Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1940, Page 1

Weather Forecast Rain tonight and tomorrow, possibly mixed with snow; colder; lowest to- night about 32. Temperatures today— Highest, 57, at 2 p.m.; lowest, 36, at 6 am. From the United States Weather Bureau report. Il details on Pa ge A- Closing New York Markets, Page 20. 88th YEAR. No. 34,982, he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1940 —FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. #*x U. S. Launches Informal Talks With Neutrals to Bring Peace; Welles Se Conversations Involve No Definite Plan, Hull Emphasizes By GARNETT D. HORNER. The United States has begun in- formal diplomatic conversations with neutral countries concerning “the eventual restoration of world peace,” Secretary of State Hull said today. The Secretary said present war conditions are not involved in the “preliminary” conversations now but added that the conversations nat- urally could be extended to bel- ligerent nations. Mr. Hull emphasized that the current talks do not involve any definite plan for immediate peace’. Preliminary Inquiries. A State Department statement said they “are in the nature of pre- liminary inquiries relating to a sound international economic system and, at the same time, world-wide re- duction of armaments.” The announcement set out that the conversations had been under- taken “in view of existing hostilities on the neutral nations of the world, and in view of the evident desire of all neutral nations for the event- ual restoration of world peace on a sound and lasting basis for all nations.” Could Be Extended. Explaining that matters involving present war conditions are not a part of these preliminary conver- sations, the statement added: “These conversations can, of| course, be extended to belligerent nations insofar as they involve these two problems of future peace’—re- ferring to a sound international | nt on Europ SUMNER WELLES. Russians Pounding Karelian Defenses In Spite of Losses Red Claims of Capturing 13 Finnish Forts Are Denied BRITISH LABOR OPPOSES peace | negotiations with Nazi regime; de- | mand actual acts of restitution | before war is ended. Page A-4 FRENCH DEPUTIES DISCUSS conduct of war in secret session; | raids on Gestapo office in France disclosed by Daladier. Page A-4 ean Study President Sends Aide To Make Wartime Survey and Report By JOHN C. HENRY. President Roosevelt announced to- day that Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles will leave sopn for Eurcpe for a study of wartime con- ditions in Italy, France, Germany and Great Britain. Mr. Welles will be authorized to make no proposals or commitments !in the name of this Government, it was emphasized by the President, and his findings will be kept in strictest confidence for reference solely to Mr. Roosevelt and Secre- tary of State Hull. In disclosing this unexpected move, the Chief Executive cau- tioned his press conference that speculation on anything beyond the bare announcement of Mr. Welles’ trip would be hazardous. Text of Announcement. The text of the President’s an- nouncement follows in full: “At the request of the President, the Undersecretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, will proceed shortly to Europe to visit Italy, France, Germany and Great Britain. This visit is solely for the purpose of advising the President and the Sec- retary of State as to present con- ditions in Europe. “Mr. Welles will, of course, be au- thorized to make no proposals or commitments in the name of the Government of the United States. “Furthermore, statements made to him by officials of governments will be kept in the strictest confi- ! dence and will be communicated by | him solely to the President and the Secretary of State.” As the President disclosed this latest move in the troubled Euro- FINNS CAN STILL GAIN air mas- pean situation, he also indicated a | Mrs. Roosevelf Sees No Model D. C. Institutions President’s Wife Describes Blue Plains Home to Committee Mrs. Franklin D.. Roosevelt told a House investigating committee this afternoon that she had never yet found a model institution in the District. The institutions vary in degree, she said, but all need a great deal of improvement. Refusing to make recommenda- tions, the President’s wife launched on a description of the Home for the Aged and Infirm at Blue Plains and proceeded without interruption from any of the members of the Public Health Subcommittee of the House District Committee, who are conducting the investigation. Occasion Is Precedent. It was the first time in history the wife of a President of the United States appeared before a congres- sibnal committee as a witness, ger appearance followed a reve- lation by President Roosevelt at his press conference this morning that he hal felt for many years that District welfare institutions were not in