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THE EVE BOMB KILLS MANY ON TROOP TRAIN Japanese Flyers Wreck Chi- nese Cars, Bringing Up\ Reinforcements. (Continued From First Page.) ninoteenth army, the correspondent came skeleton of one of planes, which in flames as drop explosives se wooped hradqua on ce charred bodies in of _Chinese high _spirits k hunters were removing every piece of Ithough no attempt emove the bodies of men from the Japanese Tokio said the d suffered nearly 10 casualties since the fighting e total number of dead and as placed at more than 200 4 killed and 20 wounded anese a naval naval wounded includ yesterday U. S. Destroyers Arrive. i arrived P pos hai F hompson, ious parts of They are the Smith ipple, Pope, Barker, Peary, John D. and Jol D. Ford ed States transport Chau- 1 with 1,200 American troops | 1st Infantry from Manila 100 additional .\‘I.’IT‘IH; were aboard the Chaumont. The forces were expected to be lande night, bringing the total United strength here to almost 6,000 men The master of a British steamer whil had seen a Japanese airplane down in the Yangtze River beyond the Chinese forts at Woosung. The pilot was still in the cockpit, badly wounded It was thought here this plane might be the one which the Chinese said they had shot down two days ago with anti- aircraft guns from the Woosung Forts rr T e R ] sunk a Japanese destroyer in the| Whangpo. Chinese Air Fleet Expected. Chinese guns hurled sheils throug t North Hongkew during the day, a Tnited States Marines said shells from he artillery duel fell within the resi- ea which they patrolled, en- dangering the inhabitants. They were whether the shells were guns. st commander of hinese 90th Army, said a fle < was expected mom » ng and would Japanese monopoly of the He said they would be used onl ely, howe om West SI there of a fleet lanes and said they had Japanese aviators an but no confirma- ort was available The Chinese cla nese airmen and second plane Japanese & ties denied the battle had taken place. The consens this evening was that arrived here and planes, but the resul ment was not known Chinese ci orities said the Chi- nese fiyers were “nearby” and that to- morrow would bring “something start- ling. engaged (hu aerial battle at tion of the re late this ever they drove off brought dov of the engage- “Showdown” Desired. Far from being perturbed by the ter- rific artillery and aerial bombardment to which they have been subjected dur- | Chinese ing the last two days, the Armies seemed & bit bored at the ay things were going and officers ex- pressed the wish the Japanese would offer the opportunity for a “showdown.” This was the attitude presented by Gen. Tsai, and it is borne out by ob- servations’ behind the Chinese lines Gen. Tsal received the Associated Press correspondent at his head- quarters, 2 miles behind the Chapel front. He is a young, mild-mannered almost diffident” man, with sensitive | features and narrowly tapering hands— & far cry from the Chinese war lord His headquarters were in & converted residence ! reception room floor 1 sandbags, forming a proof cellar ires when the Japa- the general staff r 1es soar overhead, al- nese bombing pl most_every day. Gen. Tsal has scathed, from a just emerged, Japanese air raid, “They are foolish,” he said. “They think to frighten us by dropping bombs on our villages and pounding us with artillery. They are wrong. The bombs and shells kill more innocent civilians than soldiers. Instead of frightening| us they only raise our fighting spirit. | My soldiers” will never yield, but will hold their ground to the last man.” un- Welcomes Infantrymen. The general manifested no respect for | the fighting qualities of the Japanese | bluejackets in spite of their advantage in equipment. “I'm interested to learn that the Japanese are sending a di vision of infantrymen to meet us,” he | faid. “We will welcome theé, show- | down.” At this moment an orderly appeared with a charred card on which were Japanese characters. Gen. Tsai read it 8 bit mournfully. “Shibu,” he said That was the name of one of the Jap- | anese aviators brought down an hour before while trying to bomb the Chinese headquarters. A twisted machine gun and a revolver taken from the same plane lay on the table nearby Shanghai or the International Settle- ment or the Japanese troops need have no fear of a Chinese offensive, the gen- eral sald In marked contrast with the military s of the Japanese re. the headquarters of Gen Tsai were extremely informal. Members of bod were garbed 1 orms and 1 room. His aides broke into the conver- sation frequently without so much as a salute. Firearms were conspicuous by their absence Hundreds of soldiers hung about adja- cent streets, apparently in good spirits in spite of having come from warmer climes in Kwangsi. Most of them were obviously inadequately equipped for the rous North China weather. Some e shoes and some Summer Tsai has 20,000 troops on his pay roll. Their average pay is reported to be $2.50 a month in gold GROUP FROM NANKING Americans Left for Shanghai on Advice of Consul General. SHANGHAI, February 5 (P.