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F A4 == FOG BALKS PLANS ' FOR GRANDI FLIGHT Forejgn Minister -to Come { Here by Train After Land- B ing’in New Jersey. " (Continued From First Page) when he arose. “It has become a sort of symbol to the old world of America’s rising greatness and its constant effort to improve and develop.” GRANDI TO COME BY TRAIN, Abandons Plan to Fly Here Because of Fog. BY G. GOULD LINCO! Dino Grandi, foreign minister of Italy, comes to Washington today for important conferences With Presiders | Hoover and Secretary of State Stimson on questions relating to the economic conditions and limitation of armaments. Washington was thrilled early today by a report that Signor Grandi and his party were to arrive aboard the huge Caribbean Clipper of the Pan-American Airways, piloted by America's own good will ambassador, Col. Charles A. Lind- | bergh. This plan had to be abandoned, however, because of low-lying fogs. The Grandi party is expected to ar- rive at the Union Station on’a special train late this afternoon. The foreign minister and his party will be formally received by representatives of the American Government. President Hoover planned to receive the distinguished guest at the White House late today. Immediately after his call at the White House, the foreign minister will talk with representatives of the press at the Italian embassy. Anti-Fascists to Lay Low. In the meantime a disavowal of any fntention of staging & demonstratin against Signor Grandi and the govern- ment of Italy was made by Warren C. Montross of New York, representing a group of anti-Fascists, which is meet- ing here today to form a permanent organization. Whether the group, made up of a half hundred persons from New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, will lay a protest before President Hoover ‘was uncertain, it was said. On arrival at Union Station the min- tster of foreign affairs of Italy and Sig- nora Grandi and his party, accom- panied by the Undersecretary of State and the chief of the division of protocol, will be received by the Secretary of States and Mrs. Stimson and Law- rence Richey, the secretary to the President, accompanied by Capt Charles R. Train, naval aide to the| President; Lieut. Col. Campbell B Hodges, military aide to the President; the Assistant Secretaries of State, Wil- bur J. Carr, Francis White, James G Rogers and H. H. Bundy; Brig. Gen Edward T. Collins, Admiral Butler, commandant of the Washingten Navy Yard; the chief of the division of Western European affairs of the State Department and the staff of the Italian embassy. Signor Grandi will be re- ceived with the customary military honors and the national anthem of Italy will be played by the Navy Band. Signor and Signora Grandi will pro- ce2d to the home of the Secretary of State, where they will spend tonight and tomorrow night. The remainder of the party will go to the Mayflower Tictel. To Call on President. Later Signor Grandi, accom»anied by Signora Grandi, will pay an official call upon the President and ™Mrs. Hoo- ver at the White House. They will then proceed to the Italian embassy, | where Signor Grandi will receive the journalists who have been accredited the Department of State. Signor and Signora Grandi will dine informally with the Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson at Woodley. ‘The party making the trip to Wash- ington from New York includes Signor Dino Grandi and Signora Grandi, Sig- nor Augusto Russo, minister plenipo- tentiary, chief of division of League of Nations affairs; Signor Guido Rocco, counselor of legation and member of press bureau of royal ministry of foreign affairs; Signor Leonardo Vitetti, first secretary of legation, chief of Bureau of Division of League of Nations Affairs; Signor Alberto Nonis, first secretary to legation, secretary to his excellency Minister Grandi; Signor Giovanni Tal- vacchia, private’ secretary to his ex- | cellency Grandi. Members of Party. Signor Grisanto Granata, file clerk; Signorina Adriana Vanzetti, interpreter; Signor Domenico Mone, usher; Sig- norina Emilia Pondrelli, maid of Mrs. Grandi. Mr. Willlam R. Castle, jr., Undersec- fetary of State; Mr. Warren Delano Robbins, chief of division of protocol, Depertment of State; the Ambassador to Italy and Mrs. John W. Garrett, Mr. Robert C. Bannerman, chief special agent. His excellency, Nobile Giacomo de Martino, Royal Italian Ambassador to the United States. Count Alberto Marchetti di Murlaglio, counselor of the Italian embassy. Band to Play. At the Union Station, Signor Grandi and his party will be accorded a formal and ceremonious welcome. A Marine guard will be drawn up for the recep- tion and the Navy Band will be at the station to play the Italian national an- them on the arrival of the distinguished | guest. Within a few hours after the Italian foreign minister arrives in Washington the real business of his visit will be underway, with conferences between the foreign minister, Secretary of State Stimson and President Hoover. i During his stay here it is expected | that the foreign minister will find time | for a conference with Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the Senate For- | eign Relations Committee, just as did | Premier Laval of France during his Tecent visit to Washington i Borah May Find Accord. | Senator Borah, it is expected, will | find that his views on disarmament | and some foreign problems will be more in accord with those of the Italian for- | elgn minister than was the case with | the French prime minist Warren C. Montc senting the group when_ he was told dent Hoover would not receive him, re- | plied that in any event there would be | no demonstration by the anti-Fascists committee. “I have informed the Department of | Justice where it can reach me in case | some individual attempts a demonstra- | on,” sald Mr. Montcross. “Our pur- pose 1s not to make a demonstratios but to attempt to effect a permanent | organization He said that his group was known @5 the International Committee for | Anti-Fascist Protest. He said that they Tepresented about 350,000 persons in this country who were members of labor unions. Will Leave Thursday. Signor Grandi and his party will re- main in Washington until Thursday night when they will go to New York. His visit to Washington, however, does not conclude the foreign minister’s stay in this country. He will not embark on the 8. 8. Augustus in New York to sail for home until Friday, November 27. The week following his departure from Washington, Signor Grandi will spend in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Many entertainments have been arranged in his honor. ‘Tomorrow, the foreign minister of Italy, accompanied by the Italian Am- | Taking service under the declini | of BEST FRIEND OF U. S. IN JAPAN LOST IN SHIBUSAWA'S DEATH Imported Ideas of West and Wielded World Influence. Founded First Ban[king House in Island Empire. On Tuesday last Viscount Eiichi| The | Shibusawa died at Tokio, Japan. | announcement of his passing probably | had little significance to the average American reader. But when it is said that he was the J. P. Morgan of Japan and the unofficial liaison link between Japanese a:d American diplomats financiers and business men during three or four decades, his importance | beccmes more apparent. | A short and stout, compactly built | little man with a round, bullet-shaped head, small and good-natured eyes, 8 multitude of wrinkles and an infallibly | cheerful smile, Viscount Shibusawa w 91 years old when, at an acutely crit- jcal moment in the history of his coun- try, death finally closed his long career Born on_February 13, 1840, at the village of Saitama, his parents were of the aristocratic merchant class, not well-to-do_in the material meaning of the term, but deeply imbued by ancien ideals and motivated by high primitivc | conceptions of honorabie conduct. The | lad was not estravagantly educated z To- kugawa shogunate, he was 14 years old when the American Commodore Perry sailed into Uraga in 1854, “discovering Japan, Perry's appearance the central fact in Shibusawa’s American signified to the half-grown | youth a scheme of existence from « | further acquaintance with which precious additions might be made to Japanese civilization as Shibusawa w it. ‘The boy “discovered” West He became an “importer’ Western ideas. He was one of the earliest advocates of the social, eco- nomic and political changes out of which modern Japan has evolved. But his own political career was of briet duration. He was for a period Vice Minister of Finance at Tokio, but returning from a trip to France in| 1868 he_resigned this post, explaining that he had no wish to be “‘a dictionary in a government department.” He had glimpsed the fact that he could accom- | plish his ends more effectively by prac- ticing & personal independence mnot feasible for an official of the state. He organized the Kawase Kaisha, the firs! | Japanese banking company. | But such an_enterprise was not at | all appreciated by the extreme nation- | alistic elements of the country. Money- | dealing had hitherto been a personal | sort of business. Respectable men did not co-operate in finance. Further- | more, there were many who did not | wish Japan to expand. They opposed | Western methods. Shibusawa's insti- tution was not popular. For many vears he made little progress. Bnt gradually | he was able to build up his business | until by 1900 it had assumed gigantic proportions. He was created a baron in that year. In 1920 he received from the Emperor his title of viscount. Four times