Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1933, Page 1

Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, possibly local thundershowers; warmer tonight: gentle southerly winds. Temperatures—Highest, 78, at 2:30 p.m. ay; lowest, 52, at 5 a.m. today. yesterd: Full report on pag Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 e 11. ¢ Foening Star, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within an Hour” ‘The Star’s Carrier system coversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,561 e J, Entered as seco No. post _oftice, 32,525. Washington, nd class matter D. C. WASHINGTON, D C, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1933—FORTY-FO UR PAGES. *kk ) Means Associated S TWO CENTS. Press. TIENTSIN BOMBING TAKES HEAVY TOLL; STATION WRECKED) Japanese Report 100 Were | Killed or Wounded Dis- | counted by Chinese. HURLED INTO RAIL LOBBY | Reports reaching here said the army | proximately 40 wounded. Two rebels| officer, chosen this week to lead federal | were reported slain yesterday in brushes | FILLED WITH REFUGEES Nanking Ready to Give Tokio | Manchuria and Jehol, Canton Officials Say. By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, China, May 19.—A high: explosive bomb flung into the crowde East Railroad station today partially wrecked the building and killed or in- jured several persons. The Chinese authorities said they did | not know the exact casualty list, but | they declared it was nowhere near 130. as reported by Japanese sources. THROWN IN CROWDED ROOM. Bomb Victims Mostly Chinese Soldiers and Refugees. SHANGHAI May 19 (#)--One hun- | dred perscns were reported killed or wounded tonight by a high explosive bomb which exploded in a crowded railway station in the eastern portion | of Tientsin, i Japanese dispatches telling of the! explosion said the bomb was hurled by | persons unknown. The bomb went off in the center of the waiting room, which was crowded ' with Chinese soldiers and refugees from ' the North China war areas, the Jap-' anese dispatches said. Most of the victims were soidiers or refugees. | Fire followed the explosion. The! Japanese dispatches said the station was a scene of horror. Chinese soldiers established patrols throughout the area, which is within the Chinese portion of the city. No- | body was allowed to enter the district, according to the Japanese reports, which | said that the flames were spreading. ' The headquarters of the Japanese Gendarmes on the border of the Ja nese concession was one of the build-' ings threatened. After the explosion in the East Sta- tion another bomb went off in the vi- cinity of the Bureau of Public Safety near the station. The people were in | panic, Rengo (Japanese) News Agency | dispatches said. TRUCE WITH JAPAN FORECAST. Canton Officials Say Nanking Is Ready | to Give Up Provinces. CANTON, China, May 19 (#).—The | Canton government deciared, in a for- | mal statement today, that under the! pressure of Japanese military power ne- gotiations are going on in North China in which the Nanking government is; preparing to permit Japan to exert, direct influence over the affairs of all | China. This charge was set forth in a state- ment addressed to the “eague of Na- tions, the signatories of the nine-power | treaty, including the United States and | Soviet Russia. The Nanking government is prepar- ing, the statement said, to grant vir- tual recognition to the state of Man- chukuo. Jehol will be included under the jurisdiction of Manchukuo in this act of recognition, the government’s statement said. The declaration, issued by the polit- ical council, also charged that the North China negotiations entailed the establishment of a neutral zone in the | immense area from the Great Wall to ! the Yellow River. | The Southern government condemned the Nanking military faction for par- ticipating in alleged negotiations and declared that the Japanese military general staff really is the “government of Japan.” Japan and the other nations of the | earth were warned by the government | that “the Chinese people never will | accept any agreement Nanking may be | coerced into concluding with the Jap- anese government.” ASKS AID AGAINST REDS. Shanghai Discounts Report Cantonese Will Oppose Japan. SHANGHAI, May 19 (#).—Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek, military overlord of the al government, it was said here today, has asked army regulars of the Canton government to proceed to Kiangsi Province to fight Chinese Com- munists. Reports that the Cantonese army was proceeding to_the North to oppose ‘the ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 2 WOODIN AGAIN DENIES RESIGNATION REPORT! S:cretary Thinks Record Set by | Six-Day Lapse Since Previous 1 Report Was Denied. MERI T0 CONTINUE sicn INSURGENTS FACE HANGING WITHOUT TRIAL IN CUB Several Already Executed by Troo A L] P! and Coast Is Guarded Closely to Stop Reinf By the Associated Press. | HAVANA, May 19.—Hanging, follow- ing a drumhead court martial, appar- ently has been decided upon by Maj. Arsenio Ortiz to combat rebel activity in Santa Clara Province. forces against rebels in Santa Clara| and Camaguey provinces, already had executed several revolutionaries by hanging them to trees. Meanwhile, it was learned that a heavy guard of soldiers had been sta- | tioned at Banes Beach, west of Havana, | awaiting the arrival of an expedition from Central America. i edition wi orcements. who participated in the Gibara expe- dition of 1931. Two army airplanes have been re- connoitering the coast nightly. Latest reports placed the dead in the revolt at 12, 9 of them rebels, with ap- near Sancti Spiritus, the territory in which Ortiz was operating. A report that the major's two daugh- ters, carrying side arms and wearing uniforms, were serving as aides to their father was brought here by Representa- tive Ricardo Campos. He arrived in Havana from Santa Clara. Leaders of the Radical Revolutionary party claimed the time was not yet ripe Among the ex- | for a revolution, saying that the Santa | CIVIL SERVICE RULE Mitchell Says Commission Will Determine Part Played by Favoritism. ‘The maintenance of the merit system in the Government establishment was | pledged today on behalf of the Civil | Service Commission by its new presi- dent, Harry B. Mitchell. At the same time, however, he warned | that the commission proposes to deter- mine if “political favoritism” has played any part in the operation of the civil service laws, and to report any breaches | to President Roosevelt with recommen- | dation for corrective action. | Mr. Mitchell's statément was the first | be has made since taking office & weel | ago with Commissioner Lucille Foster McMillin. George R. Wales is the third | member of the commission. | “Because of the recent reorganiza- | tion,” Commissioner Mitchell's state- ment says, “there is apparently much | public interest in the future attitude of the Civil Service Commission toward the merit system in PFederal employ- ment. ‘Wales’ Position Known. “The position of Commissioner Wales | on this point is thoroughly established | thrcugh his long years on the commis- | Speaking for Commissioner Mc- Millin and myself, I can give assurance that we are both supporters:of the merit system ‘' public affairs; that is, a system in reality based upon pre- lim:nary examination and advancement through merit. Where examination and proved efficiency have not entered into | the selection of employes in the classi- | ‘fied service, our attitude will be one of | inout ry. ere may be instances in which there have Leen efforts to undermine the rea: spirit of the merit system by the endeavor to coutinue and advance in competitive positions men and wom- en whose only claim to those positions has been political service rather then public service and demonstrated ability. In cese any such instances snould come | to our attention, there will be inqu'ry | to determine whether or not men and | women have been brought under the protection of the civil service laws, or | advanced in position, in violation of the | spirit of those laws. “If we decide, as a result of our in- | vestigations, that there has been viola- | tion of the spirit of the civil service laws because of political favoritism, | then we will not hesitate to report to the President of the United States such | facts as we have ascertained, with such | recommendations as the facts seem to warrant.” Step Previously Forecast. In announcing the intention of the commission to go into those instances | where Federal workers have been | “blanketed in” under civil service in-/| stead of entering by competitive test, | Mr. Mitchell is taking a step which | previously had been forecast in an au- | thoritative quarter. Prior to the November election | charges were made by Democratic lead- | ers that non-classified jcbs held by Re- publicans were being brought under the protection of civil service. This | brought prompt disclaimer from Thom- | as E. Campbell Republican president | of the commission, who emphasized | that all of these inclusions had been in furtherance of an established policy of the commission to spread the merit | system as far as possible. In March | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) | — NEW YEJRK WILL SLASH DRY CLERICAL FORCE, Bnforcement|Ofcalta Southers Dis| trict Will Drop 37 Woman Employes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 19.