Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1937, Page 4

DILEMMA OF REDS CONFRONTS CHIANG Chinese Victory Would Put Hated Communists in Forefront. BY DEWITT MACKENZIE, Associated Press Staff Writer NEW YORK, September 13.—The bloody warfare between Japan and | China, no matter what its trend, pre- sages another possible violent change in the history of the storm-tossed Chi- nese. If the Japanese win they will as- sume suzerainty (so claim the Chinese) | over the rich eastern seaboard of | China. That is, the invaders will link this territory to Japanese controlled | Manchukuo and extend the :\hkado‘s‘ empire by just that much | If the Chinese are victorious, it will be with Communist aid, and the land | of the dragon throne may go red, to | Joih with the Union of Socialist So- viet Republics. Chiang Faces Dilemma. Thus China’s warrior - dictator, Chiang Kai-shek, who is bitterly op- posed to communism, is faced with a dilemma that will call upon all his | great genius for solution. Chiang has made himself a world figure, but the présent situation demands the wisdom | of a Solomon. Maybe Chiang has that wisdom. During the 10 years of his rise to su- preme power he has hoed a very neat row for himself. His sagacity—of the hofe-sense variety—has placed him In the front rank of dictators. Moreover, he has had, and will have in the present crisis, the help of one of the most brilliant women of her time—his American-educated wife, - Communistic Aspect. ‘The communistic aspect of the po- Bition is a comparatively new develop- ment. Here is the way the matter stands: When Chiang Kai-shek came into power large portions of China were overrun with independent armies, which were variously characterized as bandits and as Communists. Chiang's government labeled them Communists. In any event, these armies were | made up largely of primitive men who lived by the sword. They were the type who feared no man and laughed through their strong white teeth as they killed. Generally as they moved across the country they left a trail of erimson death and ashes, Chiang Kai-shek decided that for the welfare of China he must destroy these wandering hordes. To this task he_“applied himself with such vigor that by the end of last year he had the Reds on the run in the wilds. Reds Linked to Kidnaping. Then in December came his sensa- tiomal kidnaping by one of his sub- ordinates—Gen, Chang Hsueh-liang. Long afterward it was reported in high quarters that Communists had | A a hand in the affair, and that one of the conditions of Chiang's release was that he cease warfare against the Reds. Chiang Kai-shek has remained tilent on this point—but the campaign against the Communists ceased. The Japanese claim this was not mere co- incidence. Now we suddenly have the startling spectacle of the Communist armies rushing to the aid of their once great- est enemy—Dictator Chiang. Also, it is stated in well-informed quarters that large quantities of mili- tary supplies are being sent to the Chinese from Soviet territory. These shipments are quite unofficial and theoretically, at least, Moscow has no knowledge of them. Stronger Position Looms. ‘The corollary to this would seem to be that the Communists bid fair to re-establish themselves stronger than ever before. How Chiang will handle the situation after the conclusion of | the Sino-Japanese hostilities (if there is a conclusion in his time) probably Dot even that long-headed individual | knows. Maybe clever Madam Chiang | has a notion. ith the development of this sit- | uvation, Adolf Hitler has reaffirmed | the friendship of Germany for Japan, and the solidarity of the two countries against communism 1s reported to be playing of joining in the Germanic-Japanese alMance. All of which is by way of | advising Russia to leave the Sino- | Japanese war alone. 600 ROSICRUCIANS | HEAR TALK ON BELIEF| National Lecturer of Order Ex-| pounds Principles of Group's Philosophy. Approximately 600 Rosicrucians as- ‘ sembled in Pierce Hall last night to hear O. Ray Stevens, national lec- | turer of the Rosicrucian Order, talk | on the principles and theories of their philosophic belief. Describing the order, believed to have been started by fifteenth cen- tury German Philosopk Stevens #aid the Rosicrucian postulate is that life is not a component of the uni- verse, but a balance between the physical self and the unknown Spiritual life, he said, is controlled through the operation of glands that | also control physical life and cosmic | radiations affecting these glands are directly connected with the spiritual life. Tracing the history of the m ment, Stevens spoke of the Rosicr cian belief that “mental and spiritual evolution progresses—as does physical evolution.” The greatest obstacle to all progress, he added, “is man's circumscribed th: g and his re- Jection of new ideas.” | The talk was one of 55 which | Btevens is delivering on his present | tour. The next meeting will be in | Richmond on Thursday. | - | Australia has many more new auw-l mobiles than a year ago | — e It Your Dentist Hurts You Try DR. FIELD PLATE EXPERT Double Suction ntee a Ticht Fit in any Mouth let Ray Treatment for Pyorrhea 5 36 up $1 up DR. FIELD 406 7th St. N.W. MEt. 9256 Over Woelworth 50 & 10c Store | to the of peasants and THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Japanese Erred For Only 3-M Chinese Haver M(;ie Ready for Two- Year Defense—Ammunition and Planes Adequate for 6 Months. . This is the sizth of a series of articles by an American authority