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. A—4 x» GRANDI ASSURED PROTECTIONINU.S. Key Men to Be on Duty When Italian Arrives—Govern- ment Responsible. By the Associated Press. The man who sweeps the hallway, cleans the windows or carelessly leans against a convenient wall when Dino Grandi arrives in the United Siates may do so with & very definite purpose in_mind. He may be one of the key men select- ed to protect the Italicn foreign min- ! ister while on his visit to America. | From the time the minister walks down the gangplank of the vessel landing him in New York next Mondav until he boards a ship to go home, he is in | the hands of the Washingion Govern- ment. Responsibility of U. S. | It is an international rule that government acting as host. and not the individual guest nor his own gov- ernment, is charged with the responsi- bility of his protection When Prime Minister MacDonald of | Great Britain and, more recently, | Premier Laval of France came to| Washington for conversations with | President Hoover, cvery possible pre- caution was taken to safeguard them without interference With their per- sonal desires Similarly, the State Dopartment. | through its divisic.. under the uncer- tain title of “speci will pro- tect the Italian forelgn misister from annoyance. Assisting the department's special agents will be local police in each city visited. Arms Parley Problem. The Washington Arms Conference ve the United States Government its iggest problem in protection of for- elgn visitors. Because of the large number of dele- gates the State Department was forced to call in help from the Department of Justice and the Treasury's Secret Service. Some of the agents, however became overzealous in their efforts and interfered with the personal movements of delegates. Members of the /British delegation _complained that they were having difficulty in carrying on private conversations without the interference of agents. Rene Viviani of the French delega- eluded the tion several times deliberately his guards and went unattended. ITALY GRANDI ROPE. Minister May Talk Easily on Debts and Reparations Here. ROME. November 13 (#).—War debts and reparations, formerly hooked to- gether by statesmen only in a whisper, are subjects on which Foreign Minister Grandi can talk easily with President ‘Hoover. Italy, as represented by Premier Mussolini, thinks the war's ledger ac- counts should be closed. The Duce recently expressed it as “writing finis” to “the tragic bookkeeping” of post- war yeal Cancellation of accounts would cost Italy about $12,000,000 a year, but she is willing to sacrifice it because she thinks the impetus to prosperity would more than balance the loss. Nine years ago in London Mussolini advocated dropping the war accounts. He has insisted on his share of repara- tions when others took them, but he has lightened the burden of Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria, He even had Grandi get Italy's tage increased from 10 per cent to 12 per cent at The THE EVENL. STAR., WASIHINGTON, CHINA'S EX-RULER REPORTED ON WAY TO THRONE IN MUKDEN Henry Pu-Yi, Former Boy Emperor, Believed Hustled From Tientsin. anese Dynasty in Man- churian Capital. the Associated Press) November 13— boy-Em- (Copyright. 1931 TIENTSIN, China, China's beleaguered former | peror, Henry Pu-Yi, was believed today to be on his way to Manchuria after having been hustled away from here under a Japanese guard in the dead of last night, and it was reporied & |plan s afoot to set him at the head of a government at Mukden. The young man has been a virtual prisoner in the Japanese ccncession Pro-Japanese the legation quarter of the “forbidden city” as a poor Chinaman in a third- class railway carriage A month ago it was reported at- tempts_were made by the Japanese o persuace him to go to Mukden, but that he resisted the pian. Premature. 