A-4
’LONDON EXCHANGE
j IS CALM AT CLOSE
*' -
■ Flight From Pound Mars
f' First Saturday Session
Since 1917.
Sr the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 19—Early de
clines of 1 or 2 point* in the gilt-edge
securities, kisses of 3 to 4 points tn
German bonds and recessions In India
stocks featured the first Saturday ses
sion of the London Stock Exchange
since 191? today.
There was a slight recovery late and
the market finished fair, but still some
what nervous. The exchange opened
this morning in the face of political
uncertainties at home and depressing
news from Wall Street, but the mem
bers raised a cheer as the doors opened
at the usual time.
See No Cause for Alarm.
financial experts In the early edi
tions of the Sunday papers call today's
losses "unfortunate,” but insist there is
no cause for alarm for the pound ster
ling or the London market generally.
* "The spasmodic liquidation which so
marred the inauguration of the Satur
day market is not to be taken serious
ly.” the Sunday Times says. The pa
per asserts that a half-day session is
i too short for the best market to be
{ discovered when large blocks of stock
have to be negotiated.
A loss of nearly £1,000,000 in Amster
dam on London was being generally
ascribed to difficulties of Dutch bank
ers and not to any lack of confidence
in the British situation.
Early Election Urged.
"There Is no question of a flight
from the pound," the Sunday Observer
comments, while the Bunday Graphic
declares that "as a matter of fact the
money market In London is absolutely
calm.”
The majority of the Sunday papers
agree, nevertheless, that the sooner the
question of dute for a general election
Is settled the better It will be for the
country's financial security.
Amsterdam on London touched 12.03
florins to the pound today. Indicating a;
possibility that more gold is being •
taken In addition to the pound's 907.-
543 in bar gold bought for Holland to- i
day.
MacDonald Is Satisfied.
Prime Minister MacDonald paid a
hurried and unexpected visit to London ,
today, coming from his country place
at Chequers, and conferred with au- ,
thoritles closely connected with the j
Bank of England. It was understood,
however, that after a full discussion of j
the situation, lasting two hours, the
prime minister was reassured and had
no hesitation in returning to Chequers.
The Stock Exchange Committee re
cently decided to open the Stock Ex
change on Saturdays, beginning today,
“in view of the situation In the coun- ,
try and the desirability of affording!
facilities far dealing."
BED PAPERS SUSPENDED.
Two German Publications Punished for
Congratulating "Strikers."
BERLIN, September 19 (A*). —Com-
•** ttunist newspapers at Koenlgsberg and ;
Halle were suspended today for one I
month for printing congratulatory mes-
I sages to British sailors who took part
In the pay cut “strike.”
On Thursday the Communist “Rote
Fahne" was suspended for the same
reason by the Berlin authorities.
STERLING RELIEVED SAFE.
British Leader* Predk* Stability far at
IsMt Tb* Yearn Mm*.
• >r EDWARD ruci BELL.
Br Cattle to The Mar. >
LONDON, England. - September I*.
“Sterling fc temporarily safe,” puts in
words t kfi denfedve achievement of the j
British national government at the end i
t of Us first month of tireless exertion. |
It la believed In the highest political •
and financial cfircles that this safety Is j
certain for at least two years. "No
other currency basis In the world is
safer for the present,” said a trustworthy
i authority to me today. “Now we can
start building those Industrial and com
mercial foundations which shall place
the sterling beyond future Jeopardy.”
There is a .momentary, but only mo
mentary. hill Ini ministerial activity.
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald has
gone to Cheques* for the week end.
but not to rest. He carries with him
an amazing mass of cablegrams, tele
grams and lettem —his close friends
throughout the world are addressing
him—conveying council and exhorta
tion.
Urged te Stay ‘'With Ship."
Despite the confu tton. It is possible to
slate definitely thafl a great majority
of these counselor* plead with Mr
MacDonald not to “desert the ship.”
Orest Britain in the hulk wants him to
remain at the head! of the state not
only for the Immediate tasks of the
govenuhimt. but for that wast work of
economic rebuilding which Is impera
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QUIZ FOUR CHILDREN
IN MARR KILLING;
POLICE HOLD THREE
j (Continued From First Page.)
sent Beckle McKmzle, who quickly re
ported that Marr had been shot.
The member then called Mr. McKin
zie. who was “pushing” a boat in the
, river, and word was sent to David Ed
ward Brown, Marr's son-in-law, who
j notified the authorities.
A coroner's Jury, with William H.
