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CIA DEMANDS ACTION OF LEAGUE Insist Nine-Power Treaty Signatories Be More Than “Invited” to Conference. BT the Associated Press. GENEVA, October 5.—The Drafting Committee of the League Advisory Group on the Sino-Japanese conflict agreed today that signatories of the nine-power treaty, including the United States, should be “invited” to meet at the earliest possible moment to examine the Par Eastern situation. It was understood also that conces sions were made to a Chinese demand that the nine-power conference in vitation should not be the only action taken. The Chinese representatives insisted the League also should recog nize its obligation to act. A draft of the proposals is to be submitted later to the subcommittee j of 13. and if approved there to be then presented to the full Advisory Committee, which in turn would re port to the League Assembly. The effort to call together the nine powers earlier had been snagged by determined Chinese and Russian op position to a nine-power conference on the conflict. Oppose British Proposal. The Chinese delegation, solidly sup ported by their Russian allies, was learned to have opposed the British project for convocation of the signa tories of the Washington treaty guar anteeing China's territorial integrity, unless the League of Nations contin ues its study of charges accusing Japan as an aggressor nation. The position taken by China and Russia was based on the hope of ulti mate League measures to aid China as a victim of aggression. The par ticular articles invoked by China in her charge against Japan were 10 and 11 of the League Covenant, which bind the League to take measures to preserve the territorial integrity of members against aggression. Until the opposition developed, forcing postponement of its meeting toaay, tne Advisory subcommittee on Sino - Japanese Affairs, with the United States sitting in consultation, was believed to have accepted the British proposal and agreed to rec ommend convocation of the nine pow ers at a late meeting last night. (Dispatches from Washington for some time have indicated the United States was engaged in secret studies with other powers to see if the nine power pact could not be used to re store peace in China. (The United States and Great Britain were known to have pre viously begun exchanging informa tion on their views and diplomatic maneuvers in the Far Eastern crisis, a move which might have strength ened the British decision to invoke the terms of the pact.) Action Unjustified. The factual investigation by the 1 great powers at Geneva was said to have resulted in an impression that Japan's military action in China was 1 "unjustified" by the incidents leading up to it. The three main points of the sub- ■ committee’s conclusions were listed as : an indictment of Japan for: 1. “Invasion” of China by Japanese troops. ! 2. Bombardment of the Chinese civil , population contrary to the rules of , warfare. 3. “Impeding" normal Chinese com- ( merce by a naval blockade of the China coast. Great Britain's influence was I thought to be responsible for the sud den stiffening of the League attitude against Japan in the Far Eastern con^ flict. One delegate indicated mounting ] world opinion would induce the League to adopt stringent measures to curb Japan for what the committee decided was an invasion of China. The nine-power pact, signed In Washington in 1922, binds the signa- 1 tones to meet at the call of any one 1 of them that believes a situation has 1 arisen which "involves the applica tions’* of the treaty. < State Department Silent. By the Associated Press. i State Department officials cautiously 1 Withheld comment today on the pro- ] posal of a League of Nations Advis- : ory Drafting Committee to invite the 1 United States and other signatories “ of the nine-power treaty to consider the Sino-Japanese conflict. Pending action by the full Advisory Committee and the Assembly itself, Secretary Hull and his aides refused to indicate what the attitude of this Government might be. Thus far in the Far Eastern un declared war the United States h|s refrained from any move to invoke the nine-power pact, which guaran tees the territorial and administrative Integrity of China. Goes on Trial HAROLD E. DAHL. _—A. P, Photo. D. C. LEGIONNAIRES lohn T. Taylor and Paul Griffith Made Chevaliers of Legion of Honor. Bj the Associated Press. PARIS. October 5.—John Thomas Taylor, director of the National Leg islative Committee of the American Ugion, Washington, D. C„ and Paul Griffith, office manager of the Amer ican Legion in Washington, today were made chevaliers of the Legion of Honor. The awards were made at a dinner at which three thousand American legionnaires and French war veterans irard Marshal Petain acknowledge the justice of Gen. Pershing's 1917 stand that American troops fight in France as an American Army. Twenty years after the United States entry into the great war the famous French commander recognized the correctness of the American gen eral's position—a position which for a time threatened serious discord with allied commanders who urged incor poration of American troops into their swn divisions. Pershing, however, was not at the linner to hear Petain. Pleading a leavy schedule of Legion activities, he 77-year-old general asked to be 'xcused in order that he might con serve his strength. The diners, assembled at long tables n a courtyard at Invalides, saw a bust >f Pershing presented by Paris Le [ionnaires to Comdr. Daniel J. Doherty >f the American Legion for the Legion tational headquarters at Indianapolis. Doherty, a Woburn. Mass., resident, vas made a commander of the Legion >f Honor by Petain. Two other Legionnaires—Philip Con ley, national vice commander, of Charleston, W. Va.. and Capt. Mark Boatner, jr., in charge of the American Battle Monuments Commission office n Paris—also were made chevaliers. The visiting former soldiers and heir families were guests of the mar hal at a sumptuous noonday meal, tart of a program of elaborate enter ainment arranged by the French gov rnment and officials. - ■ • )R. OVERHOLSER BEGINS ST. ELIZABETH’S WORK few Superintendent Is Interna tionally Known in Field of Psychiatry. Dr. Winfred Overholser, newly ap tointed superintendent of St. Eliza leth’s Hospital, assumed his duties lere yesterday. Internationally known in the field if psychiatry, Dr. Overholser succeeds he late Dr. William A. White. The new St. Elizabeth's head has ecently been engaged in special work or the National Committee for Mental lygiene, after many years at the Massachusetts State Hospital. HU lome is in Wellesley Hills, Mass. Court’s Judgment in Case of American Flyer/to Be Given Thursday. BACKGROUND— Harold E. Dahl, American aviator, was shot down last July by Spanish insurgents. Wide attention was at tracted to case when Dahl's beauti ful wife made plea to Gen. Franco to spare his life. Bs the Associated Press. SALAMANCA, Spain, October 5.