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CHACO RIVALS GIRD| FOR WAR IN' HEAT Paraguayans Plan Drive in 114-Degree Sunas League Waits Reply. By the Associated Press. ASUNCION, Paraguay, Decemberl 15.—Indications increased today that the League of Nations’ latest plan to | end the Chaco War would fail as Para- guayan and Bolivian troops faced each other in sweltering heat reaching 114 degrees in some places. A momentary lull came in major military operations while Gen. Jose Estigarribia’s Paraguayan troops gath- ered their forces preparing to renew the late season drive that has carried them to the western edges of the Chaco and the very borders of Brazil. It was expected Estigarribia, hope- ful an invasion of Bolivian territory would provide the finishing blow to the nearly three years of warfare, would lash out again at the retrea ing Bolivians within the next few days. Press Opposes Peace. To official apathy to the League of Nations’ proposal for “peace by Christmas,” meanwhile, was added the open hostility of the press. ! The Government here has not yet replied to the League’s proposal, hav- Ing submitted the plan to military leaders for study, but it was clear that political circles, optimistic over the outcome of Estigarribia's drive, were opposed. Troops engaged in the northern part of the Pilcomayo sector are in the heart of the Chaco's most inhospitable, waterless, hot and sandy region. No water is to be had for 50 miles, and the soil is so sandy supply trucks are able to move but six miles an hour. NEUTRAL RIGHTS’ VOIDANCE STUDIED BY U. S. FOR PEACE (Continued From First Page.) viewpoint of Charles Warren, who, as Assistant Attorney General of the United States from August, 1914, to April, 1917, was charged with enforc- ing American neutrality laws and ob- ligations and with investigating and prosecuting all hostile activities of belligerents in this country, so far as the Department of Justice was con- cerned. Since up to the time of the war there had been no neutrality legisla- tion since 1838, it is felt that the United States is today, in one respect, in a better position to cope with the problems affecting a neutral. It is known that careful thought has been given to Mr. Warren’s sug- gestion that the President should be empowered, by peace-time legislation, to enter into negotiations with rival belligerents at the outset of a non- American war to obtain by informal agreement or convention the utmost concession or the best modus vivendi for the trade of American citizens. Bargaining Would Be Aided. Valuable and persuasive arguments would be available to the President, it is suggested, if there should then be on the Federal statute books legisla- tion vesting in the President powers to be exercised at his discretion in any war in which the United States shall be neutral, Should the President prove unable to obtain concessions from the bel- ligerents, by agreement, it is pointed out, he could choose any one of four courses: He could decide that no right of neutrals exist. He could decide that a right exists, but that it has not been violated. He could decide that a right exists which has been violated and which is of sufficient importance to lay be- fore Congress as a casys belll. Mr. Warren stated the case, in this way, in an_article in April issue of “Foreign Affairs” and it has figured in most of the discussions. A wide range of prohibitions by statute have been suggested to help prevent the frictions that might lead the United S-ates into the war of other nations. Some of the prohi- bitions suggested to be enforced by statute in such a war would: Forbid the use of radio facilities by any foreign ship in American ports, Forbid the supplying of munitions to belligerents, or at least forbid the carrying of munitions in American ships. Forbid American to travel on muni- tions ships. Bar armed merchantment from American ports. Bar foreign ships known to have flown the American flag to foil enemy craft. Bar prize crews from American ports. Bar commercial submarines. Forbid airplanes of belligerent na- tions to land or take off from Ameri- can soil. Require the ships of belligerents to {that continent leave American ports upon the out- | break of a non-American war. Forbid the use of American ports as bases for loading ships of belligerents. Forbid belligerent nations to float loans in the United States. Forbid the enlisting of Americans in foreign armies. 