Brooke as foreman, was summoned by
! Justice of Peace Horace Taylor, and
after viewing the body adjourned for
an inquest Tuesday night,
j When first questioned on the scene
three of the children told exactly the
same story. Beckle at first declined to
talk, declaring, “God gave me my
mouth, and I will use it only when I
want to.”
This aroused the official's suspicions,
and the children were separated from
! the grown-ups. When the two groups
; were taken to Marlboro each was ques
, tinned separately.
j Henry C. Stephenson. Jr.. 2500 block
of Fourteenth street. Washington, who
accompanied the Jurors to the scene,
made friends with the children and
procured from them a statement, which
they later repeated to the sheriff, that
they were threatened with beatings If j
they talked.
Later one of the boys told the
authorities he saw an individual fleeing
; the house Just after the shot was j
heard. During the questioning of the
trio held in jail. Sheriff Hopkins an- j
nounced they had told him Marr had
been accidentally shot by 5-year-old
Philip McKinsie.
Taken to a lunch room, the children
i sere so upset by their experiences they
j barely touched the food. Persussion !
was necessary to get them to eat ice !
■ cream.
Marr's wife died some years ago. He
lived with Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Brown
j and the former's son. D. E. Brown. Jr. ,
The elder Mr. Brown's first wife was
■ the Marts' adopted daughter.
Marr once owned the estate, but It !
now belongs to Brown, who is a tobacco
specialist employed by the Department
of Agriculture.
Mart came to Prince Georges many
years ago from Marion. Pa. His son- j
in-law and grandson are the only sur
vivors. The body was removed to
Ritchie's funeral establishment, but
< arrangements for burial had not been ,
completed last night.
Marr's pocketbook was missing, and
i no money was found In his clothes, j
! Letters addressed to him. with blood 1
! smeared on the envelopes, were also ;
f found in the kitchen. In his clothing ;
was a pass book and a check book on
the Southern Maryland Trust Co.
f
tive If the accomplishments already
registered are to stand. This immense .
flood of opinion calls for a tariff and
imperial - preference. "Give us an im
perial customs union." aver the petl
t loners in effect, “and you will give usj
an economic financial rock stabler than 1
Gibraltar."
It seems safe to say that he will do
it. How? Will he make the effort as
chief of the present . cabinet minus
some of Us anti-tariff members re
j placed by protectionist converts, or will,
"he go to the country for a conclusive
verdict on the tariff and the preferen
; tiai issue? It is impossible to answer
today. Mr MacDonald himself has not
decided. He is weighing the evidence
and arguments and Is above pondering
the question of personal duty, the court I
of last resort with this prqud. fastidious,
i fearless and pragmatic mystic.
1 Capyrtaht. 1W1.)
THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C„ SEPTEMBER 20, 1931— PART ONE.'
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Alem K. Marr (upper left), 79 yean old, who with his family occupied a
dwelling at Mount Calvert, Md., used aa the first court house of Prince Georges
County, was found shot yesterday in the kitchen of the caretaker's house cupper
i right), on the grounds of the Glebe Gun Club.
The children of the caretaker, who are regarded by police as key witnesses
in the ease, are shown In the other group. They are, left to right: John Henry
i McKinzle, M; Beckle, 9; Joseph. 6. and Phillip, 5. With them Is Henry C.
Stephenson, Jr., of the 2590 Mock of Fourteenth street. Washington, who won
their confidence and persuaded them to give important information to Sheriff
W. Curtis Hopkins. —Star Staff Photos.
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AFTER VICTORIES
China Demands Troops Be
Withdrawn to Former
Positions.
(Continued From First Page.)
dicated that Japanese militarists who
favored drastic action in Manchuria
were overridden by the more peaceable
foreign office. Ciiiang. therefore, felt
he was free to devote his entire atten
tion to the Hunan war threat.
Latest news from Manchuria, and
ako the opinions of the Central Execu
tive Committee, were radioed to the
Yungsui, and the President’s reply was
anxiously awaited.
Some circles in Nanking still hope
the Manchurial crisis rill prove to be
tne result of Japanese military cliques'
unauthorised actions, which the Tofcio
government will repudiate. This hope
was based partly on Tokio dispatches
indicating tire cabinet had ordered the
cessation of all military movements.
Japanese Consul Uyemura today vis
ited the Nanking foreign office and told
Dr. Hau Mo. chief of the Bureau of
Asiatic Affairs. Tokio had ordered all
troop movements in Manchuria halted.
Uyemura said he hoped it would be pos
sible to confine the trouble to a small
local area.
