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T A4 ek THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1932. MRS. JUDD CALLED T0 MURDER TRIAL Selection of Jurors in First of Dual Slaying Cases May Take Two Days. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, January 19.—Mrs Winnie Ruth Judd was called into Su- perior Court today to answer a charge that she murdered her two former “best friends,” Agnes Anne Le Roi and Hed- | vig_Samuelson. H Superior Judge Howard Speakman will preside over the fight of the slen- der, auburn-haired woman to escape the’ gallows. Panel of 85 Men Called. A panel of 85 jurors was summoned Court attaches and attorneys estimated it would take at least two days to se- lect the jury, for which only men are eligible. Mrs. Judd, the wife of Dr. W. C.§ Judd, Los Angeles physician, in the present trial faces prosecution only for the slaying of Mrs. Le Roi. Should she escape the death penalty the State will try her later on a charge of having killed Miss Samuelson 60 Witnesses Summoned. The 27-year-old defendant was vis- ited by her elderly parents, Rev. and Mrs. Harvey Joy McKinnel of Darling- ton, Ind., in her cell on the eve of the trinl. They will be at her side during the trial. Dr. Judd also has remained loyal to his wife, More than 60 witnesses have been summoned. They include Los Angeles City detectives who will tell of finding the bodies of Mrs. Le Roi and Miss | Samuelson in trunks in Los Angeles; Arizona deputy sheriffs, who investi- gated the slayings in Phoenix, and psychiatrists, who will testify as to Mrs. Judd's sanity CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Petworth Citizens' Associa- tion, Petworth School, Eighth and Bhepherd streets, 8 p.m. Meeting, Business Women's Council, Church of the Covenant, 8 p.m Meeting, Columbia Historical Soclety, Cosmos Club, 8:15 p.m Card party, Ladies of Charity, 2300 K street, 8:30 pm Rehearsal, Rubinstein Club, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Chanwas Club, Willard Hotel, %7:30 p.m. Card party, Chapter House Corpora- tion. D. A. R., Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Committee meeting, Ladies’ American Ceramic Soclety, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Dinner meeting, Georgetown Clinical Society, Hamilton Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Meeting, Gold Star Mothers, Hamil- ton Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party, Ways and Means Com- mittee, Harmony Chapter, No. 40, 3310 Fourteenth street, 8 p.m. Dinner, American Marketing Society, University Club, 6 p.m. Joint meeting, Phi Beta Kappa and | Sigma Xi, University Club, 8 p.m Card party, Mothers' Club, St. James’ Catholic Church, Thirty-seventh street and Rhode Island avenue, 8 p.m. Bingo party, Nativity P. T. A. Na- tivity Auditorium, 6000 Georgia avenue, 8 pm. Meeting, D. C. Bar Association, May- flower Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Trinity College Alumnae Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.;m y Dinner, vestrymen of Grace Episcopal | Church, Ninth and D streets south- | west, 4:30 to 7 p.m Dinner, Craftmens' Club, Raleigh | Hotel, 6 pm Concert, Washingt ent Band. Eastern High Sch torium, 8 p.m. Lecture, Stoddard King| munity Center, Central 8:15 pm ‘ Book review hour. Women's City | Club, 736 Jackson place, 4:45 p.m. Jewish Com- ert Hol- on Boys' Independ- ool Audi- | Central Com- High School, Meeting, Round Table munity Center, 8:45 pm. Herb lander, guest speaker rict of Columbia Coun- | of America. United of Commerce. 4:45 Meeting, Dis cll, Boy_ Scouts | lacquer. Crowd Seeks Glimpse of Mrs. F ortéscue OLICE and naval shore patrols res following the arrest of Licut. Thao men in the Navy. The four were accused of assaulting Mrs. Massie. Massie HAWAIAN LEADERS DENY RACIAL STRIFE Control of Legal Machinery the Real Problem, Says Educator. John Phillips Marquand, ~magazine writer and author of several books, who is now in Honolulu. presents here the second of three dispatches on conditions city. giving various viewpoints responsibility for those condi- in that on the tions BY JOHN PHILLIPS MARQUAND. HONOLULU, January 19 (N.AN.A).— When a stranger on these shores strives to gain enlightenment concerning Honolulu's present situation, he soon becomes aware that he is an off- islander. A clannish stery, & courte- ous wall of silence and reserve, lies be- | tween him and the old-time residents. | The descendants of the missionaries, however hospitable, keep him at a watchful distance when it comes to 1sland talk. But when the stranger walks north of Nuuanu street, that distance becomes reater. There is the subtle mystery of the Orient in it. There is the smil- ing, indomitable courtesy of Japan.