Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1931, Page 2

~ FORMER MARINE COMNANDANT DIES Maj. Gen. G. F. Elliott Served With Distinction in Many Duties of Corps. Maj. Gen. George Prank Elliott, U 8. Marine Corps retired, commandant of the corps from 1903 until 1910, one of the most distinguished living officers of the armed forces of the United States who had won thelr fame prior 16 the World War, died tocay at noon at his house, 1204 Bixteenth strest, here following & lingering iliness. Gen Elliott was in his 84th year Entering the Marine Corps 85 & sccond lieutenant, Gen. Elliott at the of his retirement had per jormed almost every concelvable duty ©of an officer of the corps, both on tea and on land distinetior mand came on a basis of merit and in nition of his bravery and efficency Spanish-American War and arrection. He was the t of Marines to be re- tired as a major general. to which rank he was clevated by sp>cial act of Con- gress Gen, Elljott mber 30. in was born in Alabama, 1846, When still a boy he Hampshire where he War stories at first hand from his grandfather. Un- able to participate in the War of Rebrllion bec of hi youth served the Government in a civil pacity and witnessed many of the tivities of that strugg: oetween States. In 1868 he received an - pointment to the United States Military whence he was _honorably | d before fulfilling the allotted | In 1870 he was tendered a com- fon in the Marine Corps, which s then composed of but a few hun- dred men, but which he lived to see become almost an army in itself. Served on Old Frigates. ‘The list of his different tours of duty | #float and ashore is a lengthy one. He was one of the few remaining officers who had served on old frigates which were propelled by sail only, and wit- nessed almost the entire transformation of our nayy from sail to steam. In 1877 he was stationed in and near Wash- | ington to guard against disturbances | due to rallway strikes When the U. 8. 8. Baltimore was | sent to China in 1894 to guard United Btates Interests during the conflict be- tween China and Japan, Gen. Elliott, then a captain, was Marine officer of the fleet and during that tour of duty he performed what was probably his outstanding military exploit, a forced night march on Seoul, Chosen, a dis- tance of 31 miles, much of it through submerged rice fields, in the remark- #ble time of 11 hours. destroy a well, some six miles from Guantanamo, Cuba, water supply for Spanish forces. In the consequent en- agement he so conducted himself that e was advanced three numbers in grade. In March of the following year he was promoted to major and wac or- dered to duty in the Philippines. As @ lieutenant . colonel he com- manded a Marine battalion in the bat- tié of Novaleta, P. I, the first major engagement in which that branch took art. His troops dislodged a force of nsurgents which a very much larger command of Spaniards had tried in vain three times to overcome. For this victory he was officially commended by the Secretary of the Navy. Still later Je commanded the Marine Barracks here and was made a colonel and, a few months Jater, a brigadier general, in’ which capacity he organized a bri- ade for servicé on the Isthmus of 'anama. In February, 1906, he was 1870 | rmed them with | com- | THE FVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. W the | | MAJ. GEN. GEORGE F. ELLIOTT. POOR VENTILATION HOOVER AND GLASS - BLAMED IN DEATHS CONFER ON FINANGE | serve Experts Quiet Rumors of Drastic Moves. Killed by Fumes in Cabin, Jury Decides. ‘ Faulty ventilation of a cabin at the| A series of conferences revolving Potomac Park tourist camp was blamed | about President Hoover and Senator Car- today for the deaths of Homer C.|ter Glass, Democrat, of Virginiz, yester- | Huglll, 65, and his son Homer, jr, 34, day, served to bring about a better un- i:*dhfl Wfl\euol\'t;r‘gm; by carbon monox- ‘dcrsmndlrg of the bipartisan emergency l1de_gas aturday’ The blame was placed by a coroner’s | ““PioMiS PIOBTRN. |\ 1 conior Class Jury after an inguest into the YOUNger | i, the Wihte House from his Lynch- than 24 hours after the death of his | Pu; O Mhe fnancial situation. father, Physiclans at the institution | Loir },Seneral understanding between 5 Physicians Mr. Hoover and the Democratic spokes- gave the men two blood transfusions N Vi B I o ran” tlood \eanefusions | man on baking legislation was reached Meyer Visits Glass. Although the coroner’s jury con- | ;Father and Son Accidentally Series of Talks Between Re-; In 1898 Gen. Ellioit was ordered to | Al EXCHANGE PARLEY STUDIES CURRENCY. | 1Maze of Regulations Ham- | pering European Trade May | Be Cleared at Prague. | By Cable to The Star, PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, November 4.