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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, warmer tonight; tomorrow prob- ably fair; gentle to moderate southwest ‘winds. Temperatures—Highest, 81, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 61, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 33,354, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. "HOUSEVOTESTO ch WASHINGTON, D. ADJOURI TODAY AFTER FARM ISSUE IS SENT TO COMMITTEE AppropriationéHull Is Silent as U. S. Awaits Group Takes Over Bill. INSON FIGHTS MOVE IN VAIN‘ Test Vote Hints Roosevelt Victor on Cotton, Wheat. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The House today adopted a congur- rent resolution for the adjournment ©of Congress today. Prior to that Speaker Byrns re- ferred the third deficiency bill, which | carries the controverted cotton and wheat loan amendments, to the Com- mittee on Appropriations. The action of the House and of the Speaker was opposed in vain by Rep- resentative Vinson, Democrat, of Georgia, who apparently was repre- senting the cotton States bloc 1 The next move on the part of the House was to recess, subject to the call of Speaker Byrns, who announced he might call the House in session again within three or four hours, | Senate in Recess. | In the meantime, the Senate al-| ready had recessed until 5 p.m. on| motion of Senator Robinson of Arkan- sas, the Democratic leader. | Immediately thereafter, six Demo- cratic Senators went to the White | House to confer with the President regarding the cotton and wheat loan amendments to the deficiency bill, which blocked final adjournment of Congress on Saturday. These Senators were Robinson of | Arkansas, Harrison of Mississippi, Black of Alabama, Connally of Texas, Smith of South Carolina and Byrnes of South Carolina. The action taken by the House to- day when it adopted a new adjourn- ment resolution was the first test in the House since adjournment was blocked by Senate action Saturday at | midnight. | Representative Vinson first moved | to lay the adjournment resolution on | the table, but was defeated by a vote of 178 to 47. He tried to obtain a roll call vote on his motion, but was unsuccessful and the vote announced ‘was a standing vote. Defeated Again. The adjournment resolution was of- fered by Representative Taylor of Colorado, acting Democratic floor leader. Vinson was unable to ob-| tain a roll call vote on the adjourn- | ment resolution itself, which was adopted on a standing vote, 172 to 47. When the House assembled, a quo- | rum call was answered by 306 mem- | bers. Representative Buchanan of Texas, chairman of the Appropria- tions Committee, asked unanimous consent to address the House for 30 minutes. Representative Vinson asked whether the supporters of the cot- ton and wheat loan amendments would be given similar time to ad- | dress the House. 1 Buchanan replied that was a mat- ter wholly within the hands of the House. This brought an objection | from cotton State members to the re- quest of Buchanan. Without furiher delay, Buchanan, In a brief statement, asked that the deficiency bill be referred to the Ap- propriations Committee. He insisted that the Senate had added the cotton and wheat loan amendments to the bill late Saturday afternoon and that these amendments might require a billion or even two billion dollars. Speaker Acts. “These are momentous amend- ments,” said Buchanan. “They should be given ample consideration by the committee. I ask that the Speaker refer the bill to the committee.” “The Chair,” said Speaker Byrns,| “feels that the deficiency bill should be referred to the committee. Amend- ments of tremendous importance have been added to it, which the commit- tee or a subcommittee should have an opportunity to examine and to hold hearings.” The Speaker said that he was fol- lowing precedent in using his author- | ity to refer the bill to the committee, | and called attention to the fact that | the late Speaker Longworth had taken (See CONGRESS, Page 4. DAVIS DENIES QUITTING | A. A. A Chief Calls Resignation Rumors “Bunk.” By the Associated Press. Chester C. Davis, A. A. A. admini- strator, today described as ‘“bunk” published reports that he and Secre- tary Wallace had threatened to re- sign if Congress forced amendments to the third deficiency appropriation bill for 12cent cotton and 90-cent wheat loans. Be Beautiful! —mo— ELSIE PIERCE —noted beauty author- ity, begins her series of daily articles on fem- inine loveliness. N TODAY ON PAGE B-8 Soviet Reply to “Red” Protest Relations in