The Nationalist government is
“greatly exercised over the situation
caused by the unprovoked attack by
Japanese troops on Mukden and other
cities of Manchuria,” Foreign Minister
Wang told the Associated Press Cor
respondent. He said appropriate steps
v.ill be taken to apprise the League of
Nations and signatories of the Kellogg
pact of the "unwarranted action on the
part of Japanese troops.”
The foreign minister added that his
government is prepared to “lay all
facts before the world so that it could
be judged which party was the ag
gressor.”
Immediate cessation of hostilities by
Japanese troops in and about Mukden
and their withdrawal to their original
positions was demanded in a vigorous
note sent by Foreign Minister Wang
to Japanese Minister Shlgemltxu lor
transmission to Tokio.
Moved With Free talon.
The Japanese military machine moved
with precision, said reports reaching
Shanghai, and within 24 hours of the
first skirmish the Japanese held that
section of Manchuria south of Chang
chun. In addition to Mukden the Japa
nese occupied Neuchwang, principal
port of Manchuria, and Kwangchentse,
northern terminus of the South Man
churian Railway.
JAPANESE PREPARE NEXT STEP.
j Commander of Army In Manchuria
Arrives in Makden From Port Arthur.
TOKIO. September 19 OP. —Japanese
troops controlled all Southern Man
churia tonight after routing Chinese
soldiers in one day of fighting.
Mukden, capital of Manchuria, was
held by the Japanese, as was every other
I city on the South Manchurian Railway
! along its 693 miles of Japanese opera
tion.
With the arrival at Mukden from Port
: Arthur of Gen. Shigeru Honjo, com
mander In chief of the Japanese Army
in Manchuria, preparations were begun
' for the next step by the Japanese au
thorities. MUkden, It was said, will be
placed under military administration,
probably tomorrow.
Gen. .Kojo Miyake, chief of staff of
the Japanese Army In Manchuria, also
arrived from Port Arthur. He immedi
ately went into conference with the
: Japanese condul.
; Japanese sources reported that the
hostilities were precipitated when Chi
nese soldiers allegedly attempted to de
stroy a bridge of the South Manchurian
Railway at Pettaylng. a suburb of Muk
den. The Chinese were routed, and then
Mukden was occupied by the Japanese.
Informaion received in Tokio stated
Chinese authorities, who, the Japanese
contended, have been dodging the Issue
regarding the execution of a Japanese
captain named Shin taro Nakamura and
three companions by Manchurian troops
In July, apparently have shown willing
nee* to hasten reports of a Chinese In
vestigation commission.
The Nakamura party were shot as
spies, althougjh they held Chinese cer
tificates permitting them to map Man
churia' and Mongolia. - •
Japanese topk the view If the Chi
nese Indicated a conciliatory attitude,
it would make an amicable settlement
of the Incident possible through diplo
matic negotiations.
Sought Chinese General.
Meanwhile. It (was reported, the Chi
nese had arrested Gen. Kuang Yu-
Heng. who, they said, commanded sol
diers responsible w>r Nakamura’s death.
The Japanese searched many houses in :
Mukden without finding Kuang.
With the Japanese strongly In pos
session of Manchuria through control
of the South Manchuria Railways and
army and navy reinforcements reported
assembling, the situation began to ease
late today.
The Japanese government was re
ported making efforts .to localize the
fighting between Chinese and Japanese
In Manchuria. Armed (forces were held
ready in Korea and on 'the Kwantung
Peninsula of Manchuria, but were or
dered not to move.
FOREIGNERS NOT MOLESTED.
American Consul at Mukden Reports
Nationals Safe In Manchuria.
PEIPING, September 19 (A 5 ). —The
United States legation today received a
message from the American Consul at
Mukden saying that throughout Man
churia no foreigners had been Inter
fered with in connection with the Sino-
Japanese difficulties.
Although there was great excitement
In Peiping today, there were no signs of
anti-Japanese rioting ant at the Jap
anese legation it was said no disturb
ances were expected.
LEAGUE WAITS INFORMATION.
Council Satisfied With Japanese Atti
tude at Geneva.
GENEVA, September 19 (A 3 ). —Japan's
representative at the League of Nations,
Kenkichl Yoshizawa, today assured the
League Council his government would
take all possible measures to localise
the clash with Chines* at Mukden,
Manchuria.
He said Japan already had taken
steps to keep the “collision,” as he
called it, from reaching unfortunate di
mension*. He made no reference to re
sponsibility for the incident.
S. Alfred Sze. Chinese delegate, told
the Council that, according to the best
Information available to him. the Muk
den Incident did not grow out of any
act of Chinese.
