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WEATHER. .
(V. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.! ine only evening paper
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; jn Washington with the
little change In temperature; lowest to- a j 6 r» vt
night about 32 degrees. Temperatures— ASSOCiated FreSS NeWS
Highest, 42, at 6 p.m. yesterday; lowest, and WirephotO Services.
28, at 7 a.m. yesterday. r
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Closing New York Markets , Page 16 e»latUn.<,8ome returns not mleuelired.} ’
84th YEAR. No. 33,830. ™ter&cY,ASSS.'"aa WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1936^FORTY-TWO PAGES. ***** <*> Mon. A..oci.t.d Pr..., TWO CENTS.
Marshal Chiang’s Troops
Said to Have Turned ‘Red’
in Revolting.
COUNTER COUP D’ETAT
RUMOR NOT CONFIRMED
Japan Consults Germany in Chi
nese Crisis—Komintern Accused
of Abduction Link.
BACKGROUND—
Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang,
leader of mutinous Chinese troops
holding Generalissimo Chiang Kai
Shek, is former supreme war lord
of Manchuria, having taken flight
at time of tni-asion by Japanese
in 1931. He is son of late Marshal
Chang Tso-lin, assassinated in
1929 allegedly with Japa.iese com
plicity.
Japanese movement of penetra
tion into China during last five
years has evoked demand from
many Chinese quarters for de
termined stand against further
Japanese encroachments, whereas
Kuomintang regime, led by Chiang,
has been inclined to play ball with
Tokio leaders. Kidnaping of
Chiang Saturday by Marshal
Chang uas ostensibly in further
ance of demand for war on Japan.
Br the Associated Press.
TOKIO, December 15 (Tuesday).—
The Domei (Japanese) News Agency
today received a Chinese report Irom
Peiping to the effect the 105th Division
of the Northeastern Army, going "out
right Communist,” had revolted and
ftized its commander, the “young Mar
shal" Chang Hsueh-Liang. who last
Week imprisoned Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek. '
(Reports from Shanghai said
Chang Hsueh-Liang had been im
prisoned by Chiang Kai-Shek, after
the generalissimo had effected his
freedom and staged a counter coup
d'etat. The reports were not con
firmed by Nanking government
authorities, and were accepted with
reserve in responsible Chinese
quarters).
The so-called Northeastern army is
the one which “young Marshal 'Chiang,
former Governor of Manchuria, com
mander in his losing battle with Jap
anese in what now is Manchukuo. Of
late it has been used as a "Communist
suppression” force in North China.
Meanwhile, Tokio consulted Ger
many. her anti-Communist ally,
today on reports the Komintern
was behind the amazing seizure of
Chiang Kai-shek amid Chinese pre
dictions that China's overlord may
face a firing squad—if he still is alive.
At the same time it was reported
the vanguard of a Chinese rescue ex
pedition pressing toward rebel-heid
Sianfu had clashed with the mutinous
troops of young Marshal Chang.
Eight divisions of the Chinese Cen
tral army, said Japanese dispatches
from the mainland, were poised to
assault Sianfu. capital of Shensi
Province, which is presumed to be the
place where Chiang Kai-shek is held
Germany Consulted Quickly.
Germany, to whom Japan is bound
by a newly-announced anti-Commu
nist accord, was consulted quickly by
the Tokio regime.
The press said there was indisput
able proof the Communist Internation
al had instigated the seizure of Gen
eralissimo Chiang and his generals.
Military observers said the coup
d'etat would have been impossible
unless Marshal ' Chang, hot-headed
former war lord of Manchuria, had
formed an alliance with the Com
munist leaders he was supposed to
have been fighting.
Such an alliance, these observers I
declared, opened up a “Red route from
Moscow to North Central China."
(The official Soviet press denied
flatly that the Soviet was in any
way involved in the Chang rebel
lion. It hinted broadly that "Jap
anese provocateurs” and their
’•'clumsy work" to further the dis
memberment of China were behind
the affair.)
The Domel (Japanese) newspaper
agency quoted responsible political ob
aervers In China as believing execution
by a firing squad, or life Imprisonment,
waa the most likely order which
Marshal Chang would write for his
captured superior.
