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. CANINHOVENEN O ARNS 5 SHIW Traffic in Sinews of War Jumps Despite Fog Cov- ering Figures. By the Associated Press. World-wide gains in the interna- | tional movement of arms, munitions | and the raw materials of war were; disclosed today in a survey of the| statistics of the United States and other nations. In most cases, these movements gained in 1934 over 1933, and also in/| the first half of 1935 as compared | with the same period of 1934. i While the destinatior of the prod- | ucts is shown in some cases, mostly | the figures fail to disclose the con- sumer definitely, since the materials often are-re-exported. | ‘While the United States has been | exporting less raw cotton during the | past two years, its exports of cotton | linters are at a record high. Lmters! are very short cotton fibers. Though | they are used for rayon, they also; are well adapted for making explosives. | U. S. Linters Exports Gain. France, Germany, the United King- dom, Japan and Italy all increased imports of linters from the United | States. Similarly this Nation's ex-| ports of scrap iron and steel, useful for many war purposes, are at an all- time record high, Japan and Italy being major customers. Swedish statistics are among the most complete. This nation increased its exports of arms and munitions | from 1,532 metric tons in 1933 to 1866 | in 1934. In 1934 she exported 303 tons | of cannon and Howitzers, 89 tons of" armor plate went to Holland and | more than 1,200 tons of ammunition. | French imports of the benzols, useful | for explosives, jumped from 9.284 metric tons in 1933 to 25,4 i in 1934, while Italian imports of similar ma- | terials were 4.542 tons in 1934, com- pared with 3,115 in 1933. | United States exports of metallic cartridges gained from 110,260,000 cartridges in 1933 to 151,117.000 in 1934. Rifle exports jumped from 18- 145 guns to 36,852. Machine and heavy ordnance guns moved upward from 929 in 1933 to 1.135 in 1934. A main group of explosives went fromn | 509,080 pounds in 1933 to 1,290,663 | in 1934. South America Good Customer. South America was this Nation's major customer for these materials. Cuba and Bolivia, for instance, bought 490 and 225, respectively, f machine and heavy ordnance guns in 1934. Co- lombia and Peru were leading explo- sives purchasers. | Italian Africa, seldom listed among notable markets for American trucks, was the leading purchaser of trucks | in June. Japan also was a leader. | France increased exports of projec- tiles and gunpowder in 1934 over 1933, while Italian exports or artillery ma- terials were greater. Th United King- dom sold more ammunition and tor- pedo and submarine appliances | | TWO THEATER BOMBINGS CAUSE STRONG GUARD Apparent Attempt to Blast Third | New York Show House Follows | Labor Dispute. By the Associated Press | NEW YORK, August 14.—A heavily reinforced theater district detail THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. Lions Guard Ethiopian Ruler b ™ S e o » ath i r U This lion and lioness in Addis Ababa, ridden by servitors in the Emperor’s palace garden, look peaceful enough &s they perform their duty as “watchdogs” of the royal residence, but they are mere pets compared to the “army” of African beasts ready to defend the country from an invasion by the Italian forces. —Wide World Photo. | used to be two movie theaters in Addis Ababa; there are six now, and wonder of wonders, a night club, too. Located in a frame and mud house, the night club, managed by a Greek from Alex- | | andria, is doing a roaring business. Ethiopian War Seen as Struggle Between Races. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. E ARE on the eve of a war in Aftjca, and although \/ \/ the first shots have not been fired, the European statesmen are hardly able to conceal their concern over this untimely and } unpleasant conflict This is'not the first time in the history of Europe that a powerful na- tion goes out to conquer more land from another continent. It is not be- cause Italy is flaunting the Kellogg pact or the League of Nations that the European powers are worried. It is not even because of the possible re- percussions on the European situation that London and Paris are so much worried. They all see the writing on the wall: The Italo-Ethiopian war will mark the beginning of the struggle of the East against the West. * ok ok % Tokio is excited; so is Angora. Na- tionalist leaders in the Japanese capi- tal say