1 said the report Says Report A Japancse offici of the flight was “premature,” hinting however, that the former Empero: would leave sooner or Jator, but move- ments of Mo chists 1ast night caused a general suspicion that he left after 10 pm According to the story being told. he nd his party, including the former Empress, were driven in niotor ca escorted by Japanese guards. across the Japanese concession to the waterfront and transferred to a launch from { Tangku. In the launch they proceeded to ‘Tangku, where they. were placed on a steamer bound for Dairen, Recently the former emperor was de- prived of all freedom of movement The Japanese authcrities told him it peror, Reported on Way to Throne at Mukden. (Continued From First Page) however, although four infantry com- panies are held in readiness at Chengchiatun. Meanwhile additional Chinese troops have been arriving in the Tsitsibar region and the Japanese claim to have intercepted orders from Gen. Mah in- structing one of his cavalry com- manders to attack at Taonan in an attempt to cut off the rallway and prevent further supplies reaching the Japanese. ey also said they have a report Hague Conference. randi's visit to Berlin gave him an o] unity to see how low is morale %.. Business is suffering here, too. ‘Winter there may be, 1y, 1.000,000 unemployed. Italy is weath- ering the storm, but she would very much like to put into & gulet port and get to work. Being more or less feutral, finan- cially, Grandi, therefore, may feel free to tell Mr. Hoover that what he has seen and what he knows about Eu- rope’s ills convince him and Mussolini that war debts aren't worth while if they impede world recovery. Grandl 1s certain to preface this, however. with Mussolini’s feeling that Italy fully recognizes the United States’ Tight to payment, and Italy doesn't pro- Pose to initiate any movement for can- cellation. but simply offers her obser tions because she feels world recovery is at stake. GRANDI KEEPS IN TOUCH. Communicates With Many Capitals by Ship Radle. By the Associated Press | 8. S. CONTE GRANDE, November 13—This steamship, earrying Dino Grandi to a conference with President Hoover, has been turned into a float- ing branch of the Italian foreign min- istry i Signor Grandi has_transferred his office from the Chigi Palace to a deck chair in midocean, but the radio brings him streams of messages from Rome, | Washington, London, Paris and Berlin, | and he maintains the same contact with Premier Mussolini as if he were talking across the premier’s desk Much of his time. of course, is given to consideration of the matters he will discuss with the President. but he is abreast of developments in churia, and in every other sphere ov which his post gives him jurisdict With this, his fourth visit to & for- elgn capital in recent months. Italy may feel that it is unguestionably one of the b!f powers” which must be reckoned with in consideration of any | issue which affects the whole world. | ‘The foreign minister has carried his chief’s instructions to London, to is, to Geneva and most recently to Berlin and the premier is said to feel that | this active particlpation in interna- tional conferences, coupled with the fact trat Italy has held her own against economic_difficulties. marks a distinct advance In the country's pr ing the nine years of the gime. Signora Grandi. who is accompan; her husband. will be in Amer and she has eight trunks Buit cases. n Mussolin: country wmen is motherhood, but Donna A tonietta, who is charming and hand- some, 18 & woman ltke all others and she is prepared never to be seen twice in the same frock and hat. She has 12 costumes, with hats, shoes and sliy pers to matchfi for morning and after- noon wear. but it does not predominate in her cos- tumes. She has a number of black gowns, one of them lace and another velvet. Others are but most of them are dark and they all have simple lines that show to advan- tage her good Signora Or: with miniature go! and the ideal of having her troubles and this morning a short putt was all she needed, she ' drove the ball 60 feet off the course and into the kibitzing crowd Her husband was trying his hand at shuffleboard when the Signora turned in her club and went over to watch him. ‘Straighten your tie,” she called to him. The forelgn minister took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, removed the tie entirely, and won his game. Nearly $3,000,000 worth of silk cloth was produced in Greece in the last year. OACH e , CRACK SHOTEPAw: Blue is her favorite color, | bandits are harrying the countryside around Hsinmintun, causing 20,000 refugees from the surroundy Plan Is to Establish Pro-Jap- | + here since 1924, when he escaped from | HENRY PU-YI, Former Boy Emperor of China. WAS lno'. safe for him to venture out at_all, It was understood that plons for an imperial restoration at Mukden, where & new administration, under Japanese auspices, was installed earlier this week, ar> far advanced. Repairs ate being made to the palaces, it was learned hers, under the direction of a group of Manchu elders who went there recently | = to a’ck safety within the city and that | other large bandit gangs, some carry ing banners proclaiming themselves “volunteer defenders of the northeast- ern frontier,” have been reported ound Kaiyuan, Changchun and Kirin and along the Mukden-Antung Railway. REDS CAPTURE AIRPLANES. Communist Brigade Surprises Japanese on Nonni River, Report (Copyright. 