Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1937, Page 4

ISONWAYTOU.S. Fruit Found by Chinese to Be Valuable as Cold Preventive. A mountain plant whose fruit the Chinese find a valuable preventive of the common cold and a trusty con- tributor to virility is on its way to the United States. The lohon, grown by semi-civilized hillmen in remote Kwangsi, South China province in the same latitude 88 the Florida keys, was odtalned by Dr. G. Weidman Groff, leader of the National Geographic Society-Lingnan University expedition to Kwangsi, it was announced today The expedition was inspired by the 20-year efforts of the late Dr. Frederick V. Coville, Agriculture Department bot- anist, to obtain herbariun specimens of lohon so he might classify the plant. Dr. Groft has leaves, blossoms and fresh fruits of the lohon with him in Canton, the nearest large city to the wild Kwangsi land. He will bring them here soon. Few searches for gold or precious stones required such patience or were attended by such hardship as the hunt for this plant. It is cultivated only in small patches on steep mountain slopes under semi- tropical conditions, never much less than 2,000 feet above sea level, and is trained on rough arbors of sap- lings about 6 geet high. Shy, superstitious and suspicious aboriginal trives, most of whom had never before seen a white man, were found caring for the plants, Dr. Groft reported. Despite their isolation, the lohon- raising tribes use a highly developed horticultural technique, Dr. Groff found. They not only train the vines or arbors in such a way as to avoid too much shade for the fruits but they fertilize the flowers of the bear- ing plants by hand pollination. In dried form the fruit is an im- portant Chinese household remedy, sold in Chinese herb and medical shops threuzhout the world. Men of science of the Western World have not determined its medicinal value. China (Continued From First Pl(i) Arms against Japan the Japanese Army will show no mercy. “Toward officials and nationals of foreign powers who have suffered in the hostilities or are threatened with injuries to their persons and property, ‘We express our deepest sympathies. “The Japanese Army will leave nothing undone to respect and pro- tect the lives and property of na- tionals of third powers. “With the close co-operation of the haval forces, the Japanese expedi- tionary force is determined to clear the skies of ominous clouds and I am confident the day is not far off when the light of peace will shine again.” An official Nanking spokesman | characterized the Japanese command- er's proclamation as a “modern decla- | ration of war” and declared it is a| mere smoke screen in an attempt to | excuse “invasion of & peaceful | country.” Chinese officials and foreign diplo- | mats generally expressed belief the proclamation was in reply to protests from Washington and other eapitals against Japan's military activities in China. Seek to Save Front Property. In the implied threat against Poo- tung a Japanese Army spokesman as- serted the Japanese had avoided in- flicting damage on the Pootung water front, which is largely foreign owned docks and factories, but that, if the Chinese repeated last night's bombard- ment, they would be forced to take action. The duel between the Chinese bat- teries and the Japanese warships was the severest night engagement of the war which was four months old today. The concussion of the heavy shells £hattered windows in scores of build- ings on the water front, and shook ®he city to its foundations, The deadly artillery battle went on under black, rain-laden skies as the Japanese warships ploughed Pootung Wwith scores of shells and the Chinese batteries there blasted the river front and reached inland to Hongkew. The American cruiser Augusta, flag- #hip of the United States Fleet, was agaln endangered at its exposed posi=- tion at the apex of the row of foreign warships in the Whanpoo. Shells Dassed over the ship repeatedly while & few splashed in the water only a few hundred yards distant, While the two armies were mired down in the indecisive struggle for the 8hanghai sector, Japanese authorities announced their forces were preparing for the next stage of the North China offensive with an advance against 8hihkiachwang, junction of the Peip- ing-Hankow and Taiyuanfu railroads. Chengtingfu Reported Taken. (A dispatch from Peiping said the Japanese Domei News Agency reported the important city of Chengtingfu on the railroad to Hankow was occubied at 10:30 am. today. Chengtingfu is 150 miles southwest of Peiping and its capture put the Japanese Army within striking distance of the fortified Chinese line at Shihkiach- wang, eight miles farther south.) Japanese disclosed the first activity of their war planes in North China in many days, asserting they had downed five Chinese planes in dog fights after a Chinese air patrol had attempted a surprise raid on Pao- tingfu, captured capital of Hopeh Province, 80 miles southwest of Pei- ping. With the renewal of bombings of railway stations and trains along the route of the Japanese Southward march, numbers of Chinese and six Americans evacuated Tsinanfu, cap- William Green (left), American Federation of Labor presi- dent, urged a boycott on Japanese goods after J. C. Little (right), British delegate to the federation’s Denver, Colo., convention, made a plea yesterday for concerted action by the world’s demo- cratic nations against “aggressive dictatorships.” plauded the boycott proposal. Delegates ap- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Intervention (Continued From PFirst Page.) to counter Italian moves if Premier Mussolini’s reply to the volunters-in- Spain question fails to equal Anglo- French requirements. Last Overtures Hinted. It was generally agreed in diplo- matic circles in London and Paris that, if Italy's