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BUSINESS FEELS BRITISH CRISIS Leaders in Trade Believe * Edward Has Lost Power as Salesman. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 9.-—Buiness men expressed fear today King Edward has impaired his power as the British Empire’s first salesman whether he stays a bachelor or weds Wallis Simp- son. No one knows better than English business men that the crown forms \the strong link in the chain of empire trade and likewise is their strongest advertising medium in other countries. Informed business men looked at the erisis over the King's romance from two angles: “If Edward wins Mrs. Simpson he loses the admiration of millions of his subjects who now bitterly oppose the American woman's conquest of their monarch. “If Edward gives up Mrs. Simpson, it means he has bowed to Prime Min- ister Stanley Baldwin's strong will thereby losing the respect of other millions of his subjects who somehow had the idea the King-Emperor really ruled.” Did Yeoman Service. ‘These sources emphasized the situa- tion was not so black as painted by the most pessimistic, but on the other hand they know that Edward did yeo- man service for the empire as “the royal drummer.” The crisis came at & time when Eng- | land needed trade. As shown by reports of the Bank of England imports from all countries to the United Kingdom during the first | nine months of 1936 totaled £608.000,- 000, compared to £539.500,000 during the same period in 1935. Exports from the United Kingdom to all countries during the first nine months of this year were £365,600,000, compared to £352,300.000 last year. Officials were particularly perturbed over the Canadian trade which is now flowing to the United States. Imports from Canada increased £14,000.000 during the nine-month period, while exports only rose £1,400,000. The coronation was expected, from * @ business point of view, to be a gigan- tic empire sales meeting, rededicating the crown as a business magnet. Now business is wondering. Lay Pact to King. Many believe King Edward was di- rectly responsible for the recently con- eluded Anglo-Argentine trade pact. Commercial understanding between the two nations, they say, was placed on a firmer foundation by Edward's two visits as Prince of Wales. The King's vacation visit last Sum- mer with Mrs. Simpson to Dalmatia | also had further motives of diplomacy and business. officials pointed out. Mrs. Simpson Edward shook the Bri Rogers, Mrs. Simpson and Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Rogers. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON Left to right: Rogers. Lord Brownlow, win brought back to his cabinet a voluminous report. Simon First to Arrive, The tall figure of Sir John Simon, home secretary, was the first to ap- pear through the gloom for the cab- inet session. A few seconds later, Monckton fol- lowed him into No. 10 Downing street. Monckton, after spending the night at the royal lodge at Fort Belvedere, drove to London in Edward's private automobile over the icy Ascot road in order to be on hand to protect his master’s interests, Anthony Eden, foreign secretary; Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Trade, and Leslie Hore- Belisha, minister of transport, arrived at Baldwin’s residence together just a few minutes before the cabinet session was called to order. They were followed past the phalanx of photographers and newspaper men by Sir Samuel Hoare, first lord of the admiralty; Sir Kingsley Wood, min- ister of health; Ernest Brown, min- ister of labor, and Oiiver Standley, minister of education. Downing street was crowded, but the | watchers remained silent and undem- onstrative as the sober-faced ministers arrived. With the climax of the crisis at hand | the people of London had abandoned:; the rowdy scenes that marked last Edward sought by diplomacy to al- lay Italy's fears that England wanted | to dominate the Mediterranean, they said, by showing due appreciation of Italian and neighboring waters. His business mission was to renew friendship with officials of Turkey | whose business recently has been swinging from England to Germany. King _(Gonflnued From First Pagf.) to “hustle King Edward off the throne.” He demanded “a vote in| this country” before abdication is even eonsidered. | The Laborite Frederick Bellinger urged Baldwin to consider the grave financiai difficulties resulting from the _ Eilence of King and state. He pleaded | that the first minister “kindly sug- ' to his majesty