—A group of American residents of Nan- king, who left there yesterday after the United States consil general recom- rended evacuation of women and chil- dren from the city, arrived here tonight sboard the British steamer Tuckwo. They said conditions there were out- wardly “not serious,” but they left when advised to do so. They are: Mr. and Mrs. Edward James, missionaries; Miss Anne Hig- gins, Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Kelper, Phila- E. L. Sharp, Madison, N. J.; is Weeks, University of Califor- 1. B. Taylor, school teacher; and Mrs. D. P. Weeks, teachers at Univer of Nanking; Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Vaughn and one child, Mrs. R. Jackson and on> child, Mrs. W. P. Coltman and two children, Mrs. S. W. Glass and one child, F. G. Williams of the British-American Tobacco Co., Miss A. L. Golisch, Miss E. F. McCaig and Miss E. C. Shaw, teachers, and Mrs. R. ©. Hall and two children, LANDS. also | new to- | ates | h arrived here this evening said he | ere | med | into which | headquarters | | | HINESE girls seeking to arouse vad picture girls waving black bands cities of Manchuria Below patrm':(‘ pa'fldt MOBLIZATION GALL REPORTED IN JAPAN |Washington Sources Assert Premier Is Prepared for General Call to Arms. (Continued From First Page) | { thing in the nature of occupation at | Shanghai; nor of menac American in the Yangtze Valley. We { will withdraw our troops as quickly as possible when the immediate task is | complete. “If America only Japan regards the in an entirely different light from the Manchurian_situation, she would real- | ize that it is unnecessary to ques Japan’s intentions “Manchuria is a matter of life and death for Jap Shanghai is only a | passing incident, which we are anxious | to close as soon’ as possibie so that we may withdraw our troops.” | interests 1 ze that uble at ngha . Fears Misinterpretation. Admiral Osumi frankly admitted anx- ety lest the Japanese action in send- ing troops to Shanghai be misinter- preted abroad and expressed the hope | that with the arrival of these forcements Chinese would with- draw without further fighting. Even if the fight goes on, he said the United States may rest assured that the area of Japanese operations will be strictly limited. He intimated that those operations might spread oyer possibly 20 or 30 miles, but would ‘go no further than that The government intetls to publish a statement of its policy, probably to: | morrow. It was understood the dela: | in announcing the decision to send the troops arose as a result of a disagree- ment among the cabinet members. For a time this rift seemed so serious | as to threaten a reversal of the entire plan. Such a development probably would have caused the fall of the gov- ernment, for the ministers of war and navy certainly would have resigned. Rear Admiral Shiosawa, Japanese commander at Shanghai cabled the navy office that Chinese casualties in the Shanghai fighting during the past | few days have been very heavy. He | said the 16th Chir division arrived |in the Chapei section to replace the | 78th division, which was “almost an- | nibilated.” Mamun: Shigemitsu, Japanese Minis- to China, reported that with today’s | nxrl\ah of additional British and American troops at Shanghal their shore contingents would exceed the Japanese forces. Japanese bluejackets now ashore there, he said, were only | strong enough to hold their own against |the overwhelming numbers of the Chinese and they lacked the strength ut a decisive issue. If the bluejackets were overpowered, he said. the lives of 20,000 Japanese would be jeopardized. te: to bring a | FRANCE DISAPPOINTED. Considers Japan's Answer o Peace Proposals Unsatisfactory. | PARIS. February 5 (#).