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MUSSOLINI LEAVES
FOB MUNICH VISIT
Italian Off by Train to Talk
With Hitler After Huge
Military Show.
By the Associated Press.
ROME, September 24.—Amid a gi
gantic military demonstration Pre
mier Mussolini left today for Germany
to visit Europe’s other powerful fas
cist leader, Reichsfuehrer Adolph
Hitler.
II Duce drove from Paleazzo Vene
zia to his special train in a closed car
through streets packed by thousands
of Romans, held behind tight lines
of militiamen.
At the station, thousands more
surged and heaved at the ranks of
soldiers drawn from every branch of
the army stationed in or near Rome.
Every eye strained for a glimpse of
Mussolini, flashily dressed in the uni
form of commander-in-chief of the
fascist militia.
Italy’s premier walked into the sta
tion through the royal waiting room,
accompanied by his closest advisers.
Among them were Count Galeazzo
Ciano, his son-in-law and minister
of foreign affairs; Dino Alfleri, min
ister of popular culture; and Achille
Starace, fascist secretary. They and
others are accompanying him to Ger
many.
II Duce quickly reviewed the detail
of troops forming an honor guard be
fore his coach and then boarded his
train, which departed at 12:20 p.m.
(.6:20 Eastern standard time).
A pilot train departed an hour
earlier to insure a clear and rapid
passage to the Austrian frontier,
which he expected to reach in nine
hours.
Italian newspapers made much of
the impending meeting between Mus
solini and Hitler, emphasizing its im
portance in international affairs.
Portraits of the two, side by side,
were splashed on front pages along
with editorials stressing the strength
of the Rome-Berlin alignment.
IL DUCE S PROMISE REPORTED. ^
Britain and England Look for Snag
in His Spanish Assurances.
LONDON, September 24 OP). — An
authoritative source asserted today
Premier Mussolini had promised *
Britain and Prance he would send no
more "volunteer*’’ to Spain, making f
possible Italian entrance in the Anglo- J
French diplomatic front and a new s
balance of power for Europe. 8
While Britain and France were r
keenly anxious to accept Italy’s ad- 8
vances at face value, they could not
help but look for a possible snag. A f
definite feeling of optimism prevailed b
in foreign office circles, but it was T
tempered by a slight suspicion of 11 8
Duce's motives in presenting such a 1
startling assurance regarding Spain. b
His sudden willingness to promise
that no further troops should be sent s
to aid the Spanish insurgents—com- 11
ing on the eve of his departure for b
an important conference with Reichs- b
fuehrer Hitler of Germany — caused c
many observers to wonder whether
Italy was preparing some new and I
surprising move. c
Some British observer*—and Rome s
dispatches bore this out—were frank- t
ly considering Mussolini’s gestures of
co-operation with France and England
as a method of strengthening his po
sition to drive a harder bargain with
Hitler.
The authoritative British source a
*aid that Italy had given both Britain o
and France a definite promise no more n
Italian troops would go to Spain if
the three powers could agree, among c
other things, on Italian demands for r
parity with Britain and France in s
the Mediterranean anti-piracy accord *]
reached at Nyon.
Unless Mussolini has planned care- n
fully to increase his prestige with ^
Hitler, nothing spectacular is expected p
to develop from the meeting tomorrow i jj
In Munich and next week in Berlin
between the two chiefs of Europe’s
great Fascist states.
Spain, it is thought, is less likely i
to hold the center of the stage than
Austria and Czechoslovakia. Author
itative information here was that
Mussolini and Hitler would discuss a
five main topics: An anti-Comintern n
resolution, a free hand for Germany ti
in Czechoslovakia, delinaation of their -
•pheres of interest in Austria, a decla
ration in favor of Hungarian rearma- I
ment and establishment of the fact 1
that neither wants an Italo-German 1
defensive alliance.
Diplomatic quarters in Rome, how
ever, were skeptical of this agenda.
They pointed out an anti-Comintern
agreement was announced in October,
1936, Italy declared in favor of Hun
garian rearmament a year ago, both
are already known not to desire a
defensive alliance, Italy has agreed
to German policy in Czechoslovakia,
and the Austrian question presents
no great difficulties. * (
1,600 MIDSHIPMEN I
REPORT TO SCHOOL 1
Regiment Reorganizes, With J. K.
Leydon. Philadelphia,
in Command.
Ey the Associited Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., September 24.—
The Naval Academy reopened for the
ninety-third scholastic year today as
about 1,600 midshipmen reported back
from a month’s vacation.
The midshipmen flocked through
the academy gates last night and
early today. They checked in at their
battalion offices by 10 a.m., donned \
uniforms, unpacked and prepared to
take their places in the regimental
organization.
