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A4 = S0 3. . CAPITAL N JAPAN Twice as Much as American ¢ Money Invested in ! China. between China and ues- | | warfare The followsn . prepared for The Star by Dr. Thomas H. Healy. assistant dean of the Georgetown School | that American | the general tmpress in China. BY THOMAS H. HEALY. | Much of tke agitation for the United | States to take a very definite lead in opposing Japanese action in China is based cn the assumption that the | United States has a large commercial | stake _there, pre- | sumably larger | than some of the * e other leading na- i 1 tions, and that | | China is more im- | portant to us than [ e LAl Japan. Two in- |“oet formation bulle- tins just released by the Far East section of the United States De- partment of Com- merce throw very interesting light on k5 < this matter. 1 A com parative analysis of th;sc | two bulletins (In- . teresting Facts Re D e Japan's Trade and Interesting Facts | Re China's Trade) reveals the follow- ing facts: Japan Fourth of U. S. Markets. American investments in Japan, to- taling approximately $500,000.000, are twice the American investments in China, totaling $250,000,000. Japan ranks fourth among the world markets | for United States exports, while China ranks sixth. In 1930 the United States | furnished Japan approximately 29 per | cent of her total imports while Ger- many, Australia and Great Britain were furnishing about 6 per cent. Our sales to Japan that year, amounting to | over $200,000,000 (Japanese figures), | were more than twice our sales to | China, where our proportion of the total imports was less than 18 per cent. In the some year we bought from Japan $250.000.000 (Japanese figures), or over 34 per cent of her total exports, while G Britain accounted for only 4 per cent of them. In the same year we bought approximately $60,000.000 from China which was less than 15 per cent of her total sales. Our total trade with Japan in 1930 was almost $500.- 000,000, whereas cur total trade with China was about $170.000.000. While the figures fcr the year just| ended are not yet completely compiled, it is estimated that we sold Japan over $150,000,000 of goods and bought $200,000,000. We sold China about $115,000,000 worth of goods. Large Raw Silk Imports. Japan supplies us approximately 85 per cent of our total raw silk imports. In 1930 Japan bought from us $66.- | 000,000 worth of raw cotton, which is | three times as much as China bought, namely $22.000,000. In 1831 Japan purchases of our raw cotton jumped to $80.000,000 covering 1,740,000 bales. ©Our exports of crude oil to Japan in- creased greatly in 1931 amounting to | 2,600,000 barrels. A similar increase | was noted for gasoline covering 1.- 255,000 barrels in 1931. A very impor- tant increase in the sales of raw cot- ton was noted in the last three months of 1931, December alone accounting for 315,000 bales. One of the bulletins shows that Japan ranks second as a source of imports into the United! States, exceeded only by Canada. ‘The above figures give a rather clear idea of the comparative business rela- tions between the United States and Japan and China. Apparently the present role of Japan is of far greater importance than that of China in re- lation to the value of the investments and foreign trade of the United States. U. S. Has Larger Stake in Japan. As to the comparative stake of the United States in China, the bulletin on China’s trade furnishes some very il- luminating data. These facts become of particular importance when it is wurged that the United States, because of the size of its stake in China, should take the laeding role in opposing the Japanese operations. Of a total of $3.500,000,000 of foreign investments in China apparently Ameri- can investments are valued at $250,- 000,000 and account for only 7 per cent. ‘Whereas Japan's investments, totaling $1,150,000,000, account for over four times as much, or approximately 33 per cent. British investments are even greater, totaling $1,270,000,000, or al- most 37 per cent. Of China's imports in 1930, Japan ac- counted for 25 per cent, Great Britain and India, 18 per cent; Hongkong, 16| per cent, while the United States was 17 per cent. Of China’s exports in 1930, Japan, ac- counted for 30 per cent, Hongkong, 17 per cent; Great Britain, 7 per cent, and the United States 14 per cent. Summing these items up it can read- fly be seen that we occupy & much! more important place in the export and import trade and foreign investments of Japan than we do in the case of China, both relatively and in total dollars. It can also be seen that our investments in China and our export and import trade with China are considerably less important than in the case of some other nations. As far as purely busi- ness reasons go, it would seem that the figures do not support the argu- ment that the United States should| take the leading role In opposing Japan | because of the importance