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A4 #» JAPANESE-CABINET | FORGED 70 RESN Wakatsuki Ministry’s Policy on Foreign Affairs and Finances Causes Crisis. (Continued Prom First Page.) order. was restored: the tMdesirability of a one- ernment. i The, Diet will resume its sessions on December 24 and at the very outset the new cabines, should it be formed by the present_opposition, will face two prob- lems of the nportance in the Manchur and the versy. o The ‘Beiyukai would deal sternly with both, having pledged itself a month ago in favor of suspending the gold stard- ard, and stiffening the policy in Man- churia The opposition alarm for me tinued outflow of gold Jepan’s_currency Since October has been showing over the co | contending that | system totaled 30: SEEKS COMMISSION MEMBERS Selection of Personnel for Manchuria Neutral Inquiry Considered PARIS, December League of Ne acceptance yesterda Japan of the final churian peace proposal, begar yoaf search for members of the neutral com- | mission called for-4n the plan ! Committee members appointed select the personnel of the neutral con mission urged the establishment of the committee of observers as Trapidly as| possible and Chairman Briand, with Dr. | Salvador de Madariaga of Spain, | possibly Lord Tyrrell instead of /Lord | Cecil of Great Britain and Erik An-| dreas Colban, director of Administrative | Commissions and Minorities Questions | of the League staff. have 1 as a committee to fill the p The task is expected to take days. Several persons already been approached, notably Gen Serrigny. secretary of the Pren tional Defense Committee, but his a ceptance was copsidered doubtful. Former Finafice ~Minister _Carlo | Schanzer or Vittorio Cerruti, diplomat | and ambassador, were on fthe list of possibilities @8 Italian member of the committee. | Ambessador Charles G. Dawes left Paris at noon today for London. He came here nearly a month ago as United States observer durin gthe con- sideration of the Manchurian contro- versy by the League SETTLING DOWN. to ARMIES Cold Weather in South Manchuria | Hampers Bandits and Guerrillas, | Copyright, 1931, by the Associsted Press. MUKDEN, Manchuria, December 11. —Military forces im Manchuria today appeared to be Settling deeper intd ‘hi- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., FRIDAY, DE( EMBER, - 11, 1931 Help Charity Game JUNTIOR LEAGUE MEMBERS TO SELL PROGRAMS. three Junior um tomo: Georgetown, George Wi Leaguers, Mrs. trina McCarmick (le wher ingtcn and Catholic Univ Richard Porter Davidson, Mrs. John ft to right), will sell programs C Tide of Alabama plays tie Star the Staff Photo LEAGUE'S MANCHURIAN ACTION SEEN AS SATISFYING EVERY ONE Tokia Got What 3¢ Webeh--Chixa Given Everything Possible Under Cir- BY CONSTANTINE BROWN, Chinese-Jay conflict over a has ended, as far as the uncil of the League of Nations is con- ned, in a satisfactory anner for all concerned. ‘The principal members of the League's Council have been able to make speeches which might save the face of the League if nobody bothers to scratch the surface and enalyze the nent; the Japa- nese got all they wanted and are nof estricted in their futu activi n Manchuria, and China got all it could get under the circumstances Secretary Sti n, in & statement is- sued last night, expressed his satisfac- tion at the agreement reached by the Council, at which Gen. Dawes played no small part. But after having e: pressed his gratification, the Secretary could not refrain from throwing some real light at the intrinsic value of the agreement, which depends entirely on China’s and Japan's good faith, Mr. Stimson said: “The government | of this country, as one of the signa- | tories of the Kellogg-Briand pact and | nese bernation for the Winter as the League of Nations Council at Paris prepared t0| of the nine-power pR‘ct. cannot }?L‘t;‘ cu- | guise its concern over the events which | shelve the Perple o L e oot | Bays here, U Marcburia) transspired. Pisd &t 1% the I Ty eols. Thé future efficacy of the Tesolution of Since Japsn’s drive on Chinchow was the Council of the League of Nations| halted November 28 there have been no | to take on board &ny Americen citi: making the following reservation: “This paragraph does not prejudice the right of the Japanese forces to take such measures as may be necessary to assure directly the protection of the life and property of Japanese subjects against bandits and lawless elements rampant in various parts of Manchuria. These measures