Shibusawa visited the United States. He was here in 1902 on a mission of finance and peace. He came again in 1909, on which occa- sion he made a pilgrimage to the grave of Commodore Perry at Newport, R. I, and wrote a little poem in Per- | ry's honor. In 1915 he came with an | official delegation and was received by President Wilson. His final visit was in 1921, He had many American friends. Affected Modern Styles. At home he was distinguished for his great wealth, his modernism, his charity and his advocacy of interna- tional peace. He was the richest in- dividual in Japan. He affected mod- ern styles and manners. He gave gen- erously to educational causes, and was a_patron of the arts and sciences. He had a sincere affec- | tion for the West, and disliked jingo- ist_propaganda regardless of its origin. To the Japanese he was “the peo- ple's forelgn minister.” To Americans he was “the best friend the United States had in Japan.” Moderate in all things, he appealed to all parties as “a man of sense” and “a man of pro- found kindliness and gentleness.”” It | was his function to pour oil on trou- | embassy, a reception given by the | “overseas writers” and a dinner at the | Pan-American Union, given in honor | of Senor and Signora Grandi by Sec- retary Stimson, are the social engage- | ments for tomorrow. | On_Wednesday the foreign minister and Signora Grandi will take up their residence at the Mayflower Hotel. Luncheon will be given them by Secre- tary Mellon of the Treasury, and later in ‘the afternoon a reception will be given at the Italian embassy for the Italy-America Society of Washington, Wednesday night President Hoover wili give a dinner at the White House in honor of the foreign minister and his wife. On Thursday a luncheon will be given Signor and Signora Grandi by Undersecretary of State and Mrs. Castle. A dinner given by the Amba sador of Italy in honor of the foreign minister and a reception at the Italian embassy later will wind up Signor Grandi’s engagements in this Ccity Thursday night. ROMAN PRESS PLEASED, and social | Friendly American Opinion on Grandi | Visit Gratifies Italians ROME, November 16 (4) newspapers expressed deep at expressions of friendly American | opinion in connection with the arrival | 9f Forelgn Minister Dino Grandi at New | rk. | The attitude of the United States will the development of international operation between Italy and that country, editorials in several newspapers agreed. ' Most of the papers gave consid- space to Signor Grandi's pro- DRAFTING ALL BRANCHES Columbia Tech Schools 1319 F St. NN\W. Met. 5626 “KLUTCH” HOLDS rt cushion: holds rock, drop, ou “can eat you' did with box gives three comfort. 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A luncheon at the Italian free bookiet on diet and on” Renton's” Hydrocin Tablers an effectual * treatment. for — AFthrif Neuritis and Rheumatism, when to excessive Uric Acid, . | Mrs. William Howard Taft. | Thursday to disquss unemployment re- | | ern lines, to meet with the labor ex- | Board of District Commissioners, ! tion WOL at 5:30 o'clock tomorrow on THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON. D: C.,. MONDAY, GRANDIS 10 STAY AT STIMSON HOME |Handsome Old Colonial Es- tate, Woodley, Ready to Receive Guests. By the Associated Press. Secretary Stimson's handsome old Colonial estate, Woodley, has an ex pectant air—it is quite ready to make Dino Grandi and his beautiful wife feel at home. The Italian foreign minister and his wife, repaying a visit from_ the Stim- time for informal dinner tonight and will be house guests there tonight and | Tuesday nights. | ~“Souvenirs’ of other times together— the London Arms Conference and last Summer’s disarmament chats in Italy decorate the Stimson library, silent invitation for the Grandis to start talk- ing just where they left off. VISCOUNT EIICHI SHIBUSAWA. | bled waters again and again. His in Reminders of Visit to Rome. fluence was_international In Washington he was best known | jini and of Grandi loc as the principal donor of the beau- yalls. A silver statuette group of titul cherry trees along the Potomac | gomulus, Remus and their wolf-mothes Drive. This gift he made through | js g gift of Rome. Grandi himself gave Stimson one series of scenes together, | done in limp leather. Another, | Barone Alberto Fissini, is exactly’ dupli- Autographed photographs of Musso- gifts depicting Castle Nettuno, both Grandi and Stimson were guests, and Mussolini came to call on them by speedy motor boat. “In remembrance of your Nettuno, and may main in Italy and for Italy cation by their host there reads. RAIL HEADS MEET MEN THURSDAY Shorter Working Day and| Possible Wage Changes to Be Taken Up. visit at your thoughts re- American Background. If Secretary Stimson chooses to Te- turn the