of our im-| mediate commercial stake. | The two Commerce Department bul- | letins bring out several other inter- esting facts. For example, of approxi- mately 7.000 Americans who are in China, one-half of them, or 3.500, are in Shanghai Shanghai handles 40 per cent of China's total foreign trade and more than one-third of the total for- eign investments in China are cen- tered at Shanghal. These facts may serve to explain partially why Japan 8t present 1s concentrating its opera-| tions on Shanghaj and why the Shang- hai operations have greatly stimulated international anxiety. e SENATORS OPPOSE | BOYCOTT OF JAPAN AS ENTRY TO WAR (Continued Prom First Page.) made an aggressive move against Amer- ican forces or American interests in the East t. Should Japan hy some act of its own unfriendly to the United States threat- en peace between this country and itself, then a very different view would be taken by Congress, as Senator Borah intimated in his statement when he sald: “I am in favor of the United States retaining friendly relations with both powers, unless the break comes by some act of their own.” Statement by Borah. The statement of the Idaho Senator follows: uestion, of course, the “I do mot good faith of those who are urging an € 3 but I certainly mbargo against Japan, estion the wisdom of their program. opinion, the best way to advance lhen:wn of war between this country and Japan, to destroy the last vestige of influence W) the United States may have in ‘he! to bring about - adjustment of in the Orient, the best way to turn the fage of the A*hnmmmmm.h THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 21, Geneva Observations League Looks on Arms Conference as Its Golden Achievement—U. S. Participating Like Full-Fledged Members. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Special Dispatch to The Star. GENEVA, February 20—Despite its complete debacle in the Sino-Japanese | mess—"war in evervthing but name,” as the Council he:rd it described re- | cently by J. H. Thomas, British minister | of dominions, in proclaiming joint | American action at Shanghai—the | Leaue of Nations looks upon the Ar-| mament Confercnce as ils golden achievement. Succeed or fail, here are sixty-odd nations gathered under | League auspices for the supreme effort | yet put forth by men in the troublous Guest for peace. Sir Eric mmond. | secretary general beams with a par-| donable pride as he surveys the scene that unfolds itself beiore place on the presidential rostrum whenever the Conference is plenary session. Ge- neva, 1 be foredoomed to fu- tility. But it will be a glorious futility, and the lack of success will be laid where it belongs—at the feet of the na- tions—and not chalked up against the League. The secretariat on the Quai Woodrow Wilson is in some such frame of mind these days as Gen. von Roon, Prussian minister of war during the | early hours of the Franci-German con- flict of 1871. Von Roon was encoun- | tered by a friend, who found him in | sporting costume, bound for a fishing expedition. The friend expressed amaze- ment. “Well, why not?” ejaculated | Gen. von Roon. “My work is done. It's | up to the army now.” The League for | five years has been preparing for the arms conference. Its preparatory com- | mission has sweated smce 1927. The | Test is up to the nations * o kK It goes without saying that the League would give a lot to have the United States join it. There’s no shad- ow of a doubt that we could get in on our own terms. Until we get ready to come in, the League is more than con- tent to have our co-operation on the lines on which it has been sought and given for the past 10 years. We are par- ticipating. for example, in the arms conference—the best and biggest thing the League ever undertook—as full- fledgedly as if we were a dues-paying, coting member of the club. S.-mmri son is the cynosure of all League at Geneva. Everybody is awa the sole representative of the United States Congress on the confer- ence scene sits in the body which has it in its power to bring the U. S. A. into the League or keep it out. Th- Senator from Virginia is a Wilsonian and a pro-Leaguer. But he’s not spreading any illusions around as to the probz-’ bility of our “coming in.” What Mr. Swanson is saying to secretariat moguls, | when they buttonhole him on the sub- | ject, is that the more the League does to justify its pretentions to being a peace-preserving body, the larger will become the possibility that some sunny day Uncle Sam will apply for member- ship. | o ox % Meantime, the League, like Ole Man River, just kesps rollin’ along. Physi- cally, it bears every evidence of pro ternational Labor Office, offshoots, inhabits a ite palace built for the ages. cague itself is by way of combvleting new sccretariat headquarters that wil be one of the largest buildings in E: rope when it is is finished. On the of the conference, when Sir Eric Drur mond announced his resignation as Tetary general, to