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■Incidents on Border
Cloud Japan's Hope
For Breathing Spell
Boundary Negotiations
With Russians Still
Hanging Fire
By A. T. STEELE,
I Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
PEIPING, Oct. 14 —The Russians
are up to their old tricks again along
the Soviet-Manchukuan frontier, ac
cording to authoritative reports re
layed through diplomatic channels.
The massing of Soviet troops in
the vicinity of Pogranitchnaya and
several minor outbreaks at other
, points on the border are clouding
Japanese hopes for a breathing spell
In the Russo-Japanese tension.
The opening of negotiations for
border demarcation as provided by
the recent Nomonhan truce is still
hanging fire. The Japanese want
Harbin as the meeting place and the
Soviets are insisting upon Manchtili.
at the Manchukuo-Siberian border.
It is a tossup whether the Soviets are
really.desirous of reaching an agree
ment on border issues or are simply
teasing the Japanese, with the ob
« ject of ultimately wrecking the par
leys.
Japanese wanl settlement.
The history of previous futile ne
gotiations offers no good promise.
Whatever the Soviet view, it is ob
vious that the Japanese want to
reach a patchwork settlement which
would enable them to concentrate
their energies on their self-imposed
mission of cleaning up China. They
would like to postpone a showdow-n
With Russia for a future date.
M As evidence of their good inten
tions the Japanese have even gone
so far as to suppress their anti
communist organ in Harbin and to
facilitate the reopening of several
Soviet consular and tradf organs in
Japan and Manchukuo. The Japa
nese do not want any more scares
such as they got in the final battle
on the Manchukuan-Outer-Mongoli
an border when ultramodern Rus
sian tanks, equipped with flame
throwers, proved superiority of me
chanical equipment, not superiority
of morale, is the decisive factor of
modern warfare.
, Big Job in China.
How big a job the Japanese army
is still facing in China is shown by
the failure of operations against
Changsha, capital of Hunan Prov
ince. which started with a great
blaring of trumpets but ended with
Japanese withdrawal from most of
the territory gained there. This
“grand offensive.” like the repeated
bombings of Chungking. China's
temporary capital in Szechuan
Province, was intended to discourage
Chinese resistance and encourage a
peace movement.
The actual effect was quite the
opposite. The result of this Chinese
success has been to stiffen Chung
king's determination to continue the
Bino-Japanese War.
Continued Soviet pressure on the
Manchukuan frontier has so far
marie it impossible for the Japanese
to divert any large number of troops
from that area to China.
(Copyrlfht, iHSfl. by the Chicago
Daily News, Inc.)
Finns
(Continued From First Pagel
ments as intimating the Soviet gov
ernment had asked not only for
territorial concessions to establish
naval bases but also a mutual as
sistance pact similar to those with
Estonia and Latvia.
Russian Pact Recalled.
In a formal statement following
Erkko's broadcast, President Kyoesti
Kallio recalled the Finnish-Russian
treaty and non-aggression pact of
1932 and an agreement concerning
Vie definition of an aggressor in
1933 and asserted:
“We hope that even in the future
Russia will honor these agreements,
the principles of which she has
referred to emphatically at several
international conferences.
"Russia has invited us to a con
ference in Moscow," Kallio contin
ued. “This gives me reason to note
that our relations with that country
have been normal on the basis of
the peace we made at Dorpat in
1920. That treaty we always have
honored.
Kallio asserted the Finnish people
teere "extremely grateful” for the
Invitation of the Swedish King to
meet in Stockholm Wednesday “at
m time when the great European
powers are at war against each
other and when the economic devel
opment and the relations of neutral
countries are endangered."
Gratitude for Americana.
TVia V/swciinn WiTtw-t -- 4 J .
-— “ - VV A OUiU .
“A nation's future and fate de
•pend in the end on its own will
to defend its elementary rights and
freedom against all aggression.
"I cannot refrain from availing i
myself this opportunity to give an 1
expression of the sincere gratitude
felt by the people of Finland to i
the people of the United States!
as a whole and to President Roose
velt, head of your State and yourl
Government, for the friendship and !
moral support you have shown us
Which we understand were intended
to create circumstances on "the j
basis of which in the present sit- ,
uation could be found a peaceful,
moderate solution.”
Erkko said the Finnish people had
•‘taken a calm attitude toward world
events, trying to concentrate our
efforts toward keeping our economic
rights in normal action during
the present crisis.”
« He said Finland had taken pre
cautionary measures “only because
we wish to feel we have %t least
that security which we ourselves
can provide under the present diffi
cult conditions.’”
No Ultimatum Received.
Referring to the Soviet digcus
Bions, the Foreign Minister asserted
the Soviet had suggested the con
ference on questions of a “politi
cal nature."
in this respect has
| | MILES
PARIS.—GERMANS REPORTED MASSED FOR ATTACK—
French sources reported yesterday that Germany has massed
sufficient tanks and heavy artillery to launch a large-scale of
fensive at any moment. German strength along the western
front was estimated at 2,000.000 men. Arrows indicate areas of
concentration of troops and artillery. —A. P. Wirephoto.
