Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1932, Page 4

A4 % U... CONGUL ASKS 2= . FOR ASIATIG FLEET Chinese Mob Stones Ameri- can and British Volunteer; Police in Shanghal. (Continued From First Page) Shanghal and not to endanger British lives and rty. | Reports of China’s impending decla- y of war spread alarm among men gathering in Geneva for the ument Conference Tuesday. erious destruction” along n Railway in Man- ished in Moscow, but there was no indication that the Soviet government, joint owner of the road h " would become invoived in the Manchurian dispute. A Harbin dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Agency in London said the South Manchurian Railway had been cut in three places and Japanese troops were advancing northward in Manchuria in_armored motor cars. A battle with Chinese troops was ex- pected. FOREIGN LIVES MENACED. Japanese Ocoupy Large Slice of Seitie- ment—Peace Parleys Held. (Copy the Assoclied Press.) SHANGHAL January 31 (Sunday) @ rp fighting between Japanese machine gunners and Chinese snipers menaced foreign lives today in Shang: hai’s International Settlement. A Trampling down neutral authority, Janese occupied a large sljce of the settlement in their drive to oust rom the embattied city. ce parleys were undertaken as the raged just across Socchow Creek, British consulate. A gap of e mile separated Japanese and tes Marines, the latter pro- ; the settlement area not yet oc- cupied by the Japanese. s came rapidly. Nanking de- nal declaration of 1 they moved the | seat of miles from & to Honanfu. Push Across Soochow Creek. ary forces shoved ¢ in the Hongkew 1al Settlement, ow Creek to the f the British consulate were reported to e in the settlement. sup- om the Chapei native section s were sent out to > crowds after British volunteer police American and and chased through had been stoned rships landed military under cover of secrecy ickloads of dead Jap ilors were removed ned the city. 2 Edwin gham urged the United States Fleet to come to the city im- rcroachments or | threatened the shorts municipal settlement police and send- ing them back to the portion of the district which they were content to w to remain under international . No reports were received of any clashes between the United States Marines on guard duty in some sections of the settlement and the Japanese de- tachments that participated in the oc- cupation. Americans received with wel- come ears the news from Washington that the United States’ Aslatic fleet had been ordered o stand by to protect or evacuate them, United States Mariries denied reports that American ‘civilians had been killed by Chinese on'Gordon road, which is in the heart of that part of the Inter- national Settlement patrolled by the Marines. The United States Marines patrolied the settlement boundary along Soochow Creek, about 2 miles from e water front. Chinese sanxdbag barricades and machine gun nests faced them on the opposite shores of the creek. The Chinese defenses had been flung up under soldiers, the Marines said, although no soldiers bad as yet occupled the posi- tions. American officers said they thought the Chinese had thrown up the defenses in fear that Jspanese marines might seek to enter Chinese territory through the settlement area patrolled ! by the American Marines. The latter said there was no likelihood of Japa- nese marines enterin sector. They believea it unlikely, there- fore, that Chinese would occupy their defenses across the creek. WAR DECLARATION WITHHELD. Chinese Losses at Chapel Placed at 600 Killed, 400 Wounded. NANKING, Japuary 30 (#).—Goaded by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, the Chinese national government de- cided today to declare war on Japan. The formai declaration, however, will be withheld for several days. The gov- ernment had intended to keep its de- cision secret, high official circles said, but when news of it got abroad no denial was issued. Meanwhile United States authorities took precautions to protect their na- tionals living in Nanking. Every Amer- ican citizen was ordered by the United Stafes consulate to be ready to get out of the city within two hours. Concentration points were selected against the possibility of a sudden emergency growing out of the dis- orders at Shanghai. A system of flash- light. signals was arranged in order that the consulate might keep United States naval vessels anchored in the Yangtze informed about what was going on i the city. Chinese Loss Put at 1,000, A Chinese governmend announce- ment placed the casnalties in the fight- ing in the Chapei district of Shanghal at 1,000. Of these, the official an- nouncement said, 600 were killed. Most of the casualties resulted from wr bombs, A large-scale troop movement 1o- ward Shanghal was carried on all dur ing the day. Trainloads of soldiers of the 19th Chinese Army left as quick- ly as raiiroad facilities permitted Thousands of Chinese citizens cheered the departing