Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1935, Page 3

LOAN T0 CHINA IS HELD REMOTE U. S. State Department Promises Britain to Consider Proposal. ‘The prospect of giving China finan- elal relief by the consortium of the interested powers, America, Great Britain, France and Japan is as re- mote as ever, despite the British in- sistence in Washington that “scme- thing must be done about China.” After a long conversation with the British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lind- #ay, the Undersecretary of State, Wil- liam Phillips, stated that the United States Government will give its “sympathetic consideration” to a plan to save China from financial disaster. ‘There is no question, for the time being. of advancing any actual cash to the Nanking government. The matter of arranging such an eventual loan is full of “ifs and whens” and is left entirely in the hands of the British government which has taken the initiative to set in moton the international machinery to prevent China from falling into the hands of the Japanese bankers, supported by the government. Britain Seeks Co-Operation. ‘The British idea is to support China | with the co-operation of all the in- terested powers, The State Department has not been able to ascertain whether the Japa- nese government is willing to join in any action contemplated by the British, Officially, the Tokio government has not yet made up its mind as to what attitude it may take when Great Britain approaches it with a definite suggestion for help. But Tokio has adopted its well- known tactics of allowing its highest officials, such as the vice minister for foreign affairs and other high-ranking officers, to express their views, Loan Would Be Mistake. These “personal” views, which are Overhanging Rock Forms Canopy A curious over-hanging rock formation in Frio Canyon near Leakey, in Edwards County, about 130 miles northwest of San Antonio, Tex. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, —Wide World Photo. This Changing quld Sir John Simon Will Vi sit Moscow This Month, if Diplomatic Disease of Laryn- gitis Permits. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. expressed freely, point out that under the present circumstances, it would | be a mistake to have an international | loan advanced to the Chinese Re- | public. This should be done by a single power—that is to say, Japan. But, since the Japanese have indi- | cated to Nanking that a loan must provide for certain ‘“rearrangements” in the present administration of China, such as the replacement of European and American advisers and officials by Japanese and the com- | plete cessation of all anti-Japanese agitation, the Chinese are trying des- perately to induce the other inter- | ested powers to come to their assist- | ance in order to prevent becoming an economic dependent of Japan. Britain Is Alarmed. ‘The British government which has a far greater financial interest in | China than any other European country is alarmed at this prospect | and has started conversations with Paris and Washington. It is realized, however, that it will be difficult to do anything without | Japan’s participation and, despite | the conversations between London and Tokio. there is considerable doubt whether this participation will be forthcoming. On the other hand China has her back against the wall. She needs financial relief immediately. If the Western powers lose much time in “sympathetic consideration” without sending actual money to Nanking. it is in the cards that the Chinese gov- ernment will be compelled to accept & Japanese loan. The Tokio government is playing up this situation for all it is worth. It is believed that while not refusing bluntly to co-operate with the other powers, it will adopt a dilitory policy, which will delay the action of the consortium and force China to ac- cept the Japanese loan with all, the tags attached to it. C. B. CANADIAN DISTILLERS PROBED BY TREASURY New Information on Reports of Liquor Import Duties Said to Have Been Bared. By the Associated Press. An investigation to determine whether various Canadian distillers had evaded import duties on liquor shipments to this country during the pronibition era is being made by the Treasury. It is being conducted, it was said | authoritatively, by agents of the Intel- ligence Unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and by the Customs Service. Officials would not discuss the mat- ter, but it was learned some new information had been secured from former employes of several distilleries, ‘which was being followed up by Gov- ernment agents here. It also was disclosed the Govern- ment has been checking for some time its import tax figures against export tax figures made public by the Domin- don authorities in an effort to deter- mine whether they agree. SPECIAL NOTICES. ON SATURDAY. MARCH 9. 1935. AT 11 3 1l sell for failure to comply the ‘District of Columbia and in_ the State of Maryiand arc requested by the French Embassy o apply at the chancery. st. n.w. before April 1. 1935 for a certificate of civil registration, the issu- ance of which is compulsory. YOU NEED ELECTRICAL WORK 2 Call Electric Shoo on Wheels. Inc. We come prepared to do fobs. See Tel. 