Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1932, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, | CHIANG ISSUES CALL T0 COLORS Nanking Heads Decide on Declaration of War Against Japan. CHINA FIRST ISSUE AT ARMS PARLEY Concurrent Conference of Nine Powers at Geneva Rumored. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. (Continued From First Page) at Shanghal by a commission to be made up of representatives of all the | powers represented there. . Rapid gunfire was heard from Nan- tao, the walled Chinese city south of the French Concession. Heavy firing A, Switzerland, January 30.— Manchurian crisis promises to almost entirely the opening days of the General Disarmament Con- ference convening next Tuesday. Mcst of the American delegation to ‘The dominate LEAGUE LAUNCHES SHANGHAI INQUIRY; JAPAN IS UNMOVED (Continued From First Page.) no territorial designs, either in Man- churia or other parts of China. The action the Japsnese had taken, he| said, constituted only & legitimate pro- tection of Japanese rights. “If the council recognizes the right of protection of nationals” he said, “there is no reason to charge us with violation of Article X.” ‘The Council adjourned its sitting at 2:15 p.m. after four hours of discussion. It was to meet again for consideration of the Chinese problem at a date to be determined later It was learned that Sir Eric had sent an invitation to the United States to participate in the Shanghai inquiry. the disarmament parley arrived last night. Hugh S. Gibson, American Am- bassador to Belgium and disarmament pert, temporarily head of the group absence of Secretary of State Stimson, arrives Monday. { the Americans are nchurian meetings of gue of Nations Council as spec- notably Senator Claude A Virginia and Norman Davis e all the more interested as afoot that a nin r under the China treaty may Id here on the side in the near ) diplomats from the delegations. Thus the ght be represented by Swanson and Davis. in the Henry 1 Today attendir the Le tators son the Nine-Power Parley Suggested. The United efforts at co- ration with League thus far been entirely satisfactory he League’s or on the Amer- it is said, and in any case the state of American opinion is described as such that there is little likelihood of America’s attempting to renew this co-overation Yet ates the not either o ican side Chinese dealt with internationa Diplomatic exchanges without personal contacts been found frequently to lead to misunderstanding The League Coun- | be i have w that it is obliged to deal with | Sino-Japanese quarrel under Ar- XV of the covenant, will doubt- be sitting almost permanently ughout the Disarmament Confer- r all of these reasons it is sug- d in several quarters that a nine- ference also sitting here would the intricate problem n the League of Na- | ted States. The Chi- dly of this mind, hay possibly take such” a conference, was dis- Charles G and Dr. Alfred Sze, China’s for- gate, when former Am- r to London observed the League | cil's December sessions in Paris r the present the League seems to | to limit it on to the rapid | ion in Shang- 1 diplomats, which cil by cable cf the Only after this infor- been received and the | have presented in_writing will son betwe and the U seem to be then initiative ich, it cussed Dawe a no secret h by Gen len juridically n h the whole ques: tions in the backgr Sato Speech Lacks Firmness. with will tain together, | Japanese | e the 1l working haken ti the T icle XV g a and did not give tk has now an its lost | te a better atmos- for the Disarmament Confe but whether the Council memb: cize this opportunity is doubtful. | dency to put the entire | al powers, United States, | it is declared effeciive action s to the worst WILL SPEA.K ON IDEAL Dr. H. H. 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AVE. 3rd and N N.E.__Line. 6060 just now I > {ards they { i | pit | municipal nese area north of the International | Settlement. | Two French reserve battalions, sta- tioned at Tonkin since the disorders | at Shanghai in 1927, have been ordered | concession, the foreign office in Paris | said. | FOREIGNERS ASK TROOPS SHANGHAI, January 30 (#).—The Municipal Council was reliably reported tonight to have appealed for Amer- ican and British troops to protect the International ttlement. | 'The Council handed United States Consul General Cunningham, the senior | consul at Shanghai, a protest against | the activities of armed Japanese forces | within_the settlement, charging viola- tion of the neutrality of the area and asking Mr. Cunningham to bring the charge a view to forwarding the complaint to the respective governments concerned. It also was said the Council had appealed to the American and British consuls for reinforcements to be made available without delay. Members of the Council had come to the conclusion the set- tlement was in grave danger of at- tack by the Chinese because the Jap- anese are