—Having registered comparative prog- ess to the extent of a formula limiting | currency requisitions to the individual territories of the participating coun- tries, the delegates to the Foreign Ex- | change Conference here were preparcd today to tackle further tangles in the | maze of governmental economic and | inancial regulations that have brought | Buropean trade to a disastrous stand- sull Representatives of the Central Euro- pean and Balkan Central banks as weil as of the Bank for International Settle- ment at Basel, under whose auspices this conference convened yesterday, are meeting under the chairmanship of President Vilem Poposil of the Czecho- slovak National Bank. Exchange tech- nicians are here from the central banks of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece, Jugoslovakia, Austria, Poland, Rumania and Hungary. America Is Affected. This conference directly interests Americans, for American exports and tourist traffic abroad and gen- dealings with foreign countrie affected Admittedly the conferring bankers want an early return to unrestricted | transactions, but they do not see how | this can be done unless creditor coun- tries advance foreign exchange. While the amount required will have to | estimated, each country will probably { state its needs to the Bank for Inte | national Settlements, which is ready again to act as an intermediary. | One of the subjects of these conversa- tions is capital flight to creditor coun- tries as a contributing factor in for- | eign exchange tightness in countries operating under strain. Another sub- fect is the effect the fall of the pound | had on gold exchange standard coun- tries whose currency was based on | | pounds | Payment Means Scarce. Europe's main difficulty with foreign | exchange transactions is that there is 50 little exchange. There are more ihan enough commoditics, but means of pay- | ment are scarce, and where there are | the means of making payments abroad, | there ars new difficulties in making | o4 | transfers. These difficulties accumulate and other countries are not able to make | foreign payments b:caus> weaker coun- tries cannot make transfers. The re- | ult has been a tightening up on all | pavments. | Even a sound country like Czecho- vakia has been obliged to enact cur- rency and security restrictions. Some weaker countries are holding their cur- rencies only by extreme effort. Currency restrictions usually take the form of Government control, with tk central banks and a few agencies co ducting all exchange deals. Residents | musf turn in their exchangs holdings. Some countries are competing for ex- | changes held by firms having branches | in different countries. Individuals find it expensive to travel, for rates are artificially maintained. Many Ameri- cans have been forced to leave lh:'h" currency with frontier officials includ- | ing even the dollars they had brcught‘ in. Must Protect Currencies. | The Bank for International Settle- | Sacramento, who discovered the | Four-Hour Limit Placed on Arguments in Writer’s Damage Action. fined its inquiry to the younger Hugill's | death, its finding was applicable to his father's as well. The verdict was th: awarded a commemorative medal thmu’h the U. 8. Government Board, Louisiana Exposition, for his part in aring the governmental exhibit. n. Elliott was appointed commandant . ©f the corps May 21, 1903, g P »w | responsibility for the faully ventilation, Jreacies by “Tis Boys. was reached after the jury. accom- Although he had been more than 20 panied by Detective Sergt. John Fla- years retired, Gen. Elliott always kept | herty, had visited the cabin in which in close and active touch with the|the Hugills were overcome. The jurors affalrs of the sea-soldiers with whom | were taken to the camp in a patrol he had served so long. In later years| wagon. he was wont to refer to generals and| Samuel Tapp, dep! inspector of colonels who had served under him ' plumbing for the District, tescified the as fledgling officers