Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER (U. & Weather Buresu Porecast) Pair and continued cold, with lowest 1636 wim. midnight. New York Markets Closed Today. No. 381,085, Entered as he Foening Star. nd class matter c post office. Washington, D. ASHINGTON, D. C, ’.["HL'RSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1931 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. THANKSCIVING DAY DRAWS NATION T0 CHURCH SERVIGES Needs of Poor Kept in Mind as Al Ranks Express Gratitude for Mercies. PRESIDENT ATTENDS PRESBYTERIAN RITES Friends to Be Guests at Turkey Dinner at White House After Hoover Works on Message. Cognizant of its needy, the Nation today is turning to its churches in quest of guidance as it gives thanks for the mercies of the past year and voices its hope for the next. From the man in the street to the fman in the White House, Thanksgiv- ing day generally is being observed here in the National Capital by church services in the morning hours and din- hers at home later in the day. President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover mre setting that example to the coun- try. This morning they went to the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant on Connecticut avenue, where they listened to the Thanksgiving day mes- sage of the pastor, Rev. Joseph A. Mc- Cartney. Plan Holiday Dinner. At midday the President and Mrs. ‘Hoover enjoyed a private turkey dinner. Early this evening they will be hosts at & second turkey dinner, with friends, and this time all the gayety of the holiday will attend the meal. Between the meals the President is expected to take advantage of the quiet to work on his message to Congress. In this part of his program the Presi- dent was to be copied by sev- eral Government officials. Secretary Hyde, whose wife and daughter are away, planned to work part of the day before dining with friends. Secretary ‘Wilbur and Mrs. Wilbur were to go to Richmond, where the cabinet officer is to speak. Union Service Held. A warning of the true meani of “Thanksgiving day” was given by V. rr. Russell J. Clinchy, minister of the urt Pleasant Congrezational Church, #% a union service held in the National 1"-morial Universalist Church this 20-nin; r:0°ning. re is a‘tendency.” Dr. Clinchy £2'7, “to come to the day of Thanks- g ving in the spirit that we are to be nkfu] for t blessings, and to owledge that, as we have been sed and preserved, our souls are content. But that is really a departing 1-om God rather than a coming to Him. If all we have to be thankful for is whet hes happened in the past, w2 shall become either better or slothful, e ccord to the measure in which we ‘have ten what we wanted. If we bave failed fo be blessed, we shall be tesentful. And in both attitudes we shall be dead rather then alive.” Uniting with the National Memorial Unives t Church in its service were the All Souls’ Unitarian Church, Fran- cis Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church South, Oolumbia Heights Christian Church and Dr. Clinchy’s own chureh, | the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. This morning’s Thanksgiving day services included also union exercises in the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church where Bishop Willlam Fraser McDowell, resident Methodist Bishop, preached the sermon. Besides ti Foundry Church, the Metropolitan Methodist Church also participated in this service. Hundreds Fed by Missions. While the vast majority of Wash- ingtonians enjoyed traditional dinners in their own homes, hundreds of men turned to the missions for their holiday fare. The Central Union Mission and the Gospel Mission both served roast pork dinners to needy men representa- tive of the unemployed. The Volun- teers of America chose to provide 450 children with Thanksgiving day din- ners. The Central Union and the Cospel Missions yesterday distributed baskets and bags of food to nearly a tho d families so that today they may have a Thanksgiving dinner in their own humble and needy homes, A restaurant proprietor at New York evenue and Ninth street is serving (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Fall Kills British Admiral. LONDON, November 26 (#).—Vice Admire]l Richard Hyde, 59, was killed early today when he fell from a high window in the Hotél Kensington, where ke was living. He had a distinguished career in the navy and was aide de camp to King George in 1921 and 1922. e sue it Dinner Saved as Home Burns. SEATTLE, Wash., November 26 (#).— Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Miller saved their ‘Thanksgiving dinner from the flames, but now they have no place in which to eat it. Their home burned last night. Miller dashed through a back door and dragged the “bird” from the 275 Pigeons, Pests On Court House, Are Killed for Needy By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, Ind., November 26.