Doubt, Observers Say, After U. S. Sends Note Calling for Halt to “Propaganda.” By the Associated Press. Letting the vigorous United States protest to the Soviet speak for itself, Secretary Hull would say only today that no indication of the time or na- ture of the Moscow reply has been received. Questions poured from newsmen at his press conference about the unex- | pected move against “flagrant viola- tions” of pledges against non-inter- | ference in American affairs—pledges | made to President Roosevelt before recognition was extended. The Secretary of State turned prac- tically all aside with his placid, Ten- nessee drawl, “No comment.” Members of the Senate Foreign Re- lation Committee were slow to take any position on the situation. In the| House, however, Representatives who deal with legislation affecting foreign questions generally agreed Russia should live up ‘to pledges, and if the State Department had infor- mation she is not doing so, it should follow through its protest. McReynolds Approves. Of several House Foreign Affairs Committee members, McReynolds was one who thought yesterday's note to Moscow timely. i Similarly, Representative Johnson, Democrat, of Texas said: “Russia should carry out the agreement with us in good faith. The administration has been investigating and apparently has found things that ought not to be done. If they have violated their agreement, then of course recognition should be withdrawn.” The question of letting recognition of the Soviet stand, despite protests from patriotic organizations and other sources, has torn the- House commit- tee since early in the session, with Representative Tinkham, Republican, of Massachusetts demanding Congress go on record for withdrawal of diplo- matic relations. The tenor of the note. mentioning possible “serious consequences” un- less satisfactory results should follow, | was regarded in some unofficial quar- | ters as presaging possible ending of diplomatic relations. | Break Seen Averted. | Others expressed the view that Soviet diplomats would avert a break | through their explanation of activi- ties in the third internationale and any connection it may or may not have with the Soviet Union. An alternative to a definite break in relations would be the limitation of future intercourse between the two nations to bare diplomatic formali- ties. ‘The embassy staff in Moscow al- ready has been considerably reduced | and the original plan to open consu- | lates in several important Soviet cities has been pigeon-holed. | The United States has also de- | ferred going ahead with the construc- | tion of an American Embassy in | Moscow at an estimated cost of $1,000,000. Unless a satisfactory answer is made by the Soviet, further limita- | tion of American activities there is | expected. | Some observers read into the! document an emphatic warning that " (See RUSSIA, Page 3. | ROOSEVELT HELD CHOIGE OF REDS | Attitude of lnternationalejSpecial White Collar Squad Declared to Have Prompted | Rebuke to Russia. D.C, LIQUOR SALES WILL BE PROBED to Check for Possible Tax Evasion. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C, MONDAY, AUGUS 26, &S NN N NOW, HERB, WELL YOU CAN| \Y ¢ Foening Star 1935—THIRTY PAGES. s e N\ No! TEACHER NN WRITE THIS. _ YEARA.A.A.0UTGO Jobless Rally To Johnson’s Work Demand \"\\\/ No-No! 1VE GoT TOTAL §807,686, 134 $152,466,086 Balance Re- ported for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, Last. NEW YORK, August 26.— Gen By the Assoclated Press. Hugh Johnson, relief administrator, | _ The A. A. A reported today that | today began his $35,000,000 *no-work- its expenditures totaled $807.686.134.47 | no-relief” campaign during the fiscal year ended last, With his goal to fill 20.000 jobs this June 30. | week, he started his staff enrolling The administration also announced | able-bodied heads of families for work- that tunds available were $960.334.- | relief jobs | Seeks to Enroll 20,- 000 Under Threat to Be Denied Relief. || By the Associated Press. WRITERS ICKES IS SHORN OFPLAPOVER Denied Authority to Cancel or Modify Allotments. President Sets Deadline. | President Roosevelt today denied Secretary Ickes further authority to cancel or modify allotments made under the original P. W. A. as he set September 12 as the deadline for applications for allotments of the $4,- | 800,000,00 work-relief fund The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. FHP IS WARNED Sanctions to Mean War, Dictator Bluntly Says. WILL USE MILITARY IF SUEZ 1S CLOSED by Which French Are Not to Interfere. By the Associated Press. - LONDON, August 26.