warriors. Demonstrato) at the railroad tracks carried inscribed “Resist the Invade and | “Hold Shanghai at all Costs!” Dispatches from various parts of China indjcated a tremendous public | sentiment in favor of a formal declars- tion of hostilities. From Canton came word the authorities there were send- ing a squadron of airplanes to Nanking “for war against Jgpan.” An aviator who flew in from Cheng- chow said he saw a long column of sol- d en route to Nanking. In the capi- tal itself the whole atmosphere h:d the l the direction of Chinese |F the American | | changed, The fight put up by Chinese at Chapei brought about an overwhelming sestiment for war—and a weels ago there was nothing here except the northern bound- n defeatism. n sec A Portu- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Former Chinese Foreign Eugene Chen, Chinese Nationalist SHANGHAL, Jani k})\ be askin, the present crisis with Japan. from American standpoint. to you which, f China. g:rpose cifio, Japan Covenant ments would not be drafted and Iénl:?: had & serious purpose. These China, as a signatory, has the right to ask the powers, particularly e United States, which originated these documents this question: “What are you going to do about it?” in view of Japan'’s bare-faced, cynical violation of the documents' stipulations. Preparing 10 Years. I have said before and I repeat now that the Japanese general ntaf?ehns €X~ pressed the view that Japan was humiliated by America in 1921, and for 10 years she has been preparing, now she is ready. This is no idle boast in view of the condition of the Amer-~ ican Navy as it stands today. America alone could not fight Japan in Far Eastern waters, the capacity of her navy yards alone is insufficient to make any immediate military action possible. But in concert with England the United States can discipline Japan sufficiently to keep her actions in concord with the decent standards of the family of nations. In Anglo- American concord an expression suffi- ciently determined still can check the rapacious desires of the Japanese shogunate general staff, which really rules at Tokio. Look Toward Australia. ‘With Japan, mastery of the Pacific includes temporary but not permanent aciual subjugation of China for purpose of arranging a system of local governments individually without arousing other for- eign powers. Japan has long cherished a dream of colonizing Australia. where now eight to nine million white men dominate a vast section ideal for Japa- nese colonization, something which is fmpossible climatically in Manchuria, and also impossible in Chinese provinces otherwise suitable, because they are al- ready overcrowded by the Chinese peo- ple themselevs. Manchuria alone is not enough. Japan must have a market for a tre- mendous industrial output, and Man- ehurta cannot absorb this. Japan fis mistaken in believing in force as the only weapon to subjugate the Chinese market and force small local govern- ing fo the United States in the present crisis and uary 30.—As a citizen of China, g America, on China’s behalf, to adopt mi The whole conduct of Ja of Nations took cognizanc affair shows that ghe is out to serve documents have bes the | which can be dealt with | sunded by shrapnel| sons by stray w fire started by < es. If Japanese official B2 barricades and machine gun nests on the opposite shore of Soochow Creek, miles inland from the waterfront. There was speculation as to what would happen if the Japanese reservists came in contact with the Planes Circle Over City. en Japanese airplanes circled city in what were officially “warming-up’ exercises, he International Settlement was apprehensive. The Japanese tightened their control over Hongkew, ordinarily known as the Japanese section of the foreign settle- ment. Officials at noon said there was N0 intention of evacuating the Japanese e patrols, leaving the area in the of settlement police. lice functions from Soochow thward were usurped by the nese reservists in civilian clothes. y wore brassards and were armed tols, bayonets, sword sticks and tchets, e reservists held up all automo- within the area and some of them | beat Chinese whose actions appeared suspicious to them. A Chinese chauf- feur, homeward bound after parking his car within Hongkew, was killed as he ran frightened from the Japanese. Severa] other: ispected of sniping were | slain and a mber wounded, Meat Supply Low. Newspapers said there was less than 2 three-days’ supply of meat available for the foreign settlement, while vege- tables were most scarce. Hongkew market within the Japanese occupied territory, which is one of the largest in the city, was deserted. Labor troubles were added to the food ghortage. At Jeast 500,000 of the lower s were idle, owing to the closing of silk and cotton mills, and all kinds of shops in a strike against the International Settlement. The Chinese charged foreigners with allowing the Japanese to use the settle- | ment as a base for their anti-Chinese | operations Many shops were closed two days ago. | All those financially able laid in sup-| lies of everything from eigarets to| hard tack. | American Marines were reported to have made additional arrests of Japa-' nese Marines, but the American au- thorities said none had been seized since 14 Japanese in civilian clothes were| arrested last night within the settles ment For the last 12 hours Japanese ma. nes and men in mufti, originally en- | gaged in fighting' the Chinese in the! native Chapei district, have penetrated | into the settlement in small groups, They took into their firm grip in Hongkew where many Americans live and the wayside districts, known ‘as the Jap section. Throughout this area Japenese military rule was supreme. Sailors Take Control. Settlement police, Settlement courts, and every arm of the Settlement Gov- ernment, administered by a group. of voluntarily co-operating na ions dedi- cated to neutrality, ceased o exert the slightest authority. The Japanese arrested whom they pleased and those they ~imprisoned Were subject to the decision of the Japanese naval authorities, under whose direction the occupation of the inter- national terrifory v 4 carried out. One of those sei.«d was an Ameri- can youth named £ay Johnson. It was reported he was held at Japanese military headquarters charged with having sniped on Japanese from a mecond story window in the Hongkew section. The American authorities were understood to have taken action to bring about his release. The Japanese authorities placed pickets at stations only a few yards apart on the streets of the seized area, and it was impossible for any one to enter unless the armed guards allowed them. On numerous occasions they even ‘Went (to the extent of mauml,g the I Ching-Wei Chiang Leaves Nanking. Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek, former president, who until now has advocated a conciliatory policy toward Japan, left Nanking for a destination that was not anpounced but was belleved to Shanghai With Marshal Chiang were Wang who became chajrman of the executive yuan (council) two days ago, and Lin Sen, chairman of the na- tional government. The post of execu- tive yuan chairman amounts to the ing and boycotts. Wants U. §.-Chinese Alliance. I would like to see an alliance brought about between a unified China and the United States, not only for the sake of China but because we have common interests. The Americans’ only effective imme- diate weapon lies through co-opera- tion with the League of Nations in en- foreing economic restrictions to compel premiership. They left Nanking in charge of Ku Chu-Tung, head of the National Guard; Ho Ying-Ching, minister of war, and Chen Ming-Shu, minister of communi- catiors. Before leaving the capital Marshal Chiang dispatched a telegram to mili- tary commanders throughout the coun- try urging them to prepare China “to fight for her national existence.” A vigorous statement denouncing the Japanese for their attacks on the Chapel section of Shanghal was issued by the government. The statement urged the signatories to the League covenant, the Kellogg pact and the nine-power treaty to take immediate effective measures that “justice and in- ternational obligations may not be trampled beneath the heel of Japanese militarism.” FOUR BRITISH SHIPS HALTED. SINGAPORE, January 30 (#).—Four of eight British destroyers en route to London from China stations are under- stood to be remaining here to await instruetions. ‘The others continued on the voyage to London. 'MRS. JUDD IS SEIZED BY ILLNESS IN JAIL Condition of Defendant in Slayings Held Serious After Doctors Answer Hurry Call. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, January 30.— | Winnie Ruth Judd, on trial for murder of Agnes Anne Leroi, was threatened with serious illness today, an attending physiclan who answered a hurry call to her county jail cell, reported to her attorneys. County Physician J. D. Mauldin, who examined Mrs. Judd at 7 am., reported | she had @ temperature of 100 degrees. “We sent a doctor of our own to see her at 11 am., and she then was run- ning a temperature of 101 degrees,” said J. B. Zaversack, junior memberl of her counsel. Mrs. Judd, whose trial had been in recess since Wednesday because of illness of jurors, became violently 1]l during the night, her counsel said. Dr. William C. Judd, her husband, said: “She ought to be in bed. A | temperature of that sort with her chest condition, is apt to be very serious.” Mrs. Judd, her husband said, is suffer- ing from an unarrested case of tuberculosis. Judge Speakman said he would not grant a further recess because of Mrs. Judd’s condition unless “her illness iy of such nature that it would cause permanent injury to her health to a] pear in court.” NO FEAST SCHEDULED Statement of St. Matthew’s Church Fete Erroneous. In yesterday's edition of The Star it was erroneously stated there would be a feast of the Holy Name of Jesus today at St. Matthew's Church, Rhode