Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1930, Page 5

ROBINSON HEARD ON LONDON PACT In Radio Address Expresses Disappointment, but Out- d lines Results. Expressing disappointment that a five- power pact failed of negotiation at; London, Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, member of the American delegation, yesterday discussed the re- sults of the Naval Conference in & radio address from Londom. ‘The proposed treaty, Senator Robin- son said, offers parity between the United States and Great Britain in battleships, destroyers and submarines. Besides, he said, it offers the United States the option of a “ton for ton” cruiser parity. As a five-power enterprise, Senator Robinson said, “there is not complete success. The importance of this is not to be minimized,” he added. Desirable Features Lacking. “Unquestionably it would have been more satisfactory to have a treaty de- fining the programs of France and Italy as well as those of Great Britain, the United States and Japan.” Senator Robinson sald the American delegation went into the parley with four objectives: “To co-operate with other delegations in terminating naval competition by limiting all clasess of warships, to assure equality of naval strength for the United States with Great Britain, to arrange a satisfactory relation between American and Japan- ese naval forces; and to bring about reductions in tonnage whereever prac- ticable.” , He declared that “no delegation ‘asked the United States to participate in any security pact. The American delegation made it plain that the United States would not join any con- sultative pact which could by tmpli- catlon be regarded as giving security.” Cites Safeguarding Clause. Senator Robinson described the safe- guarding clause in the treaty as pro- viding: “That if any one of the three (the United States, Great Britain or Japan) feels its national security Jeopardized by new naval construction of any power whose auxiliary fleet has not been limited, it may notify the others what increase it requires. The others may then make proportionate increases. This is in no sense a sanc- tion, neither does it provide for con- sultation.” Pointing out that this clause could be criticized as permitting “disturbance of the figures agreed to,” the speaker said the relations of the fleets and the principles of limitation would still be maintained. “It should also be remembered,” he said, “that the limitation of armaments must proceed only through the volun- tary action of nations and that no pow- er can arbitrarily impose on another restrictions of the means of defense without assuming more responsibility for its safety. Limitation of Armaments 0. K. “It is of firet importance that the | limitation of armaments shall be re- garded as increasing rather than di- minishing the safety of peoples.” In conclusion, Senator Robinson id: “Our war tonnage is now be- coming obsolescent and we are faced ‘with the necessity of rebuilding much of the Navy. The treaty enables us to proceed with the task in an orderiy manner and at & lower total tonnage than we have had in the past, in spite of the fact that we have built less than any other country represented at the conference.” —_— FATHER AND FOUR DIE IN FLAMES Havoc Described by Son Who Es- CITIZENS’ Charles 1. Stengle. COUNCIL MEETS THE EVENING STAR Etta L. Taggert, Dr. E. E. Richardson, William A. Roberts and Thomas Lodge. ARMAMENT TREATY DRAFT IS APPROVED Five Powers Will Sign Navy Limitation Treaty at Ses- sion Tomorrow. (Continued From First Page.) accomplishments had been, which rep- resented a far advance toward lessened naval burdens. He attributed failure to reach a five- power limitation treaty to French,de- mands for political security and Italian, demands for naval parity with France, and revealed /for the first time that America was never approached to join in a security pact and that France re- fused even to consider such a consulta- tive pact, as was once suggested in a statement of Col. Stimson. Address Is Careful Study. His address was a well studied, care- fully prepared discussion of the work of the conference, and was accorded the utmost importance, since Senator Robinson, as Democratic leader, might at least be expected to view the treaty hypercritically. The delegation counts many Democratic skeptics to approval of the document. ‘The ‘preamble to the treaty, which with the safeguarding clause has been rigorously secret, was revealed today, shortly after Tokio dispatches and the Japanese delegation here announced that Japan would sign the treaty with- out changes. The preamble is a single sentence, which says: “The President of the United States of America, the President of the French Republic, his majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British domin- fons beyond the seas, his majesty the King of Italy, his majesty the Emperor of Japan, desiring to prevent the dan- ger and reduce the burdens inherent in competitive armaments, and desiring to carry forward the work begun in the ‘Washington Naval Conference and to facilitate the progressive realization of general limitation and reduction of armaments, have resolved, with a view caped With Mother From Apartment Fire. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 21.—Fire that erept upon them while they slept early yesterday took the lives of a father and four of his children. The mother and a son recelved serious burns and injuries. The dead, whose charred bodies were found by firemen in the ruins of their home in Brooklyn, were Christopher Johnson, 62, and his children, hy 18; Olsldys. 16; Harold, 14, and El- wood, 9. ‘The mother, Mary, 52, and Christo- her, jr., 21, saved their lives by jump- g from the windows of their bedrooms after they found the flames rendered futile any attempts at rescue. From his cot in Narwegian Hospital Christopher recounted his story of the discovery of the flames, his unavailing efforts to save his family and his own escape. k The Johnsons lived in a six-room spartment on the second floor of a brick building. Christopher and his mother occupied bed rooms at the front and rear of the house respectively, while the rest of the family was asleep in the inner rooms. Christopher was awakened by the cries of his sisters. Opening the door of his room, he found the hallway ablaze. Repeated attempts to rush through the wall of fire to their room brought only severe burns to the youth. to accelerating these purposes, to con- clude a treaty for the limitation of naval armaments and have accordingly ap- pointed as their plenipotentiaries:” The names of their representatives are given and the treaty follows. On the strength of the announce- ment today the American delegation here happily concluded their sailing ar- rangements for the trip back home aboard the Leviathan, which may be held at Southampton until Wednesday morning for them. Most of the deleg.ition were in their quarters, superintending packing after the three months in London, while Col. Stimson bade farewell to his country home at Stanmore and said good-by to his household staff. — Budapest Has Divorcees’ Club. BUDAPEST, April 21 (#).—The Asso- ciation for Men's Rights at Vienna has a rival here. It is called the club for divorced women—divorced through the fault of their husbands. There are 6,000 divorced women in the city. Two New Inventions. on his_support in the Senate to win |j SLAIN IN POLITICAL ROW Two Argentine Police Killed in Clash at Democratic Meeting. SANTA ROSA, Argentina, April 21 (#)—Two policemen were Killed, two others gravely wounded and 50 bruised slightly in a clash here yesterday be- tween police and members of the Demo- cratic party. ‘The police attempted to break up a meeting of party adherents, some of whom_objected. Actlial fighting grew out of the ensuing discussion and a general panic followed. The police ar- rested several Democrats. J. R. KING, VETERAN STAR EMPLOYE, DIES Route Agent Succumbs to Pneu- monia Attack in Hospi- tal Here. J. R. King, 39 years old, veteran route agent of The Evening Star, died in the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital early yesterday, following a short illness. Mr. King entered the hospital Wednes- day for treatment for ear trouble and it was found that he was suffering from pneumonia, which caused death. Mr. King entered the service of The Evening Star as route agent in the Mount Pleasant section April 1, 1811, and was widely known in that neighbor- 00d. A native of Washington, Mr. King was educated in the grade and high schools here. He was the son of Mrs. Clara Brittain King and the late John J. King. He was married to Miss Ger- trude E. Hefron. He is survived by his mother, his widow, three sons, John, William and James R. King, jr., and a sister, Mrs. Wanda Divine. Funeral services will be conducted at his late residence, 214 Rittenhouse street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. g‘mment will be in Rock Creek Ceme- Ty, SECOND TRIAL DELAYED FRANKFORT, Ky. April 21 (A).— ‘The second trial of James A. 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Crosby and Back row: Dan Garges, secretary to the Commissioners; H. N. Stull, G. H. Richardson, W. H. Lewis, —Star Staff Photo. CITIZENS’ COUNCIL MEMBERS GREETED Chairman Havenner Presents New- ly-Elected Group to D. C. Heads. Members of the newly elected Citi- zens' Advisory Council were presented to the Board of District Commissioners by Dr. George C. Havenner, chairman of the council, at the board meeting held by the city heads today. Dr. Havenner in a brief speech re- viewed the history of the council since its inception in 1924 and asked the present Commissioners to continue the practice of submitting to the council copies of the budget requests of the District department heads for the 1932 