1930, by the Associat Tess. ) TIENTSIN, China, November 13.—A circles to- ade of Chi- nese, Koreans and Kuriats from Blago- vaschensk, Siberia, surprised the Japa- nese troops at the Nonni River and threw them back sharply, taking sev- eral of their airplanes. The Communist troops, marching from the north. swept into the high- wey near Tsitsihar, the report ; and attacked with ‘sweeping machine gun fire, demoralizing the Japanese forces in the Nonni region and forcing them to retreat several mi'es behind the bridgehead e ly Newsy ® Japanese paper published at Daireli, Manchuria. & few days ago. sald Gen. Mah Chang-Shan visited _Blagovaschensk and arranged for help from the Soviet government there, returning accompanied by- Com- munist officers and a guard of 600 Communist troops. 1t followed this up by saying. in its next fssue, that an entire Eastern Communist_brigade was established on the Nonni front. MAH REPORTS ATTACK. Says Japanese Cavalry Went Into Ac- tion Under A-tillery Cover. HARBIN, Manchuria, November 13 1g under cover of artillery , Japanese cavalry launched a seric attacks on Chinese forces in the Tsitsihar area, Gen. Mah Chan-8han orted today. The mfantry did not come into ac- tion. but the fighting continued from | yesterday afternoon until nightfall, with asualties on both sides n. Mah sald the attack came be- the expiration of the Japanese mander's demand that Ysitsihar be ted Ly midnight yesterday Reports from Tsitsihar sald anti- Jupanese feeling is running high and that Chinese police were guarding the Japanese consulate as a precaution At noon today a message from there id all the Chinese troops had left for the front. It was reported that Gen Mah's cavalry wes sirung out along the Chinese Eastern Railway south of Manchuria and that 30 fleld guns and 200 machine guns were in position. British Flag in Rum Row. HELSINGFORS (#).—A British trawl- r has join>d Finland's rum row. say al press reports. The international rum-running fle>t is reported to be (carrying 500.00; gallons. = r’i ] Warranty Size 475x20 5.00x19 § 5.25x18. 5.25x21 0.00x19, ] I | 1 < { ! at Proportionately Low Prices | with Senator Norris of Nebraska. | Norris hes agreed The former Emperor's uncle, Prince Kung. known ss Pu Wei, who refused to accept the abdication of the dynasty a decade go, recently went to Dairen, swearing not to leave until Fe b ramc premier of Mukden through a restora- tion. When the matt>r was br.ached lat month the former Emperor was reportcd to have said he had no desire to go 10 Mukden to become a Japanese puppet. Many Favor Restoration. He expected a note cf thanks from the Nanking government, however, for his resistance to the Japanese sugges- tion of last month, but the governmen hes been sflent. \ Many monarchists favor a restoration under any circumstances, believing that the influx of foreign capital would curb the Japanese power. MAH STILL HOLDING PINCHOT BRINGS TSTSHAR N FIGHT - OUT RELEF ISSUE Henry Pu-Yi, Ex-Boy Em-‘CaIIs on Republican Inde-! pendent Leader After Mellon Refuses $1,000,000 Loan. By the Associated Press. An jesue is rising between President Hoover and & wing of the Republican party in Congress over whether the Federal Government is to make a di- | rect contribution for unemployment re- lief in the form of food, clothing and shelter. Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania, who is one of several possibie Republican presidential candidates mentioned by members of the Western Republican Independents, brought the ".sue forward Niere yesterdey. He ‘called upon Andrew W. Mellon one of Pennsylvania’s wealthiest citi- zens and Mr. Heover's master of the him far $1.000,000 for & State unemployment fund, to be re- paid later from the Pennsylvania State treasury. He did not get it. The Pennsylvania Governor then pro- ceeded 1o Capilol Wil and ‘consulted a leader of the Republican Independents. that the Federal Government should make a contribu- tion to relief. although he dislikes the principle and prefers to give jobs in- stéad of charity. Mr. Hoover has opposed direct Fed- eral relief as & form of the dole. Meanwhile he is exerting every in- fluence to raise by private subscriptions over the Nation sufficlent funds to meet ali needs of direct relief during the Winter. That campaign does not end until Thanksgiving day. Until the results are known he is making no other plans Incidentally, advocates of Federal aid also are hopefully watching the efforts of the President's campaign, but are at the same time privately laying their own plans, 8hould this issue be drawn in Cqr ress it will find Senators Borah of daho, La Follette of Wisconsin and Norris in opposition to the President. All are among the candidates men- tioned as his possible foes in the presi- dential race next year. The Democratic attitude on this question is undefined. Whether the party is any more united on it than the ‘Republicans is problematical. Gov. Pinchot did not state the rea- sons Secretary Mellon gave -for not donating the $1,000.000. Mr. Mellon was apparently willing to let the Gov- ernor’s statement of the visit do the speaking. He declined to comment Pennsylvania’s constiiution prevents appropiation of funds for food, cloth- ing and shelter. Pinchot proposes to amend it and make such action possi- ble. Meanwhile he would collect $35,- 000.600 in private contributions and repay this with 4 per cent interest irom the State treasury when the con- stitution is amended. ‘He also is spon- soring before a special session of the State Legislature a $45,000,000 appro- | priation to be used in making work. GRANDI TO TALK ON RADIO NEW YORK, November 13 (#) —Dina Grandi Itali ister of foreign af- fairs, will speak over WABC and a Co- lumbia network on Thanksgiving day. e of his return to Italy, the ast night. Signor ay to confer with President Iloover in Washington. speaks English fluently . | igeons St. Louis Problem. | BT. LOUIS (#).—Lee C. Marquardt, superintendent of municipal buildings here, is confronted with a problem in driving away hundreds of pigeons. He received many complaints when - sorted to traps. Now he has asked for suggestions how the birds can be driven away without being harmed He B Our LOW Prices On Prestone Gum-Dipped First-Line TIRES Each Tire Carries Factory’s Standard OUR PRICE List Price % BEN HUNDLEY | | | | | | | numbers of combatants Japan FAREAST NATIONS ARMS RATED 1031 Japan’s Strength Placed Twice That of Soviet; China ‘Weakest of Three. The United States Government is keeping closely in touch with reports of movements of all armed forces in the East. The tenseness of the Manchurian situation has led to a measurement here of the fighting strength of Japan, China and the Soviet. Army and Navy sources have completed all available information of the> forces which might be into a war resulting from the eri One unofficial opinion pl o parative strengths of Japan, the Soviet and China at @ ratio of 10-5-1, respec- tively, There is a concert of opinion in | all informed quarters, however, that the Soviet would go to every possible end to avert its involvement. ‘This opinion is based on the thin thoead of the Transsiberian Railway— Russia’s only means of communication between the east and the west. One official who has followed developments in the situation ventured the personal opinion that an attempt to move an army over the railway would so disrupt Soviet economics as to halt any partici- pation by Russia. Japan's Active Force Smallest, Japan’s superior balance was at tributed to several reasons. Principal among these is a force actually superior in training and equipment. Another is a greater popular morale in Japan which would reflect in the army. :n stands last on_the list of the three, with army of 230,000 and reserves of 1,900,- 000 The Soviet's ential army would consist of more than 5,000,000 men. Of these about 650,000 are active, while the remainer are reserves. trained and well armed, but 6,000 miles of territory with a single railway sepa- rates them from the scene of activities. | The Soviet's only force in the Manchu- rian vicinity is that of the special Far Eastern army of {Wo &rmy corps aggre- gating about 45,000 men. One corps is at Manchull and the other near Viadi- vostok. The best available estimates China’s active