that something be said—and quickly Shouts of “Order! Order!” smoth- ered his voice. Clement R. Attlee, leader of his ma jesty’s opposition—aligned now with Baldwin—sought “some good hope” | from the premier for tomorrow. He stressed the anxiety of the na- tion. | The prime minister told Attlee he realized all that had been said—that no one realized it more than he. | But, on the answer to the riddle, he stood grave and mute. Excitement in Lobbies. As soon as Baldwin had stood down, the lobbies hummed with excitement. | Apparently not a single non-govern- | ment member of Commens had an inkling of the developments under consideration. The extended negotiations at Fort Belvedere, however, strengthened the | belief in some quarters that there will be no clearcut “yes” or “no” on| abdication or marriage to Mrs. Simp- son; that some loophole may be open- ing up to provide a way out of the quandary which will not plunge the empire into constitutional chaos. Churchill Is Silent. Observers thought it noteworthy that Winston Churchill, mentioned as a pos- sible choice for premier if the King decides to make a constitutional fight out of l'affaire Simpson, did not ex- pose himself today to new attacks from his parliamentary opponents. It was believed Churchill, satisfied that “no irrevocable step” will be taken. by Baldwin until Commons hears about it, had decided not to risk the ire of the members, who, on Monday, tried to | humiliate him because of his efforts to uphold the King's interests and chal- lenge those of Baldwin. Baldwin seemed in complete com- mand of the situation for the few moments he was on his feet in Commons. ’ He usually refrains from Speaking from notes, but today he carefully went over his prepared statement with his parliamentary secretary as soon | as he entered the house. After the prime minister had re- turned to Downing street an army dispatch rider called there and left 20 minutes later for Fort Belvedere. Cabinet in Long Session. It was at 11 o'clock that the 20 cab- inet ministers filed through the fog to enter No. 10 Downing street, the pre- mier’s official residence, for their Jong morning meeting. A swelling, restive crowd milled in the little street. Impatience was in- creasingly evident. Some of the sub- Jjects who sympathized loudly with the King a few days ago were asking, “Why doesn’t he make up his mind?” They knew he and Baldwin had spent hours at Fort Belvedere last night. They knew nothing beyond that fact. Rumors flew thick and fast about London. One was that the King had ylelded to his ministers and promised not to marry; another, that he had week end Shortly after his arrival. Monckton, accompanied by Peacock, emerged from No. 10 and sped away in an au- tomobile. Hoare Has Cheery Smile. All of the ministers looked serious and thoughtful except Hoare who greeted the crowd with his usual cheery smile. In quick succession came Sir Thomas Inskip, minister for co-ordi- hation of defense; Zetland, secretary of State for India and Burma, and Walter Elliot, Secre- tary of State for Scotland. With Ramsay MacDonald, aging lord president of the Privy Council, came his son, Malcolm, secretary of state for the dominions. Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville | Chamberlain had to step only through | the passage connecting his residence, No. 11, with the premier’s. William Ormsby-Gore, secre state for the colonies, and W. S. rison, minister of agriculture, the next arrivals. When the cabinet had been in session | 45 minutes, observers felt convinced | the prime minister had a great amount | of information to convey to the min- isters. Some felt if the King had offered the simple solution of giving up Mrs. Simp- son the meeting would have broken up quickly and the ministers would have | emerged with their faces wreathed in smiles. v of for- were Return From Buckingham. Monckton and Peacock, who are the | highest officials of Edward's Duchy of | Cornwall—his greatest source of | private income—returned to Downing street shortly before noon, apparently having completed an important mis- sion. It was learned they had visited Buckingham Palace and conferred | with members of the King's staff. lead- ing to the belief they were preparing the staff for important changes in the household. After the cabinet session had broken up at the conclusion of more than two hours discussion, the grim-faced min- isters left No. 10 to prepare for the Commons meeting. Crowds were already gathering out- side the Commons and