—The long- smouldering question of colonial pos- sessions among the great powers as- sumed the menacing proportions of a rumbling Mount Vesuvius today. Fear that Mussolini's African sortie might blow the volcanic lid off was accentuated by Il Duce himself. The London Daily Mail quoted him as say- ing in an interview: “The time has, perhaps, come to raise the question of colonies in all its implications. It states, especially those unjustly de- prived of their share in the extraction of the wealth of the world. “It should be realized without the possibility of misunderstanding that whoever applies sanctions against Italy will be met by the armed hos- | tility of our country.” Will Leave League Also. If sanctions are voted against Italy at Geneva, Mussolini warned, Italy will at once leave the League of Na- tions, the newspaper said Asked for his advice to other European nations for the best method of sustaining general peace, the news- paper’s interviewer said Mussolini re- plied that other nations * low the example of the United States and leave us alone to fulfill our mission.” (The British cabinet was reported last week to have decided to support sanctions against Italy if all mem- bers of the League Council at the meeting September 4 agree to such a move as an attempt to preserve peace in East Africa.) To State Case to League. “I shall send a delegation to the SATUEPAY'S 116,356 Some Returns Not Yet (#) Means Associated Press. CIVILIANS EVACUA ADDIS ABABA; BRITAIN Confirms Pact With Paris| would be to the benefit of all civilized | hould fol- | BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. BY REX COLLIER. The statement of Comrade George| In step with a Nation-wide drive by Dimitroff, a member of the praesidium | the Treasury on retail liquor tax of the Third Internationale, at the evasion, a special squad of deputized | general meeting in Moscow, that “the white-collar workers from works- communist party should support elec- | progress rolls will launch in Washing- tion of President Roosevelt because!ton on September 3 a thorough-going his defeat might enable forces now | investigation of retail liquor sales here. opposing our forces to give us a body | blow,” is considered in well-informed quarters as the principal reason for the sharp note of rebuke sent by the State Department to the Soviet government yesterday. Comrade Dimitroff, keynoter of the | meeting of the Third Internationale, which ended only last week, spoke while Josef Stalin, head of the Soviet government, was seated on the stage. In fact, Dimitroff was assigned a seat next to the dictator, and the proceed- ings took place under his benevolent eye. State Department Holds Evidence. The State Department possesses all documentary evidence proving that from the first month after the recog- nition of the Soviet Republic by the United States that the Moscow gov- ernment has not lived up to either the spirit nor the letter of its solemn propaganda in America. It is true that the Third Interna- tionale has officially nothing in com- mon with the Soviet government and this excuse has been brought forth by the Moscow regime every time it broke its promises with other coun- tries and was accused of illicit propaganda. Officials Are Members. But, in fact, all the leading mem- bers of the Moscow government are prominent members of the Third Internationale and are pledged by the (See REDS, Page 2.) HITLER SEES FLEET Goes to Kiel for Maneuvers and Boards Flagship. KIEL, Germany, August 26 (P)— Reichsfuehrer Hitler came here today to attend German naval maneuvers which will be carried out for several days. After greetings by Gen. Werner von Blomberg, minister of war, Premier Hermahn Wilhelm Goering of Prus- sia and other leaders, Hitler went aboard the flagship. By the Associated Press. Vice President Garner blew rings from the inevitable cigar today and longed for home. “When I get down there,” he re- marked wistfully, “I'm just going to lay around for a while and loaf and rest. If Ross or some of the boys should come along, I might go fishing or hunting. The mosquitos may be bad but we've got a lot of traps for them.” He referred to Ross Brumfleld, life- long friend, with whomshe always hunts and fishes unless he chooses to go alone. The names of Brum- field and Garner are linked closely in Uvalde, Tex., Garner's home. ‘The Vice President disclosed he had 4 ‘ guessed wrong about adjournment. He pledge not to indulge in Communist | Garner Longing Says He’ll Loaf and Rest More than half a million notices | designed to give dealers throughout| the country adequate data as to re- | quirements of Federal laws and regu- lations for the sale of alcoholic bever- ages are being distributed this week. This move is being made so that deal- ers cannot excuse themselves by de- claring they are ignorant of Federal | 1aws. Approximately 2,000 retail liquor dealers in the District of Columbia area will receive these notices during the next few days from the Internal Revenue Bureau. Seventeen points which must be met under Federal re- quirements are outlined. 