(Chiang is alive, his 20-year-old
son was informed officially in Ber
lin. The military overlord's son—
' Chiang Wei-ko—is a student at
the University of Berlin.)
Try to Buy Off Marshal.
Nanking, said Domei, was be
lieved to be attempting to buy off the
the young marshal. But the Chinese
observers said they doubted whether
the crafty Chang could be persuaded
to free the generalissimo on Nanking's
terms.
A major engagement was believed
Imminent in the neighborhood of
Tungkwan, on the Hwang Ho River,
where Shansi, Shensi and Honan
provinces meet.
Marshal Chang was said to be
” (See CHINA, Page A-3.)
VETERANS CASH BONUS
AS CHRISTMAS NEARS
Treasury Announces Exchange at
Bate of $1,000,000 a Day
Tor Two Weeks.
B? the Associated Press.
With Christmas shopping on their
. minds, many World War veterans
who held their bonus bonds for five
months are cashing them now.
Treasury officials said today bonds
have been cashed at the rate of more
than $1,000,000 a day during the
last two weeks.
This Is far under the rate during
June and July. Bonds totaling $1,788,
120.000 wok issued and all but $462,
•00,000 have been cashed.
L
Apartment Blast Hurts Two
A vieio of the hole torn in
the brick wall of the apart
ment of Mrs. Beatrice Bean,
23, of 3516 W place, when a gas
explosion wrecked her kitchen.
Mrs. Bean (below) is in a seri
ous condition at Georgetown
Hospital.
Other Pictures on Page A-4.
Disappearance From Laurel
Academy Blamed on
Wanderlust.
Located at a Baltimore residence
this afternoon, four Washington girls,
ranging from 10 to 15 years old, were
awaiting the arrival of their parents
as the closing chapter of an adventure
which started with their disappear
ance from St. Mildred Academy in
Laurel. Md.. two hours before night
fall yesterday.
For nearly 18 hours District and
Maryland State police sought the
quartet as school authorities and
families of the youngsters became in
creasingly uneasy. A telegram from
the sympathetic Baltimorean who took
the children in at 10:30 last night
was received by one of the mothers
this morning to give the first clue of
the girls’ location.
Yield to Wanderlust.
Prompted by wanderlust, the young
sters—Virginia Paul, 15, daughter^of
Mrs. Robert T. Palmer, 3025 Fifteenth
street; Barbara Wallace. 14, daughter
of Mrs. Vivian Wallace. 2019 I street;
Catherine Simon, 10. daughter of Mrs.
Margaret Simon, 1922 N street, and
Barbara Beasley, 10. of 1923 First
street—left the school during a play
session.
According to the girls, who glibly
told of their adventure today while
awaiting their parents at the home of
Mrs. Catherine Sheahan, 810 Washing
ton boulevard, Baltimore, the plan to
run away from the academy was
hatched last Friday. During yester
day's play period they walked into
some nearby woods from the school
yard, wandered into the highway and
caught a ride to ESlicott City.
Clad in the convent costume of
blue skirt, white blouse and dark tie,
they walked about the streets of EUi
cott City until another motorist
picked them up at about 7 o’clock
last night. They were dropped off on
Washington Boulevard in Baltimore.
Tired, hungry and a little fright
ened. the quartet went from door to
door, the girls said, until they arrived
at the Sheahan residence. There
they spent the night, and this morn
ing Mrs. Sheahan sent the wire to
Mrs. Simon, who notified local police.
She immediately left for Baltimore.
As they told of their experience this
afternoon, the girls were surrounded
by curious neighbors at the Sheahan
home. Mrs. Sheahan told reporters
the children were not very helpful
with the housework, but seemed "pretty
anxious” to see their families.
Academy Expects Return.
Authorities at the academy expected
the youngsters to be returned there
this evening, they said. School officials
first thought the quartet had probably
hitchhiked to Washington, since one
of the group had recently disappeared
from the institution, caught a ride on
the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard
and was found at the home of her
mother here.
Mrs. Palmer, mother of Virginia
Paul, expressed concern this morning
that the girls might have wandered
into the woods and become lost. She
planned to examine her daughter’s
diary at the school with the hope It
would reveal the girl's runaway plans.