requests for | admission tickets swamped adminis- trative officials, Kent Remains at Belvedere. The Duke of Kent remained over- night with his brother at Belvedere. Soon 1fter Baldwin started his re- turn to London, the Duke also drove away, but a short time later he re- turned, turning so sharply from the narrow Ascot road into a side drive- way that he caught unawares the po- liceman who was swinging his arms and stomping his feet on the icy roadway. Three morning newspapers, the Morning Post, the Daily Herald and the News-Chronicle, for the first time | since the crisis broke on the public, did not comment editorially today. Sees Crisis Past. Lord Beaverbrook’s Daily Express, however, jubilantly proclaimed: “The crisis has passed into history and the King still is with us.” It referred to Mrs. Simpson’s state- ment declaring she would renounce her love for the monarch if it would save the situation. The Express, which had been sym- pathetic to the King, exulted: “Can we rejoice? Yes, we can re- Joice!” “No question of crown overriding cabinet has ever arisen, nor have min- isters imposed surrender upon the King on a highly personal issue. “Certainly there was no disagree- ment that might have led to departure of either King or ministers. “The deadlock has been broken by the act of renunciation by the woman. Let us say this for Mrs. Simpson. “Her name has been thrown about by gossips in some parts of the world the Marquis of | English Citizen Poses at Cannes Villa This radio photo, the first for which she has voluntarily posed since her romance with King sh empire, shows Mrs. Wallis Simpson at the Cannes, France, villa of King Edward’s secretary; Mrs. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Here Favors American Woman as Queen The desire among many Americans | that a woman of their country should | be Queen of England was shared yes- | terday by a member of a prominent | English family who came to Washing- from London expressed the opinion the British throne is safe, regardless ! of King Edward’s course in his love affair with Mrs. Ernest Simpson. | Arthur St. Vincent Burnaby, son of |a famous British soldier, is still an | English subject despite 25 years in | the United States. Whether it be | Mrs. Simpson or another woman, he would like to see an American woman share the throne with his sovereign. | Even if public opinion in England | should turn against the King, there | will be no move to change the present constitutional monarchy, in the | opinion of the Hon. Edwin Gathorne- Hardy, youthful, bespectacled brother of the Earl of Cranbrook. | Son of Noted Soldier. | Burnaby, who has real estate in- terests in both this country and Eng- land, is living at the Shoreham Hotel with his wife. They came from Florida. Burnaby's father was a colonel in Queen Victoria’s famed Horse Guards and once was stationed at Windsor. In 1884 he was slain by Arabs while leading an expedition to Khartoum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, to | rescue the famous British General | “Chinese” Gordon. Burnaby's great- | grandfather, Admiral Sir St. Vincent Whitshed, fought with Nelson in the | sea battle of St. Vincent off the | Spanish coast “I have always favored an Ameri- can Queen for England,” said Burn- aby. “Why? Because of sentiment —sentiment between the peoples of the two great English-speaking na- tions. After all. sentiment rules the world in the ultimate analysis.” King Edward VIII, Burnaby be-| Truck Now Used To Deliver Mail At King’s Estate Watchers Estimate 10,-| 000 Letters Poured In Since Crisis. BY the Assoctated Press LONDON, December 9.—Watchers at Fort Belvedere estimated today | 10,000 letters have poured inio King Edward's country home since his ex- pressed determination to marry Wallis | Warfleld Simpson brought to a head | the gravest crisis since World War days. The postman, who formerly used a bicycle to deliver his mail bag at the | Belvedere front door, late in the week | discarded it for a motor cycle and side car. Now the motor cycle has been sup- planted by a truck. The postman and the tradesmen are forced to run the gauntlet of a| heavy and vigilant guard. | Both plain clothes men and uni- | formed policemen patrol the grounds and watch the roadway outside the | comfortable country house. Elizabeth (Continued From First Page.) Dominions and most of the public | opinion back of it, appears to be in 8 position to force abdication before it retires. A large amount of official and un- official opinion favors