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Assault at Sea Spurs
Quiz to Find if Union
Conspiracy Existed
One of Sailors Is Quoted:
'We've Been Put on This
Ship to Clean It Up'
Mr tb« Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15.—De
tention of two sailors in the Canal
Zone on charges of assault on the
high seas spurred an investigation
today "to determine if there was
a conspiracy by union groups against
the American President and other
United States flag lines.”
Reginald S. Laughlin. general
counsel for the President lines, who
disclosed the investigation, charged
a sailor, who attacked Chief Engi
neer James ray aboard the Presi
dent Hayes, told Mr. Fay:
"We've been put aboard this ship
to clean it up. and we're going to
Start right now.”
Thomas Kelleher and William
Crouch, members of the Sailors'
Union of the Pacific, are now await
ing trial in the Canal Zone, Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation agents
said, on charges of attacking Mr.
Pay and Claude Gardener, second
assistant chief engineer.
r . a. i. agents ana uomar. n. js.
Merriss of the Marine Bureau ques
tion crew members of the President
Hayes when the ship arrived yes
terday from New York. Comdr.
Merrill said he was conferring by
telephone with officials in Washing
ton on advisability of convening a
Marine tribunal.
League
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consistent with Britain's policies
and commitments.
Prime Minister Chamberlain, it
was recalled, left the door to nego
tiation open in his House of Com
mons speech July 10 when he
pledged rearmed Britain to aid Po
land in resisting any Nazi coup in
Danzig.
Asserting “we have guaranteed to
give our assistance to Poland in
case of a clear threat to her inde
pendence, which she considers it
vital to resist with her national
forces.” Mr. Chamberlain said then
of Danzig. “It may be that in a
clearer atmosphere possible im
provements could be discussed.”
In Berlin the press and Nazi party
circles believed Hitlers next step
would depend on "what Burckhardt
brings back with him in the next
few days” from his contacts with
Lord Halifax.
Informed circles there expressed
the opinion German acquisition of
uanzig ana a strip ot land through
the Polish Corridor to link Germany ,
and East Prussia had been accepted
by Hitler, Foreign Minister Joseph
Beck of Poland and Albert Forster,
Danzig Nazi leader, as a basis for
discussion.
A variety of rumors and guesses
on "peace plans" developed from the
talks of the last week end among
Hitler, his foreign minister. Joachim
von Ribbentrop, and Italy's foreign
minister. Count Galeazzo Ciano.
Private sources in Rome said Ger
many and Italy are agreeable to
holding a conference with France
and Great Britain on the German
claim to Danzig, to be followed later
by discussions toward settlement of
Europe's economic and colonial
problems. This, it was explained,
tvould involve a 30-day truce while
the four foreign ministers arranged
the meeting.
Munich Parallel Seen.
Anti-appeasement circles here,
meanwhile, viewed the proceedings
whth suspicion, drawing parallels be
tween current events and those
which preceded the Munich confer
uiai icsuiiea in aismember
xnent of Czecho-Slovakia.
Typical of such an attitude was an
editorial in the Daily Mirror, headed
"Old Stuff,” which said Hitler j
"shows a dismal lack of variety in j
his annual or autumnal crisis mobi- ■
lizations” and added: "As wdth |
Czecho-Slovakia last year, so now
with Poland. Next year, if Poland ;
goes, another performance of the
old play—nearer west.”
Meanwhile, it was reported here
that the staff talks of the British
and French military missions in
Moscow toward negotiations of a
mutual assistance pact with Russia
were proceeding in a "favorable at
mosphere.” It was understood,
however, that to meet certain situa
tions instructions would be sent to
the British and French missions to
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Egyptian Prince, on U. S. Visit,
Says Homeland Is Cooler
Hears More Talk
Of War Here Than
Abroad, He Asserts
A studious young man in horn
rimmed glasses who looks more like
a college sophomore than a prince
of the royal blood is in Washington
to see the sights, but right now he
wishes he were back in Egypt. It's
j cooler there.
Somewhat faint from what he
calls the “moisture.” 18-year-old
Prince Ahmed Fakhray, nephew of
King Farouk of Egypt and grandson
of the late King Fuad, sat in his
hotel room and talked about the
native land he rarely sees—"a very
nice country, full of mystery,” he
calls it.
“Couldn't we talk in French?” he
begged. Assured that an interview
in French would take up all the
time he'd allotted to sightseeing, he
sighed and reluctantly kept to
English.
He has lived in Paris ever since
he was 2 years old and admits his
thinking is much more Parisian than
Egyptian. His father, Mahmoud
Fakhray Pasha, is Egyptian Ambas
sador to France.