budget. Each year the council, on the basis of these figures, makes up a budget of its own and submits it to the Commissioners for consideration. Commissioner Luther H. Reichelder- fer replied to Dr. Havenner's speech, promising hearty co-operation with the council. The members of the new council are: Miss Etta Taggart, Dr. E. E. Richardson, Dr. George H. Rich- ardson, Charles I. Stengel, Thomas E. Lodge, William A. Roberts, George Lewis and Harry N. Stull. GREER REGAfiDED IN LINE FOR CIVIL SERVICE POST Representative Bowman Sponsors Morgantown, W. Va., Man to Be Commission Head. By the Assoclated Press. Representative Bowman, Republican, of West Virginia, said today that Presi- dent Hoover had offered H. C. Greer of Morgantown, W. Va., the chairmanship of the United States Civil Service Com- mission. He said Greer was offered the ap- pointment Saturday afternoon at the ‘White House. Earlier in the week Senator Hatfleld, Republican, West Virginia, and Repre- sentative Bowman recommended ap- pointment of Mr. Greer to a diplomatic post. William C. Deming, who holds the post at present, recently tendered his resignation. Deming has announced himself a candidate for Senator from Wyoming. 3 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS TWO GANDHI AIDES SEIZED IN REVOLT Viceroy Moves to Prevent Violence, Invoking Special Suppression Order. By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, April 21.—Two leaders in the civil disobedience campaign of Ma- hatma Gandhi and the all-India na- tional congress were arrested today for violations of the salt act. They were Sadhu Swami Anand, who recently took charge of the civil diso- bedience camp at Villeparle, near Bom- bay, in succession to Jamnalal Najaj, also arrested, and Sk. M. Munshi, who recently resigned his seat in the Legis- lative Council to join the civil diso- bedience movement. The government today took special measures to combat the widespread un- rest and tension in Bengal, growing out of the raid of “insurgents” Friday night and Saturday morning on the police arsenal at Chittagong, on the East Bank of the Meighna estuary. Six police were killed in the raid. Special Powers Are Renewed. Viceroy Lord Irwin, at Simla, Summer capital, renewed the special Bengal ordinance conferring extraordinary powers for the suppression of disorder. The viceroy'’s statement said: “In order to forestall further outbreaks or out- rages (like that at Chittagong) by ter- rorists elsewhere the Government of Bengal have represented that it is es- sential’ to renew the powers which so recently lapsed.” When the ordinance expired recently it was left unrenewed, but with reser- vations that the governor general could invoke it again if necessary. Meanwhile the Mahatma is remain- ing in Gujerat, busying himself with a comparatively small district. In an interview at Jalalpur, Gandhi said that he was not sure when he could g0 to Bombay, his hands being occu- pled where he was. Gandhi Deplores Disorders. Last week's disorders at Chittago were deplored by Gandhi in an inter- view here last night. At the same time he said that the civil disobedience cam- paign for India's independence must continue, “The Chittagong news makes sad reading,” said the Mahatma. “It shows there is a large or small body of men in Bengal who do not believe in non- violence whether as a policy or a creed. That there was such a people in India I knew, but I had hoped they would give non-violence a chance. “I observe that the viceroy answered the Chittagong disturbances by the exercise of his extraordinary powers; | that was only to be expected. As long as the British people are determined to Ay 1 LI'DA mes fAitted with Landers ‘aSHade" possess an envia- uty and refinement. | ing replacements e." Specify them for your new home. " Look for the “Seal made from Landers impose their rule upon an unwilling people, s0 long must their rule be in reality without law.” Several minor leaders of the civil disobedience campaign were arrested over the week end in Bombay. Legislator Denounces “Move. Strong denunciation of the Gandhi civil disobedience movement was made today by Maulvi Mohamed Yakub, deputy president of the Legislative As- sembly, speaking at the All-India Mus- lim conference. He said the civil disobedience move- ment was intended to establish the domination of the majority over the minorities of India, and ' that the Mahatma apparently had the idea that independence was obtainable without the co-operation of the Muslims. “Under these circumstances,” he de- clared, “we cannot consistently with our self-respect join in or sympathize with the lawless movement.” BENGAL SITUATION IS TENSE. Civil Disobedience Leaders Are Jailed As Precautionray Move. CALCUTTA, April 21 (#)—Authori- ties today feared tension prevailing throughout Bengal province portended serious developments. 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