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O’Conor Goolrick conferring with witnesses at the trial of Edward C. Bell yesterday. Left to right: C. A. Costen, Willis C. Cahoon and Goolrick. Costen and Cahoon are associated with Bell in a movie business at Suffolk, Va. No. 2—Edward Bell, jr., son of the defendant, who is expected to testify in behalf of his father. No. 3—Dr. H. W. Decker, house physician at the John Marshall Hotel, Richmond, who testified yes- terday concerning the defendant's mental and physical breakdown. No. 4—Oliver Morrison, 1 who testified Bell asked him to do & “little detective work™ at Buckroe Beach, Va., as to the activities of a woman there. It developed later that Mrs. Ella C. McMullen was at the beach at the time. No. 5—B. J. Pitts, business as- sociate of Bell in his moving pic- ture business, who testified the defendant sought to sell for $2,500 stock which he had purchased for $9,000. —Star Staff Photos. This Changing World France Considers Send- ing Laval to See Mussolini. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Now that the war clouds in Europe are dispersed, temporarily at least, the advocates of peace are making hasty efforts to stabilize“the situation. For- eign offices are working overtime and confidential missionaries of peace are traveling from one capital to another. Italy, the most stable military pow- er in Europe, is being courted by everybody. After having been given the chance of a juicy bone, in.the shapeof s free hand in Abyssinia, the French government is again seri- ously contémplating sending Foreign Secretary Laval to Rome to cinch a deal with Mussolini to establish the Franco-Italian relations on a more satisfactory basis. Yugoslavia remains the stormy petrel of Europe and unless some agreement can be reached between her and Italy it will be difficult to bring about a constructive under- standing between the latter country and France. Even Hitler begins to be wooed by his opponents, who hope to bring Germany back into the fold of the League. Diplomats say this might prove less difficult than it is imagined. Germany left the League because it demanded equality in armaments. Now, despite the Versailles treaty, she has all those arms which were for- bidden to her by that treaty. She has heavy artillery, a large army and a good military aviation. She could come back to the League and to the Limitation of Arms Conference, and instead of starting the discussions from scratch, she can say to the other nations: “We have all the arms| which you refused us. Let’s start| limiting now from where we are and | see how we can get along.” But if the danger of trouble in Europe continues to erist it is not due so much to the existing politi- cal questions as to the fact that the peoples of Europe are com- pelled to live within the borders of their countries and get only second-hand information about their neighbors—generally a hostile and biased point of view of them. The economic depression and the intense nationalism has made travel in Europe almost impossible. Governments issue passports to their nationals only with great diffi- culty. Furthermore, there are regu- lations in almost every country on preventing citizens from taking more than $20 or $30 with them on a trip. Thus, it is impossible for an ordinary citizen to go abroad on a pleasure trip. If by any chance he can get away to a neighboring country—some 20 miles from his own—the passport and cus- toms officers receive him with the idea that he must be either a crook, a smuggler or a spy. He is questioned, searched and frequently detained at the border. The result of these diffi- culties—totally unnecessary—is that a Frenchman would rather go to spend a week end in Hades than in Germany, and vice versa. * ok ok % Despite the pea soup fog and the drizzly rains, London has become the world capital for pleasure, thus taking a place which Paris has held for over a century. 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Ingernational exhibitions in which the Prench excel are out of fashion; there have been too many of them. But spectacular shows, such as the British can give, with the resplendent uniforms of the guard battalions and the medieval costumes of the yeomen, are rare and people like to see them. * kX ¥ King George's silver jubilee will be important not only because of the festivities which will accompany it, but also because important questions of imperfal relations will be discussed with the representatives of the do- minions gnd the colonies. The British have learned the, lesson that official conferences lead to trouble and give seldom positive results. The important Ottawa conference was most unsatisfactory. ‘They have changed their tactics now. The representatives of the em- pire will be in London to attend the king’s celebrations. 