army at about 2.5 men. Its fighting eff=ctiveness has been a matter of conjecture in every capital since the World War. n attempting t> balance heir strength, militory experts have always weighed the elements of internal dis- sension, poor training and antiquated equipment against numbers. Chinese Navy Negligible. Japan possesses the third most power- ful naval force in the world. It is ex- ceeded only by those of Great Britain and the United States. The compara- tive naval strength shows in summary Jap. Sov. China. place 0,000 Battleship and b cruisers .. Cruisers .... Destroyers and boats . . Submarines wokaaes Miscellaneous craft.... Statlstics give the Soviet a slight edge over Japan in alr forces, with China agein taking third place. The Soviet is reputed to have about 1.800 avail- able planes. Of these about 100 are tombing planes, 300 civil aviation planes convertible for army purposes and 1.4Cy war planes of other fighting classes, Japan 8 credited with a military aviation force of 500 planes, a_similar naval aviation force and 200 civil planes. In addition to these the Jap- anese have some 50 planes seized from the Chinese in Manchuria during the present troubles, The Nanking govern- ment claims an air force of 120 air- planes in good condition. Many of these were purchased in the United States and are of the most modern types. CAB HOLD-UP JOKE, FOUR TELL POLIC Quartet Put Under $2,500 Bond on Admitting They Played “Prank.” attl 4 0 6 torpedo o 1 12 §7 1 Four men who told police they were “just joking” when they are sid to baye attempted to hold up George T. Hawkins, colored taxi driver, were held for the grand jury by Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court today under $2.000 bond each. According to Hawkins' story he was told to d)‘r\‘» into a dark_street near Massachusetts avenue and L street last night by two men who got into his cab. One of them flashed a light into his face and ordered him to pull to the The colared man said that two ther men in a powerful roadster fol- lowed them. Instead of obeying the order, Haw- kins, who said that something resem- bling a pistol was pushed into his side, | sped to the second precinct police sta- tion. two blocks away, leaped {rom his | When | machine ard reported the affair. the police rushed out to apprehend the men, they had disappeared. The quartet later was picked up by police and two of them identified as the taxi driver's former passengers. The men gave their names as Thoma L. Stubbs, 38, 3900 block of Twenty- ninth street northeast; John T. Henry, 27, 400 block of R_street; Robert B. Talbutt, 28, 4400 block of Greenwich parkway northeast, and James A, Qraham, 29, 800 block of I street. The men told Judge Hitt during the course of the preliminary hearing they were playing a little joke on Hawkins. Undergraduates at Missouri School of Mines, Rolla, Mo., have started a _can paign to have their school called L correct name inst=ad of “Rolla Mine 130,- | 000. These are made up by an active | They are well | 0 40| D..C., . FRIDAY, NOW ER JAPAN WILL INSIST All Factions at Tokio to Make United Stand at League Council. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, November 13.—The ap- proaching date of the reconvening of the League of Nations' Council seemed today to be bringing the Japanese war | department, the forelgn office and the general staff close together into a firm stand to back up the five principles laid jown by Foreign Minister Baron Shide- hara as Japan's last word toward | scttlement of the Manchurian difficul- ties. At the outbreak of the trouble in Manchuria September rifts between the war department and the foreign office and also between the | war department and the general staff regarding the policy to be pursued there The resolution of the League Council calling for Japanese evacuation of the territory, however, had a tendency to | bring these three departments nearer “An agreement, although they still did not see eye to eye. Departments United. More recent events, however, especial |1y China’s attitude in placing herself in the lap of the League and Baron Shidehara’s contention that Japan's ac- tion in_ occupying territory outside the South Manchurian raiiway zone was a matter of “life or death,” seems to have ¢Uihpletely healed the breaches. All departments of the government were united today and determined to present_the strongest case possible