compliment—and can enough time from disarmament versations to do_it—Woodley offe con- 3 as_the centuries-old castle was Italian, Woodley has far-sweeping grounds, now gorgeous in Autumn garb. The house, begun in 1792, is purest Colo- nial, with frescoed ceilings, high and white; paneled walls for the hanging of goid mirrors; white wood mantels, and furniture that fits. Its builder was brother to the man who wrote “The Star Spangled Banner.” The athletic Grandis, fond of skiing, when they dine will sce mounted tro- phies, the kill of the equally outdoorsy | Stimson, whose specialties have been | hunting” and mountain climbing. In | the tales that go with deer’s heads and time and place suggested for the joint| paintings of mountain peaks they will conference by Daniel E. Willard, presi- | glimpse that American, West which dent of the Baltimore & Ohio and | they won't have time to see. chairman of a committee of nine rail- | SRR TARTS BATTLE road presidents appointed last week to RED s ' WITH CHEER FOR DUCE The Labor Executives' Association, | Shouts “Viva Mussolini” in Anti- representing 21 railroad labor organiza- tions with & total membership of 1,250,- Fascist Meeting and Near- Riot Ensues. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, November 16.—Rail- road executives and leaders of their employes will get together in New York | lief, a shorter working day and perhaps wage readjustments. D. B. Robertson, chairman of the Rail Labor Executives' Association, last night announced acceptance of the 000, will present unemployment relief | and a shorter working day as subjects for_discussion, Robertson said. The association has not completed its | program, but will meet Thursday morn- ing for that purpose preceding the joint conference, Robertson said. The railroad presidents may bring up | the question of wage Teadjustments, | Robertson added, but he declined t0 58Y | gy tne Associated Press anything further on that matter. NEW YORK, November 16 A request for the ‘conference Was| minict arising n an anti st meet- made by the Labor Executives' Associa- |ing yesterday and crying “Viva Musso- tion at a meeting in Washington No- | }ini™ touched off the spark that turned vember 2. Railroad presidents con-|the meeting into confusion and battle. vened in New York last Friday and| The anti-Fascists, numbering nearly appointed nine of their members, rep-| 1,000, had gathered to register protest resenting Eastern, Western and South- | against the visit to America of the | Ttalian foreign minister, Dino Grandi, ‘ today. | | A Com- ecutives. GARGES TO BROADCAST Daniel E. Garges, secretary of the will Chairs were thrown and fists flew as the Communists, shouting the nationale” and flailing about with their | arms, fought with the anti-Fascists. | The latter had much the better of the encounter, and had virtually cleared the hall by the time police arrived. the aims of the Banneker Boys' Club,| When Rotailans from Edinburgh, a new organization for colored boys. | Scotlan tly visited Hamburg, C. M. Fyfe, director of the boys’ club. | Germar laid a sprig of heather will speak cn character bullding by ! on the grave o cach Scottish soldier means of boys' clubs. | buried there curing the World War. make a speech, to be broadcast by Sta- son= abroad, will arrive at Woodley in | down from the | from | cate of one that Grandi owns, the twin | where | " the dedi- | take | background as distinctively American | many fireplaces with | “Inter- | NAYLOR RITES SET Retired Lieutenant Colonel Died in New York Saturday. Funeral services will be held in Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock for Lieut. Col. Charles J. Naylor, retired Infantry offi- cer. who died in New York City Sat- urday. Col. Naylor was born in Philadelphia, October 3, 1875, and served as a mid- shipman in the Navy for three years before graduating from the Military Academy in 1901. He served as a lieu- tenant colonel during the World War and was retired in July, 1920, for dis- ability in line of duty. Since -his retirement, he and his wife, Mrs. Minnie M. Naylor, resided at 414 West One Hundred and Twentieth street, New York City. 'SEVEN PERSONS HURT IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS British Sailor Injured in Taxi. Woman's Arm Fractured Seven persons were injured in traffic accidents here yesterday, the list in- cluding Cyril Johnson, 18, a British sailor attached to H. M. S. Delhi, anchored at the navy yard. Johnson suffered lacerations of the |face and neck when a sudden lurch threw him against the window of a taxi- cab in which he was riding with sev- shipmates. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. Gertrude E. McKenzie, 56, of 1705 Lanier place, was treated ‘at Emergency Hospital for & fractured arm and_bruises | after she was struck yesterday at Eight- eenth street and Pennsylvania avenue by an automobile driven by Welzy Hors- | 1ey. 410 Sixth street. Horsley was not | held by police. Felled by a h Seventeenth _and nd-run driver near H_streets #esterday, Henry H. Fields, 28, 1725 H street was removed to Emeregncy Hospital, where he was found to be sufferin from cuts on_ the head, minor hemor: rhages and shock. He was unable to give a description of the car which hit him. Minor injuries were suffered by four occupants of a car which crashed into the viaduct near Florida avenue and Eckington place yesterday. Maurice Kavanugh, 31, of 2 I street, was given | first-aid’_{reatment at Casualty Hos- pital, while the three others were taken to Emergency Hospital. They were Frank Daly, Twenty-third street; Joseph . 38, 2444 Twentieth street, and a third man who refused to give his name. 'BOND THEFT PROBE | DELAYED BY COURT D. N. Chadwick, Jr., Granted Con- i tinuance After Attempt to Nego- tiate Securities at Richmond. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, November 16.—A preliminary hearing for David N. Chad- wick, jr. wanted in Philadelphia on charges of larceny and receiving stolen bonds, was continued today in Poiice Court, until November 27. Chadwick, who said he was formerly commissioner of finance at Wilmington, N. C., was arrested Saturday with $20,- 000 in Liberty bonds in his possession, after he had sought to dispose of a $10,000 bond bearing the number of one stolen from a Philadelphia bank. Authorities learned that another $10,- 600 bond had been exchanged for smalled notes earlier last week by Chadwick. Police said he admitted that he signed the name “J. W. Nelson,” on the receipt for these notes, and that he said Nelson was a New York broker who owned the bonds. Chadwick told authorities he was a broker and that he knew nothing of the charge that the bonds were stolen, Philadelphia bankers and police have not disclosed the name of the Philadel- | phia bank robbed of the securities. 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One battalion of infantry and one | battery of artillery at Chenchiaun. | One company of infantry and one| section of artillery at Chuliuho, One company of infantry at Yingkow. These_troops are in addition to those on the Nonni River front, whose num- | bers are a military secret, but are esti- | mated at close to 3,000. On the basis | of these figures it was calculated t 5,000 Japanese troops wer outside the non-treaty zone. Winter Clothing Tssued. Winter clothing was being issued to Japanese troops in Manchuria and this, with the disposition of the troops in all three areas, who were holding com- munications systems in an iron grip, was considered to be Japan's answer to the League. Winter quarters were being prepared in all areas and the indication w that military leaders expect a Winter- long occupation of the territory, K Japanese military and civilian officia alike expressed the opinion that it would last at least several months, | Long Occupation Held Likely. The Japanese are reported to be dominating the governments of Liaon- ing and Kirin Provinces with sizable detachments in three areas outside the South Manchurian Railway zone, The force of 13,600 troops, as it stood after the Mukden coup of September 18, is undiminished, except for about 200 killed or seriously wounded in engage- | ments, and a fresh mixed brigade is on the way for replacements The occupation of Kirin and Chang- chiatun is likely to be continued for a long time, it was stated, because each place commands a railway built with Japanese funds and by Japanese en- gineers for which the Chine never paid. Control over the Changeh Tunghua, Chengchiatun - and Taonan-Angancti Railw the Japanese to throttle the ) Hailung-Kirin and Tahushan-Paiyir tala Railways, which the Chinese built in recent years, paralleling the South Manchurian Railway, over Japanese | protest. Chinese Detachment Defcated: The army on the Nonni River front was reported by its headqua o have defeated a Chinese cavalry de- tachment, of 4.000 in a considerable en- gagement yesterday and to have occu- {pled the village of Chienkuangti, 12 kilometers northe Infantry, cavalry craft were said to have pa the engagement, which resulted in driv- ing off the Chinese, who were threat- ening the Japanese right flank. The { size of the Japanese force or the num- ber of casualties was not revealed. More than half population of iicipated in M\\\UT E-M SERVICE 6 INUTE - MORE SERVICE has won the enthusiastic approval of thrifty Washington housewives. Everyhing n MINUTE-MORE SERVCE is thoroughly washed. Color: retaln their original shade and white articles are returned snowy white. Shirts and flat work are completely finished and only wearing ap- parel may need slight touching up—just a minute more and it's ready to wear. 