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BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘The fact that President Roosevelt yesterday summoned to the White | House Secretary of State Cordell Hull | to discuss a possible redrafting of America’s neutrality policy has caused a stir in diplomatic circles in Wash- ington and in Europe. Although Mr. Hull stated after his conference with the President that “the neutrality discussion was couched in general terms” and that decisions ‘“were not even attempted” specula- tion was ripe in diplomatic quarters as to whether the administration would attempt to help the Stresa con- ference by making clear its neutrality policy at the present time, especially in regard to the freedom of the seas. This speculation was due to the fact that President Roosevelt and Secre- tary Hull repeatedly have stated that the only interest this country has in European affairs is one of a good | neighbor and its principal concern is in peace and reduction of armaments. | Britain Avoids Commitment. | It was pointed out in diplomatic | | quarters that heretofore Great Britain {had refused to commit itself to any | definite policy regarding the reinforce- i | meni of article 16 of the covenant | | of the League of Nations dealing with penalties against an aggressor, because sucit a commitment implies a blockade. As long as the United States has not made clear its present attitude | THE EVENING BENITO MUSSOLINI. STAR, WASHINGTON, on Europe’s Fate RAMSAY MacDONALD. D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1935.. STRESA STUDYING FRANCE'S APPEAL Action Will Be Demanded of League on Reich Rearmament. (Continued From First Page.) is committed to the pact. but is un- likely to go ahead with it; Italy be- lieves it better to let the proposal drop than to prejudice prospects for reach- ing an accord on other pacts by insist- ing on it. 3. Rearmament of Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria: All three powers gener- ally favor it, with Italy the strongest proponent. 4. Disarmament: Great Britain de- sires to keep the World Disarmament PIERRE FLANDIN. New Conflict Remote, I British Leader in 1914- 1918 Thinks. Friendship of U. S. and | regarding its traditional policy of the | frecdom of the seas, the British gov- | 'ernment is afraid that the declara- i tion of a blockade in Europe might |involve her in a conflict with this | | country. Hence, an elucidation of | | Araerica’s policies regarding the pro- tection of American ships carrying | goods to belligerents or to neutrals | ~¥ho are neighbors of the belligerents | | essential before Great Britain can | |take a definite stand in connection | | with the implementation of article 16 |of the covenant. This matter has been studied care- | Britain Is Termed Complete. NE of the great war leaders O of Europe, now just the pam- pered husband of a “stern” wife, vesterday laid aside the | matrimonial mantle long ! enough to declare war on war. 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Lord Byng, more than 6 feet tall, with a fringe of gray-white hair slop. e Good Will Greatest Anti-War Factor, Viscount Byng Holds VISCOUNT JULIAN Asked about the relations between the British and American peoples, his lordship said the two countries do not now and never will need a better | ing away from his bald head, with treaty between them than the bond | The predominant view seems to be | watery blue eyes which light up when | of friendship which exists. that, in order to keep the United States out of any foreign entangle- ments the President ought to have the necessary authority to issue a procla- | mation withdrawing the protection of the American flag to ships which are conveying war materials or raw ma- terials adequate for the manufacture of arms and ammunitions to the bel- ligerent zones. This would not mean the placing of an embargo on the export of American zoods to foreign countries. It would merely mean that such exports will be placed on a “cash and carry” basis. Nations, whether at war or not, would be permitted to purchase whatever they want in this country provided the | payment is made in cash and the pur- { chases are carried in bottoms flying a | foreign flag. Traditional Rights Retained. | Such a policy, it was stated, would | not abandon the traditional rights of | the American Government to protect in the future the American sea faring | trade, but would be only an adhoc | | measure dealing with a specific situa- { tion and intended to keep this country | out of any possible entanglements in {a war-mad world. | Tt is uncertain whether the Presi | dent will chcose this moment to ask | | Congress for such powers. Official | quarters