will be exceptional ones, and the restoration of normal conditions will remove the necessity for such meas- { ures.” This statement means a good deal. The situation has been troubled in China for the last 10 years and promises to remain so for ‘an undetermined period. sequently the Japanese. in spite of the League’s resolution calling for the speedy withdrawal of their troops, reserve their right to maintain heir forces in Manchuria for an un- limited length of time. This viewpoint of the Japanese gov- ernment is especilaly unpalatable to | the new conception of foreign policies | as expressed by Secretary Stimson last | Spring. We had an almost similar situation in Nicaragua, where the San- dinists have been attacking Americans and destroying their property. When the interested concerns appealed to the State Department asking for adequate protection, the Secretary of State made an important dce'aration to the effect that while the 4meriean Covernment, is prepared to send ‘ships Lo the cofist ns depends upon the good faith with major alterations of Japanese mnilitary | which the pledge against renewed hos- dispositions in,eny.pamggo! Manchuria except. the refurn of the 2d Division to headquarters at Lisoyang, where it was stationed previous to September 18, when the first activity began. The consensus of available informa- tion also leads to the gonclusion that the situation of the Chinese at Chin- chow likewise had not changed during the past week although the Japanese have charged that the Chinese were reinforcing the area with intent to open an offensive. Among Japanese military and civilian spokesmen the discussion continues to be over the possibility of “necessity for Jepanese action to ciear the Chinchow | area.’ These almost unanimously agree, that if the Chinese army around Chin- chow attacks the Japanese forces the latter must retaliate drastically, but convincing evidence that the Chinese intend an offensive is lacking. Japanese advocates of the establish- ment of an autonomous government in Manchuris under Japan's protection 8lso insist the Chinchow area must be cleared out before such s state can properly be organized or thrive. Snow Haits Banditry. \ Thus far, however, indications have been Jacking here as'to whether either the Japanese cabinet or the general staff at Tokio will heed the advices to Gen. Honjo to strike again reavy snow fell last night and throughout the southern part of h Manchuria and this was re-| ded as likely to restrict the move ts of bandits and guerlllas, ac-| nts of whose attacks cn the South Manchurian Railway zone and ad- jacent territories have filled' Japanese headquarters communiques during the | past 10 days A dispatch from Peiping said rail-| rToad service to Tientsin was suspended | today, as & heavy snowfall buried the | track for miles Chinese reports there also said Jap- | tilities is ‘earried out by both parties. The American Government il eon- tinue to follow with solicitous interest all developments in this situation in the light of the obligations involved in the treaties to which this country is a part.” Secretary Stimson's last especially regarded by many as a dis- creet warning to all concerned that America does not regard the white- washing Tesdlution adopted in Paris as giving either of the two Asiatic antag- onists & free hand to disregard further the treaties to which they have be- come a party on their own volition. In order not to leave any illusions as to the value of the League of Na- tions Council's resolution the man of the Japanese fore offic hastened last niglit to declare that “Japan is not restricted.by the Coun- cil's resolution from taking police measures to protect the life and prop- erty of the Japanese citizens, especially in the Chinchow area, and the League's commission of inquiry activities will have to be limited because in the opinion of the Japanese foreign office this commission will have no authority 10 investigate Japan's g)mm—y arrange- ments nor interfere in the negotiz- tions which may materialize between China and Japan.” This last paragraph is full of mean- ing. The only really constructive ac- tion of the League’s resolution was the appointment of this neutral commission of ir Mr. Stimson hailed this provision ‘as an “important and con- | structive step toward an ultimate and | to assur fair solution of the intricate problem presented in Manchuria. It means the application with the consent of China | and Japan of modern and enlightened methcds