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15-Year Mutual Aid Agreement
Signed With Allies by Turkey;
Hitler Annexes S Polish Areas
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Neutrality Provided
In Event of War
With Russia
By the Associated Press.
ANKARA. Turkey, Oct. 19
Turkey. key power of the Eastern
Mediterranean, signed a mutual
assistance pact with Britain and
< France here today.
The treaty was the outcome of
British-Turkish and French-Turkish
undertakings earlier this year to
assist each other “in the event of
an act of aggression leading to war.
In the Mediterranean area.”
It contained a clause permitting
Turkey to remain neutral in event
of a war among France, Great
Britain and Soviet Russia.
Signature of the treaty took place
In the presence of Gen. Maxime
Weygand. commander in chief of
French forces in the Eastern Medi
terranean, and Lt. Gen. Archibald
P. Wavell, British Middle East com
mander.
The pact contained the same
terms as had been agreed upon the
end of last month before Foreign
Minister Sukru Saracoglu went to
Moscow for the negotiations which
finally ended in failure this week.
Any pressure Soviet Russia may
have brought on Turkey to alter
her relations with the two western
powers, therefore, was fruitless.
The treaty contains economic as
Well as military clauses.
Copies were signed for Turkey by
Premier Refik Saydam and Marshal
Fersi Kakmak; for France by Rene
Massigli, Ambassador to Anlta^t. and
Gen. Weygand; and for Bri&in by
Ambassador Sir Hughe M. Knatch
bull-Hugessen and Lt. Gen. Wavell.
Ratification by the Turkish Par
liament was expected almost imme
diately.
Chamberlain Announces
Signing of 15-Year Pact
LONDON, Oct. 19 i#5/.—Prime
Minister Chamberlain announced to
Parliament tonight that a 15-year
mutual assistance pact had been
signed in Ankara by representa
tives of Britain, France and Turkey
The signing followed close on the
suspension of negotiations between
Turkey and Soviet Russia—talks
apparently designed to draw Turkey
closer to her big eastern neighbor.
The pact was negotiated as a
Sequel to temporary agreements
reached earlier this year under
which Turkey. Britain and France
promised to assist each other in
event of aggression leading to war
in the Mediterranean area.
These agreements and the pact
to which they looked forward
formed a part of the program to
build a British-French front after
Germany's occupation of Czecho
slovakia in March and Italy's seiz
ure of Albania in April.
Greece, Rumania Guaranteed.
At about the same time Britain
and France gave guarantees to
Greece and Rumania to assist them
8gainst possible threats to their
Independence and made the mutual
assistance pact writh Poland which
led to war with Germany.
A mutual assistance pact with
Soviet Russia also was envisaged by
Britain and France, but negotiations
ended abruptly with signing by Rus
sia and Germany of a non-aggres
sion pact.
Completion of the British and
French pact with Turkey apparently
was held in abeyance by the out
break of war and the negotiations
begun a few weeks ago between
Turkey and Russia.
British circles said they suspected
the latter were aimed at detaching
Turkey from the western powers and
thus indirectly assisting Germany.
Turkey's refusal to agree to Russia's
proposals therefore was interpreted
here as a striking diplomatic victory
by the British and French over Rus
sia. in the first instance, but mainly
over Germany, Foreign Minister
Sukru Saracoglu of Turkey is on his
trav hnmp frnm Mnsmu1
In Strategic Position.
Turkey, credited with being a
6trong military power, occupies a
strategic geographical position, and
her neutrality or assistance will be of
great importance to British and
French sea power, it was pointed
out.
The water route to Eastern Eu
rope by way of the Dardanelles and
the Black Sea is the route Britain
would have to take if she were
called on to back up her guarantee
to Rumania.
Guarded by Turkish forts, the
Dardanelles was the graveyard of
a British-French attempt to estab
lish contact with Russia by way
of the Black Sea during the World
War. There the allies lost 130,000
, men killed, wounded and missing
in a land and sea campaign. Turk
ish mines and guns defending the
Btraits sent three battleships to the
bottom in one day.
Winston Churchill, then as now
first lord of the admiralty, planned
the attack and became a temporary
political victim of its failure.
The text of the treaty is to be is
(See TURKEY, Page A-10.)
Neutral Conference
Proposed for Balkans
By the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, Oct. 19. A confer
ence of the neutral nations of South
eastern Europe similar to the Stock
holm conference of northern neu
trals was suggested today by news
papers in several Balkan countries.