800 to Press Inquiry, The investigation here will be start- | ed simultaneously with inspections in 90 other cities having populations of 100,000 or more. Approximately 800 men whose background and characte~ have been carefully investigated by Elmer Irey's Internal Revenue Intel- ligence Unit will be taken from work relief rolls for this Nation-wide can- vass., These deputized collectors will operate under personal direction of about 200 regular revenue agents. The Washington squad will consist of 11 Works Progress Administration —__._._’____ PLOT SEEN IN DEATH Former Austrian Nazi Believed Victim of Kidnap Attempt. INNSBRUCK, Austria, August 26 (#).—Police said today they believed the death of Eugen Leitermoser, for- mer Austrian Nazi, whose body was found yesterday near the German bor- der, was the result of an attempted political kidnaping. They said his former associates re- garded Leitermoser as a police spy since his return from Germany, where he fled in 1933. They interpreted traces of chloroform about the body to indicate kidnapers tried to carry him across the border. 220.63, leaving a balance of $152,466.- 086.16, which was carried over into the new fiscal year. Rental and benefit payments to farmers under contracts in five com- modity adjustment programs were $563,438,812.77. Other expenditures were: Removal of surpluses and co servation of surpluses, $12,591,001.4 drought relief, food conservation and disease, eradication, $148,520,819.9 trust fnd operations, $13,704,070.23; administrative expenses, $38,583.- 642.13; tax refunds, $30,292,782.89 and disbursement expenses, $737,005. Payments Included. The trust fund operations included distribution of payments to farmers, who pooled excess cotton tax-exemp- tion -certificates, and to farmers co- operating in a rice marketing agree- | ment. And apparently the relief clients ap- proved the ultimatum, for large | crowds gathered at two district offices | and signed up for jobs. | The general's latest move came after | he had been able to fill only 6,000 | positions out of a possible 26,000. 6. 0.P.ENTERS BID FORYOUNGVOTERS |Snell Answers Roosevelt Plea With Message of Doubt. League Council September 4 for the purpose of putting Italy's case clearly before the world,” Mussolini said in the interview at the Palazzo Venezia Determined to get the dirt fying on the gigantic project, the White | | House said, the last chance for a | project to be approved will be on Sep- | “Qur cause will be supported by tember 17, five days after the appli- ' documents and photographs. I shall | cation deadline, when the Work Relief | even send a case of books, including final meeting. | barbaric. slave-ownipg habits of the Stressing the need for speed, the | Ethiopians. And when the Council President said he would allow him- self, Secretary Morgenthau and Con- | challenge the League to treat Italy troller General McCarl seven days to | as being on the same footing as act on the Advisory Committee’s rec- | Ethiopia, if it can.” Allotment Committee is to hoid its opne by Lady Simon, denouncing the | has considered this evidence I shall | Funds carried over from the fiscal | year end'mg June 30, 1934, included | By Ao Aectiated Bress $71,572.151.43 in processing tax col- = lections, and $281,565,270.08 in appro-| Heading toward the great showdown priations and trust funds. During the Of 1936. the New Deal and its foes first 11 months of the past fiscal year, | both are engaging in intensive bids ommendations of September 17. Contracts Let by December 15, All contracts must be let by Decem- ber 15, the White House order de- clared. Secretary Ickes had previously fixed September 16 as the application dead- line for P. W. A. non-Federal ap- plications. By October 22, the Public Works Administration, the Advisory Commit- |tee on Allotments and all govern- mental agencies—State, Federal and local—involved in the works-grant | must be prepared to ask for bids on In reply to a direct question whether | there is the slightest possibility of his