in long ago as his | rumes were created as a result of *im- “boys.” An evidence of the affection ! proper combustion” in the burning of a 4n Which he was held by those who had (gas heater. The n _monoxide once served under him occurred on his | created by the heater, h2 declared, was seventh-sixth birthday, which happened | of such proportions that it was notice- that vear to be Thanksgiving day. By {able even after the heater had been the deaths were accidental—the cau: being carbon smonoxide fumes created as a result of “improper ventilation.” Responsibility Not Placed. | The verdict, which did not piace the | All Equipped Alike, The 53 cabins comprising the pped with the same type he. P. Clark, manager, testis inspected once a week, camp ve 4 his wife. nmodore r of Rear | previous arrangement he was taken on |purning only five minutes. apartment in the corps|jeave the door or one of the wind private. A Marine Band Orchestra office. ers, Ha Corps alive, Maj. Gen, John A. Ie,mme,l Coroner Joseph D. Rogers told the took over command of the famed | propegly when he examined them. Jeater he became a resident of the Na- | ts to keep the windov all his life he had been an enthusiastic | fare and Recreation Associatic + of age plus the effects of injuries ' States Park Pol markably active life. 2ughter of Cc this city also_by Carries 207 & motor trip and during his absence a| It also was brought out that the only Wwas _represer from major general,|open. played and a tribute was read from The death of Gen. Elliott leaves only | They are now superintendent of Virginia Military | jury both the heater and a cook st ng outfit from Gen. Charles Hey. Employes of the camp sai tional Capital and pursued the hobbies when using th devotee. Until a few yea 0 he was | the sup ved when struck by an_ auto . i urvived. by AKRON BACK AT DOCK; and a sist: List Ever Carried by Any surprise party ession of his | means of veniilating the cabin was to in the person of Gen. Neville, down to Gen. Lejeuae, one of his successors in are equ one former commandant of the Marine | added Institute at Lexington, Va. Gen. EI-|in the Hugills' cabin were burning ment seven year: posted in the cabins of travel, hunting and fishing. of which e camp is operated oy an active golfer, but due to the infirm- | gome he was compelled to moderate Eilliott B SETS WORLD MARK Admiral Charles J. B: Aircraft Passengers for Biggest Gained Interest of General, An_interes how Gen, Ei s Corps hatior his retention cadets cepen: boxt, h on nce ing carried ht over Lak the mem- he rules months’ trial | b NIvy's equip of the Navy requirs a six crait ! olntment Thomas of hi otive & i he O KING SPEAKS TONIGHT important ex-| Senatr William H. King, Democrat u appeared and|of Utah. a memmber of the District 1- | Commitiee. will speak tonight at the | first rezular meeting of the Business School Parent-Teacher Assoca- 00l building. N: ¢ Is'and avenue. His will be “Schcol Affairs” Convening at § o'clock, 1 the follow hip, Social Student Aid. Buildin Lord {#nd Grounds, Ways and Means. Pr of the |8ram, Magazines, Health and Legisia- 2t Co. and |ton, figures of the o Ellic nforma present at in which ye ¥ once been amination that he ‘li Jow had failed. LORD KYLSANT IN PRISON Briton, Denied Appesl in Frauds, ns 12-Month LONDON, November gylsant, formerly ch Mail Steam P of the dominatir ish shipping world, ntered prison to = a 12 h sentence sifying the company’s financial statements His sppeal against the sentence. which was pronounced by the Criminal June, was denjed by the of Appeals today and he was taken (o prison immediately. ¥ Girl Flyer Down in Africa. BULAWAYO. S.uth Rhedesla, Africa November 4 . ~Miss Peggy Sclaman British aviatric. who is fiving from England to Can> Town. spent the night m‘;nr hw:\ v\:.