Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureay Forecast.) Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, lowest temperature tonight about 30 de- grees; warmer tomorrow. Temperatures— Highest, 42, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 30, at 7 a.m. today. Closing New York Markets, Page 9 No. 33,548. Entered »s second class matter post office, Washington, D. C Che WASHINGTON, ‘WITH SUNDAY MORN - Fhening Star D. 'C, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1936 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News ‘and Wirephoto Services. Circulation *% ®) Moans Associated Pre; Over 140,000 TWO CENTS. HITLER MOVES TROOPS INTO RHINELAND L3 IL DUCE ACGEPTS PEAGE PRINCIPLE INLEAGUE'S PLEA FOR NEGOTIATION 2-Point Condition Attached, | One Including Guarantee| of Italy’s Predominance in Territory Now Held. MUSSOLINI’S DEMAND EMBRACES TANA AREA| Geneva's Proposal of Discussions | Already Was Given Unqualified‘ Assent by Selassie—Rome Or-| ders Employers Maintain Pay of Workers Mobilized. BACKGROUND— With Ethiopian defenses vir- tually dissolved and cost of main- | taining Italian forces in Africa | having become heavy financial burden on Mussolini’s treasury, both nations seem anxious for peace. Settlement at this time would bring prestige to Fascist in- vaders as compared to seeming stalemate of siz weeks ago. League of Nations, realizing con- ‘ ditions more favorable for settle- ment, has taken more positive stand in effort to bring two na- tions together. (Copyright. 1936. by the Associated Press.) ROME, March 7.—Premier Musso- lini accepted “in principle” the appeal ! for East African peace today condi- tional, one authority said, on far- reaching grants of Ethiopian territory. | The Fascist premier based his ac- | ceptance on two principles, the second | of which would guarantee Italy pre-i dominant rights in present Italian- | occupied territory in addition to sec- West Virginia Girl Ceases Laughing After Operation Nurse Says Condition Is Satisfactory Following Night of Rest. By the Associated Press. WESTON, W. Va,, March 7.—Teresa Hawkins' laughter, which sapped her vitality for 10 days, stopped today. Miss Jessie O'Curran, superintendent of nurses at the Weston State Hos- pital, announced the 18-year-old girl awakened in “very satisfactory condi- | tion” after an abdominal operation and a night of rest. The nurse said Teresa was having no more of the spells of laughing and giggling which seized her while she watched a show February 26. Dr. J. E. Offner, superintendent of the hospital, who performed the sur- gery to relieve a psycho-neurotic con- dition, said he will allow no one to! see the girl for at least a week. FARMERS DEMAND SOIL PLAN DETAILS Memphis Technical Reports Spurned in Move for Clear Statement. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 7.—Scores of disgruntled farmers, listening to technical committee reports at a re- gional conference here today, openly demanded a “common sense” explana- tion of the $500,000.000 Federal soil- conservation program. ‘The new program provides, as a suc- cessor to A. A. A. production control, for payment of subsidies to farmers who divert commercial soil-depleting crops to soil-conserving uses. Demands Program Information. W. H. Robertson, Auburn, Ala., planter, who vesterday threw into con- fusion a session called to hear Secre- | tary Wallace speak, said he did not tions around Lake Tana, west, south ! and southwest of Addis Ababa. | The Italian condition includes the zone of influence which would have been granted the Fascist nation under | the old peace proposal formulated by Sir Samuel Hoare, former British for- | eign minister, and Pierre Laval, former French premier. It would go further, an excellent authority declared, to include land around Lake Tana, location of British | power interests and headwaters of | the Nile. intend to go home until he knew what the new program would provide. Robertson’s question concerning the amount of soil-conserving subsidy pay- | ments to the South remained unan- | swered. Later, he shouted another | inquiry to H. R. Tolley, former A. A. A. administrator, in charge of the con- ference. “It isn't & question of technical de- tgils of a program,” Robertson shouted, “it’s a question of how much will we | be paid and what shall we do to get | the money?” Disappointment Expressed. Communique Announces Action. An official communique announcing | the premier’s acceptance of the plea | for peace said: | “Il Duce communicated to the cabi- net terms in reply to the appeal of the Committee of 13 in a sense ac-| cepting it on general principles.” | The terms of the Italian reply, an | excellent authority said, are based on two principles—one, “stato di la[to"} or state facts and the second, “stato di diritto” or state law. | Under the “state facts,” the Italian premier placed the military occupa- | tion of Ethiopian territory which now | must be considered Italian land and cannot enter into the discussion. Under the “state law,” are the legal | engagements entered into between | Italy and Ethiopia, among Great ' Britain, France and Italy and be- tween Great Britain and Italy. Predominant Rights Guaranteed. These legal engagements gusrantee‘; Italy predominant rights in certain | other sections of Ethiopia particularly | around the Lake Tana region, west, | south and southeast of Addis Ababa. | These sections would include the| 2one of influence granted Italy by the Hoare-Laval peace proposals, but| would go further by including Lake Tana and other territory west of | Addis Ababa. 