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WEATHER
I *ir In partly cloudy lonicM
and Sunday, excepting f«r »«•»•
tercd thundcr»howrri.
Slu* mmes -2\rettis
Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
GOOD AFTERNOON
A doctor disclose* that women'*
feet are constantly getting big
K«*r. On the other hand, "doll
hats" arc coming into style.
VOL. 57—No. 205
HENDERSON VILLE, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
BRITIS
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Oil Firms Lose Appeal In Mexican Courts
SOON TO TAKE
OVER U. S. RA!L
LINE DECLARED
Will Be Operated by La
bor Following Wa»e
Dispute, Is Report
NEW LAND SEIZURE
IN HIDALGO STATE
MKXK'n CITY. Xuu-. -T. (IT)
The supreim court yesterday rilled
against foreign oil companies in
an appeal ca*e crowing out of the
government's seizure of oil prop
erties belonging: to foreign com
panies.
WILL ALSO TAKE
CANADIAN RAILWAY
MKXICO CITY. Auk. 27. UT>
—Two northern Mexico railroads,
one American-owned and the i
other Canadian, soon will be taken
over and operated by the workers
as a climax to a lengthy wage dis-j
putc, the newspaper Universal re- j
ported yesterday from Chihuahua.
According to the newspaper,
control of the Kansas City. Mex
ico and Orient railway and the
Mexico Northwestern railway will
pass to section No. 5 of the rail
way union. Both roads operate in
Chihuahua state.
It was believed the management
of the two lines would he similar
to that of the National Railways
of Mexico which were handed over
to the union this year by Presi
dent Lazaro Cardenas as part of
his socialistic program
The Kansas City. Mexico and
Orient railway is a subsidiary of
the Atcheson, Topcka and Santa
Fe and operates about -T40 miles
of standard guatre track from th'*
Rio Grande to Chihuahua; Minaca
to Sanchez: El Kuerte to Topolo
banipo; and Mochis to Mochis
Junction.
The Mexico Northwestern rail
wav is controlled by th«* Mex
Norwest. Holding Co.. I.Id., of
Montreal. Its operations over
about f>Kn miles of track, all
standard gauge, from CiudaH Jua
rez to La Junta, thence to Chihua
hua from where a branch runs to
Santa Fulalia. site of the largest
silver and lead mines in Mexico.
LAND SEIZED AS
U. S. NOTE STUDIED
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27. (I'l'l |
—New confiscation of American
owned lands was announced last
night while President Lazaro Car
denas studied the latest protest
from Washingtoo regarding non
payment. of lands expropriated
from United States citizens in
Mexico.
The Official Gazette published
an executive decree restoring to
the inhabitants of San Miguel IV
Tzani. a village north of here in
Hidalgo state, lands given them
by the king of Spain in 1717 but
which at present belong to the
h» irs of William G. Nourse. an
American who acquired them in
tl>07 from the Zimapatt Mining
and Smelting Co., which went in
to bankruptcy.
The lands were taken from the
villagers in 1881 and sold into
private hands. Title to the prop
erties has never been questioned
since then, although they have
changed owners three times.
Under the decree, the Nourse
heirs will lose 22.602 acres. They
will be allowed to retain only 125
acres while the rest of the land
will be operated as an agrarian
community of 581 family heads.
Mrs. Huger Dies
In Tryon Hospital
TRYON. Aug. 27.- Mrs. Mar
garet linger, widow of Alfred
Huger. prominent lawyer and au
thor of Charleston and Tryon.
died at St. Luke's hospital here
Friday after a four months'
illness.
Funeral services were held at
11 o'clock Saturdav morning at
the residence and the bodv was
taken to Charleston for burial.
Surviving are three children.
Margaret of Baltimore. Md.. Al
fred. a student at the University
of North Carolina, and Jeanne of
Charleston.
UNION MISSIONARY
MEETING MONDAY
The Woman's Missionary union
of Hendersonville churches will
meet Monday at 3:30 p. m. at
the Lutheran church.
Voices Warning
to 'Independents'
Any r.ttompt to throw organi
zation support to independent .
candidates lot the 1'. S. senate
in states where new dealers lost I
in primaries will he opposed by
the democratic national sena
torial campaign committee, its
chairman. Senator Prentiss M.
l!rown, above. of Michigan, has
warned.
