Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1936, Page 10

HOPES FOR GAPTIVE PRIEST CROW DIN i ay Not Survive Another Winter in Chinese Hills. Big Ransom Asked. B the Associated Press. # OBSING, N. Y., October 31.—Hope Wor the safe return of Rev. Clarence {Joseph Burns, Catholic priest held ~gaptive by Chinese bandits, grew dim /oday at this home of the Maryknoll iPathers as another bitter Winter Jmoved down the Manchukouan Moun- ins. ° ! For nine months Father Burns has hidden somewhere in those high- fastnesses, either dead or alive. # A million and a half dollars ran- [ has been demanded for his re- n, but there is no one to pay it. £ And the greatest threat to this flitfe—the sub-zero cold of Asiatic ®Winter —is due with November. {Temperatures drop to 35 and 40 de- }rm below zero when the cruelest old strikes the North China hills, “nd fieeing bandits are not likely to ve warm shelter in the barren land. * The Jone light of hope among “Father Burns’ Maryknoll comrades the fact that the captive mis- “pionary had survived one season of ipaw weather. : Seized on 40-Mile Tour. * sThermometer columns were far be- ®ow sero when a half dozen highway- ‘men made off with him on the morning .of February 5. The priest {3was seized as he made his usual 40- *3mile horseback tour of Christian out- dposts in Manchukuo. & _The capture was first reported by “Xunghua police in a telegram to the ted States Consul General at Muk- ijlen. Pursuit was begun at once, and “pefore the month was up Japanese Jprmy officers announced they had 'rounded the bandits in the village #f Fenghui-Latze and had opened ne- . gotiations with them. . Nothing happened and veteran mis- Mlonaries of the region expressed the Jear the captive could not have with- ;ptood the cold. In April the troops still were pur- ing. At Harbin, gendarmes said a mative convert to the Christian reli- Jxion brought terms for Father Burns’ Felease: His freedom if the soldiers ’jet the bandits alone. The convert “paid he had delivered food to the prisoner, Signature in Two Letters. In May, at Mukden, the Consul Gen- eral received two letters signed with Father Burns’ name. They said the grlest was in good health despite his .Dardships. In June another letter bearing Fath- ®r Burns’ name arrived at Shanghai. It demanded a ransom of 5,000,000 | $® Chinese dollars ($1,500,000 in Ameri- ean money) for the priest's safe re- surn. ‘The ransom demands were repeated Swice, but there were no threats on the priest's life. Maryknoll officials visited the Orient during the Summer and pleaded for sction from the branch of Japanese government which corresponds to the United States Department of State. “We still hope,” said a father of the Maryknoll Brotherhood todsay, “but we are afraid.” AGAIN MRS. POWER DESTROYER SPONSOR “Granddaughter of Capt. Reid to Present Capt. Carny With Copy of Portrait. Mrs. Beatrice Reid Power, 1945 Cal- wert street, granddaughter of Capt. Bamuel Chester Reid, famous Ameri- can naval fighter of 1814, again will “act as sponsor for the new naval de- stroyer Reid when it is commissioned $n New York tomorrow. ‘The ship, named after her grand- . Jather, was christened by Mrs. Power +at the launching January 11. Now that the vessel has completed its trial Atrip successfully, the New York Navy 'Yard will deliver it to Admiral Yates Sterling, who will turn the craft over +to its commander, Capt. Robert B. f,Camny, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. After the commissioning ceremonies, , Mrs. Power will present to Capt, Carny a copy of the portrait of Capt. Reid ¥ painted by John Wesley Jarvis in 1818. “The program will be concluded with * entertainment of guests at a reception * and tea by Capt. Carny and other offi- ¢ cers of the ship. & OCapt. Reid was famous as com- “ mander of the American privateer, € Gen. Armstrong, at the Battle of Fayal €14n the Azores Islands on September 226 and 27, 1814 Mrs. Power is prominent in D. A, R. £ circles, here, having served as regent € ot the Col. John Washington Chapter. OFFICIAL PIANO METROPOLITAN Mme. Jusserand, Back in D.C., Sees Living Costs Higher in U. S. French Prices Not So Bad, Says Widow of Ambassador. Mme. Adrien Antoine Jules Jus- serand, American-born widow of the French Ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925, is back for & brief visit in Washington after an absence of 11 years. The years have grayed her hair, but her cheeks are pink-tinged still, and her brown eyes twinkle with youthful interest in acenes and events. Seated in a brocade-covered empire chair at the French Embassy, where she is staying, Mme. Jusserand chat- tered yesterday about a variety of at- fairs, American and French. She said she could not speak a: thoritatively concerning Pranbe's ex- citing internal affairs and that, any- way, the situation changes from day to day,” making timely comment im- possible. - Devaluation of the franc in accordance with the recent tri-power currency stabilization has been un- popular, “but I presume it will be an aid to trade,” she said. Mme. Jusserand is not especially fearful of imminent war. “I don't say it won’t happen.” she said, “because we haven't come to the time when we can all live in peace.” But, she added, it is “silly to get panicky.” Persons who stock staples and make other drastic domestic prep- arations in anticipation of war are unnecessarily pessimistic, Mme. Jus- serand said. “You can live in France for much less than in America,” she went on. “Many tourists have objected that they thought French prices high. But they are not, in comparison with prices here.” American tourigs again are flocking to Paris, Mme. Jusserand said. It was not any feeling of resentment over non-payment of the French war del™, but the depression that caused the sharp reduction in tourist numbers in recent years, she added. Mme. Jusserand said she believed many recent episodes in France had been exaggerated by the foreign press. “The riots you hear of are not what they're made out to be. In most of them it's just & group of young men cutting up, trying to break up meet- ings. They're not armed.” The purpose of Mme. Jusserand’s visit is to unveil & memorial to the former Ambassador, & pink granite bench at Pierce Mill in Rock Creek Park. The site was one of the Jusse- rands’ favorites, and they walked there often. “I can’t really say how deeply I feel that the American friends of my hus- band can remember him in this way wm““mmo“m: DIAMONDS! BARGAINS! b4 Dealers, Attention! mond gold bracelet 1 4 platinum la 3-dJ; 26-diamon wi ° * * * s * 3 * atch 2-diamond "a % ke b 4 $ * * * T B-pear! ady’s 82/100 prkcg dl platinum lac The PALAIS ROYAL DOWNSTAIRS Mondey Only Attractive Specials In the Shos Repair Department - Half Soles and Rubber Hegls_ _ 63‘ made Shoes longer and $ I Shoes dyed all colors. charge. High quality oak| soles, Palsis Royal— Shoe Repair Dept. 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Her first impressions, however, were that there are “a great many more motor cars.” She will remain in this country until November 11, when she will sail for home on -the Normandie. Moderator Is Named. The Shahan Debating Society of Catholic University has announced ap- pointment of Rev. P. J. O'Connor as its new moderator for the coming year. He will preside at the first meeting of the organization tomorrow and will outline plans for the coming year. A schedule of debates will be worked out and arrangements made for try- outs for those seeking places on the debating team. 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