that the Italo-Abyssinian con- flict “may set the world ablaze” Meetings are held throughout Japan demanding that the great yellow em- pire go to the aid of Ethiopia, men- aced by the “white barbarians,” and the | Tokio cabinet dares not oppose this All the foreigners gather at “Nicolos’ " after dinner, and the Abyssinian chief- tains, to show that they are not bar- barians, foregather there, too. accom- panied by their fly catchers, the u brella bearers and the rifle bear Seated at small tables, surrounded by their escorts, they sip champagne at $10 a quart ($12 if it's iced) and ad- mire the somewhat obsolete dancers | imported from Cairo, Alexandria and Suez. When a film representing Mussolini “haranguing” the crowds in Rome was shown, these dignitaries did not show any sign of wrath. They merely had their chairs pushed closer to the screen and looked intently at I Duce's face. A newspaperman asked one of the Rases why he had his seat moved so close. “I don't know the man,” was the answer, “and 1 want to get well acquainted with his face so that I can | make no mistake when I meet him on the battlefield.” Spear. And he caressed his Ethi.opia (Continued From First Page.) policed Gotham movie houses last|Move. The Japanese jingoists have a | themselves between September 23 and night after the bombing of two of | VErY quick and effective way with | 29. them and an apparent attempt to:those Wwho oppose their activities. | bomb a third, the Times Square| MAany a cabinet officer has already | Theater on West Forty-second street. | Paid_ith his life for his opposition | A porter found the supposed bomb | !0 the nationalists. ! in the Times Square Theater under| “We have expanded” they say,| & couch on the mezzanine floor. He| -Thanks to the European quarrels. ran for a pail of water in which he | NOW that one of these nations wants doused the suspicious package. A |!0 attack a colored race, we must be- | vial supposed to have contained an | COME the leaders of the enslaved col- | explosive was broken, coloring the; ored peoples.” water blue. Chemists sought to| * ok k% analyze the contents. | “We cannot tolerate a nation which Four hundred persons were in the |has always been hostile to our inter- theater, which had been one of those | ests,” says Kemal Attaturk, “to men- picketed by motion picture operators‘, ace us again. We shall do out utmost It was learned that Italians living abroad who have volunteered for serv- ice in Esst Africa will be enrolled in the legion, which will be formed into four battalions of 1,000 men each. They will be commanded by Pietro Parini, secretary general of the or- ganization of Fascists abroad. The communique involves tens of thousands of men, but it was ex- plained that they would not be sent to East Africa. They were called be- cause the government felt their mili- tary training was too meager and therefore they should have another unions recently in a labor dispute. Thirty-five pickets were arrested last night on charges of disorderly conduct, 17 of them in front of one of the two theaters which were targets for early morning bombing attempts. Both bombs were tossed from a passing automobile, containing three men, within a few minutes of each other. The bombers escaped. One of the missiles shattered the ticket booth of the Circle Theater at 1825 Broadway. The other, di- rected at the Park Theater in Colum- bus Circle, missed its mark and broke | a window in an adjacent photograph- er's shép. SPECIAL NOTICES. SOME ONE TO HAUL PART LOAD FUR: niture to Savannah Ga.. next 10 days. for 850 or less. Address Box 321-X, Star office. 14% OWNER-DRIVEN TRUCK. MOVE ANY- thing. anywhere. any time:_ short or, I distance. $1 hour. 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The | Italo-Abyssinian conflict may easily to help the Abyssinians.” And thus, Mussolini, whose action is likely to precipitate this conflagration | {and has been severely criticized in| Europe and elsewhere is becoming by | force of circumstances the champion | | of the white race. | " The British, the Scandinavians and ourselves have opposed—mildly—his conquering ambitions. He feels now, | | when the danger of a clash of color and races has become imminent, that | we all will stand by him. And he is not far wrong. | 3 * ok ok % The war in Africa raises a world | question. The powers gf the East, which have been taught in recent years to despise the ethics and the morality of the whites, are getting iready to take a definite