‘] hedrl:“hslsgmh: after mi a forced an A e plans to Jeave St Tor Paapte, S P one Br crve g thy b Later, Eugene Meyer, governor of the | Federal Reserve Board, and a group of the beard’s experts called on Senator | Glass at the Capitol. Earlier in the day, George L. Harrison, governor of the Pederal Reserve Bankof New York, conferred with Glass, Senator Glass said the various con- ferences had no relation and the Fed- cral Reserve officials insisted no imme- diate new steps were in prospect. Senator Glass is a co-author of the Federal Reserve act and there was some cpeculation on whether Federal funds were to be made available in any way for the uninncunced homs building program. Accord Stills Rumors. Glass has opp-sed opening to any extent the doors of the Federal Reserve System for the rediscouniing of new paper, and the fact that he and the President found themselves in general accord quieted speculation cf any dras- tic move along this lLine. day's round of conferences was sh_evidence cf the inten- tion administration to seek a uvnited front in dealing with the Na- tion's ezoncmic situaticn, in accord:nce with the bi-partisan understanding reached at the White House parley last month. U. S. AIDS INDIANA IN MURDER CASE Col. Woedcock Expected to Attend Trial in Connection With Slaying of Agents, By the Associated Press FORT WAYNE, Ind., November 4.— 'he Government lent its aid to the of Indiana yesterday in the prose- cution of George Adams, ccnvicted Fort The State Wavne bootlegger, who last July 22, shot | and killed two Federal prohibition agents when they sought to arrest him John Colviron. assistant United States orpey general, and Oliver M. Loomis trict attorney for Northern Indiana conferred with local prosecutors before opening of the trial in_Allen Circuit Court. - Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock Federal proh’bition director, planned to trial is on an indictmert charg- | first degree murder in the slaying of John 1. Wilsen. Another indictment charges se=cnd degree murder for the rhooting of Waiter N. Gilbert. Prosecu- tor Walter E. Helmke has be imposed Gilbert. a Cincinnati agent. an orking out of Indianapolis. were t a rendezvous a mile s h cof ort Wayne, wWhere Adams had agreed to deliver a load of liquor to them Oliver J. Gettle. another agent. and C. E. reen of Portland. Ind also were present realized he was caught ttle said drew a gun and said, m going to kill you” Gilbert then d, according to Gettle, wounding Adams in the neck and the bootlegger proceeded to kill Giibert firing several shots into the latter's body after he had fallen to the ground, The agent said Wilson was unarmed Gottle escapes. he related. along with Green, by running to cover while Adams fired at them. Adams fled and was captured several hours later. Attorneys for Adams have announced their case will be based o na plea of self-cefense. + Wil- -| Adams was on parole from the Fed- | eral Prison at Leavenworth, K: the time of the shooting. He years old. e, is Prof. Henry F. Tyler Dies. | NORTHAMPTON. Mass. November 4 (P)—Prof. Henry F. Tyi:r. 88. first faculty dean of Sthith Coliege and for more than 35 years head of its de- | partment of Greek, died suddenly last night. 3 At one time he was_instructor of | Greek and Latin at Knox College. | Diinows # ments called the conference because its duty is to help protect the currencis By the Associated Press. TOLEDP, Ohio, November 4.—Fed-! announced | the Siate will ask that the death penalty a Fed- and Wilson, | of ell of its members. Conditions now | era] Judge John M. Killits set a four. are just the opposite of ideal Behind the exchange stagnation is | hour it for each side to give final incomplete world readjustment to the | arguments today in Nan Britton's $50;- new level cf commodity prices. 000 libel suit against C. A. Klunk, Mar- Those newly enacted governmental | ion, a hotel cperator. emergency measures, by which means | This indicated that today's entire ses- they are making foreign payments, are sion would be given over to the sum- doled out for necessities. mations and that the case would not be To tide over the readjustment period, | given to the jury before tomorrow. there are various suggestions: | " The case, ‘based cn Miss Britton's 1. Creation of a clearing house under | charges that her character was defamed the Bank for International Settlements. | in the book “The Answer to the Pres- 2. Bonded warehouses for exchanges | ident’s Daughter,” which Klunk alleged- on the old barter basis. |y distributed in his hotel, is being held 3. Creation of an exchange pool by |behind locked doors by crder of Judge creditor countries. | attsta. | 4. Loans of foreign exchange to the | _It was understood attorneys for Miss | central banks of borrowing countries. | Britten rested their case yesterday after | 5. Tarift changes. | she took the witness stand to give cer- r (Copyright, 1931, | tain rebuttal testimony. \GANDHI, IN LOINCLOTH, TO VISIT | KING AS POOR MIGHT SEE HOOVE [Calls Self “a Beggar” Without Other Apparel and No Conveyance but His Legs. | | 1 | his clothes to see the President if he had_anotker suit, Ghandi replied “Well, I'm a poor beggar and I have no clothes except my loincloths, which are all alike." Asked - whether he would walk or ride to the palace, he safd were horses beggars might ride, but I am too poor to afford an automobile.” He was reminded that sipce he will be an official guest the government would vrovide him with an automobile “Well,” he said with a chuckle, “It's sbout {ime the government gave me something.” he Associated Press. LONDON, November 4—Mahatma ! Gandhi today was firm in his decision to wear his loincloth to Buckingham | Palace to see the King. | _“Would a poor man in the United States change his dress to see Presi- | dent Hoover?” he asked in answer to ) & question whether, out of deference to | King George, he would don trousers, a t and a high hat when his receives him tomorrow 7 it was suggested that a poor man in the United States might chang> Thanksgiving Proclamation Aid for the unfortunate was urged by President Hoover vesterday in claiming Novemoer 28 as Thanksgiving day. He urged the people throughout the Nation to ministzr to their neighbors in need, “over this Winter that they, too, may have full cause to participate in this day of gratitudes to the Almighty.” 5 The presidential proclamation said: “We approach the season when, according to custom dat- ing from the garnering of the firs. harvest by our forefathers in the New World, a day is set apart ta give thanks, even amid hardships, to Almighty God for our temporal znd spiritual blessings. It has become a hallowed tradition for the Chief Magistrate to proclam annually a national day of thanks- givi: Sces Cause for Gratitude. “Our ~ountry has cause for gratitude to the Almighty. We have been widely blessed with abundant horvests. We have been spared from pestilence and calamities. Our insti- tutions have served the people. Knowledge has multiplied and our lives are enriched with its application. Education has advaneed. The health of our people has increased. We have dwelt in peace with all men. The .neasure of passing adversity which has come upon us should deepen the spirit- ual life of the people. quicken their sympathies and spirit of sacrifice for others, and strengthen their courage, | “Many of our neighbors are in need from causes beyond | their control and the compassion of the people throughout | the Nation should so assure their security over this Winter | that they, too, may have full cause to participate in this day | of gratitude to the Almighty. { Designates Thursday. | “Now, theref I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, November 26, 1931, as a national day of thanksgiving, and do recommend that our people rest from their daily labors, and ! in their homes and accustomed places of worship give devout thanks for the blessings which a Merciful Father has bestowed u PO I witness whereof, T have hereunto set my hand snd caused the seal of the United States to be affixed “Done at the City of Washington, this third day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1931, and of the inde- pendence of the United States of America the 156th. “(Signed) “HERBERT HOQVER.» ‘If *wishes | Next to him (in whi Vote on Quitting Federation| of Labor Called After Row Over Classification. (Continued From First Page.) | (tion board will have the last say as to | | what amount of wages shall be paid. All the work of wage boards and the | | time taken in hearings will have no | effect on the personnel classification | board, as the latter's decision will be {final,” It is believed the intention is| eventually to eliminate wage boards. | “The Bureau of the Census recently | issued a classified index of occupations. | For instance, it divides some trades into from 75 to more than 100 classifications. | It is understood that the wages of each | clgsification of a trade will be fixed by the board and, therefore, cause a disruption of all trades. The Executive | Council sees great danger in such legis- lation and recommends that the con- vention take a firm stand against pas- sage of the proposed bill.” : | “Adding further emphasis to the| | extraordinary proposal contained in the | { Executive Council’'s report,” s | | Steward, “was the fact that