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ENGLAND REIECTS | SHAPPINGON DEBT Chamberiain Also Declares Return to Gold Depends on Four Conditions. (Continued From First Page.) detailed and frank than a cabinet min- ister usually gives to questioners in the House. Hesitates to Discuss Debts. He began by saying he didn't intend to discuss the debts because reports from the United States said America was “sick and tired of the whole busi- ness.” He smiled and said he didn't think England would mind if she never heard the subject of the debts mentioned again. In his formal talk he expressed the hope that the Washington Conference and_the World Economic Conference would be successful, declaring it was en- couraging for the world that economic problems as well as intergovernmental obligations would be discussed at Wash- ington. “I don't think,” he said. “the conten- tion holds that England’s departure from the gold standard forced down rice levels in gold values. Price levels d been falling for two years. but they have fallen more slowly since we left | the gold standard.” He said he believed that Great Bri- tain's departure from gold “had even | checked the fall of gold prices.” Key Is Low Prices. Mr. Chamberlain found the key of world economic troubles in the problem of low price levels, with the whole economic and social structure built up on price levels which no longer exist. If there could be a rubstantial rise in wholesale prices and the rise be stabil- ized the most serfous economic problems ‘would be on the way to a solution. “How are prices to be raised?” asked the chancellor, and he ancwered by say- ing that there must be a return of world confidence. The chancellor said the problem was nct wholly monetary and cited the reflation experiment in | the United States, with the results “not entirely encouraging.” Still, the chan- cellor said. he would be sorry to see an abandonment of the American refla- THE EVEXTNM PR WASTINETON, D €. WEDNESDAY., FEBRUARY 1, 1933, e . Children Help Roosevelt Celebraie Birthday PRESIDENT-ELECT CUTS 80-POUND CAKE, GIFT OF SONS. RESIDENT-ELECT ROOSEVELT celebrated his 51st birthday enniversary at Warm Spring-, Ga. Here he is cut- ting an 80-pound birthday cake in the presence of nearly 90 crippled children and staff members of the Warm Springs Foundation. The cake was a gift of Mr. Roosevelt's four sons. —A. P. Photo. DEBTOR NATIONS | READYFORPARLEY | Three Who Paid in December | Accept Invitations—Three More Expected Soon. By the Associated Press. With Great Britain, Italy and Czecho- slovakia already agreed to send repie- sentatives to discuss war debts with President-elect Roosevelt. Finland, Lat- via and Lithuania are expected to make ROOSEVELT SILENT ON DEBT PROGRAM; VISITED BY EXPERTS (Continued From First Page) one of the high offices in the Govern- ment. Tariff reciprocity agreements are now definitely included in the Roosevelt pro- gram for the World Economic Confer- | ence through which, in return for deht: relief, he hopes to establish a new era | for prosperity. Views on Tariff. ‘The President-elect’s views on tariff reduction are outlined as follows: “By international negotiation as the first and most desirable method in view | ot present world conditions, by consent- | ing to reduce to some extent some of our duties in order to sccure a lowering 1.E.COLLIFLOWER HEADS MERCHANTS ‘Succeeds Mark Lansburgh, | Who Declines Fourth Term as Head of Association, AUTOPSY IS HELD INDOCTOR'S DEATH Coroner Expected to Issue| Suicide Verdict in Case of Dr. L. R. Martin. The coroner’s office was expected to- day to issue a certificate of suicide in the deatH of Dr. L. Ricaud Martin, 33, who presumably swallowed poison yes- terday shortly before his body was feund on the floor of his office in an Connecticut avenue, who had made an appointment by telephone with Dr. Martin only an hour previously. When Harding obtained no response to knock, he summoned the manager of the building and the office door was opened with a pass key. Dr Martin was lying face down on his office rug. as if he had collapsed from the effects of a quick-acting poison while walking across the room. Deputy Coroner A. Magruder Ma: Donald said he was convinced death | was due to poison, but wished to de- termine the nature of the substance used through the autopsy. The Martins had no children. mends said they had adopted a baby rl. {JAPAN WITHDRAWS PART OF OBJECTION TO LEAGUE STAND _ (Continued Prom First Page) apertment building at 1650 Harvard street. Dr. Martin lived in the 1200 block of Connecticut avenue. | An autopsy was performed last night. but the coroner's verdict will be with- held until a chemical analysis can be made of the contents of the viscera. | ‘Two notes in the doctor’s handwriting | were found In his office. One said: | “Darling. 