position | agalnst the old continent. Arms, | propaganda and boycotts are all ready | to get into action against the centuries- ™ dragon of the East is waking. The{ become a conflict of race against race, civilization against civilization. * ok K X On July 12 the Japanese Ambassa- at Rome, Mr. Sugimura, made a state- men that “whatever may happen in| Ethiopia, Japan will remain neutral in this conflict.” This declaration of the Ambassador was quickly contradicted by no lesser person than the Japanese Foreign Minister Hirota, himself. On the other hand the Turkish government let the Italian govern- ment know that it approved fully Japan's policy of taking an interest in the coming conflict and that it felt than an Italian expansion in Africa ‘was contradictory to the interests of the Turkish Republic. Thus, one by one, the powers of the East are taking a definite posi- tion against Italy. And as & result of this, the Italian people are con- vinced that the other white nations will be compelled not only to approve Italy’s action but help her in case of need. * ok kX ok In the meantime Addis Ababa is rapidly becoming a world center. Mud huts are springing up overnight to accommodate the ever increasing number of foreigners who are flock- ing to the Abyssinian capital. The town—if we may call it so—is full | | | i six months or year of preparation. | with activity as details were com- pieted for the sailing of the steamer Gange, carrying 2,000 troops and 500 v.orkmen to East Africa. Newspapers and official sources maintained an air of complete de- Paris, Peace Talks Begin. PARIS, August 14 (#).—Premier Laval of France and Anthony Eden, British minister for League of Nations affairs, played their first cards today in their negotiations to give Premier Mussolini of Italy what he wants by peace instead of war. ‘Two threats hung over the momen- tous conversations which Eden en- gaged in at the foreign ministry. First was a war in Africa with its danger of arousing race hatreds throughout the world; the second was Eden’s rumored intention of announc- ing that Great Britain would wash her hands of the proposed European peace system if Ethiopia. Six diplomats began “an exchange of views” which French officials said may, in a few weeks, decide whether there shall be continued peace or a war that may further disturb the whole troubled European situation. After the conference, Laval stated: “We had a preliminary talk with Mr. Eden regarding the Italo-Ethiopian difference. We will have a meeting Friday with Mr. Eden and Baron Pompeo Oloisi of Iatly. Tomorrow, I have the opportunity with the Ital- ian delegate.” Protests to League. GENEVA, August 14 (#) —Charging that Italy is preparing to massacre a peaceful people, Ethiopia today pro- tested to the League of Nations that she is unable to purchase arms abroad to defend her soil. On the eve of the all-important political negotiations in Paris, Ethio- pia besought the League's assistance to remove what she called the unjust effect of an arms embargo imposed on her by many nations. ‘The protest said: 4 “Notwithstanding the resumption of arbitration procedure, in coformity with the council’s decision on August 3, the royal Italian government is continuing to send troops and ammu- nition into Eastern Africa. It is cease- lessly manufacturing arms and imple- ments of war- with the solemnly avowed intention of using them against the Ethiopian empire. “There no’ manufacture in Ethiopia, either public or pfivate, of arms or munitions of war. The im- perial Ethiopian government today finds it absolutely impossible to obtain means of defense outside its own of newspapermen and adventurers seeking excitement and profits. There frontier. Wherever it attempts to ob- i The water front at Naples hummed | tachment from the proceedings in| Italy conquers | tain them it meets with prohibitions SECRETARY SLAIN BY JEALOUS WIFE Police Blame Threat of Sep- aration for Killing—Step- daughter Shot. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 14.