The regiment of 2,227 midshipmen
was organized with Midshipman J. K.
Leydon, Philadelphia, Pa., in com
mand. He will be in charge until'
December 23, when Midshipman Frank
C. Lynch will become commander,
holding the office until March 21. Last
year the academy had an enrollment
of 2,321 midshipmen.
All midshipmen except those in the
new freshmen class were given leave
last month.
Elks Hit Court Packing.
PASADENA. Calif., September 24
OP).—Elks of California, in their State
convention yesterday, unanimously
adopted a resolution denouncing at
tempts "of any person, party or group
Of persons to pack the United States
Supreme Court or subject it to their
Influence.”
In taking up the issues the Elks
abandoned a standing policy to ab
stain from engaging in political mat
r.
— - - --- T • --
How II Duce’s Son Faced Interviewers on Arrival
Shorn of the beard he grew while fighting in Ethiopia, Vit
torio Mussolini, 20-year-old son of Italy’s Duce, dodged anti
fascist demonstrators by going ashore from the steamship Rex
in New York in a special cutter under a heavy police guard.
Once ashore, he picked up a convoy of diplomats and Secret Serv
ice men. Vittorio declined to discuss politics, said he was going to
spend 20 days in Hollywood studying how to make motion pic
tures and then skirmished his way out of replying whether he 1
thought American girls prettier than Italian girls by saying “they
are all beautifulHe u president of an Italian motion picture
company.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
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iRITISH PROTEST;
iOMBINGS INCHINA §
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imbassador at Tokio Told ca
to Object Vigorously to X
Slaying Civilians. ™
ly the Associated Press. *®
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LONDON. September 24.—Sir Rob
rt, L. Craigie, British Ambassador to saj
apan, was instructed today to make fn
trong representations to the Japanese ,(
overnment against the bombing of j,
on-military objectives by Japanese
ir forces in China. ist'
Official sources disclosed that the ca|
.mbassador has been ‘old to express
te sorrow felt in Great Britain at tio
■hat British officials characterized sef
s the deplorable loss of life among sj,
te civilian population during aerial
ombardments of Canton. jer
Japanese air fleets carried out a lm
:ries of raids on Canton, great Ge
letropolis of South China. Wednes- bv
ay and Thursday, killing and wound- m8
lg at least 2,000 persons, nearly all .
ivilians. na
Previously the British government
ad made representations to Tokio th)
oncemlng the Japanese threat to no
ibject Nanking, the Chinese capital,
> destructive bombing operations.
(The United States formally pro- a.
tested the Nanking bombings and sj®
France, Italy, Russia and Germany oC>
also made representations.) ne.
Cragie's instructions were issued '
fter widespread press attacks and (
ther manifestations against "Japa- ‘
ese barbarians."
One newspaper editor, in the Man
aester Guardian, recalled that the
ithless hordes of Jenghiz Khan
vept through Asia and Europe, 0 ■
ireading death and desolution. ®.n
The editorial said. “Today the Japa- 10
ese, having learned in the course of ,
)0 years some new methods of ktll
ig. seem to be applying them to sim- ,
ar purpose in their war with China.’’ 1
U. S. REPLY DRAFTED.
okio Preparing Statement on Policy 1
Cl
at Nanking.
* ar:
TOKIO, September 24 OP).—A Jap- Er
nese foreign office spokesman an- tn
ouneed today that an official reply Su
i the United States protest against a
aerial bombardments of Nanking was
In preparation.
Two days ago th« United States pro
tested against a Japanese warning
that foreigners should evacuate the
Chinese capital for their own safety,
terming such a warning impractical
and sharply challenging attacks on
non-combatants and non-military
establishments as inhuman.
An unofficial source said “fresh pre
cautionary orders" had been issued to
Japanese airmen this week and that
the Tokio government was “absolutely
certain that bombers were exerting
every care to limit their bombardments
to military establishments in Nan
ting.”
These precautionary moves, it was
said, however, would not “necessarily”
trom the basis of Japan's rejly to the
arotest.
Delegates Not to Be Sent to League.
About the same time, Foreign Min
ster Koki Hirota told the Japanese
cabinet the government would not
iend delegates to the League of Na
ions Advisory Committee which is
seeking a way to curb or end the ;
5ino-Japanese conflict.
This apparently was Japan's re
ection of the Advisory Committee's:
nvitation early this week. The i
3eneva group sought representation!
>y China. Japan, Australia and Ger
nany in its discussions of the Chinese
iceusation of Japan as an aggressor
lation.
The United States Is represented on
;he committee by a “consultative"
ion-voting member.