take effect in 1 rumors were current that the Sino- Japanese episode, having demonstrated the “impotency” of the League, was back of his decision to quit office. As a matter of fact, Drummond intimated a year ago that he would retire at the end of 12 yea ervice. He is still carried on the active list of the British diplo-| matic service. is eligible for a blue-rib- | bon Ambassadorship, and is anxious to The the complete his public service in his pro- fessional career. * ok k% Between conference excitements most American visitgrs to Geneva find their way to the Hotel de Ville (city hall) for inspection of the “Alabama room.” The apartment is so called because it was the scene of the world’s first in- ternational arbitration—the settlement of the Anglo-American Civil War con- troversy over the Confederate ship Ala- bama. On the wall hangs a fine old- fashioned photograph of the American Arbitration Commission, iacluding our then Minister to Great Britain, Charles Francis Adams, grandfather of the present Secretary of the Navy. In the | same room the International Red Cross was organized. One of the articles of adornment is a plowshare and pruning- hook made out of swords—emblems forged as the result of a prize offer by an American citizen during the Cen- tennial year of 1876. Thomas Atkin- son, an Indiana farmer, was the orig- inator of the idea, and Clayton B. Rogers of Philadelphin carried it out by asctually manufacturing the plow and ning-hook from swords tendered for tLs purpose by veterans of the Mexican and Civil Wars. The Universal Peace Union presented them to the “Alabama room.” * ok ox % It may nct go down in_the con- ference's !i...ory as its red letter day, but Saturday, February 6, deserves im- mortalization. That was when the great organized ace bodies of the world—the churches, the women, the | students, the Socialists and the trade | unionists—made their dramatic march through the conference hall and piled up a mountain of disarmament peti- tions on the presidential rostrum. Notable and moving addresses were made by the chosen spokesmen of these groups. None was more impressive than that of James Frederick Greene of Kansas City, Yale '32, president of the Intercollegiate Disarmament Coun- cil. “In a sense” sald the slender, black-hatred young college man, “I am presenting an ultimatum, rather than a petition. The students whom I rep- resent are watching critically every action of this conference, for behind your deliberations stands staring down at us the specter of death. We desire to live and to live at peace.” It was the great day of God's plain children everywhere at this conclave of world power-wielders—a mighty demand in the name of uncountable millions that this conference shall not adjourn with- out a definite declaration of war on war and adoption of ways and means to win it. Sir John Simon, Britain's chief spokesman, reflected in his opening address before the conference the deep impression left by the proletarian dem- onstration “This is not a conference of rulers and statesmen.” he said. “We represent the mass of the people in all lands, the people who fought the wars, and are hoping, even against hope, for a wise issue from our deliberations.” o ok x Two “Jim Prestons” are responsible for the perfect press arrangements at conference—Pierre Comert of France, chief of the League's extensive press _section, and Arthur Sweetser of the U. S his chief adjutant. Even the late superintendent of the Senate press gallery at Washington couldn't have organized things more efficiently for the world’s scribes here in their serried hundreds. News “releases” in French and English are available with American speed. Most ample writing, telegraphing and typewriting facilities are provided at all strategic points. Things work with clocklike ease and regularity, as far as the press is con- cerned, and praise of Comert, Sweetser & Co. is loud and fervent. (Copyright. 1932 | to do precisely what these people are urging in the way of peace. Their pro- | gram, express and implied, consists of | a boycott, withdrawing our Ambassador | and consuls, the breaking of diplomatic | relations, complete severance of all friendly relations—in the words of the disowned King Richard: “That way les madness.” No one could possibly fore- tell the evil consequences to follow | from such a procedure. Favors Friendly Relations. “I am in favor of the United States retaining friendly relations with both powers (unless the break comes by some act of their own) and doing all that a frienaly, neutral power can properly do to bring these powers together in a just settlement of their controversy. This idea that the United States should travel about over the globe boycotting and breaking diplomatic relations with all nations which may have contro- versies or may come in conflict with each other is not in the interest of the people of the United States or of peace, in my judgment. i “If we start with such a