Island avenue near Connecticut ave- Japan to comply with its pledged prom- ises. 1 regard some positive policy by our Chinese central government as the only hope for a unified policy, although I resigned as foreign minister when I found it impossible to obtain authority for carrying out any positive, though peaceful, measures. I consider the course of events at Shanghai as per- haps forcing a positive policy upon Chiang Kai-Shek and his cohorts. That is the sole remaining hope of unifying the Chinese people and obtaining the co-operation of other POWers 0 preserve peace in the Pacific. Peace Plan Failed. I am never a die-hard regarding peaceful co-operation with Japan, and as the Canton foreign minister I visited Baron Shidehara at Tokio, arriving at an understanding for peaceful meas- ures for working ous our mutual des- tinies without surrendering. China’s sovereignty. But such efforts failed when the Shidehara regime was overwhelmed by the military shogunate now attempt- ing consummation of the long-conceived plan of mastering the Pacific basin. Today we are faced with the specta- cle of a medieval-minded military sho- gunate ruling Japan with the possession of a modern macitine gun, whose opera- tion is thoroughly understoed, while in Nanking at present a medieval-minded military mandarinate, which is neither Chinese nor foreign, has for use only an outmoded machine gun, whose oper- ation is not understood. (Copyright. 1032, by, the North American ewspaper Allia; Inc) MAFIA TRIAL OPENS 343 Defendants Are Put in Cage at Agrigento, Italy, Monastery. By the Associated Press. AGRIGENTO, Italy, January 30 (#). —The fifth big Mafia trial was begun today with 343 defendants imprisoned in a gigantic cage erected at the former monastery of Santo Spirito. The trial is expected to last three months. It involves bombings, assassi- nations, mass cattle stealing and organ- ized gang tax levies imposed upon Sicilians. More than a thousand were convicted | in previous trials. Thoroughfare Thronged Resembles Street BY MORRIS J. HARRIS. (Copyright, 1333, by the Associated Press) BHANGHALI, January 31 (Sunday).— In company with a Japanese reserve officer I made a personal inspection be- fore dawn today of part of the area within the International Settlement, which has been taken over by the Jap- anese. Amazing changes had ocourred since last night. Szechuen road, the main thorough- fare traversing Hongkew from Soochew Creek to the Chapei district, where the heaviest fighting occurred, was blazing with lights and crowded with persons nue. No feast is to be held today, and The Star regrets the error. -— The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton are distributing coal among the poor of Beotland. Hamilton, of all nationalities last night. This morning it was like a street of death. No one was abroad except patrolling Japanese marines. Not a learn of light penetrated the shut- ed windows the.street. r ments to break up anti-Japanese feel- | Warns U.:S. Against Japan Minister Says Japanese Have Torn Up National Documents and Long Have Dreamed of Colonizing Australia. BY EUGENE CHEN, Former Foreign Minister of China. t leader here, addresses a cable warn- an appeal for support. I do not wish to appear easures leading to war in I prefer to ask you to consider the necessities I do not wish you to send your sons ; the Pacific to dle for China Alf):e. ek My appeal is for an understanding of what an- nexation and disruption of Chi to the rest of the cfi!illud W B e e to the United States. We are in the midst of events in Shanghal, orld and specifically ollowing the developments in Manchuria, are incredible under any other assumption th: i that Japan sces at least an npportunxy to eo:x’-l summate her desire for mastery of the Pacific. Pint, in carrying_out this i e great source of raw materials Manchuria as a massive means for Sommimating lan, she needed a I insist that this is no fantastic i Seeks Control of Pacine " © oo pan since the League e of the Manchurian ome ar of her own designed at contral of Lg: & has signed not on Leagu t, which by the. way wxny; l‘x?’Amerlcfln document despite nonratificati - e s on, but the nine. American documen d &!e Kellogg pact, essentlally United States is serious national docu- powers induced to sign unless America en_torn up by Japan. GOLD SHPMENTS BY JAPAN HEAVY $44,500,000 Sent to U. S. Since Dec. 13; Large Part Goes for Cotton. ‘The Commerce Department yesterday was informed by Commercial Attache H. A. Butts at Tokio that gold ship- ments by Japan to the United States since December 15, when that country abandoned the gold standard, have tov taled $44,500,000 on the basis of the normal value of the yen. During the six-month period from July to December, 1931, inclusive, gold from Japan has arrived in this coun- try aggregating $193,005,620, compared with $41,828,125 in the same period of 1930, according to figures made avail- table at the department. ~ The extent to