on Pacific affairs, who two years ago indicated in his book “Challenge” the present bloody development, and here tells what to expect next, The seventh will appear tomorrow. BY UPTON CLOSE. NOTHER interesting surprise about this first-class “warfare” going on in China is that both sides knew the date on which it was to start, and prepared for weeks in advance. Finance Minister Kung was in Washington arranging for further sales of silver bullion on the day of the Marco Polo Bridge incident. All of Shanghai’s bullion in Chinese possession had been shipped to Hong Kong during the preceding six weeks. PO e . Arrangements had been made move China's one aviation airplane factory inland from Hangchow, Where | it could be too easily bombed. The Japanese, too, knew the date— likely before the Chinese discovered it. Upon going over their cotton import statistics I find that from March to June this year they imported twice as much monthly as usual, and by July they had accumulated close to 1,000,000 bales in warehouses. In August they practically quit buying— receiving only eight instead of 27,000 bales per week from New Orleans and Houston. The same trend was fol- lowed in their purchase from India, whence comes the other half of their supply. Normally their mills carry two months’ supplies. The accumu- lation was for three months without imports. Their imports of pig and scrap iron | bear similar testimony: Japan had planned on a three months’ campaign. | That should have been adequate to | finish the seizure of North China and | its amalgamation with Manchukuo | under the puppet Emperor Pu Yi Even yvet, Japanese officers who do | not realize what they have got into | speak of the war being over by New Year day. The Chinese, on the other hand, have planned for two years of resist- | ance. And they seem to have been much wiser about the general world set-up. | They have enough planes and am- munition for six months of war at the | present rate of expenditure. They | have enough credit in New York six months' more supplies if any sea- port remains open to them. What Russia sends them in addition is all good. If Japan effectively | closes Hong Kong and Haiphong—the | latter in French Annam at the end of a railway into Chinese Yunnan— enough trouble will ensue between | Japan and the British and French to | offset China’s munitions famine. And Soviet Russia cannot afford to let Japan win | Meanwhile, Japan's ruthless strafing unfortified cities is | Start today to train your baby’s taste for foods that build glowing health. Feed him Stokely’s. Babies love these better tasting baby finest vegetables grown in America. vitamins and mineral salts. | would gladly eat them yourself. That" which grownups e VEGETABLES + FRUITS « SOUPS A them eagerly without coaxing or fussing. They are prepared by a special comminuting process from the uses only the best parts of these prize vegetables, preserves natural flavor and color, retains valuable in Preparing onth Cam paign e | helping the Chinese fighting clique | tremendously. Villagers who had no | particular enthusiasm for fighting Japan have been filled with hate at | the sight of relatives mangled by | Japanese bombs, have gone into their courtyards, dug up the silver hordes | of generations, and turned them over to Financier Soong for sale to the United States Treasury. Since this began the Chinese treasury has been able to rescind the 6 per cent bonus paid for silver in its paper money. The Chinese government is just com- | pleting collections on the first income | tax exer imposed on its people and is pleasantly surprised at the results. Poor as they are on the average, the | Chinese people have through their | history remained the least directly | taxed people on earth. Now, under | foreign invasion, their government is successful beyond Finance Minister Kung's wildest dreams in collecting from them. China’s foreign loans are serviced from customs receipts. Total customs collections last year were 15,000,000 pounds, which left the Nanking gov- ernment a revenue of more than 10,- | 000,000 pounds after paying interest | and retirement of 4,635,000 pounds to | foreign governments and bankers. ‘ Half this revenue came from Shanghai collectio Japan boasts that she has | [ —i Air Conditioned! CHECKERBOARD ROOM AIR-CONDITIONED DINING ROON DINNER-85¢ LUNCHEON, 55¢ Lafayette Hotel 16th & Eye Sts. N.W. ib s Valusble Book with Foreword by Angelo P | For your copy, mail 3 Stokely's Baby Food Iabel to Stokely Bros. & Co. Dept W-2, Indisnapoli Indiana. foods . . . eat This process Taste a can of Stokely’s Baby Foods and you'll discover this delicious, fresh vegetable flavor. You s why babies love them. They taste like the wholesome foods | STOKELY’S BABY FOODS + CEREALS cut Nanking's customs revenue to nil. But, point out the Chinese, so long as the foreign nations remain in Shanghai at all some imports will come through the foreign settlement and the powers have only themselves to blame if they cannot get the 5,000,- 000 pounds yearly needed to pay their own bankers from this. To cut this off Japan must take the settlement. But the United States, Britain and France say their marines shall stay in Shanghai. If Japan puts them out it’s worth the loss to China! Shrewd Japanese are beginning to awaken to the fact that a sort of in- ternational trap has been laid for them, and that they have walked into it. When the trap closes it may end the long hold-up of the rich nations by the racketeer nations. Japan, bogged down in