changing his attitude, Mussolini re- plied: “None at all—unless Ethiopia gives in,” the newspaper said. All Forces to Resist Sanctions. The dictator, clad in a cream-colored silk suit, with a light blue linen shirt unbuttoned at the neck, and wearing tennis shoes, referred to his plans in Ethiopia &s something so definitely established as to be beyond dispute, it was stated. The Daily Mail announced Mussolini made it clear that if any application for Home, had bought a ticket for a 7 o'clock train bound for Texas last night. Now, he says, he doesn't know when he can leave. He will start resting as soon as he returns home to be ready for the trip he plans to the Philip- pines and Japan beginning October 16. A merry twinkle of his eyes was the Texan's only reaction to news that a late tabulation showed repeal of the State’s liquor laws apparently had been approved in Saturday’s election. The traditionally crisp statement, “I have no eomment, I can’t comment,” came when he was asked “Why his county voted against repeal, and that of Senator Sheppard, co-author of the eighteenth amendment, went wet. ° Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas also declined to comment pub- licly about the election. y | additional funds available were $111,- 924,702.36 in appropriations and trust funds and £495,272,096.76 in processing tax collections. Final Statistics Lacking. The A. A. A. said final statistics | were not evailable on processing ‘tax collections for June, 1935, but that the total should be “approximately $30,950,261.” Rental and benefit payments were divided as follows: Cotton. $116.195,- 930.56; wheat, $98,223,175.49; tobacco, $28,767,914.02; corn hogs, $302,407- 647.62 and sugar, $17,844,145.08. The A. A. A. spent $11,486,937.36 in disease eradication; $111,540,027.42 in the purchase of drought cattle; $7.- 709,879.60 for drought sheep and goats; $17,780,661.20 in conservation of seeds in drought areas and $3.314.38 in feed and forage conservation. HAUPTMANN DECISION THIS WEEK IS DENIED Court at Trenton Not to Convene for Fall Session Until Sep- tember 12. By the Associated Press. FRENTON, N. J,, August 26.—At- taches of the Court of Errors and Ap- peals today denied reports that a de- cision in the Bruno Richard Haupt- mann case will be handed down this week. The court has not met since it heard Hauptmann’'s appeal on June 20 and its first Fall conference will not be held until September 12. When the court meets it may or may not consider the Hauptmann case. When it does, it will assign a member to write an opinion. The de- cision is not expected until Septem- ber or October. Readers’ Guide Editorials Finance ___ Lost and Found --A-10-11-12 Women’s Features .. ‘. .-B-8 for the support of the younger gener- ation. Directly answering President Roose- velt's radio appeal for a united fight by youth on “the old order,” Repre- sentative Snell, Republican leader in the House, said last night that a change in the Constitution abolishing rights of individuals would place “those who possess the power, the wealth and the cunning” in centrol of the Government. said in a radio address, “are not pre- pared to indorse any administration which is seeking to bring about such a condition.” Quotes President. Several times he quoted from the presidential speech broadeast Saturday night to the convention of Young Democratic Clubs in Milwaukee. Championing a philosophy of change, the President had said that “rules are not necessarily sacred—principles are. The methods of the old order are not, as some would have you believe, above the challenge of youth. “To the American youth of all parties I submit a message of confi- dence—unite and challenge.” Speaking under auspices of the Republican National Committee, Snell asserted “the real guestion is whether or not the new economic system which the New Deal and the present ad- ministration is offering as a substi- tute for the old will better serve the real interests of the American people than the one they are asked to dis- card.” Dickinson Voices Faith. Only a few hours before Snell's address, Senator Dickinson, Repub- lican, of Iowa returned to the Ca tal from a trip through the Mid- west. With him he brought a pre- diction that farmers would not “junk the Constitution.” “I found the greatest political in- terest I've seen anywhere,” the key- noter of the 1932 Republican National Convention said. His two weeks’ tour included speaking engagements in Il- linois, Towa, Indiana and Ohio. “People are aroused,” he told news- paper men. “They #re tremendously concerned about