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. EMBARGO OFFSETS - ACTION OF LEAGUE British Ban on Arms Ship- ments Regarded as Pro- Japanese Victory. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Whatever moral effect the adoption of the Lytton report by the League of Nestions may have had on Japan, it has been completely obliterated by the declaration of an embargo on the ex- | port of arms to the Far East by the | British government. | The acticn of the British government | has produced a painful impression in | political and diplomatic circles in Wash- | ington, where Great Britain's policy was | compared with Penelope’s embroidery— whatever MacDonald achieves one day, Sir John Simon destroys the next. After a good deal of trouble, the Brit- ich premier seemed to have carried the day two weeks ago when the British cabinet appeared to have yielded to the MacDonald-Baldwin combination and seemed to lean toward a policy of closer | co-operation in every political field with | the United States. Didn't Accept Defeat. | Sir John Simon and Neville Cham- | berlain did not accept their defeat. | They represent that Tory section in | England which is still unreconciled with | the idea that undér the pressute of the| United States Great Briain was forced | in 1922 to give up her alliance with Japan. While the liberal elements ‘in | Britain were glad to_have escaped a | cumbersome alliance, the die-hard ele- ments considered this as a diplomatic | defeat of their country and have always | been hoping that circumstances would | permit a renewal of the old close rela- tions between the two empires. I The decision of the British govern- ment to enforce a blockade on the ex- Dport of arms and ammunition to the Far East is interpreted here as a victory for the pro-Japanese elements in Great | Britain. | Such a blockade can help only Japan to_the detriment of China. | The embargo is being cnforced only | on future orders from both countries. | Three Years’' Preparation. ‘The situation is as follows: Japan has been preparing for war for the last three years. Important orders have been placed-in all the European arms factories and especially with the British | firm, Armstrong-Vickers. _ Everything | Japan had ordered from Creuzot, the French- arms factory, and Skoda, the Czechoslovak factory, has already | reached Japan. The balance of the Japanese order, | which has been placed with Vickers, 1 | either in process of delivery or will be ready for delvery within the next few months. The Britfsh embargo cannot consequently embarass Japan. China, Jlacking funds and disor- ganized. has ordered only comparatively little from Europe. The Chinese re- | lied on their Nationals abroad to| gather the necessary funds for an/ eventual war, and these were slow in | supporting their government because | they believed that the League of Na- | tions’ action would eventually force Japan either to withdraw from Man- | churia or at least to localize the con- flict to that province. | Very few Chinese thought, a few | months ago, that the Japanese would | actually go to Peiping and Tientsin and possibly to Shamtung and Nanking. Even if some of their leaders told them 50, they were not believed. The danger did not seem sufficiently imminent to induce them to loosen up the strings of their purses and help their native country. The arguments of the repre- sentatives from Nanking were usually interpreted as an attempt to get more money out of them, so that the officials | of the Chinese government could get something for themselves. When the danger of Japan waging | Wwar against China in the very heart of the country, became imminent these merchants became more willing to help | their country financially, but the orders | placed by the Chinese, mainly in Great Britain, were comparatively small. Now that the Japanese are on the point of | declaring war on China and prepared | 10 carry that war into China proper, | the Chinese government and its wealthy citizens abroad are willing to spend more money, but the embargo placed on the license for arms export from Great Britain is affecting them directly, and they will not be able to obtain what they need. It is unknown what attitude France Will take in this situation. In France, as in Great Britain, the government | has the possibility of placing an em- | bargo on the export of arms without | Parliament being copsulted. _ The situation in the United States is different. Great Britain and the other Tations which are arms exporters have been urging the American Government for the last few months to join them in the arms embargo act. Congress Delays Action. This international agreement has mever been ratified by the American Congress; consequently