Knows Whom He Will Marry.
He takes as a matter of course,
however, the Egyptian traditions.
While he smilingly called the ar
rangement of royal marriages a
"chess game,” he admitted he would
marry the girl his father selects.
In fact, he already knows who she
is. although they are not engaged.
“I have many things to do before
then.” he explained seriously, and
added, with a sigh. "Oriental fami
lies are very traditional.”
Mainly the things he has to do
are concerned with a scientific ca
reer. His father would like him to
follow one of the two careers usually
adopted by princes of the blood—the
diplomatic or the military—but the
young prince is more interested in
problems of mathematics than in
military maneuvers.
As for a diplomatic career. Prince
Ahmed has very definite ideas. "In
a scientific career, he said, you
can do more personally. In a dip
give them greater latitude in the
discussions.
Poles Openly Distrustful
Of Rumored Peace Plans
WARSAW, Aug. 15 (/Pi.—Polish
press and official circles indicated
open distrust today of various ru- :
mored plans to save the peace by
new forms of compromise.
There was no evidence that Po
land had altered in the least her
opinion that concessions to Ger
many in the conflicting German
Polish claims to rights in the Free
City of Danzig could do any more
than postpone war.
The newspaper Ilustrowany Kur
jer of Krakow declared that Ger
many obviously hopes to arrive by
September 15 at a political arrange
ment whereby “Poland can be mas
tered in three or four weeks.”
What Poland fears is the awaken
ing of a new appeasement policy
which might give Germany some
success in what the Poles consider
to be a German campaign to "iso
late” Poland and establish this
country as the “aggressor” nation.
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lomatic career you are always under
orders.
"In scientific work, your mind is
free. It's a kind of liberty."
He admitted, under questioning,
that he was the “most young” at
the Ecole Polytechnique, where he
go his scientific training. Most of
the students there are 25 years old.
“I entered when I was 16,” he
said. “But that is too young. You
should nave your spirit and mind
more developed.”
Before he enters a private labora
tory he's taking this month in
America "just for relax.” But. he
pointed out with a smile, this his Is
an “intelligent vacation.” He's
looking at the social and scientific
side of life here as well as the usual
points of interest.
He finds more war talk here than
in Paris and. although Egypt's geo
graphic situation, he says, is very
"interesting" to the European coun
tries, they are "very quiet" there.
“We are not afraid.” he declared.
"Now Egypt is growing strong. We
are growing up and, of course, we
have a very strong national senti
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Italian Army Officers
In Uniform Appear
On Danzig Streets
Nazis No Longer Make
Effort to Camouflage
Arming of City
By RICHARD MOWRER,
Chlctto Daily Newt Foreign Correspondent.
DANZIG, Aug. 15 (by radio).—
Italian Army officers are talcing part
in the German militarization of
Danzig. Whether they are actively
participating or merely being shown
around, this correspondent cannot
say. The fact is, Italian officers
wearing uniforms of the Italian
Army are in Danzig and are often
seen In the company of German
S. A. (Elite Guards).
Danzig can best i»e described as
a German garrison town. There is
no effort to camouflage what is
going on here. Except for certain
places where none but German
Army men may enter, the militari- I
zation of the city is taking place
openly. More, it is being publicized.
This morning two light field pieces,
drawn by a small detachment of
German artille^men. rattled over
the cobblestones past this corre
spondent’s hotel. The guns could
illct oc mall Vinun 1_I_1_
to one of the ever-increasing num
ber of trucks and easily hidden from
public view—if the Germans had
so desired.
Files in German Uniforms.
At 12:30 o’clock in the afternoon
a file of men in German uniforms
marched past singing. Behind them,
in an open horse-drawn cart, w»re
three heavy machine guns being
taken somewhere. They were stack
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one would be sure to know what
they were. Discretion is no longer
the rule. The Nazis feel themselves
strong enough here to show off.
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city, displaying the swastika on its
tali. So far it is not a warplane.
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■ to the great brick building that
started out to be a youth hostel and
is now a garrison for Nazi troops.
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Welch Pogue today assumed his
duties as general counsel of the
Civil Aeronautics Authority, after a
year as its assistant general counsel.
He succeeds Charles Stuart Guth
rie, who resigned to become special
assistant to Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins.
George Neal assumes Mr. Pogue's
former post of assistant general
counsel. Mr. Neal has been with
the C. A. A. for a year, coming from
the Treasury Department. He
helped draft the C. A. A. Act.
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