the air when the report of the crash gained wide circu- lation, and they searched over a wide area without finding any sign of a fall- en plane. A check of all aircraft com- panies here showed every plane ac- counted for. CLAFLIN ‘Optician—Optometrist 922 14th St. NW. 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While at first it had been believed this restriction would be lifted today, continued evidences of sullen disposi- tion of the residents of the two areas Coats $1 Costume freedom desired. popular sun-back. Sizes 34 to 44. 15 Attractive signs—all fast colors. Trimmed with pipings, and belts. made it probable it would be continued temporarily. Street Fighting Ended. But one incident was reported Sun- day, the fifth day of the disturbances, that being an attack on a policeman. That and occasional shots by police clearing the roofs where snipers had held out, constituted the only trouble. There was no repetition of the open street fighting of the first four days. In all, 27 were dead from the four days’ rioting, and of many wounded, 29 were in serious condition. May Extend Prussian Ban. ‘The suppression of the Communist movement took a nation-wide aspect when it was announced the Reich’s minister of the interior, Carl Severing, | Local police organizations are was_considering nation-wide extension | with execution of the foregoing.” of the order of Herr Grzesinski, Prus- | The public and the press has ex- sian minister of interior, dissolving the | pressed doubt the German workers in militant. Communist organization “Rote- | general will follow the Communist lead front Kaempfer Bund"—literally “Fight- | Wednesday and strike. ers on the Red Front.” | Herr Grzesinski's order, after quoting paragraphs of law for the protection of | the republic and other laws authorizing | this course read: “‘The Rotefront | Kaempfer Bund,’ the ‘Red Youth Front’ and the ‘Red Marine' are hereby in the Free State of Prussia declared dis- solved with all their appurtenances with the approval of the Reich, as their con- duct has shown their purposes to co o travene the aforesaid laws. The prop- | On their way to Basra, Iraq, three erty of these organizations is ordered | British flying boats recently left Etang seized and confiscated to the state.|de Berre, France. Noted New Zealand Man Dies, WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 6 (#).—Sir James Glenny Wilson, chafr- man of the board of agriculture and former president of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, died yesterday at the age of 79 years. 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