| There is a veneer as concealing as Your Japanese and Chinese | resents criticism from the mainland as keenly as a Californian resents criticism of his climate As for the native Hawaiian, he is like any politician under fire—and he is a born politician. His answer is silence. Few influential men of any race, few | government officials, are anxious now o be either frank or intcresting. The following interviews show it. but they also show certain viewpoints charac- teristic of the Honoluluans since the incapacity of their police, the ineffec- tiveness of their law enforcement and of elected officals have been ecaled. Race Problem Denied. C. K. Al is a Christian Chinese who has been on these islands for more than 40 years. His business capacity and his ethics are held in the highest Yespect by States Chamber pm Meeting. Carroll Council. K. of C.. | Knights of Columbus Hall, 8 p.m. As-| sistant United States District Attorney | John R. Fitzpatrie speaker. | FUTURE Lions Club. 1pm Luncheon, Mayflower Hotel, tomorrow Dance, auspices of West Virginia employmen®, Relief Committee ton Hotel, January 26, 8 pr Luncheon, Optimist Club, Ham:l Hotel, tomor; Luncheon Willard Hotel Luncheon Community morrow, 12:45 | Luncheon, Uniy University Club. tomol Luncheon, Delta sity Club. tomorrow Luncheon, Exchange Club, Cariton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m Luncheon, Advertising Club, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m | Luncheon, Zonta Club, Raleigh Hotel tomorrow, 12:30 p.m Wine f()(:k Owner Limited by Court To Quaff a Week Ex-Wife Says He Stayed in Cellar Too Long, So Judge Shortens Visits. 1 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. January 19.—William F. | Wright, by the order of the court, may | hereafter quaff from his 200 gallons of six-year-old wine once & week—just once ! It's the same wine that figured in the | Wright divorce decree last April. when | Wright was given access to the cellar | and his former wife was enjoined from | tasting the beverage whenrsir she went | to the cellar for ¢ zimss of jelly Judge Joreph Sabath at that time | ruled that sinee, under the prohibition | law. the wine could not go to Wright, | Wright might go to the wine. Wright appeared before the judge yesterday, complaining that the former Mrs. Wright had forbidden him the use of her cellar and praying for & itation for contempt of court against r. “He came early and stayed late,” she | explained tersely. ‘The divorce decree was amended—to read that Wright's wine visiting hours hereaftlp shall be only from 1§ a.m. to 4 pm., Saturdays. |x | oth + same same | after all s own race and by white executives e is president of the City Mill Co. and of the chamber of commerce. is,” Al says, “no race prob- We are all friendly to each here is much intermarriage races £ h a case as the (the Massie case) is very pens only once t is a difficult crime to prove have been much exagger- H a member “There lem hi among th ated.” Dr Daj Yen Cha ed is a graduz den mer He ne races we feel e-born’ Hawalian Police De- of police- not been retired alert type, with an eighth grade cdu We Children education ng to the public grow away from their rent, arc taught to want very b clothes 2nd s musements, and they not buy {®eri Danger Seen in Trial. there 1 ime here uch hysteria, itions are very much worse on the mainland There has been no race trouble here but the prospect of a murder trial lik this one, resulting {from the shooting of Kahahawai, has elements of great danger, no matter what the verdict.” The viewpoint of the Japanese, by far the largest race group. is much the That of Dr. Harada. professor of Japanese history and institutions a the University of Hawali and a grad- uate of Yale, represents the educated element “I think it is unfortunate Harada said, “that the situation re d so much attention. There lack of law enforcement ally by the police force. There has been no friction between c ns and military people until this although m: soidiers and sailors done 10 things. I think the mainland people have dr&wn on imagination, and that many anti-Japancse papers have taken advantage of the situation Here is the opinion of Yasutaro Soga president and editor of the Nippujiji a conserv ancse newspaper of this city: “Thae recent unfortunate happenings here, however grave they may be, wore merely local “affairs. ' They | were much misrepresented and exag- serated on the mainland, chiefly through rather hysterical reports sent by local naval people. Of course, it cannct be denied that there have becn lavity of law enforcement and signs of ineffi- | riency on the part of police authorities, here as anywhere else. Still, we are confident that these conditions can be remedied by our own citizens. We welcome any fair investi- | problem school They t can- have ar ““Wher there is Dr has is a it aining a crowd of curious persol ymas H. Massic, his