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" North 5343, Unless Maxime Litvinov, the Soviet | or Field Marshal Hindenburg himself. in his crib proved fatal early today to foreign minister, develops an at- taack of laryngitis, Sir John Simon will be in Moscow before the end of this month. Laryngitis is the most convenient diplomatic illness. It cannot be easily detected, does not require special bul- letins and prevents the one allegedly afflicted with the ailment from talking. Former Premier Andre Tardieu de- veloped an acute attack when he did not want to see Henry L. Stimson at Geneva in 1931: MacDonald suffered from it on different occasions when he did not want to be questioned in SR arariu (A A™ |the House of Commons, and now | Hitler has followed the example of | these two statesmen when he decided | to snub the British foreign secretary. * ok x % Sir John Simon’s visit to Moscow will mark a new epoch in British | foreign policies. Sir John is the first | British ~ foreign secretary to visit | Russia in the last 60 years. A num- | ber of British cabinet ministers have been to Russia, especially during the | World War, but no British foreign secretary has condescended in recent | years to show himself in the Russian capital. * x % % The main reason of Sir John's pil- grimage to the Kremlin is not the Eastern pact. He wants to talk over with the Soviet leaders the compli- cated situation arising from the new German-Polish-Japanese military un- derstanding. * % % The Germans and the Poles have | their eyes on the Baltic States and especially on the Ukraine. This is a matter which concerns Russia to a considerable degree. ‘The Japanese have their eyes on the maritime provinces, in the Far East. This also concerns almost exclusively the Soviets. But the Japanese have a determined policy to dominate the Far East and that concerns the whole werld in general and Great Britain in particular. The European statesmen are puzzled They fear that at a given moment one | party will be ready to strike, and soon | after the others will strike too. | The Russians are protected on their | European frontier by a more or less | comprehensive understanding with the | French, who, in turn, have & definite | military _understanding with the British. But there are no such ties Sir John, whose country is intensely interested in the Far Eastern prob- lem, will sound the ground and see what kind of working agreement can be made with Russia. * * kX | International espionage is rampant | throughout the world these days. A couple of years ago governments suf- fered from spiomania, in most cases in order to rouse the nationalistic spirit among their people. But now espionage has become an as to how this Japanese-Polish-Ger- | man understanding is going to work, | between the British and the Russians. |. respects more power than the Kaiser | A little man, with a huge forehead, | he was inexorable in his decisions. When the Kaiser tried to reprieve | Nurse Cavell—for political reasons— | the German high command was quite | willing to bow to the desires of the | German ruler. Nicolai opposed it and the English nurse was shot. * k% % | He left the German army after 1918 and went into retirement in a secluded | place in Prussia, known only to a few {of his most intimate friends. When | he left the war office he took with | him important confidential.files, pre- venting their falling into the hands of the allied military missions, which were sent to Berlin. Many a neck was thus saved in France, Great Britain and other allied countries. | * ok % ox | Col. Nicolai is at work again—more intent and more active than ever be- fore. Spies, males and females, are |again infesting the world. Polish | princesses, German countesses, Hun- | garian baronesses, Greek gamblers, smooth-tongued former officers, un- frocked priests, money lenders, rough- necks, master safe breakers, are all at work again. Some are moved by a genuine patriotic motive, others by a R thirst for gold and high life. Many are caught and either lose their necks jor are shot in the back or hanged; | others, the majority, get away with | the stuff and complete the confidential | files of the various intelligence serv- ices throughout the world. In the Richswehramt in Berlin, in the rue de I'University in Paris, in the | White Hall in London, in Tokio and | other capitals, staff officers belonging |to the intelligence departments work |in rooms inaccessible even to their brother officers, gather documents, |secret messages transmitted in spe- 'cul codes and prepare for the next catastrophe. . New Airline Planned. The China National Aviation Corp,,' now operating under Sino-Americen auspices 3,000 miles of air routes, plans a new line, over 400 miles long, between Chungking and Kweiyang. actual danger. Almost every day the counter-espionage services in every country discover some new plots or see, to their great dismay, that many military secrets have been betrayed for a handful of gold or for the beau- tiful eyes of a blond or brunette. * x kX At the end of a corridor in the German War Office there is a suite of rooms more zealously guarded than thoge leading to the Reichsfuehrer himself. These are the rooms of the new head of the German military in- telligence service, Col. Nicolai. This officer is an old acquaintance of the allied military intelligences. NT | During the World War Nicolai oc- cupied the same job in the same rooms where he is today. It is he who launched an army of sples through- out the world. It is he who employed the famous Mata Hari, the equally fa- mous and more elusive “Mademoiselle Docteur,” and it is he also who always managed to find nut 24 hours ahead the most carefully concealed plans ND [of the military operations of the ‘THE FOLLO! Weschler's March 23. for charges: 153-586. motor 2060143, left by LL CARL. INC.. 614 H —properl lied on new or old build. ings. " Solidrdurabie ‘work, tne - kind that holds for years—free from leaks and frequent repair bills. Call_us up. ROOFING 933 V 8t. N.W. COMPANY. CHAMBERS !5 one_ of the I undertakers _in WING CAR TO BE SOLD AT ublic auction. on Saturday, st 'R Miss Lo 1] CAl st. PFranco-British armies. During the war Nicolai had in many LONIAL} ANTHRACITE R’ COAL MERCHANT 