—Rochester residents killed two birds with one stone. Pigeons, some 25 of them decided, had become nuisances around the court house steeple, so they decided to shoot them, and give them to needy persons for Thanksgiving. ‘The result was that 275 pigeons were killed. INDIANS TRAPPED BF SO ON ESK Horsemen Push Through New Mexico Blizzard to Save 1,300. By the Associated Press. GALLUP, N. Mex, November 26.— White men were toiling over snow- banked trails south of here today carry- ing Thanksgiving food to 1,300 Navajo and Zuni Indians, who are living on gmon nuts after being trapped by a lizzard on the high mesas of Malapais. Four Indians, including one papoose: have frozen to death. This was learned in the settlements last night when a band of horsemen who reached a Zuni after struggling for hours through miles of deeply drifted snow, returned here. A family of three Navajos and a lone man died in their camps near Atarque, they said. Fears were felt for the other families, who were on the high mesas gathering pinon nuts when the storm enveloped them. They are thought to be huddled in open camps on the barren table-top mountains, with only wagon sheets for shelter. Range Sheep Threatened. ‘The chief region of distress today seemed to be around Atarque, a village of about 300 persons. Range sheep were threatened by the severe cold and a shortage of food. Fifty white horsemen were dispatched through the drifts with food for the In- dians. At the Zuni Agency, W. A. Trot- ter, superintendent, said that unless ad- ditional food reached the Indian camps lnlfl hours severe suiTering would re- sult. Fodder was en route by horseback to | the sheep. Lost Pair Reach Safety. Fear for Jacob Barth and Dan Padilla, deputy United States marshal, which had resulted in the launching of three searching parties last night, was re- moved when the lost pair arrived at St. Johns, Ariz. | Unless food reaches tke Indians of ! the Atarque region 2t cnce manv will d‘fd of starvation and exposure, they sa Former Sheriff A. J. Crockett of Mc- Kinley County, who is reported to have left his ranch Friday on a three-day sheep drive to Thoreau, N. Mex.,, had not been heard from early toiay. Tae region over which Crockett planned to giive was swept by the blizzard Satur- y. TALES OF HEROISM TOLD. DENVER, November 26 (#).—Tales of heroism in the mountains of Colo- rado trickled through to Denver last night as storm-blocked roads were opened. ‘Two men, State highway employes, battled snow drifts 48-hours to travel 33 miles to the aid of an injured miner. Using a tractor, Paul Robinet and Adam Ebel won their way to a sleigh Howard W. George, the injured man, toward a Mount Vista hospital, after a doctor on horseback had been forced to turn back. The sleigh, drawn by four horses had made only seven miles in two days. ‘Two men, zlso highway department employes, were rescusd from the top of Wolf Creek Pass yesterday. They had been marooned four days. The two, Homer Smith and Earl Lattin, were dis- covered hopelessly boggea down in nine- foot snow banks. Their hands and feet were frozen and they were in a serious condition from exposure and hunger. Five men are spending Thanksgiving day somewhere on Wolf Creek Pass in snow, which is nearly nine feet deep in an attempt to find ana destroy four State highway department mules before they die of hunger. ‘The mules were abandoned Saturday in a road camp on the pass. The ani- mals had no food and there was no way of getting forage to them. e LORD CECIL SAYS WORLD MUST DISARM OR PERISH By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 26.—“Unless the world disarms it will perish,” Lord Robert Cecil of Great Britain told the 1,000 delegates of the world peace or- ganizations at the opening of their in- ternational conferences on disarmament here today. ‘The delegates represent 17 countries. “We believe in international disarma- ment and are anxious to have a dem- onstration showing the will of the people of the world and expressing their desire for it,” Lord Cecil contin- ued. “That's all we are here for. “Our movement has the gupport of our respective governments and we hope to accomplish valuable work contribut- ing to world peace.” The conference will close tomorrow kitchen before firemen arrived. night. HOOVER DONATES POTATOES FOR MISSION’S THANKSGIVING DINNER President Holds Only Small Portion of Gov. Gardiner’s Gift for Own Use. Many homeless men at the various city missions will eat big baked pota- today for Thanksgiving dinner | e toes without knowing, perhaps, that they are personal gifts from President Hoo- ver to help make the day mcre cheer- ful for the unemployed. d such potatoes! Their like has seldom been seen in Washington be- fore, for they are the pick of the Maine crop, sent to the Chief Executively re- . Gardiner. o e Do i S iy of tatoes where they would serve the best at the missions and agencies city to which homeless men are today for Thanksgiving dinner. ER “on