Japane: of conciliation.” Yet the foreign office took the first opportunity to spike the value of such a commission by meking the above- mentioned réstriction which render the visit of the members a mere Cook's sentence | €] whose lives may be endangered by the. {action of the bandits or t%e ebel | elements, this Government is Yot pre- {pared to send troops to protect the | property of American business men who are in foreign countries at their own | risk and responsibility. |, Mr. Stimson invoked international law, saying that it rests upon the es- | tablished and recognized governments |to protect the life and property of all |individuals who live outside their | states, and that foreigners are taking, as {ar as their property is coneerned, the same chances as the natives of a troubled country. Mr. Stimson's dec- laration of policy had a wide reper- cussion, not only throughout South but throughout the world le indicated clearly that tl | old-time policy of a sirong nation b: | ing able to bully a weak and disturbed {nation is a thing of the past. | _In the light of this declaration of | policy, naturally the Japanese state- ment that they have to keep a whole army in Manchuria to protect the life |and property of Japanese citizens is received with little favor in this cotintry The real feelings of the nations which have participated at the drafting of the resolution but have no particuler in- | terest either in Manchuria nor in the saving of the League of Nations prestige were expressed by the representative of Peru, Gonzales Prada, wim in a short statement 1:id down the principle that N0 state has the right to effect a mili- tary occupation of territory of anothe execution cf certain treatizs 2nd, second, thct no state hos the right to impose negotiations on the basis of such an occupation.” This statement is believed to have been inspired by the German delegate Who wanted the Council of the League to register the principles of such a policy in view of the possible develop- ments in Europe in the course of the next few months. If Japan's occupa- anese airplanes dropped five bombs in| !0Ur trip on the frozen Manchurian |tion of Manchuria enforce the treaty of the Panshan area along the Yingkow- Kowpangtze Railway today, killing a woman. _Foreign observers are on the way to Yingkow CHINA NOT SATISFIED. | Government Says Acceptance of Reso- lution Only Alternative to War. NANKING. r 11 admitt gue Council's was unsatisfact accepted to avert | d churian resolution to China, but was war with Japan | The Government wished to prove its | sincerity was said, and to adhere | to its originally declared intention to | e by the League's decision and to | t the League's ability to arrive st solution. | Moreov Government | ders ha the pr ior ushan Negotlations were understood to be § progress for the protection of the rail-| way betWeen Tahushan and Shanhaik- | wan also. TREE FOR PdOR PLANNED~ Gospel Workers to Present Gifts to Alley Dwellers. Plans for a Christmas tree for poor mothers and their children living in the courts nd alleys of the city ore b made by the National Gospel Workers' Aid Soclety and its secretary-treasurer Mrs, J4 Milton Waldron Mrs, Waldron has been active for many years in conuection with work among the alley cwellers. Her husband during jais life, was president, of the so- clety. The tree exercises, which will be held some time during the holidays, will in- clude the distribution of Slothing and tovs tq.the u Contributions have nmm‘. Waldron, who san be ed at 1334 V street, ains. Furtk that pl ermore the policy of this cou t expressed when it was s are opposed Chi otiating @ we d to nd resolution from a her se representative e, however, prac- this’ paragraph by tically to nullify 1915 were to remain unchallenged, the Germans are afraid that Prance might conceivably do the same thing in case the Germans discontinue the payment of ations provided by the treaty of s. The consequences of such a ould be, if the French adopt e strong hand method, the ion of certain sections of Ger- wes important for all concerned, that such a statement of policies should be made at the Council's last meetin in order that Japan's occupation o Manchuria should not be regarded as a precedent Trade Men Laud Glassford HANDLING OF “HU R MARCH” PRAIS] | | cessful manner in which the “hunger marchers” yesterday by George W. de, which voted the ‘Tras Teft to right” Tommissioner Herbert B. Glassford, Insggctor E. W. Brown and Mr. Offutt. RESOLUTION commending