using it as a base of opera- | tions, unless many more American and British troops are hurried to Shanghai The nearest American forces are at Tientsin and Manila. British troops are at Hongkong. Hunt for Chinese Pressed. Shanghal is awaiting with grave ap- prehension unmistakable confirmation of reports from Nanking that the Na- tional government had decided to de- clare war on Japan Through the Northern portion of the International Settlement, stili clouded by the smoke which swept over the said maring plain-clothes reservists and owdy elements scourged the settlement in an orgy of lawlessness. Every man of them cari in his They foot through ed a pistol d, his finger on the trigger. swarmed through the streets on d in automobiles, dashing the winding alleys, searching corner for Chinese. ese marines on motor cycles with side cars swept the streets with machine-gun fire, and there were ga of Japanese civilians armed with clubs and base ball bats. This menacing mob mixed with thon- 1ds of Chinese refugees riding in staggering along afoot, aded toward quieter sections Break Down Shop Doors. By their own statem ng for snipe n hose actions but it was not appar nt the J: questior 1t by what s actions groups of Jap- were seen hustling through the with a lone Chinese captive, cr y wo or three, hurrymng them no one knew where, In many c: the into sheps buildings of any here they might find a Chines they got in by breaking down doors and usually they heat the unfortunate Chinese they found. Fre- quently they killed them As this_wave of lawlessness swept over the Chinese business district, all the shops were closed and planks were nailed across the shop fror Th were no lights inside and from the front the placcs looked deserted, but in each ore were dozens of frightened Chinese. The Japanese circulated reports that Chinese snipers were picking off Japa- residents in the quarter and that s imperative to root them out Repulsed at U. S. Hospital. gang. each member with a pistol his hand, tried to break into St Luke's Hospital, operated by the Amer- ican Episcopal Mission. They said | snipers were in the building, but hos- officials held them off and finally they left without getting in his wild disorder swept the few policemen to the sidelines but now and then one could be seen half hidden in a doorway, looking on helplessly. To neutral observers who watched, it | ne: it w | gisorder from sweeping into the Hong- | It was furth kew Chinese district and there general belief tha which took place in Chapei would be repeated in Hong In the center of this whirlpool stood one of Shanghai's leading hotels. Chapei itself was rapidly becoming unfit even for battle. It was a furnace with great columns of smoke rising | from the ruins of the ramshackle Chi- nesc houses. As darkness fell, the flames engulfed still more buildings and the was lurid for miles around. Foreign Zone Menaced. Refugees struggling into the settle- nt said at least a thousand buildings had been destroyed and the was a n already | fire was still spreading unchecked. Since a bomb from a Japanese plane started the first blaze Thursday night, efforts to check its advance have been impossible and the district tonight was an inferno roaring a serious threat to all of Shanghai Should the wind sweep the flames to | the south it was possible that a wall of fire half a mile long would advance upon the International Settlement and lit seemed unlikely that the settlement | fire department could combat it Those who live along the border of the settlement were evacuating their homes and taking refuge at points further removed from Chapei. U. S. Property Guarded. So menacing was_the situation in Hongkew that virtually all the foreign- ers living in that section started moving into the International Settlement to- | night. There were many Americans among them, As a_precautionary measure, 100 United States Marines threw a guard around the big plant of the Shanghai Power Co.. an American property, which cupplies electric light and power to all of the Internationa Settlement and much of the surrounding territory An American destroyer dropped her hook nearby in the Whangpo River to guard the power plant and properties of the Standard Oil Co. on the oppo- site bank g Meantime the American and British consuls wére doing all_they could to mediate between the Japanese naval command and the Chinese military leader. These two were to be brought together tomorrow with the two consuls, The Japanese forces were strength- ened during the afternoon by the ar- rival at Woosung of two more aircraft carriers, the Kaga and Hosho. At the same time the forces of the Interna- tional Settlement were strengthened by the arrival of the 1st Battalion of the British Wiltshire Regiment from Hong- kong, 800 strong. This brought the British forces now here to 2,800 men. Visits to the military posts along the border between the Chapei section and the settlements this