Alejandro Lerroux of Spain, presi
dent of the Council, expressed satis
faction at the assurances given by
Japan's spokesmen and said the Coun
cil would watch developments with
great Interest.
Consideration of the Mukden affair
occupied the Counicl only 10 minutes.
League leaders pointed out that author
itative information on the episode was
Inadequate and that it would be impoa
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TOKJO. September' 19 (*V-
The palatial residence of Man
churia’s Governor. Marshal Ohang
Hsueh-Liang, within the waned
City of Mukden, caught fife to
night, but the blaze was ex
tinguished. Details were lacking,
but the blaze was laid by Japanese i
to faulty electric wiring.
The palace really is a series of
residences, being a walled dty
itself within the great walls of
the native city.
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| lector of antiques and the palace
resembles a museum. Its collec
tions are worth a huge fortune.
The marshal is in Peiping.
sible to go further until the facts were !
fully known.
It was felt, however, that such an ;
incident could not be allowed to pass
unnoticed and the League must lmme- 1
dlately take all possible steps looking
to the execution of its responsibility
for a specific settlement,
BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS.
U. S. State Department Sees Murkden
Incident Not Against Peace Pact.
The American Government looks!
upon the clash of Japanese and Chi
nese troops in Manchuria as a conflict
between individuals rather than gov.
emments, and accordingly sees no
present ground for Invoking the Kel
logg-Briand pact for renunciation of
war.
The State Department said yesterday
it was following the situation carefully,
but that on the basis of news thus far
there seemed to be no Indication of any
violation of the treaty.
Officials contrasted the situation with
the trouble between Russia and China |
some time ago which led the United
States to remind the two countries that
they had signed the Kellogg-Briand
agreement and asked all other signa
tories to use their good offices to pre
vent war.
11l Feeling of Troopers.
In the Slno-Russian affairs, officials
said, the State Department was satis
fied that the soldiers were acting under
direct authorization of their govern
ments. In the present instance, it is
felt the fighting is wholly unauthorized
and results largely from 111 feeling be
tween the Japanese and Chinese troop,
ers In part growing out of the Tecent
execution of a Japanese officer in Man
churia.
It was indicated that if developments
showed the > governments were involved
and warfare threatened this country
again would remind the contending
nations of their agreement and also
appeal to the other signatories of the
pact.
The State Department, in the mean
time, expressed its belief that Ameri
can lives and property were not in 1
danger in the area.
FAILURE AT PARLEY
FEARED BY GANDHI
Present Internal Conditions
in England Seen in Way
of Indian Success.
Br the Associated Press.
LONDON. September I#.—After a
week of deliberation with members of
the round-table conference and inter
views with members of the cabinet Ma
hatma Gandhi sees no hope of early
settlement of the Indian question.
I In an Interview with the Associated
; Press today the Nationalist leader con
j damned what he termed the “dilatory
j tactics" of the Federal Structures Cotn
, mlttee, which, he declared, waa dellber
, ately confining itself to unimportant
details instead of the fundamentals of
India's new constitution for the purpose
of gaining time.
The mahatma expressed sympathy
toward England In the present political
dilemma and said he was prepared to
remain In London until the country is
on its feet again.
He thinks the success or failure of
. his mission to London will become ap
parent early in November.
Son No Hope Now.
Mr. Gandhi still is greatly disturbed
over the failure to settle the Intermin
able Hindu-Moslem communal problem,
vhich the British government Itself
probably will have to tackle when the
Minorities Committee meets at the con
clusion of the Federal Structures Com
mittee sessions.
“While Great Britain is faced with
the threat of a general election and
while the present composite cabinet
has such a precarious footing I see no
i hope of achieving concrete results at
: the round-table conference," the ma
-1 hatma said.
The interview took place on the roof
of the East End Mission House, where
he is living as a charity boarder, and
as he spoke the mahatma was busy
with his charka (spinning wheel).
“Os course. Prime Minister MacDon
ald could not foresee all his present
difficulties when he summoned the con
ference," Mr. Gandhi continued.
“Therefore we must be patient and
bear with England while she emerges
from her present crisis. I shall con
tinue my private talks with members of
the cabinet and other political leaders
and during odd intervals will make
speeches on India’s cause.”
Gandhi Ten Patient.
“Will you go to America at the end
of the conference?" Mr. Gandhi was
asked.
“It's a great temptation, but we must
settle India’s destiny before I can do
that." he replied.
Vithalbhal Jhaverbhai Patel, former
president of the Indian Legislative As
sembly and known as the “Robespierre
I of the Indian revolution," echoed the
mahatma’s pessimism.