Brig. Gen. Peiham D. Glassford for the sucs he directed the handling of the recent visit of to the Capital was presented to the police chief Oflliltfa pm:d!ntmz! the Washington Board of resolution of praise Wednesday. Crosby, shows, F. B W ¢, Gen. —Star Photo. TRADE PACT PLAN WINS IN BELGIUM Continuance of Negotiations With France, Holland and England Approved. By the Assopiated Press BRUSSELS, December 11—The Chamber of Deputies has authorized the government to continue negotia- | tions with France, Holland and Eng- land for the purpose of arriving at an economic understanding and enlarging | common markets, The Chamber's action was a defeat | for the Soclalists, who had urged that negotiations be aimed specifically at | economic' “union involving Belgium, | Prance and Holland Liberals and Catholics combined to defeat this project. The Chamber's vote was construed as an expression of confidence in the government. No an- nouncement was made of the vote tally. | Earller in the week Paul Hymans, ! Belgium's forelgn minister, was in Lon- don conferring with British offictals about tariff barriers erected against the Belgian goods by the new British anti- | dumping laws | It was sald at that time that M. | Hymans opposed economic union of | Belgium with France and Holland be- | cause he believed the two small nations would be submerged in such an ar- rangement. It was understood that the Belgian foreign minister was unsuccessful in | achieving any agreement to lower the British tariffs. Reports were the Lon- don government would not consider even tentative negotiations until after the imperial economic conference sched- uled for next July. { | 'GERMAN DECREE HITS AMERICAN INVESTORS | Reduction of Interest Rates to Affect Those Whé Bought { Bonds, | \ By the Associated Press. | BERLIN, December 11.—American | holders of certain German bonds may feel the effects of Chancellor Bruen- |ing's latest emergency decree, which, | among other things, reduces interast rates by as much ‘as 25 per cent, effective January 1 | It has been a financial practice for vears to float huge bonds issued in the United States and to lend the pro- ceeds at considerably higher mr‘ against German real estate and far mortgages. Under the decree, interest |Tates up.to 8 per cent are reduced 2 per cent and rates over 8 per cent are cut by 25 per cent. Two_concerns, the Rentenbank and the Giro Centrale, which together floated more than $150,000,000 worth of bonds in the United States, are likely to be hit the hardest, Some “observers believe it will ‘be| necessary for the government to inter- vene. in certain cases, not. only to save {the profits but to, protect the institu- | | tlons; themselves. | g . — CENSURE VOTE 'LABOR IN BRITAIN FAILS Move to Discredit Government for Economic Policy Beaten by 439 to 44. { By the Associated Press LONDON, December 11,—A Labor op- position vote of censure against Prime | Minister MacDonald's government for | |its handling of economic questions was | defeated by a vote of 439 to 44 in the | House of Commons last night. The motion calling for the vote of censure arraigned the government for failure to take steps to “deal with the currency and .éxchange Situstion” and for not producing a plan to cope with the problems of unemployment and high rent. The result of the voting, which came after two days of debate, was a fore- gone conclusion, but the debate was made noteworthy by the prime minis- ter’s references to plans for an inter- natonal conference of nations to in- stigate causes of the world's economic | ills, Attempts also were tionist Conservatives fo force the goy- ernment into adoption of fron and steel tariffs, but these were warded off by Walter Runciman, ‘president of the Board of Trade. The House of Commons adjourned today to February 2, the motion provid- ing that the speaker may call an earlier session should the necessity arise By a vote of 218 to 22, a Labor motion setting the date for resumption at Jan- uary 4 was defeated. Several of the extreme Torles objected to so long an adjournment without & definite pro- nouncement of the government policies on outstanding issues, but they did not vote against the government's adjoyrn- ment motion. made by protec- Jacol?);' Sa.ves Life Of Dog in Traffic And Gets Bitten Delays Start of Third Bridge Session to Res- cue Mongrel. | duction of rep: IBERLIN CONSIDERS POLICY UNCHANGED More Importance Attached to Parley With Creditors as Result of Message. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 11.