— Harold E. Dahl, the Illinois flyer, who joined the Spanish government air force and was shot down by Spanish insurgents, was court-martialed today in the grand salon of an ancient Moorish palace. Little moer than an hour was re quired for Dahl to present his story to the military tribunal, contending that he went to Spain as instructor, but was forced to fight. x The court withheld judgment until Thursday at 2 p.m. It must forward its verdict to Generalissimo Francisco Franco for approval or clemency. His thin blond hair carefully combed and wearing new trousers and jacket, Dahl entered the court room at 1 p.m., with three Russian aviators, who fol lowed him to trial on the same in surgent charge—"rebellion." Replace Old Coveralls. The new clothes were brought to him by Mrs. Merito, w’ife of the de fense counsel, and daughter of the Bolivian Minister to Paris, and re placed the coveralls he had worn since his capture by insurgents. A telegram from Mrs. Dahl, await ing decision of her husband’s fate in France, came for the captive aviator as the trial began. "Heart and good wishes of the whole world are with you. Love. Edith,” the telegram read. * Col. Federico Acosta and four cap tains comprised the court, with Capt. Espinosa acting prosecutor. The public was admitted and packed the court room as the judges, in full uniform, waited while Dahl conferred with counsel. Dahl'i Story Read. As the prisoners sat on a bench in the middle of the court room, Dahl's story was read—beginning with his going to Mexico, where he contends he was promised $1,500 monthly to fly for the Madrid-Valencia govern ment, and ending with his capture by insurgents. Dahl related there never were more than five American pilots with the Madrid-Valencia regime, nad that there now was none. He said he flew Russian planes. The prisoner said that, after an operation in France, he went back to Valencia for his pay, but instead was forced to fight. He testified he held a reserve officer's commission in the United State Flying Corps. Dahl's Part In Trial. His part in the trial ended when he was asked if he had anything more to say. “I came only as instructor, not as pilot,” he told the court, which then took up the case of the Russian pris oners. Dahl, tall and broad-shouldered, was calm throughout and spoke clearly in English, which was interpreted for the court. Generalissimo Francisco Franco's military court probably will sentence the American to death, blit the in surgent leader's previous response to the supplications of Dahl's beautiful wife promised to save him. Dahl has been spending the long hours of waiting in writing his mem oirs. He wants not only life but free dom. Dies in Spain U. S. YOUTH GIVES LIFE FOR LOYALIST CAUSE. SAMUEL LEVINGER. This American youth, 20, the son of a Columbus, Ohio, rabbi, was fatally wounded in the siege of Belchite while fighting for the Spanish loy alists in the International Brigade. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Comment _(Continued From First Page.) the President was referring princi pally to the Far Eastern situation. Rome Professes Peace Aim. ROME, October 5 (A3).—Well-in formed sources said today President Roosevelt’s reference to peace-loving nations could also apply to Italy. If the Mediterranean situation is in a "state of international anarchy,” the culprit is not Italy, but Soviet Russia, it was added. No official comment was obtainable, on the grounds that President Roose velt's address was not mentioned in the Italian press. London Sees Her Foes Hit. LONDON, October 5 (A3).—President Roosevelt's Chicago address calling for concerted action to restore world peace was welcomed as "very significant" here today. The foreign office, apart from show ing “evident interest," followed its custom of refraining from comment On a speech by the head of a state. Well-informed quarters interpreted the speech as a strong condemnation of the methods of totalitarian states. Poland has doubled its imports of iron ore and increased its own pro duction 33 per cent in the last year. Lindberghs to Stay in Home In Britain Another Christmas By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 4.—The Lind berghs have decided to spend another Christmas In the rambling, ancient, timbered house of Long Barn at Seven Oaks, Kent, the landlord re vealed today. Long Barn's owner, Harold O. Nicol son, member of the Bouse of Com mons, said Col. Charles A. Lindbergh gave notice that he intended to re main "until after Christmas at least.” A friend once said, "If Lindbergh cracks his head a few times on the low doorways he’ll decide to move.” Whether or not the lank flyer cracked his head, he seems satisfied with the picturesque retreat. Even the ’landlord, who resides at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, said he could not understand why the colonel is con tent to stay in drafty Long Barn dur ing the Winter. The renting arrangement is quite informal. Nicolson originally offered the residence to the colonel to “stay as long as you like.” A real f state agent at Seven Oaks handles the rent. The colonel pays promptly. Neither the agent nor Nicolson give any thought or care concerning the colonel’s pursuits there. Friends of the Lindberghs said the couple is completely satisfied with Long Barn as a suitable place for the rearing of their second son, Jon, so it is thought likely they will continue there until the third son, Land Mor row, passes through Infancy. Their precautions for' privacy— regarded as remarkable by the Eng lish neighbors — still are maintained and the whereabouts of Lindbergh at the present time is unknown. Commerce Committee, asserted that such an accord "should express on the British side a future trade policy more In line with the non-discrlm lnatory policy of the United States.” - Needle Caused Fain. ANDERSON, Ind.—When Mrs. Wil liam Gift, 77, rubbed her aching leg, a needle emerged. 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