—The foreign | office said today that the French gov- ernment considered Japan's answer to the five-point proposal unsatisfactory, and that it was ready to throw full | upport to further efforts by the United tates to solve Sino-Japanese difficulties. Diplomatic reports of military maneu- vers in Shanghai caused officials to ft'm” | that a decisive Sino-Japanese battle was imminent. The press pointed out that Japan's reservations on two of the five points in the peace proposals left the situation in suspense. HOPES RETAINED BY U. S. | Officials Hope to Find Way Around Objections to@Peace Plan. | By the Associated Press The Far Eastern disturbance showed signs of approaching a turning point today, with the American Government still hopeful, but prepared to face whatever new dangers may develop While Secretary Stimson was occu- pied with further peace overtures, the highest chiefs of the Army and Na: Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Admiral William V. Pratt—again were closeted | together at the Navy Department. Japan’s rejection of some features of the Anglo-American plan to end hos- tilities was a disappointment, but offi- cials thought they saw a way round. Feeling Is Easier. Further suggestions may be expected shortly, as Washington desires above all else to see the fighting stop. Pratt and MacArthur disclosdd noth- ing of the nature of their conference. With new naval and military forces on the scene at Shanghai, the feeling was somewhat easier, but it was plain the Army and Navy prefefred to take no unnecessary chances. If further American help is needed to protect American lives, the Govern- ment will be ready to act swiftly, al- though the peace proposais remain the major concern for the moment. Consultation with Great Britain and other powers and a thptough analysis of Japan's reply were expected to pre- | s are shown during a mass meeting at Shanghai The same girls are shown marching in & | anese reply. | disappointment hat | Tying | beenbought to make room for the | Agriculture | May 1. nese in- upper r the lost their countrymen against Jap on their arms in mou A. P. Photo. cede further overtures to tne Tokio goy- ernment. Hast~ was made, however, in accordance with the urgent desire for cessation of hostilities at Shanghal Secretary Stimson and his aides pushed their st of Am jor Forbes' digest of the Japan aswer, wlich came yesterday It was accompanied that further proposals | peace would be welcomed by for assurance eflecting No Indication of Form. There was no indication Dhere what form such proposals might take. In fact, Stimson a other officials have reserved all c n* on the Jap- It clear there was | the answer was but thought »as| onstructive possi- not more favorable concentrated on bilities of the si A more concili policy at Shang- hai is expected to result from the ar- rival of Admiral Nomura to take charge of the Japanese activities. The situa- tion at the International Settlement there already has been eased by re- moval of rese forces from the sector gu by American Marines, as the latter without firing a single shot have been under a rain of Chi- nese bullets aimed at the Japanese. Consultations between Stimson and the Army and Navy heads continued, with a view to assuring the best possi- ble defense for the 3,600 Americans in the International Settlement. With arrival of the transport Chaumont, car- the 31st Infantry Regiment, American defenses there were consid- ered strong enough for most eventuali- | ties. NAVY BARS DEPENDENTS. Transportation to Hawaii and Far East | Ordered Stopped. The Navy Department, it was learned | today, has issued instructions to its offi- | cers and enlisted personnel that their dependents will not be transported to the Far East ,in view of the crisis at| STAR. Shanghai In a memorandum passed among offi- | cers and enlisted men and sent to others | concerned, the department directed that | enlisted men’s dependents would not be Issued under date of February 1, memorandum read “Until further orders: “I. No dependents will be sent to the | Far East. 2. No enlisted men's dependents will be sent to Honolulu. “3. Guam and Samoa will not be in- cluded in the above.” the | LEAVE NANKING TOMORROW. Women and Children Will Go Aboard Commercial Boats. Women and children will begin to leave Nanking tomorrow, Lieut. Comdr Paul W. Rutledge, commanding the | destroyer U. 6. S. Simpson, advised the | Navy Department today. Sending his message at 7:25 am., Eastern standard time, Lieut. Comdr. Rutledge said: “Women and children will begin to leave Nanking by commercial transpor- tation Saturday. Nanking quiet at present.” DELAY TO AID TENANTS U. S. to Wait Until May 1 to Clear Site for Agricultural Project. Tenants of two apartment houses, the Veronica, at 210 Thirteenth street southwest, and the Sussex, at 1228 to 1236 B street southwest, will be allowed to remain standing until at least May 1, under an arrangement completed | today between the Treasury Depart- |ment and Henry Schaffert, trustee of the Phillips' Properties, owner of the apartment houses. ‘The property has Department extensible building The two places had been on the schedule for early destruction, but owing to the fact that complications arose and that many of the tenants, who had lived there & long time, wished to have more time to find new locations, it was decided not to oust them in the middle