The argument was advanced here,
In Belgrade and in Bucharest that
the six small powers in this comer
of Europe — Hungary. Rumania,
'Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and
Bulgaria—have interests in common
as much as the northern countries.
Belgrade newspapers suggested
that Italy might be interested in
such a plan.
SUKRU SARACOGLU.
Northern Nations
Thank Americas
For Support
Heads of Four Nordic
Countries Emphasize
Their Common Interests
BULLETIN.
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 19 (>P).—
Finland's President and the
Kings of Sweden. Norway and
Denmark agreed today "through
| close collaboration to adhere to
complete neutrality." The north
ern government heads also reaf
firmed their willingness "to act
for the cause of reconciliation"
in the European war.
Bj the Associated Press
STOCKHOLM. Oct. 19.—Appre
ciation of the support of President
Roosevelt and Latin American
states was expressed by the Presi
dent of Finland and the Kings of
Sweden, Norway and Denmark in
broadcasts marking the conclusion
, today of their two-day conference
here.
Finland's dangerous situation, due
to demands from Soviet Russia in
line with the latter's Baltic expan
sion. formed the theme of Finnish
President Kyosti Kallio's broadcast.
“A powerful neighbor (Russia) has
tmf. fnrdraprt f or cnli l f i r\n anactiAnr
I of a very serious character, and!
Finland feels grateful for the dip
lomatic support received from others
in thii connection," President Kallio
said.
"I trust that God will hold His
protecting hand over the peace
loving people of Finland and hope
that our neighbor in the east will
respect our integrity and freedom
and refrain from making demands
: which are inacceptable." President
Kallio said. !
! President Roosevelt sent a per
! sonal message to President Kalinin
of the Russian government express
ing hope that demands on Finland
would not endanger peace or Fin- :
land's independence.
Gustaf Pledges Co-operation.
King Gustaf of Sweden, in speak
ing of the results of the conference,
told the radio audience of the north
ern neutral countries:
"The meeting has confirmed the
similarity of the policies of the four
Nordic countries. * • ♦ We will co- j
operate to live as free nations, safe
guard our rights and establish
peace.”
“We have again ascertained our
comon interests." said King Chris
tian of Denmark in comparing the
conference with the Malmoe meet
ing of 1914, in which Norway,
Sweden and Denmark expressed
their common neutrality policies.
A hint of new developments came
late in th^ day, when it was an
nounced a communique on the con
ference scheduled for release at 3:30
p.m. would be delayed until evening
to make “certain changes" in the
text,
Observers were struck by the spec
tacle last night of President Kallio
standing arm in arm with the three
<8ee STOCKHOLM, Page A-6T"
New Districts of
West Prussia and
Posen Created
(Text of German Communique
on Page A-4.)
By th* Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 19.—Adolf Hitler
today announced the formal annex
ation of Pomorze, Pommerelen and
Polish Upper Silesia, conquered Pol
ish provinces, to his expanding
Reich.
Two new gau, or administrative
districts, were created by his decree,
signed October 8 but published to
day. These are West Prussia and
Posen. For each gau one Reichs
statthalter, or governor, will be ap
pointed by the Fuehrer.
The seat of the West Prussian
governor will be Danzig, the one
time Free City which Hitler in
corporated in Germany on Septem
ber 1, when his armies marched
into Poland.
Thp rUv nf Pn^pn will hp t.h#
capital of the district of that name.
Returns Pre-War German Areas.
The annexation returns to Ger
many parts of Poland whicn be
longed to the Reich before the World |
War and were detached by the Ver- ;
sailles treaty in creation of the Po
lish republic.
The territory comprises about
23,000 square miles, less than one
third of the part of Poland which
Germany took in dividing the con
quered nation with Soviet Russia.
The annexation decree left undeter
mined the eventual fate of some 50,
000 square miles of Central Poland
which has been occupied by Ger
many up to the new Soviet frontier.
The city of Danzig and surround
ing territory, which before the Ger- t
man invasion was a free city under
League of Nations control, previously
had been annexed by Hitler.
The province of East Prussia is to
be augmented by a small section of 1
Poland centering around Zichenau.
formerly known as Zielun.
Inhabitants of the annexed
regions will become German citizens
if they can qualify under the Reich's
strict anti-Semitic racial laws. Local
laws of the regions will continue
in force where they do not conflict
with German laws.