which & nation ships its gold abroad to balance its interna- tional payments is regarded as a barom- eter of its internal conditfons, and Butts' cabled report stated in this con- nection that “the expense of the Chi- nese expedition by Japan is exceeding official estimates, and this factor may possibly have an adverse economic in- fluence.” Cotton Purchases Heavy. A large portion of the gold shipped here from Japan is believed to have been in consequence of heavy purchases | of American raw cotton, which from | July to December, 1931," amounted to 1,069,000 bales, compared with 490,000 | bales in the corresponding period of 1930. The department's information | yesterday from Tokio was that the sea- | son’s takings of American raw cotton by Japan amounted to 950,000 bales, “with the belief prevailing in trade cir- cles that additional purchases of 600,000 bales are probable.” It was revealed at the department Friday that Japan had become the largest cotton buyer in the world. This statement was backed up yesterday in | cotton brokerage circies in New York, according to an Associated Press dis- patch from that city, The dispatch said considerable im- portance was attached to this in view of the fact that cotton is an important staple in the manufacture of explosives. In shipping circles, it was reported that an increase in the movement of cotton to the Far East from gulf ports is indicated in that much of the avail- able cargo space for the Orlent is un- derstood to have been taken. | ., Considerable foreign buying came into the New York Cotton Exchange yester- day, but brokers felt that it was largely from Europe. The demand was easily supplied, however, and gains were slight, amounting to only 20 o 35 cents a bale at the close. More Shipments Unlikely. The commercial attache explained that all gold shipments from Japan since its abandonment of the standard | have been under the auspices of the | government and the anticipation of | Tokio banks is that no more shipments will be made. Banks were further re- ported as expecting a lowering of the rediscount rate by 0.7 per cent. The recent shipments of gold from Japan to the United States is reflected in the decline in the stock of gold on hand in that country, which amounted to $265.830,000 on December 13, com- pared with $435,000,000 on June 30, 1931. Between the December date, whmth evla!enc»zd éhu standard abandon- ment, and yesterday, Japan's gold stoc! dropped $221.330.000, £ % The shipments of gold from Japan to the United States in the last six months of 1930 and 1931 follow: 1930. 111 48,000,675 5 1931 $1,246.250 25,000,600 722,500,580 75,973 420 66,265,361 July .. August Beptember October November December Totals ........... $41.828135 $193,005,620 Large shipments of gold also have been shipped from China to the United States in recent months. They total $8,058,085 in the last six months of 1931, compared with $13,000 in the same period of 1930. Receivership Suits United. KANSAS CITY, January 30 (#)— Consolidation of two suits in equity, seeking a receivership for the Long- Bell Corporation and its 13 subsidiaries, was asked today in a motion filed by attorneys reFresenfing the plaintiffs. Judge Merrill E. Otis of Federal Dis- trict Court set March 21 for hearing of the receivership applications. Section Changes Overnight and Blazing With Lights of Death as New Day Dawns. As we proceeded into the darkness a Japanese sentry with fixed bayonet shouted a challenge. The escorting offi- cer explained who we were. He said we wanted to proceed to the borders of Chapel, but the sentry would not stand for it. Ahead of us, the marine explained. was a no man's land. The guns had been silenced momentarily. We chat- |ted a few moments, and then started back toward a section of the city where the silence was less bothersome. Suddenly a window opened. We ex- pected the crack of a sniper’s rifie. But it was only a householder getting a_little air. Relieved, we continued along the dark quiet street where, only a few hours before, there was life, light and action. This morning the only sounds came from the boots of the sentries pacing their posts. ’ | | { JANUARY 3], 1932—PART ONE. IHREE FROM HERE Destroyed by Japanese Bombs IN WAR DISTRICT Marine Officers at Shanghai Residents of Capital, Records Show. ‘Three officers whose homes are in Washington are on duty with the “Pighting 4th” Regiment of United States Marines at Shanghal. They are: Capt. Thomas Arthur Tighe, First Lieut. Thomas James Kilcourse and Second Lieut, Raymond Fowler Crist, jr. Marine Corps headquarters records show that Capt. Tighe lives at 2816 Thirteenth street and obtained his bachelor of laws degree from George- town University in 1914, He is an ex- pert rifleman and served as an enlisted man in the Navy before receiving his commission in the Marine Corps. Joined Marines in 1917. Born May 10, 1888, at Boston, Mass,, Capt. Tighe enlisted in the Navy in May, 1902, and was discharged in 1906 He