familiar with the general situation think that the time is not ripe for such a move. Instead of | keeping America out of trouble, any | | gesture on the part of the President | might be interpreted here and abroad | as an intention on the part of this | country to back either faction in! | Europe. In view of the uncertain situ- | |ation throughout the world, the ad- | ministration is compelled to adopt | a hand-to-mouth foreign policy which ‘ has only one definite objective—to keep America out of foreign entangle- 1 ments. he smiles the slow, sad smjle of a man who has seen the sordid side of | been treated by the American people | life where men are fired with the |5ince I came over here is an example | blood-lust, and with the outthrust chin of the fighting man, gives the impression of rugged strength of fear of war between us. I can assure | character, of mind and of body. Toys With Pipe. Throughout 30 minutes of interview. | ¥Tite & _book about his war experi- | his big fingers were continually toying with a pipe. from which not one puff | of smoke arose. | He discussed the war in which he made world history and out of which his title and a comfortable personal fortune were born on that Summer day in 1917, when he led his Canadian Army Corps up Vimy Ridge and held | ganda or else trying to hurt some |ing the administration of President | | it in the face of the battering of the | enemy. He invented a new set of | tactics in warfare that day. chooses to call it defensive” strategy. “the offensive- At any rate, it| helped the British to make a sizable of Cambrai, the one-time governor | Partment, to be medical director with advance. although he admits it was general of Canada, “the ex-policeman” | the rank of rear admiral. not altogether successful. As a result | of his war record. Julian Byng, field marshal of Britain. in 1919 became | the first Earl of Vimy, the title which likely will die out with his death, | since he has no heir. Looking into the future, Lord Byng is reticent about saying anything of the prospects of war. He only would say that he thought that war is re- mote, but admitted that “war is too ciose to us for us to do very much talking about it.” Talk Brings on War. He believes war is brought on by people talking about it, especially poli- sclans and newspapers. He thinks | that the war spirit is born within the minds of the people, engendered per- haps by the bombastic propaganda of politicians. FREE SILVER BILL | IS GIVEN APPROVAL | OF SENATE GROUP (Continued From First Paj $915,613,902 of the metal on April 8, whereas, to attain the 25 per cent | ratio, it would have to increase that figure to $2,886,580,969—assuming the | | gold stocks remained at the present | | level. | | The silverites in Congress, on hear- | | ing yesterday that the domestic price probably would be boosted, had indi- | cated a belief that this would have | little immediate effect except on| domestic production. Senator Thomas | pointed out that if the world price had gone beyond the Treasury price, pro- ducers would naturally have stopped | selling to the Government. | Thomas, in a letter in which he asked for the views of economists and financiers, suggested that the more | gold and silver the United States holds | the better would be its position to in- fluence the terms of a world stabiliza- | tion settlement. “It appears to me,” he said, “that | there is not enough gold to alone serve | as the base for the currency and credit structure of the several nations and. |if T am correct in this assumption, then the world may be forced to a| | wider use of silver along with gold to serve as the base for the issuance of | money.” | The text of President Roosevelt's | proclamation follows: Whereas, by proclamation of the | 21st day of December, 1933, as modi- fied by proclamation of the 9th day of August, 1934, the United States coinage mints are directed to receive for coinage and addition to'the mone- tary stocks of the United States silver mined subsequent to December 21, 1933, from natural deposits in the United States or any piace subject to <he jurisdiction thereof, and Whereas, such proclamation as so modified is subject to revocation or further modification as the interest of the United States may seem to re- quire; Now, therefore, finding that the interests of the United States require further modification of said proclama- tion of the 21st day of December, 1933, by virtue of the power in me vested by the act of Congress cited in said proclamation, and other legislation designated for national re- covery, and by virtue of all other au- thority in me vested; of the United States of America, do proclaim and direct that with respect to all silver