Hitler's decree is to become effec
tive November 1.
West Prussia will be subdivided
into the departments of Danzig,
Marienwerder and Bromberg. Posen :
will consist of the departments of
Hohensalza. Posen and Kalisch.
Former Polish Upper Silesia be
comes the department of Kattowitz
of the province of 8ilesia.
French Declared Expelled.
The army high command an
nounced earlier that the first phase
of the war on the western front
had ended with complete with
drawal of French troops from Ger
man soil and underlined the fact
that German forces stopped at the
French frontier.
Germany thus took a new tack to
let FTance know she had no quar
rel with her neighbor and she was
described as believing that reserve
in pursuing the western campaign ,
would speak louder now than any
Operations on the western front
to date were minimized through-j
out the high command's com
munique.
German tactics from the begin- |
ning of the war have been to make
a sharp distinction between France
and Great Britain.
Meanwhile, Dienst aus Deutsch
land, commentary which has close
relations with the foreign office,
once again said Germany did not
intend to make any new peace
offers now.
“Hitler’s Reichstag speech con- ;
tained everything that could be said
by Germany regarding readiness for
peace, on what this readiness was
based and what the Reich’s pro
gramatic aims are.” it said.
Germany was held to believe that
it was up to the enemy or to neu
trals to make the next move toward
truce.
Short, Bitter Fighting.
The high command said French
troops left German soil after short
but bitter fighting.
This action, a communique said.
(See BERLIN, Page A-4.)
The War Situation
Great Britain and France
signed a mutual assistance pact
with Turkey in Ankara today.
The treaty, which is intended to
bolster security in th& Eastern
Mediterranean area, exempted
Turkey from the obligation of
helping the allies if the latter
become involved in war with Rus
sia. (Page A-l.)
Annexation by Germany of the
conquered Polish provinces of
Poinorze. Pommerellen and Po
lish Upper Silesia was announced
in Berlin. The territory is being
created into two new German
administrative districts. The
German high command an
nounced that all French troops
have left German soil, but that
German troops have refrained
from crossing the French border.
(Page A-l.)
Action on revision of American
neutrality legislation advanced
with Democratic members of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee giving formal approval to
a neutrality amendment to light
en restrictions on American ship
ping in the Western Hemisphere.
The Senate is expected to turn
from general debate on the bill
and act on details next week.
(Page A-l.)
A swing toward Soviet Russia
was indicated today by Bulgaria
in the resignation of her cabinet,
headed by George Kiosseivanoff,
who with his ministers had pur
sued a mildly pro-German pol
i#y. Stefan MihalofF, a deputy
regarded as friendly to Moscow,
was considered a likely choice for
the premiership. (Page A-3.)
In Paris it was conceded that
French forces had retreated from
parts of the Rhine-Moselle sector,
but chief emphasis was on the
report that German infantry
units had been thrown back at
several points on the western
front. It was said that German
forces had made contact with
the French along 100 miles of the
front as the result of recent
thrusts. (Page A-4.)
Soviet Russia was taking pos
session of naval bases she re
cently obtained from Estonia.
Troops and naval forces went
awiftly to the new bases, their
movements cloaked in censor
ship. Soviet Russia's influence
over Latvia was extended in a
new trade agreement, signed in
Moscow. (Page A-4.)
Complete Index, Page A-2
Bund Still Fighting
Communists, Kuhn
Tells Dies Group
But the Nazi-Soviet
Pact Is Approved,
Leader Testifies
Fritz Kuhn told the Dies Commit
tee today his German-American
Bund still is fighting Communists in
this country although it \jholly ap
proves the new’ Russo-German pact.
The perspiring leader of the Nazi
organization, wrangling first with a
spectator and then continuously
with committee members, told of
the anti-Communist program dur
ing questioning about the location
of 71 Bund units and the identities
of their local leaders. Earlier. Kuhn
had submitted the list of Bund
backgrounds on order of the com
mittee and he was being grilled on
the fact that a majority of the
units are located in the area occu
pied by 90 per cent of the American
Munitions industry.
HU assurance that the bund is
still antl-Communist despite the
brotherly love between Berlin and
Moscow came when Representative
Starnes. Democrat, of Alabama ask
ed if his organization is continuing
thU program.
