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EMISSARY OF POPE
Mussolini Believed Trying to
Lift Hitler’s Hand From
Church.
, BY DEWITT MACKENZIE,
AssocUted Press Staff Writer.
NEW YORK, September 25.—The
meeting in Germany of the world's
No. 1 and 2 dictators—Mussolini and
Hitler, or Hitler and Mussolini, ac
cording to the reader's notion of
precedence—already has produced one
prospect which may have far-reach
ing effects.
Mussolini reportedly will act as the
■ Pope's emissary to try to persuade
Der Fuehrer to lift the heavy hand
of Nazidom from the church.
Not only would such a move be a
matter of moment to religious people
the world over, but it might have a
profound influence on the trend of
International relations.
It is not giving the matter too fine
a point to say that Germany never
can make completely satisfactory pacts
, with democratic foreign governments
so long as they continue to charge her
with racial, religious and class in
tolerance.
Both Mussolini and Hitler are said
to be anxious now to conclude a
friendly working agreement with Eng
land and France. The peace of Eu
rope may depend on some such move.
Faces Tublic Disapproval.
Perhaps an arrangement will be
reached, but so far as the Nazi chief
tain is concerned he will encounter a
lack of warmth essential to complete
success. The repressive measures
taken by Germany against the
churches, both Catholic and Prot
estant, against the Jews and against
labor organizations have been met
, with grave disapproval and even open
hostility by the people of Britain and
France.
Democratic governments like those
of France and England can make only
$UCh flETfV'mpntS as th^ir nonnlA or,.
prove. Public opinion in these two
countries will deprive Germany of
many concessions so long as present
conditions exist.
It has appeared at times that Nazi
Germany did not quite understand
the attitude of many foreign peo
ples to these things. One of the most
prominent Nazis of Austria came to
me in London and, after saying that
Hitler was regarded by the Austrian
Nazis as their spiritual leader, asked
me why it was that England was so
bitterly opposed to Naxidom.
I was amazed at the naivete of the
question.
“Is it possible," I asked, "that you
have overlooked the fact that British
labor is highly organized and one of
the great forces of this country. Or
that English Jews play a great part
. ]'fe of'Britain, and wield vast power
to finance, industry and politics?"
My visitor was as much surprised
as I had been. He had overlooked
these points. Had he visited me a
little later I could have added the
anti-church campaign to the list, for
England in general is very religious.
Consigned to Dog-House.
Aristocratic Sir Oswald Mosley
Started a British Fascist Party. Eng
land regarded this pleasing young per
sonality and his snappily uniformed
followers with tolerance and amuse
ment at first.
It was a good show, and the Briton
likes shows. The day Sir Oswald
announced his anti-semitic drive,
however, his countrymen as a whole
consigned him and his outfit to the
dog-house.
It will be interesting to see how far
Mussolini will get with Hitler in the
ambassadorial capacity, if the Italian
leader accepts that role. When Hit
ler visited II Duce in Italy the latter
is said to have become incensed with
what he considered his guest's pench
ant for soaring in the clouds instead
of keeping his feet on the ground.
Mussolini is intensely practical and
heads straight for his goal. Hitler's
idealism frequently lifts him on its
wings and keeps him afloat for long
periods.
Young Star Entertains Chinese Visitors
Far from the tragic scenes of Nanking and Shanghai, May-ing Hsi (left), daughter of the
manager of the Bank of China, and Dorothy Chang (right), the sister-in-law of the powerful
T. W. Soong, are pictured at a luncheon in Hollywood with Deanna Durbin, youthful singing star
of Universal Pictures. The visitors are en route to Neiv York, where they will studi/ at Columbia
University._ —Wide'World Photo.
GERMAN SCIENTIST
;to visiuim
Dr. Koppers, Designer of
i Coke Ovens, Part Owner
of Pittsburgh Firm.
Bs the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. September 25.—Dr.
Heinrich Koppers one-time German
farm boy, is coming back to Pitts
burgh. center of the far-flung Koppers
Co. interests, which bears his name.