good shape, but that he had al- ways hoped the District Committees in Congress would learn at first hand the acute conditions. Such learning is particularly de- sirable, he said, in view of the Dis- trict’s complete dependence on Con- gress and its committees. Indicating some discouragement about the situation which has| prompted the congressional investi- gation, the President recalled that | | a study had been made of the Na- | tional Training School for Girls| | about two years ago but that very | little actual reorganization or im- | pnl)tvemem had been effected as a re- sult, Several Representatives, as well as the District President May Speak Tomorrow OnRedsin U. S. Will Address Youth Here in Midst of Fast-Flyip As 3,000 delegates to the American Youth Congress arrived here in the midst of fast-flying charges and counter charges of ‘“communism,” President Roosevelt indicated today that he might have something to say tomorrow on whether non- communist organizations in this country should weed out their Com- Established in 1852 Most people in Washington have The Star delivered to their homes every () Means evening and Sunday morning. » Associated Press. THREE CENTS. | Organizations Congress, Meeting | | ¢y is one of five men is- statement about the con- gres “We find that its aims and pro- (grams have always been in accord { with the varying ‘party line’ of the Communist International in Mos- cow and that many of its leaders | are Communists or fellow travelers.” Open Loan to Finland, Not ‘Blank Check,’ Urged by Ashurst Senate Begins Debate On $20,000,000 Credit to Republic By J. A. O'LEARY. Congress should say it is making a | loan to Finland and “not write a munist members. Mrs. Roosevelt, who will address | blank check,” Senator Ashurst, Turks Charge Vast Sabofage Plot fo Nazis Discovery Declared Reason for Ousters And Krupp Seizure By the Assoc) ess, ISTANBUL, Feb. 9.—Authorita- tive sources tonight said government dismissal of 100 German technicians and occupation of the German- | owned Krupp shipyards were due to | discovery of a far-flung German sabotage plot in the Near East. Turkish marines occupied the shipyards yesterday; today the gov- ernment dismissed 100 German technicians employed by the war and naval ministries and gave them 48 hours to quite the country. Authoritative sources said the government had uncovered evidence of a network of Nazi agents ready to perpetrate explosions, train wrecks and other havoc throughout the Near East on the signal from Berlin. Working on Submarines. Under the circumstances, they said, it was impossible to allow the Germans to remain in strategic po- sitions, especially as the technicians were completing work on submarines which Turkey would expect to throw into combat if she became involved in war in the spring. It was announced that the expul- sion of the German technicians was under special decree powers voted to the government by the National Assembly “for the protec- tion of national defense.” The blanket discharge, coming one day after Turkish seizure of the Ger- man-owned Krupp shipyards here, applied to 20 marine specialists at the Turkish naval base of Gyeldjuk on the Sea of Marmora; 20 techni- cians at a munitions factory near Ankara, and 60 others active in Turkey's military preparations. May Affect Hundreds More. | degree of impatience with the fail- Commissioners, | | ure of Congress to act more speedily | on the matter of aid to Finland, but | indicated further that he still is re- luctant to have this Government | Officials said that henceforth no German could work in state-owned industries. This was believed to affect several hundred men in addi- economic system and reduction of | armaments. The State Department empha- sized that the announcement con- the delegates Sunday on “The War and Youth,” invited the Congress’ | leaders to the White House recently to meet 27 Democratic members of | | Democrat, of Arizona told the Sen- | ate today as it began' debate on the | 1 $100,000,000 increase in the lending | tery, Sir Walter Citrine thinks; depends on delivery of planes with- in six or eight weeks, he says. Page A-4 have already followed the Presi-| Asked at a press conference what dent's recommendation By vmun‘lhe thought about the question, the Blue Plains, the Industrial Home!chief E}(ecutive replied that the | School and the Children's Receiving | Press might know his answer to- cerning the peace conversations had | no connection with the forthcoming | visit to Europe by Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, which was announced by ,President Roosevelt earlier today. Conversations Proceed Here. Officials said the conversations are going on here between Secretary Hull and his assistants and the en- voys of neutral countries in Wash-| ington. The State Department de- clined to name the countries direct- ly involved