--- »
WORLD BANK HEAD QUITS
BASEL, Switzerland, December 14
(A1).—Dr. L. J. A. Trip of the Nether
lands today resigned as president of
the Bank of International Settlements,
but agreed to continue in office until
the annual meeting of the bank's as
sembly in May can approve the suc
cession of Dr. J. W. Beyen of Rotter
dam, now vice president. .
INSURGENT TANKS
BARER LOYALISTS
Madrid Defenders Hold
Firm in Cold—“Big Push”
Fails to Materialize.
B> the Associated Press.
MADRID, December 14.—Fleets of
insurgent tanks, supported by infantry
and machine gun units, battered for
two hours today at government lines
in University City, but shivering de
fenders held firm.
An Icy wind howled down from the
Guadarrama Mountains as the fight
ing broke out anew. Defenders, how*
ever, said the long-awaited insurgent
“big push” had not materialized.
It was announced 60.000 non-com
batant men. women and children had
been evacuated from the besieged
capital iu the last week. Of these,
30,000 were children.
The Socialist defense junta ordered
complete reorganization today of its
militia forces in preparation for a
bitter Winter siege. The defense forces
were converted into “perfect" army
units, the government said.
Prepare for Winter Siege.
Faced with the probability the In
surgent siege would last throughout
the Winter cold, the government
planned the reorganization to obtain
strict discipline among the militia
units.
(The belief of the Madrid govern
ment that Gen. Francisco Franco was
planning to starve the city into sur
render rather than take it by storm
was borne out by reports from Fascist
territory.
(Observers with the insurgent troops
indicated Gen. Franco believed it was
futile to attempt to take tbe city street
by street while it was becoming appar
ent an attack in force would require
too many troops.
Bombardment Destructive.
(A destructive bombardment, the in
surgents were reported to feel, would
leave only nuns in the hands of the
conquerers and would endanger many
Fascists who were virtual prisoners
within the city.)
Newspapers in the capital reported
the government would reject any effort
of foreign mediation of the conflict
such as the Franco-British plebiscite
proposal.
“The plebiscite places the legitimate
Spanish government on the same level
as the insurgents,” one paper said.
“The Spanish government, therefore,
(See TANKS, Page A-2.)
ACT CHANGE ASKED
Bill Would Exempt Certain Firm*
Under Security Flan.
Representative Quinn, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania, filed with the House
cleric today a bill to amend the social
security act by exempting corporations
which have their own old age benefit
plans.
U. S. Employes Told to “Shop”
For Tickets Used in Travel
Government employes had batter j
go looking for bargains when pur
chasing transportation for use oh bus
iness trips, or it may cost them some
thing.
This "hint" was conveyed to Secre
tary of Agriculture Wallace in a de
cision today by Acting Controller
General Elliott upholding rejection of
a claim for $12.73 for expenses in
curred by an employe of the Forest
Service.
According to the records of the ease,
the employe paid $48.90 for a round
trip fare from Columbus, Ohio, to
Russellville, Ark., when he had a
chance to get a 10-day round trip
rate of $34.17.
It seems that the worker had asked
the Columbus ticket agent if there
were any rates in effect, and had bass
told “no.” That, however, makes no
difference, said Elliott.
4
"Mere inquiry of the agent erf the
railway company will not suffice to
relieve an offloer or employe of lia
bility for the cost of excess fare* al
leged to have been paid where cheap
er fares are in fact available," Elliott
said.
Com paining at the original rejec
tion, Secretary Wallace said that ac
cording to Elliott's principles a trav
eler himself must inspect the sched
ule of rates to determine whether he
is being given correct Information.
The Secretary saw difficulty here, he
added, saying “It it generally recog
nised that most persons do not have
sufficient familiarity with rate sched
ules to make satisfactory use of them,
end even after spending oondderabio
time it is doubtful whether the or
dinary traveler oouid feel at all con
fident that he had obtained the most
advantageous rate.” ...
*
IN GAS EXPLOSION
Mrs. Beatrice Bean, Bride of
Six Months, in George
town Hospital.