MASONS FROM
SESSION HERE
350 Gather at Rock Quar
ry for Night Meeting;
Officials Attend
Three hundred and fifty Ma
sons. representing; lodges in twelve
states, attended an out-door meet
ing Friday night at the rock quar
ry at the state prison camp farm
just off the Haywood road, as a
climax to two «»th«*r gatherings in .
Ilendt'isonville in the afternoon 1
and early evening. .Many promi
nent officers and past officers at
tended, with Kedron lodge No.
:iX7 as host.
He;: inning at .'{:'{(» o'clock with
about 100 present, a lodge session
was conducted in flu* Masonic hall
hy J. C. Morrow, Jr., worshipful
master, and at ♦> p. m. a picnic
supper was served to ahout lf>0
at the American Legion home.
The meeting at the rock quarry
began at 7 :"0 o'clock. The quarry
had been lighted by a number of
flamheaux and the setting vvjis
arranged to comply with original
Masonic meeting places before
lodge rooms were available. \
lodge was opened by Worshipful
Master Morrow, who turned the
gavel over to ('. Few, district dep
uty grand master, who conferred
the second section r»f the third dc
l.OCAI. MASONS ASKED TO
MAKF. AFFAIR ANNUAL
Visiting wrll as local Mason."
wci'c enthusiastic over the unique
featuits of this out of floor meot
inir sinrl urgently ivqupstrd the
Hendersonville Masonic lodge to
make this an annual event.
North Carolina (»rand lodge of
ficers present were:
Thos. -I. Harkins, senior grai.d
warden; .1. E. Shpiman, senior
grand deacon; W. I). Wilder, as
sistant grand lecturer; Fred
Kinzie, 14th district grand mas
ter; VV. R Ferguson, 39th district
grand master; ('. Few, ."{8th dis
trict grand master.
The 12 states represented were;
Virginia, Indiana. Pennsylvania,
New York. Ohio. Minnesota. West
Virginia, Connecticut, (Jeorgia,
South Carolina, Florida and North
Carolina.
EX-CONVICT,
SPURNS CRIME,
IS CRUCIFIED
RENO, Aug. 27. (UP>—Edward
Collins, 27, ex-convict today told
police he had been crucified by
two men he named as "Swede"
and "Dago Arl Dabney." A pass-,
ing motorist heard screams from
the side of the road and found
Collins nailed to a cross which
had been left laying on the
ground.
Collins said he was accosted by
the two men when he left a Bap
tist evangelical meeting and re
fused to help them pull some jobs.
They were so outraged by his vir
tue that they said. "All right, if
you want to make Christ of your
self, w» will help you."
PUBLIC ASKED
TO AID SCHOOL
BUSES' SAFETY
Law on Transportation Is
Stressed; County Teach
ers Meet
TO ENFORCE SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE LAW
TViichcrs «.f flu* Henderson
county schools held their annual
meeting this morning preparatory
to the opening of the county
schools on Monday.
Work for the coining year was
discussed and special emphasis
was placed on the teaching of
reading, writing and English in
the coming term.
Prof. R. (i. Anders, county su
perintendent. this morning called
the attention of the public to the
laws governing operation of school
luises on the highways and asked
for the co-operation of all drivers
in carrying out the rules govern
ing the operation of these huses.
The law requires that school
huses not pull off the highway in
order to load and unload children
but remain on the highway and
further requires ail vehicles ap
proaching a school bus from eith
er direction when it is loading
and unloading to stop and not pass
the bus.
Prof. Anders called attention
to the fact that cars proceeding
from either direction are to stop
and also stated that bus drivers
are bound by the law to report
any cars who fail to do so.
Thirty-three school buses will
be in operation on Monday, trans
porting .'{200 school children, and
the authorities are anxious to con
tinue to reduce accidents occur
ring while the children are being
taken to and from schools.
Declaring that there arc a few
parents in every community who
fail to share the community's in
terest in schools and stressing the
value of training that is to he had
in addition to the matter of edu
cation itself. Superintendent of
Public Instruction R. (J'. Anders
and Superintendent A. (i. Ran
dolph of Public Welfare today i9
(Continued on page three)
SET GUERNSEY
SHOW FOR 1H
COUNTY CLUBS
This and Field Day To Be
in Mills River Section
Tuesday
liy G. D. WHITF.