answer appeared the least bit conciliatory, one last effort might be made to induce Mussolini to act swiftly in getting down to & discus- sion of the problem of withdrawing foreigners from Spain. But if the reply were held unac- ceptable—and there was reason to be- lieve the note, as forecast by Musso- lini's newspaper this morning, would not be acceptable—the time for further appeals and protests would be consid- ered past. Then France would be almost cer- tain to insist on immediate opening of the Pyrenees so arms, munitions and airplanes could be transported to the Valencia government—a step to which Britain would not object. Lifting by both France and Britain of the existing ban on the export of arms to Spain would seem a logical sequel. The Italians, it was generally be- lieved, would then speed up ship- ments to Generalissimo Francisco Franco, the insurgent leader, and Eu- rope almost inevitably would be faced with the peril of seeing an arms race to supply both parties to the civil war. Italian refusal to participate in the three-power conference on Span- ish non-intervention seemed virtually assured, according to a dispatch from Rome based on what appeared to be an inspired article from the Rome correspondent of Mussolini's Milan newspaper, I1 Popolo d’ Italia. The article reiterated the oft-stated Italian point of view that non-inter- vention questions could best be han- dled through the London Non-Inter- vention Committee and disclosed that Italy would ask inclusion of Germany in the talks in any acceptance of the Anglo-French invitation. Davis Is Frank Conferee Widely Known as International Arbiter. By the Associated Press. Norman H. Davis, America's travel- ing ambassador, summoned here for conferences on the Sino-Japanese crisis, is known abroad as “the frank American.” He has seen service in virtually every important world capital, hurry- ing from nation to nation as a sort or trouble shooter. Like Secretary Hull, he is a Ten- nesseean and & man of simple tastes. But whereas Hull’s career has been in legal and political fields, Davis is a business man turned diplomat. He married while a student at Stan- ford University and, rather than have his father support him and his bride, he held down two jobs while still in college. Davis went to Cuba at the age of 24—he was 69 last month—and within three years was a bank president and plantation owner. In World-War days he represented the Treasury in London and Paris, becoming Undersecretary of State in 1920. Since then he has represented this Government on numerous mis- sions. FAR EAST SHIFTS MAY BE SUDDE Dramatic Developments Also Anticipated in Europe, Russia Poised. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN, Official and diplomatic quarters in ‘Washington expect dramatic develpp~ ments in the Far East and in Europe in the near future. ‘The conflict in the Far East is ex- pected to take & turn for the worse by the Soviet government taking a “con- crete” attitude towards the undeclared’ Bino-Japanese War. Ambassador Bogomoloff and his military attache, who flew to Moscow 12 days ago carrying with them defin- ite proposals from Chiang Kai-shek for a co-ordination of effects to thwart Japan's aggression, will return to Nan- king within a week. Hitherto the Soviet government has been careful not to show its hand. Arms and ammunition—especially air- planes—have been dispatched to the Chinese Armies fighting in the north, The quantities delivered were insig- nificant and were considered more as 8 token of good-will than anything else. Reasons for Discretion. ‘The Soviet government had to keep & measure of discretion for several rea- sons: (1) The preliminary agreement of last September between the emissaries of the Nanking government and those of Moscow was not clear enough, Im- portant questions had to be elucidated. This has been done now. (2) There was a belief in Paris and in London that Germany, and espe- cially Italy, might be induced to with- draw their moral assistance to Japan, and Moscow was advised by Paris to keep out of the Far Eastern embroglio for the time being at least. It was believed in Europe that the clearing of the Mediterranean situation might dishearten Japan and some peaceful solution of the Sino-Japanese conflict might be found. U. S. Attitude Clarified. (3) President Roosevelt had not thrown his hat into the ring. The official attitude of the United States Government was not clear to Moscow, despite the evident sympathies of the Government toward the Chinese. America, in the event of a Russian active intervention in the Far East, ‘was to be one of the principal sources of supply for war material of the So- viet Republic. ‘The attempts to purchase naval ma- terial and heavy guns in this country had been unsuccessful. The State Department vetoed the sale of 16-inch guns for the U. §. S. R. navy. This decision was reversed a few days ago and the Russians can now rely on the United States as a supply center if necessary. Official quarters expect an active Russian intervention in the Far East in the event the Japanese denounce the nine-power pact and proceed with their - newly announced offensive against Shanghal. Military experts consider the possi- D. J. KAUFMAN, Inc. 1005 Pa. Ave 14 and Eye Sts. 1744 Pa Ave. A "MASSACHUSETTS MAN" SPEAKS- (Meet Mr. D. Stewart Fogg—U. S. Treasury Dept., formerly of Springfield, Mass.) ital of Shantung Province, for the Eastern port of Tsingtao. A Japanese naval spokesman an- nounced air raids on six cities in South China and several points slong the Canton-Hankow Railroad. Chi- nese denied Japanese claims of great damage to airplane manufacturing plants and munitions factories in that ares, as well as that four Chigese planes were shot down in a dog fight over Shaokwan in Northern Kwan- tung Province. Chinese reported that eight Jap- anese planes yesterday dropped 27 bombs on the rallway station at Soo- chow, 45 miles west of Shanghai, and machine-gunned fleeing passengers. ‘Twenty-six persons were said to have been killed and 60 wounded. 