became a private in the Marine North Station at S8hanghal was bombed and burned by Japanese Corps Reserve on May 4, 1917, shortly after the United States entered the World War and became a second Meu- tenant in July of that year. He gerved first_at Quantico, Va., and later went to Pearl Harbor, Hawali, where he served most of the war, In 1921-1922 Oapt. Tighe was aide to Brig. Gen. S8medley D. Butler ant then he went to Haiti, where he served as assistant chief of staff at Port-au- Prince. After a “hitch” in the West Indies, he returned to Quantico and then went to San Diego. In February, 1927, commanding Company 3, he went to Shanghai with the regiment and has been there continuously since, with the exception of & brief period in Denver. First Lieut. Kilcourse is a former en- listed man in the Marine Corps. He is married and his wife, Mrs. Rose F. Kil- course, lives at 458 K street, according to the records of the famous fighting outfit. Service Wins Navy Cross. Born in New York on January 10, 1880, Lieut. Ktlcourse enlisted in the Marine Corps on October 11, 1901, and served in the ranks until he was com- missioned a second lleutenant in Feb- ruary, 1918. He served in Santo Do- mingo, at Quantico, with the Eastern Recruiting Division at New Yark, on duty involving instruction and inspect- tion of reserves, before being detailed to Nicaragua, where his service won the Navy Cross. Last July he went to Shanghai with the 4th Marines. Lieut. Crist, whose home is shown as 4025 Newark street, graduated from the Naval Academy in June, 1929. He served at Quantico, Va. as post morale officer in 1930 and has been with the 4th Marines at Shanghai since last June. He is company and mess officer, eommanding the 2d Platoon. JOINT STATE ACTION URGED IN RATE CASE Conference of Utility Regulator| Bodies Urged if I. C. C. Opens Grain Hearings. By the Assaciated Press. TQPEKA, January 30.—The Kansas P ‘Service Commission has sug- gested a conference of utility regulatory bodies of 14 States in Kansas City ne: month “to find a common ground upon which we can unite for action” should the Interstate Commerce Commission reopen the Western grain freight rate case. Chairman J. W. Greenleaf of the Kansas commission has sent letters to | the chairmen of the regulatory bodies of 13 States suggest the conference | be held around February 18. His let- ter was addressed to the following | States: Minnesota, Towa, Missouri, North Da- kota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Mon- tana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arkansas, Illinois and Wisconsin, { The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the railroads last Saturday to Testare, on 10 days’ notice, the grain rates in effect prior to last August 1,!| when a lower level of charges pre- | scribed by the commission became effective U. S. INSPECTOR FINED Officer of Wounding Rum Chase Spectator. DETROIT, January 30 (#)—Clarence E. Fish, customs border patrol in- spector, convicted of assault and bat- tery in connection with the shooting July 21, 1931, of Arthur Gajeski, pas- senger on a Detroit River ferryboat, was fined $100 by Judge Charles C. Simons in Federal Court today. Gajeski was shot while watching from the rail of tbe ferryboat as Fish and another officer were chasing a rum- runner in the Detroit River. In War Zone Customs Convicted These two Washingtonians, officers in the Marine Corps, are now at trou- bled Shanghai, serving with the 4th Capt. Thomas A. Tighe. First Lieut. Thomas d. Kil- 1 R Dorothy Knapp Wants to Amend when they swept over the Chapei section of the city. e situation as Japanese troops seized the city. the horror of anes Numerous fires added to ~—A. P. Photo. FLEET SAILS FOR WAR GAMES, READY TO FIGHT IF NECESSARY Mighty Pacific Armada Leaves for at Midnight—"Prepared for Any Contingency,” Says Almiral Leigh. By the Associated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif, January 30.— ‘The mighty battle force of the United States Navy sails from Southern Cali- fornia bases at midnight tomorrow for long-planned war games in the Mid- Pacific, but ready to back up the Asiatic Fleet in Oriental waters should the need grise. Nine superdreadnaughts, two great aircraft carriers bearing a swarm of | fighting planes, six grim submarines, thirty-odd fast destroyers and auxiliary ships will steam for the Hawaiian Ls- lands at the appointed hour. Admiral Richard H. Leigh, battle force commander, explained that plans | for the annual Spring joint Army and Navy maneuvers had been made two | ears ago and had nothing to do with the Sino-Japanese situation. | Prepared for Contingeney. He sald, however, the battle force| would go “fully prepared for any con- | tingency | “At Pearl Harbor, in the Haw: Islands,” said the admiral, “we have, a most complete ficet operating base, which would be the fleet’s primary base in the far-fetched eventuality of in- ternational complications in the West- ern Pacific.” The battle craft