The Japanese vfew of Nanking as
s nerve center of the Chinese re
sistance, and consequently a prime
ibject of attack, was reflected by the
newspaper Nichi Nichi.
It warned that the United States
ind other protesting powers "will only ;
suffer greater damage in the end” in j
irying to prevent onslaughts against '
;he capital.
"If Britain, the United States and
Russia consider the matter as an
)bject of feelings or international law
ind try to restrain Japan, the situa
ion will only be aggravated and pro
onged,” Nichi Nichi said.
The newspaper said the fate of the
entire Japanese campaign rests on
the capture of Nanking.
Father Coughlin Returns. -
QUEBEC, September 24 UPi.—Rev.
Charles E. Coughlin, the radio priest,
arrived here yesterday on the liner
Empress of Britain en route to De
troit, to “get right back to work
Sunday.” Father Coughlin had spent
a month in England.
f _iu.
I
China’s Premier Says
Treaties Make Neutrality
" Impossible.
BACKGROUND—
In her struggle to beat off Jap
anese invaders. China has tried to
invoke the League's provisions for
punishment of aggressor nations,
has objected to Hull's partial neu
trality strictures and has sought
to invoke provisions of the nine
power treaty, sponsored by the
United States, to insure the ter
ritorial integrity of China,
B> the Associated Press.
NANKING, September 24.—Gen
sralissimo Chiang Kai-shek, premier
)f China and commander in chief of
he army, declared today the United
State* was obligated by her treaties
‘to support China's struggle against
Japanese aggression.”
The generalissimo was visibly moved
is he talked to American correspond
ents in the Chinese capital. His re
marks were translated by Mme.
Chiang, his American-educated wife.
Shortly before, the official Chinese
Central News Agency had expressed on
sehalf of the government appreciation
tor the American protests against
Japanese bombardments of Nanking,
adding, "But we hope more positive
measures will be adopted against the
daughter of innocent non-combat
mts.”
The premier declared "America’s
responsibility in the present Sino-Jap
anese war is greater than ever before
because she convened the Washington
disarmament conference and was
mainly instrumental in concluding the
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nine-power pact and the League of
Nations covenant.
Neutrality Impossible.
“China today is fighting not only
for her existence but for defense of
the principles of the nine-power pact
and the League covenant. Therefore,
it ic up to the United States and all
other signators of existing agreements
to support China's struggle.”
The nine-power pact was signed in
Washington in 1922. Under its terms
the United States, Britain, Prance,
Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Bel
gium, Japan and China agreed to
maintain the territorial and adminis
trative integrity of China.
•'Neutrality for the United States is
impossible,” Chiang asserted, "so long
as the nme-power pact remains m
force. The United States cannot re
main neutral. 1 am confident tne
people and tne governments ot tne
signatory nations nave not lorgotten
their obligations.''
Convinced of Sympathy.
The generalissimo declared he was
sure "America s present attitude was
not the real American attitude. I am
convinced the American people and
their Government will always uphold
justice, law and order and, in view
of the long and nappy history of sino
American friendship, will give China
full sympathy ana support in ner
struggle against Japanese aggression."
Reverting to the subject of the du
ration of the war, tne Chinese leader
declared that China possesses inde
finable. inexhaustible manpower ana
resources.
J-XU-LTi-JJXUXV IJJI.
Rebels Claim Occupation of I
Bulwark of Defense of
Loyalist Port City.
Bs the Associated Press. i
HEN DAYE, Franco-Spanlah Fron
tier, September 24.—Asturian troop*
today evacuated Cangas De Onis, a
bulwark of their “iron ring" defensive
of Gijon, an Insurgent communique
reported.
Through the slush of freshly fallen
snow, the tired defenders of the Span
ish government's last northwestern
coast stronghold, fell back in the face
of a threatened assault on the In
land Biscayan village, some 30 miles
east and slightly south of Gijon.
The retreat brought a column of
Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s Na
varrese soldiers to the very ramparts
of the Asturian fortifications in this
sector—if they had not actually pene
trated them.
Two counter-attacks, both repulsed
by the Navarrese, preceded the re
treat. Another insurgent spearhead
was thrust into the outskirts of Co
vadonga, about five miles northwest
of Cangas De Onis, another Asturian
concentration point on the semi-cir
cular ring through the mountains east
and south of Gijon.
Shelled From Ship, Plane.
The coastal terminus of the de
fense ring, Rivadesella, a fishing port,
was heavily bombed from the air and
shelled by gunboats from the mouth
of the Sella River.
Franco's campaign in the eastern
sector had given him complete con
trol of a road leading from heights
of the Europa Mountain* to Cangas
De Onis.
The Navaresse Brigade advanced
along the road, deploying forces to
the right and left, cleaning out nests
of militiamen as they drove forward
to half encircle Cangas de Onis.