More than 30 jears ago Dr. Kop
' pers revolutionized the making of
J coke by constructing a by-product
| coke oven which permitted the tem
i perature in the flues to be more
! closely regulated than in the old
j fashioned beehive ovens which dotted
| the hills of Western Pennsylvania and
fed the furnaces of the steel mills.
The famous German scientist and
industrialist will arrive in New York
on the Europa Monday to visit his
former associates in the establishment
; of a new coal by-product industry.
Son of a farmer in the lower Rhine
j Valley. Koppers studied metallurgy
and started experiments in 1894 in
the virtually uncharted field of coke
technology.
He designed his improved coke oven
in 1898, and 8t 28 was building a bat
| tery of them in Europe when a group
| of American engineers asked him to
! come to America.
He moved his headquarters from
Essen, Germany, to Chicago and built
nine coke plants. A license agree
ment was formed between him and
the United Steel Corp., which con
| trolled 45 per cent of the total iron
output of the country, and a plant
of 280 ovens was built at Joliet*. 111.
The Koppers Co. was organised
and moved to Pittsburgh in 1914. and
its founder decided to return to his
homeland, disposing of his business
and patents for a 20 per cent inter
est in the new concern.
Dr. Koppers has since been busy
with his German firm, which employs
2.000 men. At 64 his interest in coke
is now centered on production of mo
tor fuel through the derivation of a
gaseous mixture from brown coal
briquettes and coke.
Milling Expert to Speak.
Dr. C. A. Coleman of the Milling
and Baking Division of the Agricul
ture Department will be one of the
■speakers at the sixteenth annual con
vention of the Pennsylvania Millers
and Peed Dealers’ Association, to be
held in Atlantic City Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
Japanese Visits Chinese Envoy
To Learn Reasons for War
Student Goes to Embassy to Find Out
“Why All This Killing?”—and Non
plussed Counselor Explains,
By the Associated Press.
An earnest young Japanese, repre
senting himself as a student at Har
vard, has upset the smoothly run
ning Chinese Embassy by calling
there personally to solicit its views
on the cause of the sanguinary un
declared war in the Far East.
Embassy attaches are more than
eager to explain the Chinese Gov
ernment's position at any given op
portunity. But Japanese visitors have
been noticeably lacking at the Em
bassy in recent months.
There appeared valid reason, there
fore, for the consternation the youth
ful caller aroused when he presented
himself at the chancery on fashion- i
able Nineteenth street and asked
blandly in English -for the Ambas
sador.
Secret Buzzer* Start Popping.
Accustomed as lie was to meeting
almost any situation, the veteran
doorman was taken aback.
Telephones began jingling in the
quiet, dim corridors, and secret
buzzers sent secretaries popping out
of office doors, ready for any emer
gency. Oriental placidity was aban
doned while subordinate officials con
ferred excitedly.
Then. Counselor Zaung Teh Ing
took command. He marched to the
foyer and greeted the visitor with
grave politeness.
“I regret,” Ing apologized, “that the
Ambassador is too busy to be disturbed. !
Is there something that I might help
you with?”
And still in English—just as pol
ished as Ings own—the caller ex
plained:
“I would like to find out just what
the situation is in the Far East. I
want to know why all this killing
should be going on, and I thought the
Ambassador might help me to find
out.”
Japanese "Still Asleep.”
It was Ing's turn to be nonpulsed.
His suspicions grew.
“.It seems to me the proper place
for you to inquire is at the Japanese
Embassy,” he replied coldly.
“But.” said the visitor pleasantly.
"I have just come from there and it
seems they are all still asleep, because
I was told that no one was in the
chancery yet.”
Ing consulted the clock. It regis
tered 11 a.m. He could not resist a
thrust at the enemy.
"Oh. they can afford to keep such
hours.” he observed sarcastically.
"They have nothing to worry about,
while we ...” A shrug of his shoul
ders was as eloquent as words.
“Then I must look to you for help.”
the Japanese said. "Please tell me
the reasons for all this horror.”
Ing still wasn't wholly convinced.
But. he reasoned, the young man did
appear to be intellectually perturbed.
“Wo Resent Being Killed.”