belligerent, unfriendly program, we must be pre- pared to follow it to its logical conclu- sion. If other nations regard it as an unfriendly act, or an act of war (and| under the conditions now obtaining, that is precisely how it would be re-| garded), nevertheless, we must go| through. “However deeply concerned we may be about peace in the Orient, there ls‘ only a limited field within which we can properly move. Beyond that it| would be an injustice to our own coun- try and a crime against our own peo- ple” Boycott Petitions. The petition was sent to the President by President Lowell, Mr. Baker, Harry A. Garfield, president of Williams Col- lege;, Edward A. Filene, Boston mer- chant; Chester Rowell, former publisher of the Fresno (Calif.) Republican; Ernest Martin Hopkins, president of Dartmouth College; Kenneth M. Sills, president_of Bowdoin College; Willis J. Abbott of the Christian Science Moni- tor; Livingston Ferrand, president of Cornell University; Guy Stanton Ford, acting president of the University of Minnesota, and Alexander G. Ruthven, president of the University of Michigan. The petitioners declared that the events in Manchuria and Shanghai have | proved that something more than mere protests by other nations are needed to| quell the conflict in the Far East be-} tween Japan and China. With Japan proved the aggressor, they continued, it is the duty of the League of Nations to | proceed to an economic boycott of Ja- pan. Such a bovcott could not be ef- fective unless the United States should join in it. Therefore, the pelitioners call upon the President and the Con- gress to signify to the League that this Country will concur in economic meas- wres it may take to restore peace. HENRY PU-YI TAKES OFFICE ON MARCH 1 Uncertainty Persists Regarding Ti- tle to Be Assumed by Man- churian Ruler. By the Associated Press. MUKDEN, Manchuria, February 20. —March 1 has been set for the cere- mony installing Henry Pu-Yi, former boy Empercr of China, as ruler of the new separfte Ma! state, it was autheritatively reparted today. ‘Whether he will be enthroned as. Menarch of the/new government or made its President remained uncertain. March- 1 is an important holiday in the mneu Army, which #tands be- +hind - fledgling government. It is the anniversary of the battle of ‘Muk- den in 1905, when the Japanese.de- feated the Russians, ¢ U.5. NOT INVITED 10 LEAGUE SESSION | Question of Asking Participa- tion Never Discussed, Geneva Says. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, February 20. —Hugh S. Gibson, acting head of the American delegation to the Disarma- ment_Conference, tonight denied pub- lished reports that the United States had been invited to participate in the League of Nations' Assembly meeting on March 3, called to adjudicate China’s case against Japan. He never had been approached, he saia, with such an invitation, which would have to pass through his hands. Furthermore, the League headquarters denied the question of inviting America to participate had even been discussed. The Russian delegation, which also was reported to have been asked to attend the Assembly session, said there was no truth in that report. Maxim Litvinoff, Russia’s foreign commissar, however, mentioned the Far Eastern situation in sarcastic com- ment on the Disarmament Conference before the American section of the | International Club. “I would like to apply the Coue sys- tem to this conference, telling myself and others every minute that the con- ference is going just splendidly, that every day in every way we are disarm- ing more and more,” he said. “We would say that peace and quiet prevail in the Far East, that the polit- jcal independence of China has not been infringed, that announcement of the separation of Manchuria from China merely happened to coincide with the occupation of Manchuria by foreign troops. “We could say we had converted cartridges, grenades and bombs into harmless squibs and fireworks.” CHINESE ARE ROUTED IN MANCHURIAN FIGHT Heavy Losses Inflicted by Japa- nese Garrison in Kirin Province in Three-Hour Battle. By the Associated Press. CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, February 20.—After a three-hour battle 500 Chi- nese soldiers - were driven off With heavy losses today by the Japanese garrison at Tunhua, one of the most important towns strategically in Kirin Province. ‘The Japanese rushed in reinforce- ments from Kirin and Changchun to change the tide of battle, and their scouting planes flew over the troops. Japanese losses were put at 3 dead and 12 wounded, and numerous Chinese were killed. There has been a Japanese at Tunhua since February 17, when & rebellion led by Gen. Wang-Teh-Lin, opponent of Hsi Hsia, Governor of Kirin, began to look dangerous. Hsi Hsia is one of the military leaders who joined in the formation of the separate Manchurian state under Japa- nese auspices. Tunhua is &ahnt because it con the which the Japanese the ‘Koresn enough trenches ts to fnsure started they got into the ground, wait- IKIANGHAN'S FALL IS BELIEVED NEAR Japanese Tanks Lead Attack in “Key” Sector. Chapei Pounded. (Continued From First Page.) the stategic city of Tunhua. The Jap- n anese was reinforced from Changchun and Kirin and the Chinese were repulsed. REPORT KIANGWAN GAINS. Japanese Claims Troops Have Entered Eastern End of Town. (Copyright, 1932, by the Associated Press). SHANGHAI, Fehruary 20.