—America's policy with regard to war debts and reparations was not altered by Presi- dent Hoover's message t6 Congress yes- terday, officials at the foreign office said | today, but in view of the message the | German government attaches greater | importance than ever to the forthcom- | ing conference with the country's| creditors. | ‘The message was described by thel Aligemeine Zeitung, industrial organ, as of “the utmost significance to Ger-| many. | The message was prominently dis- played in all the German newspapers, but the Allegemeine Zeitung was the only one to comment editorially. “He admitted that a number of debtor nations are not in a position to meet payments in full” the newspaper said, pointing with satisfaction to pas- sages which it sald indicated lpecm]l regulations for those nations. The newspaper expressed the opinion | President Hoover was withholding con- crete proposals until the conclusion of the conference on reparations at Basel. It also expressed pleasure at President | Hoover's sharpness against those who | oppose & common-sense reduction of | armaments. The Boersen Courier, financial organ, carried its report of the message under | a headline reading “Hoover: No debt | The Natlonalist journal, Der Tag, sald: “Hoover against cancellation.” reductions, but exceptions provided for.” | HAILS HOOVER INITIATIVE. Paris Presumes He Proposes 10-Year Partial Debt Holiday, PARIS, December 11 (#).—President Hoover’s moratorium message to Con- gress was treated with the utmost im- portance at the French foreign office, but comment was declined until it had been discussed by the cabinet. Unofficial circles, on the presump- tion that Mr. Hoover was proposing a 10-year partial war debts moratorium, expressed the opinion that such a move would have an jmmense easing in- fluence on the international financial situation. | With Germany claiming she s crushed economically and unable to meet payments either on_reparations or private debts, it was belleved the Hoover initiative would be helpful in lightening the Nation's demands on | that country. Prarice has not asked the reduction of her debts to the United States, but has taken the position that any re- tions from Germany should entail an equivalent scaling down of war debt payments to the | | United States. ITALY APPLAUDS MESSAGE. Grandl Reports to Senate on His Visit | DEBT-PARLEY SIFTS QUESTION OF EXTRAVAGANCE IN GERMANY BaselCommittee Seeks to Determine if HELD U. S PANACEA _ Listed Liabilitie verted Int By the Associated Press. BASEL, Switzerland, December 11— Count . Schwerin von Krosigk, German budgetary expert, submitted to close guut today by members of the oung n_Advisory Committee ex- amini; Germany's capacity to pay reparations, in connection with his ex- position yesterday of his country’s budgetary difficulties. He replied to a flood of technical questions' regirding the reasons for the | budget deficits of the past few years, and it was expécted that this phiss of | the inquiry would be completed today It appeared likely that the general d! cussions to follow would disclose defi- nitely oppesed alignments of opinion. It appeared that the committee was trying to determine whether there was needless expenditure in Germany and whether any of the listed liabilities ;lll‘h! be converted into assets in the uture, Relief Measures Explained. ‘The chairman ruled out all questions relating to policy, asking the members to postpone such inquiries until later. Count von Krosigk yesterday ex- plained what th: Bruening government was doing to save the country, Although his explanation of the Ger- man budget failed to mention the effect of reparations on public finances in Germany, it was understood in unoffi- cial quarters that the budget, which now shows a deficit, was drawn with an idea that no reparations would be paid in 1931. “The last resources of the Reich have | S May Be Con- o Assets. been utilized,” tie count said. “Tt no longer is possible to reduce expenditures or to increase taxes. “The taxation yield is beginning to diminish. A fall in revenue by 1,800, 000,000 reichsmarks (about $400,000,- 000) is anticipated. It is hoped this will be recompensed by the new turn- over tax of 2 per cent. “But the 1932-1933 expenses will tend to Increase—largely because of the enormous interest (n the flicating dent. The fate of the budget depends on the economic situation and on the new emergency decree.” 