for Japan before the Council and to con- vince other nations that the country's | existence is inextricably bound with maintenance of its present economic poeition in Manchuria. Gen. Minami, Japanese war minister, reported to the cabinet today that two of the three bridges over the Nonni River had been repaired and that the troops will be withdrawn as soon as re- pairs to the third are completed, provid- ing Gen. Mah Chan-Shan will guaran- tee their safety after the Japanese troops have gone. Situation More Grave. Latest reports from Northern Man- churia indicate, however, that the situ- ation has grown increasingly grave there and fears were expressed here that the Japanese commander on the Nonni River may be forced to act quick- ly in order to forestall a Chinese at- tack which might overwhelm the Japa- nese by sheer welght of numbers. Military authorities said Gen. Honjo had issued) a warning to Gen. Mah Chan-San, the Chinese commander, to evacuate Tsitsihar and transfer his au- thority to Chang Hai-Peng in view of by the presence of Gen. Mah's troops in that reglon. This incident has been described in some quarters as an ultimatum. but Japanese authorities emphasized that it an informal warning and the “natural outcome of Mah's threatening attitude.” Mah Repels Overtures. Reports from Harbin appeared to confirm rumors that the Chinese had | | churla. surrounded the Japanese consulate at Tsitsihar, out as nothing has been re- ported to the authorities here regardis the arrest of the consul and his sta it seemed likely that rumor was exag- gerated. " General Mah has repelled deflantly | as attempted intimidation efforts to in- | duce him to withdraw his "mf;' | " The Japanese parleys with the Man- | churian leader were described as “per- | sumsive tactics” aimed at lessening the danger of furtner fighting in the troudled area. Maj. Hayashi. represent- ing Gen. Horjo Consul Shimizu at | Tsitsihar had several conferences with | Gen. Mah, but he stood his ground. DAWES REACHES PARIS. | Clears Up Status During Meeting of | Council of League. PARIS, November 13 (#).—United States Ambassador Charles G. Dawes arrived here tonight and cleared up any doubt there might have been about his atus as America’s Tepresentative at the League of Nations Council deliber- | ations beginning Monday. “The United States is not a member of the League and the methods which | have been followed on occasions when | matters of mutual concern to the League and ourselves were under con- sideration have varied.” he said. “On this occasion there is no antici- pation on the part of the Government or of myself that it will be found nec- essary for me (o attend the meetings of the Council. “I am here to confer with the Coun- cil members, individually, with regard to problems which are of common con- | cern and involve mutual treaty in- terests. I hope to make every contact | which is essential to the exercise of | and influence we may have in prop- erly supporting the League's effort to avert war and to make effective the | Kellogg pact. “The Council. in considering the Manchurian situation, is dealing with matters which presumably affect not only the treaty rights and general in- terests of the United States under the nine-power pact. but relate to the Kel- ‘wn pact as well.” KNOWS OF NO COMPROMISE. N, November 13 (). —High officials of the Nanking govern- ment, commenting today on dispatches from Washington regarding a ‘com- Ymmile plan” to be submitted at the League of Nations Council meeting on | Manchuria next Monday, said they knew nothing about any such plan, The only suggestion of that nature | that has come to their notice, they said, is that the League appoint a neutral in- vestigating commis to study the situation in Manch The Nanking government ha: notified the League that it would welcome such a com- mission. . | Special Saturday Only Ladies’ Newest Style Jeweled adjustable time- Metal Brace- Regu- lar price, $24.50. Spe- cial, Saturday only... Buy NOW, Pay Next Year r— guaranteed pieces. let to match. Baguette Watches $19.85 18 there were | ONFIVE PRINCIPLES ... 