the idea that Princess Elizabeth will be named for the throne with Queen Mary and other members of the royal family for regents in case of abdication. A sudden turn for the worse was immediately reflected in the market, where an optimistic atmosphere pre- vailed throughout the morning. In the lobby of the House of Commons, where some concession on the part of the King had been considered a foregone conclusion, it is being com- monly said that “the situation couldn’t be worse.” The King’s continued refusal to | make any decision at all, it consid- ered, would shortly be equivalent to & decision to abdicate due to the grow- ing impatience of the cabinet and the country with longer delay and the fact that the cabinet very evidently has enough support to force its de- cision through. Photography Is Topic. Principles of pictorial composition as expressed through photography will be discussed by Ira Gullickson at a meet- ton to make his home, while & tourist | offered to abdicate on complicated | for a long time, and on our part for | ing of the Washington Photographic terms, One thing was certain—that Bald- ’ ' long enough. By her word, she an- swers the whole pack of them.” Society in the Mount Pleasant Public Library tonight at 8 o'clogk. i | Arthur Burnaby, Son of Famous Sol- dier, Says Sentiment Provides Link. Earl’s Brother More Conservative. lieves, could make Mrs. Simpson Queen Consort, to occupy the throne with him, but not to change the present line of succession if he had popular backing. “It is a question of whether the people over there have had time to reach a decision,” Burnaby said. “They have had such a short time to express themselves, and the King is expected to announce his own de- cision Monday. “If left classes it means abdication. ‘The masses, however, are for the King.” Monarchy Seen Safe. Gathorne-Hardy, taking a some- what different and more conservative view of the situation, declared the ex- | isting constitutional monarchy “occu- pies a positition old in the subcon- scious mind of English subjects that holds the King aloof as a sort of human father. “It pleases the people,” he said, “to find the King is really human, as shown by an affair of this kind. but later it upsets the whole balance of the people and makes them uneasy. And it is hard to regain that state of balance again. Morganatic marriages of King and commoner “are impossible and with- out precedent in England,” Gathorne- Hardy asserted. “There is not the slightest doubt that the Duke of York will be King if Edward abdicates,” he said. The throne, he believes, is safe in the present crisis because there is not a man high in English public life to- day “to fit the role of a dictator.” He thinks Prime Minister Baldwin “be- haved fairly sensible in the situa- tion.” Gathorne-Hardy devotes most his time to travel and writing of re- views for English publications. Simpson (Continued From First Page.) M Simpson’s host, Brownlow continued “I did not know Kirkwood had made the trip until Goddard told me after their arrival tonight. The doctor is not coming to the villa and neither I nor Mrs. Simpson will see him.” GOES INTO SECLUSION, at his side, MARSEILLE, France, December 9 (#).—Dr. Douglas Kirkwood, London physician’ who accompanied Mrs Wallis Simpson's lawyer to Cannes, | secluded himself today in a Marseille Hotel. Aviation officials said reports were being made to the plane which brougiat him, Attorney Theodore God- dard, and a legal clerk to Southern France. They expressed doubt that Dr Kirkwood. who joined the party on Goddard's invitation, would be able to fly back to London before Thurs- day because of bad weather. The physician refused to receive visitors at the hotel. Finnan to Speak on Parks. C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks, will speak on “Three Years of Progress in National Capital Parks” this evening at 8 o'clock in the Government Audi- | torium, Thirteenth street and Consti- tution avenue. D. C, to Parliament and the! “MAIN STREET" BACKING KING Sauk Center, Minn., Believes Edward Should Marry Mrs. Simpson. BY the Associated Press. SAUK CENTER, Minn., December 9. —Main street backs King Edward of England in his internationally famous romance with Mrs. Wallis Warfleld Simpson. The rank and file up and down the celebrated thoroughfare, immortalized in the novel “Main Street” by a home- town boy—Sinclair Lewis—believes that his royal. highness should marry the woman of his choice, even as men do in this prototype of Gopher