—A drastic re- duction in the clerical force of the e Associated Press ing anew his denial that he in- tended to resign. Secretary of the Treas- s Woodin observed today that a record sremed to have been sct in going six d before the latest report sprang up that he intended to quit. dented such a rumor recently from ik bed, but it came up again yes- have gone six days without it - reported I was going to resign, is a real record,” Woodin said, in perfect health and hope to be a long time, I am deeply interested in the work here, and no man could have a more delichtful chief with whom to work. Our relations are the most cordial that could have no intention of resigning. Just deny it as emphatically as possible, and perhaps this time we can go seven days without the report being revived.” ‘ GUIDE FOR READERS Amusements . Comics Features Finance . Radio . Serial Fiction prohibition enforcement division of the United States attorney's office in the southern district of New York has been announced. ! Officials said that 37 of 40 women employed as typists, stenographers and clerks will be dismissed during June | and that 8 office boys will go out with them. Unconfirmed reports were that| the staff reduction might extend to 7 essistant United States attorneys. | The reduction was said to be in line with the Government's proposal to cut every possible department 25 per cent DAUGHTER OF BISHOP MARRIED TO ARTIST William T. Manning Officiates for Daughter—Bridegroom's Son Is Best Man. By the Assoclated Press. NEW _YORK, May 19.—With her father, Bishop William T. Manning. of- ficiating,, Miss Elizabeth Van Antwerp Manning’ _was married yesterday to | Grifith_ Baily Coale, artist, in St. James Chapel of the Cathedral of St. | John the Divine. A small reception followed at the home of Bishop and Mrs. Manning. Coale. who has won wide recognition for his murals, had as his best man his Robert Duncan Gordon Coale, 55 ( said to be several persons| (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. | T 5 | DONALDSON GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER Jury Reaches Verdict in Less Than Hour in Slaying of Three. A verdict of manslaughter was re- turned this afternoon by the District Supreme Court jury trying Charles Donaldson, 52, former night engineer at police headquarters, for the triple slaying January 5 of his brother, niece and nephew. The jury deliberated less than an hour before bringing in the verdict which saved the defendant from the electric chair. Donaldson had been on trial since Monday on a first degree murder charge and the Government, through Assistant United States Attor- ney Irvin Goldstein, had asked the death penalty. ‘The verdict of the jury carries a maximum sentence of 15 years im- prisonment. Th> defense attorneys had contended Donaldson was so drunk at the time of the shooting, which took place in his | brother’s home at 923 Maryland avenue southwest, that he did not know what he was doing. Those slain were Silas Donaldson, the defendant’s brother; Mary Donald- son, 15, his niece, and George Donald- son, 18, his nephew. Defense testimony during the trial showed Donaldson had been drinking throughout the entire day which pre- ceded the shooting. SENATE COMMITTEE TO ACT ON RAIL BILL Adoption of Measure, Revised Yes- terday, Set for Today by Inter- sgsse Commerce Group. By the Assoclated Press. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee was to meet today to give final approval to the administration’s railroad bill, after writing into it yesterday further protection for labor and less rigid rules for financial reor- | ganizations. Final action was postponed at yes- terday's meeting, when a tentative draft of the changes was completed, because a full committee was not present. Chairman Dill said provisions were incorporated to limit the number of em- ployes that could be dropped and that while the language may have to be changed he believed “in a general way it will protect employes.” He said this amendment named no specific figure. Another amendment tentatively ap- proved eliminated the provision deny- ing Interstate Commerce Commission authority to approve new bond issues by the railroads if the latter are found to be in such condition that they could | not weather the depression without | financial reorganization. ovision that under such condi- ‘The 17r tions further loans would be denied from ‘the Reconstruction Corporation was retained. FIRST LADY TO SPEND VERY BUSY WEEK END Plans Stop in Connecticut, Groton, Mass., and Attend New York May Ball. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 19.—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt came to New York early today by train and will leave in her | own car late this afternoon for a week end in New England. She will stop overnight with friends in’ Connecticut and then will continue to Groton, Mass., to visit her two sons who attend the Groton School and watch Franklin, jr, captain the Groton crew in a rowing regatta. . Sunday she will motor back to New York and Monday she will attend the May ball for the benefit of her Hostess Houses for Unempioyed Girls, returning to Washington Tuesday. MEXICO WILL. REMAIN IN LEAGUE OF NATIONS | Geneva Advised of Decision Not to i | Withdraw After Two-Year Notice Period. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, May 19.—Mexico in- tends to remain a member of the Lezgue of Nations despite its announcement nearly a year ago that it would with- draw at the end of the two-year notice period. The Najera, Mexico's representative in Ge- neva, of this decision yesterday. Najera also was informed of Presi- dent Rodriguez’ reply to President Roosevelt dealing with Mexico's can- nection with the League and that there was a probability better economic con- ditions would permit Mexico to retain League membership. “This declaration should be utilized b~ you as a concrete expression that Mexico proposes to Temain the League,” the message to Najera said. " foreign office advised Castillo | LABOR 10 SUPPORT CURBED SALES TAX | FORPUBLIC WORKS | | 1 i Backing Industry Control Measure. ASKS CHANGE AFFECTING ‘YELLOW DOG’ CONTRACTS Senator Wagner Predicts Four Mil- lion Men Will Be Given Work, but Shuns Tax Stand. By the Associated Press. With a qualified indorsement of the sales tax method of financing, Willam Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, today placed labor squarely behind the public works-in- dustry control measure of President Roosevelt. Testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, after Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, had predicted the measure would put four million men to work, but had declined to support any specific tax plan, Green approved the bill. Asked which of the four methods proposed by Budget Director Douglas he would use to finance the $2,300,- 000,000 bond issue for public works, Green replied that while labor “always has been uncompromisingly opposed to the principle of the sales tax,” he per- sonally would support the sales tax if the revenue was restricted to financing | the public works bill and the tax used only during the emergency. Breakfast Tax Opposed. Green said that while labor would op- pose the so-called breakfast tax pro- gram, it would not object to a rnlsei in income taxes, imposition of income rates upon stock dividends and a boost | in gasoline taxes. Green said that with the adoption of | two amendments clarifying the lan- guage dealing with what he called “yel- low dog” contracts, “labor will extend to this proposed legislation its full, complete and hearty indorsement.” As hearings proceeded it was dis- | closed that an oil-control provision may | be attached to the bill. Green said the public works program | “ought to be amended” to provide ex- penditure of $5,000,000,000 instead of the administration's figure of $3,300,- 000,000. Asserting that a “tremendous support was gathering behind the President’s program, Wagner sald so far as the effect with regard to the anti-trust lJaws was concerned, the bill would not abolish competition, but would lift it to a higher plane. Just before the committee began its session, Representative Cullen of New York, one of the ranking Democratic members of the committee, said he be- lived the committee would approve a plan raising income taxes, imposing Green Qualifies Carefully in| | the vote for forest jobs received a large | GEORGE, You’RE MORE L \ B R \ TR AN TWICE AS TUCKY As 1 AM! VAR BONUSCROLP SHS FOREST 088 Leader Says Men, Refusing| Part in Left-Wing Parade, Will Continue Fight. Led by John P. Dear, field captain, the Mike Thomas war bonus forces lined | up for reforestation jobs in a body todaz | after refusing to take any further par: | in the bonus convention or the parade to be staged by the left wing faction of the convention today. The decision was made at a meeting last night, at which the vote to stay | out of the parade was unanimous and | majority. | Will Call on President. President Roosevelt will receive a delegation from the veterans this after- Quadruplet Girls Honor Graduates In High School Plan l and Oklahoma Sisters College Course " Year or Two on Stage. By the Assoclated Press. HOLLIS, Okla, May 19.