received by a United States coinage mint under the provisions of the proclamation of the 21st day of December, 1933, which such mint, subject to regulations prescribed here- under by the Secretary of the Treasury, is satisfied has been mined on or after April 10, 1935, from natural deposits in the United States or any place sub- » P I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President ject to the jurisdiction thereof, the deduction for seigniorage and services | performed by the Government shall be 45 per cent and there shall be re- turned therefor in standard silver dol- lars, silver certificates. or any other coin or currency of the United States, the monetary value of the silver so received (that is, $1.2929 a fine ounce) less such deduction of 45 per cent. | Notice is hereby given that I re- | serve the right by virtue of the authority vested in me to revoke or modify this proclamation as the in- terest of the United States may seem to require. SILVER WEST JUBILANT. SAN FRANCISCO, April 11 (#).— The silver West was jubilant today | over President Roosevelt's increase of | the price for newly-mined silver to 71 cents an ounce. His announcement brought renewal of predictions silver would again reach | $1.29 and considerable discussion of | whether it would tend to increase employment and production. Mining circles here thought the new price would have relatively the same effect on silver mining in the West as the $35-an-ounce price had on gold. Utah mining men generally thought the price of other metals in silver ore—lead, zinc, copper—would have to increase before production would. “The significant thing,” said W. Mont Ferry, Salt Lake City silver man, “is that the proclamation is a definite step toward recognition of silver as a monetary metal.” WORLD PRICES ADVANCE. By the Associated Press. Silver prices boomed the world over today in response to the announcement that the United States Treasury would pay 71 cents an ounce for newly mined met4l from American mines. Silver mining circles in the Rocky Mountain area were jubilant. They hoped it was a step in restoration of the old statutory price of silver at $1.29 an ounce. ‘The silver bloc in Congress resumed its campaign with vigor. The Senate Agricultural Committee approved the ‘Wheeler mandatory 16-to-1 silver pur- chase bill. Silver prices shot up to the highest levels in nine years in New York and London. The Montreal silver futures market boomed. The London price reached the New York equivalent of 64.745 cents an ounce. Foreign metal wes later sold in New York at 66 cents an ounce, up 1% cents from yesterday’s final bid Shanghai bankers, however, took a gloomy view. Since China is on an actual silver money basis, & rise in its price was said to have a defla- tionary effect. Nevertheless, the situ- ation has been partially mitigated by imposition of a silver export tax. Hoarders of some 10,000,000,000 ounces of the white metal in India and China were happy as they saw the bull market in their traditional “investments” “If the manner in which I have of the way you Americans feel toward us. then we should never have any vou that at kome there is the most friencly of feelings,” he said The old field marshal will never ences. Both he and Lady Byng made that clearly understood. Won't Write About War, “No. I never shall write about the war,” he said in answer to the ques- tion. “I have found that most peo- ple who have written about it have | been trying to get over some propa- ment and was ceremonial officer dur- one.” Lord and Lady Byng will sail for He | “the old country” on,the Berengaria | velt sent to the Senate the nomina- next Wednesday. The old hero of Vimy Ridge and of Scotland Yard and now the 72- year-old Viscount Byng, looks to the good will emong men to prevent a recurrence of the conflict of 1914- 1918. He said good will is the great- est single factor in tHe prevention of war. Cows Have A Past COWS are established institu- tions. They have lineage, family crests, theirancestral trailsare longer than history. Archaeologists found a picture of a cow on the side of a cave in the Pyrenees. They figured the drawing was 20,000 years old. Citizens of Babylon looked up to the cow. Five thousand years ago they adorned a frieze with her image. Hindu folklore is rich in praise of the cow. The “‘sacred cow” has come down to our times as a symbol of veneration. Every newspaper man who values his head must know the citizens in that category. The cow exemplifies the broad- ening effect of travel. Five hundred years ago there were none on this continent. They were an old Spanish cus- tom. DeSoto and Coronado sponsored their introduction to the first families of the Mississippi valley and the Rio Grande country. . The cow was news at Jamestown in 1611, at Plymouth Rock in 1624. By 1650 the cow had caught on. ew England was exporting butter and cheese. It used_to be said that every cow had her as every dog had his day. There was the cow that d over the moon, and there was O’Leary’s cow that got blamed for getting fire to Chicago—reason eno for the proverb that all’s not milk that comes from a cow. odern cow—25,000,000 of her nl.ll?h. vlli!fl.