‘‘Mr. Starnes, I'm surprised at
you,” Kuhn exploded, leaning for
ward in his seat. "You a Congress
man and don't know anv better
than that.”
ivunn uns r.xruea.
To laughter and the banging of
the gavel by Chairman Dies, Rep
resentative Starnes asked whether
the bund approved the Russo-Ger
man pact. Kuhn replied affirma
tively. but when Mr. Starnes asked
on what grounds, the bund leader
began excitedly to wave his arms
and shout that it would take him
25 minutes to explain that.
The arguments between commit
tee members and the witness’ law
yers as to whether Kuhn would be
allowed to answer Representative
Starnes’ question created great
racket and confusion.
At length, however, the bulky,
blond bund leader began his ex
planation of Germany’s economic
problems.
The bund chieftain, who had ap
peared under protest today because
he wanted all his time to prepare
for trial in New York October 30 on
embezzlement charges, was brought
to the point of Representative
Starnes’ questioning when that com
mittee member asked:
"Are you still fighting the Com
munists in this country?”
"Yes,” Kuhn said; "yes, of course.”
But the question about why he
approved the German treaty with
Russia produced, when the con
fusion had died down, no such
simple answer.
Explanation.
Gesturing frequently, his forehead
glistening, Kuhn declaimed that
Germany was a small country with
a large population and no raw ma
terials. The country needed food,
he said, and had "begged Britain
for years” to remedy this situation,
but Britain had turned the Germans
down.
"Then they came to the United
States and asked why you have a
boycott.” Kuhn said. Thereafter, he
said, it seemed logical to him to get
needed raw material from Russia.
"That don't mean that I have to
take my former enemy's ideology,”
he blurted.
Representative Voorhis, Demo
crat, of California protested that
wasn’t his understanding of what
had happened between Russia and
Germany.
“Carloads of priests and Protest
ant pastors have been sent into
Russia.” Kuhn countered: “you
ought to like that.”
An uproar broke out when Repre
sentative Starnes asked Kuhn
whether he believed in the partition
of Poland. The witness and two
(See UN-AMERICANTPageA-3.)
Bulletin
By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 19
Four fliers were killed today in
the crash of a military bombing
plane on Black Mountain, IS
miles northeast, the sheriff’s of
fice reported.
Deputies found four charred
bodies near the burned wreck
age.
Remains of practice bombs
and cameras were nearby.
The two-motored plane ap
peared to have been an army
ship from March Field, Riverside.
Ad
Elliott Roosevelt
Radio Stations
Quit Association
By the Associated Pres*
BOSTON, Oct, 19.—Elliott Roose
velt, son of the President, announced
today that the 10 Texas broad
casting stations he operates were
resigning' from the National Asso
ciation of Broadcasters because of
imposition of a ruling barring ex
pressions of personal opinions on
controversial issues on commercially
sponsored programs.
He also termed the ruling a "cur
tailment of free speech and censor
ship in its worst form.” making this
statement at a press conference
prior to a speech before the Boston
Life Underwriters' Association.
The President's son also voiced
disapproval of the Federal Com
munication Commission's steward
ship of broadcasting stations, as
serting the six-month licenses under
which they operated made them
"not a business, but a gamble."
Although expressing disapproval
of Father Coughlin, the Radio
Priest, because of a contention that
he “fosters racial hatred." Mr.
Roosevelt said he believed the
Priest “had a perfect right to
speak.”
Payment of $793,000
To Park Savings Bank
Depositors Assured
Directors Turn Over
$500,000 to Settle
Claims Against Them
Payment of more than $700,000 to
| 18.000 depositors of the closed Park
I Savings Bank before January 1 ap
parently was assured today when
litigation in this complicated defunct
institution was wound up in District
Court.
More than half a dozen different
suits of various kinds against the
directors and stockholders of this
institution were dismissed by Justice
P. Dickinson Letts after payment of
$500,000 by the directors in settle
! ment of all claims against them.
In addition to this half million
dollars turned over today by the
directors the receivership of the
bank has on hand, according to the
last report, about $293,000. which
will be available for distribution,
making a total of $793,000 alto
gether.
Two Checks Presented.
The directors paid their $500,000 in
two different checks, which will be
distributed in two different ways.
The first check was for $350,000. a
special fund which is to be distrib
uted to depositors in the bank prior
to the time the charter expired in
August 30, 1929. This check was
turned over to John P. Moran in his
capacity as disbursing agent under
authority of the court. How many
depositors this $350,000 fund will go
to has not yet been determined.