any embargo, With the exception of an embargo on the export of arms to China, must be Bpproved by the Congress. In the light of what is happening today, it seems interesting that the British and the other nations which manufacture war implements have been S0 insistent that the American Con- gress should ratify the arms act as soon as possible. Secretary Stimson in his eagerness to co-operate with the European nations to bring about peace in the world has drafted & bill giving the President full power to declare an embargo at his dis- cretion, President Hoover has sent it with a special message to the Con- gress urging that body to give it early consideration, Congress has been slow about it. Cer- tain influences were brought to bear upon both Houses from the American arms manufacturers and also the mem- bers of Congress wanted to know more about it. The House amended the act by mak- ing it effective on the South American continent. The amended act has been returned to the Senate, but the British action of yesterday is certain to cause the bill to be postponed until the new Congress meets, LABOR BACKS BORAH'S STAND. LONDON, February 28 (#).—George Lansbury, leader of the Labor party, said this afternoon that his party had entirely agreed with the reported state- ment of Senator Borah of the United States that America could not follow Great Britain’s lead in connection’ with the Far Eastern arms embargo. Mr. Lansbury declared the Labor party members want an embargo on vapan alone, “The Labor attitude,” said Mr. Lans- bury, “as stated by me in the House of Commons debate, is that taken by Sen- ator _Borah, but we quite understand the British government's desire not to go too far without the co-operation of other members of the League of Na= tions, and especially the United States.” MATSUOKA COMING HERE ON HIS WAY TO JAPAN By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, February 28.—Yosuke Mat- | suoka, chief of the Japanese delegation | which walked out of a League of Nations Assembly meeting last Friday after a League report condemning the Manchurian policy of Japan had been mdopted, has decided to return to his own country by way of America. Looks Over Inaugu THE -EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1933; ral Bible PRESIDENT-ELECT TO USE OLD FAMILY HOLY BOOK. RESIDENT-ELECT ROOSEVELT looking at the place in the family's old Dutch Bible—a familiar chapter thians—on which he will place his hand when he takes the eath of | The Bible has been in possescion of the family This photograph was taken in the Roosevelt hor! at Hyde presidency on March 4. since 1670. Park, N. Y. [} Roosevelt Selects Passage From Bible For Inaugural Oath Will Place Hand on Por- tion of Paul’s Epistle to Corinthians. By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y., February 28— | President-elect Roosevelt yesterday se- lected a familiar chapter from Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians as the | place in the old family Dutch Bible | where he will place his hand when he | takes the oath of presidency next Sat- ure 3 | He named chapter 13 as he packed | up, in heavy writing paper, the historic | Bible for personal transportation to| Washington, The book, in Dutch, car- | ries on its fly leaf the record of births and marriages in the Roosevelt family from 1670 to 1840 and came down to Mr. Roosevelt from his father. | Here is the text of the selected chap- ter of Paul's writing, as given in the King James version: “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not char- ity, I am become as sounding brass. or | a tinkling cymbal. | “And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have | all faith, so that I could remove moun- tains, and have not charity, I am| nothing. | “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and’ though I give myg body to be burned, and have not char- | ity, it profiteth me nothing. [ | “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up; “Doth not behave itself unseemly, | seeketh not her own, is not easily pro- voked, thinketh- no evil; “Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but re- joiceth in the truth; “Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. | “Charity never faileth; but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall | cease; whether there be knowledge, it‘ | | shall vanish away. “For we know in part, and we proph- esy in part; “But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. “When I was & child, I spake as a child, T understood as & child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, | I put away childish things. “For now we see through a glass. darkly; but then face to face: Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. “And