11 Duce’s authorization of negotia- tions for peace with Ethiopia came | (See ITALY, Page 4.) e ROOSEVELT SEEN EVADING TEST SUIT Fletcher Says President Ordered Housing Case Appeal Dropped. By the Assoclated Press. Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of the Republican National Committee charged last night that President Roosevelt personally ordered the with- drawal from the Supreme Court of the Government's appeal in the slum- clearance, low-cost housing case. Only a matter of minutes before grgument in the case was to have started before the high tribunal Solicitor General Stanley Reed filed & motion asking the court to dismiss the appeal. It was from a Kentucky decision holding the administration had no power to condemn land in’ Louisville for a slum-clearance project. In his statement Fletcher said: “In one of the most charateristically evasive acts of the administration President Roosevelt and his advisers have run from a test case in the Supreme Court of the United States on the constitutionality of slum clear- ance, low cost housing and rural re- settlement programs * * *° . “Some one evidently realized that an adverse decision by the Supreme Court would jeopardize the entire Roosevelt slum clearance low cost housing and resettlement programs ::‘d the administration made & quick 8 \ Robertson said he believed all farm- ers attending wanted specific informa- tion, which was not offered. Other farmers, less outspoken, ex- pressed disappointment that they had been given no definite plans and said | they could not afford to wait another | DUNN, P week or 10 days before beginning their HASQU planting operations. Expressing belief tnat additional de- lay in placing the plan into operation might result in loss of many farmers from the ranks of those who will co- operate with the Government, Harold | A. Young, Little Rock, Ark., planter, | said he believed 1936 might be another | year of low cotion prices. Committees May Be Sought. Officials indicated that after the four regional meetings—here and at Chi- cago, closing today, and at Salt Lake City and New York City next week— farmers might be requested to or-| ganize State and county control com- | mittees to begin surveys of farms and | to apportion to individuals their quotas of soil-depleting and soil-conserving crops. These quotas, one official said, possibly might be the basis for con- ditions farmers must mes=t to receive subsidy payments. Special interest was centered today in the report of the committee to sug- gest rates and conditions of payments, expected before adjournment late in the afternoon. WALLACE‘S COUNSEL SOUGHT. | Secretary Expected to Comment on Questions Arising. CHICAGO, March 7 (#).—Agricul- turists shaping details of the new $470,000,000 farm aid plan turned to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace for counsel today. 3 ‘Wallace, traveling to Chicago after asking a pledge of faith in the soil conservation-subsidy program from a similar gathering at Memphis, Tenn., was expected to pass upon recom- mendations for effectuating the proj- ect in the Midwest that are drafted by seven committees. Participants speculated on the pos- sibility he would comment on ques- tions that have emerged from two days of discussion. MOVE OVER, FELLERS. IT's TIME TO.GET I - IN BED 57 v = S 2 — LR E) War Council Is Summoned by Sarraut. LEAGUE’S AID ° | D.C. BILL'S FATE PUTUPTO SENATE House Approves Slash With- out Change—Restoration of $5,700,000 Seen. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The “Blantonized” 1937 District supply bill reposed before a Senate expected to be more sympathetic to District needs today, awaiting formal | reference to the Appropriations Sub- taken to remove some of the measure’s inequities which the House so willingly indorsed. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, chairman of the subcom- mittee, is expected to begin hearings within 10 days. Already he has laid the groundwork for reconstruction of the measure, by calling on the Com- missioners for proposals to improve it. ‘The House disposed of the bill yes- terday, passing it, as anticipated, without change. Not a figure or a punctuation mark was altered. The final vote was 290 to 26. ‘The following Representatives voted against passage of the bill: AMLIE NORTON BROWN. Mich. QDAY DICK PATTON PEYSER ROGERS. Mass. SADOWSKI SAUTHOFF SCHULTE SCOTT SOMERS, N. Y. ENNEY HOM. MARCANTONIO TONRY NICHOLS ZIONCHECK Representative Koppleman voted “pres- As it went to the Senate, the meas- ure called for appropriations totaling $42,573,283, and fixed the Federal payment toward the expenses of the District at $2,760,000, the lowest in history. Hi HULL KENI $5,700,000 Probable. The amount of the Federal obliga- tion, however, is expected to be one of the first questions considered by the Senate Subcommittee on Appro- priations, and from all indications it will be raised to $5,700,000, the figure approved by Congress for the current fiscal year. Efforts to restore the $5,700,000 figure in the House failed, despite President Roosevelt’s state- ment at his semi-weekly press con- ference that he stood by the recom- mendation in his budget, which pro- vided for a lump sum payment of $5,700,000. Because of the obvious unfriendly attitude of the House toward the District, no attempt was made in the (See D. C. BILL, Page 3.) e R. W. STRAUS HONORED 1935 Hebrew Amity Medal Is Conferred on Industrialist. NEW YORK, March 7 (#).—Roger Williams Straus, vice president of the American Smelting & Refining Co. and co-chairman of the National Con- ference of Jews and Christians, was announced yesterday as winner of the 1935 Hebrew medal for promoting better understanding between Jews and Christians. ‘The award is made by the Ameri- can Hebrew, Anglo-Jewish weekly publication. Politeness Battle Under Way For G.0.P. Convention Tickets By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, March 7.—Letters.in every mail, some of them addressed to “Hon: James L. E. Jappe,” remind the secretary of the Republican Na- tional Convention Committee here that the quadrennial battle for tickets is under way. Jappe smiles at the title .because he first became “honorable” in 1924, when the conclave last was held here and when he handled local arrangements the first time. ‘With three months remaining until the convention opens June 9, each member of the committee has reported ticket requests, all from the “very best of Republicans.” All seekers of tickets are “most reg- | ular” party members, Jappe says. describe -themselves as “lifelong friends.” Some say they have attend- ed .every Republican National Con- vention within their time. On the other hand, others say they have never sttended and wish to make a start. One letter said: “A ticket is neces- sary, or I will lose my prestige with my wife.” Another said: “I want to do everything I can to make the con- vention a success.” The Missouri delegation, in a letter to Representative Chester C. Bolton, sald: “I understand you are Ohio’s favorite son. If you want the votes of the Missouri delegation please see that we. get first-class quarters. We don't want to be shoved off in some one- horse rooming ht L How many requests for rooms? To date, says Jappe, he has been asked to-supply-3,743 rooms for 6,425 persons, committee, where first steps are to be | More New Yorkers Ride Up and Down Than on the Level ‘What do idle elevators mean to New York City? “Vertical travel in the metropolis actually exceeds the horizontal,” ac- cording to a communication to the National Geographical Society from Frederick Simpich. “Elevators carry more passengers than do all the sur- face cars, elevated trains, taxis, busses, and subways combined. “How far do your 21 elevators run !in a day?” Mr. Simpich asked the| | owner of a skyscraper. “They cover a mileage equal to the | run of the Twentieth Century Limited | | from New York to Chicago,” he an- | swered. “One of our big problems in New York is getting the occupants of | skyscrapers in and out on time. You see, the larger buildings hold any- where from 5,000 to 15,000 and even | | 20,000 workers. people from practically every State | iu the Union. If all these tenants had to walk downstairs, it might take | hours to empty the building; and | many, of course are physically in- | capable of walking down. Try it your- | self. It took one of my staff more | than half an hour to walk down from | his office on the fifty-seventh floor, | and the effort made him very ill. “Even with express elevators it takes up nearly an hour to empty some of | the larger buildings and get the people away from the ground floor and en- trances because of congested subways. | If they all came down at once, it| would pile people up 10 or 12 deep in the streets around the building.” PRODUCERS FILE GUFFEY AGT BRIEF Tell Supreme Court Law Deprives of Liberty and Is Unlawful. By the Assoclated Press. Sixty-six soft coal producers told the Supreme Court today that the soft coal act is unconstitutional in its en- tirety. The brief was filed shortly after the State of Pennsylvania had urged that the law be held valid. The producers’ document presented preparatory to arguments Wednesday on the law's constitutionality, was signed by John W. Davis, among other attorneys. It asserted that the legisla- tion “is whally void for the reason that it is not confined in preparation and effect to transactions in, or di- rectly affecting, interstate commerce.” It added that the act, “by its arbi- trary, unreasonable and caprious terms, deprives producers of liberty and property without due process of law in violation of the fifth amend- ment.” Warn of Peril. The Pennsylvania brief urged that the act be upheld as “the only way out of a situation that is fraught with grave peril, not only to the 23 States concerned, but the whole Nation as well.” Davis, one-time Democratic presi- dential nominee, said “the imposition of drastic penalties as a device to compel compliance with legislative mandates of doubtful constitutionality (See GUFFEY, Page 2.) B NINE WORKMEN DIE IN BLAST IN ITALY Bythe Associated Press. - MILAN, Italy, March 7.