ONE OF TWO RESCUERS
ALSO SUFFERS BURNS
20-Foot Section of Apartment
House Wall Blown Out as
Residents Are Shaken.
A Senator's daughter was seriously
injured, a man was burned going to
her rescue and half a dozen residents
of an apartment house at 351S W
place were shaken up today by a gas
explosion that tore out a 20-foot sec
ion of brick wall and damaged the
interior of the building.
The woman—Mrs. Beatrice Bean.
23-year-old bride of six months and
daughter of Senator Edward R. Burke
of Nebraska—was knocked uncon
scious, burned and severely shocked
by the blast, which occurred in the
kitchen of her apartment.
It is believed she struck a match
in the gas-filled kitchen to light a
cigarette.
Found lying on the floor near the
kitchen stove with her dress in flames,
Mrs. Bean was taken to Georgetown
Hospital unconscious and suffering
from severe shock and other Injuries.
Rescuer Is Burned.
L. E. Cashen. 26. of 3507 W place,
who, with Joseph Tompkins, 33. a
first-floor resident of the building
where the explosion took place, broke
into Mrs. Bean's apartment, was
burned on the hands in extinguish
ing her burning clothing.
Mrs. M. M. McNutt, 27, and her
3-year-old daughter Sarah Ann were
partially buried under a shower of
plaster when the blast caved in the
ceiling of the living room of their
apartment, directly beneath the kitch
en of the Bean suite.
The detonation blew open doors
of other apartments in the two-story
building, knocked pictures from the
walls and otherwise upset the in
terior.
With Mrs. Bean unable to talk co
herently when she regained her senses
for a few minutes at the hospital,
detectives were unable to determine
definitely what caused the explosion.
Clad In House Dress.
Mrs. Bean, who was married last
June to Lome Doc Coiner Bean, 21,
an employe of the Census Bureau, was
clad in a house dress when she was
found. ,
The fact that the contents of a
package of cigarettes was scattered
on the floor led police to believe she
might have attempted to light a cig
arette after a draft had blown out a
flame on the stove over which she
had been cooking.
To strengthen this theory, police
added, it was possible Mrs. Bean had
left the kitchen after putting some
thing on the stove to cook, and had
returned after the gas had accum
ulated.
The entire wall of the kitchen, com
posed of brick nearly a foot thick, was
blown to bits.
Cashen and Tompkins used blankets
and a rug to smothei the flames con
suming Mrs. Bean's clothing.
Tompkins said the blast sounded
like “the whole house was falling.”
Mrs. McNutt, however, said she
“felt” the explosion.
The only other person at home on
the second floor, Mrs. Robert Dun
ning. was bewildered when her apart
ment seemed to rock and pictures
shook and started falling.
Quake Felt in Callander.
NORTH BAY, Ontario, December 14
(Canadian Press).—Slight earth
shocks were felt today in North Bay
and Callander, home of the Dionne
quintuplets.
The shocks, which lasted approxi
mately 30 seconds, caused no visible
damage.
Summary of Today’s Star
Page. Page.
Amusements -C-8 Puzzles -C-4
Comics _C-4 Radio -B-l#
Editorial_A-8 Short Story.-B-ll
Finance _A-15 Society -.B-3
Lost ft Found A-3 Sports ...C-l-3-3
Obituary ...A-l# Woman’s Pg. B-15
FOREIGN.
French again default on war debts
payment. Page A-*
Duke of Windsor to be treated by
Vienna specialist. Page A-4
Chiang's captor is reported held by
own soldiers. Page A-l
NATIONAL.
Rosa Ponselle and Carle A. Jackson
married. I*8e A-8
Partisan lines formed to oust Dr.
Glenn Frank. Pag* A-3
Majority of employers, employes regis
ter for social security. Psg# A-l#
Bankhead to press new farm tenancy
bill. Page B-5
WASHINGTON AND V1CINITT.