mother- Mrs taken into custody and charged with the s from approaching Honolulu's police station anville Fortescue, and two enlisted g of an Hawaiian native who was G ¥ Below are police pictures of E. J. Lord, enlisted man; Mrs. Fortescue and Lieut. TERITORIAL MASOR RoOSS | SUMMONS A. P. Photo. Pourcg COMMANDING To whahawar . Joc HIS fake warrant. with only two lines at the top and the gold seal at the bottom visible, was shown to Joseph Kahahawai and induced him to go to the automobile in front of the judiciary building in Honolulu and later his death. to gation by any group because we firmly believe that it will disclose that the un- fortunate affairs were nothing but spo- adic occurrences that may be expected to come up in any community, and that they were not the result ot racial feel- ings, as some have expressed them- selves.” Rev. Akaiki Akana is pastor of the 0ld Coral Stone Church, built here in the early forties during the heydey of | New England missionaries. The service | is still conducted in the Hawalian tongue. The pastor is the spokesman of a large Hawaiian group and his opin- reflects the old missionary point of | view | 1 think the Hawaiians,” he said, “are | absolutely capable of governing our | situation, hence I have regretted the | possibility of intervention from Wash- | ington Not enough credit has been given our police for wr done, There is now a defini termined effort to stop her on women “What has happened here is nothing to wkat is taking place on the mainland today. Hawaiian women have suffered at the hands of forcigners throughout history. Liquor was forced on them at the mouth of French cannon. And yet the attitude of the Hawailans toward the whites has been one of unqualified friendship and good will since the days of Capt. Cook |to d Share Wild Parties. gang here of different There in by Motion | “The so-called hoodlum is made up of individuals nationalities, including wh have been wild parties sha Hawailans and whites alike pictures are exhibited appealing to sex White women wilk on the stree of Waikiki in scant bathing suits. Should the Hawaiian be blamed for lax habits imported from the mainland? “We have enough strong men and enough ability to do our own house- cleaning.” These statements from the racial groups are indicative of the attitude here today. The belief persists among whites as well that conditions are worse in_mainland cities solation of these islands and injured pride, the average here does not understand that inst women are not tolerated ontinent. He does not, real y, however corrupt its poli- tics, permits its underworld to wander unmolested in respectable neighbor- | hoods, insulting women He does not reaiize that such things are neither compromised nor condoned upon the mainland, and that detection | and swift punishment of crimes #uch as | the Ala Moana assault are swift and certain. A stranger here is confronted by the spectacle of a city bewildered by half- organized groups of street loafers tol- | erated by the lenience and incompetence | of officials. Though morals, religion and | education ay be at the bottom of this disturbance, the main difficulty is timid- | ity and a simple lack of exegutive abil- | Ity. Hitherto sentiment and tolerance d that no c —A. P. Photo. seem to have combined to blind many Honoluluans to the elemental state of their problems. There is every reason why naval authorities should express impatience, for Honolulu and Hawaif must face the task of producing officials to manage ordinary law enforcement, or these must be imported. Control, it scems to the writer, is the main diffi- culty here. (Copyright 1932, Norsh American LIEUTENANT JOINS NMASSIE DEFENSE IN HAWAII SLAYING (Continued From First Page.) tary of the Territory, was one of the We flare up like the explosion of a | volcano and demand la reform,” said Col. Iaukea, like a volcaro, we go back to slumber.” 350 Attend Meeting. The meecting, attended by about persons, was the second Kahahawal, accused of assault, was shot h Public dance halls and motion pic- tures came under the fire of speakers, who asked that they be given closer supervision With a rigorous five-point program, the Hawaian Legislature moved rapid- Iy to reorganize law enforcement agen- cles, The are 1. Create a pointive by the Governor appoint the chief of police Ma the public prosecutor a member of the attorney general’s staff, to be appointed by the attorney gen- eral with the Governor’s approval. 3. Provide death as the maximum penalty for assaults upon women 4. Confer emergency police powers on the Governor and place activities of the territorial high sheriff under- his control. 