Bmployment the old St. James Hotel with the request that they be distributed to the Central Union Mission, the Salvation Army and agencies for the unemployed. A small portion of the potatces was retained for the President’s own table NAVY GROLP HOLDS CHARGE UNREFUTE I HOOVER ATTCK “Abysmal Ignorance” Stand son President’s Policy Maintained. FIVE “UNTRUTHS” SEEN IN COMMITTEE’S REPLY Present Naval Holiday Will Not Save U. S. Ratio With Other Fleets, New Statement Claims. The Navy League, returning to the assault of President Hoover’s policy, now maintains the principal charges of its renowned “abysmal ighorance” state- ment stand unrefuted. A new broadside by the league, issued late yesterday, flung back the answer of the presidential committee which found it guilty of “inaccuracies, false assertions and erroneous conclusions.” It went further, devoting six pages of close print to a review of what it termed “Mr. Hoover's unconstructive record as to naval building since he has been President.” Addressed to Directors, The statement was in the form of a 17-page printed letter addressed by Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of the board, to_the directors of the Navy League. It promised a later “full re- joinder” to the committee which Mr. Hoover named to demonstrate ‘‘un- truths and distortions of fact” he found in the original league attack. This was issued by Willlam Howard Gardiner, president of the organization. Gardiner, supported by a vote of confidence from his executive committee, has not made the apology which Mr. Hoover said he would expect. Five spceific untruths are ascribed in the new pamphiet to the report of the Hoover committee. Contrary to this report, said Howe, the United States is not now engaged in more naval building than any olher power, as its own fig- ures show France is way ahead; Japan did not agree to reduce its auxiliary fleet to a 7 to 10 ratio with the United States under the London treaty; the tables published in the Gardiner pam- phlet were not obsolete as charged (a long defense of this point was made); the Japanese auxiliary fleet (cruisers, than e Lon- destreyers, etc.) was not b the American at the time of | don conference, and, finally, the League did not give Japan's ratio as 13.1 to America's 10—that was the figure given for Great Britain. Hoover Policy Second, It contested also the assertion the present naval holiday would maintain the “status quo” in the world fleets, ad- vancing the argument the nearer ap- proach of obsolescence for America's older ships must be reckoned. Howe said President Hoover in his three years in office “has not inaugu- rated a single move to provide replace- ments—not to mention upbuilding in categories where we are below treaty levels.” All the construction under way now, he said, was inherited from previous administrations. When the President last Winter permitted the Navy to pre- sent to Congress a $91,000,000 building program, he “exerted no ef- é?rts in its behalf” and allowed it to e. His record, therefore, contended the league chairman, does not accord with established naval policy, nor with the Republican platform upon which he was elected. Howe assailed the Presi- dent'’s Navy day statement that the fleet now is acequate for defense of the country. seeing in this evidence that Mr. Hoover does not intend to build up toward the London treaty total, giving parity with Great Britain. ‘White House Silent. Copies of the statement were sent to the President, members of the cabinet and members of Congress, 8s usual. It was sald at the White House there would be no reply for the present, at least. It was thought probeble the President would make no answer, stand- ing on the report of his own commit- tee, which vindicated him after a three- day investigation. Turning the charge of misrepresenta- tion against the Presidential Inquisi- torial Committee, Mr. Howe declared that group had misquoted Mr. Gardiner throughout with reference to Japan's quota of auxiliary naval vessels. The presidential inquirers said he applied a 131 quota to Japan and based its principal arguments in defense of the President on that error. The fact was, Mr. Howe said, that 13.1 was the quota applied to Great Britain in Mr. Gar- diner’s original statement. Mr. Howe took up the committee's report to the President categorically. He declared it had failed to tear down a single table submitted by the league. He denied flatly that Japan had agreed to reduce to a ratio ow the United States by 1936. Taking up the committee’s closing declaration that there was no basis for the assumption that President Hoover intended to abandon the Washington (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) e LINER PASSENGER'S SHOOTING IS PROBED Woman Taken From Cabin After Trip From South America in Crit- ical Condition in England. By the Associated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England, Novem- ber 26.