0 | | | ( JAPAN SEEKS UNITED FRONT * FOR LEAGUE NEGOTIATIONS ce and General Staff Strive for Agreement to Face League of Nations BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Two important battles are raging at present in the Far East. One is a| military battle between the Japanese | troops and the well organized troops | of Gen. Mah Chan Shan for the posses- | sion of Tsitsthar. The othe: is a| political battle between the well-mean- | ing Japanese foreign office and the general staff for a peaceful settiement of the Sino-Japanese dispute. The Japanese government has been compelled by the growing Nat'onalist sentiment in their country to back diplomatically the actions of the mili- | tary in Manchuria. To do otherwise | would be to imperil its political ex- istence. After having done this and adopted an intransigent attitude regard- ing the withdrawal of the Japanese troops from Manchuria, the government of Premier Wakatsuki is now endeavor. ing by diplomatic action to obtain an advantageous settlement of the whole Manchurian question by keeping on friendly terms with the League of Nations and the United States. This can be dope only if, at least on the | surface, the prestige of the League and | of the Kellogk pact can be saved. That is to say, if the Japanese agree to dis- uss their grievences regarding Man- | churia with China, without giving the impression that they are forcing a set- ;lf:ndrnl by holding a pistol at China's head, i Sentiment Favors Japan. In spite of Japan's defiant attitude toward the League, it appears that pub- lic opinion in Europe is in sympathy with the Japanese. It also appears that although the League's wishes seem to have been flaunted by Japan, most of the important governments con- | cerned with the Manchurian dispute agree that there is a good deal to s In favor of Japan's ‘action in Man- churia end that the Council of the League has acted for sentimental rea- sons somewhat hastily in ‘“ordegng” | Japan to clear out of Manchuri fore November 16. The members of , the Council who agreed to send that “ultimatum” to Japan have given proof | of a deplorable lack of knowledge of | Japanese psychology. The Japanese | are a nationalist nation and intensely | proud of their history and their pres- | tige. Furthermore they put their army | on & higher pedestal than eny other | nation in the world. To imagine that | the Japanese government would be able to disregard the national feeling of the country in order to enable the League to show that it is a powerful body was | in the opinion of diplomats who know Japan well, a fatal mistake. The outside world which is an inter- | ested spectator of the struggle which is | going on in Manchuria now feels that while the methods adopted by the Japa- nese in dealing with the Chinese are high-handed, all the same, there is & good deal to be said on the side of the Japanese. The action of the Japanese army has been the result of long series be- | | of vexations which the Japanese have had to suffer from the Chinese authori- ties and the Chinese bandits in Man- ‘The Japanese in-the eyes of the civilized world represent law and order in the Far East and consequently the | popular feeling, especially in Europe, is that due . consideration should be givén to the actual facts ich have been precursory of the action of the | Japanese army,.and Japan should not be judged merely in the light of what has happéféd since September 17. when their armies started military operations against the Chinese Meeting Held Important. ‘The Japanese government, aware of this growing sentiment of the rest of the world, is reported to wish to find a solution 'l‘rl‘th. while helping the League of tions to save its face, would not ih any way be interpreted in Japan as & betrayal of that country's national interests. For this reason the meeting of the League’s Council on November 16 {8 expected by all the na. tions which ire peaceful settlement of the MancBurian question to be of momentous importance. i The presence of the British foreign secretary, Sir John Simon, at the table | of the Council and that of Gen. Dawes | as an observer outside the Council, | but . always “handy for consultation,” | adds increaséd importance to the meet- ing. Both these men are going to the meeting imbued with the desire of obtaining a settlement. ‘They are known to be unprejudiced and to be ready to handlg the whole matter from a purely factual point of view. Should | the Chinese and the Japanese agree to settle their dispute in an amicable way 8ir John Simon and Ambassador Dawes | will be handy to act as impartial arbi- | ters whenever necessary. | Not that anybody expects that Japan | will be willing to submit the