afternoon revealed ROOF WORK— —of any nature promptly and capably per- formed by practical roofers. Call KOONS Zeonne 15450 % B, Company. District 0933, that the fighting had dwindled to in- termittent sniping between the Chinese and Japanese troops. Both were main- taining their former positions. also began again in the Chapei Chi- | | to stand by for movement to the French | before the consular body with | | they ruins of Chapei, hundreds of Japanese | Japanese burst the vicious fighting | WARNS OF NEW WORLD WAR. | Tokio Sees Grave Danger If Sanctions Are Put in Effect. TOKIO, January 30 (R)—A spokes- man for the Japanese war office said tonight the League of Nations Council “must bear a terrible responsibility if, through its action, a situation between China and Japan should develop” which would precipitate “a world con- flagration.” | His statement was made in reference !to the invocation of articles 10 and 15 | of the League covenant by W. W. Yen, Chinese spokesman at the League of Nations Council at Geneva. “There is no question of breaking diplomatic relations with China.” said the spokesman, “and Japan is not thinking of war with her neighbor.” 1t would be an international calamity, he said, if the League should consider seriously China’s objections to existing treaties. i “That would mean,” said he, “a slur upon these treaties, whose validity can- not be disputed and concerning which | the League sh-uld not consider skanders | by one nation against another. Such a gesture by the League would invite international anarchy. In short, the League covenant itself might lose its validity.” Materialization ©of two proposed League investigations might end in Ja- pan’s eventual withdrawal from the League, it was pointed out by an au- thoritative spokesman. Second Commission Provided. One inquiry into the Manchurian sit- uation is to be made by a commission of the League Council and another com- mission is provided for in Article XV | of the League covenant, which the Chi- nese have invoked Eventual retirement the League would be in line with a| | resolution adopted by the Seiyukai | (Government) party shortly b2fore Pre- mier Inukai, head of that party, came | into office. the spokesman revealed | The government is giving considera- | !tion to making a request that the | League Council Commission be di solved, since the Chinese have invoked | Article XV Japancse officials consider one inves- tigation sufficient, although a commis- | sion under Article XV would have more | power than the League investigators, who are preparing to start for Man- churia of Japan from | lowing U. 5. BATTLE FLEET SET FOR MANEUVER Will Leave San Pedro Base for Hawaii With Year’s Supplies. By the Associated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif, January 30.— The United States battle force will pull anchor here shortly after midnight Sunday for a cruise to Hawall “fully prepared for any contingency,” accord- ing to Admiral Richard H. Leigh, the commander. Leigh stated, however, that no changes in the cruise of the battle force of 65 vessels nor of the subsequent ma- neuvers of the entire United States Fleet. are expected as a result of the situation at Shanghali. During the past week, nine dread- naughts and two aircraft carriers of the battle force, aside from scores of auxiliary craft, have loaded food sup- plies valued at more than $1,000,000 and sufficient to last the squadron a year in emergency. “Plans for the 1932 maneuvers were laid out more than two years ago, <0 that the present Oriental situation has absolutely nothing to do with our op- erations.” Forty-five ships of the scouting force are being brought from the Atlantic Coast by Vice Admiral Arthur L. Wil- lard. They will join the battle force in maneuvers in March. EIGHT DESTROYERS READY. Naval Authorities Hold Four Sent to Shanghai Will Suffice. By the Associated Press MANILA, P. I. January 30.—The American_Asiatic Fleet is ready to re- lease elght more destroyers for the 1,034-mile dash to Shanghai should the conflict there between Japanese and Chinese forces endanger American lives and property. Four destroyers which left here yes- terday were expected to reach Shanghai tomorrow. Rear Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor's flagship Houston is under- going minor repairs, but could depart within 24 hours of notice Other destroyers, a dozen submarines and a small fleet of colliers, mine layers | and tenders were anchored at Cavite. | Naval authorities late today. how- ever, seemed inclined to doubt the | additional destroyers would be needed. | | “Navy on Even Keel” | “The Navy is on an_even keel” said | Comdr. Donald B. Beary, assistant chief of stafl to Admiral Taylor. He explained that supplies and ammuni- | tion were being taken on by the naval vessels to replenish stores used in ma- SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1932. %% A—3 REPORT ON MISSION INVASION 1S ASKED D O, Japanese Destroyer at Shanghai |Methodists Concerned Over. Safety of Missionaries in Shanghai. | By the Associated Press, NASHVILLE. Tenn. January 30.