—Phoebe Sorrel, who was taken Off the liner Asturias with s bullet wound on Tuesday night, remained in critical condition in a hospital today while police investigated the shooting. In the cabin which she occupled on a today, when he enj iving dinner wit sonal friends. One of the six turl received at the White House will grace the table. - The President and Mrs. Hoover also will have a very small circle of friends at dinner tonight. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hoover attended services this morning at the Covenant First Church, ntum{nc Just before the midday meal. It was the President would find ufin ovmml;tty to wox"‘k on ".Inh annual message uring the afternoon, while Mrs. Hoover attends the tea given at Walter Reed Hcspital at 4 o'clock by the Gray uamg League, which supervises welfare work among the veterans, 4 - eys trip from South America they found a double-barreled pistol of unusual type. It was learned that the ship's surgeon, summoned by a steward who heard groans from within the cabin, found the door locked on the inside but was ad- mitted by the woman just before she collapsed. At the time she was wearing the evening gown in which she had ap- g:mn:ed at a dance earlier in the eve- Her passport gave the address “care Barbor, Douglaston, lfi:‘ e Palking- for partic- of George Island.” Tfldlf the steam] received a_cab) m ham, New York City, asl ulars of the affair. N T = KA WHITE MEAT! N AT N L O TALKING OF THANKSGIVING TURKE MOSTYN T0 FACE 3 THER CHARGES Convicted Detective Accusedf of Beating Three Colored | Prisoners. Convicted yesterday of a third-degree | assault on James Henry Harker, Pre- | cinct Detective James A. Mostyn of | No. 1 precinct faces trial under addi- tional indictments, charging attacks on | three other prisoners last August. | William R. Laflin, suspended police- | man of Mostyn's precinct, who also| was convicted in the Harker case by a jury in Criminal Division 1, is not | involved in further charges, although | he may be called &s a witness in one | of the later trials of Mostyn. Mostyn, who like Laflin, is at liberty under bond of $1,000, must answer to charges that he beat two colored pris- oners in the so-called “third degree” room of the first precinct station house on the same day of the attack on Harker. A third colored prisoner is al- leged to have been assaulted by the detective August 3. Charges Flogging With Hose. Harry Johnson, one of the colored prisoners alleged to have been beaten on August 22, was flogged with the same piece of rubber hose referred to in the Harker case, the Government has charged. Mostyn was acquitted of the alleged rubber hose attack on Harker, but the jury found him and Laflin 'guilty of a fistic assault, the penalty for which is one year in jail | or_$500 fine or both. The other colored youths alleged to have been victims of strong-arm meth- ods by Mostyn are Preston Brooks and Walter W. Johnson. Mostyn was in- dicted by the October grand jury on charges of “simple assault” in these Justice James M. Proctor yesterday deferred sentencing Mostyn and Laflin | until their attorneys, James A. O'Shea and John H. Burnett, have completed arrangements for an appeal. ‘The | court gave the attorneys four days for | this purpose. Policemen Give Thanks. In the meantime, Policemen Willium | T. Burroughs and Wiliam C. Grooms, whom the jury exonerated in the Harker case, were giving thanks in old-fash- foned Thanksgiving style today. Burroughs, father of 10 children, was surrounded by his happy family and a number of relatives and acquaintances, who came to congratulate him. Bur- roughs was represent¢d at the trial by | Attorney Frank J. Kelly. | Supt. of Police Glassford is authority for the statement that Mostyn and Laflin will be tried by the Police Trial Board on charges of having been “con- victed by a court of competent juris- diction.” The pair will not be haled before the Trial Board until they have been sentenced or until an appeal has been disposed of. Glassford said he was undecided about bringing Burroughs and Grooms before the Trial Board, in view of their ac- quittal in the court. Prepare 16 Other Cases. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover is making ready to proceed with the prosecution of 16 other policemen who were indicted for alleged third-degree brutality. The next trial will be that of Head- quarters Detective Robert J. Barrett, who will face Justice Proctor and a jury in Criminal Division No. 1 next Wednesday on a charge of beating George B. Baber, exonerated murder lu;mt.tgn fif”tl;le 6 last. arrett wi prosecuted by Assist- ant United States Attorney ;uli!n I Richards and will be defended by At- torneys Harry Whelan and Russel Kelly. Detective Barrett was indicted by the grand jury for an alleged fistic assault on Baber in the latter's apartment at the Marne, Thirteenth and Belmont streets, where the officer had gone to question Baber in connection with the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Jaynes, cashier of the Garden T Shoppe. Baber was exonerated of any connection with the murder. Waited at Apartment. Barrett is alleged to have Baber out when k'xe and u:v.erell ’:t“:eg fimll:eml:n ce:lu.t-‘t’x at Lh? ':dpn.rtmem. but chal ey wa. et s o rrett, e Government cl pummeled Eaber in the apartment ?’l the presence of the other officers and of a friend of Baber, Mall The latter is expected to hemonyggu{:l Government witnesses at the trial. ‘Trial of George Starts Atlantic Flight. RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil, November 26 (A).