The accounting firm of Beese &
Spicer is working on the records to
determine who these depositors are
and how much they shall receive,
under a previous decision of District
Court. It will probably be about
(See BANK, Page A-14.)
Former Buyer for C. U.
Believed Lost at Sea
Charles A. Gilmartin, 56, of 3620
Sixteenth street N.W., who resigned
last month as purchasing agent for
Catholic University, was believed
today to have been lost at sea,
somewhere between Baltimore and
Boston.
News of the disappearance was
made known here last night as
hope was abandoned that the miss
ing man would be found.
Mr. Gilmartin sailed from Balti
more Saturday on the steamship
Fairfax, a Merchants & Miners’
vessel, bound for Boston, where he
was to take up a new position. He
was seen on the boat Sunday night,
but did not appear for breakfast on
Monday morning. A search of the
vessel revealed no trace of him.
His wife, who has been ill at
their home here, was notified when
the boat docked in Boston Monday.
She said today that her husband
had been in the best of spirits when
he left here.
Mr. Gilmartin had been at Catho
lic University for about seven years.
He Was a member of the B. P. O. E.
Catholic Independent and of the
Educational Buyers' Association.
Earth Tremors Felt
In New England and
Three Other Areas
Dishes Are Rattled, but
No Serious Damage
Is Reported
By the Associated Press.
Earth tremors, described by a Har
vard seismologist as a "major earth
quake.'1 were felt in New England.
New York State, as far as
Ohio and in Eastern Canada today.
Dishes were rattled and pictures
set awry, but apparently no serious
damage was done.
In New York the Fovrihem Uni- .
versity seismograph’s record showed
the tremors were felt first at 6:55:46
a m.. E. S. T. The Rev. Joseph
Lynch. S. J.. said he believed the
shocks originated about 150 miles
north of New Yi'rk City.
Lasts About Half-Hour.
Dr. L. Don Leet of Harvard Uni
versity estimated the disturbance
occurred about 200 miles from Cam
bridge and probably somewhere-off
the coast.
He called it the most severe
quake registered in the area since
November 18. 1929. when tremors
off the Grand Banks caused 28
cable breaks. Harvard's seismograph
showed the disturbance began at
6:55:25 and lasted about half an
hour.
In New England the shock was felt
in Worcester. Boston. Springfield
ana Lawrence, Mass.; in L,aconia,
Nashua and Keene. N. H.; Portland, i
Augusta and Lewiston. Me., and St. :
Johnsbury, Vt.
Albany. N. Y., also felt it. as did
cities and towns in Eastern Canada,
including Montreal and Toronto.
Dishes Rattle.
The Rev. Joseph S. Joliat. seis
mologist at John Carroll University,
Cleveland, said his machine recorded
a tremor lasting nine minutes. He
figured the major disturbance in
Ohio was near Sidney, where rock
formations were held responsible for
two slight quakes in March, 1937.
Sidney residents reported they no
ticed no disturbance, but house
wives east of Cleveland said dishes
rattled in their homes.
New England motorists said their
cars swayed as the earth's surface
shook, and one Portland householder
reported that coffee spilled over on
a stove. A Keene. N. H., woman said
her house shook.
Small Quake Recorded
By G. U. Observatory
At Georgetown University's seis
mological observatory here Father
Frederick W. Sohon, director, said
that a “very small’’ earthquake was
recorded over a 10-minute period
beginning at 6:58 a m. today. Dis
turbances from a low-pressure area
on the Atlantic Coast interfered
with the recording to the extent
that it was impossible to determine
the distance of the earthquake from
Washington, he explained, but in
dications were that it was “several
hundred’’ miles away. The earth
quake appeared to be too mild to
endanger human life or property,
Father Sohon said.
Japanese Immigrants Pouring
Into Conquered North China
sr Radio to The Star.
PEIPING, Oct. 19.—The inrush of
Japanese immigrants into North
China is reaching gold-rush pro
portions. Every ship and train from
Japan is bulging with Japanese pas
sengers and bookings from Tokio are
filled several weeks iigadvance. While
many newcomers are transients, it
is estimated that the permanent
Japanese population in North China
is increasing at the rate of 2,000
weekly.