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It is understood that Pu-¥i arrived at Dairen recently from Tientsin and that he is at pres- ent in hiding somewhere be- tween Darien and Port Arthur, where many members of the for- mer court occupy_ villas. Whether he will come here for an attempt to occupy the dragon throne is uncertain_and in well informed quarters it is doubted that zuch a coup is in prospect. Mukden marched and sang in & pro- Japanese demonstration this morning. | Mcthers paraded, carrying children on | | their backs and tiny Japanese flags in | their hands. Hundreds of banners and thousands of placards on the houses iu the Japanese section of the city told of Japan’s role of peacekeeper in the East and blamed the League’s intervention in the conflict Henry Pu. former boy Emperor, was thought to be hiding in the Muk- | den home of one of princes after Tientsin, but restoration s the numerous his trip from chances of a monarchist med remote, Foodstuffs Commandeered. Hundreds of Chinese coolies have been digging day and night construct- i trench system covering the An- 1 It is an elaborate three- flair with the main strongholds a t kilometers south of An- preparations were synchron- ed with a Chinese Cavalry raid which succeeded in cutting the Taonan-An- ganchi railways and _telegraph _lines hali way between Taonan and the Nonni River. The damage was re- paired shortly afterward, however, Gen. Mah's troops seemed short of provisions, it was reported, and they commandeering ~ foodstuffs and money from towns and villages around Anganchi and Tsitsihar. Two Germans, one Czech, .and one Esthonian, all Ttesidents of Mukden, were captured by Chinese bandits while hunting_near Hsinmintun here yester- day. ‘They were held several hours, stripped of all their outer clothing, beaten and compelled to run a mile behind horses. They were released when a Japanese airplane flew overhead and they walked three miles into Chu- liho where the Japanese military hos- pital gave them first aid. E. H. Hines of D. C. Suffers Loss at Epping Forest, Md. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., November 16.—A blaze believed by firemen to have started in a fireplace, where logs were burned eatlier in the day, late yester- *day afternoon destroyed the home of E. H. Hines, located ai Eppirg Forest. Mr. Hines, a Washingtonian, was here yesterday with his family and, accord- ing to the West Annapolis fire com- pany, reports having had a fire in the fireplace before returning to Washing- ton. He had only been away from the house several hours when the blaze was detected. The loss is estimated at $3,500. Mr. Hines is president of the Epping Forest Corporation, American _semi-soft colla: 2O MINUTE SESSION HELD BY LEAGUE Far East Arbitration Will Be Carried on in Private Negotiations. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, November 16.—The Council of the League of Nations delibezated for 20 minutes over the Manchurian con-, flict late today, the date set for Japa- nese evacuation n Manchuria, and ad- journed to carry on its work of arbi- tration in. private negotiations. Chairman_Aristide Briand reviewed the Coyncii's efforts to restore peace during the last six weeks and sald that the delegates could best determine their course in private conversations. For- cign Minister Sir John Simon of Great | Britain said he would lend his fullest | co-operation to “uphold the moral au- | thority .of the League.” Gerhard von Buelow, German delegate, hoped he would be able to assist in Teaching a happy solution. Dawes Stays in Background. American Ambassador Charles G. Dawes did not attend the session and remained in the background. The ab- sence of Consul General Prentiss B. Gilbert, American observer at the pre- vious session, was noticeable. Briand told the Council that Am- bassador Dawes will take a seat in the Council if the Kellogg pact is again | invoked. | Briand implied the Cquncil probably | would invoke the Keli¥g pact_soon, and said he understood Gen. Dawes was ready to sit with the Council, with | the approval of his Government, when the Council repeated its action of four week ago putting the Kellogg pact formally into effect. | "Ambassador Dawes was a prominent participant in _several international | conferences yesterday, * inclu with Tsuneo Matsudairo, Japanese Am- | bassador to London, and Dr. Alfred Sze, | spokesman for the Chinese government. These and other activities of the American representative led to the per- sistent belief that the United States was quietly playing an important part | in the preliminary conversations in | spite_of the fact that the Government { has withdrawn its representative from | the Council table itself. 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