Prairie, key setting for the Lewis book. ‘There were & few discordant notes. Every one from the village blacksmith to the local sage thought entirely too much fuss is being made about the royal romance. Typical comments: Oscar Dowswell, druggist — The King’s wife ought to be good enough to be Queen. Tell him to marry Wally and come over and live on Main street. Joan Markson, telephone operator— The King has a right to choose. She should be Queen by all means. Frank Daniels, chief of police—If they love each other why shouldn't they marry? He should stay on the throne and make her Queen. Of course, England has funny customs. Albert Cordell, creamery manager— He may be a King, but I figure he's a human being like any one else. He should marry Wally and she should be Queen. From what I've read her ancestors are as good as his. Mrs. A. F. Moynihan, housewife— England’s working classes would suf- fer if Edward abdicated. The Duke of York would be a tool in the hands of Parliament. I don't think I'd care to recognize Mrs. Simpson as my Queen if I were an English subject. She could be his morganatic wife. Dr. J. A. Dubbois, Main street sage | and Sinclair Lewis’ crony—Govern- ments shouldn’t interfere with human relationships. The King’s interests happened to be more with the com- mon people than the stuffed shirt | aristocracy. Abdicate? I should say | not. Let the people decide. Rails (Continued From First Page.) period of the Guaranty Trust's con- trol “You took it away from them and then gave it back?” Wheeler asked. “That would probably be a correct statement,” Potter said. “So far as the public knew, the Van | Sweringens were in actual control,” Wheeler continued, “but they were really your nominees.” “They owned the system subject to our control,” Potter said. The trust company insisted on hold- | ing such power, Potter testified, “to provide against the possibility of gross mismanagement.” Evidence presented yvesterday showed | control of the Van Sweringen system. | | including 23,000 miles of track and $3,000.000,000 in assets, had been con- centrated in $8,250 worth of M- | America stock. Mid-America Corp. | was organized in September, 1935. and two days later purchased the system's | secur.ties. Voted Stock Without Owning It. ! O. P. Van Sweringen had voted this stock as he pleased, committee records | indicated, although he did not own a single share. After Van Sweringen died last month control passed to George A. Ball, soft-spoken Indiana manufac- turer, whose money helped rescue the transportation network. Chairman Wheeler asked Ball, “Do you mean * * * that one man can toss this control around like a toy bal- loon?" “T wouldn’t call it a toy balloon,” the witness replied. Max Lowenthal, committee counsel. said investigators were “intensely in- terested” in finding out whether con- | trol once had been exercised indi-| rectly by the Manufacturers Trust Co., New York banking firm, which aided Ball in founding Midamerica | Corp. | George A. Tomlinson, Cleveland ship owner, testified yesterday he haa | helped organize Midamerica Corp,, | “largely as a matter of sentiment.” | He borrowed $400,000 to put into | the holding company, he said, because | | he feared collapse of the Van Swer- | | ingen system would hurt Ohio. Tomlinson declared he nad no hopes of making money out of his| | investment and that he recently had | sold most of his Midamerica stock. Neither Ball nor Tomlinson ever | | has been an active railroader. The | | former, a typical small-town business ! man, accumulated a fortune making | glass fruit jars. MAN MISSING CHICAGO, Ill, December 9 (#).— | The Rev. William B. Waltmire, pastor ' of the Humboldt Park Community | Methodist Church here, asked police today to hunt for his brother-in-law, | Alvin R. Nelson, Hagerstown, Md., | electrical engineer. | Nelson, the clergyman said, has | been missing since last Friday night. | The Rev. Mr. Waltmire said he believed Nelson was on the verge of & nervous breakdown and may have suffered an attack of amnesia. “Psychological Novelty” Held Main Cause of Britain’s Crisis BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor. BEACON, N. Y., December 9.