5,000,000 Unemployed. In the course of a summary the German expert reiterated several times that a profound impression had been caused in Germany by the govern- ment's latest emergency measures, pro- mulgated to maintain the stability of the currency. e e of even a slight deficit ‘would more awkward for Germany than for any other country, he said, “because in the present state of the money market Germany wculd not be able to cover it by an issue of short- term treasury bonds.” Emergency decrees issued since the Summer of 1930 will have resulted in economies of 4,000,000,000 reichsmarks (about $1,000,000,000), the German said. He pointed out that 5,000,000 Ger- mans are unempl-yed, 30 per cent of them receiving the dole under the federal insurance laws. GANDH DECLARES LEAGLE 00 WEAK Says Council Lacks Sanc- tions to Enforce Decision | in Manchuria. | | By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, December 11.—Mahatma | Gandhi in making a farewell address yesterday said the League of Nations lacked the necessary sanctions to en- | force its decisions, as demonstrated by its efforts in the Manchurian con- | troversy. Speaking at a gathering organized by the Woman's International League for | Peace and Freedom, he suggested the League adopt his methods of non-vio- lence as a means of achieving its aims. Switzerland should be brave encugh to dispense with its army, he said, snd 99% Qmmeston: | thus give the world a real object Jesson | ROME, December 11 (#).—Italy last | in disarmament. He cited the cas» of | night welcomed the tenor of President | Belgium during the World War to show | Hoover's war debts message and gov- | ernment quarters digested eagerly the | first dispatches pertaining to it. | Some doubt was expressed as tol whether hi¢ words should be taken to extension of the ome-year{ moratorium, but it was pointed ‘out that | if such was his meaning Italy would | agree thereto as spontaneously as she did last July. "1t has been repeatedly said the Italian | government would not suggest cancella- | tion of war debts to the United States or | their postponement, but would gladly | follow any step taken in this direction | by America. Official Italy was inclined to regard | somewhat dubiously President Hoover's | statement—“Reparations are wholly a| European problem with which we have | no relation.” The belief here is that | debts and reparations are more or less | inexplicably related. Foreign Minister Dino Grandi deliv- ered his report on his Americen visit ' to the Senate yesterday to the accom- | paniment of an almost unprecedented display of enthusiasm and approval on | the part of Premier Mussolini. | The forelgn minister addressed the | Senate for 20 minutes and at his side stood the premier. At the conclusion of the speech Mussolini led the ap- plause. Grandi told the Senate that “one of the surest courses” for the rehabilita- | tion of the world is provided by the | efforts of American statesmen. He as- serted his deep confidence in those ef- forts and assured his hearers that Italy and tne United States could work to- | gether for the promotion of peace and prosperity. | In the diplomatic gallery was Alex- ander Kirk, American charge d’affaires, acting as the United States rzpresenta- tive, | The foreign minister emphasized the possibility and desirability of settling | the naval differences between France | and Italy. He called the Hoover mora- | torium the “first real act of interna- tional co-operation.” Relationships fostered during his American visit will be valuable, he said, “in laying the foundations for bene- ficial action by our respective govern- ments,” mean an —_— BORDER FLYING CURBED Mexico to Arrest Pilots Crossing | Boundary Without Permits. MEXICO CITY, December 11 (#).— All airplanes crossing the Mexican bor- | der without permission hereafter wili be detained and their pilots arrested, the minister of war notified military com- mapders in border states yesterday. Mexico has been frequently invaded recently, it was explained, not alone by fiyers pleasure trips, but by pilots en; in smuggling. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 11.