—Nine workmen were killed and several in- Jjured seriously in a terrific explosion today at an automobile and sirplane motor factory here. ‘The explosion occurred in the early morning hours, in the vicinity of & furnace used for fusing metal. The flames reached two large gaso- line tanks which blew up with a tre- mendous roar, g fire which caused extensive damage to other sec- tions of the plant. Scores.of windows in the neighborhood In some are found |, STRIKERS LAUNGH THREATENED DRIVE {Grand Central Section Ele- vator Operators and Other Workers Quit. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 7.—Leaders of the building workers' strike today i launched their long-threatened drive against the Grand Central section of Manhattan, area of several large and fashionable residential developments. Loft and office buildings were not included in the walkout orders, how- ever, thus eliminating the possibility of immediate strikes in such sky- scrapers as the Chrysler Tower and Rockefeller Center. The Tudor City apartment develop- ment, made up of eight large apart- ment buildings and a hotel, was the first shot in the Grand Central region to feel the force of the strike drive, 350 to 400 Quit Jobs. Between 350 and 400 elevator op- erators and other employes left their jobs, according to estimates by both strike officials and spokesmen for the management. . Shortly after the exodus, elevator and other service in Tudor City was | completely crippled, but managers said the strikers would be speedily replaced. The Grand Central zone embraces the district from Forty-second and Fifty-ninth streets the strike offictals’ battle map. In the area are 200 apart- ment.buildings, and workers affected by the walk-out orders total about 5,300, James J. Bambrick, president of the Building Service Employes Union, said. ‘The Tudor City walk-out was or- derly, although large numbers of pickets patrolled the vicinity. The drive into the Grand Central sector came after employes in several of the city's well-known and swank Hotels were ordered to leave their jobs. Hotel Workers' Union, which is af- fliated with the Building Service Em- ployes’ Union, announced that 1,940 members of the hotel staffs responded to the strike call. Labor Parley at Hotel. Houlihan was informed that repre- sentatives of the United Mine Workers of America were staying at the Hotel Commodore curing a joint conference of the anthracite coal industry. He telephoned the representatives imme- diately, telling them it would look much ketter if they moved to another hotel before the strike. The mine workers’ delegation assured him they would vacate, Houlthan said. Some of the hotels included in the strike spread today were the St. Mo- ritz, Pierre, Seville, Madison, New ‘Weston, Taft and Lexington. “300 Out Yesterday.” As was the case yesterday when the walk-out drive was extended to several hotels, the claims of the strike leaders were minimized by managers of the establishments, who said service was unimpaired. The situation at the Hotel Taft on (See STRIKE, Page 4.) — BELGRADE CABINET OUT AFTER SHOOTING FURORE Premier Stoyadinovitch Begins Task of Reorganizing Government. By the Assoclated Press. BELGRADE, Mgrch 7.—The Stoy- Aadinovitch cabinet resigned today and the premier began the task of re- organizing his government. The resignations occurred at the height of the excitement which fol- lowed yesterday's attempt to assassi- nate Premier Milan Stoyadinovitch. A half dozen deputies were under arrest and police worked energentically to get to the bottom of what they char- acterized as a plot to upset the regime. Informed quarters said Gen. Pera Zhickovitch, minister of war—known as the “iron man of the Balkans'— would not be included among the new cabinet members. Zhickovitch is a b Chris Houlihan, president of the | TO BE ASKED Signatories Parley Is Called by Flandin. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 7.