—Her eyes swollen from weeping, a 35-year-old housewife was brought to the police line-up today chgrged with slaying her husband’s pretty young secre- tary whom she feared was stealing his love. Supported by a policewoman, Mrs. Etta Reisman, 35, was too weak to answer questions concerning the shooting to death of Miss Virginia Seigh, 23, and the wounding of her | stepdaughter Annette, 23 years old. The slaying occurred early this| morning in front of the Reisman home in & fashionable district of Queens. Assistant District Attorney William H. Barr said the shooting resulted from a quarrel between the accused woman and her husband Arthur, in the latter's Flushing office yesterday, where Reisman told his wife he in- tended to sue her for separation, Detectives said that Reisman, owner of a beauty shop chain, Miss Seigh and the daughter, Annette, were sit- ting in the Reisman automobile before the home when Mrs. Reisman ap- | peared with a gun. ‘The slain girl was clad in pink satin | pajamas and negligee. Mrs. Reisman | shot the secretary, who was pretty and blond, police said, and her daughter tried to wrest the gun from her. | In the struggle, Annette was | wounded in the hand. Reisman was | unhurt. | of export and embargoes.” The appeal then puts a dramatically worded series of questions to the League. “Is that real neutrality? Is it just? Will the Council remain un moved in the face of this situatio which is growing steadily worse? Will it allow this unequal combat to con- tinue between two members of the League of Nations, one of which is all-powerful and in a position to em- ploy, and declares it is employing, all The slain secretary had lived with | | the Reismans for seven years. In the police line-up, because of her | weakened condition, Capt. Daniel Curtayne refrained from questioning her about the shooting. He asked only routine questions | about her pedigree. Nazis its resources in preparing for aggres- sion, while the other, weak and pacific and mindful of its international un- dertaking, is deprived of means of organizing the defense of its terri- tory and its very existence, both of which are threatened? “Will the Council,” the appeal con- cludes, “assume the responsibility in | the eyes of the world for allowing these preparations to continue un- checked for the massacre of a people which constitute a menace to none?” Settlement Basis Seen, LONDON, August 14 (#).—The ex- traterritoriality rights in Ethiopia, which some powers already enjoy, may be a basis, it was hinted in informed quarters today, for rne extension of Italian influence in that nation. It was indicated that Anthony Eden, minister for League of Nations affairs, may bring up that suggestion in his conversations with Premier Laval in Paris. Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Ger- many and Hungary have consular courts and full jurisdiction over their citizens in Ethiopia, as foreign na- tions have in China. These quarters suggested that the Italian rights under the extraterri- toriality agreement may be extended to include Italian privileges of coloni- zation in some areas of Ethiopia where | | the consuls would have supreme con- trol. Under such an arrangement Italian citizens would have the same rights as though they were at home. It was suggested such an extension of Italian influence in Ethiopia, coupled with economic concessions, might be acceptable to Premier Mussolini. British exporters hinted at a move to refuse further credits to Italy be- | cause of delayed payments attributed | to the expense of military prepara- tions. It was reported in financial circles that Italy’s debt to British importers is £2,000,000 sterling (about $10,- 000,000), and the creditors may lead manufacturers in the curb of further credit. IRAN REVOLT DENIED Legation Says Reports Were Greatly Exaggerated. The Legation of Iran today termed “greatly exaggerated” reports from Russia and Turkey that a revolt in | Meshed, Iran, last month against 1 wearing European hats resulted in the death of 30 Iranian police. The lega- | tion announced: “The people in every part of Iran have received with great pleasure the suggestion of wearing European hats. “The incident referred to has to do | with a certain mad priest, Shahab, | who managed to have a few fanatical, ignorant followers cause some disturb- ance which was immediately put down by the police and resulted in the ar- | rest of his followers, two deaths, and | a few casualties.” (Continued From Pirst Page.) | e = A fecling because of the women and | girls involved. | “Is it possible these women find' | 50 little love and responsibility for their unborn children that they don't hesitate to have relations with men ' of other races?” In the town of Wismar, guests al- most broke up a wedding by demand- | ing the exclusion of a Jew and his wife who had been invited. A crowd gathered before the house, the local | paper reported, and howled until police arrived and ordered