—The 17- year-old Keyes quadruplets, Mona, Roberta, Leota and Mary, will be grad- uated with honors from the Holis High | School today, | One of the sisters is valedictorian of their class and all four are able stu- dents, three being members of a national | scholarship society. Talented in vocal and instrumental music, they plan to enter colege “some- where” next Fall. Then, after college, | a year or two on the stage is the pros- pect. | “But not longer than that,” ysaid | Mona; “we couldn’t stand it any IOXIIGY than that.” noon. It will be the first time the President has personally received the represent- | atives since they have been here. He had hoped to be able to go to the| camp personally, but has been unable | to find time and doubts if he will be | able to make the trip to _the camp before the bonus convention ends next Monday_morning. The President will receive the vet- erans in his office at 4 o'clock. In the group from Fort Hunt will be the mem- | these levies on corporate incomes, and raising the gasoline tax. Called Jobless Relief. Cullen said he felt it would not be| possible to get the sales tax adopted, | even though he favored it. He added | that if the sales tax was not adopted, | the first of the combination taxes sug- | gested by Budget Director Douglas would be. Wagner said the bill was “essentially an employment measure.” One of the drafters of the legislation, he was the first witness at the resumption of hear- ings on the bill. Henry 1. Harriman, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, was present to testify also. Wagner said the bill was “designed to do away with the sweatshops and the kind of competition that is tearing down industry.” “It will have a great economic effect and a great social effect because it will permit workers to live in decency.” The bill apparently is headed for speedy congressional action despite the troubles presented by the need of rais- ing new taxes. Budget Director Douglas told the committee at its first hearings yester- day that repeal of the eighteenth amendment would provide $250,000,000 in revenue annually, more than enough to cover the costs of the bonds. But, | He offered four tax schedules between which he refused to choose: A sales tax of 1% or 1¥5 per cent, with no exemptions, or 13 per cent with food and medicines exempted; or three cifferent plans for increased in- come taxes plus a miscellany of rates in_different combinations. __Upon repeal, he seid, it will be safe (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) {other privileges to the veterans, and until the States ratify repeal, Douglas | told the committee, new taxes must be | imposed to raise an annual $220.000,000. | bers of what is described as the Con- vention _Committee, of which George Dewey Brady is chairman. It is understood that the committee on this occasion will make known to the President the resolution adopted at | the convention yesterday asking for payment of the bonus and extension of’ | will take this opportunity to thank the President for what the administration has done to make possible the holding of the convention and for the hospitality accorded by the Government. During the various visits of the com- mittee to the White House preliminary to the setting up of the camp at Fort Hunt they had conferred with Louis M. Howe, the President’s secretary. | At the camp today there was evidence that the Thomas group was gaining support from the left wing. The Vet- | erans’ Administration had provided | 1,000 application cards for the forest jobs. These were all gone by 11 o'clock and there was a line of men standing wni!lnf for the supply of cards to be | replenished from Washington. The g‘homlx faction claims only 600 mem- ers. Start Set for 1 P.M. | The parade was due to start at 1 o'clock today at the Washington Monu- ment and to move east along Pennsyl- | vania avenue to the Capitol, where | delegations will be sent in with petitions to the Speaker and Vice President. The arrangements were moving slowly, how- ever, and it appeared that the parade would be off to a late start. The Thomas faction has not yet decided whether it will stage a parade of its own. Degr, who is a member of the Con- vention Committee, issued the following statement when he signed up for a forest job: “I have signed up and am going to WOMEN IN BI‘&NK RA—ID SHOOT WAY FROM TOWN Four in Minnesota Party Include Two Men Who Get $2,500 and Join Mates in Auto. | By the Assoclated Press OKABENA, Minn, May 19.