the expenditures and waste. They are alarmed about the prospects of additional taxation. “But I also found sentiment among the farmers is being aroused to fear that if the regimentation program is to be made a success, it must in- clude practically every food com- modity produced on the farm. Other- wise the price on some foods will discriminate against its use.” (Text of Speech on Page A-6.) Faces Lie Demt;r. ST. LOUIS, August 26 (#)—Fritz Pratt, 38-year-old bartender, who has maintained he is innocent of the mur- der of Miss Valda Heberlie, Coffman (Mo.) farm girl, was to be taken to Cincinnati; Ohio, today to face ®“lie- detector” test. ‘ “Surely the youth of America,” he | construction work or begin operations | by direct labor on projects. czar in dictating the use to which tions of 1933 and 1934 might be used. He has canceled and modified grants where contracts made by local agencies were unsuitable to him. 3,809 Applications on File. At P. W. A. headquarters it was said 3,809 applications are on file. They are checked at State P. W. A. headquarters or go directly to Harry (See ICKES, Page 4.) 'HITLER’S HOARSENESS ENDED BY OPERATION closed—Polypus Taken From Vocal Chord. | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 26.—Followers of Reichsfuehrer Hitler learned today why he had made few public speeches duting recent months. It was announced he underwent | an operation in May for a vocal chord ailment, in an effort to remedy the hoarseness which troubled him during speeches. “Prof. Von Eicken found a polypus of the right vocal chord, which was removed by an operation May 23," the announcement said. “The voice of der Fuehrer thereupon became entirely clear and subsequent exami- nations have shown the vocal chords are now quite normal.” By the Assoclated Press. ‘WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., August 26. —A newspaper staff “of men with X- ray eyes who can see the deeper mean- ing of the news” was predicted here today at the Institute of Human Re- lations. Asserting that probably “the press is the most continuous, the most per- vasive and the most effective in form- ing the pattern of the public thought and mood,” George Fort Milton, editor of the Chattanooga News, told mem- bers of a round table discussion that the ability of the radio to cover an- ticipated spot news events and the perfection of television is “operating 1o force newspapers to do a better, a more constructive and interpretative job.” < “No longer is it sufficient to present the mere surface of the styeam of life,” he said. “The staffs must include par- ticipating observers who know eco- nomics, social preblems, public psy- Until today’s order Ickes had been | funds from the P. W. A. appropria- | | Enife Treatment in May Is Dis- of sanctions went so far as to blockade Italian ports, or to close the Suez Canal, then Italy “will resist with all | air” When asked if it were true whether he had settled all of Italy's outstand- ing disputes with France, unis and (See MUSSOLINT, -3) 'COTTON FUTURES | Improvement Attributed Partly to Congressional Efforts for 12-Cent Loan. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 26.—Cotton futures rallied 50 to 70 cents a bale slid part way back. The improvement in the market's |tone was attributed partly to efforts of Southern Senators to per- | suade the administration to cancel & }9-cent crop-loan offér in favor of | cent loan. Comment on this question in the extended session of Congress left the market in & somewhat nervous state, although by the end of the third hour prices were still 30 to 50 cents above Saturday’s finals, which were approximately the lows established on the slump following announcement of the Government's 9-cent crop-loan plans on Thursday. Interpreting Facts in News Urged for Future Journalism chology and historical backgrounds; men who can take the isolated event and set it into the constellation of its significance; who can go from the fact to the truth behind it. This change, I think, is ahead of us. It promises a more instructive, and certainly a much more constructive, relation of the press to the major problems of our times.” In an address last night, Newton D. Baker said racial and religious prej- udices were manifestations of economic of their self-sufficiency. Protestant co-chgirman of the Na. tional Conference of Jews and Chris- tians. . Dr. Tyler Dennett, president of Wil- Jectives of the institute meeting, said: in Ethiopia, China, Russia, Italy and Germany today as it was for our even in their oy villages her force on land and sea and in the | RALLY, THEN DIP| in the early trading today, but then the | another program for & straight 12- | fears and tension of nations fearful || Baker is| liams College, in outlining the ob- || “It is as difficult for us to view with || indifference what has been happening | | grandfathers to be indifferent to events | | DAY'S ulation, Regeived. 