in the conversations, but | its formal announcement indicated | they would be extended to include all neutral governments. In discussing the announcement officials emphasized that the con- versations now going on are con-| MORE U. S. PRESSURE seen by Japanese in credit to China; fear of embargo grows amid signs effort to better relations has failed. Page A-8 307 MERCHANT SHIPS LOST dur- ing war, Lloyd's reports; 26 Ger- man, 144 British, 13 French, 1 Polish, rest neutral. Page A-18 | | | provide military assistance. None of Nations Approached. None of the European nations in- volved has been approached about Mr. Welles visit, the President said nor will he extend his tour to Fin- | land or Russia. Asked if the reason for Mr. Welles’ visit was any dissatisfaction with By the Associated Press. HELSINKI, Feb. 8.—Continuation of Russian assaults on the Manfier-{ heim line on the Karelian Isthmus despite heavy Red Army losses was reported today by the Finnish high command. In the Summa sector, where Rus- prasent diplomatic reporting by our representatives abroad, Mr. Roose- vel* said that it was not, but that it had been felt that a single ob- server might be able to accumulate a more co-ordinated picture than three or four persons scattered throughout Europe. Joseph P. Kennedy, Ambassador to Great Britain, is now in the cerned only with what the world | sia claimed her forces had taken United States and has conferred will be like when the present wars | eight of 13 Mannerheim line forts several times with President Roose- end and do not signify any sort of a | captured in the last few days, the velt and State Department officers. “peace bloc” attempting to end the | Finns said the invaders yesterday William C. Bullitt, Ambassador to wars. Secretary Hull is particularly con- while a number of attacks in the } were repulsed with “heavy losses” France, was due to reach this coun- try today and is expected to arrive cerned with the development of a | region of Punnumjoki and Panuri in Washington very soon for similar sound international economic sys- tem as a cornerstone of future peace and presumably initiated the con- | versations with neutral countries | now in a far-sighted attempt to al- leviate the economic chaos resulting from the wars. Distress Call Sent By British Steamer By the Associated Press. BOSTON, Feb. 9.—The Coast Guard intercepted a distress call to- day from a British steamer, the Sea Rambler, which advised she had | a hatch stove in and was taking water, and asked all vessels in her vicinity to stand by. She gave her position as about 540 miles due east of St. Johns, Newfoundland. The Coast Guard said it heard no answering signals immediately. Lloyd's register lists the vessel at 2327 tons gross. She was built in Dover in 1930 and is owned by the Dover Navigation Co., Ltd. Louis Weighs In at 203 And Godoy at 202 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis today weighed in at 203 pounds for his 15-round title bout against Arturo Godoy of Chile at Madison Square Garden tonight. The South American chal- lenger weighed 202. It was the most the Brown Bomber has weighed for a fight in some time. In his last start, against Bob Pastor at Detroit last September, he scaled an even 200. (Earlier Story on Page C-1.) Committee Ejects Foe of Widows’ War Pensions By the Associated Press. A witness who declared he desired to “beat some patriotism into the heads” of members of the House World War Veterans Committee was expelled today from a hearing on legislation which would broaden benefits to widows of ex-soldiers. The witness was Cornelius H. Bull of Alexandria, Va. general counsel of the American Veterans Associa- tion. He was ordered from the hearing by Chairman Rankin as the climax of a heated exchange over the legis- lation and taxation and propaganda. Mr. Bull voiced opposition to pending legislation which would grant pensions to needy widows, re- gardless of the cause of the hus- band’s death or whether the widow herself was born before or after the ‘war. Passage of this legislation, Mr. Bull declared, would open the door to other measures to pension all veterans. é were “beaten off, the enemy losing about 700 men and 12 tanks.” | Further east on the isthmus, in the Taipale River sector, the army said a battle precipitated by a; “powerful attack” by the Russians/ “still continues.” Heavy Fighting Continues, Northeast of Lake Ladoga—where the Russians said the other five of the thirteen captured forts fell to their forces—the army announce- ment said, “Heavy fighting contin: ued; the enemy has been repulsed at all points.” “All reports that the Mannerheim Line has been broken ar Manner- heim forts have been captured are untrue,” a Finnish official declared. The Russians lost on all fronts a total of 40 tanks, the communique said, and Finnish conquests included the capture of “a