the Na- | | tionel Federation of Federal Employe: {to which organization personnel class | fication has from the outset been the | most vital issue, and within whose | | jurisdiction are to be found more than | | 80 per cent of the employes who could | possibly be affectsd by classification | legis'ation, was neither given an oppor- tunity to be heard by the Executive | Council nor even notified of the coun- | cil's intention. “A reading of the section quoted from the executive council's report furnishes conclusive evidence that the person or persons who wrote it lack even an elementary knowledge, not only of the legislative history of Federal | perscnnel measures, the present status | of Federal personnel classification law: | but also the effects of proposed legisla- | tion." | | President Steward immediately got into touch with President Green and pointed out to him that the council's report on the subject constituted a violation of the autcnomous r'ghts of the National Federation of Federal Employes, and that the executive coun- cil’s report on the subject of the pro- posed classification bill had violated | every principle upon which representa- tive government depends in that neither 1g nor notification had been ac- corded the organization most vitally affected. President Green stated that he was unaware that the matter com- plained of w>= in the*council's report, that it had L..n prepared by empioyes of the American Federation of Labor supposed to oe familiar with the sub- ject, and that he had been given to erstand that it was entirely ace able. Explains Position of Unit. In explaining the position of the Na- tional Federation of Federal Emplo; President Steward said Tha essence of personal classification Federal service is the payment of ate rates based upon the work performed, with the blishment of | nitable systems of increase and promo- e National Federation of Federal oyes from the date of its incep- tion has advocated personnel classifica- : s the foundation upon which the e Te: nnel classi also highly important from oint of proper administration. e issue was not of our choosing. | vything possible was done to avoid The decision having been rendered | by the convention, its conclusions seem to be inescapable. " A careful study of the entire situation indicates eclearly that a continuance of affiliation to the American Federation of Labor by the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes will mean simply this: That we shall be contributing of our time. of our eficrt and of our money, to upheld an institution that is not only working against our best interests, but doing so | in an arbitrary and unintelligent man- r “After exhaustive study of the ent situation with all of its implications hesitatingly recommend that Nitional Federation of Fedey ployes withdraw its affiliation American Federation of function in the future ! pendent unaffiliated orga e mdl iy om the | . Happy to Get Back to Civilization TRIO OF MODERN ROBINSON CRUSOES RESCUED FROM LONELY ISLAND. —n i "The three survivors of the yawl West Wind, who were shipwrecked on the lonely island of Cocos last April, browned | hardy after six months of life spent like Robinson Crusoe and dressed in clothes furnished them by Na leshown below on the deck of the gunboat Sacramento, which rescued them, as they arrived ih Balboa. ing on the rail is Capt. Elmer J. Palliser, San Diego, Calif. then Paul Stachwick, Huron. S. Dak., and with the spyglass under his arm is Quartermaster J. R. Micholfelder of the | cn ‘on the isolated island. Upper: Rude hut on the island where the castaways lived until rescued. y men, are | With hand lzan- ite), Gordon Brawner, Springfield, Ill., —Wice World Photo. —A. P. Photo, NAN BRITTON'S SUIT FEDERAL ENPLOYES K-1, BGGEST BLIVP, APPROACHES JURY T0CONSIDER SPLIT. WRECKEDBY WD Navy Craft, Delivered Month Ago, Torn and Control Car Damaged. By the Associated Press. CAPE MAY, N. J., November 4.