will carry supplies sufficient for a year's cruise. Admiral| Leigh explained this was the usual practice for annual maneuvers, which must find the fleet in full battle trim. | Within a few weeks the maneuvers| will bring to Hawaiian waters the Navy's fighting forces from the Atlan- tic as well as the Pacific, more than 100 ships in all. | Mobilization orders for the main force of the United States fleet were issued today as officers and Bluejackets made final preparations to put to sea. 80 Vessels in Fleet. This landing force must be put ashore by the Navy in the face of all the sub- marines, aircraft, coast defense works raval eraft the island defenses can uster. ‘The assault on the islands is one of a series of war problems in which the Army and Navy have been engaged an- nually for the last five years. One was held in Hawail in 1927, two in Panama and one in the Atlantic. So far as the opponents in the war MRS. LUCY HANN SUES Former Stage Star and Publisher Wed Year Ago at Towson. RENO, Nev, Lucy Cotton Hann, former stage star and publisher of the New York Morn- ing Telegraph, filed suit here today for a_divorce from her third husband Charles Hann, jr, former deputy at- torney general of New Yark and one time Harvard foot ball star. Mrs. Hann charged extreme cruelty She married Hann at a secret cere- mony performed at Towson, Md., Feb- | ruary 7, 1931, less than a year after her divorce from Col. Lytton Gray Ament, war-time aide of Herbert Hoover. | Mrs. Hann's first husband was Ed- | ward Russell Thomas, from whom she | inherited several millions and the| Morning Telegraph. Thaomas died in 1926. ACTRESS BéDSTS CLAIM Damage Suit Against Matron. NEW YORK, January 30 (@ — Dorothy Knapp, who once was de- seribed by Earl Oarroll, stage producer, as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” believes that the $250,000 she is asking from Mrs. Anne W. Penfleld, Philadelphia * society matron, is not enough She has filed a request in Supreme Court for permission to amend her com- plaint and seek additionsl damages for “mental distress” resulting from an alleged breaeh of contract. Miss Knapp's bill charges that Mrs. Penfleld, as the sponsor of an Earl Carroll show, “Fioretta,” compelled Carroll to discharge her at a time when | she was under contract at $1,000 & week. | . ——— | ILL STUDENTS RECOVER Harvard Malady Among 50 Called Type of Influenza. BOSTON, January 30 (#).—Authorl- ties said last night the malady with which about 50 students living in Van- | derbilt Hall of the Harvard Medical School were stricken yesterday prob- | ably was gastro-intestinal influenza, | prevalent in New England in recent | Winters. All of the students have recovered. A group of 30 became ill two weeks ago after a fraternity dinner. A few days later 20 more were reported ill. Some of the students declined to be- lieve they suffered influenza, but thoufhb the ailment was para-typhold, a mild form of typhoid fever. Jerusalem now claims a population of | more than 80,00 Theatre Auditorium 0. THIRD CAPACITY WEEK ARISTOPHAN! 4 Lysistrata Adapted by Gilbert Seldes * ‘Lysistrata’ is an evening in Athens afford to miss, and Baltimore 40 miles away."—Washington News. PRICES: B #iuie &8, w | 76th Field Artillery, Monterey, and & awaii game are eoncerned, the cambat will be very real. The invaders must sweep the seas clear by defeating or neutral- izing the defending fleet. The defense batteries must be silenced, the air must be cleared of fighting planes and beach defenses must be destroyed. ‘The Navy must do all this while guarding against the menace of submarines and landing their contingents in small boats and barges on hostile shores. The maneuvers will constitute a test of defenses of the Nation's most im- | portant Pacific outpost. Should the defenses be found weak, plans will be | made to strengthen them. Oahu is naturally inhospitable to in- | vaders, although a few of its beaches | lead into broad valleys from which | invading troops after once consolidating their position could strike at strategic | spats. | Roads Well Guarded. The mere fact, however, that hos- tile troops were landed at many of the beautiful beaches might mean little. Many of them do not open into the interior and have no communication service. To accomplish their mission, invaders must be able to expand by| roads or valleys, and these, on Oahu, | will be well guarded. | The island was conquered for the Qrst time in written history by King Kamehameha in 1790. This native Napoleon drove thousands of his ene- mies over a high cliff to destruction. Later he united the entire archipelago for the first time. Since then it has been conquered in theory during mili- t and naval maneuvers. Maj. Gen. Malin Craig, commander of the 9th Corps Area, heads the in- ading or “Blue” forces. He becomes chief umpire, however, as soon as he at sea. Maj. Gen. Bryant H. Wells, commanding general of the Hawailan | department, leads the island or “Black” Responsibility for