powerfully manned | enemy firing point” northeast of Lake Ladoga. In Central Finland, just below the | country’s narrow waistline where | the Red Army failed early in the. campaign to cut the nation in two, | the Finns said “our forces have im- proved their positions.” In the air the Finnish air forci yesterday ‘“successfully bombed” | Russian motor columns and troop concentrations. | (See FINLAND, Page A-5.) consuitation. Will Take No Staff. Mr. Roosevelt said the date had | not been set for Mr. Welles' de-| parture, but that he would leave soon and stay as long as necessary. | He will take no staff, the President | | said, nor will he be replaced here| member during his absence. The President said that he had not discussed this decision with (See WELLES, Page A-3) Irish Court O. K.'s Law Striking at |. R. A. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Feb. 9.—Ireland’s new emergency act for dealing with the outlawed Irish Republican Army— giving the government the right to intern suspects without trial—was approved by the Irish Supreme Court today. Several suspected I. R. A. leaders and members are held in Irish pris- ns under the new act, which, al- | though permitting detention without trial, gives prisoners the right of appeal to a military tribunal. The measure was recently enacted 0 B | to replace an earlier act which was Soviet Russian spies and Aghters | yeiq to pe contrary to the consti- | parachuting to earth behind the | yyijon 1t now will go to President | Mannerheim Line harassed the FInns | i, “noyglas Hyde for signature and | then become law. Summary of Page. A-12 Page. Amuse- ments -..C-10 Comics _--C-8-9 Editorials . A-10 Finance .. A-19 Lost, Found, C-3 Obituary - Radio Society Sports _ Woman's Page _...B-14 Foreign Russians still pounding Isthmus line, Finns report. Page A-1 Nazi plane downed resuming raids on British coast. Fage A-1 Vote on Finnish credit possible to- day in Senate. Page A-1 Turks charge vast sabotage plot to Nazis. Page A-2 French deputies discuss war conduct in secret session. Page A-4 Japanese see more U. S. pressure in credit to China. Page A-8 Llpyd's puts merchant ship losses in war at 307. Page A-18 National Marshall opposes unemployment tax merit plan. Page A-2 Catholic bishops offer plan to abolish class conflicts. Page A-5 Mississippi Senate votes to separate races’ textbooks. Page B-10 Washington and Vicinity Mrs. Roosevelt testifies today on Blue Plains needs. Page A-1 President Roosevelt lauds Boy Scout movement. Page A-6 Today's Star City heads study comments on re- organization. Page B-1 Many D. C. portable schools found in poor condition. Page B-1 | Meeting spurs new offensive for Dis- trict rights. Page B-1 Sports Louis 1-7 favorite over Godoy in title fight tonight. Page C-1 Governor's mile mark menaced in Maryland meet. Page C-1 National League rich in new talent, especially Giants. Page C-1 Inter-high twin bill caps schoolboy basket card. Page C-2 Nine additional holes planned for Bradley Hills course. Page C-3 Editorial gnd Comment | This and That. Answers to Questions. Letters to The Star. David Lawrence. Alsop and Kintner. Frederic William Wile. Constantine Brown. Charles G. Ross. Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-11 Page A-10 Page A-11 Page A-11 Miscellany Service Orders. City News in Brief. Vital Statistics. Nature's Children. Bedtime Story. Cross-word Puzzle. Letter-Out. Page A-17 Page B-2 Page B-10 Page B-15 Page C-8 Page C-8 Page C-8 Civil Service Commission raps Hoover. Page B-1 4 Winning Contract. Page C-9 Uncle Ray’s Corner, Page ) Page A-11 Le C-9' (Coprrisht, 1940, Home, all of which Mrs. Roosevelt visited and criticized. Large Audience in Prospect. Mr. D'Alesandro had arranged to | use the Labor Committee room on ithe fourth floor of the Old House Office Building for the opening hear- gmg. but in view of the prospective large attendance, he requested | Speaker Bankhead this morning to| | allow the subcommittee to hold the| hearing in the more commodious caucus room. Chairman D'Alesandro said the | | subcommittee at the initial hearing | would take the testimony of only | one other witness—Dr. Lynne A. | Pullerton of the United States Pub- { lic Health Service. Dr. Fullerton | visited the Home for the Aged and Infirm yesterday, accompanied by | Mr. D'Alesandro, and made cer~ | tain observations which he will re- | | veal to the committee on the wit- | ness stand. Tenerowicz Reports Observations. Prior to the first hearing of the subcommittee, Chairman D’Ales- andro received from Representative Tenerowicz, Democrat, of Michigan a report outlining his observations | during a recent visit at the insti-| tution. Representative Tenerowicz was a | of the District Committee | | until two days ago, when he resigned | | to take a more important assign- | ment on the Interstate and Foreign | Commerce Committee. A