1 am going out but I love | you and Jean. I'm glad to die. furniture is divided.” This note was belicved intended for his estranged wife, Mrs. Mary Martin, of Wichita, Kans.. from whom he was | separated six months ago. | The second note, addressed to his | wife, told of financial difficulties and informed Mrs. Martin he had taken | steps to obtain a divorce. | According to Mrs. Gladys Gill, an | office assistant of Dr. Martin’s, her em- ployer was subject to fits of despond- ency and often talked of ending his life. He had been under treatment for ner- vous disorders for the past two years, and recently took the office in which his body was found in an effort to re- establish his practice. The body was found about 1 pm by a patient, Paul Harding. of 3501 OUF | of what was undisputably Chinese ter- | ritory has been forcibly seized and sep- | arated from China, and that China was not responsible for the events after September 18, 1931. (Japanese ac- cused the Chinese of tearing up rail- road tracks near Mudken. necessitating that attack as a defensive measure.) ‘The Japanese delegation was expect- ing momentarily to receive instructions from Tokio which they regard as of the highest importance. saying they may b> “final” instructions for a policy toward the League. The suggestion is that these instruc- direct the delegation’s re- tirement from the League Assembly or Japan's withdrawal from the League. James E. Collifiower was elected pres ident of the Merchants and Manufas turers' Association at a meeting yester- day of the board of governors of the as- sociation. He succeeds Mark Lans- burgh, who has served three terms as | tions may part of China, that Japan's actions since the Mukden attack (the begin- ning of Japanese operations in Man- churia, September 18, 1931), was not legit'mate self-defense; there was no spontaneous movement for independ- | ence in Manchuria; that a large area What a celebration th 2 RUSSIA 15 FIRM INACCUSING JAPAN {Refuses to Retract State- ment That Peace Is Being Threatened. | By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, February 1.—The BSoviet a refusal to retract statements by Vya- cheslaff Molotoff, president of the Council of Commissars, that peace be- | tween Russia and Japan was threat- |ened by Count Uchida, Japanese for- eign minister. Tamekichi Ota, Japanese Ambassa- | dor, requested th: Soviet government to correct the “erroneous impression™ | caused by a speech by Molotoff before a recent session of the Central Execu- tive Committee. | H. M. Karakhan. assistant Soviet ;commissar for foreign affairs, replied | curtly that the Soviet government con- | sidered it unnccessary to indulge in further discussions of the matter. ‘The Ambassador declared the asser- | tions of Molotoff did not “coincide with | the facts.” | Charges Made. Molotoff charged Forcign Minister Uchida with threatening Russo-Japa- nese relations by a specch the latter made recently before the Japanese Diet. ' ! Accusing Count Uchida of “repeating nti-Soviet falschoods,” Molotoff said “such attacks are not in the interest of strengthening peac:ful relations be- ! tween the U. S. 8. R. and Japan, but, government stood firmly today behind | contrarily, have the opposite effect.” (Count Uchida was reported to have sald: “There are those who fear whether the recent restoration of diplo~ matic relations between the U. 8. 8. R. and China might not add vigor to the Communist propaganda throughout the | Orient * * ¢ If the Red movement in China gained strength in China, it would result in a serious menace to peace in the Orient.”) Exchange of Notes. An exchange of notes between Japan and Russia disclosed Molotcff said Count Uchida was “repeating” statements from a war ministry communique while the Japanese government contended the “content and meaning” of Count Uchida's speech differed entirely from the communique. The Soviet government, Commissar Karakhan said, “takes into consider tion * ¢ * that the Japanese gov- ernment does not intend to identify itself with the war ministry’s come munique.” NINE GIFTS OF BLOOD FAIL TO SAVE NURSE | | Miss Melva Keim Dies Despite Ef- | forts of Fellow Members of Sibley Staff. Although nine fellow members of the Sibley Hospital nursing staff had given ! blcod in as many transfusions, Miss Melve Keim. a student nurse at the institution. died there early today. She had been i1l almost two weeks, the re- sult of a blood infection. Miss Keim had been a student at Siblev for two vears. The body will be taken to her home, in Merersdale, Pa. for burial Mrs. Mollie Wallace Dies. Mrs. Mollie Wallace, mother of Leslie Wellace, supreme commander of the Order of the Shepherds of Bethlehem, died at her home at Verona. N. J, Monday, according to word received here teday. is’l be!! SOL HERZOG of foreign walls that a larger measure | of our surplus may be admitted abroad.” | However, he will sanction no gen- | eral “log rolling” tariff revision measure just now. He prefers the Democratic | head of the body and declined nomina- | tion for a fourth term. | Mr. Collifiower has served three terms as first vice president of the as- sociation and for some time has been tion program. similar decigions within a few days. “In Great Britain money is cheap and [ * These six pcwers are in the preferred class. Each paid the December 15 debt lentiful,” he said, but confidence is ackmg. ,1?