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Dr. Decker said he attended Bell many times since the operation, and up until last September he said Bell's general condition grew progressively worse. Mind “Degenerated.” Last June, Dr. Decker said, Bell's condition showed the worst change. His heart action was extremely erratic and there was a marked mental de- generation, accompanied by memory lapses and childish self-contradiction. This mental depression was inter- rupted occasionally by fits of childish pleasures, He said Bell exhibited an unreasonable glee over certain medical tests. ‘The defense expert declared these general symptoms indicated soften- ing of the brain and the loss of a sense of responsibility. Earlier in the day the defense had called & number of character wil nesses, most of whom presented testi- money designed to bear on the insanity defense. Benjamin G. Pitts, Bell's partner in the chain of motion pic- ture houses, recited one incident in; which, he said, Bell offered to sell for $2,500 stock in the enterprise which he had -purchased for $9,000. Other witnesses late this afternoon included C. A. Costen, youthful bank clerk of Suffolk, Va. Costen said Bell had telephoned him on numerous occa-| sions concerning a business deal they were planning. The witness declared that in the last few months Bell had made many long-distance telephone calls, many of an inconsequential na- ture, and a few at early hours in the morning, all of which seemed to indi- cate an sbnormal frame of mind. Lawyer Testifies. Another witness for the defense, Attorney Willis C. Cahoon of f- folk, declared Bell was decidedly “ec- centric” in their business dealings since September, 1932. The first five days of the trial have been featured by a large feminine at- tendance. Every available seat and resting place on benches and railings have been occupied by spectators. Judge Coleman will permit no spec- tator to stand in the court room and has frequently enjoined bailiffs to! prevent others from entering. On| several occasions he has ordered | ejected spectators who could not find a place to sit down. Meanwhile, men ; and women are collected outside of both doors waiting for & chance to| enter. The 60-year-old defendant came to Predericksburg from Fauquier County as a boy. He went into the furniture business with his brother, W. A. Bell, now 64. Early in his career Bell became a student embalmer in New York City. His brother said he obtained a license as an embaler and later practiced in Predericksburg for some time. Bell married Miss Madge Wheeler 34 years ago. 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HAVANA, December 15.—Several of | Cuba’s strongest anti-government po- | litical organizations speeded efforts today for a coalition designed to force President Carlos Mendieta and Ful- gencio Batista, commander in chief of the army, from office. A combination of the A, B, C Po- litical Society and the Autentico party appeared likely, although hitherto they have been bitter enemies. Lead- ers of both groups conferred secretly. As the negotiations proceeded rumors of imminent revolt, which -have kept the island on edge during the week, showed no sign of abatement. Reports. that the government plan- ned a censorship of newspapers were given strength by a meeting between publishers of Havana papers and Raul Cardenas, secretary of the in- terior. Most publishers were repre- sented as preferring to “close down" rather than accept censorship. ‘The move was reported to be a re- sult of a raid, allegedly by govern- ment police, on the gplant of the newspaper Accion three days ago. Accion, supporters of the A, B, C Party, had denounced Batista and | persistently attacked the government. A bomb explosion last night dam- aged a branch aqueduct five miles from Havana, but the city water supply was not effected. MACHADO IN FLIGHT. BERLIN, December 15 (#)—Ger- ardo Machado, former President of Cuba, is a free man so far as Ger-| many is concerned, officials said to- | cay, indicating the belief he already | had crossed the frontier into Switz- | erland. Machado's arrest was requested Thursday by the Cuban Minister to Germany, it was revealed, but Ger- many has no extradition treaty with Cuba. The foreign office handed the mat- ter over to the ministry of justice to decide whether his arrest was justi- flable. “It is necessary to have all the pa- pers from Cuba regarding the charges,’” officials said, “before we can do anything without a treaty. Such a treaty is under d'scussicn but still is unsigned.” They said a judicial investigation would necessarily be 2 long-drawn-out affair. ‘The justice ministry said, however, it had senmt secret police to Hamburg to shadow the former President, against whom Cuban courts have laid a charge of murder in connection with slayings occurring during the latter part of Machado’s turbulent regime in Cuba. Apparently the arrival of the police was Machado’s cue to flee the country, it was indicated. ‘The Cuban Legation here has con- sistently denied that extradition had been asked for Machado. 1931 BEAUTY WINNER SUES FOX CORPORATION Nadine Dore Never Paid More Than $49 Under Film Contract, Says Action to Break Deal. 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