—A “psychological novelty unprecedented in history,” is seen by the psychiatric writer, J. L. Moreno, M_D., as the main cause of the King Edward-Mrs. Simpson crisis. They are the victims, he says, of forces which either make or break great men. Even Stanley Baldwin is now suffering with them from the un- precedented psychological shock. Dr. Moreno recently built & medical, psychometric theater here. He lec- tures at the New School of Social Science and is the author of & new branch of psychology and medicine known as sociometry. “Kings,” he said today, “have loved before and the matter remained the intimate knowledge of & small group. But the case of King Edward and Mrs. Simpson is a true psychological novelty, * “Within a few days the story of their love became the private concern and gossip of hundreds of millions of people. It is & psychological novelty that hundreds of millions can live through every scene of a private drama of their own King, as friendly or hostile participants, and with an op- portunity to express their feelings. “The social forces responsible for this incredible event are the psycho- logical networks, which are aggrega- tions of people, such as religious, cul- tural, political, labor and social groups. “Long before the printing press these networks were carried by word of mouth. They had limited expan- sion. But the press, radio and mov- ing pictures have developed a revolu- tionary change. They have become the channels into which the psycho- logical networks can empty. “The King and Mrs. Simpson were taken by surprise. The social pressure of the networks grew from hour to hour. They were thrown into situa- tions they were not prepared for, had to act in roles they had never re- hearsed. They as’ well as Mr. Bald- win are suffering from s social shock which these networks have produced.” R WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1936. Dies in Crash at Croydon 4 JUAN DE LA CIERVA. COUNCIL REBUKES HROTA'S CABINET Displeasure With Foreign Policy of Japan Voiced by Group. By the Associated Press, TOKIO, December 9—The Japanese Privy Council warned the government | today it was displeased with the na- tion's foreign policy. Premier Koki Hirota and Foreign Minister Machiro Arita were called before the plenary session of the coun- cil and attacked “from every direc- tion” for an hour and a half. (The Japanese privy council, com- posed of governmental officials of the highest rank, is a consultative body which advises the Emperor on questions of grave importance. Its members are appointed by the Emperor from recom- mendations made by the premier.) One councilor aasked whether the government was prepared to make a “grave decision,” which was inter- preted as an intimation the cabinet | may be forced to resign. The answer, observers said, was non-committal and equivocal. After a lengthy grilling by the Privy Council, Arita expressed apolo- getic regret for the state of Japan's diplomacy in every nation mentioned by the councilors. Emperor Hirohito. who attended the Privy Council meeting. left it before the ministers were called to defend their administration. Most of the councilors expressed dissatisfaction —Wide 'World Photo. Crash Icoqtinued From First Page) & autogyro, began experiments with its predecessor, the helicopter, 12 years ago, witnessing the first flight of the device in March, 1924. Three months later the Spanish in- ventor himself made a flight with King Alfonso of Spain as a spectator. | The first autogyro flew the English | Channel in September, 1928, after the flying windmill and its previous ex- | perimental models had undergone ex- tensive tests in England. | During a visit to America, in 1932, | he was received by President Hoover | and the two chatted over aviation possibilities. l REGRET EXPRESSED HERE. ’ B\ the Associated Press Expressing regret over the death of Juan de la Cierva, autogyro inventor, Air Commerce Bureau officials re- ported today he recently developed a new “jump-off” feature for the rotor- blade planes. | The Spanish inventor, officials said, had been responsible for many im- provements in the autogyro since it | was first developed. The “jump-off” arrangement, ef- | fected by adjusting the pitch of the rotor-blades. has not yet been used on any autogyros in this country. | The Pitcairn Co. of Willow Grove, Pa, is the American licensee of | Cierva’s patents, and recently delivered a “roadable” autogyro to the Air Com- merce Bureau. ARCHBISHOP CURLEY SPEAKS HERE TONIGHT with Arita's replies and advised the | government to exercise greater caution in future decisions affecting Japanese foreign policy Arita acknowledged there was no substantial reason for believing Russia would agree to extend Japanese fish- ing rights in Siberia before they ex- pire December 31. Asked whether the foreign office had a definite policy with regard to China, Arita replied he was trying to break the deadlock by diplomatic means only. The foreign minister attributed China’s intransigent attitude to & mis- understanding of the recent German- Japanese pact against communism and of the situation in Suiyuan Prov- ince, Inner Mongolia. “Though the Japanese government is concerned about Suiyuan.” he de- clared, “it has nothing to do with the Talks at Annual Meeting of Cath- olic Charities—Reception ‘Will Precede Session. Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, arch- bishop of Baltimore, will be principal speaker tonight at the annual meeting (of the Catholic charities of Wash- ington at 8:15 o'clock at the Willard | Hotel. | Archbishop Curley will be honored {at a reception before the meeting, following which officers and board members for the coming year will be elected. Yearly reports will be read by | George Cleary of the St. Vincent de . Paul Society; Mrs. James Fritz of the Ladies of Charity, Mrs. George { O'Connor of the City-Wide Group, |and Mrs. Arthur Mullen of the cmm‘ * Child Society. RED DATA STOLEN FROMU.S. TOURIST Girl Reports Communist Data From Spain Lost on Trip in Italy. BY JAMES ABBE, Famous Cameraman-Reporter, By Radio to the Star. ROME, December 9 (N.ANA)— On the night before she left the American Embassy in Madrid, Vire ginia McKay of Colorado Springs, Colo., reported today to the American Embassy here she was approached by Marion Greenspan, Madrid corre= spondent of the Daily Worker of New York, with a request that she con- vey to France a heavy valise and forward it to New York. He also asked ker to post from Marseille two heavy envelopes addressed to an in- dividual whose name is being with- held. Miss McKay said she reluctantly agreed after receiving assurances from Greenspan that the valise and ene velopes contained nothing embarras- sing. Greenspan, she said, claimed American citizenship and was avail- ing himself of the protection of the American Embassy. On board the United States cruiser | Raleigh, which carried her from Spain to France, Miss McKay became un- easy and examined the contents of he valise. They were, she said, elabo- rate instructions to American Com- | munist leaders, with continuous ref- erence to advice from Moscow head- quarters on methods for establish- ment of a Spanish Soviet, and also letters, unsigned but with the typed initials, “E. M.” or “Maury,” ob- viously written by Greenspan and reporting Communist progress in Spain, including his own efforts, On the train from Ventimiglia to Rome this correspondent had break- fast with Miss McKay, discussing her experiences in Madrid. When she returned to her third-class compart- ment, Miss McKay discovered that her personal valise, containing the two document-fllled envelopes, had been stolen. Miss McKay immediately placed the matter in the hands of the Italian | police, including information about the Communist documents, and, on reaching Rome, reported it to the American Embassy. In Madrid Since August. | NEW YORK. December 9 (N N.A)—At the offices of the Daily ‘Worker here it was said that Marion Greenspan is a New York newspaper man and member of the Newspaper Guild who quit a job on a newspaper | here and made a “sacrifice in salary" to cover the Spanish War for the Communist party organ. He has been in Madrid since the latter part of August. With a view to writing a book, he made an ex- tensive tour in Spain in 1934 and 11935. The book has not yet been written. | Communist party offices here dise claimed any knowledge of Greenspan's activities and said he has no of- ficial standing with the party. At the offices of the New Masses, weekly periodical. it was said that | “Greenspan has written some letters | to the editor, but they have not been published.” The New Masses supports two correspondents of his own in Spain (Copyright. 1936 by the North Americar Newspaper Alliance. inc.) MISS LYON TO SPEAK Will Address Christian Endeavor Alumni Banquet. Miss Helen L. Lyon. trustee and member of the Exe e Committes of the Internationz] Society of Cirise tian Endeavor. will be the principal speaker tonight at the annual banquet of the Christian Endeavor Alumni Fellowship at Keller Memorial Lutheran Church. William E. Braithwaite, director of music at National City Christian Church, will lead the singing. and Merritt L. Smith. president of the Christian Endeavor Alumni, will preside. have b een cau serve with th water. 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