130,032 TWO CENT TE BY IL DUCE Natives Flee City; Italy’s Legation Packs Up. |U. S. PROPERTY LISTS ARE UNRECOGNIZED | Exportation of Foreign Money Is Halted. Thaler Drops. By the Associated Press. ADDIS ABABA, August 26.—The Italian Legation today began the re- moval of its archives from the Ethio- pian capital as thousands of native men, women and children started to evacuate the city. The Belgian Minister asked Emperor Haile Selassie’'s permission for the American and other foreign legations to bring in emergency troops as th= British are doing for the protection of these diplomatic missions The natives began leaving in ac- cordance with Emperor Haile Selas- sie’s verbal orders of last Saturday-- but they did not wait for his su gestion that they depart seven davs after war might be declared. Already, most of the Italians who were resi- dents in Addis Ababa had left | The Italian Legation dispatched ) | cases of official archives to Djibouti by railroad Without panic, thousands of men. women and children, believing war may come at any moment, departed for villages in the interior. The evacuation does not apply to for- eigners, who will be governed by the advice of their legations or who will pursue their own course. The Ethiopian government today warned the United States’ and other legations that the inventories of prop- erty which the legations—ordered their nationals to prepare—ostensibly with a view to possible indemification by Italy or Ethiopia in the event of damage by war—will not be recog- | nized by Ethiopia. The government | regards such listing by interested parties as arbitrary and inaccurate State Department Unnotified, [The State Department had no in- formation todsy of any communica- tions concerning an inventory of American property. The department, it was said, has not directed the charge d'affaires to take such action, but it was possible that the legation— to keep the records straight—had re- quested Americans to make individual inventories of their propergy.] The warning was issugd as the Ethiopian thaler fell sharply and Em- peror Haile Selassie and his empress began a month of prayer and absten- tion from meat The thaler fell when the Emperor’s American adviser, Everett W. Colson, recommended that the government forbid the exportation of foreign money from the country. | The thaler, which formerly was 2.60 |to the United States dollar. fell to 3.20. The National Bank, which has a monopoly over the finances of Ethi- opia, refused to sell dollars or other foreign currency and also declined to accept the thalers in payment of for- eign obligations. The action caused & panic among merchants, who insti- tuted a moratorium, refusing to honor personal or business engagements. The warehouses of the country are choked with foreign merchandise for which the merchants are unable to pay because of their inability to se- cure foreign exchange. The National Bank advised the | merchants to dispatch their stocks to Djibouti. French Somaliland, where it was said they could be sold, but the banks and merchants there de- clined thalers unless for silver ex- port—and the exportation of silver from Ethiopia is forbidden under pain of death. The population of the countrysids was reported following their sover- eign's example in fasting, even the wild warriors whose principal diet is raw meat. As a special example the | Emperor will fast four .days longer | than his subjects. Services Held Daily. Special peace services are held in the churches of the countryside, the chimes tolling out daily. Princess Tsahai, 16-year-old daugh- ter of the Emperor, has enrolled as the first student in the newly-estab- lisked American Nurses’ Training School. The princess, educated in England, | Switzerland and *France, speaks nine | languages, including African dialects, She will take the 3-year course pre- scribed for Americgp nurses together with a group of other Ethiopian girls. | i Ball Game Postponed. ‘Today's base ball game between Washington and St. Louis has been postponed. Two games will be played tomorrow and two Wednesday. ——— e Irvin S. Cobb ON THE NEWS OF THE DAY Turn to page 5 and wel- come Irvin S. 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