II rnHorson County AjphI
<»n Tuesday, Aug:. SO, UP air
holding out first annual Guernsey
show in Henderson county. Thp
Guernsey breed of cattle has be
come very popular in our county
and in the past few years espe
cially, we have brought into the
county some of the best blood of
the breed. On this date we will
have a show at Dr. Szamatolski's
farm on the Fanning Bridge road
in the Mills River section.
The Guernsey show will start at.
2 p. m. and will last about two
hours. Mr. H. C. Bates, Guernsey
representative for the southeas
tern states; Mr. F. R. Farnham,
state extension dairy specialist;
Charlie Rackley, manager of the
Guernsey herd of the Southern
Dairy Farms; the Rev. Mr. Comp
ton, of the Elida Orphanage; Mr.
Arthur Osborne and Miss Florence
Osborne of Canton, and Mr. R. A.
McLaughlin will be with us at this
meeting.
Also in connection with this
show, we arc holding a 4-H Guern
sey Calf club show, featuring the
animals carried as projects by the
boys and trirls. in this county.
These animals are outstanding in
dividuals and our boys and girls
have done a splendid job in the
grooming and fitting of these ani
mals for the show. The 4-H club
work has largely been under the
direction of Sir. D. W. Bennett,
assistant county agent.
In the morning on this same
date, at the Mills River school, we
are holding a business meeting
for the purpose of organizing a
Guernsey association in Hender
son county. Everyone interested
in the breed is invited to attend
both of these meetings. We espe
cially request that those who at
tend the morning meeting bring a
(Continued on page three)
I American Pilot I
Downed by Japs
Hugh Leslie Wood, above, of
Kansas City, iMo., was pilot of
a Chinese passenger plane at
tacked by Japanese airmen near
Hongkong. Forcing Wood's ship
into a shallow river, the Japa
nese machine-gunned IT Chi
nese passengers as they tried to
wade to safety. Wood escaped.
Mechanized Forces Smash
Near to Goal After
Air Attack
TOKYO. An- 'J7. I III*)-The
Japanese Domei news agency said
today thai Japanese forces began
a general offensive against Han
kow, provisional Chinese capital,
at sunrise today.
SHANGHAI. Auk. '-'V. (IT) -
Mechanized Japanese forces today
smashed nearer the vital railways
north and south of China's provi
sional capital in Hankow follow- '
in unew attacks on key Chinese
cities l»y their bombing planes,
which ki 11«■<I scores of Chinese and
had the national capital area iso
lated.
Chinese and .Japanese reports
said that Japanese troops had
launched an offensive against
N'anchang, important railroad cen
ter ut>out 135 miles southwest of
Hankow. The troops were report
ed advancing from Shaio, west of
Kulinjr.
The Chinese war office in Han
kow admitted the loss of key po
sitions in th<- inner defenses of
the tri-city area hut were confi
dent they could hold the capital
at least a month longer.
The Chinese were vastly en
rouraged by news that the United
States formally had protested to
the Japanese government against
the action of Japanese naval
planes in downing a China Na
tional Aviation corporation pas
senger plane, with loss of more
than 12 Chinese lives, believing
that the protest indicated a "stif
fening" policy toward Japan by
President Franklin I). Roosevelt
and his associates in Washington.
LOYALIST WAR
1 CRAFT UNDER
FIRE, II DEAD
14 Others Wounded in Bat
tle as Shin Tries to
Reach Mediterranean
REBELS IN SOUTH
SAID RETREATING
GIBRALTAR, A hi;. 27. <UI')
— The Spanish loyalist, destroyer
Jose Luis Die/ steamed into Gi
braltar today, crippled, having
lost 20 men killed and 14 wound
ed in an attempt to run the straits
into the Mediterranean.
The destroyer left Le Havre,
France, lust Saturday, with a
picked crew which had arrived
from Barcelona. Completely refit
ted during months in French ship
yards, the ship had orders to try
to reach the east coast. Nearly
the whole nationalist fleet was
waiting- for it. as were the big
guns of the forts of Ceuta. Span
ish Morocco, across the straits.
Continuous gunfire broke out
from the Ceuta side at 2:30 a. m.
todav. Searchlights on Carnero
Point, in nationalist Spain across
the bay from Gibraltar, swept the
straits.