— Navy officials today inspected what re- mained of the new $250,000 non-rigid dirigible K-1, largest of its type in the world. to determine definitely the ex- tent of the damage dons when a strong wind smashed it ‘against its hangar en- trance last night. A ground crew of 60 sallors was ma- neuvering the 237-foot airship into its hangar on its return from a flight to Lakehurst when a sudden cross-current wrenched it from their control. A door of the hengar caught the big bag and tore a large hole in it, through which the helium gas started to seethe, As a safety measure the remainder of the ship's 300,000 cublc feet of hellum was released. As the gas roared from the valves the huge deflated bag was whirled away by the wind and ripped by a barbed wire fence nearby. The control car was damaged slightly, but Lieut. Bailey and two student pilots Who occupled it at the time escaped injury. The alrship was an experimental one, with many unusual features, and was used for training pilots. It was moved here from Lakehurst along with sev- eral blimps which were crowded out of the hangar there by the arrival of the new Akron. The K-1 was delivered to the Navy about a mcnth ago and had flown 20 hours. EUROPE PONDERS JAPAN'S MOTIVES IN FAR EAST CRISIS “rom First Page.) | pan simply trying to uti- | matic circles regardivg the Japanese mofives. Is J lize the pre chological moment, | wken Ru: conomically hard hit, | the rest of the world is in the midst of & terrible Cepression, Nanking-and Canton | are unable to get togsther, Central China is de d by vast floods League I alone and tant in bac its long-standing amb! trol of the | the s rague—to_ realize | ition to gain con- ? ? | meets 1 And what will Ru experts in_the European all agree that to enter a wa: do? Russian chineelleries st reluctant " just now, i:nd, Russia | ssia to- sk to be in- an cbserv to the s the leagy Amer : would be diff How. i ing thus to be | | omacy will. therefore, 1t | is feared, rencw its efforts to convince the Chincse that they can never get real help from the League or the Occidental and that China's only chance cast its lot with' Russia. The question whether the Council | will next meet in Geneva or Paris is | still undecided. Japan seems to prefer | Paris, In Paris Premier Plerre Laval could be against M. Briand, and the n press has revea itself to lmost entirely pro-Jap- anese Stephane Luzanne, one of the in- fluential editors of Le Matin, cables from the United States that American opinton_considers that China is deca- dent, while Japan represents order and civilization. Americs he says, re- is to be c | assurea by ACTION BY RUSSIA IN ORIENT FEARED Peace Hopes Darken as China Tells League Japan Im- proves Positions. (Continued From First Page.) resentative at the October mpeting of the Council announced that Japanese troops would not be withdrawn until had negotiated an agreement China on certain “fundamental ineiples.” Dr. Sze sald Japan’s attitude violated article 10 of the League covenant and the pact of Paris. He relterated that China never would agree to negotiate “under pressure of military occupas tion.” He supported his charges that Japan was consolidating her position in Man- churia by a memorandum detailing the purported activities of the Japancse army to strengthen its position. SAYS SOVIET MENACE FABLE. Izvestia Charges Japan Created False Situation to Keep Troops in Field. MOSCOW, November 4 (). —The paper Izvestia charged today that Japanese militarists “invented the fa- ble” of possible Soviet interference in Manchuria in order to cover plans for an_extension of their own occupation northward “at least until November 16,” when the League of Nations Coun= cil_meets again. The militarists hoped, the newspa- per sald. “to weaken the resistance of other imperialistic powers by the pros- pect of a conflict with the Soviet Un- ion, a conflict much desired in im- | perialist circles in Europe.” Declaring Japan's first explanation was that her occupation in Manchuria was made necessary by the threat of danger from Chang Suech Lian 80l diers, “who became bandits,” Izvestis said : “Such an argument proved quite in- sufficient, even in the eyes of the League of Nations, and a new one was needed. Fable Was Invented, “The fable was then invented of & Red danger in Manchuria h th interference of Soviet Russia, on the side of China, in the conflict with Japan’ and the provocative story of ase slstance rendered by the Soviets to the troops of the Chinese Gen, Mah was manufactured. 