The War Situation
with the sinking of the British
battleship Royal Oak German
naval forces have sent to the bot
tom 86,000 tons of British war
ships, it was officially claimed in
Berlin. German officials said that
two airplane carriers, the Coura
' geous and Ark Royal; one battle
ship, the Royal Oak; one heavy
cruiser and one destroyer were
included. The battle cruiser Hood
also was claimed to be seriously
damaged. (Page A-l.)
Additional reports of survivors
from the Royal Oak brought to
396 the number of the approxi
mately 1.200 aboard the battleship
who have been saved. The Royal
Oaks commander, Capt. W. G.
Benn, was said to be among the
rescued. The admiralty did not
disclose where or when the disas
ter overtook the Royal Oak. (Page
A-l.)
Reports were received in Paris
via neutral countries that Chan
cellor Hitler and his chief of the
army high command, Col. Gen.
Wilhelm Keitel, were establishing
headquarters on the western front.
The Fuehrer's headquarters were
reported being set up at Aachen,
on the Belgian frontier, and Kei
tel was said to be scheduled to
take personal command of the
German Army. (Page A-l.)
In a radio broadcast to the
United States early today Eljas
Erkko, foreign minister of Fin
land, declared that his govern
ment could not accept a proposal
from Russia in the present nego
tiations which “would strengthen
the security of one side at the ex
pense of the other." Finland s
delegation to the Moscow confer
ence was hurrying home, and the
negotiations were not expected to
be resumed until after the meet
ing of the Scandinavian mon
archs and Finland's President
Wednesday. (Page A-l.)
Signing or the Russian-Turk
ish pact, which was expected to
be another link in the chain of
agreements by which Russia is
extending her power from the
Baltic to the Black Sea, was re
ported in Moscow. Its terms are
less sweeping than some the
Russians sought to obtain, it was
said in informed Moscow circles.
Official announcement of the
accord was expected hourly.
(Page A-l.)
An unidentified airplane flying
high over Berlin last night was
fired upon by Qerman anti-air
craft batteries, an official an
nouncement in Berlin said. The
statement did not say whether
the machine was struck. Berlin
ers had been startled before the
announcement by the sound of
gunfire and beams of search
lights could be seen criss-cross
ing the sky. (Page A-l.)
been presented to us nor should we
have given way to such a one,” he
added.
“It is an irony of fate that a
country which is politically not mili
taristic * * * has become the ob
ject of attention of the whole .world
without our own fault, as is unfor
tunately the case at the present
moment.
"In these perturbing times we real
ize with joy we have many friends
all over the world who * * • have
given us support and shown their
understanding for a peaceful policy
and attitude toward Finland. This
moral support we never shall for
get.”
Dr. Paasikivi to Report.
Government spokesmen said Br.
Juho Kustl Paasikivi. head of the
Finnish delegation, would give a re
port of the Moscow conferences on
his return here.
Reports circulating in the Finnish
capital said Russia was demanding
the right to establish naval bases
on Finnish islands in the Gulf of
Finland, concessions similar to those
obtained from Latvia, Lithuania and
Estonia.
A government source left little
doubt that the Soviet proposals made
in the first Moscow sessions were
more sweeping in their present form
than the Finns were prepared to
accept.
The temporary termination of the
talks coincided with increased
activity among Finland's reservists,
strengthening of the government by
cabinet changes and a stiffened front
among the Northern European
nations.
Helsingin Sanomat, Errko's news
paper, said in an editorial “that
Sweden should have taken the initia
tive in calling together such a con
ference proves the interest which all
the rest of the northern nations
have in preventing endangering Fin
land's membership in the northern
bloc."
At least 100,000 persons, one third
of Helsinki's population, had fled
from the city last night as feverish
activities went forward in prepara
tion for any possible national emer
gency. A decree ordered civilians in
readiness to work directly or indi
rectly for the national defense.
Regulations drawn up for a wartime
status were put into effect.
Beacom to Tour South
In Behalf of McNutt
By the A«soci»ted Presi.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 14.—J. Pat
rick Beacom, associate chairman of
the Paul V. McNutt-for-President
Organization, will begin a trip
through 10 Southern and Western
States Monday to line up support
for the Federal Security adminis-,
trator.
The West Virginia Young Demo
cratic national committeeman will
make most of his contacts with
Southern Young Democratic leaders,
McNutt headquarters here said to
day.
Beacom will go first to Nashville,
Tenn.. and then visit Alabama. Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Texas. New Mex
ico, Arizona, California, Nevada and
Oklahoma.
U. S. Will Bar Public
From Vessels in Canal
By the Associated Press.
BALBOA, Canal Zone, Oct. 14.—
In order to prevent possible sabotage
by persons or organizations having
anti - American feelings. United
States naval vessels stationed in the
Canal Zone will not be open to the
public Navy Day, October 27.