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Look at your hat—every one else does, FREE PARKING AT ALL 3 STORES "Redio Joe and His Budget Bunch, WMAL, Tues, 7:30 . M D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1937. Reichsfuehrer Hitler of Germany (right) 29 as he bade farewell to Premier Mussolini of bility' of Russian intervention as seri- ously endangering the Japanese mili- tary operations in China. 620,000 Japanese in China, For the time being there are some 620,000 Japanese troops on the Chinese mainland. They are dis- tributed as follows: 150,000 men in Manchukuo and Jehol, some 300,000 men in Northern China and the bal- ance in the Shanghai area. ‘The dispatch of this formidahle army has reduced the Japanese re- serves to a small force. There are at present in the Japanese islands not more than about 160,000, available troops. It is probable that several new classes will be called shortly, but despite the tremendous preparation of the Tokio government for this new war, it is said that the necessa®v war equipment for several hundred thou- sand fresh reserve forces is not ready vet. The arms and ammunition fac- tories are working overtime, but a good deal of the new supplies must be sent to China to replace the losses which the army is suffering now. The Russian Army in Siberia is be- lieved to amount to some 300,000 troops and between 750 and 1,000 air- planes, ‘This force is well equipped ~— a3 well as the Japanese—and has sup- plies to last for 18 months of inten- sive campaign. The double track of the Siberian Railroad has been com- pleted some 12 months uo.lnd sup- plies are being rushed at the present moment in large quantities from the supply centers of the republic. The expected increased strain be- tween France and Britain on the one hand and the dictatorships on the other, ase a refusal of Mussolini to withdraw from Spain is expected to help the Russian intervention in the Far East. Since President Roosevelt's speech in Chicago on October 5, France and Great Britain have decided to adopt 8 firmer attitude toward Mussolini and Hitler, French and British pub- lic opinion has been exaggeratedly impressed by the President's speech and by the condemnation of Japan by the State Department. The re- sult of this exhilaration has been determination to reply to force by force—in words at least. This change of attitude is believed here to make more problematic a German inter- vention against Russia—in the event that country decides to go to China's shown at the railroad station in Berlin September Italy, following the latter's four-day visit. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. 45 MERCHANT MARINE RESERVES ON CRUISE Thirty-two officers and 13 enlisted men of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve are on a training cruise aboard the battleship Wyoming, which is taking them to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and return. The cruise is ex- pected to end in New York on Oc- tober 16, the Navy Department said yesterday. Personnel from these 14 American steamship lines are making the cruise: United States Lines, Luckenbach Steamship Co., Columbian Steamship Co, United Fruit Lines, Panapa Railroad Lines, Gulf Refining Co., Ford Motor Co., American-South Af- rican Lines, Isthmian Line, American Scantic Line, Grace Line, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Mystic Steamship Saddlery and TRUNK Losease Repairing of Leather Goods G. W.King, jr., 511 11th St. N.W. TOKID 1S DRAFTING REPLY ON TREATY Nine-Power Pact to Be Denounced as Obsolete. Shares Fall on Exchange, By the Associated Press, TOKIO, October 8.—The Japaness foreign office announced today that the “Imperial Japanese government" was drafting s formal statement of Japan’s attitude on her eondemnation by the United States and the League of Nations for violation of the nine- power treaty guaranteeing China's territorial integrity. Reliable sources indicated Japan would denounce the treaty as obsolete and inapplicable in the present emer- gency. Japan, these sources implied, would refuse to participate in any conference of the treaty signatories. “These are the national sentie ments,” the foreign office spokesman sald. He declined, however, to say whether the government's answer would be dictated by national sentie ments, The time for issuing the state~ ment was not announced, but it was expected tonight. ‘The Tokio Stock Exchange, which had been thrown into consternation by President Roosevelt's speech advos cating concerted action to “quarane tine” aggressor nations, opened slight- ly stronger today. Certain shares usually considered a barometer slipped 5 or 6 points, however. At the same time the army declared in a communique that Chinese losses up to October 5 in three months of undeclared war with Japan totaled a quarter million killed and wounded. The communique said the number of Chinese bodjes counted in the Shanghai area was 56,767, and this did not represent the total Chinese losses on that front. The Japanese had captured, the communique added, 580 prisoners, 482 machine guns and 3,147 rifles. The Japanese press in editorial come ment on the American condemnation sharply warned the United States to continue her neutrality. Miyako declared, “It is liable to dis- turb peace in the Orient, giving rise to world conflict,” while Hochi warned, “Any attempt by various powers to bring concentrated pressure on Japan must be repulsed with vigor.” Burchell’s Beautiful Baskets of Fruits Aw Ideal Remembrance for Any Occasion $1.50 w N. W. Burchell 817-819 Fourteenth St. Groceries, Fruits and Wines ]smce 1856 NA. 3200 Prompt Deliveries 0 i Sl v v h e