5 on th to bra and order and points in the reform program police commis: whic sion, ap- would nishment for loitering a measure designed up Honolulu's gangs New High Sheriff Named. The Territorial Senate must act on the nomination by Gov. Judd of Maj Gordon C. Ross of the Hawaii National Guard to succeed John C. Lane as ter- ritorfal high sheriff and warden of Oahu Prison. Lane resigned Saturday The grand jury was to be called into special session today, although City and | County Attorney James F. Gilliland did not expect to present until Thursday e against the Americans accused i °ph Keahahawai. They are Mrs. Granville R. Fortescue, society leader of New York and Wash- ington: Lieut. Thomas Massie, U. 8. N., her son-in-law, and two naval enlisted men. “and then, | ce Joseph | IPARIS STANDS PAT ON REPARATIONS Laval Says Cut Hinges on| Corresponding Slash in War Debts. By the Associated Press. PARIS. January 19.—Premier Laval, introducing his new cabinet to the Chamber of Deputies today, said flatly | that Prance will not forego her right to reparations from German “France faces a double duty,” he said, “the duty toward the generation which went through the war, to sacrifice noth- ing of what is due us without a cor- responding remission of our own debts, and the duty to future generations, to subordinate all agreements to a just balance between conditions of produc- tion and existence. Will Adhere to Principles. “That balance would be disturbed if, once the crisis is passed, the dispropor- tion of fiscal charges curbing the ac- tivity of the people should piace us in a state of inferiority in international | competition “In all the negotiations which must be pursued to adapt the agreements on war debts to this period of economic depression, the government will adhere | strictly to these fundamental principles | which' the Parliament always has ap- | proved. “The position of France is not as un- | troubled as it is said to be abroad. Al- ready the government has had to step | jn with aid for the domestic market ‘And the government will continue to| take measures to relieve our industries, | commerce and agriculture, always with | an eye to the problems created by un- | employment.” Cheers Given Briand. His remarks were frequently inter- | rupted by shouts from the parties of | the Left of “Hurrah for Briand!” M. Briand, whose status in the new cabinet has not yet been determined, did not appear in the chamber. Turning to disarmament, the premier asserted the French policy, “the same as that for the past 12 vears,” was de- fined in the memorandum of last July to the League of Nations which made security the basis for disarmament by France. France cannot give up any of the reparations duc her unless there is an equivalent reduction in the war debts she owes, Fernand Bouisson, president of the Chamber, declared “I feel that 1 may affirm that our country cannot abandon credits due her without a guarantee of equivalent I reduction in our debts” he said. “France never has ceased to show her desire for peace, manifesting 1t by col- laboration with international institu- | tions, particularly with the League of Nations: by creation of the European | Union and by eclaboration of the pact | renouncing War. Says Distress Is Increasing. “But because we are animated by & spirit of conciliation and although we | | to conference today with a conciliatory | are open to all the adjustments dic- tated by necessity, we cannot permit | that solemnly registered agreements be | | denounced by the decision of a single | signatory.” The Young plan, he said, was a defi- | nite settlement of reparations. estab- lishing the real connection between what France should receive and what she should pay her creditors. M. Bouisson also touched upon un-| employment in Prance, asserting that it was “increasing. with all the misery | connected with it.” | France Sounds Out U. S. ! The government mulled over a plan | to postpone the Lausanne Conference until after elections, which are due in| France, the United States and Ger- many in the course of this year. ! The proposal included extension of the moratorium on German repara- | tions possibly until the end of the year and a concurrent extension of defer- ment of war debts due the United| States Premicr Pierre Laval sought the view of the United States Government on| the matter through Ambassador Walter | E. Edge. He told Ambassador Edge it would be difficult for him to go before | the French Parliament with a sugges- tion for an extension of the moratorium to Germany, originally proposed by President Hoover, without knowing | what the atitude of the United States | would be. Semi-Official Note Issued. At midnight last night a semi-official note was issued here giving the coming | elections as the reasons for the pro- | posal to postpone the Lausanne ccnfer- | ence. The note was issued after Premier | Laval had conferred with Dr. Leopold von Hoesch, German Ambassador. “The opinion is becoming more gen- eral