—O ght to save a little dog from death. | For that reason others, the start of tne third session in the Lenz- | Jacoby, Culbertson contract bridge match was delayed. The dog bit the hand that fed him, so to speak, and Ossle went into the arena in the apart- ment of Mr. ind Mrs. Ely Culbertson with & business finger of the right hand liberally dosed with red ointment. Running into a traffic jam on the |avenue, Ossie spotted a little mongrel beneath the front wheels of an auto. He tore into the jam as if into a foot {ball scrimmage. When the rescue was accomplished, he committed the pup to the care of a policeman and hurried to ' his appointment. Further delay wa: among s caused by the ar- | rival of tokens and telegrams from well wishers. Friends of Sidney S, Lenz wired inquiring if any more Culbertson money was available. Mrs. William Dwight Gilbert of New York sent Mrs. Culbertson a wishbone. Another friend sent a rabbit's foot. Both were put in the handbag Mrs, Culbertson carried to the card table and care was taken "The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical—it to have had an account at this Bank For each $120 bor- rowed you agree to deposit $10 & month in an account, the pro- ceeds of which mey be used to cancel the note when due. Deposits may be madeona weekly, semi-monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. Morris Pl that neither should touch Lenz ar Jacoby lest they benefit by the luck, Another admirer sent a corsage of seven gardenias, and Mrs. Culbertson Under Supervision 1408 H Stre at no army could save a aation from invasion by stronger forces. ‘When asked from the audienc2 how workers could obtain justice without violence if capitalism resorted to force, he replied: | “If only labor will recognize that| Stray Shot Victim MRS. GRACE GUILIANO. YOUTH CONFESSES INWOMAN'S DEATH “| famine [ 8 capital is belpless without labor, iabor will then come into its own. We “““Shot Fif'ed at Str:et nght Blamed for West Orange, come under the hypnotic influence of capital ‘and thifk of it as the only N. J., Bath Room Fatality. ing on earth. This is a failacy. “When capital wants labor to say ‘yes," labor should roar ‘no,’ even though the workers should be obliged to bare | their chests to bullets and breathe poison gas. In the words of the Bible: oFou cannct save yoursell unless you Are brepared to lose yourself.': | —A boy of 16, shooting at a street light sone Mahatms sald good-by o his|and killing a woman Hstead, was calleq frant’ Rhwaln Rolland, todhy”and | 3tourt "Soday e amawe v oaet started for Rome on the' way back 10 | murger 3 OmBRY Erwin Flaster, high school student, If he is invited, members of dmitted last nightx‘he fired the shot party sia, he will vialt Pope Pius and | €%, (o € he fredl e shot premis Musslipl . On_Sundey, be|Suiliano, 28; WHIS s e mawar s leaves Rome for Brindisl, where he will| gty 40% 2 0 = embark for India, traveling by stecrage | ; and reaching Bombay December 28 | _Four other youths, who, with Flaster, C. OF EEXPANQON faced arraignment as material wit- OUTLINED ON RADIO nesses. The youths met every night in the attic of Vice President Wood Tells WMAL Audience Objectives in Five- Flaster's home. They prac- ticed firing from a window, with street Year Program, By the Associated Press. WEST ORANGE, N. J., December 11. lights and electric wires for targets. ‘They held their regular practice ses- sion Wednesday. A particularly bright street light was the object. Two had missed it and it was Flaster's turn. He fired. There was a crash of glass and screams of a woman. The bullet struck Mrs. Guiliano’s back. She died half an hour later. Flaster became apprehensive the next | day and took the rifle to the hcme of one of his friends, Edwin Shaller, 22, who took it apart and hid it in a closet. The five-year expansion program of the Washington Chaniber oxpcaghmerce‘ now in fts second year's stage, was out- | The four held as material witnesses Ined in a radio talk over Station arc Shaller, William Fieldman, 14, and WMAL last night by George A. G. his brother Charles, 16, and Robers Wood, vice president of the chamber. | Blair, 14. Blair and Charles Pieldman One of the outstanding phases of this | were not present when the shooting oc- program, Wood said, is to make the|curred, but were taken into custody needs of the Capital better known to |after they had admitted being with the Congress and to make Washington | three other youths last Sunday night, better known to America. rage. when they fired into a nearb; ‘“The Washington Chamber of Com- z o merce believes strongly that the busi- ness groups of Washington should band together to advertise the advantages of this city,” Wood said, “and the chamber has offered a definite vehicle for ac- complishing this in the five-year pro- gram.” Although Washington has no vote, Wood said he believed the ‘Washington people “and its fine and alert