—An aero gfll message from Natal today said Bert Hinkler, noted British fiyer, had started from there for Dakar, French West Pinchot and Davis Talking Big Money In Aid Controversy Senator Offers to Give Income and Mortgage All Property. By the Assoclated Press. If it ever gets on a cash basis, this argument between Gov. Pinchot and Senator Davis of Pennsylvania is going to cost a lot of money. | It began with Pinchot asking Sec- | retary of the Treasury Mellon to take | $1,000,000 in Pennsylvania 'Irespe.—ny; bonds” to aid the unemployed. Mellop | turned him down. Davis then suggestex | Pinchot take the million himself. Pinchot countered by suggesting he | and Davis make proportionate donations | to relief funds, making public thelr in- | come tax returns for Jast year. Cold to this idea, the Senator yester- day suggested that both give their en- tire income to relief and mortgage their holdings to buy prosperity bonds. PINCHOT LAUGHS AT REPLY. Refuses to Answer Latest Davis Offer Until Letter is Received. K MILFORD, Pa., November 26 (#).— Gov. Gifford Pinchot laughed today when his attention was drawn to the proposal of Senator James J. Davis that the Senator and Mrs. Davis would con- tribute to unemployment relief all their income if Mr. and Mrs. Pinchot would do_the same. The Governor would not comment, he sald, on the Senator's proposal until he had received the letter. He and Mrs. Pinchot are spending Thanks- giving day at their Milford home. LA FOLLETTE FACES FEHT ON RELIEF Wisconsin Governor’s Plans Opposed by Conservatives in State Senate. By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis., November 26.—Gov. Philip F. La Follette's legislative pro- gram to cure th: State economic {lls may find little opposition in the House, but conservative Republicans in the Senate announced they were primed for war. ‘The Governot's eight bills were in- troduced in both branches of the As- sembly yesterday. Becauss the House appears to be under complete La Fol- lette-Progressive control, the proposals may be disposed of in short order. The Senate, however, beg:n the day by electing Senator Oscar Morris of Milwaukee as President pro tem. Morris, long a conservative leader, is an official of the Milwaukee Associztion of Com- merce. He was elected by the con- servative Republicans with the help of a few independents, which hold tle balance of power. Conservatives were quick to reveal their opposition to La Follette’s pro- posals for an unemployment emergency appropriation of $17,000,000, public ownership of some busincsses, increased income taxes to maximum of 30 per cent and imposition of a tax on chain stores. They said La Follette had asked $17,000,000 for a State which has a population of 3,000,000, while in New York, a State of 12,000,000, only an propriation of $20,000,000 was asked relieve distress and help the jobless. MADARIAGA TO RETURN T0 POST IN WASHINGTON Spanish Envoy Will Leave for U. 8. as Soon as League Coun- cil Adjourns. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 26.—Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish Ambassador to the United States and Spain's re] sentative on the League of Nations' Council, said today he plans to return to his post at Washington as soon as the Council :Aglflurnl 2 Reports reaching here from Madrid have indicated that he might not re- turn to Washin L Senor de Madariaga was formerly head of the disarmament section of the League and there has been con- siderable lation as to whether Spain would not want to designate him as its delegate to the disarmament con- ference at Geneva in February. vl lor Africa, and had not been heard since the take-off. e : Radio Programs on Page C-3 BRITAIN APPROVES LUSITANIA SALVAGE Contract With War Risk Group to Be Signed by Railey at Once. BY H. J. J. SARGINT. Sipplicd by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Copyright. 1931, by the New York Tim es Co. World rights reserved. LONDON, November 26.