in the international sphere,” the note said, “that it is impossible now to arrive at a detailed and definitive solu- tion of the problems of reparations and | war debts. Would Make Joint Plea. “It seems now agreed in Paris and London to renew purely and simp'y for the (German) Reich the Hoover mora- | terium, which expires on July 1, and which 'would be prolonged under the| same conditions for six months or a year. ‘At the same time the European debtors of the United States, who are also creditors of Germany, would make a common declaraticn asking the Amer- ican Government to give them the same treatment as a condition of and during the new moratorium accorded Ger- many.” VENIZELOS GOING TO ROME. | Premier of Greece to Discuss Debts Question With Mussolini. ATHENS, January 19 (#).—Premier | Venizelos will leave tonight for Rome to discuss war debts and reparations | with Premier Mussolini in view of the coming conference at Lausanne. From there he will go to Paris for further | | discussion of the same problem A possible temporary suspension of | the sinking fund of the Greek national | debt, subject to the consent of the| | Commission of International Control | and the Financial Committec of the | League of Nations is also to be men- | | tioned, it was stated, with Greece guar- anteeing regular payment of the inter- est thereon. GERMANY AGAINST DELAY. Any Plan to Postpone Conference ' “Absolutely Unacceptable.” BERLIN, January 19 (#).—Any plan ! to postpone the reparations conference at Lausanne will be “absolutely unac- ceptable” to Germany, it was stated in government circles today. Germany might not object to post- | ponement for a few days, it was said, in case Premier Laval does not com plete his work with the French Cham- Iber of Deputies, but that would be all Besides, a government spokesman said, Germany must be given a voice in any plan to extend the reparations mora forium, such as that reported from Paris, of which no official notification has been received here. In government circles it was insisted | the reported Franco-British plan is contradictory to the report o: the Wig- gin Bankers’ Committee last August and the Basel report of September, both of which emphasized the necessity for quick action. Further delay, it was said, would bring dire consequences, not only to Germany, but to the whole world. EARLY DECISION EXPECTED. ‘r | LONDON, January 19 (#)—Great Britain has not been cially informed of Premier Lavals on in_seeking information for France regarding the | partment of Commerce recently vacated | mission, | there | this plan were interpreted here as in-| DAWES HEADS FINANCE | BOARD AS STIMSON IS ORDERED TO,GENEVA (Continued From First Page.) ment talking with Mr. Stimson when the presidential announcement came. He met newspaper men in the Secre- tary’s reception room, striding out with his' famous undersiung pipe clenched | between his teeth, and ssopped at the | head of the large table. Pounding the table with his right hand he said “Now, this is going to be brief. I do not_consider this a talking job. “When one is beginning important work it is not the time to talk about it and when we have accomplished the Job it is not necessary. have to say and that's enough.” Heturned and strode back into the | Secretary's office, vigorously slamming the door behind him before his listen- ers had time to ask a single question. | Bill Sent to Conference. ‘The House sent the reconstruction bill gesture toward the Senate. By a vote of 183 to 157 the House instructed its conferees to accept a Sen-l ate amendment to limit loans to any one concern to $100,000,000. Immediately afterward the conferees from the two houses assembled to seek an agreement upon three principal re- maining points of difference. One of these was a House provision, stricken out by the Senate, to allo paper of the corporation to be redi counted by Federal Resorve banks. Another House section, also erased by he Senate, would allow the corporation | to lend money to bona fide financial | institutions. The third is what and how aid is to | be extended to farmers from the measure. Senators Favor Switch. Dawes is popular in the Senate, where he presided for four years as| Vice President. First reactions to his selection expressed themselves in praise It regarded as a move also by Presider:t Hoover to give consideration Lo the Western interests. Some oppo- nents of the Reconstruction Corpora- tion have assailed it as a “Wall street” proposition. Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyl- vania, lauded the selection of Dawes as well as the choice of Secretary Stim- son to go to Geneva. Reed served with Stimson at the London Naval Con- ference. “Gen. Dawes is admirably equipped for his new job.” said Reed. “I heart- ily approve of it.” HOME FOR BOARD SOUGHT. Three Buildings Considered to Quarter Finance Corporation. Officials of the Office of Public Build- | ings and Public Parks and the Public Buildings Commission are busying them- selves with finding a home for the pro- posed new finance reconstruction cor- poration. Three buildings are under con- sideration—the Hurley-Wright Building, Eighteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue: the old Department of Com- | merce Building, a block to the west- ward, and the Architects’ Building, at | 1800 E street. Preliminary negotiations for housing the corporation are being carried for- ward by Federal Reserve officials here. A definite decision is anticipated with- in a day or two. The Lighthouse Service of the De? the Hurley-Wright Building and the old Department of Commerce is now entirely empty. The Architects Build-°| ing, recently acquired by the Federal Government, has additional space available for the new group. There has been some talk of moving parts of the Interstate Commerce Com- | which occupies the Hurley- Wright Building, into the old Com- merce Building, but a definite decision on another house-moving for Uncle Sam awaits formation of a program that will last through the coming year. It is considered possible that either the Department of Commerce, which | invclves an annual rental of $150,000, or the Hurley-Wright Building, which entafls an annual rental of $75,000, may be returned to the owner. LAVAL'S DEBT PLEA TO U. S. HELD FUTILE Settlement of Troubles Mus Sought in Europe, Is View Here. t Be! By the Associated Press. U.S. SEEN AS ARMS PARLEY MEDIATOR Declared to Have Little to Offer in Exchange for Re- ductions Abroad. _(Continued From First Page) while having next to nothing to offer Thats all 1}in the matter of reduction of the United | States Army, and only little as far as the Americah Navy is concerned, will have to act as a go-between for the an- tagonistic powers. Because our position | of being a fiist class power, without an | Shore farme Army and with a comparative small Navy, the administration hopes that our delegates will be able to render clashes between suspicious nations less violent. In other words, our delegation will act as shock absorbers of the Geneva con- ference. Reduction Unlikely Now. In order to avoid any serious disap- pointment regarding the possible results of the conference, it must be borne in mind that there can be no disarma- ment at Geneva this year: the most we can hope for is a reduction of arma- { ments, and the only probable result will be a limitation. If only the latter is achieved, it would mean a tremendous step toward international amity. For hoped for, is an agreement to limit the armed forces of the world to about their present levels Economic depression, which prevails in most European countries more than in the United Sf s’ is one of the main reasons why the administration belleves the powers will come to a de- cision to reduce substantially their mili- tary expenditure. It is inconceivable in ‘the opinion of our economists and international experts, that they should continue to spend tremendous amounts for armies and navies when their popu- lation is suffering hardships which in many cases may lead to serious internal troubles. Our experts have, of course, a good deal of logic in their summing up of the world situation. But sometimes na- tions don't act logically when they think their national interests are at stake. Vital Political Questions. One must always bear in mind that the principal actors of the drama which is going to develop on the shores of Lake Geneva are the European na- tions There are a number of vital po- litical questions which must be solved before the necessary confidence of those it will be only after that confidence is established that we can talk about dis- | armament or a substantial reduction of armaments. Realizing this capital handicap to the solution of the arms problem, the American Government, through Secre- tary Henry L. Stimson, has done all s in its power to get “pairs of nations” to discuss their various prob- lems with one another. The French, the British, the Italian and the German leaders have been Vis iting and talking confidentially with one another since last August. M. | Lava) and Signor Grandi have been in- vited to the United States to discuss the problems of Europe in the light of what could be done to resume a normal life in that section of the world. The results of these private conver- sations have yielded much less than was expected of them. They have cleared- the atmosphere, inasmuch as they have plainly indicated to leaders isting misundersiandings cannot he solved except by drastic methods, These private conferences in Paris, London, Berlin and Rome have not helped in any way the political prep- the relations betweer France, Germany and