of the Winter, but to legwe the buildings and the tenants until at least KILL COLD GERMS NAVAP NASAL VAPOR Clears head instantly. Stops cold spreading. Sprinkle your handkerchief during the day —your pillow at night. AT . ALL DRUG A McKESSON PRODUCT STORES WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1932. REFUGEES DESCRIBE HORROR IN' CHAPEI English and German Families Witness Slaying of Wom- en and Children. By the Associated Press SHANGHAL February 5—One Eng- lish and two German families described five days of horror after they escaped today from the battle-wrecked Chapei native section, where they witnessed the initial stages of fighting between Chi- nese and Japanees forces The foreigners, numbering seven, were trapped in their homes in the war zone and forced to witness scenes of death and destruction while their lives | were endangered every moment. The Japanese launched their attack so suddenly the families were caught before they had a chance to leave They sald appeals to Japanese authori- ties were unavailing. They added that Japanese Marines stopped them with bayonets when they attempted to escape. Aided By Japanese Friend. Fires started in the adjoining house, forcing them to flee finally into the Japanese lines. They said they were assisted across the lines through chance meeting with a Japanese friend The refugees were reluctant to dis- cuss the scenes of bloodshed witnessed from their windows during the days of forced isolation, and their story was drawn from them The street was strewn with bodies,” they said. “Yelping dogs tore them apart. We shot to scare the dogs, but they wouldn't stay away “We saw dark figures creep to a house and set it afire. When the Chinese residents ran from their smoking houses Women and Children Slain. “We saw four Chinese, women and children, slump to the ground as they l(‘fi. their doorways. “When the Chinese attempted to re- move their dead they were assailed with rifle and machine-gun fire and were forced to leave the bodies in the street. “The Chinese servants remained loyal “Chinese were beaten, stabbed and shot by Japanese. When the Japanese retreated, hundreds of Chinese looters invaded the territory, burning and de- stroying property.” Most of the houses around refugees’ homes were Japanese, they said. Everything was destroyed, even trees and plants. Their own homes were enveloped in smoke when they left and saved only a few personal belong- the {U. S. SEEN BEHIND IN WAR STRENGTH Assistant Naval‘Secrelary Fears Safety Menzced by “Economy By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, February 5-—Urging a measure of military strength com- parable with neighboring powers, David S. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, In a radio address last night over & national broadcasting company network, spoke against National unpre- paredness for war Ingalls said that from a military point of view, the United States was spending for first line defense “far less proportionately” of the National in- come than any other of the five great powers “As a nation,” he said, “we should be and are ready to go along with every other nation proportionatel “China today is the greatest living example of so-called unpreparedness It is a country * * * of temptations to_others because of its vulnerability.” Ingalls said that the United States Navy “is being worn out and is sadly depreciated.” “In our Navy we find that since the Washington Conference we have laid down or appropriated for but 36 combatant ships, while Great Britain has laid down or appropriated for 96 combatant vessels; Japan, 126; France, 152. To build up in modern ships to the conference terms by 1936 we will have to build 118 ships, Great Britain only 80 ships and Japan only seven ships.” Stating that the Jack of adequate national defense is “false economy, Ingalls concluded: This land of ours was won for us by the blood of our forefathers. It has been kept for us in the same way Unless and until the fundamental character of men changes it will be preserved for our children only by | similar sacrifices.” RELEASED ON WRIT ‘ Acts Washington Man's Petition. Prince Georges' Court By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., February 5.