—Two men and iwo women shot their way out of town today after raiding the | First State Bank of Okabena of $2.500. Secreting themselves in the First State Bank during the night, two men subdued several persons with subma- chine guns. | After looting the place the gunmen |locked their victims in the vault and ifled to a car in which two women waited. ‘Townspeople opened fire as the car drove away. The raiders returned the fire, raking the streets with subma- chine gun slugs. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) | 68 FACE TRIAL Charges of Anti-Fascist Activity | Are Preferred. ROME, May 19 (#) —Sixty-eight | persons, mostly students, are awaiting trial on charges of anti-Fascist activity, | it was learned yesterday. | The arrests were made in Rome, Flor- | ence, Turin and Milan. One is the son | of a doctor serving in the Royal Palace. | His parents have been exonerated of | any knowledge of his activities. Reich War General Honored. | BERLIN, May 19 (#).—President von Hindenburg attended the funeral today | of Gen. Hermann von Francois, World iw“ commander who died Monday. The former Kaiser and Crown Prince sent wreaths. Numerous generals were among the mourners. Who told you that you photograph with a coupon read the coupon before yo! || vou're a sucker, and you'v That's a racket . . Star, beginning May 22. Doz brief stories which.will appear And Here’s Another Racket just one of many. Watch The Evening could get that grand tinted —the salesman? Did you u paid for it? Well, then, e no right to kick. ens of them will be exposed in daily. | Walter Singler, president of the Wiscon- 120 YEARS T0 FARMERS NVADE WISCONSIN CAPTAL Thousands- Calied Together for Big Demonstration After Milk Truce. | By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis., May 19.—Thousands | of farmers, most of them wearing but- | tons of the Wisconsin milk pool and clad in working clothes, invaded Madi- son today for a demonstration. They thronged the rotunda and corridors of the Capitol, calling on their Repre- | sentatives in the Legislature. Many milled about outside the building. The farmers came from various parts of the State. They were hurriedly noti- fled of the “march on Madison” last night and apparently came without knowing that the milk strike had been called off. | The farmers came in automobiles and | trucks which were parked on the out- | skirts, and walked to the capitol in small groups. 25,000 More Expected. Representatives of the farmers said they were trying to get in touch with sin milk pool, Who, it was understood, had summoned them to Madison for & demonstration. Milo Singler, brother of the pool president, said more than 5000 had arrived by 10 am. and predicted that | 25,000 more were on their way. | Gov. Schmedeman agreed to address | them. | The pool’s strike, which raged for six | days and resulted in one death and the use of half the State's militia force to combat widespread disorders, ended to- day. However, the National Guardsmen " (Continued on Page 2, Column EARS TO LIFE GIVEN BOY SLAYER Mother Screams and Faints When Sentence Is Imposed on Harry Murch, New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 19.—Harry Murch, Queens schoolboy convicted of stabbing William Bender, 12 vears old, to death because he “snitched,” was sentenced | today to serve from 20 years to life in | Sing Sing Prison. As sentence was pronounced the | Murch boy’s mother screamed, “Harry is innocent” and collapsed. She was carried out of the court room by her husband. The Bender boy disappeared January 31 and two weeks later his body was found in a closet of a vacant house. Among the witnesses against young Murch was 10-year-old John Miller, who told of going with Murch and Bender to the house and witnessing the stabbing. Miller testified that Murch tied Ben- der up “to show what we're going to do with the peanut man” and then stabbed him through the heart. He said Murch was angry at Bender be- cause the latter had told that it was | Murch who bhad siruck an old woman on the head with a wrench. Murch took the sentence with ap- parent unconcern, looking around the court room and then waving with & smile to his parents. It was at this point.that Mra. Murch collspsed. . GERMANY ACCEPTS BRITISH ARMS PLAN Lines Up With Other Nations at Parley—Delegate’s Talk Conciliatory. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 19.—Germany ac- cepted the British disarmament plan today as a basis for an agreement to be reached by the World Disarmament Conference. Rudolf Nadolny, the German delegate, informed the conference of the de- cision of his government. Manifestations of approval greeted | Herr Nadolny when he said that any German suggestions would dovetail with the British draft, ‘which already had been accepted by all nations except Ger- many. Refers to U. S. Message. “I hope this will be regarded as new proof of German moderation,” the Ber- lin delegate said. He referred to President Roosevell's disarmament message to the world as “another great manisfestation of peace.” His entire address was conciliatory. Capt. Anthony Eden ;J;. Great Brit- out stint, and spoke glow! spirit in which the nounced. Rene Massigli, for Prance, pledged his government’s readiness to co-operate, and asserted that Herr Nadolny’s state- ment meant that now -there was no obstacle in the way of completing a disarmament trealy. He was ap- plauded. The conference voted to send a cable- gram to President Roosevelt voicing appreciation for his disarmament pro- posals and assuring him that they would be given every consideratipn. Impressed by Warning. Before the German delegate an- nounced the Berlin decision, Arthur Henderson, chairman of the conference, remarked that there were many, con- ciliatory points in the disarmament speech made before the German Reichstag Wednesday by Chancellor Hitler. Mr Henderson said he was struck forcibly by the chancellcr's warning | that any new war would cause the collapse of the social and political | order. “If 'we fail at Geneva,” he continued, “no one can predict the outcome. We must remember that war is the epitome of all buman folly.” The conference president made an impassioned appeal to the delegates to reach a disarmament agreement before the World Economic Conference started in London June 12. Such an agreement. he said, would answer the appeal of President Roosevelt. Mr. Henderson explained that he had received a communication from Norman | H. Davis, delegate for the United States, | saying that he was presenting a copy | | of the message to the conference at the request of President Roosevelt himself. Grateful to Roosevelt. The Roosevelt message and Chancel- | lor. Hitler's speech were hailed by Presi- dent Henderson as notable events. The conference, he said, is deeply grateful to Mr. Roosevelt and will undoubtedly | \give his proposals sympathetic consid- eration. “The message is a contribution to our work, whose importance cannot be overrated,” Mr. Henderson said. ‘The_ president expressed the opinion that Mr. Roosevelt’s recommendations | for & non-aggression_pact would help in the effort to determine the aggressor nation, while his advocacy of the aboli- tion of aggressive weapons will also be practical assistance. Mr. Henderson hailed also as helpful Chancellor Hitler's announcement that (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) PRIME MINISTER BENNETT MAY RECEIVE PEERAGE | Title May Be Bestowed When King’s Birthd\y Honors Are Announced. By, the Associated Press. LONDON, May 19.—“Prime Minister R. B. Bennett of Canada may receive a peerage when the King's birthday honors are announced,” the Daily Herald said today. “A peerage, it has been known to his intimate friends, is his dearest ambition, but so far there has been an awkward barrier. -“The Dominion Parliament in 1919 ny peerage or title, but Mr. Bennett is to ask Parliament to declare that motion no longer binding. Whether a man can.be at the same time a mem- ber of the British House of Lords and the Canadian House of Commons is & nice constitutional point.” AR DEBT SLASH 0F 8 PER CENT 1S URGED BY ROME ENations Cannot Pay More, Says Budget Report of Finance Cnief. DEPUTY STATES ITALIAN PAYMENT IS IMPOSSIBLE Rejection of Further Cut in Mili- tary Expenses Is Frerch Reply to Hitler. By the Associated Press. ROME, May 19.