Italy are as strained as they were a few months ago. Retain Old Stands. its guns. The Germans want a reduc- tion of armaments to bring the other Faropean nations to the German level the French want no reduction of their present status unless they are given an adequate security pact. the Italians want drastic_reductions which must be applied to all nations equally, and the British want to save money without. however, impairing their maritime The latest European overture for war debt postponement has found no en-' couragement in Washington. i The American Government is ex- pected to inform Premier Laval of | France, in response to his inquiry, that a settiement of the troubles now vexing European statesmen must be sought in Europe, not here. | There is no disposition to be blunt about it. nor to close the door entirely | to further American leniency. If the European nations themselves take such | steps as to restore confidence among| themselves, a plea for further debt | postponement. might find ~ sympathy here. Such a united effort by Great Britain, France and their sister powers across the Atlantic, however, must precede any | American offer of further relief At the time of the Hoover-Laval con- | ference here it was clearly understood on both sides that the initiative lay entirely in Europe and in this respect | has been no change whatever in the attitude of the American Gov- | ernment. German _rteparations and are regarded here as unrelated, nor| does the Government see any logic in the attempt to pool the interests| of those who owe the United States Perhaps one or more may be unable | to pay, but these are matters for in- dividual consideration, on which no| general commitment will be made in| advance Officials will not discuss the situa- tion, on the theory that the American position already is well known. war_debts | Quake Rocks Peru. LIMA, Peru, January 19 (#).—On the heels of a heavy rain which ended a heat wave that had lasted several days, a strong earth-shock tumbled the in- habitants of this city out of bed last night, but did no serious damage. American attitude toward a proposal to extend the Hoover moratorium until some time toward the end of this yea: Reports from Paris that M. Lav had sounded out Ambassador Edge ol dicating an action prompted solely by the domestic political situation France. It was understood there had | been no discussion of the plan between | French and English representatives. | Throughout the preliminary conver- | sations regarding the Lausanne Confer- ence tentatively scheduled for January | 25 the British opinion has been that | no approach to Washington regarding | the possibility of extending the Hoover moratorium would be necessary. | The British view has been that after | the European powers had met at Lausanne and outlined their own pro- posals, then the European plan might be discussed with Washington. There is no criticism of Premier Laval | here for sounding out the United States ! on extension of the moratorium. All along the British government has been trying to accommodate its views on the | Lausanne meeting to those of France and Germany. Any postponement of the conference depends more on the French and German attitude than on the British, but a final decision W ex= pected tomorrow or Thursday. | riers and capital ships. down power. If the European powers were not at loggerheads, if their political troubles, | which are causing fear and suspicion, could be solved, the Geneva arms con- ference would yield results in less than two months. But it is the volitical rivalries aggravated by economic prob- lnr“.q which render the situation diffi- cu Under the circumstances, purely technical point of view, it is only natural. that each country should go to Geneva with the wish of obtaining results beneficial to its own particular interests. This is the great drawback of the Geneva meeting. Instea of having all the nations present working for the same international aim, they will be worki: ively for their own national Here is a summary of what the in- tentions of each countrv be in ac- cordance with indicati given by their respective leaders in the course of the last vear. Great Britain, while having only lit- tle interest in the military side of the conference, hopes to obtain the abolish- ment of submarines and a drastic re- duction of the world air forces and air- craft carriers. The reason for this is that France has a marked superiority over Britain in these classes of arma- ments. from the Parity Is Ttaly’s Aim. Italy is after parity with France in land forces and a substantial reduction of ‘France’s submarines, airplane car- She is little concerned about France's cruisers be- cause she has at present almost reached parity with that country in that type of ships Germany wants everybody brought to her