— | Alarmed by press dispatches from | Shanghai telling of Japanese soldiers | invading the Southern Methodist Mis- | slon and of a bomb being dropped on | church property, the church's Board cf | herself, NE of the Japanese destroyers on the Whangpoo River at Shanghai, China. This destroyer now is one of the many | | | Missions yesterday cabled its repres sentatives in China for detailed infor- mation. Telegrams also were sent the Stat. Department in Washington The Methodist Episcopal Churca South, which Las mission headquarters Japanese warships on the river bordering the International Settlement. This is also one of the boats which | Nere, started missionary work in China watched yesterday as fighting broke out between Japanese and Chinese troops on the border of the Settlem: Sp ite CHAPTER XXXIV. ETER CONSTANTINE had dis- covered that most things in this world had price. Certainly fur coats had a price when they were won by poorly paid cashiers in cheap dairy lunchrooms. Judy had taken this job under the name of Miss Denning. Peter Constantine was far | from suspecting the truth. Some wealthy “friend” who discreetly lin- gered in the background seemed logical explanation for the coat. Some friend with whom the girl had quarreled, per- haps—or who had tired of her This solution seemed borne out fur- ther when Judy appeared at work Monday morning looking unusually white and wretched. Judy had put in the night fighting strange new fears desperate planning—half hoping— fearing As with every young wife, the possibility had loomed large in_ the early days of her marriage. The mir- acle of birth—and a child with Stan’'s dark eyes, his willful winning ways. All very well, the frightened girl told when that child would come world amid the comfort and security of the Carter house in Lock- wood. But now! But now Fierce rebellion mounting in her. This was a into the neuvers Enlisted men and officers were given | their usual shore leaves. The t ns- | port Chaumont is due to sail Wedne day for Shanghai. but it will be fol-| a schedule arranged several | | "sir Charles Lindley, the British Am- 2 requested Foreign Min- istes Yoshizawa to instruct Read Admiral Shiosawa not to act in- | itly in the defense of the In-| ional Settlement at Shanghai. | Yoshizawa assured Sir Lindley | that the Japanese are working in close co-operation with the authorities of the powers concerncd. He described Japa- | I ction outside the settlement as ssive self-defense, as they attacked by Chinese regu- n had been lars.” HOOVER IS KEPT ADVISED OF SITUATION IN SHANGHAI CRISIS (Centinued From First Page.) Amba. . Secretary Stimson sum- Admiral Pratt the Secretary's office minute conference, into called Stanley K. Horn- of the department's Far ivision Ambassador Debuchi his conversation in a brief tatement e ascured Secretary Stimson.” he said, “th ban will scrupulously spect the of the Internation- | al Settlement at Shanghai, where the ! powers. including America, have vested | interests. { | | Sniping Blamed. | “I also told him the recent dispatch | | of Japanese forces to Chapei was made | in accordance with a previous arrange- | ment with municipal authorities | and foreign f Japanese consular | | as well as horities will fully | co-operate ir colleagues in the | | situation.” | | Later Japa sources said Shanghai | sed by Chinese snipers. | xplained that Japan | and that the fm'[‘ex'} landed at Shanghai were sailors. The Japenese embassy had no information | vet on reports that Japan will send reg- | troops to Shanghai As pyramiding accounts of horror at | Shanghai reached here, President | Hoover kept himself advised. | Overnight reports were carried to the | White House early by Undersecretary | Castle of the State Department. | Col. Richard S. Hooker, commanding the Marines in the suspense-ridden In- ternational Settlement, notified _his superiors that Japanese civilian volun- teers were burning buildings H> also reported that On after which Stims beck Eastern summari; informal | | i | th the val at with e has no “marines “agreement | and American consuls for a truce f: | t a viclous, all-night battle on | | the 29tk (Shanghai time). | Rear Admiral Williams, commander | of the Yangtse patrols, reported from Hankow that that area was quiet. The Chinese provincial governor at ' Hankow said he hid the bandit situa- tion well under control. 