— Official permission to explore the wreck of the Lusitania, sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915, off the southwest coast of Ireland, was granted yesterday by the British Board of Trade to the Lake- Railey Lusitania expedition after six weeks of negotiation with the author- itles conducted here by Capt. H. H. 1| Railey, leader of the expedition. Jurisdiction over the wreck, which }lwx outside of territorial waters in 40 athoms, approximately eight miles south southwest of the head of Old Kinsale, Ireland, is maintained by the Liverpool & London War Risks Insur- ance Association, Ltd., derwriters subsidized by the government for the protection of British bottoms during the war. Cantract Conditional. ‘The contract with Capt. Railey's ex- pedition was approved by the Governing Committee of the Liverpool & London War Risks ‘Insurance Assoclation on October 20. It was made conditional, mn‘. on the -ct:on fd “1:: Bo‘-rd admiralty a: e foreign office. While the foreign office, !ra‘m the political, and the admiralty, from the naval viewpoint, do not specifically approve the purpose of the Lake-Railey Lusitania expedition, the decision of these important divisions of the gov- ernment was determined on the basis of “non-objection.” iy The concurring action of the Board of Trade, solely with jurisdiction. Capt. Railey las® night made public the following letter from the Board of Trade: “Sir: With reference to .the com- municaticas which have passed bztween you and this departmert on the subject of your proposal to carry out certain operations on the wreck of thg S. S. Lusitania, I am directed by the’ Board of Trade to state that his majesty's government in the United Kitgdom are not prepared to accept any responsibil- ity for or express any opinion on® your proposals. 2 Must Report Salvage. “I am, however, to point out that if after your negotiations with the Liver- pool and London War Risks Insuran Association, Ltd., you should be in a position to proceed wiin your project, and if you should salvage any property from th: wreck and land it anywhere in the United Kingdom, you should re- port such property to the receiver of wreck at the nearest custom house and give proof that the salvage was ef- fected by arrangement with the asso- clation. “A copy of this letter has been sent to the association, signed by E. J. Foley, principal assistant secretary.” Capt. Railey's refly was as follows: “Sir: I acknowledge your letter of November 25, communicating the de- cision of the Board of Trade on my ap- plication for permission to explore the wreck of the S. S. Lusitania. On be- half of the expedition of which I am the leader, allow me to observe it is clearly recognized that his majesty’s government does not accept responsi- bility and is not in any respect com- mitted to the purpose duly set forth in my corresj lence on this subject. “The Lake-Railey Lusitania expedi- tion will meticulously abide by your instructions that our operations must be governed strictly in accordance with the terms of our agreement with the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) AUSTRALIAN MINISTRY RESIGNS AFTER DEFEAT Governor General Agrees to Dis- solve Parliament Pending Elections December 19. By the Assoclated Press. CANBERRA, Australia, November 26. —Prime Minister James Henry Scullin, head of Australia’s Labor iovemmcnl. announced the government’s resigna- tion to Parllament today. New ele tions will be held December 19. ‘The government has been in office since October, 1929. Premier Scullin sald Gov. Gen. Sir had u;reed to a The nt combination of the a vote of 37 to 32, on & of treasury pn:g' a bill, previously lew-d the Y - E;ulg u‘:fn and customs dul —% * group of un- da Associated service. (#) Means Associated The only evening paper in Washington wi the Yesterday’s Circulation, 116,343 — - TWO CENTS. Press. CIVIL WAR IN CHINA —-|| FEARED ASMANCHURIA PEACE DEAL IS SEEN \ Bl 8000 A0 ST I Canton Under Martial Law After Leaders Split Over Alliance With Nanking. U. S. APPROVES LEAGUE FORMULA AND INQUIRY REPRESENTATION cil’s Troop Withdrawal Terms. Chinchow Defense Planned. PARIS, November 26 (#).—Dr. Alfred Sze, Chinese spokesman at the League of Nations Council, saw Chairman Aristide Briand today and, according to authoritative information, told him that China was ready to accept the League-American resolution in principle. Martial law was declared in Canton today after leaders of the ernment. equest. afternoon. cumstances” to avoid a clash wit! for “an; his power if Japanese attack. | Truce in Manchuria Would Be Victory For U. S. Diplomacy BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Secratary Stimson and high officials of the Staje Department will eat their Thanksgiving turkey with a feeling that there is ample reason why Ameri- can diplomats should be thankful to- y. Reports from Parls indicate that both the Japanese and the Chinese govern- ments are likely to accept the resolu- tion of the for an immedia ties between China and Japan and the appointment of a neutral commission to investigate on the spot the causes and reasons of the Manchurian con- troversy. If an actual truce is concluded and the Japanese comply with the resolution of the League and begin to withdraw their