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FAR EAST DEFENSE
Warships and Warplanes to
Be Sent to Protect
Indo-China.
By the Associated Press.
, PARIS, Nov. 20.—Minister of Col
onies Marius Moutet announced to
night the cabinet had appropriated
“large sums", to reinforce the mili
tary defenses of French Indo-China.
The announcement came a few
days after the foreign office denied
Japan had issued an ultimatum to
France against transporting war aup
* plies on her Indo-Chinese railroad to
China.
Moutet declared the reinforcements,
which he said also would be extended
. to other colonies, would consist
chiefly of warships and fighting
planes.
He said that he and Foreign Min
ister Yvon Delbos had established a
“permanent liaison” between the
Governor General of Indo-China and
the French diplomatic and consular
authorities In the Far East.
The navy ministry reported the
7,000-ton cruiser Primauget was
speeding to Saigon, capital of French
Indo-China, after a halt at the
British naval base at Singapore.
The reinforcements to be provided
by the new appropriation will be in
addition to the work started nearly a
year ago.
Where Two Met Death in Auto Accidents
___ (Story on First Page.) ,
This is the roof of taxicab through which William N. Keyser (shown in inset) was thrown to
his death last night at west end of Benning Viaduct. Witnesses said the cab passed another car
and struck coping alongside the car tracks. One wheel caught in the tracks and the car over
turned in midair, lighting on its nose, rolled over on the top and skidded several feet, then right
' ed itself. As it did so Keyser, sitting on the rear seat, came flying out through the top.
Prince Georges County, Md., Policeman Andrew J. Carrigan,
inspects the car in which Mrs. Ella Oroian was killed and five
of her children injured at Beltsville, Md., last night. Mrs. Oroian
died en route to Casualty Hospital.
—Star Staff Photos.
Roosevelt Speech at Chicago
Declared Long Under Study
Record of Brussels Conference Belying
Claim U, S, Has Not Kept Promises
Made by President,
By JAMES T. WILLIAMS, Jr.
With the condition of Europe what
ft is today, it is perhaps to be ex
pected that the position of the
American Government on various and
aundry foreign problems should be so
frequently misunderstood and in con
sequence misinterpreted. Recent ex
* ample* of this followed President
Roosevelt's Chicago speech on foreign
affairs, the Brussels conference and
. the announcement of the opening of
the negotiation of an Anglo-American
trade treaty.
Any Senator or Representative in
Congress who takes the trouble to in
quire at the Department of Stale can
ascertain for himself and his con
stituents the following facts:
The European rumor that Mr. Roose
velt threw his Chicago speech together
•on short notice in order to divert na
tional attention from the attack upon
the fitness of Mr. Justice Black for
membership on the great tribunal is
without foundation. The speech was
under consideration for months be
fore the President started on his
Western trip. All of its declarations
were most carefully considered. Some
were the subject of extended consulta
tions in which the President, the
Secretary of State, and most of the
American Ambassadors to European
governments participated.
, Chicago Chosen for Location.
The only question left open when
Mr. Roosevelt started for the Pacific
Coast was whether he should an
nounce the whole-hearted participa
tion of America in an organized
search for peace and justice at Seat
tle, Portland, or some inland city. He
Is believed to have chosen Chicago as
the place for his epochal deliverance
because of that city's central loca
tion and because of its cosmopolitan
, population.
The European rumor that President
Roosevelt promised more at Chicago
than the American Government de
*’ livered at Brussels will be knocked
into a cocked hat when the record
of the conference is ultimately laid
before the Senate of the United States.
The facts are as follows and they are
available at the White House or at
the Department of State to national
legislators.
All of the signatories of the Nine
f Power Treaty that accepted Belgium's
Invitation to the Brussels conference
were given clearly to understand from
the first that the American Govern
ment would not consent to extending
the decisions of the conference beyond
the limits of the Nine-Power Treaty.