1In view of rumors of Communistic bands outside | the city. Williams advised the Japa- nese at Hankow were protecting their ! concession by adding barbed wire en- | | tanglements and sandbag machine gun | nests at strect interse-tions | Col. Hooker said persistent rumors | placed the Japanese dead in the | Chapei fighting at more than 100, with | the number of wounded in proportion. Especially did officials refrain from any formal expression on reports of the Nanking government planning to de- clare war. Serious Development, Privately it was said this represented the most serious development yet. One | highly-placed executive commented ! such action would be like giving Japan a hunting license. i More of the information relayed by Hooker follows P | Japanese planes last night bombed ! the North Station and railway line, and | destroyed the huge Commercial Press | Building, M the Chapei district | _ After the airplane preparations, the Japanese started en advance through | Chapei soon after midnight. | Near the railroad station they met | with heavy resistance and were driven | back of the Woosung Railway, where they dug in, erecting heavy wire. | Business Suspension Forced, This position was the same as was held by the Japanese before hostilities. | From then until 5 pm. January 30 | (Shanghai time), the Japanese con- tinued heavy air bombardment on both | sides of the Nanking Railroad, with un- : controlled fires spreading. Time there |is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Stand- ard time. At 6 o'clock Chinese renewed the at- tack, in some places driving the Japa- rese back. ‘This firing continued with varied in- tensity throughout the night of January 30, the Chinese retaining control, weeks ago. Filipino political leaders expressed | fear that the “defenseless position” of the Philippines in relation to Far East- | ern powers might hinder their current | campaign for indeperdence i Rumors of impending trouble be- tween the Chinese and Japanese col- onies were denied by the consuls gen- eral of both countries. S. AWAITS DEVELOPMENT | Relies on Tokio Promise Foreign Colony | in Shanghai Is Safe. the Associated Press The American Government appar-| ently rested today. upon future devel- pments in the sanguinary conflict at Shanghai. any decision as to whether forceful steps will have to be taken For the protection of the 3,600 Amer- icans in the International Scttlement at the great Chinese port it had only a | promise that Japanese troops would not | occupy the treaty-protected area unless the municipal authorities lost control. 1t discounted the reported Chinese mili- tary threat of an attack on the foreign section of the city if the Japanese oc- cupation of the native quarter were not ended. 1t was careful to rest decisions only upon official reports from consular and naval representatives. which are com- ing in with painstaking slowness by comparison with the press dispatches from the scene. Further close consul- tation with the British government and among President Hoover's several close advisers was expects The naval vessels in the Philippine- China area were all In readiness to rush to Shanghai or other ports if evacuation of civilians should become necessary. Several destroyers were at Shanghai or close by Meanwhile, the ~strange spectacle was _presented of America’s great bat tle fleet ready and under orders to sail out upon the Pacific along a secret course® fully equipped, to effect land- ing of 1,800 soldiers and Marines, yet bent on an entirely peaceful errand, completely unconnected with the fight- ing upon the ocean’s further shore At midnight tomorrow the fleet sets forth for Hawaii and maneuvers which were planned two years ago. Sixty-five vessels will take part in the action These include nine battleships, the Lexington and Saratoga, greatest air- craft carriers in the world, and a flo- tilla of minor craft, armed and equip- ped with everything needed for an ex- tended campaign. ALEXANDRIA FUGITIVE CAUGHT IN OKLAHOMA Man Alleged to Have Taken Val- uable Naval Instruments and ! Baggage From 5 People. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 30.— Charged with larceny of naval instru- ments and baggage valued at $2,500, when he marooned & party of five here Christmos eve after having arranged with an automobile agency in New York to drive them to New Orleans and California, B. E. Squires has been ar- | rested in Oklahoma City, Okla., author- ities there have advised local police. After driving the party of five from New York here, Squires failed to put in his appearance the next morning. He took with him all baggage of the mem- bers of the party and valuable naval instruments belonging to George Crain of New York. Extradition papers are being prepared and Squires will be sent here for trial. Will Rogers PARIS —Flying to Berlin in the morning to see the country that there has been so much talk about saving. I can't see the difference nowadays when s country has been saved and when it hasn't. American _dele- gation gets in tonight. On the same boat are 400 barrels of gold, coming from home, and on_another boat 500 barrels. We always {in & corner this had to happen! cul-de-sac of fate! Just when she got She was resentful, pani Lying awa in the cold dark room, listening to the faint hacking cough in the next room. Fear, pressing on her breast like