troops into their raliway zone, American diplomacy will have ample ground to be satisfled. Secrstary Stim- son has tried difficult ex) ents on Japam and China and on the Westorn ®ations whi®h are members of the League. ®One was to induce two nations inUlved in direct and protracted bar- therefore, was concerned | $2inigs to allow & commissioh of arbi- tration to deal with their controversy; the other was to inguce the members of the League to be patient and not resort *to what Q‘A!y called “inevitable drastic actions” %gajnst either of the belligerents. Task Hard on Both Sides. It was a hard task to convince the Japanese that they cannot possibly ne- gotiate with the Chinese while holding a pistol at their head. It was equally | hard to convince the Chinese and the Japancse of the importance of having a neutral investigation board in China during their direct negotiations. The modern Japanese diplomats would have accepted this proposition, but they were (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) \PHILADELPHIA TRIES FOR G. 0. P. MEETING Committee Will Be Named to Raise $150,000 Fund to Finance Convention. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Noverber 26— Philadelphia _business leaders have thrown into high l%em machinery for bringing the 1932 publican National Convention to this city. Japan is understood to be preparing to repl the Tokio government 13 doing everything South China government split over alliance with the Nanking gov- There were rumors that it might lead to civil war. Negotiations for the settlement of the Manchurian conflict ap- pear to be moving toward success, with the Unlted_ States approving the League of Nations' Council’s resolution asking Japan to withdraw troops to the railway zone as soon as security conditions permit. In approving the League fofmula, the United States asserted willingness to be represented on a neutral commission of inquiry. New Instructions Asked by Sze. Dr. Sze, China’s spokesman at the Paris meeting, wired for further instructions in view of the stand taken by the Unite States. He probably will continue to insist on a time limit for the proposed evacuaton, but the League ,is not expected to- grant this Nankin, Neutral members of the League Council ‘will meet again this { to M. Briand that possible “under the cir- h Chinese troops at Chinchow. The Chinese foreign office warned that Japan would be held responsible untoward incident” there, wi chicf of staff, declared he would defend Chinchow to the extent of le Gen. Yung Chen, Chinese Fear of Civil War Follows Friction of Canton Heads By the Associated Press. Admiral k chief of the martial law here todiy, following s split in the leadership of, the Cantonese South China government over an al- liance with Nanking, and there wers rumors that the split ‘might lead to vil. war. + The ition ith the re. o g g reached at a conference of peace gates of the Canton and Nanking ernments, at Sun Fo, bolted, they now are. The reins of power here now are ir the hands of those opposéd to Nanking. Admiral Chen is one of those who continues to favor reconciliation with Nanking. ALLIANCE PLAN CLAIMED. Moscow Story Says Japanese Offereé “White” Russians Ajd in Raids. MOSCOW, November 26 (#).—Mos- cow newspa today publiched dis- pers | patches from Peiping saying reports from Harbin told of the preliminary ex- amination of a “white” Russian name Ushakoff, which, it was said, reveal that Japanese offered to support the “white” Russians with arms or raids in Soviet territory. The investigation, it was said, was conducted by the Chinese authorities at the railway station at Manchuli The raids were to include the Amuf River Valley. Ushakoff had been to the Japanese military mission at Harbin, the dispatch said, and documents in his possessior. showed eight of thé “white” leader) were former Russian royalists. The Workers Gazette published am (Continued on Page 2, Column 38.) MAN WHO BEAT DRY AGENT IS ACQUITTED BY JURY By the Associated Press. Philip H. Gadsen, president of the terday Chamber of Commerce, who has been empowered to name a committee to raise a $150,000 fund to finance con- vention details, said today he would invite agents of the Republican Na- tional Committes to Philadelphia to judge its desirability from the conven- tion standpoint. At a meeting attended yesterday by representatives of leading industrial and commercial enterprises, Gadsden said he had been assured by sources in ‘Washington that Philadelphia is one cl{'dthree cities being seriously consid- ered. GIRL, 16, GETS LICENSE TO MARRY DEAD MAN, HOPING HE IS ALIVE Refuses to Believe Sailor, to Whom She Was to Have Been Wed Today, Was Drowned. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., November 26. Marcella Gleeson, 16-year-old Los An- for a week ago. w;go explained w“&e clerk that Ben- her and then s broke into tears. Naval authorities had sellor fell overboard as the harbor