—Granting the petitioner’s request for a writ of habeas corpus, Circuit Court Judge Joseph C. Mattingly vesterday released Gus Chaconas, of $2,000 on & charge of criminal as- sault preferred by Olga Iglehart, also of Washington. The man was arrested early last week and held without bond in the Marlboro Jail. He is now at liberty pending the action of the April grand j al they were shot in their tracks. | | on e 5300 block of | Sixteenth street, Washington, on bond | Expert Promises Speaker Gavel He . Can Never Break By the Associated Press. ELKHORN, Wis, February 5. —Speaker Jack Garner's pe chant for breaking gavels while presiding over the House of Rep- resentatives may soon be checked. Alfred Olson, an Elkhorn wood- worker, announced last night he has received an order from Garner for a special unbreak- able gavel carved out of black walnut and treated with Olson’s “shrunken-wood" process. “I'm told Garner broke three gavels in one week,” Olson said, “put I think I can make one that'll hold him.” SUSPECT DENIES STRANGLING CHILD Man, 51, Grilled After Body of Girl, 5, Is Discovered in Cellar. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 5—A 51- year-old colored moving van helper faced arraignment today on a charge of suspicion in the garrotting of 5 year-old Florence McDonnell. He s Frederick O. Hicks of Brooklyn The child’s body was found yester- day in a cellar near her home in Brooklyn. Rubber covered wire was bound tightly around her small, smooth-skinned neck. She had been missing since Wednesday. Resists Grilling. | Throughout several hours of ques- tioning he steadfastly and vehemently | denled any knowledge of the killing He sald he knew the McDonnell | family Hicks was arrested, however, after telling police he had seen golden- haired Florence walking along the | street late Wednesday afternoon A hole three feet deep was found in a yard behind the store. Police said the slayer apparently bury his victim, but had been frightened away when daylight came. The McDonnell child vanished from | in front of her home at 4 pm. yester- day. Medical examiners said she ap parently had been slain before 9 p.m Gypsies Not Suspected. Although the building in which the killing occurred had been occupied un- til 2:30 pm yesterday by a band of roving gypsies and Florence had played with the gypsy children. police said they doubted the band had anything to do with the slaying “Gypsies often kidnap. kil said Chief Inspector Sweeney The little blue-eyed child vanished almost a year to the day after one of | her playmates had been strangled to | death. "Since then three other chil- | dren in the neighborhood have been | attacked. ‘When she failed to return from play- ing in the street fcr supper, her mother, Mrs. Thomas McDonnell, notified police As the hours went by and no trace of the child was found, every available de- tective in Brooklyn was ordered to join the hunt, but they never Vincent J Mother Collapses. With floodlights illuminating whole neighborhood, the searched alleys, backyards and vacant buildings. At noon 20 detectives basement of the store, the which is only 75 feet from the McDonnell home. The | | body lay in the center of the floor. sledge hammer apparently had been used to break a slab of concrete in the yard and then the slayer had started to dig the grave. An assistant medical examiner said the kidnaped child had not been criminally assaulted. On learning of the discovery of the body the child's mother collapsed Physiclans said she was in a zl'a\e condition. CHINESE NEW YEAI':( TO BE OBSERVED HERE Headquarters of Rival Tongs Will and Honor Paid Republic. | The Chinese New Year will be ushered in at midnight tonigh? with celebra- tions in the headquarters of the On |Leongs and Hip Sings, rival tong organ- izations. This year's celebration will be a dou- ble one, including observance of the | 21st year of the Chinese Republic and | the opening of the new Chinatown, H | between Sixth and Seventh streets. The celebrations tonight and tomor- | row are for Chinese only. Sunday night | the On Leongs will entertain American friends in their hall, on the top floor of 335 Pennsylvania avenue The celebrations are being held on lower Pennsylvania avenue, as quarters in the new section are not yet ready. Likes "Whne Collar Men, CAMDEN, N. J. (#).—Alfred Cooper, Cape May Coun relief director, is the “white collar” men's pal. They stand up well under the rigors of road- building work and “do a good job at |it.” he said. And they're speedy. too. Be Scene, CH CHWARTZ & 7TH SON 708 T. 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The French delegate was understood to have told th> American and Englisn delegation in advance of his plan, but did rot give the information to the German and Italian delegates before it was presented to the conference. By this move M. Tardieu got the jump on his colleagues and placed France's formal views before the general session. Recently the French minister of war had informally expressed his hostility to the use of airplanes and gas as instruments of warfare and it was believed possible that the French gov- ernment might want all nations to re- strict or eliminate both. Dr. Woolley Optimistic. Dr. Mary Woolley, the first American woman to take a seat with diplomats in international conference, told the Asso- ciated Press today that the difficulties which were undoubtedly ahead of the | Disarmament Conference were her in- spiration. “I never yet have met a difficult of which a way could not be found," she said. mark a starting point of a new spirit in international relations, and it is the determination I know of all the Ameri- can_delegates that this shall be so “Something more than a paring here | and there is needed to bring real peace to & sorely tried world. 