hbad's old man cf the sea But in the morning, her own white face in the gla the hurrying down to work routine which w becom: —these reassure he would work out all rig was mistaken Pete Const girl’s blue eye a face grown | his own interpre “You don't look so good,” he mured. leaning c¢n the c nt as she slipped out of her coat and seated her- elf on the cashier's stool. “Maybe you don't like you eh Her heart leaped at what she con- sidered the me e in his tone. Al- s the breath-taking fear of losing er icb “Oh, I'm fine coming on ther. You g eyes were tween two flg thought with swered gently, fig sion—never stispe his mind “Oh, weather.” Throughout the morning she felt his scrutiny. Always, when she lifted her head from her work, there he was, in the back of the restaurant, watching her. Did he suspect that she was not handling the cash right! Was he pick- ing flaws in her work, ready to fire her 5 ? The thought made Judy go chill With fear. O, she must keep this job! She was bewildered when he came to relieve her at her noon hour. “You take extra half hour, eh? I'll stay here an' make change Girls like to go around looking at pretty things in the shop windows, I know- He laughed, vith a soft intake of his breath. “You go look around and see what you like if you' got money, eh?” y forced a smile, for he seemed to expect it. As she left, however, worry gathered in her mind. Was there cash missing? Was that why he told her to take that hour? So that he could check in her absence? But the cash had bal- anced each night to a penny. . She went out to wander aimiessly in the streets. There was a hint of Christmas in the air, though it was only the last of November. The streets were decorated—tall street lights draped in white cotton, to simulate snow for this western city which never had a white Christmas. She thought of holi- days back in Summerfield. Roads piled high with drifts Windows gleaming vellow over banks of white. Bare trees, cloaked in ermine. Skating out at Mill Pond. Happy screams—Ilaughter—rising on the thin air. Bright sweaters swoop- ing across the pond. Ken Baker and herself striking out together in long free streaks across the ice. . . . 1f, in that happy careless time she could have looked ahead and seen her- self scurrying along the streets of a strange city . . . practically homeless, Down at Lockwood the big homes would be standing snug and cheery in the midst of their Winter flower-gar- dens. The toyon berries would be hang- ing in red clusters among the green leaves—California’s rougish parady of holly. Big eucalyptus logs blazing in great fireplaces, filling the rooms with | pungent, incense. . . . The smoky blue light of November hovering under the | live-oaks on the green hills, . . . This was what she had run away from. . . . | Mary’s boys Tunning in, rosy and| breathless from play. . . . And this time next year—Judy caught her breath. | Walked faster against the wind sweep- | ing_about the corners. | Hot pride, surging back to straighten | her shoulders. ~No—she'd run away | | | | n si familiar need of —things looking _at the < and enormous in thi placed tion on affairs, mui- Maybe—a little cold know, this cold wea- ” Hi feld be- of flesh, she But she an- ng down her rep ing the suspicion in yes. It's fine for this rm coat. beads from the humiliating position of being an unwanted wife! She wanted no (man who didn't want her! She sat on a bench in Union Square and watched the crowds surging by on the pavement. Cars drawing up . . . chauffeurs opening doors. Women get- | ting out—sleek, well fed women in warm | furs. Now and then the flash of dia- monds on some ungloved hand. Women | with packages—children; rosy, well fed | children bouncing up and down on the cushions . .. . Children had a right to be rosy and well fed. This time next yearyiy. 2 | Judy found that she was walking swiftly ~down the street, hands| clenched, breath coming painfully. Oh, | she would manage somehow. She must manage! It mustn't-suffer because of | Stan and herself. . . . Poor little thing . .. poor helpless thing! Well, she had | this fur coat. She could sell it for epough to see her through. And her | wrist watch, She thought with bitter | envy of Eunice’s platinum and diamond | watch. ~ This was platinum but it | thought barrels were just to send apples or potatoes in. Then they talk about cancelling the debt? Say, if we don't run out of barrels we won't have enough gold left at home to fill our front teeth. ’ 0 wouldn't bring much, it was only set | with chip sapphires. The thought of the watch brought consideration of time. She turned and hurried through the traffic back to the restaurant. Mustn't give any emcuse | Wife | she wculd spend it. —A.'P. Phoio, By N '~ Ann Forester for letting her go. The job had taken on a value of necessity Pe. - Constantine sliding off the stool as s hung up her hat and coat. Ap- paren.y he was satisfied about her cash for he gave her an