level: failing that, she wants the right to have an army equal to that of any other European country France wants, in case she cannot ob- tain a watertight security pact. an army equal to combined forces of her neighbors (Germany and Italy) As far as her navy concerned, she wa her tonnage in light craft to be grouped together, because she is building large destrovers which have such a cruising Tadius and such an equipment that they would be considered by the other naval powers as light cruisers. She also wants to reduce the size of capital ships to 25,000 tons, becau such ships would tend to equalize any in | possible British menace and also neu- | tralize the German pocket battleship. Japan will take only a platonic inter- est in the guestion of limitation of land armies, She does mot bother® much about treaties in any case, at least as far as her national policy is concerned She hopes, however, fo obtan at Geneva a ratio which, in her mind. would create a parity with the United States in Asiatic waters. That is ‘to say, she wants the United States to have only such a number of figating units which at the end of a 5,000-mile ROUGH DRY = this reason all that can be rationally | powers in each other is established, and | of the European nations that the ex- | aration of the Geneva Conference and | Each of these nations is standing by | THREATS BY LEE HARGED AT TRIAL Witnesses Tell Jury He Vowed to “Get Even” With Four in Slain Family. TOWSON, Md., January 19 —Link by link, the State forged the chain of evi- { dence by which it hopes to send Euel Lee, colored, to the gallows for the mur- { der of a family of four white persons, s rial in the Baltimore County Court | House here entered the second day. While Lee has been indicted for the |slaying of Green K. Davis, Eastern Mrs. Davis and their two daughters, he is being tried for the kill- ing of Mr, Davis cnly Four witnesses, in & short session last ,night, told of complaints made by t !accused against family. One test threatened to year-old boy placed t vicinity of the Davis proximate With the sclection pleted, the trial w swiftly and court at case would be in th within three days. The court has ordered the jurors to remain in- the building until a verdict has been reached cping accom- modations for them have provided | The defense, it was u ood, was | prepared to present evidence placing {Lec a_considerable distance from the farm house at the time the murders | were committed |~ Apolice guard has been maintained for Lee and each morning he is moved here from the Baltimore City Jail, where he | had been detained since his arrest. The | gu lrd turns the prisoner to Baltimore {each t GET 180 DAYS IN JAIL Colored Boys Plead Guilty to Rob- bery Attempt. | > prisoner ir home at the a crime. of the jury 0 move g d the hands of the jury Pleading guilty to an attempt several days ago to break into a grocery store at 640 Second street northeast, two col- ored boys were sentenced to 180 days m jail by Police Court Judge Ralph Given yesterday { -, The boys gave their names as Clyde Ruffin, 17, of 401 A street northeast, and Earle Collins, 17, of 316 G street northegst. Th were arrested near | Union Station Sunday. i | trip from their West Coast base would ! have no greater fighting value than what Japan has close to her home base. SPANISH C:\BINET ACTS. Orders Delegates to Support All Dis- armament Projects. MADRID, January 19 (/.—The cabi- I net today ordered the Spanish delega- tion to the World Arms Conference at Geneva to support all disarmamert projects. FIN] D SEEKS RESULTS. Arms Delegation to Act in Accord With | Labor Demands. | HELSINGFORS. Finland, January 19 () —Premicr Sunila said today Fin- land’s representatives at the World Dis- armament Conference at Geneva will act entirely in accard with the demand cf 1,076 labor centers and 233 general citizens' meetings, that they do their utmost to secure a positive result and |an agreement leading to complete dis- armament. TARDIEU HEADS DELEGATION. | | — | Premier Laval Not Expected to Attend Conference. * | PARIS, January 19 (#).—Andre Tar- dieu, minister of war, today was named president of the French delegation to the Geneva Disarmament Conference. | Premier Pierre Laval was not named as ! a member of the delegation and prob- ably will not attend the conference | Senator Joseph Paul-Boncowr was | chosen vice president of the delegation. | Other delegates named were Deputy | Jean Fabry. vice president of the spe- | cial disarmament preparatory commis- i sion and president of the chamber | Army Committee: Charles Dumont, minsiter of marine; J. L. Dumesnil, | minister of air; Paul Reynaud, minis- | ter of colonies, and C. J. Gignoux, | undersecretary of state Technical advisers are to be desig- nated later. 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