news- | papers” take a much more lnt?lllcent‘ Interest in their Government than is the case in many other American cities, | “As a matter of fact those who are | {amillar with municipal governments | will readily assert that Washington is outstanding in- its municipal opera- tions,” ke said. S $50 Diam: in our o Michigan has increased its alfalfa crop 800 per cent since 1919, is not necessary to borrow. Loens are passed on within a day or two after filing application ~withfew exceptions. “MORRIS PLAN notes PEE NS are Usually made for 1 year, though they may be for any petiod oftrom 3 to 12 months. an Bank U. S, Trsasury X SPIRITUAL REVIVAL ‘Poverty, Despite Abundance, Is Caused by Greed, Assyrian Says. Out of the Orient, from a land where the spiritual and the supernatural still supersede 1l things material, there comes & new theory about this so- called “depression”—a theory advanced by a learned traveler from the East, whose people, back in Mesopotamia, | have never known a national calamity | marked by overabusicance of wheat |and cotton and the necessities of life The theorist, George Lamsa, author, leeturer and traveler from Nineveh, capital of the ancient Empire of As- syria, looking at the United States today | through an Easterner's eyes, sees no “di resisllan" her!.l P “ft spiritual bankruptcy from which you suffer,” he says. Sees Will of God. Lamsa sees behind all this economic strife nothing but the will of God exert- ing itself to “call back a people that went too far from His fold.” In all the history of this young nation, Lamsa says, America has never been dis- tressed as it is today, and it is all be- i cause of the greed, and lust for indi- vidual wealth that has marked its growth, accompanied by an ever-in- creasing decline in religion. “The cure for these ills does not le ‘in stocks and- bond: the Easterner maintains. “A lack of confidence in the teachings of Christ brought on the depression; religion and repentance is the only panacea.” Lamsa believes a day or a week of national prayer, joined in by all creeds and races, would be & key with which to unlock the spiritual forces that have been brought to bear against the wel- fare of this young Nation. ‘“The peo- ple who clalm to represent religion should lead the way,” he says, “and I believe a period of fasting and prayer all over the country would have a mighty psychological effect on the peo- ple that would have the result of bring- Ing about a return of prosperity,” Depression Is Unknown. | Lamsa's country is 80 per cent re- | liglous, and the social conditions there have not changed to any great extent since the days of Christ. They have no word there that corresponds to “de- pression,” he says, and the only real strife they know is when drought or hordes of locusts destroy the crops and strikes. And when such things occur the people pray, repent and fast. Those who have money and food give to those who have none and the generosity and hospitality that has been characteristic of this anclent |land for 6,000 years still prevails. But as for hunger and starvation | when food exists in abundance,” he |comments, “my country knows of no such condition.” RILEY PROSECUTION DELAYED TWO DAYS Brutality Case Is Continued Until Wednesday at Counsel’s Request. Opposing counsel agreed toddy upon | & continuance from Monday until Wed- | nesday in the opening of the trial of | Mr. and Mrs. Harry N. Riley, charged with = cruelty to Riley's 13-year-old daughter Edith. The fcstpunment probably will be approved by Justice %:mex M. Proctor of District Supreme ourt. s The delay was granted by Willlam H, Collins, an’ assistant United States at- torney, at the request of Harold R Stephenson, an associate of Bertrand Emerson, jr., counsel for the Rileys. Mr. Emerson originally represented the defendants, but will not take an active part in the trial because of a fractured Jaw suffered night before last m o friendly scuffie. Mr. Stephenson desired that the case be deferred in order that he ht be come more famillar with the defense. CUBAN ENVOY TO GIVE LECTURE ON ROMAN LAW A lecture on “The Relations Be- tween Public and Private Roman Law Before Justinian” will be delivered at Catholic University :h;u law of onight by Dr. Orestes Ouban Ambassador and professor of publie Jaw at_the Univen::i of Havana, The lecture will be the second fn e annual series presented at various law schools here under auspices of the Ric- cobono Seminar of Roman Law. 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