There were two reasons for this:
The first was because to go beyond
the limitations of the treaty would
In effect violate the treaty. The sec
ond was that the American Govern
ment is a government of limited
powers. It is bound by law. The
President may be rompelled at any
moment to apply the so-called neu
trality law. and the terms of that
law prevent him, once it is applied,
from discriminating between belliger
ents. Pending its application, its
spirit dictates a similar course.
No Government Misunderstanding.
There was no misunderstanding on
the part of the Government's taking
part in the Brussels conference re
garding these vital matters. But in
the case of several, no doubt, there
was dissatisfaction over the American
Government’s refusal to go beyond
the Nine-Power Treaty or to Ignore
the possibility that the falsely named
neutrality law might have to be ap
plied before the conference recessed.
As for the announcement that nego
tiations are about to begin for the
conclusion of a trade treaty between
the London and Washington govern
ments—that, too, is in accord with
a long-time program. Conversations
preparatory to the starting of these
negotiations have extended over a year.
From the time Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull returned from Canada the
American Government has entertained
high hopes that the negotiation! could
be launched soon after the extra ses
sion convened. No doubt the timing
of the announcement has been made
with a view to letting the world know
in time that co-operation in the eco
nomic field between the two great
English-speaking commonwealths will
not be retarded by the kind of ag
gression to which the Chinese and
Spanish peoples have been subjected
by Japan and her allies.
The President's Chicago speech
would have been delivered regardless
of whether the Brussels conference was
held. The Anglo-American trade
treaty would have been negotiated re
gardless of whether the Brussels con
ference succeeded in ending Japan's
undeclared warfare against China.
How soon the President will report
to Congress the result of the Brus
sels conference or whether he will ask
for further powers to deal with Japan's
aggressions against the peace of the
Pacific cannot be forecast at this
time. Both depend upon subsequent
events that even the President cannot
yet foresee.
(Copytjsht, 1937.)
9 - 1 —
Discuss Nutrition.
SOMERSET. Md„ Nov. 20.—A dis
cussion of nutrition, which is the
group's principal project, featured a
meeting of the Somerset Girls' 4-H
Club at the home of Miss Lois Gish
last night.
JAPANESE SWEEP
BEYOND HOW
Chinese Striving to Form
Strong New Line to Guard
Nanking.
By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. Nov. 21 (Sunday).—
Japanese drove west to new conquests
today following the sudden fall of
Soochow, keypoint of China's "Hin
denburg line.” *
Chinese strove to form a strong.
newr defense line to bar the invaders'
progress to Nanking, from which
the government yesterday formally
announced removal of the capital to
Chungking in Szechwan Province.
Foreign military observers, how
ever, expressed doubt that the Chinese
would make a determined stand before
Nanking and some predicted the city
would be given up after a feeble
struggle. In that event, they said,
Chinese troops would follow their
government into the hinterland.
130.000 Troops Along Line.
The new Chinese line, along which
130.000 troops were reported en
trenched, stretched from Wusih, 25
miles north of Soochow, to Kiangyin,
a distance of nearly 35 miles. Jap
anese drove toward the line, north
west of Shanghai, from three points.
They announced that after a bom
bardment which lasted throughout the
night their marines had captured
the Fushan forts, stronghold of the
Yangtze River, 33 miles northeast
of Soochow.
Forty thousand Chinese troops re
treated from Soochow after the Jap
anese took it in what one of their
army spokesmen called "one of the
most amazing captures of an Im
portant city in the annals of war.”
A Domel (Japanese) News Agency
correspondent with the Japanese in
Soochow reported the city wax
captured as a small vanguard of
Japanese, hooded against the rain,
walked through the gates undetected
and raised their flag on a pagoda.
A Japanese army spokesman yes
terday said Soochow fell without a
shot being flred. Lack of Chinese re
sistance was attributed to extreme
fatigue after long forced marches.