‘l States—has settled Conference active and persuade Ger- many to return; France will have nothing of disarmament or limitations | of arms without a security pact; Italy | | believes it is time to give up the “dan- | gerous utopia of disarmament.” Britain Against Alliance. | 5. A three-power alliance: Great | Britain is opposed: France wavers| toward Great Britain's attitude, al- | though she would like to support | Italy’s inclination to favor it. 6. The Danubian pact: Great Britain A jury in Police Court vesterday| and France both support Italy, which | returned & verdict of not guilty in| regards this accord as vital for her the case of Maurice Kay. proprietor | futyre security. of Kay's market in the 100 block of 7 Negotiation with Germany: Great ' Fourth street southwest, who was one ' Britain believes no hard and fast plan | of five men accused of defrauding should be thrust on the Reich for her persons on rellef rolls by short weights | 30°CRLAnce or rcjection. but. that she in food purchases last February. conference: Italy favors an accord at | Kay was defended by Atmrne_vislresa. possibly an alliance on which John Sirica, and the jury reached | to fall back if Germany will not nego- £ , | tiate; France wavers between the two, its not-guilty verdict after two hours ! but leans tcward the British viewpoint. deliberation. | It was the first time since the Paris ‘The case was tried before Judge | peace conference that the premiers of Isaac R. Hitt. It was brought out| France. Italy and Great Britain had in defense testimony that the mun‘me" fogether: who made the purchase on which the | NEW PACTS EXPECTED. charge was based did not obtain an itemized receipt. The charges against the five mer- chants were filed by George M. | Roberts, District superintendent of weights, measures and markets. JURY FREES MEAT MARKET PROPRIETOR | Charge of Short Weight to Relief Rolls Buyers Removed by Verdict. Further French Link to Little Entente Seen. PARIS. April 11 (#.—Informed | sources said today mutual assistance pacts with the Little Entente. Greece | and Turkey were likely to be France's | next step in her campaign to fortify whatever collective security agreement the Stresa Conference mayv propose. The tentative Franco-Russian | agreement, it was believed, would be used as a model for the additional | agreements. | | ‘ e it 'P.-T. A. ELECTS OFFICERS President Roosevelt today nom- | inated Jay Pierrepont Moffat of New R Mrs. Clarence A. Ransom Heads Falls Church School Group. Hampshire, to be consul general. Mr. FALLS CHURCH, Va. April 11.— | Moffat, who has been a career man Mrs. Clarence A. Ransom was elected | in the Foreign Service for a number of years, is at present chief of the ' president of the Parent-Teacher As- | sociation at the yearly election | Far Eastern division of the State De- of” officers; Mrs. D. J.Shear. first partment. Some years ago, Mr. Moffat was | protocol officer for the State Depart- | vice president; Mrs. Atherton Mears, second vice president; Mrs. Carson Ryan, jr., secretary: Mrs. Albert Ware and Miss Mary Brewer, correspond ing secretaries. Mrs. Lester B. Powell, former sec- retary of the P.-T. A, was elected a | member of the School Board by the | | Town Couneil. 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Election and installation of three national councillors will mark the elose today of the thirty-seventh gen- eral court of the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America at the Washington Hotel. Formal announcement was made by three candidates for the vacant posts, but it was expected early today that other nominations may be made from the floor. The announced candidates are Mme. Julia Cantacuzene-Grant of Washington, who is now serving a term that will end this year: Mrs. Octave Joseph Goffin of Oregon, and Mrs. Cassius C. Cottle of California. In addition to Mme. Cantacuzene- Grant the retiring councillors are Mrs. George M. Grimes of Washington, and | Miss Margaret I. Fraser of Illinois. Ninety-one delegates were present | from the several States when the court assembled this morning. After the pledge of allegiance to the flag. the delegates were greeted by Mrs. Thad- deus M. 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