landing the ders and guarding them en route s with Admiral Frank H. Schofield, et commander. Cost Held Small. The actual “Blue” army will be eom- ed of the 30th Infantry, from the esidio of San Francisco; Battery D, regiment of Marines from San Diego. Whether the palm-fringed beaches and purple canyons of Oahu again will see the defenders annihilated, this time theoretically, or whether the invaders are driven off or destroyed, the chiefs of the American Army and Navy ex- pect to draw some valuable eonclusions from the conflict. High ranking Army officers say the | than the regular training exercises. AMERIGAN TRADE HEAVY IN SHANGHAI U. S. Business Intrenched in Ancient Chinese City Since 1843, By the Associated Press. American business has been intrench- ed in the anclent eity of Shanghai since the port was opened to foreign trade, In 1843, Down through the years it has grown, until now there are 214 American firms there, American rights in Shanghai are tangled in a skein of international agreements dating back to when the first trade treaties were obtained from China, The International Settlement consists of 5584 acres on the outskirts of the city. It belongs to the Chinese Repub- lic, but is leased in perpetuity at $2.35 an acre per year, In the late 30s a group of Americans leased land for a community. Later the British and other foreigners joined im the preject. Thus was formed the Ine ternational Settlement. Rauled by Council. Under an 1869 agreement, which all the major powers and the Chinese signed, the International Settlement is governed by a council, elected by the taxpayers, regardless of nationality. At present one American, two Japanese, six British and five Chinese compose it. ‘The French Concession, between the National Settlement and the old native city, is governed by another group elected by residents there. The Chi- nese city has its own government and its own utilities. Ameriean participation in the Gove ernment of Shanghai has been u- lar since 1869, but the greater portion of the burden has fallen on the Brit~ ish. American concerns, outstanding among which are the Standard Oil and Singer Bewing Machine Co., have large branches there, but the American in- cerest is not comparable to the British, American civilians in the battles shocked city are estimated by the Com« merce Department to number 3,600. The United States military force totals 1,264 men. American business estab- lishments within the International Set- tlement, although greatly outnumbered by British and Japanese concerns, con- duct more than one-fourth of the im- port and export business of the city. Trade Figures High. In 1930, the latest period for which satistics are available, the total Ameri- can trade with Shanghai amounted to $120.253554. ‘This was composed of $41,625717 in exports from the city—25 per cent of Shanghal's total—and $78,~ | 627.£37 in imports—25 per cent of the total. Other nations with considerable trade with Shanghal include Japan, Great Britain, France, British India and Ger- many. Hongkong is a heavy purchaser, The population of the International Settlemefit is 1,007.868. It contains headquarters for the eitizens of all countries except France Latest reports sald 25650 Japanese live in the settlement, 9,300 British and 3600 Americans. ‘There are 1715 French citizens in the French conces- sion. FLOOD AID UNCHECKED BY FIGHTING IN CHINA Relief in Yangtze Valley Progress- ing, Head of American Committee Cables. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 30.—Cable- grams received here today indicated flood relief work in the Yangtze Valley probably would not be interrupted by military operations at Shanghal. In response to an inquiry, E. C. Lobenstine, secretary of the American Advisory Committee on Flood Relief Operations, cabled the flood relief in China headquarters here that thou- sands of refugees were at work re- pairing the dykes, and that interfer~ ence was not anticipated. The refugees are being paid for their labor in food. Machines are supplanting the age-ald January 30 () —MTIs. | cost of the maneuver will be no more | handicrafts in the Near East, especially in the making of embroideries. v Kill One Bird With One Stone Many persons try to kill TWO birds with ONE stone and succeed in killing no birds. They scatter their fire succeed concentrate too much. Those who and keep pounding away at one thing at a time until success is achieved. The English say themselves * they mud- dle through.” It is not much “muddling”; it is their bull-dog grip that takes them through. Americans’ successes are due to their inherent commonsense—horse sense. You cannot kill any birds without stones and you cannot accumulate dellars as long as you are in debt. It is a commendable objective to get out of debt and an auspicious beginning is to consolidate your indebtedness into one loan —pay off your bills and after that live with- in your income. 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