Federal employee must use special rail
rate* where available. Page A-l
Supreme Court sends power ease to
lower tribunal. Page A-l
Two hurt as Mast blows out apart
ment wall. - Page A-l
Clues in K. D. Matthews murder case
probed. Page A-l
Maxwell Jury ordered to disregard ax
evidence. Pag# A-l
Beach ownership discussed at meet
ing here. Page A-C
Junior colleges proposed for freshmen
and sophomores. Page A-S
Two Inquests scheduled as truffle
deaths mount to 83. Pag# A-S
Old Georgetown road bald perilous to
school children. Page A-S
Public welfare parley hears Dr. White
on merit system. Page B-l
income* over 81.000.000 increasing.
tax reports show. Pasts B-l
District government bald entitled to
retain levies. Pag* B-l
k
Commissioners act to permit G. W. U.
to purchase alley site. Page B-l
Trade Board moves to have D. C. share
in Federal highway aid. Page B-l
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
This and That. Page A-8
Answers to Questions. Page A-8
Washington Observations. Page A-8
The Political Mill. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-9
Paul Mailon. Page A-9
Constantine Brown. Page A-9
Jay Franklin. Page A-9
Headline Polk. Page A-9
FINANCIAL.
Railroad bonds rise (table). PageA-I5
Steel rate advances. Page A-1S
Specialties lead stocks up
(table). Page A-18
Curb list higher (table). Page A-17
Less cotton used at mills. Page A-17
SPORTS.
Jesse Owens voted outstanding athlete
of year by big margin. Page C-l
Cleveland club, in Feller, gets prize
rookie of 1936. Page C-l
Boston beaten by Green Bay for pro
gridiron championship. Page C-l
Santa Clara’s defeat by T. C. U. seen
booet for Roee Bowl game. Page C-l
Capital grid pros to face Orioles for
Dixie gridiron crown. Page C-l
Ida Simmons outscores As tor Clarke,
No. 1 ranking man fowler. Page C-l
Averages disclose Bluege as leading in
fielder of league. Page C-l
Joe Louis faces ring test tonight
against Eddie Simms. Page C-l
mSCCLLANY.
Vital Statistics. Page A-14
City News in Brief. Page A-18
Young Washington. Page A-18
In the Hunt Country. Begs B-l
Nature’s Children. Page B-14
Bedtime Story. Page B-14
Winning Contract Page B-14
Betsy Caswell. Page B-1S
Dorothy DU. Page B-l!
Bur i simply Cane )
Wee AMY SAMTA CUUSfU
POWER CASE SENT
TO LOWER COURT
I
High Tribunal Orders Re
hearing— Press-Radio
Suit Dismissed.
BY JOHN H. CLINE.
Declaring "delusive interests of
haste" should not be permitted to
obscure substantial requirements of
orderly procedure, the Supreme Court
today sent the Important Duke Power
Co. case back to the lower courts for
a rehearing without expressing any
opinion as to the constitutionality of
P. W. A. loans and grants for con
struction of municipal power systems.
In another case of wide importance
the justices held the Associated Press
could not be given an Injunction pre
venting Radio Station KVOS of Bell
ingham, Wash., from using material
gathered by the press association for
newa broadcasts. The case was re
i manded te tjaMnl District Court
i for Western Washington with direc
tions to dismiss the Associated Press
suit for want of jurisdiction.
The decision in the power company
case leaves the bitter controversy be
tween private utilities and the Gov
ernment still unsettled and places the
litigation on the same footing it occu
pied when the suit originally was filed.
Today’s ruling, however, set aside
the finding by the Circuit Court of
Appeals that the Government had
constitutional authority to use P. W. A.
funds in making loans and grants to
municipalities desiring to construct
their own power systems, which could
be in direct competition with private
electric funds already operating in
the field. The reversal of the Circuit
(See COURT, Page A-ll.)
FASCISTS FREE SHIP
Norwegian Vessel Had Been De
tained Off Cape Tinisterre.
OSLO, Norway, December 14 <£*).—
Spanish Fascists have released the
Norwegian steamship Einar Jarl, the
vessel's master reported to the Nor
wegian government today.
The Einar Jarl was detained yester
day in international waters off Cape
Finisterre on the Western Spanish
coast. The government, notified ot
the steamer’s detention, sent a formal
protest to the Fascist provisional gov
ernment at Burgos.
— ■■ ■
RUSSIAN YULE TRADITIONS
AID TOY DRIVE TONIGHT
i _
Troika Club's Artists Will Sing, Dance
and Play for Guests Invited to Help
City Remember All Needy.