There were only 35,000 Japanese
civilians in the northern provinces
before the Sino-Japanese War
started in July, 1937. Today there
are 250,000. Even old Peiping, which
managed to retain its Chinese iden
tity through two waves of foreign
conquerors, is gradually becoming
Japanized. Peiping’s prewar Japa
nese poplation of 4,000 today stands
a£ 60,000.
This" Japanese impouring is arous
ing the gravest alarm among the
Chinese, who realize that every new
immigrant strengthens Japan's foot
hold in North China and compli
cates the problem of an eventual
satisfactory peace settlement.
North China's Japanese population
is largely confined to the big cities
and railway towns. The intervening
countryside is overrun with guerillas
and is suffering the first throes of the
worst famine North* China has ex
perienced in many years.
Throughout an area as large as
Indiana. Central Hopei Province
fields are flooded with water or
blighted by drought, with no pros
pect of planting the autumn crops.
Several million peasants are desti
tute or nearly so and thousands have
turned bandit.
Similar suffering is reported from
Shantung, Shansi, and Chahar, ag
gravating the Japanese problem of
pacification. For some time to come
North China can be nothing but a
terrific liability to the Japanese, yet
still they come.
The Japanese inpouring in Central
and South China is considerably less
impressive, totaling about 100,000 to
date.
(Copyright, 1939, by Chicago Dally
Maws. Use.)
U. S. Resents Japan's
Methods in China,
Grew Says in Tokio
-+ -
Formal 0. K. Put
On Neutrality
Trade Setup
Senate Action on
Details of Bill
Seen Next Week
Democratic members of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee to- !
day gave formal approval to neu
trality amendments lightening re
strictions on American shipping in
the Western Hemisphere, as all
signs indicated the Senate would 1
turn next week from general debate ,
to action on details of the bill.
While Chairman Pittman of the
committee was announcing the
changes that will permit American
surface vessels to operate more
fieelv to belligerent ports in the
South Atlantic, the Pacific and
other waters remote from Europe,;
Majority Leader Barkley and Sen- j
a tor Nye, Republican, of North!
Dakota, a leader of the opposition,1
both reported that general debate
would end this week. They agreed
consideration of amendments would
begin Monday.
Recognizing that there is less
danger to aircraft than to surface
vessels, particularly in the case of
submarines, the committee amend
ments give the airlines even more
latitude to stop at such points as
Newfoundland on the North At
lantic route.
McCarran Continues Debate.
As these developments were taking
place off the iioor, Senator Mc
Carran, Democrat, of Nevada con
tinued the debate in the Senate
against repeal of the arms embargo.
Meanwhile, seven opposition Sen
ators, meeting in the office of Sen
ator Johnson, Republican, of Cali
fornia, discussed the possibility of
offering united resistance to the
proposed relaxation of shipping con
trol provisions in the •'cash-and
carry'’ section of the bill.
Heretofore the opposition has
concerned itself almost solely with
fighting repeal of the arms embargo.
Senator La Follette, Progressive,
of Wisconsin, said the group would
determine its course after studying
the proposed shipping amendment.
Senator Nye reported opponents
had arranged for speakers for the
remainder of this week. He empha
sised that the decision to shift dis
cussion to specific amendments next
week did not involve agreement to
limit debate, now in its third week.
"There will have to be lots of dis-%
cussion of each amendment." he
said.
Peace Move Asked.
Before tne Senate met suggestion
that. President Roosevelt try imme
diately to bring about a European
peace conference came from Sena
tors Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana
and Lundeen. Farmer-Labor, of
Minnesota, but Senator Norris, inde
pendent, of Nebraska declared such
a step "woulud be useless.”
Senators Wheeler and Lundeen.
foes of the administration neutral
ity bill, told reporters the present
was an opportune time for Mr.
Roosevelt to make a peace bid. They
argued that peace would be vir
tually impossible if hostilities were
intensified.
Senator Norris, supporter of the
administration bill and the only
present Senator who cast a Senate
vote against America's entry into
the World War, said:
"Any fair judge at a peace con
ference would have to say to Hitler:
Give Poland and Czecho-Slovakia
back to their peoples.' If Hitler were
sincere he would consider such a pro
posal. but I wouldn't take his word
~tSee NEUTRALITY.^Page A-10.)
Husband, Showing Wife
How He'd Kill Self, Does
By the Associated Press.
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.. Oct. 19 —
“Frances, if you ever leave me, I’ll
kill myself—like this . .