2 " ‘Witnesses’ were mobilized who ‘saw with their own eyes’ how Soviet milie tary instructors, transports and arms | were moved to the ald of Gen. Mah, “It is impossible the Japanese gove ernment could have belleved these rue mm’s t:e;cause :‘t‘ r;lu nliuhdlhpqul ore ganizations whicl coul proved thelr stupidity, S, “Notwithstanding the declaration of acting Commissar of Foreign Affairs Karakhan, which left no doubt of the ebsurdity of the rumors, they were widely echoed in imperfalistic circles and readily accepted and circulated in the press. Le Temps, at Paris, had the impudence to assert that ‘Tokio knows well the value of a declaration of the Soviet government whose whole policy constitutes a continuous nega- tion of the rights of eivilized nations.’ Says Britten Impudent. “Mr. Britten, a member of the Amer- ican Congress, showed phenomenal im- pudence by declaring: ‘Russia i3 mobil- izing vast military forces while the world is sitting on a volcano.” “The Japanese military cligue whizh is preparing an extension of its occu- pation of Manchuria, hoped it cou'd succeed in weakening the resistance of other imperfalist powers by the prospe=: of a conflict with the Soviet nion. a confliet much desired in imperialist circles in l'u‘l;;*e: y “The posit] iz quite' clear, Instend of quitting Manchuria, the Japanese military clique ' {s preparing an exten- sion of the occupation toward the north, Seeking an argument to serve at least until November 16, when the league Treturns to consideration of the Sino- Japanese conflict, they find one in the fable of Soviet interference and the slander about concentration of Russian troops on the Manchurian fron&‘;. tern incendiaries con- “Let the wes k. They will learn in tinue their worl | time that who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind,” REPORT NEW TROOP MOVEMENTS, Japan to Insist on Recognition of All Treaties in Reply to Geneva. TOKIO, November 4 (4).—: oo clreles today 1t was sad’ Ty Sncal will dnsist on China ree izing the validity of all existing treaties, inciuc- ing the treaty of 1915, when she rc- Dlies, probably tomorrow, to Avistide Briand’s proposal for a new arbitration past bctwcenllhe two countries. apanese tro advi Nonni River Bridge, scugc}).ll"‘l‘u'lzslhm Manchuria, were reported in Mukces, advices to Rengo News Agency today dependent Chineds aey n ese Y commanded by Gen. Mah Chfin-s"lll'gl\i Troops to Guard Workers, Changchun reports also said - !arhmr'n'z of Japanese cavalry hs.u gg- d n Tadm'mn.r Manchuria, sup- on_orders to pr p guarding the’ bridge repair crew sent there by the Japanese-operated South Manchurian Railway. Chinese machine gun fire was said to preventing the crew from working on the bridge. While Geneva dispatches sald League circles were “evidencing ‘fresh glarm jover the Manchurian situation” with of news that Japanese oved on Tsitsthar, reports were received of a clach north of Muk- den between Japanese troops and Chi- s¢ bandits. This occurred at Tous tackou, Commenting on the Geneva reports, Japanese war office said League the receipt troops had m the clicles “apparently had misinterprsted Tokio’s communications announcing the dispatch of 500 Japanese soldiers to the Nonni River Bridge. Moscow Assurcs Tokio, The troops are proceeding to the bridge only to protect South Manchu- rian Railway engneers sent to repair it and will be withdrawn as soon as the repairs are completed, the Tokio forelgn office said Geneva dispatel fears that Pu Manchuri; them scant Y es veiterated League sla may step into the 1 argument, hut Tokio pald tention. ' Jgpan has been Moscow that the Soviet has no intention of entering the imbroglio s long as Japan remains within a rea- sonable distance of Japaness raflway zones in Southern Manchuria. . AWAITS REPORTS. Consul General at Harbin Keeping State Department Informed. Posgible further action by the Amer- ican 'Government in the Manchurian situation hinged today on confidential reports to Secretary of State Stimson from George Hanson, consul general at Harbin, Hanson for several days has been gathering first-hand information in the northern area, where Japanese troops have been reported moving nearer the Stberian border. State Deapnrunent afficials look upon the Russo- nese aspects of the mat- ter as extremely delicate and are fol- lowing developments as closely as they did the earlier Sino-Japanese phases in 3 gard Japan as tl ponent of crder in the Par Eeast and FPr: 23 the ponent of order in Europe and they want PFrance and Japan to work LOBENEr. copyright, 1991 Southern and Central W Should an open ruj threaten, the United States would not hesitate to s¢ possibly by invoking the anti-war pact.