‘5“1 ents 2pd, 3l| of them were told Regarding the linking of war debts|through the State Department that the Inc. with disarmament. Mr. Chamberlain | said he realized this was the view of 8 large section of the American public. but the root of the armament problem was fear—a lack of confidence. incoming President would grant sep- arafe hearings soon after March 4. Ttaly and oslovakia confirmed arrangements vesterday for discussions to -be held after Great Britain's talks Impelled by Fear to Arm. i No country in Europe wi hes to Te-| arm cr can afford to do so. but is im- peiled by fear to do so, he said. Asked | whether Great Britain has any agree-| ment with France which might affect the Washington discussion, Mr. Cham- berlain taid Great Britain had no; agreement with France except a pro- wvisional understanding of the Lausanne | reparations settlement, which it was to the interest of Great Britain, France and the world to uphcld. ! “It is all-important that the Lau-| sanne agreement should not be torn up,” | he remarked. Mr. Chamberlain stressed interdepend- | ence of nations. saying: “Isolation is| a thing of the past. If we are to live we must exchange one another's' produce. No nation or group of na- tions can ignore other nations’ preblems. | Great Britain and the United States must realize that they have world, ties.” { Artificial trade barriers must be re-| moved, said the chancellor, who de-| clared himself a “protectionist.” He added that the faults of protection are not in protection itself, but in its abuse and a policy which “has enabled the! United States to reach its present po- | sition, hardly a perfect one.” ‘Wants Tariff Discussion. with Mr. Rcosevelt and under similar conditions. Both war debts and eco- nomic problems are to be considered. Misgivings Are Voiced. Misgivings and warnings over the ap- proaching war debts negotiations were sounded in the Senate yesterday, with criticism of President-elect Roosevelt's announced intention to deal in person with the representatives of Great Britain. The new airing of the debt topic coincided with the departure of Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambas- sador, who sailed for London from New York last night to prepare with his government for the discussions which are to open here immediately after in- auguration day. Senator Lewis, Democrat, of Illinois, opened the debt debate with a speech in which he warned the American people against the possibility of a con- certed drive from abroad for a new moratorium and called for reassertion of the opposition of Congress to any new moratorium or any reduction in the debts. Reed Issues Warning. Senator Reed. Rcpublican of Penn- sylvania, then broke in to say he feared the President-elect wes about to repeat the “mistake of President Wilson” at the Paris Peace Conference. in negoti- He hoped tariff barriers would be sating personally with foreign govern- discussed at Washington and the World | Economic Conference. “If all the problems can be discussed | without too much prejudice,” he said, | *I welcome the approach of the World | Economic Conference, any agreement | between our two great countries will do more perhaps than any other things to help further world recovery.” As for tariffs, he said. Great Britain 48 carrying on negotiations with half a dozen nations and there is plenty of yoom for tariff concessions outside the | Ottawa agreements. New Moratorium Is Seen. A possibility that the United States will grant a moratorium on_further war debt payments from Great Britain until & new settlement is completed was re- orted today in London newspapers. e next debt payment is due June 15. Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail, Inde- pendent Conservative in politics, said this possibility “is suggested in well- Informed quarters.” It added that such | a step would be necessary if deliber- ations of the Anglo-American debt con- | ference at Washington were protracted. The conference is planned for as soon | as possible after President-elect Roose- velt's inauguration. Political writers emphasized the gov- ernment’s intention to hasten, as far as possible, discussions of the conference with Sir Ronald Lindsay, Ambassador to the United States, after his arrival. Arrangements were being made for a preliminary conference Monday between Sir Ronald and cabinet ministers. SIR RONALD LINDSAY SAILS. British Ambassador Leaves to Make | Conference Plans. NEW YORK, February 1 (#).—Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador at | Washington, sailed for London early to- | day to make arrangements with Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald for the forth- coming British-American conference on ‘war debts. He said he expected to be back at his post by March 1. The conference, %o which the British are expected to send representatives, is scheduled to | take place in Washington shortly after inauguration of Franklin D. Roose- welt as President on March 4. ito an ments. If Mr. Roosevelt should agree arrangement, he said., even | though Congress should disagree. the moral obligation of the debtor nations “would be gravelv weakened.” Lewis replied that he could not be- lieve Mr. Roosevelt, with his Govern- | ment, experience. would put himeelf in the position of being dicredited by a congressional disapproval of his action. | Furthermore, he said, President Hoover received Premier MacDonald and Premier Laval and dealt with them directly. He recalled how he had gone to President Wilson to urge him not to go to Paris, but instead to let an Am- bassador do the