now abideth faith, hope, char- ity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” THOUSANDS ]OINING INAUGURAL THRONG; PROGRAM FINISHED (Continued From First Page.) daughter-in-law. _Also at the concert will be Willlam H. Woodin, who is to be the new Secretary of the Treasury: Secretary of State-designate Cordell | Hull, many members of the Senate and House, diplomats and other leaders in official life. In addition, a large number of visit- ing governors have engaged boxes, and the official group will be rounded out by national committeemen and Othersl high in Democratic councils. | ‘The sugply of seats, it is reported, is nearly exhausted. The Inaugural Committee has re- ceived a post card. with the simple message, “we'll arrive either Wednesday or Thursday,” from Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Bishop of Retail, Wash. Mr. Bishop, the oldest member of the Legion of -Valor, the organization of men who have won congressional decorations for heroic or distinguished military service, has been invited as a special guest of the Inaugural Committee, and will have a prominent place in all the official inaugural functions. Destroyers on Way. ‘The Navy Department announced that | the two destroyers coming here for the inaugural are on their way to Charles- ton, S. C., from New York. At Charles- ton they will take aboard 150 Naval Reservists from Atlanta, and will steam up the Potomac in time for the re- servists to take part in the inaugural parade. The ships, the Bainbridge and the Reuben James, will leave Washing- }""" with the Naval Reservists on Sun- day. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge has notified_the Inaugural Committee she will be unable | to attend the inaugural ceremonies. A similar communication has been received from Mrs. Thomas J. Preston of Princeton, N. J., who was the White House bride of Grover Cleveland. Mrs. Preston sald illness prevents her at- tending. The widow of another President, Mrs. ‘Woodrow Wilson, is taking an active part in the inaugural plans, serving as vice chairman of Chairman Ray Baker's Committee on Distinguished Guests. The Inaugural Ball Committee has approved the elaborate traffic plan that has been worked out for the night of the ball. Special shelters have been provided so persons arriving in their own cars can be quickly accommodated in case of inclement weather. A large parking area has been provided in the rear of the Navy and Munitions build- He pe &l‘lnul::dthe!um , Eng L, c] % g, S5 YT | 5 ings, and space will be available to all cars with inaugural stickers with- charge, Police from Paul's first epistle to the Corin- P. Photo. handling the ball traffic by military forces, Cars Easily Identified. Governors' parties will use the north- east entrance, on E street, and these cars will approach the Auditorium via Twentieth street, turning left at E street. All cars of boxholders will be identified by a distinctive sticker, and will be routed around the Auditorium and back via Virginia avenue to a spe- cial parking area in E street, between Twentieth street and Virginia avenue. Persons holding general admission tickets also will have distinctive stick. ers and they will approach the Audi- torjum from the north via Nineteenth street. A covered entrance which will permit the unloading of five cars at & | time has been provided for these at the Nineteenth street side of the Audito- rium, and the stickers bear on the re- verse side a dlagram for the parking of cars. The traffic authorities have been in- structed to admit to the area of the Auditorium only cars bearing proper stickers. R. B. KEECH TO SPEAK People's Counsel to Address Ana- costia Lions Club. Richmond B. Keech, people's coun- sel before the Public Utilities Commis- sion, will be guest speaker at a meet- ing of the Anacostia Lions Club to- morrow evening in the parish hall of the Esther Memorial Episcopal Church, Esther street and Nichols avenue, Con- gress Heights. J. Louis Gelbman announces the ses- sion will open at 6:30 p.m. with a dinner. Dobbs D Hats S [ MENS U.S. STILL RETAINS THREE EMBARGOES Shipments to China and Latin American Countries Restricted. By the Associated Press. An embargo against shipment of arms to China, laid down by this country in 1922, still is in effect, as are embargoes against arms shipments to two Latin-American countries. Eight embargoes in all have been declared by the United States in the last 20 years —in each case as a result of civil war, and not because of a war between two nations, however. At the present time, the President of the United States is empowered to prevent arms exports to any Latin- American country in which civil war is threatened, except on an application