With those words, according to
his wife, Anton Peterson, 26, took a
revolver from a drawer, put it to his
temple, pulled the trigger—and sent
a bullet through his brain today.
His wife said they quarreled when
he criticized her housekeeping.
Regards Violation of
Rights Seriously,
He Declares
Bj the Associated Press.
TOKIO. Oct. 19.—United States
Ambassador Joseph C. Grew today
declared "American opinion, based
on facts, not propaganda,” believed
that “the many things injurious to
the United States which have been
done and are being done by Jap
anese agencies are wholly needless.”
In one of the strongest and most
remarkable diplomatic speeches in
Japan-United States relation. Mr.
Grew, recently returned from a
homeland visit and meeting with
President Roosevelt, said his talk
came "straight from the horse's
mouth.”
Mr. Grew said that "the people of
the United States resent methods
which Japanese armed forces are
employing in China. * * *"
Addressed Society.
In addressing 250 members of
the America-Japan Society, often
a sounding board for authoritative
discussion of American-Japanese
relations, the Ambassador asserted:
"They (the American peoplei re
gard with growing seriousness the
violation and interference with
American rights by Japanese armed
iuiue.s in unina in disregard of
treaties and agreements. * • *. They
teel the present trend in the Far
East, if continued, will be destruc
tive oi the hopes they sincerely
cherish of development of an order
ly world.”
Mr. Grew asserted that this
opinion was “unanimous'' and as
such had a profound effect on
Government policies, saying “when
such opinion tends toward una
nimity it is a force which the Gov
ernment cannot possibly overlook
and will not fail to reflect in its
policies and actions.”
Must Consider Facts.
"Only through consideration of
those facts and steps to alter those
facts,” the Ambassador said, "can
Japanese-American relations be im
proved * * *.
“What I shall say in Japan in en
suing months comes ‘straight from
the horse's mouth in that it will ac
curately represent and interpret
some current thoughts of the Amer
ican Government and people.'
Mr. Grew declared that “serious
* * * American people, from ail
thoroughly reliable evidence coming
i to them, have good reason to be
lieve an effort is being made to
establish control in Japan’s own in
terest in large areas of the con
tinent of Asia and impose on them a
system of closed economy.
rirau ior i noerslanding.
"It is this thought added to the
effect of bombings, indignities and
, manifold interference with Amer
1 ican rights that accounts for the
attitude of American people toward
pJapan today." Mr. Grew asserted.
"It is my belief and the belief of
the American Government and
people that the many things in
jurious to the United States which
have been done and are being done
by Japanese agencies are wholly
needless.
“We believe that real security and
stability in the Far East could be
attained without running counter to
any American rights whatsoever.'
i "Today I have stated certain
facts straight-forwardly and objec
i tively, but I also am making a plea
i for sympathetic understand in the
I interest of an old enduring friend
ship between our two great nations,”
he continued.
“In world chaos I plead for sta
bility * * * which if it can be
preserved can bring only good to
Japan and the United States.”
Opinion Based on Facts.
The Ambassador said American
opinion regarding the Japanese was
based on facts, not propaganda, and
was unanimous. He added:
"It is probable that many of you
are not aware of the increasing
extent to which the people of the
United States resent methods which
Japanese Armed forces are employ
ing in China and what appear to
be their objectives • * * the Amer
ican people believe in equality of
commercial opportunity • • • even
Japan insisted upon and received
the benefits of open-door areas
other than China • * • American
people have been profoundly shocked
over the widespread use of bombing
j in China, not only on the grounds
of humanity but also on the grounds
of direct menace to American lives
and property, accompanied by the
(See GREW, Page A-10J
Japan Launches Destroyer
MAIZURU, Japan. Oct. 19
The destroyer Amatsukaze was
launched today for the Japanese
Navy. No details of the vessel were
divulged.
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Auto Show
Section Sunday
Comprehensive news of the
automobile show, replete with
pictures and detailed descrip
tions of the 1940 models, will
be found in a specially pre
pared section in next Sunday’s
Star.
Mechanical improvements of
the various makes is set forth
by Frederick C. Russell, motor
authority and contributor to
The Star’s auto news for more
than a decade. Two pages of
Rotogravure will portray mo
tordom’s latest contribution.
All this and more has been
prepared and supervised by
O. Adams Howard, automobile
editor of The Star.