—The French government canceled all army leaves | today as German troops moved into | the Rhineland. ‘The military decision resulted from | a conference of high officials, which | also started drafting a formal protest to the League of Nations against Ger- many’s denunciation of the Locarno treaty. ‘The note was being supervised by Pierre-Etienne Flandin, foreign min- ister, at the same time that Premier Albert Sarraut called the French “war | council” into session. Aerial Defense Pushed. French officials declared the deci- sion to proceed before the League | Council was particularly appropriate because Germany under the Locarno treaty is barred from the Rhineland zone. Stmultaneously, French officials dis- closed that Gen. Bertrand Puzo had been placed in command of the French aerial defense of the Rhineland, With orders to perfect his organization by March 15. The Foreign Affairs Committee of | the French Chamber of Deputies placed |its confidence in the government's| ability to meet the international situa- tion and decided not to hold an em- | ergency meeting, at least for t.he; present. | Announcement of the German de- | cision precipitated an immediate con- | ference of high officials as Foreign | Minister Pierre-Etienne Flandin called | British, Italian, Belgian and German | Ambassadors for a session this after- noon. Sarraut Confers With Lebrun. Premier Sarraut also conferred pri- vately with President Albert Lebrun | and called a full cabinet meeting for tomorrow at the Elysee palace. An official conference, which in- | cluded Sarraut, Foreign Minister Flan- | | din, Maurice Gamelin, chief of the | general staff, and Joseph Paul-Bon- | cour, was in session while Hitler was | speaking. | Premier Sarraut, after his confer- ence, issued the following statement: “I have conferred with Foreign Min- | ister Flandin and Minister of State Joseph Paul-Boncour and summoned | War Minister Louis Felix Maurin and Chief of Staff Marie-Gustave Gamelin. “We took under consideration the ! German note and examined it. “We decided that Minister Flandin will consult this afternoon with the diplomatic representatives of the pow- | ers signatory to the Locarno pact.” IL DUCE TOLD FIRST. Italy May Not Insist on Guarantees Under Treaty. (Copyright. 1936, by the Associated Press.) ROME, March 7.—Italy probably will not put into effect her guarantees | under the Locarno pact, informed Ital- ian sources said today after Premier | Mussolini was informed of Adolf Hit- ler’s decision to violate the instrument of peace. Hitler's declaration of remilitariza- tion of the Rhineland was received in Rome with tremendous interest, but with real surprise. The German government informed Italy of the decision before any other foreign power. Mussolini Told First. Diplomatic circles said the Italian premier knew of the German declara- tion before it was made officially or had an excellent idea of what Hitler intended to do as a result of intense conversations during recent weeks with Berlin. ‘The Italian attitude that the Fascist nation probably will not invoke its (See POWERS, Page 3.) PLANE CRASH MYSTERY REMAINS UNSOLVED ‘Commerce Department Announces It Is Unable to Determine Cause of Arkansas Disaster. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The Commerce Department an- nounced today it could not solve the mystery of the American Air Lines crash near Goodwin, Ark., in January, but suggested as one possibility that & passenger interferred with the pilot. The ship fell on the evening of January 14, about 2 miles from Good- win, killing all 15 passengers and the two pilots. As its final conclusion, the depart- ment said: “Based on the knowledge or infor- mation in possession of this agency, it is the opinion of the Bureau of Air Commerce that, although flying at & low altitude may have contributed to the cause of this accident, the prob- able cause or causes thereof cannot be LUTHER SEES STEP | carno have not been thrown overboard | by the Reich. On the contrary, Ger- > | ADOLF HITLER. AS AID T0 PEACE Nazi Envoy Says Post-War *“Inequality” Now Is Ended. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The occupation of the demilitarized | zone of the Rhine in definance of the | Versailles treaty was described this morning by Dr. Hans Luther, the Ger- man Ambassador to the United States, | as “a further step toward the stabil- | ization of world peace” and conducive to a peaceful settlement of all out- standing Westerr European prohlemsu‘ “The struggle for equality of rights | under which Germany has been suf- | fering since the end of the World | ‘War has come to an end,” said Am- bassador Luther, “and the statement | of the Reichsfuehrer that Germany | is now prepared to enter uncondition- | ally the League of Nations is a proof | that the Reich is pursuing a policy of peace and not one of war.” Dr. Luther, the father of the Lo- carno treaty, shed no tears over the demise of that instrument of peace. “The fundamental principles of Lo- many is willing to observe them scrup- ulously in a new series of non-aggres- sion pacts which she is ready to enter with all immediate neighbors east and west.” Violated by Others. “Heretofore the Locarno treaty has | been repeatedly violated by the other | signatories—especially France,” de-| clared the Ambassador. *“The Locarno pact was intended to guarantee the security of Germany as well as that of France, Belgium, Great Britain and Italy. What has happened now? The | French government and the French | Parliament decided to enter into a political and military alliance with the i Soviet government. This alliance is | at Germany and has , Page 3.) FAIRBANKS FINALLY WEDS LADY ASHLEY Harried Couple Made Man and ‘Wife by Special Dispensation of Paris Officials. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 7.—Douglas Fair- banks and Lady Ashley were married today in the gold-leafed marriage salon of the Eighth Ward City Hall, under a ceiling of floating pink- fleshed cupids. The harried couple had sought in- effectually for several days to circum- vent the French law requiring 30 days’ residence and 11-day publication of banns. They brought their divorce decrees and other papers to the city hall and became man and wife by special dis- pensation of state officials who had waived usual requirements. Ambassador Straus arrived at the last minute to sign the register as Fairbanks’ witness and Miss Elizabeth Govet of London acted for the bride. Lady Ashley wore a deep mauve coat with a silver fox collar .and a black velvet hat with veil. She carried a bouquet of purple orchids. Fairbanks was somberly garbed in a black overcoat, black felt hat and biack four-in-hand tle. . . Warm Week End Seen. A warm week end, with & tempera- ture around 55 degrees, was forecast today by the Weather Bureau. Generally fair was the outlook for today, although tomorrow may be cloudy. The thermometer registered as low as 25 degrees last night, .mrl Muflndflm | behind him. FRENCH CANCEL ARMY LEAVE AFTER LOCARNO DENUNCIATION BY BERLIN Fuehrer Seeks New Peace Line-Up. |SPURNS TREATY OF VERSAILLES Nazi Soldiers March Into Area as Lead- er Speaks. | BACKGROUND— The Rhineland was evacuated aune 30, 1930, by the last of the allied forces who entered shortly after the close of the World War and remained 12 years. Under the Versailles treaty the Rhineland could have been occu- pied until 1935, or even longer under certain conditions. Under treaty provisions the left bank of the Rhine, including roughly all the territory between the principal German river and Belgium and Luzemburg, should be occupied in three zones. The northern would be demili- tarized after five years, the next evacuated after 10 years, and the ‘last after 15 years. A strip on the right bank of the Rhine, 50 kilometers wide, was to be demilitarized by the German government. The Locarno pact, guaranteeing eristing frontiers, was signed Oc- tober 16, 1925, and Germany's en- trance into the League of Nations, since abrogated by Germany, fol- lowed almost immediately. (Copyright. 1936. by the Associated Press) BERLIN, March 7.—Adolf Hitler, thundering to his Brown Shirt Nazi Reichstag that the Locarno pact was dead, sent triumphant German troops goose-stepping into the demilitarized Rhineland today and pronounced the fight for Germany's freedom finished. In swift, world-stunning thrusts, the Reichfuehrer offered Europe a new western demilitarized frontier on a co-operative basis, declared he was ready to sign a new non-aggression treaty and air pact with his western neighbors and expressed willingness— if Germany's colonial equality and freedom from the Versailles treaty be recognized—to return to the League of Nations, Then he dissolved his standing, shouting Reichstag and called a plebiscite for March 29 to prove to the world that the German people are In these general elec- tions Hitler and his followers expect | to get a majority even greater than their previous 90 per cent. Hits Soviet-French Pact. Exhorting the Reichstag in classic Nazi style, Der Fuehrer pleaded his friendship for France, detailed what he said were his constant efforts for a rapprochement with that country and castigated the new Franco-Rus- sian mutual assistance pact as one which might lead to “unpredictable consequences” for Europe. ‘This pact, he shouted, with its das ger to Europe of Bolshevik *“chaos, freed Germany from Locarno. To begin his day of extraordinary action Hitler told foreign diplomats of his intention to occupy the Rhine- land in violation of both the Locarno pact and the Versailles treaty. From the chancellery, where he communicated his intentions to rep- resentatives of Locarno signatories and other ambassadors, Der Fuehrer went before the Reichstag at the stroke of high noon. Standing on the rostrum of the Kroll Opernhaus, at the very moment when some 2,000 German troops crossed the historic Rhine and moved into old Cologne, Hitler cried. “In this historic hour, when in western provinces our Reich German troops are moving into their future garrisons of peace. we all united in two holy confessions. “Recede Before No Power.” “First, in a solemn oath to recede before no power and no force in ree establishing the honor of our people, and to succumb honorably to the heaviest privation, rather than ever capituate before it. “Second, in a determination now, more than ever, to help bring about (See HITLER, Page 3.) Readers’ Guide Page. Amusements -—-a-C-12 Answers to Questions...__A-6 q