oily smile. She felt the weight of his eyes, sliding down over her body Said Mipnie the red-head, as she LONDON'S ACTION HALEDBY PRESS Powers Urged to Ask Data Covering Developments | of Last 36 Hours. | | | slammed a tray of empty dishes down | in the kitchen. “What' d know about Pete gettin’ a crush on the new cashier! He's been hangin’ around givin’ her the eye all mornin’ an' he gave her a extra half hour this noon. . . ." At such astounding news the cook left his stove and came to peer through the glass circle of the swinging door Pete’s bullet head close to the shrink- ing brown head of the girl up there in the front of the restaurant. A silent Jaugh stretched the moist dark face of the cook 1 guess Pete like her, en? Me. I think she’s pretty. but too thin. I like women to be nice- fat mething a man can get hold of—" and the cook gallantly helped himself to a pinch of Minpie's husky arm Judy herself had noticed the changed manner of the proprietor. Alarm and disgust battling within her. She de- liberately misunderstood his rema She avoided the accidental meeting their hands. Fear—the new strange fear, battling her quick temper. . Probably he meant nothing by it His manner was familiar to the two wait- resses, too. Her Job—she must remem- ber the need of money. . . The fur coat had suddenly grown more precious. It was more than a coat. It was security for the future She could manage to get along on her tiny salary. She could not hope to save anything from it—one must keep body and soul together. And there would be things to buy later on. But the coat— that was life itself She tock it to the furrier during her next noon hour. “I want to put this in storage for—for the Winter. What is your charge?” he left it. It felt cold without it, but she told herself that she had done the wisest thing. If she continued to wear it, something was liable to happen. It might be stolen—at afy rate it would be more worn, would not bring such a pricc_when she sold it. She dare not to sell it now. If she had the mon This was the wise: thing to do. Pete Constantine noticed the absence Commented upon it. “I—I'm having it fixed. I ripped a sleeve—" Judy lied glibly But when two weeks went by and no coat appeared, Pete drew his own con- clusions. The donor of the coat had re- claimed it. The girl was a fool to let it go. That sort of girl usually hung on. But this one was probably a fool. She seemed soft. Well, all the easier for Pete Constantine. That night, as Judy was leaving the restaurant. a car purred softly to the curb. Pete Constantine’s dark face above the wheel “Get in—I drive you home, eh?" “Oh—I don't mind. I like to wall I'd rather walk—the exercise, it's nic Judy stammered utterly taken aback. Blackness gathered on the man's face “You don't like my car, eh? Maybe you think I kidnap you?” She forced a laugh. “Oh—how per- fectly ridiculous! It was just—I live so tar out—I wouldn't think of taking you out of your way. .3 Her job. . . . Oh, she needed it so des- perately. What to do—? She was suddenly getting in the opened door. Sitting down beside him. Tomorrow—Show Down. FREE FLOUR OFFERED Oklahoma Panhandle Prize Grain Is Donated and Milled Gratis. BOISE CITY, Okla., January 30 () —If you're hungry in the wheat-grow- ing Oklahoma panhandle, you may literally eat off the fat of the land Free flour, milled gratis from prize hard wheat donated by the three French brothers. was available today for the needy—more than two tons of it. By the Associated Press. | LONDON, January 30.—Several Lon- | don morning papers showed marked | heightening of their approval of the| Anglo-British joint attitude toward Japan in their editorials on the Shang- | hai situation today. | “It may be taken for granted,” the Times said, “that if the action taken by the Japanese forces on the night of January 28-29 and on Friday morning were known beforehand, notification of British concurrence would have been even more prompt and emphatic than it was. and the terms of the representa- tions made to Tokio would have been rather more severe.” Continued Collaboration Hoped. The paper urged that the information requested by Great Britain and the United States from Japan must cover the developments of the last 36 hours, “for the action of the Japanese sailors and airmen has been even more violent than their warnings to the Chinese au- thorities indicated.” | The editorial continued to hope that “the collaboration now so happily estab lished” will be continued and said that, | even if further action becomes merged in the pol of the League of Nations Council, e collaboration of Great | Britain and the United States retains, | nevertheless, all of its importance.” Doubts Confirmed. Reiterating its previous view that Japan's originally proposed policy was not reasonably objectionable. it added the doubt it expressed yesterday of the ability of the Japanese government to control the military and naval authori- ties