The announcement was made to
day by Rear Admiral Prank H. Sad
ler, commandant of the 15th Naval
District.
Ships of the Special Service Squad
ron stationed at the fleet air base
and submarine base have in former
years been open to the public on
Navy Day.
Germany Bans
Personal Duels
For Arbitration
Bj the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 14.—The traditional
German duels to settle affairs of
honor in the Nazi party and army
are forbidden under an “agreement
concerning honor” made public to
day.
Committees will settle disputes in
volving army officers and members
of the Nazi party or its branches.
Supreme Party Judge Walter
Buch, in putting the agreement
into effect, observed that comrade
ship formed during the World War
does not permit various codes of
honor among German men. Nego
tiations between the army and the
party. Judge Buch said, resulted in
decisions that “both would settle
affairs of honor jointly or in the
same manner with the exclusion of
duels which heretofore were cus
tomary but no longer are suitable
in Adolf Hitler's Reich.”
Paris
_(Continued From First Page.)
closed by great fortifications of re
inforced concrete showing only nar
row slits through which machine
guns are able to sweep the bridges
with a deadly fire.
Two of the bridges blown up,
those at Breisach and Neuenburg,
led directly to the Black Forest re
gion, where the heaviest German
concentrations of troops were re
ported. The other was at Winters
dorf. which Nazi troops assembled
at Karlsruhe might be expected to
use.
British Move to Front.
Meanwhile British troops moved
steadily toward the front and regi
ment after regiment of French ar
tillery took up their positions
against the possibility that Germany
might tr>r an offensive before win
ter sets in.
The French said the advance of
their troops early in the war gave
commanders enough elbow room for
the engineers to dig in and bring
up heavy batteries without fear of
German reprisals. The thorough
ness of French preparations for an
intended long winter vigil was in
dicated in all reports from the front.
These said that not only have the
allies taken air photographs of Ger
man emplacements and troop move
ments but also of their own posi
tions to determine the efficiency of
their camouflage.
Next Move Up to Reich.
The French assessed the value
of their gains thus far as crippling
the Saarland mineral deposits ana
industries, gaining maneuvering
ground and favorable defensive po
sitions and putting the next mili
tary move up to Germany.
The French foreign ministry was
watching developments in neutral
countries carefully, particularly the
negotiations between Soviet Rus
sia and Finland.
The Finnish Minister to France,
Dr. Harri Holma. conferred late to
day at the foreign ministry with
the French undersecretary of for
eign affairs, Champetier de Ribes.
Three Finnish Ships
Stopped by U-Boat
By the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN. Oct. 14—The
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau in
a report from Helsinki tonight said
three Finnish boats, the Margaretha.
Greta and Pesamo. all loaded with
woodpulp, had been stopped by a
German submarine west of England.
The tonnage of the ships was not
given.
Germany lists woodpulp as con
traband.
Cup of Coffee Costs
From 20 to 30 Cents
In Budapest Cafes
By the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, Oct. 14.—A cup
of coffee now costs from 20 to
30 cents in Budapest cafes.
The price was increased fol
lowing a government order
which raised the price of cof
fee to about $3 a pound to con
serve the existing supply.
Some cafes serve a cheaper
coffee mixed with chicory and
malt for those unable to af
ford the new price.
Two Endurance Flyers
To Claim New Record
By the Associated Press.
MUNCIE, Ind., Oct, 14.—Endur
ance flyers Kelvin Baxter of Rich
mond and Robert McDaniels of
Muncle will claim a new sustained
flight record for light planes if they
still are in the air at 6:39 p.m. to
morrow.
The aviators' ground crew today
said they would ignore the claim of
West Carroll and Clyde Schleiper of
Long Beach, Calif., to a new record
because the California plane is
equipped with pontoons. They said
the mark of 343 hours 46 min
utes, established by Hunter and
Humphrey Moody of Springfield, 111.,
still is the record for light land
planes.
Baxter and McDaniel passed their
321st hour aloft at 7:53 o’clock to
night with their motor running
smoothly and both men in good
health.
SACRAMENTO. Oct. 14 (A>).—
William Eddy and John Schumacker
were forced down at 11:56 a.m. today
after remaining in the air for 189
hours and 20 minutes in an attempt
to set a new endurance flight record.
They brought their light monoplane,
City of Sacramento, down when
condensers failed.
Test Pilot Dies in Crash
Of Military Attack Plane
By the Associated Press.
tfARMINGDALE, N. Y., Oct. 14.—
An all-metal Seversky military at
tack plane crashed a mile east of
this Long Island town late today,
killing the pilot.
It cut a 300-foot swath through !
scrub oak and turned over, pinning
the pilot in the cockpit. He was
identified by State police as Herbert
Hulsman, 33. Lindenhurst, N. Y., a
test pilot for Republic Aircraft Corp.
Hulsman was alive when rescuers
reached him, but died shortly after
ward. Witnesses said the plane ap
peared to be headed for a landing,
then disappeared suddenly.
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