physician | by profession, he surveyed conditions | at the home from the standpoint of a medical man. The Tenerowicz report recom- mended employment of a full-time physician at the home, as well as an increase in the nursing staff. The report also declared the in- stitution is overcrowded, and that the sanitary conditions are not proper. It said, too, the sterilizer in the kitchen is not adequate. Representative Tenerowicz also visited the Industrial Home School and said he found that institution overcrowded and recommended cofi- struction of a new building to house its inmates. The roof of the present quarters leaks, he pointed out, and the bathrooms are in need of repair. | Gets 2-to-3-Year Term Justice Peyton Gordon in District Court today sentenced Dennis Hines, colored, known also to the authori- ties as “Doc Buzzard,” to two to three years on a charge of violating the narcotics statutes. German Mastery Of World Aim in War, Says Ley By WALLACE R. DEUEL. Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent. BERLIN, Feb. 9 (By Radio).—The Nazis’ war aims include the de- struction of “capitalistic methods” throughout the world and the “restoration of the mastery of our people,” Dr. Robert Ley, leader of the labor front, declared in a speech in Dresden, published here today. “For 1000 years the Germans | have been a people of masters,” Dr. Ley said. “The German race and German blood” must have their proper share of the world’s goods, he added, and “so long as they do not. have this they will give the world no rest.” “We did not want this war,” Dr. y asserted. “But now that we have’ identified our true enemies we will put an end, once and for all, to the capitalistic methods of the plutocracies throughout the world. * * * “What is at stake in this war is not merely the winning of a battle, but the destruction of England and the restoration of the mastery of our people. If there is a God and Divine Providence, then there are also superior rights for the superior race—and that we are.” Chicago Dally News, Inc.) e morred. He is scheduled to address the Youth Congress at the White House about 12:30 p.m. tomorrow. The Dies committee, Mrs. Frank- lin Roosevelt and Gene Tunney, the former heavyweight champion, were | among those involved in the flery debate over whether the congress is a harbor for young Communists. the United States Congress. This meeting was recalled with some bit- terness yesterday on the floor of the House by Representative Keefe, | Republican, of Wisconsin. | | Sixteen of the 27 Representatives | “who accepted Mrs. Roosevelt's in- (See YOUTH, Page A-3) Morgenthau Urges S.E. C. as Trustee for | Associated Gas Jackson Joins in Request Before Federal Judge In New York (See David Lawreénce’s Article on Page A-11.) By G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Federal Government, through the Securities and Exchange Com- mission, may go into the operation of public utilities in a big way if Federal Judge Vincent L. Leibell, in New York, grants the request of Secretary of the Treasury Morgen- thau and Attorney General Jackson to have the commission appointed trustee for the Associated Gas & Electric Co. and Associated Gas & Electric Corp. This billion-dollar combination of public utilities. the holding units of the H. C. Hopson utilities empire, operates 50 to 60 separate public utility companies, doing business all up and down the Atlantic seaboard and extending well into the Middle West. There are some 21,000 em- ployes. Should the S. E. C. become the trustee for the combination it will have ultimately a voice in the opera- tion of all these utility companies. It will be in a position to go into the matter of rate fixing, in con- junction with the public utility com- missions in the various States and to lower the rates to & point where the utilities will face ruin and eventual public ownership if they continue in business. President Is Silent. At his press conference today, President Roosevelt, in reply to a question, indicated that as the matter of selecting trustees is now before Judge Leibell he would withhold comment until the court has made its selection. At the S. E. C. the impression was gained that no decision has yet been reached whether, if the trusteeship were offered by Judge Leibell, it would be accepted or declined. No official at thé S. E. C. was willing to speak for publication, although there ‘was no doubt that the matter is con- sidered, at the commission, of great importance. Reorganization Petition Filed. The company and the corporation filed petitions last month to reor- ganize under Chapfer 10 of the Chandler Act, revising the bank- ruptey laws. The S. E. C. had re- stricted the payment of interest and dividends by the corporation into the parent company, which is in ef- fect a holding company for a hold- ing company. Under the Chandler Act, the