from the recognized government. This bars shipments to revolutionists. In addition, he has authority to prevent arms shipments to China with- out a request from the existing Gov- ernment. There is no power, however, to pre- vent exports to countries threatening to go to war with another nation. Remain Effective. Embargoes now in effect are against Honduras, proclaimed March 22, 1924; Nicaragua, September 15, 1926, China, March 4, 1922, ‘Three United States embargoes have | Mexico during its revolutionary troubles. | The first was on March 14, 1912. It was raised two years later. Another | was on October 19, 1915, and revoked | January 31, 1922. The third was on January 7, 1924, and raised July 18, 1929. A ban against arms exports to Brazil was proclaimed October 22, 1930, and revoked March 2, 1931. No embargo was_declared by this country during the Paulist uprising in Brazil from June to_October of last year. The United States placed an em- bargo on arms for Cuba May 2, 1924, but raised it the following August 29. Secretary Stimson, appearing before the House Forelgn Affairs Committee recently to seek legislation empowering | of arms whenever war was threatened. | scouted the contention of opponents of | the measure that this would be a vio- | lation of neutrality. United Front Necessary. He said, however, that in the case of a war between two foreign countries, “the embargo would not, of course, be employed unless there was general co- operation and united opinion among the principal world powers who could supply munitions.” The State Department then was par- ticularly anxious to get the authority the President extended because of the war between Bolivia and Paraguay in the Gran Chaco and the fighting be- tween Colombia and Peru over the pos- session of Leticia on the Upper Amazon, Little was said about the effect a world-wide embargo might have on the struggle betwen Japan and China in | Manchuria. ‘The Disarmament Conference | Geneva has discussed world-wide arms | embargo many times and European | countries which export arms have in- dicated that such a measure would be futile without the United States. T NSy Under the new Dominion government regulations, almost one-third of the | homesteads taken up in Alberta, B. 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They fell to talking as friends and finally compared the prices they were paying. The result was that they went in to see the munitions maker together, put up a united front and went away with a 40 per cent cut in prices. MEXIGO CONDEMNS AGTION OF JAPAN “Protection and Premature| Recognition of Manchuria State” Disapproved. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, February 28.—The | S | Mexican government's viewpoint in the Far East situation, condemning Japan | for “violation of the League pact, the | Briand-Kellogg treaty and the nine-| power treaty.” was announced last night | by Foreign Minister Puig Casaurance. | The foreign minister said the Mexi- | can viewpoint was set out in instruc- tions sent to her representative in | Geneva in January, and which instruc- tions were delivered to the secretary | general of the League of Nations Feb- | ruary 9, “after conciliatory efforts of the League had failed.” The Mexican government, the state- ment said, “cannot approve the action | of Japan in refusing to follow pacific means for the solution of the conflict in China, thus violating the ideals of | international justice and the letter and | spirit of the League pact, of the Briand-Kellogg treaty and of the nine- power treaty.” | “Mexico disapproves of the violation | of Chinese sovereignity implied in the protection and premature reccgnition by Japan of the Manchurian State.” “Mexico believes that international =0-operation in the case of China should be taken only with that nation's con- sent. “Although not having material in- terests in China, Mexico, because of her position on the Pacific, cannot ignore the Far Eastern situation.” The instructions made it plain that Mexico's viewpoint was inspired by | “spirit of peace and international jus- | terpreted as an unfriendly act to Jaj or Japanese peoples. i e OPEN TRADE'OFFICE HERE The commercial activities of the gov- ernment of the Union of South Africa Will be transferred from New York to Washington, on recommendation of the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Unioa here. In addition, a trade office will be opened in Canada. Dr. Philip R. Botha, commercial sec- retary of the legation, heretofore sta- tioned in New York, will be transferred to Montreal. A commercial attache South African legation at Washington and J. N. Theron, at present m&m will be appointed on the staff of the | JAPANESE CAPTURE SHAMAOSHAN