—Japanese Army he~dquarters said Japanese troops entered the eastern end of Klangwan today, under a combined attack of ar- tillery, tenks, airplanes and infantry. dogged resistance from the £ Chinese. The Japanese claimed they also gained a toe-hold on the northern side of Kiangwan, where Japanese foot sol- diers were attempting to enter, their pace slowed by Chinese fire. The battle had become flercer, fifteen airplanes were bombing the Chinese po- sitions, while howitzers and artillery pleces laid down a barrage ahead of the advancing tanks and infantry. Japanese infantry reinforcements be- gan moving into the battle line from behind Japanese headquarters shortly before noon. Japanese Estimate Losses. Fighting along the northern border of the International Settlement was im- minent as 200 more Japanese soldlers Nanking railway station, Emtorcem:nu were also brought up ere. Japanese headquarters announced that nine Ji ese had been killed and 35 wounded in the two-day offensive on Kiangwan up to 11 am. .. The figures were considered low by observ- erg of the battle. Reports from Woosung said Chinese infantry attempted to cross Woosung Creek to attack Japanese lines, but the Japanese claimed they drove back the attackers. ‘The Chinese took the aggressive at that point on the battlefront, extend- Ing from Chapei, in Shanghal. Chinese artillery continued to shell Japanese warships as well as Japanese positions &he left bank of the creek, many falling among the Japanese soldiers. Jupanese guns far in the rear of the armored juggernauts hurled an ave- lanche of shells over Japanese head- quarters in the International Racing Club, which is at least & mile east of Kiangwan. The Japanese had pushed up to that point in yesterday's fero- S madietaly atter th helling mediately after the s an today, the tanks entered the muewnx no man’'s land between the racecourse and the town. Battle Flares at Woosung. In the rear of the Chinese lines the defenders’ artillery shelled the oncom- ing forces, although not on such a ‘g;::. scale as the Japanese bombard- Over at Woosung, at the opposite end of the front from Chapei and Kiang- wan, another battle flared. Three Japanese destroyers and one crulser pumped a hail of shells into the long- suffering village as the fog lifted, en- abling the armed hosts there as well as at Kiangwan to see what they were dmfl'im though the Japanese yesterda: claimed they had destroyed e 1asy vestiges of the Chinese positions at Woosung, they found themselves the objective this morning of Chinese guns which had been brought into the vil- lage during the night. The battered guns of the Chinese forts, which the Japanese though y bad hammered into junk, also came to life and shelled the Japanese fleet lying in the Whangpoo River. Chinese fleld pleces replied to the warships’ bombardment, while Chinese troops entrenched along the shorelines appeared to hold their positions against the flapanese with a sheet of fire from small arms. = A visit to the Kiangwan front from behind the Japanese lines revealed that the race course had been reduced to wreckage. Numerous buildings were gl? ';nd riddled by bombs, shells and ets. ‘The Chinese positions in Chapel were ripped and blasted as the Japanese, suc- cessful yesterday in straightening out their line all the way from Chapei to Woosung, swept down on Chapei from the rear. ‘Then the ear-splitting bombardment along the battlefront subsided, altho an occasional boom revealed that the gunners were standing by. A heavy smoke pall spread over the szone with the usual morning fog that rolled in over Shanghai. Shanghal, which rocked throughout the bombardment all yesterday, was awakened this moming to learn what a real artillery preparation amounted to. Planes Drop Huge Bombs. Batteries of heavy Japanese guns in Hongkew Park flung over ash-can pro- | 35, punish jectiles. Japanese airplanes ed the Chinese with huge bombs. ‘The thunder from the front was unbroken. In comparison, yesterday's artillery ac- tion seemed popgun. The Japanese had no monopoly on artillery action when the Mhm resumed this mun&* Frequent of light from the Chinese gun positions in Chapei, followed by reverberating roars, seemingly proved false the recent reports to the effect that the Chinese were dangerously low on ammunition. Amricans Raid Mill. ‘Trouble developed between the Jap- anese command and the Americans on guard duty in the Shanghai Interna- tional Settlement. American Marines raided a cotton mill near the Ameri- can lines in which