Gypsy choruses, glittering head
dresses, burning candles, and much
stomping of skillful booted feet will
bring the Christmas traditions of old
Russia to Washington tonight, when
Helen Hamilton's Troika Club cele
brates with a Yuletide party dedicated
to the city's needy.
A star symbolic of the Star of Beth
lehem will travel from table, to table
escorted by musicians playing "Kol
yadka.” loved by Russians the world
over, to entertain guests who have
been invited to bring donations of new
clothing or toys for The Star-Warner
Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas campaign, a
concerted effort to prevent any one In
Washington being forgotten this
Christmas.
In old Russia on Christmas night it
was once the custom to carry this star
through the snow-covered streets while
the same song was caroled into icy air.
Groups rang door bells, showed the
star to those inside, and went on their
way singing.
Sasha Bartnovsky, pianist at the
Troika, knows all about old Russia
because he was reared there. He has
planned the entire program tonight
to co-operate with the gift drive, ]
“ 'See" TOYS7"Page""A-iO
AX EVIDENCE OUT
I OF MAXWELL CASE
I . -
-
Jury Told to Disregard Tes
timony Concerning Imple
ment’s Disappearance.
B> the Asaocli' td Press.
WISE, V*., December 14.—Judge
Ezra T. Carter today ordered the
jury in the second trail of Edith Max
well on charges of slaying her father
to disregard State evidence relating
to a neighbor's hand ax. which dis
appeared in the week preceding Trigg
Maxwell’s death in July, 1935.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Tiller, who
lived only a few doors from the Max
well home, testified last week that
the Maxwells frequently borrowed the
ax and that it was missing when
they returned home the morning the
52-year-old miner died.
Judge Gives Opinion.
The prosecution has sought at the
trial of the 22-year-old school teacher
to show that her father died from
blows upon the head, while the de
fense has contended he succumbed to
"natural causes."
Judge Carter said that, while the
~~tSee MAXWELL,-Page A-2.)
WIDOW OF W. S. GILBERT
DIES IN ENGLAND AT 89
HARROW, England, December 14
(/P).—Lady Gilbert, widow of Sir W. S.
Gilbert, librettist of the Gilbert &
Sullican operettas, died here yesterday
at the age of 89.
Her death followed less than a
month after the world had cele
brated the centenary of her husband's
birth. She had been in feeble health.
ARREST FORECAST
IN FARMER’S DEATH
—
Prosecutor Also to Question
Three Women in Matthews
Case.
By i Bt*n Correspondent o.-The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md„ December 14 —
The possibility an arrest within 48
hours was indicated by Montgomery
County authorities this afternoon in
the murder of Elwood Matthews, 68,
Montgomery County farmer, whose
body was found yesterday in the
Northwest Branch below Burnt Mills
Dam, near Silver Spring.
State Attorney James H. Pugh said,
however, “there will be no wholesale
arrests in this case.”
Three women, two from Baltimore
and one from Washington, whose
names and addresses were found on
Matthew's person, "will be questioned
at the proper time,” the State's attor
ney said. They have not been brought
to Rockville. He refused to disclose
their names.
Matthew's body was found yester
day afternoon by tw'o boys on a
rock in the Northwest Branch, south
of the Colesville road.
Matthews, missing since November
21. when he was believed to have had
a large amount of money on his per
son, had been shot twice. Augustus
‘ Biedermann. 16. of 312 Eleventh street
i northeast and Robert Shepherd, 15,
of 404 Tenth street northeast, Wash
ington Boy Scouts, were hiking
through the woods near Camp Wilson
when they came on Matthews' body.
One bullet had entered the back of
Matthews’ head. Doctors performing
the autopsy here late yesterday found
it lodged in his lower Jaw, The other
(See MATTHEWSrPage A-3.)
Postmaster General Farley
Indorses Star Christmas Campaign.
“The Washington Star is to be commended for The
Christmas Toy Campaign, which it is conducting in co-oper
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National Broadcasting Co., the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment and the Parent-Teachers Association, be a real success.
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"U. S. Postmaster General.”