S. E. C. must give its consent to being ap- pointed trustee. When the hearing was held Tuesday in New York be- fore Judge Leibell, Lewis Dabney, counsel for the 8. E. C,, failed to say whether the commission would ac- cept or not. The judge, however, gave the commission the right to state its attitude in writing. Members Reluctant to Accept. It was learned here that members of the 8. E. C. have been reluctant to accept such a trusteeship. commission has not at present the set-up to handle such a job, and would have to obtain an appropria- [{ Pg. A4, | that John Garner’s name would go Garner-Roosevelt Test Apparently Cerfain in 1 State Primaries Emil Hurja Linked To Plans for Filing Vice Preisdent’s Name By the Associated Press. Announcement in Chicago today before Democratic voters in the Illi- | nois preference primary apparently | assured contests in two States be- tween the Vice President and Presi- dent Roosevelt over their party’s | vitation were among the 21 who| authority of the Bank. The Senator had reference to the | fact that the measure does not| mention Finland, but merely vests discretion in the bank to allot to the | Baltic republic $20,000,000 of credit Export-Import | tary purposes. The bill was taken up immediately {after the Senate had voted yester- day, 65 to 3, in favor of encouraging any move Finland may make to float a private bond issue in this country. “I intend to be a candidate for re-election to the Senate,” said Sen- out of this new fund for non-mili- | tion to those discharged today. Reports that Germany’s Ambas- sador, Franz von Papen, had been directed to make a sharp protest against the shipyard's confiscation were answered in government circles with the assertion that Turkey was within her legal rights. Marines continued to occupy the Krupp yards on the Golden Horn. at an inlet of the strategic Straits | of the Bosphorus, where 30 Germans | had been supervising completion of {two submarines for the Turkish navy until their sudden ouster yes- | terday. Confiscation Expected. | ator Ashurst. “Beyond any doubt | T shall be asked whether or not I | voted for a loan to Finland. I want to be able to say I did or did not. 1When 1 vote for this bill, do I, by | any intendment, vote for an oppor- 1 desire to do so.” Bailey Criticizes Method. Senator Brown said he thought the Senator could be assured of | that because the Federal loan ad- ministrator had told the committee Finland was entitled to at least $10,000,000 more than it has re- ceived. Senator Brown also called “(ee FINNISH LOAN, Page A-T. presidential nomination. Mr. Roosevelt's name was entered in the Illinois primary last week end and followers of both men have entered slates of delegates for them | in Wisconsin. Seemingly about the only political development which could prevent contests would be an- nouncement by Mr. Roosevelt that he did not want another four years in the White House. The third-term- question was raised indirectly at his press confer- ence despite the President’s state- ment to newsmen Monday that he would have nothing to say about it until such a time as he himself chose. Comments Briefly. He was asked today for comment on the news that the delegation pledged to him had been put into the field in Wisconsin. He had had no direct word on that, he replied, although he had seen newspaper reports of the events. Then he ended the discussion by adding that he did not know what the law was in ‘Wisconsin. The President was quite emphatic in declining to answer another po- litical inquiry on whether any one had told him why Senator Guffey, Democrat, of Pennsylvania should (See POLITICS, Page A-7) Duce Gets Defense Report ROME, Feb. 9. (#).—Marshal Emilio de Bono, inspector of Italy’s overseas forces, today gave Premier Mussolini a detailed report of the defenses in Libya and on the Dode- canese Islands, which he has just inspected. Tweedsmuir Worse; Operafion Performed »EY the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Feb. 9.—An official bul- letin today reported that the condi- | { tion of Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor- | General of Canada, had become | “more critical,” and that an emer- | gency operation had been performed. Lord Tweedsmuir, 64, suffered a | | concussion of the brain Tuesday in a fall in his home, and since yes-| | terday his condition has caused in- | | creasing anxiety. Government House issued this bul- | letin signed by five physicians at- | tending him: “His excellency’s condition became more critical throughout the night, |and this morning at Government House an emergency trepanning op- | eration was performed, which has temporarily relieved the increased intracranial pressure.” New Rumanian Minister To Handle Trade Pacts By the Associated Press. trade contracts with Germany and the allies were placed today under the control of a new minister, Ion Cristu. Cristu was given the special port- folio in an attempt to extricate the government from the dilemma caused by the sale to Germany of oil which British an French owned companies have refused to turn over to authorities for delivery. Charged to Exp By RICHARD MOWRER, Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent. ISTANBUL, Feb. 9.