Man- churian question to arbitration. Much as the Japanese foreign office would Council. | like to see this done it cannot agree | to such a solution because it would be interpreted in Japan an act of weakness which would hurt the na- tional pride. But the presence of these tWo _representatives of which have al taken & keen in- terest in the Far at stake in that part of the world :;:fld give the Chinese a feeling thaf helr t might expect a fair deal from opponents. There also seems to be 1o doubt in the minds of most peo- ple of the important role Gen. Dawes and the British foreign secretary will play “behind the scenes” at the mect~ ing of the Council. | S:ttlement Seen Probable. | From all the reports received recent- ly from abroad it seems that the nations | interected in the Far Fast are willing to admit that Japan has a good case for wishing to increase her actual con- trol in Manchuria. If the men who are meeting next Monday in Paris will be able to find a solution to satisfy the Japanese, and in the meantime to save the face of the League, not injure the the nations | st, and have much | NEW INROAD MADE IN CAPONE: GANGS Two Henchmen Get Four Years as Another Is Taken in Gaming Raid. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 13.—Two Ca- pone,_ gangsters were sentenced to 4';- year prison terms yesterday, another | was arrested in a serfes of gambling raids, a.fourth went to jail for con- | tempt of court. and attorneys took the first public steps in two weeks to free Capone himself from an ll-year peni- tentiary sentence for income-tax viola~ tions. Arrested with seven other gambling house ownrs and cmployes wes Jimmy Mondi, for many years associated with Capone enterprises. He said his name was Smith and that he “never saw Al Capone.” Police said the gambling raias would continue. Those sentenced were John Mattels and Martin Accardo, sald to be leading figures in Capone's liquor = syndicate. Sentenced with them was Leo Shaffer, & gangster, said to have no affiliations. Accardo’s brother, Tony Accardo, is & “public enemy. Kellogg pact and not hurt the, Chinese feelings, a settlement of the present dangerous situation in the Far East is |and-10" considered probable. Such a_solution does not appear imp:seible to the diplo- mats who have been following the crisis from here ‘The Japanese insist on ¢irect nego- tlations with the Chinese: neither the Chincse nor the rest of the world want |such & negotiation to take place while Japanese troops are outside the limits of their zone. The Japanese maintain | that it is no longer possible to withdraw their army because such a withdrawal would endanger the life and property of their nationals in the centers where the Japanese Army is at present. It i3 | believed here that some compromise whereby the Japanese would maintain their troops as & mere police force and suspend further military operations against the Chinese might be satisfac- tory to Chirfa and that the two coun- tries would agree to begin peace nego- tiations on that basis. Marseille, France, free port. may be made a A BANK for the v The three men were found guflty of lquor conspiracy under the Jones “five- law. eral Judge John P. | Barnes heard the case without a jury. | They were sentenced to 4'; years' im- prisonment 2nd $1,500 fines. The court denied requssts for new trials and or- dered them held without bond pend- ing, appeals A Cap ne was joined in the county jall by his body guard. Philip d’Andrea, who carried a pistol to the gang chief's in- come tax trial in Federal Court. Warden David Moneypenny decided the two nfi:pun should. not be in adjacent cells. The name of Frankie McErlane was brought out in an inquest into the death of his wife, who was found shot to death in McErlane’s automobile last month. The inquest was postpongd. Police said McErlane also may have been killed and his body disposed of by enemies. Capone's attorneys went before Fed- eral Judge James H. Wilkerson and askod that certain references in argu- ments over motions be removed from the court record of the gang leaders income tax trial. INDIVIDUAL Money Can DOI Love does some thin, some t}linsa e sr;t, gs - - - genius does anbition, skill, all Jo some t}xins:. But (lleu are ntlmer (lniny that only money can do. Re- X plnce your fufluce, re-mof ’9!‘!‘ L;me, repair your plumbing re-pave your _ Jrivewaj. 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