the Jewish guests to leave. Municipalities everywhere are tight- | ening measures against Jews. They refuse not only to buy goods from them, but to deal with Aryans who | cannot swear they have nothing to do with Jews. | Meanwhile the Steel Helmet vet-| erans’ organization remained in the |dark as to what action Nazi chief- tains propose to take against mem- bers and their leader, Franz Seldte, | minister of labor in Adolf Hitler's | cabinet. | | Restoration of the storm troopers as a “quality unit” of Hitler’s defense | against “state enemies” has added to | the widespread feeling that the hel- meters are to be dissolved. | Series of Trials Loom. Ay series of trials against Jews | charged with money smuggling and violation of the devisen laws similar | to recent action against Catholic | monks and nuns was foreshadowed in the litigation against an Aryan em- | ploye of a fugitive Jewish im T of | eggs and venison. “This trial is only part of a series,” | said Zwoelf Uhr Blatt, “for the prose- | systematically attempted to undermine | German currency. It has been dis- covered that nearly the entire import in the hands of Jewish firms which | have organized fake branch offices in | numerous European towns for the sole qurpose of violating our devisen re- strictions.” Georgz Hanns, the Aryan defend- ant, was sentenced to two and one- half years in jail and fined 20,000 marks. If he is unable to pay the fine 200 days in jail will be added to his term. According to the charge, he “chiseled” a devisen commission from the Reichsbank. plained that his being only the tool of first-class criminals saved him a longer term. Secret police in Munich arrested two monks, one a member of the Salisian Order, on a charge of un- LAWYERS' BRIEFS USH PRINTING BYRON §. ADAMS | Former President Herbert Hoover's cution of Jewish importers who have | { of venison and other game meats is| The judge ex- | D. C., WEDNESDAY, AVGUST 14, 1935. Scene of Flood' Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Map of Italy, showing location of the little tqwn of Ovada, where hundreds of persons were drowned in the bursting of a hydroelectric dam. FRANCE SCQUTS HOOVER RLEA FOR CONSTITUTION Former Senator Calls ex-Presi- dent’s “Sudden Conversion” a. “Strange Spectacle.” By the Associated Press. PORT DEPOSIT, Md., August 14.— “sudden conversion” to the Consti- tution was viewed as a “strange spectacle” today by former Senator Joseph I. Prance. France, who was forcibly ejected from the 1932 Republican convention that renominated Hoover for the presidency, said: “I entered the presidential prefer- | ence primary against Hoover in 1932 because he had been one of the arch- repudiators of our system. “He had advocated and adminis- | tered as dictator the food and fuel control bill. an unnecessary and ran- | cid piece of socialistic legislation. It | was & monstrous assumption by the | Federal Government of undelegated powers:” France said in 1932 he “called Hoover's attention to a letter which | he is alleged to have written to Con- | gressman McSwain on the military | bill in which he suggested” the Presi- | dent be given unprecedented powers, | “The Constitution, long like a stray hound for every boot, is becoming a | pet,” France asserted. Lenses Placed on Eyes. Lenses which may be placed directly on the eyes, thus obviating the use of spectacles, are being produced at Bud- apest, Hungary, at $10 a pair, | Best Man Is Killed. While attempting to fire an old gun in a salute to a bride and groom 2t & wedding at Lauter, Southern Ba- varia, George Lankes, the best man, was killed when the weapon exploded. | Andrews Advises Ethiopians to Use | Skunks in Battle, Scoffs at Plans to Send Civet Cats Against Italians., 230 ARE DROWNED AS DAM BURSTS Water Covers 40 Square Miles in Italy—Loss Put at $24,600,000. By the Associated Press. TURIN, Italy, August 14.