PASS Chinese Halt One Invading Army—Warring Nations Condemn Embargo. - (Continued From First Page.) villain’s role of the international drama as seen through Japanese eyes. America’s failure to follow sult was regarded as surprising. Keen resentment at yesterday’s an- nouncement by Forelgn Secretary Sir John 8imon of Great Britain was mani- fested in official circles. Authorities, however, agreed Japan was self-suf- ficlent and that the embargo would only handicap China. As long as the embargo is impartial and confined to finished munitions there is little likelihood of trouble over it. said a government spokesman today. But if an embargo is applied to Japan alone the government will have to con- sider seizure of arms shipments to China, he said. U. 8. Action Unnoticed. Bitterness caused by the embargo re- sulted in America’s adhesion to the League of Nations Advisory Committee charged with carrying forward at- tempts to settle the Sino-Japanese con- troversy, passing almost unnoticed. A foreign office spokesman said: “Since the League adopted recom- mendations (concerning the Manchu- rian dispute), largely in consideration of America's well known desires, the United States could hardly withhold a measure of support. However, its adhesion cannot enable the committee to alter events in Manchuria and de- flect Japan from its fixed policy there.” Spokesmen had doubted if the Brit- ish embargo would be effectuated un- less America joined. The United States abstention evoked some gratified com- ment although officials expressed the belief that America would have joined had Washington executives the same freedom of action as those of Great Britain. There was evident uneasiness in both official and business quarters lest the embargo turn out to be merely the first of a serles of actions bringing pressure against Japan, increasing in severity until they eventually culminate in full economic sanctions. Foolish and Dangerous. A high army offiicial described the embargo as a “foolish and dangerous” move, He declared the action would se- riously handicap China and would have virtually no effect on Japan. If the embrago was broadened to include raw materials such as cotton, iron and oil, he declared it would be considered an unfriendly act and would arouse strong feeling. An embargo against Japan alone also would be considered in the same man- ner and would result in preparation in | Japan to_resist forcibly, he added. (Senator Borah stated in Washngton yesterday that enforcing an embargo, as imposed by Great Britain, “is to take sides with Japan.”) A universal embargo on munitions alone would not seriously affect the steadily increasing supplies of arms in arsenals in Japan, it wes believed. as practically all is being produced here. CHINA DISLIKES EMBARGO. Nanking Wants Ban Applied Only to Japanese Forces. NANKING, China, February 28 (#). —The announcement of the Britith recelved in Chinese circles todsy with ly sympathize with Great Britain's attempt to assist in preventing a widening of the fleld of conflict or prolonging bloodshed, they said, but are convinced the British step will not help the cause of peace. It will, on the other hand, increase the power of “Japanese military aggres- sion,” it was said. It was pointed out that Japan is well equip) with weapons and China is practically without them. If arms do not comé to China, she will be helpless before the onslaught of Japanese forces, it was feared. Japan is fully prepared for a wide- spread embargo, Chinese newspapers said, asserting that the country has a secret agreement to obtain arms through Siam. The newspapers said this ex- fl ined why Siam abstained from vot- ing when the League of Nations over- whelmingly voted condemnation of Japan’s policy last week. It was urged here that world powers place an embargo only on the - sor,” thereby “contributing greatly to world peace.” SHAMAOSHAN PASS FALLS. Japanese Smash Stubborn Resistance in Two-Day Battle. SUICHUNG, Manchuria, February Gen. Heijiro Hattori, assisted by bomb- ing planes from this base, smashed the stubborn resistance of Chinese Regulars at Shamaoshan in Southern Jehol today and occupied the town and pass. The Chinese retreated northward. A two-day battle, marked by the heavlest fighting of the Jehol campeign. finally ended in a Japanese victory and opened the way to Lingyuan, southern pass to Jehol City (Chengtefu), the provincal capital. Although just 15 miles across the Manchurian border, Shamaoshan is only about 100 miles from the capital ’ A dispatch from Kailu said the Japanese Army of the North reached Fangchen, 118 miles north of Jehol City, at 10 o'cleck this morning. At that rate it has swung more than 125 miles acrcss the northern desert four days and was only 26 miles north- east of Chihfeng Pass, where its most crucial battle was expected. 