1 have great faith In human nature (and here she placed great emphasis), which is chang- IX’IB | “The modern mechanical world has built a machine which we must not al- low to master us.” Impressed by Friendliness, Dr. Woolley said her first impression as she took her seat in the Disarma- with mats met old friends at Geneva to believe that many different nationali- | ties were represented She was sure the influence of women this conference would make itseif at felt | “Who knows” she asked rush in where diplomat and do a lot to mak ter place to live in. TI of peace, \d(flmle doubters, 1s making great prog- ress, and 1 feel sure that when the | Jabors of this conference are ended we | shall have taken a great step forward. Women Deliver Petitions. The first dash of color was lent to | the Disirmament Conference at noon | today when a tractor-drawn truck loaded with petitions signed by 6.000,000 | human beings from all parts of world drew up at the League of Nations Building. On the boxes and bundles of signa- | tures sat 15 women each carrying a blue and white banner “For Peace” in vari- | ous languages. treamers around base of the truck carried the inscrip- tion “Internaticnal Women's League for Peace and Freedom.’ “Women to tread d a bet- brief call on Mr. Henderson to whos2 ence’'s retognition of unofficial bodies at tomorrow's extraordinary plenary session. PRESS CORRESPONDENT | CAPTURED BY CHINESE | By the Associated Press TCXI10, February 5.—Japanese press | dispatches from Manchuria today said Edward Hunter, American resident of | Peiping. China, and acting as corre- spondent in Manchuria for the Inter: national News Service, was captured by Chinese troops somewhere Chang-Chun and Harbin and has been | missing since then The Japanese war office telegraphed Gen. Honjo's headquarters at Mukden to push a search for Hunter, who is a native of New York and formerly worked as a newspaper man in San Francisco. Men Folks: A word to the be” sufficient wise $25-$30-$35 Suits & O'Coats $16.75 ’EX’I'RA PANTS, THREE DOLLARS $40 Spring 2-Pants Suits $28.00 Use Your Credit Pay 1, Cash Balance in 10 weekly or 5 semi-monthly payments D.‘I" Kaufman:~ 1008 PENNA AVE. I74‘ PENNA. AW J4TH R EVE “I feel sure that this conference will | “should| | ment Conference was that all the diplo- | such hearty greetings that it was hard | | can the | A deputation from the truck paid a | personal initiative was due th2 confer-| REPLACEMENTS SAIL Transport Leaves With 500 Troops for Philippines. SAN FRANCISCO, February 5 (#).— The Army transport U. S. Grant sailed yesterday with 500 troops for replace- ments in the Philippine Islands and Tientsin. None was destined for Shanghal. The transport also carried 15 Army nurses, 3 of whom will go to Tientsin. They are Miss Anna Clay- pool, Pittsburgh; Miss Ethel Gordan Des Moines, and s Elia G. Neff, In- dianapolis. AGUE FEARS USE OF T6TH ARTICLE Council Anxious Lest China Invoke Economic Weapon Against Japan. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, February 5.—The Chinese delegation to the World Disarmament Conference today expressed anxiet over the “extension of warfare on the Shanghai front,” while the Council of the League of Nations apparently was at a standstill in its peace program The Council nervously fingered ar- ticle XVI of the covenant of the League, which authorizes League mem- bers to join in economic military sanc- tions against an aggressor. W. W. Yep of the Chinese delegation was restrained by several factors from invoking this theoretically most potent of the League's constitutional powers— that s, its strongest teeth The first restraining factor was the knowledge that the American Govern- ment looks askance at article XVI, thus raising the possibility of restricted co- operation from Washington in com- posing the conflict. Must Mave Action. Then, too, the Chinese wished to be en every opportunity for continued procedure under Article XV of the Covenant, which provides for submis- sion of disputes between members to the Council, and Council investigation of them. They felt, however, that littl or no progress had been made under Article XV, and in the words of a Nanking spokesman, “the time has come when we must have some action” gainst the