—Provin- cial officials stated today that about ' 250 persons were killed by the floods which followed the bursting of a hydroelectric plant dam at Ovada yesterday. This estimate followed an original | report by rescue agencies that 1,000 | were killed and a later estimate of only 100 dead. | ‘The provincial authorities said sev- eral hundred persons were suffering from injuries, shock and exposure as & result of the sudden torrent which covered 40 square miles, with a prop- erty damage estimated at 300,000,000 | lire—$24,600,000. | Mud Several Feet Deep. The mud in many cases was several of the dead extremely difficult. Over- turned houses were partly buried in | the mud. Furniture floated on the viscuous surface. Rescuers struggled knee and hip deep in mud striving to penetrate to the houses to search for victims, said to be mostly women and chltdren. Word reached here the village of Rossiglione was flooded and razed by the overflowing of three streams, trib- utaries of the Stura. An official investigation into the collapse of the dam was ordered. ‘Tales of the desperate heroism of some men in the district to save their families and children greeted the res- | cuers. One young mechanic plunged into the swirling current time after thne and was able to drag seven helpless persons to high ground be- fore he collapsed from exhaustion. Babe and Crib Recovered. A father retrieved a flrating wood- en crib in which his infant was plunging down the flood. The stormy weather which burst the dam resulted in great preperty damage in the vicinity of Genoa. Many streams overflowed their banks there and inundated surrounding vil- lages. The suburban secticns along the mouths of streams which flow past Genoa to the sea, were flooded. Huge waves lashed the water front, wrecking and damaging small shipping. Lightning struck an electric pas- senger train running between Ggnoa and Milan and destroyed one of the locomctive's motors. After a brief panic among the passengers, the train continued The catastrophe struck with tragic suddenness. There was a terrific roar (1) Mrs. Rahel The Establ Manouki By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 14.—Loath to advocate sending arms to Ethiopia, Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews, eminent scientist, believes Emperor Haile Selassie could do much better by im- porting some American skunks. “It's positively ridiculous,” he said today of reported Ethiopian plans to employ civet cats as offensive weapons against Il Duce’s warriors. | “The scent of the civet cat is not | nearly so strong or disagreeable as! that of our native skunk,” Dr. An-| | drews said. “T've trapped dozens of | civet cats. | | “Theirs is a strong odor, but it's| | not disagreeable. In fact. I rather Ellke it. The use of civet cats by the | | Ethiopians would be a tremendous | failure.” | > Turn Your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at— A.Kahn Jne. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. 43 YEARS at 935 F STREET Like The Supreme Court Building }5 . . . In Construction ELECTROL OIL BURNER In Your The Supreme Court Building represents a stride forward in structural excellence. 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In letters to Baron Kurt von Tip- pelskirch, German consul general at Boston, who protested the resolutions, both the Governor and Leverett Sal- tonstall, Speaker of the House, stoutly maintained the right of a group of citizens of Massachusetts to “express their opinion on a subject which has excited world interest.” The Governor declared the resolu- tions “timely” and said he felt they represented “an honest and open ex- feet deep, rendering the exact count , pression of the secret opinion of Americans generally.” Saltonstall wrote that adoption of the resolutions “in no way interferes with the domestic matters of your country.” Baron von Tippelskirch expressed himself as “very much displeased’ over the release of the contents of the Governor's and Saltonstall's let- ters before they had been received at the German consulate here. “This is a serious breach of cour- tesy,” he said. “It simply not done in affairs of this sort. In short, it is not polite.” The consul general had criticized the resolutions as “unwarranted and unpardonable interference with do- mestic matters of my country.” is and the shattered dam loosed the rag- ing torremts on the valley. Houses and factories collapsed like match boxes under the impact of the swiftly moving streams. Three rail- road bridges and a half dozen higirway bridges were strewn before the on- rushing waters. More than 100 persons, rescue workers said, were drowned almost without warning in the town of Ovada Not a head of live stock was believed to have escaped in all the valley. Rescue work was slow and difficult The ruined valley was piled high with debris, beneath which lay the bodies of the victims. The hydroelectri station was virtually demolished Survivors reaching here told of hav- ing seen entire families wiped out as the wall of water swept down the valley. 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