and said this doubt has been more han confirmed by the latest events “Collective international action of a more vigorous kind than has recently | characterized affairs in the Far East | will be required.” it said, “if order is to be restored in Shanghai and if the combatants cn _either side are to be restrained from wreaking further de- struction of life and property. “There must be a firm defense of forelgn interests and an equally firm | and united effort to separate the com- | batant nations.” PREMIER TAKES NO SIDES. Y. Durham. England, Jan- uary_30 —Prime 1'inister Ramsay MacDonald told a crowd of his own constituents last night that the “state things &t Shanghai is deplorable. “Apart from the details of diplo- macy, I express without reserve the moral and rational regrets of every- body that such events should happen,’ Mr. MacDonald continued. “For the moment I assign no blame I take no sides. but the experience is a very disappointing one.” Several hundred persons heard him speak. About 75 per cent of the crowd of 500 or so were women. One of them stood and demanded cheers for the orime minister and they were given half-hearted] But before his speech he was presented with a traveling rug purchased largely by the coppers and silver of the women of his constituency BISHOP TO ATTEND | Reception Arranged for Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Wilder. Bishop Preeman will be present at reception given by St. Andrews ish, to Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Wilder, Thursday, at 8 pm. This reception is to b> infornmal | The Rectors' Aid_Society is sponsor- ing a card party Friday at 8 p.m. at the Roosevelt Hotel. The patronesses | are Mrs. W. J. Harris, wife of Senator Harris; Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin, Mrs. St. Pierre Gaillard, Mrs. David du Boise Gaillard and Mrs. Wilder THORN: 1705 HOBAN ROAD OPEN DAILY Drive Out Que St consin Ave., north one block to Reservoir Road, 100 feet Ddeyond in 1848 and has valuable holdings, in- cluding schools, ")spitals and churches, in Shanghai ar i the nearby cities of Foochow, Huchow and Changchow. Property acquired in the suburbs of Shanghal years ago is now located in the center of the city, it was explained by Dr. O. E. Goddard, foreign secre- tary of the board, and is extremely valuable But it is the safety of the mis- sionaries, rather than of the property, that concerns Methodist officials. Those now in Shanghai include Dr. J. C. Hawk, formerly Springs, Va.. his wife and S. R. Anderson. Gainesville Mrs. Anderson, Nashville, Tenn their two babies W. K. King, Jonesboro, Ark., who re- cently arrived in Shanghai to promote the Board of Mission’s program of re- ligious education. Bishop Paul B. Kern, who was chosen bishop in 1928 while pastor of the Trav.. Park Methodist Church, San Antonio, Tex., and is now in charge of Oriental conferences in China, Japan and Korea, with headquarters in Shanghal. His family is with him, Other workers there are Miss Nettie Peacock, Macon, Miss Julia Wasson, Ethel, Miss.; Miss Lcuise Robinson, Decatur, Ala. Miss Sue Stanford, Waco, Tex.: Miss Nina allings, Mexico, Mo.. Miss Smith, Nottingham, En Marguerite Clark, Richmond, Mary D. Overall, Dyer, Tenn Jim” Webb, Forsythe, Ga.: Herbert, Darlington, S Jean Craig. Richmond, Pear]l McCain, Searcy. Ark Miss Peacock and Miss Stallings are quartered in an apartment house lo- cated in the Allen Memorial Compound, into which a bomb was dropped, but with slight damage. Also located in the compound, named for a Georgia missionary, are the Young J. Al morial Church, the parsonage law _school. Methodist headquarters was advised later by cable that missior in Shanghai have not suffered In respcgse to an inquiry Kern cabled: “Situation gmewe. but safe.” SERMONS ANNOUfiCED At Peck Memoral Chapel tomorrow morning, the subject of Rev. Irving etchum is, “The Courage of the Cross.” At 7:45 pm., there will be gospel sing- ing led by the chorus choir. A short sermon will be preached by the pastor, “The Heart of God. The Sunday school will meet at 9:45 am. At 3 pm., the mixed class wil convene. The Intermediate and Senior Endeavor Societies will meet The Ladies' Aid will hold a service Monday night, presided over by the pres- ident. Mrs. Anna Martin. On Wednes- day night, a_gospel service will be held. Thursday. from 5 to 7-30 p.m. the Ladies’ Aid will serve a turkey dinner. The Saturday handcraft school will con= tinue at 10:30 a.m of Dade family Tex.; and Ga.; Miss Lucy Miss Ann C Miss , and Miss Biskop missionaries Open till 6 P.M. Sundays eautiful Floral Tributes for all occasions, $3.50 up 7 1407 H St. N.W. Nat’l 4905 To PATENT ATTORNEYS We Offer a 2nd Floor 27'x113 FRANKLIN BUILDING 1327 F St. N.W. With Elevator Service Very Low Rental Across the street from (he Patent Law Library and only 2 blocks from the new Fatent Office. SHANNON & LUCHS 1435 K St N.W. 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