Insurgent troops concentrated at
the Junction of the Europa Moun
tains and the Asturian line between
Rivadesella and Covadonga, while a
coastal column moved directly on
Rivadesella.
To the south of Gijon insurgents on
the Leon highway brought new heights
and villages under their control be
tween Pajares and Lena to its north.
Pajares is about 32 air miles from
Gijon.
Destroy Rebel Munitions. i
While the Valencia government’s i
Asturians apparently were losing their
struggle in the northwest, a govern- J
ment communique said a heavy ar
tillery bombardment of insurgent-held -
Toledo, about 40 air miles southwest
of Madrid, had destroyed a muni
tions factory.
Gen. Jose Varela, one of Franco's
highest ranking aides, was said to |
have been critically injured in the I
shell fire. More than 1.000 shells were '
pumped into the five buildings com
prising the munitions plant in a!
five-hour assault yesterday.
Government quarters jubilantly as
serted the destruction of the factory
deprived the insurgents of their chief
source of ammunition on the central
front.
Slot machines are retailing books
in London. >
WIFE HELD IN PARIS
rime. Skobline Being Ques
tioned About Vanished
Russian Generals.
Sv the Associated Press.
PARIS, September 24—Agent* of
;he 3urete Nattonale, hunting clue*
to the whereabout* of two vanished
fenerals of the dead Czar Nicholas'
leathered army, took the wife of one
it them to headquarters for ques
tioning today.
The authorities had been unable
to find the woman. Mme. Plevitzkaia
Skobline, since before noon yesterday,
when ihe had reported her husband,
Clen. Nicholas Skobline, mysteriously
missing.
Skobline was an aide of the aged
and mustachioed Gen. Eugene de
Miller, leader of the thousands of
emigres who once were part of Rus
sia’s Imperial "White” Army. De
Miller vanished on Wednesday.
Surete inspectors, who had already
searched the Skobline apartment,
round the general’* wife near the
Rue Faisanderie in the Bois de Bou
logne vicinity.
Mme. Skobline declared she was
overcome by the disappearance of her
husband and had wandered about
Paris streets, then gone to the home of
friends for the night.
Police said she could ofTer no in
formation to throw light on the dis
appearances.
The two generals dropped out of
light in a case tinctured with the
possibility of an international abduc
tion plot. It was the latest of a
ieries of International complications
that have plagued French authorities
since Jean de Koven, a Brooklyn
dancer visiting Paris, disappeared
July 23. Her case is still unsolved,
put under inquiry.
A mysterious explosion early today
spread alarm along Rue Halevy in
the heart of Paris. A package had
peen left in the gutter and when
water used by street cleaners came
n contact with the bomb it exploded.
Parisian magistrates circularized all
Paris judicial districts to see that
oreigner* evading expulsion orders
were severely punished.
•-—-.
A Break for Him. —
DALLAS, Tex., September 24 <7P>.—
3. E. Hedgecock suffered minor cuts
ind a broken leg when his car struck
t telephone pole. Hedgecock is pres
dent of an artificial limb manufactur
ng company.
The broken leg was a wooden one.
MAZI EMBASSY AWAITS
WORD FROM BODE HEIRS
Body of Well-to-Do Wanderer
Meanwhile Lies Unclaimed
in Morgue.
The unclaimed body of Herman
Bode, 72, who died in Gallinger Hos
pital last week after he was found
wandering in Northeast Washington,
remained in the morgue today, while
German Embassy attaches awaited
word from heirs to his estate, valued
at more than $25,000.
A will written by Bode in 1923 di
rected that his estate be divided among
his sister, Mrs. Wilhelmine Brabetz; a
brother, Ferdinand Bode, and two
nieces, Lisete and Martha Bode, all of
Hanover, Gerirjgny.
Although his clothes were ragged
and he was suffering from malnutri
tion when sent to the hospital, Bode
had $1,494 in his pockets and bank
books listing deposits of approximately
$16,00 in New York banks. In his
trunk were found $8,000 worth of in
surance annuity policies and $10,000
worth of German railroad bonds. The
will revealed that "a considerable
amount” of cash would be found in a
safe deposit box in a New York bank.
SALE MAY CURE STRIKE
LOS ANGELES, September 24 MP).—
L. G. Griffith, owner of the Beverly
Knitting Mill, has a solution for strikes
—sell the factory to the strikers.
Griffith said he expected to receive
final papers today by which his 55
striking employes can take over his
$20,000 plant on the installment plan.
“I’m through with being the owner
if this will help the men and women
in my plant to go back to work,” he
explained. '-They'11 be their own bass.
I'll just sell what they produce.”
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