numerous Japanese soldiers_were billeted. The Japanese announced they would file a protest against the rald with the United States consulate. The Ameri- cans, who had been hunting for signal apparatus, had made an unnecessarily thorough search, the Japanese declared; even to invading the ladies’ bath, which was occupled at the time. Marine officers said they had dis- covered not only signaling apparatus but also a quantity of munitions. In the last few days, they explained, sev- eral Japanese have been caught in the act of signaling from the American sector. In the deluge of shells laid down by the Japanese when they got into action again it seemed that no living: thing could survive. Reports from the front told of hundreds of Chinese dead in their trenches. ‘The spectacle of battle was witnessed by Nelson P. Johnson, United States Minister to Chins, from s ringside seat on the roof of a cotton mill near the Settlement boundary. Minimum of Bayonet Work. Columns of black smoke poured up from the ruins of numerous Chinese villages strung along the line from Chapel to Woosung. Geysers of flame told of occasional direct hits on ammu- nition dumps. Chx: sltnghtevg'lu out utx;efi' line from pel ‘'oosung Japanese pushed ahead from 1 to 2} miles, but the advance was carried out with a minimum of bayonet work. The for this Bed g g ER z i was 3 dutm%m shuttled back the British, lniformwlom their acreen of shells the Jap- i 1] EE gk EE : : ] y 8 e §5§§ 3 right and left flank the =d- vance was negotiated with a minimum of ‘The Japanese gobbled “g of Misu Chan, Woosung village, where the Chinese had built strong trench positions to protect the rear of the Woosung forts, & furnace. All day six Japanese and forth along the Woosung River front, their guns streaming shells into the forts and the Chinese emplacements behind. Seven Japanese planes circled above the Woosung area, keeping the warships on the range. The purpose of the action at this end of the line apparently was to keep the Chinese occupied. Only a few Japanese infantrymen remained in the trenches along the western bank of Woosung Creek. The rest of them had been moved south to take their part in the m&:: action. ‘Twice during day's fighting Lieut. Gen. Kenkichi Uyeda, in command of ult, shifted his head- peasant’s cottage a mile and a half from the front. Later he shifted to Ti Futan University, which his troops had occupied. Converted Into Headquarters. ‘The university buildings soon were converted into an army headquarters. Class rooms were turned over to offi- cers as billets. Radio and telephone apparatus was installed and maps were moved in. In the assembly hall of the univer- sity, on one of the walls of which was a flag-draped picture of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, father the Chinese Republic, s w soldlers took their ease. hundred yards away was the front into which Chinese shells were pounding. A few hundred yards to the rear of the university eight big Japanese guns retaliated. An unbroken stream of Japanese sol- diers, carrying full fleld equipment, trudged by, bound to the front. En- thusiastic Japanese civilians volun- teered their services to carry provisions into the lines. All during Saturday thousands of terrorized Chinese refugees streamed out of the Hongkew district of Shang- hai and from other areas to the north, seeking places of safety. ‘They swept on towards the French concession and headed for the native section beyond, determined to put as much distance as ible between themselves and the &htlng. Some of them had wheelbarrows, some carts and some rickshas. But most were afoot, with as many of their household T”d' piled on their backs as they could carry. Searched by Chinese Guards. ‘Troops on guard in the foreign sec- tions allowed these refugees to pass through the streets. When they got to the borders of the Chinese city below the Prench Concession, Chinese guards, with drawn pistols, searched them. But not many were turned back. A few hours after the funeral pro- cession for two British sailors, killed by shellfire last Wednesday, passed through the streets of Shanghai. Approximately 1,500 persons were in the procession, and among them were American and French Min- isters to China, as well as British con- sular officials in full uniform. There were detachments of marines and sail- ors, and numerous officers of the Shang- hai foreign garrisons. The music of a military band was heard esgainst a background of boom- ing guns and bursting shells as the funeral moved toward the cathedral. Japanese airplanes circled over nearby Chapel. MOTOR STAGE CRASH KILLS 3, HURTS 16 Arizons Highway Scene of Trag- edy When Bus Hits Tank Truck in Fog. By the Associated Press. MOHAWK, Ariz., February 20.