—An 80 per cent re- duction in the debts of the former allied . governments to the United States was suggested today in the budget report of the ministry of finance, which was pre- sented in the Chamber of Deputies by Finance Minister Guido Jung. Signor Jung returned yesterday from the United States, where he partici- peted in President Roosevelt’s economic discussions preliminary to the World Economic Conference. Deputy Giuseppe Mazzini, who wrote the report, said 20 per cent of the debts is all the debtor countries can pay after sacrificing 90 per cent of Ger- | man reparations. This was true, his report said, even if inter-Eurcpean al- lied debts were cancelled. ‘The 80 per cent reduction was the first official suggestion since the Fascist Grand Council on April 8, 1932, urged i:gf:lhflon of both reparations and Text of Budget Report. ‘The budget report said: . “Presuming a stroke of the sponge on the debts and credits among the Euro- pean allies, and admitting that all dam- ages of the war and expenses of re- construction in the devastated war re- glons are to be assumed by the nations most stricken—Italy, France and Bel- glum—it is evident that, as a result of the Lausanne reductions in German reparations, a reduction of 80 per cent in allied payments {o America is neces- ary” Deputy Mazzini emphasized the “im- possibility of paying” so far as Italy is concerned, and asked: “How can Italy, after having recon- structed the devastated zones, with un- employment which although less than in other countries, nevertheless is heavy, with a budget deficit, after having Te~ nounced the indemnities from Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria under the St. Germain and Trianon treaties, and not receiving $45,000,000 annually in Ger« man rep-ntlam'hfi)ay an . average of $36,000,000 ‘annually to the United States for more than 50 years?” ‘Warns Against Japan. A warning that wnile Europe en- es in “useless discussions,” Japan is forging a great power in the Far East Sivilisation, was soundea yesteraay in [2 on, was soun y Dot cttaatbes & Yehate, Boged cl 'S .\ ity Eugenio Colseschi said: “It must not be forgotten that while Europe is tled up In useless discussions, Ja is at the door of Peiping and ps pre- paring later to advance on Vladivostok.” : “Formation of an state of Manchuria, which is being carried out under our eyes, with Europe helpless, smay bring formidable repercussions in the future, perhaps for the very exis- t%x;cé of European eivilization,” added. .FIINCH TO KEEP STRONG ARMY. Further Reduction in Military Expenses Rejected by Daladier. PARIS, May 19 (#)—Maintenance | of a strong army was the Prench reply | today to Chancellor Hitler of Germany. Premier Daladier, categorically rc- | Jecting a further cut in military ex- penses, declared in the Senale that the French army is strong and must be kept strong. This firm stand suddenly squelched talk of a meeting between the premier and Chancellor Hitler of Germany. The government also officially denied that such a meeting was contemplated. The premier told the Senate that | war economies had. been made, but that they had not impaired the army’s strength. M. Daladier said this was in ac- | cordance with the judgment of the chiefs of the army, as set forth at {a recent meeting of the Superior War Council. The Senate immediately exempted the defense budget from a 5 per cent additional cut. The Disarmament Conference may achieve something, the premier said, (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) SR i PRESIDENT TO ATTEND MIDDY GRADUATIONS Address May Feature Short Visit to ‘Annapolis for Ceremonies on June 1. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 19.—Presi- | dent Roosevelt will attend the gradu- | ation ceremonies of the Naval Academy | class of "33 June 1, according to his | notification to the Academy authority this morning. The President’s accept- ance of the invitation to be present at the ceremonies was made through his naval and military aides, Capt. Walter N. Vernou and Col. Stork, who came to Annapolis today for the pur- pose and to confer with the Academy authorities in regard to the visit. It is. expected that the President will address the graduates and that he will spend only a short time in Annapolis. He is also expected to deliver the diplomas of graduation and to confer the degrees allowed for the first time to Academy graduates. Presi- dent Roosevelt has attended graduation ceremonies at the Academy on other occasions when he was Assistant Sec- retary of the Navy. TWO PILOTS KILLED Planes of Royal Air Force Collide at Sealand. LONDON, May 19 (. —Two Royal Air Force pilots were killed today when their planes collided at Sealand. This e sixth fatal accident of this month and the nineteenth this year. %odu - mxfmd“m mlx'-u':m“ ‘Lieut. ’s vict! ‘were Murray Meyrick Restell-Little and Acte ing Pilot John Frederick N: Fair- i