Chinese military officials today ex
pressed hope that their troops who
retreated from Soochow would be able
to reform along the Kiangyin-Wuslh
line.
Advices from Nanking said a large
number of troops were passing through
that city. The soldiers apparently
formed reconstructed and re-equipped
divisions.
The Japanese advance now has
brought Kwangfoh, where five Ameri
can missionaries had established a
refugee camp, within the Nipponese
lines without known fighting. The
Americans therefore were considered
safe.
They included Dr. Mason Young,
Anderson. S. C ; C. G. McDaniels,
Blackstone, Va.; H. A. McNulty, New
York City; Henry H. McMillan,
Wagram, N. C., and a nurse, Lucy
Grier.
It was learned In official circles,
meanwhile, that embassies were not
planning to leave Nanking until
Wednesday. The exact plans of the
United States Embassy were not re
ceived here, but it was known that
three gunboats were standing by to
evacuate the staff and archives when
required.
The British Embassy staff’ plans
to proceed to Hankow Wednesday
aboard H. M. 8. Bee while H. M. 8.
Cricket stood by, prepared to evacu
ate 20 British persons remaining.
Political Friction Blamed.
Foreign observers believed that po
litical friction and military incompe
tence were largely responsible for
China's reverses. Expressing only
praise for the bravery of Chinese
troops, foreign military authorities
criticized Chinese leadership for a
fatal lack of co-operation and the
breakdown of supply lines.
It was learned authoritatively that
friction between the Nanking gov
ernment and certain Chinese generals
concerning troop disposition caused
Chinese forces to be replaced in the
Hangchow Bay area the day Jap
anese units landed there. The new
Chinese units wilted before the Jap
anese march inland, forcing China's
withdrawal from Pootung and Hung
jao. Shanghai sections that previously
had been successfully defended.
DOCTORS TO’BE HONORED
FOR FIGHT ON NARCOTICS
Allied Organization Will Hold
Testimonial Meeting for Four
Physicians Tuesday.
Four doctors, who through their
illustrated lectures have supplemented
the educational programs in the public
schools against narcotics, will be hon
ored by the Allied Organizations of the
District of Columbia at a meeting to
be held at the Washington Sanitarium,
Takoma Park, Md., Tuesday at 7:30
p.m.
Those to be honored at the testimo
nial meeting are Drs. Daniel H. Kress.
Bavnard S. Bourdeau, Owen 8. Par
ratt and Virgil O. Parrett.
The Allied Organizations of the
District of Columbia was founded in
March, 1936, to promote special educa
tion relating to morality and character
building in the public schools of the
District.
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D. C. Doctor Receives Deco
ration at Hellenic Dinner
Given by Friends Here.
Dr. John Constas, prominent phy
sician and surgeon of this city, re
reived a decoration from King George
II of Greece and was praised for his
work in his profession and as a
man, at a dinner given in his honor
at the Wardman Park Hotel last
night by Washington residents of
Hellenic descent.
The decoration received was the
Golden Cross of Phoenix for his dis
tinguished service in medicine. The
order presenting the cross was read
by the Minister of Greece, Demetrios
Sicilianos. Soterios Nicholson was
toastmaster.
Dr. P. S. Constantinople, an asso
ciate professor in the Georgetown
University Medical School, praised Dr.
Constas for his skill in the metical
profession and told how he was af
fectionately known as "Johnny” while
a professor at Georgetown.
Dr. Constantinople related that Dr.
Constas had been called to Greece,
at the invitation of the Greek govern
ment. to reorganize hospitals of that
nation along the lines of those in
this country. He also recalled various
achievements of Dr. Constas in con
nection with the medical profession.
Other speakers at the banquet in
eluded former Representative James
A. Frear of Wisconsin, Archbishop
Athenagoras, head of the Greek
Orthodox Church of North and South
America; Dr. C. G. Psaki and Dr.
Alexander Alexlou, both of New York,
and Achilles Catsonis.
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