—Two men and & woman were killed and 16 persons were injured today when & Los Angeles-Dallas motor stage, running through heavy fog, crashed into & tank- line truck on the highway 5 miles west of here. ‘The bus, operated by the Independent Stage Co., telescoped itself as it struck the rear end of the truck. The killed were Turney T. Bowen and Alvin Alex- ander, en route from Los Angeles to Phoenix, Ariz., and Joyce McLasty, Los les to Dallas. e injured included Miss Nina Fitch, , Chicago; Nathan Movitz, 22, Bal- timore, Md.; David Sweeger, 65, Mar- shall, Mich.; John Beeshey, Montague, Mich; Clayton Odell, Dubuque, Iowa; Oliver MacFarlan, Shelbyville, Ind. DUCE WATCHES SITUATION Daughter of Italian Premier Is in Bhanghai With Husband. SHANGHAI, Sunday, 21 (/) —Premier Mussolini of Italy is keep! & close watch on the situation here through cablegrams sent to him au!ly by his government’s representa- ves. He has s personal interest in the situation, for his dsughter is here with her husband, the Itallan charge d’affaires. The ng” Every other day or to people who 1932—PART ONE. 'WAR' NEWS SHADES VOTING IN JAPAN Reply to League Council Con- tains “Plain Speaking” on China’s Action. By the Associated Press. 20—War bulletin ‘TOKIO, boards competed for public attention today with general election polling places, and apparently the bulletins won out. : The voting that wilf decide whether the present government will continue in office was light. About 70 per cent of total of about the - 9,000,000 voters—went to the polls. The elec‘t‘on was without sighificance so far 28 vernment) party. Japan's reply to the Council of the of Nations, which appealed to her “supreme sense of honor” in the Shanghai conflict, was prepared today thoritatively to con- e Pl speaking” about China's action in calling for a special session of the e Assembly. Government officials declared the Council's appeal to :‘\fism was “highly irregular.” ~ Toklo not reply di- rectly, they said, but will send a letter to Joseph Paul-Boncour, Council presi- dent, acknowledging the Council's com- munication and inclosing a statement addressed to all the powers. Forecasts were that this statement would contain a vigorously worded in- dictment of China. When the League Assembly meets March 3 in extraordinary session the Japanese government will be repre- sented by a strong delegation. Among the members probably will be Ambas- sador Tsueneo Matsudaira, representa- tive at London; Naotake Sato, Japa- nese delegate to the League Council, :I:I:n Shigeru Yoshida, Ambassador to e. BANDITS BOASTFUL, ONE DIES, TWO FLEE Hope to “Kill Cop or Two,” But Find Police Too Quick on At- tempting Third Hold-up. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, PFebruary 20.—Three bandits, who boasted they were “out to get some big money and kill a cop or two,” were cornered today by police, who killed one of them while the other two escaped. The trio lined three washers and| two chauffeurs against a wall in an uptown garage. They got $14. “Give it back to 'em.” shouted one bandit. “We don't want any of this small town stuff.” The bandits then departed in a new sedan. The leader shouted over his shoulder, “We're going to get some big money and kill a cop—maybe two cops.” At a Broadway restaurant they es- caped with $175 and police found the stolen car an hour later in front of another restaurant. A detective, who discovered three customers huddled against a wall and a bandit in the middle of the place, pisto! in hand, opened fire. The bandit backed toward the kitch- en, firing as he went. Patrolman Ter- ;eneLe McDermott joined in the pistol uel A bullet struck McDermott in the arm. and the bandit in the rear of the restaurant staggered 4nto the kitchen fatally wounded. The other two fied in their car. —_— SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE GIVE $1,000,000 FOR WAR Additional Funds Yet to Come Scattered Throughout California. From Colonies By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, February 20— More than $1,000,000 has been con- tributed by San Francisco Chinese for the aid of Chinese forces at Shanghai, Arthur G. Wong, manager of the Ba of Canton, announced here yesterda “Our work is about 60 per cent done,” sald Wong, who is treasurer of the Jocal “war chest” cam . ‘Wong said that additional funds were expected from Chinese colonies scattered throughout California. WAR VETERAN SUICIDE Illness Resulting From Gas at Front Blamed in Georgia Death. ATLANTA, Ga., February 20 (#).— Capt. Wilson J. Squire, 47, insurance agent and former advertising man, shot himself to death at his home here today. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of suicide. Witnesses at the inquest said he had been worried by illness resulting from being gassed during the World War. Born in Council Bluffs, Towa, CngL Squire moved to North Carolina in his early life, beginning his business career there. For some time he was connected with the advertising department of the Charlotte Observer. He entered the World War with a North Carolina regiment and served in numerous engagements before being gassed. 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