—A sensational German plot to steal the German- built Turkish submarine, Atilay, while on a test run, was disclosed here, following the expulsion order of the Turkish government of four German naval experts, recently ar- rived to test the U-boat. The Atilay is-one of two submarines ordered by the Turks from Krupp before the war. Ten days ago, four German sub- marine experts arrived here, under a three-month contract, to put the finishing touches to the submarine and to; make tests in the Sea of The | Marmora. The Turks discovered that 23 Germans at the naval yard, who had been building the subma- rine, were carrying mysterious pack- ages aboard. The Cermans ex- Af A Plot to Steal Turkish U-Boat elled Germans plained that these contained spare parts. The suspicious Turks opened one package and found that it con- tained food. Further suspicion was caused by the German’s suggestion that maybe for the first trial Turks ought not be be aboard—after all, there had been submarine accidents on trials. At this juncture the Turks cracked down, almost sure that the Ger- mans were planning to steal the submarine and take it to Russia. They ordered the four German ex- perts to return to the Reich, ex- pelled the 27 German submarine builders from the yards and mounted a military guard on the Golden Horn docks. The four Nazi officers departed, each carrying home, among other things, a half kilo of coffee. - (Copyright, 1640, Chicago Dally News, Ine.) tunity for Finland to have a loan? BUCHAREST, Feb. 9.—Rumania’s | Confiscation of other German | property in Turkey was expected “sooner or later” in informed circles, which saw the once-strong German influence in Turkey waning since Turkey's alignment with Great Britain and France. It was learned that hundreds of German experts employed in Turkey would be discharged and sent back | to the Reich. They have been acting |as government advisers, factory | technicians and professors in Istan- | bul University and Ankara Agricul- tural College. Forced liquidation of German en- | terprises and voluntary withdrawal | of many German businessmen was reported already under way, the Germans alleging that Turkish ob- structions made further trade im- possible. Measures against German inter- | ests were seen by foreign observers as logical upon recalling Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu's recent statement that “Turkey is not | neutral, but only non-belligerent for the moment.” (In Berlin authorized German sources said confiscation of the Krupp shipyards on the Golden Horn, an inlet of the strategic Bosphorus Straits, was likely to result in nothing more serious than diplomatic words and more emphatic press comments. Ger- many regards the Turkish act as inspired, if not demanded, by Great Britain and France, but will not be provoked, these sources said.) “Spring Coming” Expectation. Declining to explain the seizure, official Turkish quarters remarked only that “spring is coming.” Many observers have expressed fear that spring will bring a German or Russian thrust into the Balkans to seize the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, which link the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. In this connection, attention was riveted today on British and French troop concentrations in the Near East, with a statement in Paris by the French minister of colonies that France's Colonial Army could be swelled to 2,000,000 men if necessary. Turks assert that the French and British now have some 500,000 men under arms in the Near East. An article in the Turkish press, app:eantly inspired, said, “the allies have counted on the possibility of a Russian attack across the Balkans toward the Dardanelles. Allied and Turkish armies will give adequate support to the defenders.” Shipyard Differences Declared Long Standing BERLIN, Feb. 9 (#) —Differences have existed for some time between ‘Turkish authorities and the man- agement of the Krupp shipyards on Turkey’s Golden Horn, seized by the Turkish government, informed quarters said today. They said also that there have been differences between German technicians, 100 of whom were re- ported dismissed today, and Turkish authorities for whom they were working. » It was pointed out that in many countries foreigners are being pushed out of concerns considered essential to the nation’s defense. ‘The technicians, it was emphasized, all were on private contract and hence official relations between the German and Turkish governments :efdnotbetflectedwthflrdimfll- |