AMERICAN NATIONS
LIKELY TO SHELVE
PLAN FOR LEAGUE
Proposal for Court Also Due
to Receive More Study Be
fore Submission.
NEUTRALITY PROJECT
OF U.S. GETS SUPPORT
Eleven Nations Sign as Joint
Sponsors—Committee Ap
proval Is Expected.
BACKGROUND—
Complete harmony has marked
Buenos Aires Peace Conference,
convened to convert 21 American
republics to moves furthering
peace.
President Roosevelt, who made
voyage to promote good-will,
warned European powers in con
ference address that Americas are
determined on peace and neutral
ity. Secretary of State Hull sub
mitted the United States proposal
for creation of Inter-American
Consultative Committee to co-or
dinate peace instruments and de
velop neutrality policies.
B> the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. December 14 —
Authoritative sources forecast today
that proposals for creation of an
American league of nations and an
American court would be shelved by
the Inter-American Peace Conference.
Juan Antonio Buero of Uruguay,
chairman of a subcommittee which
studied the projects submitted by sev
eral nations, prepared reports urging
that the subjects be referred to the
regular Pan-American Conference at
Lima in 1938, with expert* studying
them in the meantime.
A poll of members of the subcom
mittee indicated his recommendations
would receive majority support.
The United States is understood
to oppose both measures in their
present form, although it has recom
mended inter-American co-operation
for peaceful settlement of American
disputes.
Buero expressed the opinion the
World Court at The Hague is capable
of settling international disputes re
quiring judicial arbitration, and said
the American League of Nations idea
is so complex it requires long study.
Geneva Members Oppose.
Some large nations, which are mem
bers of the Geneva League of Na
tions. like Argentina, have opposed
the American League plan for fear
it would interfere with their Geneva
commitments or would cause partial
isolation of America from Europe.
The United States, meanwhile, won
suppoct for its American neutrality
project. Bv noon at least 11 nations
had signed it as joint sponsors.
These countries were Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Guatemala, Honduras. Nicaragua. Pan
ama. Salvador and the United States.
The project, calling for consulta
tion among American nations in the
event of war within or outside Amer
ica, was believed likely to obtain com
mittee approval today or tomorrow.
Reservations Are Made.
Salvador made reservations in sign
ing the plan, hoping for inclusion of
some features of the Central American
proposal for a pact to provide for joint
American action in case of outside ag
gression.
Committee consideration of a
Chilean resolution urging bilateral
arms limitation agreements and a
Uruguayan proposal condemning gas
and bacteria warfare and the bomb
ing of cities was postponed after Gen.
Jose Moncada of Nicaragua attacked
the Chilean suggestion.
Moncada, the aged former Presi
dent of Nicaragua, who has assailed
moves for regional arms reduction
since the conference first considered
them, declared:
“The good people cannot limit de
fenses while the bad people arm.”
Major Proposals Passed.
Three major proposals, all unani
mously sponsored by the 21 nations
represented at the parley and passed
by committees, were called before a
full plenary session of the conference
for Tuesday. The proposals, which
are expected to be approved, are:
1. A convention providing for inter
American consultation to shape joint
action if war within or outside the
American coiltinents threatens peace
and security of the contracting na
tions.
2. A resolution reiterating the non
intervention principle with a provi
sion for joint consultation if emer
gency arises.
3. A resolution urging all the Amer
ican republics to complete ratification
of existing inter - American peace
pacts.
POPE’S CONDITION
IS COMPLICATED
Grave Varicose Ailment in Left
Leg Reported by Physi
cians.
S? the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY. December 14.—At
tendants of Pope Pius XI said today
the circulatory stagnation which has
caused the holy father intense pain
in moving his legs, has been compli
cated by a grave varicose condition
in the left leg.
Well-Informed sources said that
while the 78-year-old pontiff's condi
tion was not such as to eliminate
“every apprehension.” these appre
hensions were not imminent.
The Pope's doctors said his tenacious
will had been his "best remedy” dur
ing the past few days.
The holy father read himself to sleep
last night with a book written by
Marshals Emilio de Bono and Pietro
Badoglio on the Ethiopian war.
He sat up for several hours yester
day transacting affairs of the church
with Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, papal
secretary of state.
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