808 3° ST..N.W. NAT. 5178 S S Sl A |BABY DIES OF BURNS SUSTAINED IN CRIB. Draft Blamed for Spread of Flames Started by Child in Clanton Home. Burns received while he lay helpless | 15-month-old Kerneth Clanton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Clanton, 1526 Gales street mnortheast. The child died at Casualty Hospital. Kenneth's mother and father, each thinking the other was at home, went out for a short time yesterday. Dur- | D. C., GREECE OPENS AR ATTACK ON REBELS Citizens Flee Athens as Great Offensive Starts in Provinces. (Continued From First Page. crush the insurgents’ land forces. Later news that he had begun the drive were received. ‘The commander «f the government troops estimated the rebel forces pitted against him number only 6,000, compared with nis 80,000. The generalissimc, who yielded his position as miuister of war to take the fleld against tie insurgents, as- serted flatly that he could capture Kavalla, rebel strcnghold, “within 48 hours.”” The fall ot Kavall, he said, would deal a serious blow to the in- surrectionists. In this same towp two days ago bitter street fight'ng took place be- tween residents and the revolutionary invaders after government airplanes rocked its environs with furious nerial bombardment. While :he deep snow was believed to be holding the government's mass of- fensive in check, preliminary skirm- | ishes between the lcyalists and rebels | in Eastern Macedonia last night gave | a foretaste of the bloodshed to come, | After battering 'he rebel lines with | 8 steady urtillery and serial attack, | Kondylis sent a portion of his con- tingent plowing through the snow drifts in a trial aisault on the insur- | gents. Reports fiom the battlefront said the loyalists made a slight ad-| vance, ! The rebels reported to be in sore need of supplies, were said to have | been pillaging n:merous villages in their line of mar:h. Insurgents Elusive. While the Pirien shore batteries were Leing primed to hurl shells against the rebel navy, the where- abouts of the five insurgent war | vessels was uncerain. They last were | reported roving the Aegean Sea near the Cyclades Islands. In this area yesterday the revolutionary sailors captured the towns of Samos, Chios | |and Mytilene. | Four Greek warships were reported | to have put out to sea in an attempt | to intercept the ensmy craft and turn | | ing the interval the child's 4-year-old | 3 | sister, Shirley, started playing with | matches and touched off a pile of | clothing in a room adjoining Ken- neth’s. A draft swept the spreading flames through the door and over the crib where Kenneth Mr. Clanton was | | returning from eighborhood store 1 | when he saw fire apparatus pulling up | | before his house. | He dashed into the residence | ! through the smoke and flame and res- | | cued Kenneth from the crib where he | lay. A neighbor, unaware of Kenneth's presence, already had taken Shirley to safety. Kenneth was burned about the back, chest and face. He was re- moved to the hospital, where he died at 1 o'clock this morning. The flames were extinguished before they did much damage to the house. | e Special Dispatch to The Star. | SILVER SPRING, Md., March 8.— | Walter Davidson, assistant manager of the Eastern area for the American Red Cross, will speak at the annual meeting of the Montgomery County Chapter of the Red Cross tonight at 8 o'clock in the Rockville Court House. Election of officers will be held and roll call reports be made. No Payments Until Fall Installation BUILDERS OF GOLD STAR CARS ? ? ? H Our Highest Quality Late model trade-ins that have been thor- oughly reconditioned by our modern shop —THEN put through our own exacting BU- REAU OF STAND- DARDS AND FINAL- LY ROAD TESTED to absolutely prove their value! Sold with our 100% Money-Back Guarantee! Cast Your Vote —for Marlow’s Famous FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1935. them back before they came w:thin shelling range of Athens. ‘The Brilsh cruiser Royal Sovereign and the Prench destroyer Verdun were anchored in Piraeus harbor, their presence serving to allay somewhat anxiety over possibility of an atiack from the sea. The Government was exercising every means at its disposal to cut off the Tebels’ source of supplies. Greek consulates in neighboring countries were instructed to place an embargo on any shipments to Creece which might fall into the hands of the insurgents. The partial embargo aroused concern in some quarters that the country may be compelied to enter upon a period of strictly limited rations. Reports circulated that Premier Tsaldaris regarded the situatica so gravely that he was considering in- viting former King George to .eturn to his vacant throne. President Zaimis issued a stai-ment reiterating the government's eccusa- tion that former Premier Venizelos is responsible for the uprising and set- ting forth his hopes for restoration. of order. . To Buy New Ship. Premier Tsaldaris announced that Greece will buy a new battleship to re- place the cruiser Averoff which is in the hands of the rebels. Mme. Tsaldaris began the organiza- tion of Red Cross and soldiers’ relief units. An appeal from Venizelos to John | Politis, Greek minister to Warsaw, ex- horting him to relinquish his post and become diplomatic representative of Venizelos' nation was transmited from Vanea to Alexandria by wireless for further transmission to Warsaw, but the Egyptian government stopped the message. It was said rebel prisoners are being freed in Athens after signing petitions calling for the punishment of the re- | volt leaders. Attorney General Gheorg | Hiades, a Venizelist who vanished since the coup, was officially ousted from the cabinet. 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