peace negotiating. But the President he recalled, thought the American people would be more apt to ratify “that which he ratified in person.” Reed added then that he was “grave- ly worried” by the newspaper statcment that Mr. Roosevelt intended to include nations that have defaulted in debts discussion. “That would mean” he said. “he would exchange one premice thet is no good for another that ‘is no better. I am sure Congress would disapprove of any refunding for countries that have discredited themselves.” Meanwhile, silver men. who are seek- ing some speedy means of improving the | can gain wide acceptance at the present | time. | silver, which have just become available bill of last session putting recommen- | | dations for tariff revision up to a bi- partisan_tarifl commission with Con- | gress alone acting upon these recom- mendations which would be considered separately. It was disclosed by Mr. Roosevelt | that he will ask John N. Garner of Texas, present Speaker and the next Vice President, to sit with him in the cabinet. Finland Uses U. S. Films. HELSINGFORS (#). — Imports of | American films to Finland last year exceeded those from all other coun- | tries combined, 390 of the 515 for- eign films coming from the United States. The film censor reported 31 Finnish films shown. price of the white metal, find little com- fort in the agenda economists have ar- ranged at Geneva for the World Mone- tary and Econcmic Conference. No hope is held out in the economists’ report for bimetallism unless the prin- cipal countries of the world agree, and the economists indicate the gold stand- ard is apparently the only ome which Incomplete copies of the report on in Washington, show the economists be- lieve the possible replacement of small paper notes by silver and the use of more silver in subsidiary coinage are subjects which the conference should explore. ‘The report also urges a careful study of means to expand the use of silver in the industries. Suggest Price Rise. In the opinion of the economists, the | best m of raising the price of silver | in China and other countries which rely largely on it for a medium of ex- change is to raise commodity prices. ! The economists hold this would be more beneficial to commerce than the raising | politan Life Insurance Co., of New York. | of silver prices alone. The ec:nomists also recommend that the conference consider means of in- ducing governments to organize their sales of surplus silver in :uch a way that the market will not bz burdened. Edmund E. Day and John H. Wil-| liams represented the United States on | the committee of economists which | drafted the repcrt outlining monetary | and economic problems which the World | Economic Conference may profitably discuss. | No date has been set for this London confcrence as yet, as Great Britain and other debi-r powers of the United States Gesire to have it postponed until after cannot be held before Midsummer. chairman of its coal division. He also has served as vice president of the | National Retail Coal Merchants' Asso- | ciation. | Young Is First Vice President. | Ford E. Young, who is chairman of | the ice cream manufacturers’ section | of the body, was elected first vice pres- ident: Arthur J. Sundlun, chairman of the jewelers' division. was elected sec- ond ~ vice president: Gen. Anton Stephan, former president, was elected third vice president . Louis Levay, chair- | man of the laundry section. treasurer; | Ginggold Hart. general counsel, and Ed- | ward D. Shaw, secretary. | Mr. Lansburgh, in his annual report, | said that while Washington during the | past year had not escaped effects of the | prolonged economic depression, trade | here had held up remarkably well, in comparison with conditions generally over the country. He reported the membership of the asosciation had in- | creased 20 per cent during the past year. | $400,000 Saved for Merchants. | Mr. Shaw, outlined activities of the body during 1932. reported a saving of more than $400.000 had been effected for local merchants, through association | programs. The association gent on record fa- voring a return to the 2-cent postal rate on first-class mail, the argument being | made that the increased rate had not produced the expected increase in rev- enues. CAPT. ROBERT COOK, 74, DEAD IN NEW JERSEY Former Superintendent of Wash- ington Insurance Office Re- tired in 1918. | Capt. Robert Cook. 74, superintendent | of the Washington office of the Metro- | from 1881 to 1909. died Monday at his home in Oceanport, N. J. He went to { Oceanport in 1909 as field supervisor for the company, retiring in 1918 to de- | vote himself to civic enterprise in the | New Jersey town. Funeral services and burial were held this morning at Ocean- town. | Capt. Cook was commissioned in the | District National Guard during the | Spanish War. and was a member of | Masonic bodies both here and in New | Jersey. He is survived by his widow, Helen Dixon Cook, two daughters, Mrs. Charles Lembert of Elizabeth. N.'J. and Mrs E D. Ries of Wilmington. Del., a son, | their debt discussions in Washington. | George Gordon Cook of Ardmore, Pa. a | | May is the eariie:t time mentioned as, brother, John Cook of Blackool, Eng- ! 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