China, will release Russia from threat on the east. Then Germany, instead of Russia, becomes the hemmed-in nation. Mussolini takes the cue and checks out—on the | best bargain he can drive with Eng- land. Germany, hemmed in, can fight or subside or go into revolution. The cotton trend reveals something more. Lancashire is already oiling up her cotton spindles, and talking of shipments with the American South. If the war lasts nine months instead of three, England will have recaptured the world’s cotton goods market, Lan- cashire will be off the dole, Britain will go back to normal. In considera- New Molded Soles Avoid that "Repaired Look” We've made it practical for the fastidious woman to have even her daintiest shoes re-soled No nails, simply “mold” the finest quality shoe leather to your shoes just like the original soles were put on at the factory. —successfully! fortable—the life of your redoubled with never a hint that they've been repaired. Hahn 14-point repairing for men’s, women’s and children’s shoes is the nearest thing to factory rebuilding there is. Try it! D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, Yug(_)slavia’s Boy King Is a “Regular Fellow” 1937. FOREIGN BOMBS BLAMED FOR PARIS EXPLOSIONS By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 13.—Minister of Interior Marx-Dormoy today inti- mated that “foreign bombe” might have been responsible for explosions | that wrecked buildings of two em- | CONTRACTORS & ENGINEERS ployers’ organizations in the heart of E. ). FEBREY & CO. turday night and killed two | Est. 1898 ;:Irlten?:n‘." ke FORTY YEARS' Detonators on the bombs were of | - EXPERIENCE L a pecullar type “virtually unknown in ol T Y] France,” the minister said. offer. Dr. Andre Kling, director of the CALL NATIONAL 3680 Paris police laboratories, said the bombs were similar to explosives that destroyed two American-made planes at & Versailles airport August 38. Pifteen similar bombs have been discovered in Southeastern Prance in Announcement to Candid Camera Users Leica, Argus, Retina, Contax, Etc. Users of 36 Ex. 35 mm. can now have their films developed and printed at our economical rates. Requested by many users of the above cameras as to when we could handle this type of business, we sald as soon as we could give the same Kmd of expert and high quality service with which we finish our regular KODAK work. WE ARE NOW READY At Following Prices Developing 36 Ex. 35 mm. Film o Printing, Contact, 4 Frames on one Print_________Sc boys his own age. Being a “regular fellow” exposes King Peter of Yugoslavia each Summer to the rigors of a rough and tumble Summer camp. The boy King likes to spend his vacations camping with He was 14 on September 6. A Above: Working out at Lake Bled with gloves and medicine ball with his cousin, Prince Ferdinand. Upper left: The King holds @ guy rope of his tent while his companions wait im- patiently for the cameraman to move along. Lower: Helping carry supports Lo be used in building a bridge. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. Enlarged Prints 828 Films, Dev. and Printed (large size), flat rate, 35¢ 620 Duo & 16 Exp. 127, Dev. & Printed (large size), flat rate _____ 70c RITZ 1112 G St. N.W. tion for that, England will pay 12 cents a pound for American cotton and the long-upset world is again settled! Granting, of course, that Stalin holds Russia together under his thumb and that Germany does not decide that before she dares to let Japan lose she must strike herself! Such are events upon whose thresh- old we may stand. Under these cir- cumstances the United States State Department prefers not to discuss the manner in which England let us down in 1932. Bygones are bygones. The department is set up to maintain cer- tain interests—if they jibe with British interests we are glad for the co-oper- ation and keep mum about the past. ‘We do not carp at Britain's getting the lion's share of benefits. H The only alternative course would | be to change the political and eco- | nomic course of this Nation, on the | line which Smedley Butler advocates. | I repeat: Our State Department is es- | tablished to maintain a certain way of | national life and certain interests, | not to change them. Only an American | revolution could do the latter. Under the present set-up it is not difficult to prognosticate America’s position in | the greatest world crisis since 1916. | We wish to discourage the “war-mak- ing” nations. We would like to bring the world, our Nation, and the Demo- cratic South back to “normalcy.” Per- haps we cannot face the results of let- ting history take its course. Tomorrow we shall examine what | the results might be if Japan wins, (Copyright, 1937.) no stitches—we Lightweight, com- favorite shoes Phone Service, Dlst. 5470—or leave at any Hahn Store WHILE-YOU-WAIT SERVICE, .. 14th & G Seventh Street {fi‘ BUILT TO LAST YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN SPECIALLY PRICED For a limited time, through arrangements with Karpen, we are able to offer this exquisitely designed chair at this low delivered price. , This is the elegant Mayfair Chair, as advertised by Karpen in this week’s issue of Life Magazine. The chair is luxuriously eom- fortable, highly styled and upholstered in genuine Chase Velmo, with a choice of six colors. Genuine Honduras mahogany . . . reversible spring seat cushion . . . antique nail trim . . . pleated inside arms and button tufted back. A wonderful value! Many Other Luxunous Karpen Chairs on Display MAYER & CO. Between D and E