75 Miles From Capital. A main central offensive of the Japanese force was last reported push- ing on toward Lingyuan from Chao- | yang, the city captured last Saturday. From Lingyuan to Jehol City is about 75 miles. (Chinese reports said this force had | to give up the attack on Lingvuan and | swerved northward toward Chienving. Chienping is midway between vang and Chihfeng. The Northern Army. the Chinese said. was slowed up by muddy roads and sand drifts and many were incapacitated by frost- | bites.) fore dawn today. Chinese reinforcements were rushed to the area from Ling- yuan and Japanse forces approached from the ncrtheast. This was one of the veteran regiments under Maj. Gen. Yoshimichi Suzuki. who captured Chao- vang and ide while | Lieut. Gen. Yoshit s sion carried on toward Lingyuan from | there. g | The Chinese had massed formidable | fortifications at Shamaoshan. They | reached the area more than two months ago. before the Japanese captured | Shanhaikwan and closed the passes into Jehol through the Great Wall of China. 40 Miles of Trenches. A deep trench system 40 miles long was reported by air observers. The de- fenders, known as “The Blood and Iron” Corps. were made up of volun- teers and Chinese regulars who were dispatched northward long ago by Marshal Chang Hsiao-Liang. | "A" 3-mile-long _Japanese cavalcade in American-made trucks met the | Chinese in the snow-covered pass and | the fighting started late Sunday. Heavy | 28 (#).—Japanese forces under Mll.: Chao- | ‘The big battle at Shamaoshan, about | 35 miles west of here, was resumed be- | 8th Divi- | CITIZENS REQUEST FULL APPROPRIATION Mid-City Association Asks Senate to Restore Budget Sums Removed by House. The Mid-City Citizens’ Association, meeting last night in Thomson School, resolved to ask the Senate to restore to the District appropriations bill all items recommended for the 1934 fiscal year by the Budget Bureau, but stricken out by the House. The group also in- dorsed the action of the Senate District Committee in recommending $9.500.000 as the Federal contribution to the Dis- trict for 1934. Assistant Corporation Counsel William A. Roberts, in a speech on the trans- portation problem, said the Public Util- ities Commission was forbidden by a court decision from approving zone rates in the District. He said the rate approved by the commission in its final taxi order involved a combination zone rate and meter rate. Traffic accidents as a whole have declined 12 per cent here recently, he saild, but taxicab accidents have in- creased 90 per cent. He forecast the time when the District will have sub- way transportation. A more immediate problem, however, was the rerouting of tracks and rearranging of routes and schedules when the street car com- | pantes merge.” He said the companies would merge through sheer economic ¢ | necessity. if for no other reason. but | named several other reasons making it | desirable for them to do so. C. Melvin | Sharpe of the Washington Railway & Electric Co.. Robert H. Dahlgleish of the Capital Traction Co. and President E. D. Merrill of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. lso spoke briefiy on trafic problems. - Great Lakes Fish Abundant. | Nearly half a million tons of com- mercial fish have been taken from the Great Lakes in the last decade, the Chinese having big guns placed at many strategic positions. Twice yesterday the Japanese planes were calied to the mountain pass to |aid but could not break the fierce re- | sistance of the defenders. It was seven degrees below zero in the region, with a bitter wind blowing. Sandwiched in between the three main Japanese offensives a: kuan auxil along the eas Meet Bitter Weather. The vanguard of the far northern army was the cavalry brigade led by Maj. Gen. Kennosuke Mogi. Behind the horsemen came the 6th Division led by Lieut. Gen. Masayemon SaXa- moto. These troops, from a sunny southern clime of Japan. were meeting with what was apparently the mogt bitter weather encountered by any of Reports from Kailu said thi of the north was confident of cccupy- ing Chihfeng, the commercial and transportation center of Jehol, by to- morTow. The Chinese are expected to make their last real stand at Chihfeng and gyuan. These passes were believed most strongly fortified and the Chinese were constantly drawing in forces to defense line. Once past the Japenese armies ex- vect little opposition ur they reach the g of Jehol City. Gen. Tang Yu-Lin, the Chinese gov- ernor of Jehol, was reported directing | defense preparations at Chihfeng. while Gen. 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