“Well, I’ll tell you,” Ing said, "it’s
simply that a lot of your country’s
soldiers are killing a lot of our peo
ple. And naturally our people resent
being killed, and are refusing to be
killed to the limit of their ability.”
'But why?” pursued the Japanese.
The Chinese counselor cited an in
stance in which two Japanese avia
tors, forced down in China by Chi
nese airplanes, had been volubly puz
zled over the fact that they were
treated civilly, instead of being killed
immediately. To which Ing quoted
their captors as responding:
“ 'We don’t want to kill you. Why
do you come here and try to kill us?' ”
“ Because,’ the captured aviators
were reported to have answered, ’we
were ordered to do it. We were, told
that you were killing Japanese people
here and that we had to come here to
protect them against you.’ ”
“We Want Peace.”
“That is the reason for all this con
flict.” Ing told his visitor. “The Chi
nese people do not want to fight. They
have always been willing to settle ail
matters peaceably with Japan. There
is nothing Japan wants that she can
not get from us within reason if she
were willing to sit down and negoti
ate peacefully.”
"But what can I do to help stop
this war?” the visitor asked.
"You can write home and tell your
people just what I've told you,”'ing
advised.
Thereupon, the young Japanese
thanked Ing profusely and departed.
The counselor, in relating the story
yesterday, said his caller gave the
name of Fujimoto and identified him
self as an American-born Japanese
now studying at Harvard. A “Jap
anese gentleman,” Ing described him.
But when he finished telling the
story, a far-away look came into Ing’s
eyes. His usually genial face suggested
that he might still be wondering
whether the youth really came for
the reasons he stated.
Munich
* (Continued From First Page.)
at least to break the ground in a
general way.
Their time, from the moment H
Duce's train rolled into the station
here this morning until they de
parted for Mecklenburg by separate
trams some nine hours later, was
completely taken up with visits and
exchanges of visits, a luncheon, mili
tary reviews, formalities and the tea.
There were 25,000 German troops
lined up at the station holding back
the crowd when II Duce arrived. The
two heads of state exchanged formal
greetings in the huge square outside
and then reviewed the troops.
Formal Visits Exchanged.
Then they climbed in an open tour
ing car and drove slowly through the
Arch of Triumph to what was Musso
lini's temporary residence, the Prince
Karl Palace. Later they made for
mal visits to each other.
After a brilliant luncheon given by
Hitler in honor of his southern col
league. they stood side by side on a
reviewing stand to watch 10,000 crack
troops of Germany's new army stiffly
goose-step by. The troops were fully
equipped.
There was a smile on II Duce's face
and he chatted casually with the
grave-faced Hitler as the armed units,
picked from the finest commands of
the army, passed their stand.
War Games Advance.
At Mecklenburg, Germany's com
bined army, navy and air force ma
neuvers were advanced to a stage
where the two heads of state probably
W'ill be able to see the ‘'blue” army
demonstrate a smashing victory over
“red” invaders.
In simulated fighting already, the
“blue” forces have repelled the “in
vaders” and carried the w-ar games
Into enemy territory at several points.
The naval phase of the maneuvers
Involved a “blue” navy successfully
waging a "pirate hunt” against ‘Ted”
submarines which were assumed to
have been making the Baltic unsafe
for commercial navigation.
“War” communiques reported that
despite great submarine activity by
the "reds,” aided by "red” airplanes,
losses of "blue” transport and com
mercial ships were held to a minimum.
Convoy tactics were employed to pro
tect "blue” shipping.
The exact location of the army
maneuvers in the Mecklenburg area
was kept secret and only selected ob
servers w-ere allowed to accompany
; Mussolini and Hitler into the guarded
; area.
Rail Lines Heavily Guarded.
Mussolini and Hitler boarded trains
at 7:10 p.m. (1:10 p.m. E. S. T.) for
Mecklenburg, 600 miles from Munich
along a rail line guarded through the
•
night by thousands of militiamen and
police. With rifles ready, these guards
were posted every few hundred feet,
alert to prevent any mishap to the
trains and the personages they were
carrying.