Japanese “We have given the Council two new arms by invoking Articles X and XV. this spokesman told the Associated Press, “and if these arms do not enablc the League to halt the Japanese we furnish them with Article XVI But we do not wish to do this unless here is a chance of accomplishing same go0d. “Certat: needs of { the Council ore authority than g the articles now in effect. we to advance to Article XVI (Article X provides advice from the Council on respect and preservation of the territorial integrity and political independence of a League member against external aggression.) Await Shanghai Report. Meanwhile, League headquarte aited fc Eric Drummond’s report Shanghai. If the report were to ide a sound basis of procedure and the great powers felt themselves in a position to take another step, the Coun- still {cil was ready to summon another ses- sion immediately Th> Chinese were angered today by a suggestion in unofficial French and other quarters that Japan be given a mandate over Manchuria. This idea, alked quietly for some timne. reached an advanced stage when it was openly ad- vocated at an unofficial jublic meeting here last night. A French fpublicist leading the discussion, .old his inter- national audience that “hinsse soldiers were bandits and their officers brigands and China should be ed definitely under Japanese management as & League mandate. Several Chinese in the audience ques- tioned and harangued him sharply. One counter charged that corruption was chronic in French officialdom and | further asked: “Would Prance approve | the suggestion that Ttaly be given a _eague mandate over Corsica to clean out bandits there?” The question went between | unanswered. Nearly every European government and municipality is taking steps to eliminate slums and house the poor in good buildings at low rentals. | Ang EIGHT FOUND DEAD IN MISSIKG PLANE Passenger Airliner, Week Past Due, Crashed Into Mountain. B the Ass LOS ANGELES, Februar) 5.—Miss- ing nearly one week on a flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles, a Century Pacific air liner was found late yester- | day in the mountains on the Tejon | ranch, a mass of wreckage holding the | bodies of its pilot and seven passen- | gers The wrecked and burned plane was located by Paul Apodaca, an Indian der on the ranch, three miles west of Fort Tejon and almost at the summit of th> ridge route. This is approxi- mately 80 miles northwest of Los jated Pr s. Victims of Crash. Those aboard the plane, which dis- appeared in a raging mountain snowe storm last Friday, were the pilot, J. V. Sandblom; Frank Dewar, chief deputy sheriff of Los Angeles County; J. H Polhemus, coffee _importer of San Francisco; W. H. Smith, retired busi- ness man, San Francisco; Miss Nita McGrath, Berkeley, Calif.. Mrs. Mar- gaet Firckeisen, San Diego; Miss Marie Combs, Hollywood. and Spencer Swan, retired business man of Pomona, Calif. The b-dies of the eight persons, mangled and burned, were in or near the wrec Parties of men today undertook the task of bringing the bodies out of the mountairs, The wreckage was in the snow-filled Johnson's Canyon. near the summit of the Tehachapi Mountains. Pilot Sand- bl-m apparently was endeavoring 1o head back toward Bakersfield to escape the terrific storm when he crashed into the head of the canyon Found Plane on “Hunch.” Apodaca found the wreckage on & “hunch” arising from years' experience in_the mountains He sighted the wreckage from a can- von ridge, but did not go near because e “didn't want to see any dead people.” He returned to Fort Tejon and notified officers, who returned with him to the wreck Aviators who visited the wreck ex- pressed the belief all eight died before flames from igniting gasoline reached them. The discovery culminated an extensive land and aerial search. which was handicapped by snow, rain and cold. BRITISH NEW.SPAPER MAN IS BACK IN SETTLEMENT By the Associated Press SHANGHAI, February 5.—Benson Currie, British newspaperman, returned to the International Settlement last ght after being successively a captive of each side In the Sino-Japanese con- flict Entering Chapei in an attempt to rescue the mother of a Chinese friend, Currie was arrested by the Chinese and detained one day. On his release he was promptly rearrested by the Jap- anese as he was making his way out and was held another day. He has re- sumed his duties with the Volunteer Corps and is guarding the Settlement border Currie went into the battle area on Sunday carrying a British Union Jack as his only protection. He had pre- viously brought back his wife and two children frcm one of the most danger- s sectors on the front. ARMY PRICE CUT 0. K.'d Br the Associated Press. 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