Tens of thousands of cheering spec
tators lined the streets of Munich in
a great ceremonial of farewell for
Mussolini and Hitler. As they walked
the few hundred feet to the station,
it was apparent that the strenuous
day of social functions and ceremonies
had tired Mussolini.
The brisk, rapid pace he set this
morning was gone and he was satis
fied to walk at a leisurely gait.
Pope in Gesture to Hitler.
CASTEL GANDOLFO, September
25 iA>).—Pope Pius today urged
Catholicism as the only real anti-Bol
- - ■
shevlst campaign, while Premier Mus
solini and Reichsfuehrer Hitler were
engaged in what the pontiff called
| "a very solemn and very festive”
occasion.
Without mentioning either the Ger
man or Italian leader by name, the
Pope directed his remarks to 60 Ger
i man pilgrims.
Prelates took his observations to
indicate that the Pope still was hnpe
| ful that representations he was said
l reliably to have sent to Hitler by Mus
i solini might yet clarify the church
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Refuses to Participate in
Work of Advisory
Committee.
BACKGROUND—
China's protests to League
against aggressions by Japan ted to
revival of Oriental Advisory Com
mittee which functioned with
American co-operation during
Sino-Japancse incident of 1931-32.
China and Japan were invited to
present their cases before commit
tee and United States was asked
to resume its consultative partici
pation. China agreed to submit
its arguments to the group. United
States will participate.
Ey the Associated Press.
GENEVA, September 25.—The Jap
anese government today declined in
polite but firm language an invita
tion to participate in the work of the
League of Nations Advisory Com
mittee revived to deal with the Chi
nese-Japanese conflict.
The refusal was transmitted di
rectly to the League in a telegram
signed by Foreign Minister Koki
Hirota.
Japan Cited by Chinese,
In a meeting of the League's Dis
armament Commission Japan was
cited by a Chinese delegate as an ex
ample of the "murderous" conse
quences of a militaristic policy. Tsien
Tai, the Chinese representative, told
the commission:
"A tremendous offensive with land,
sea and air forces has begun against
China with all the terrible forces of
modern means of destruction, which
are becoming more murderous every
day.
"The case of Japan shows clearly
to what extent intensive armaments
constitute a real danger not only to
near neighbors but also for the world
as a whole.”
League Attitude Probed.
Japan, although declining the
League's invitation, seemed anxious
to learn what the League will do to
halt the Sino-Japanese conflict.
Several powers were anxious to re
ceive some indication from the United
States as to what measures would be
acceptable to it.
Informed quarters expressed be
lief Spain would defer action on her
protest to the League against Ital
ian and German interference in her
civil war In hope that Italy. Great
Britain and France might deal with
the question satisfactorily in three
power conversations.
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> •
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Gift of Anonymous
Friend.
Construction work is scheduled to
start this week on the new annex tn
the Community Chest Building at
1101 M street. Excavation of the
basement of the structure has Just
been completed.
The annex is the gift of an anony
mous friend who presented the Chest
and the Council of Social Agencies
with the buildings on both sides of M
street at Eleventh and provided money
for the annex in order that there
might be sufficient office space for all
agencies.
Herbert L. Willett, jr., director of
the Chest, yesterday emphasized that
not a cent of contributed money will
be used in connection with the build
ing project. It is an outright gift
made because of lack of space at 1101
M street and because the buildings
from 1100 to 1104 M street were not
susceptible to alteration for office
space.
Willett said it had been necessary
to rent space for the Council of Social
Agencies, while the Chest campaign
organization had been forced to oc
cupy 1128 Eleventh street.
Designed by E. Burton Corning, the
new annex will consist of an English
basement and two upper floors, each
story having a floor space of 2.230
square feet. It is being built by the
William P. Lipscomb Co., and will be
of brick and concrete, completely fire
proof construction.
Only an intimate friend or a rela
tive should be asked to act as a child's
godmother or godfather.
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The Baltimore <fe Ohio Railroad will
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of picture taking in the picturesque
Allegheny Mountain countryside in
that vicinity.
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8:10 a m. on October 3 and will leave
Oakland on the return trip at 5:30
Pm., arriving back in Washington
about 10:20 p.m., D. L. Moorman, gen
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