A little more than two hours
later, the Jose Luis Hiez crept in
to this port, and safetv. Soon af
terward. the nationalist cruiser
Canarias and three destrove^i an
<*S»<>red across the bay, off Alge
ciras.
The 14 wounded were landed
here and admitted to the British
military hospital. It was indicated
that mo«t of the 20 men who died
drowned when an explosion oc
curred in the fore head compart
ment of the destroyer.
LOYALISTS REPORT
INSURGENT ROUT
HKNDAYK, FRANCO-SPAN ISM
FRONTIER, Auir. 27. (I'D—The
loyalist government last niirht an
nounced that General Gonzalo
Queipo Do Llano's southern in
surgent armv was retreating "in
disorder" alone the Zuiar river
1 10 miles south of Madrid under
a terrific loyalist counter-assault
in defense of the Almaden Mer
cury mines.
Insurgent dispatches admitted
heavv enemv assaults all along
the Fstraniadurc front, extendintr
in a zig-zag line from the Tagus
valley south to Cordoha, hut in
sisted that insurgent lines were
holding.
The loyalists said their forces,
strengthened hy reinforcements
from the eastern and central
fronts, had driven the insurgents
hack as far as nine miles at some
points.
OLYMPICS DATE SF.T
IIKf.SINr.FORS, Finland, Aug:
27. (lTP)~ The Finnish Olympic
committee announced last night
that the 1040 Olympic games will
open here on July 20.
MINISTF.R TO U. 5,
DUBLIN. Aug. 27. (lTP)_Roh
crt B'ennan, Irish charge d'af
fa ires in Washington for the past
five months, last night was ap
pointed Hire minister to the Unit
ed States.
Last Of 'Brain Trusters' Resigns;
Smith Of Labor Board Reappointed
HYDE PARK, N. V., Aug. 27.
(IT)—President Roosevelt today
accepted the resignation of Adolf
A. Berlc, Jr., assistant secretary
of state, and last of the original
bra in-trusters.
Berle was appointed last Feb
ruary and it was understood that
he was to work <>n negotiations
for a British-American trade trea
ty. In his letter of resignation he
said that "certain work" had been
forwarded, and this was taken to
mean that the long-awaited treaty
was ready.
He was the second member of
the "little" cabinet to resign this
week. Roswcll Magill, under-sec
retary of the treasury, was the
other.
Berle, a member of the faculty
of Columbia university, New York
City, and identified with Mayor
F. H. LaGuardia's Fusion adminis
tration, said he was resigning be
cause he had accepted office on a
temporary basis. He said the pres
ident could make his resignation
effective any time in September
that he wished. The president
made it effective on Sept. 15.
Berle first became identified
with the new deal when he, Prof.
Rav Moley, who later was an as
sistant secretary of state, and
Charles Taussig, economist, went,
to Warm Springs in 1932 for a
series of conferences with the then
president-elect.
SENATE FIGHT ON
SMITH IS AHEAD
WASHINGTON, Auk. 27. ((IP)
President Roosevelt's reappoint
ment of Donald Wakefield Smith
to the National Labor Relations
board pointed the way last night
toward a bitter senate fight over
Smith's confirmation, with the
American Federation of Labor
leading the opposition.
Smith accepted Mr. Roosevelt's
tender of another five-year term
in a formal statement defending
the Wagner Act and the NLRB's
administration of it. He said that
most criticism of the board's work
"is primarily the result of fac
tional differences and can not be
supported by the record, which
proves that the act has been ad
ministered impartially."
WPA SIDEWALKS BUILDING
PROJECT AVAILABLE HERE;
CITY STUDIES FUNDING PLAN
i U n a I) I e to Appropriate
From' Regular Funds,
Mayor Points Out
A \YPA project tor building
i«l<*\v;iIks in Ilendcrsonville is :
now available if some method for'
handling the costs to the city can
In* worked out. Mayor A. V. Ed
wards staled today.
"The city council has agreed,"
said Mayor Edwards, "that the
city cannot handle the project,
through its regular funds, as the
additional revenue necessary for
the project is not now available."
However, Mayor Edwards is de- !
sirous of obtaining federal aid
and improving the sidewalks of
the city. Therefore he has asked
that any property owners who de
sire to obtain sidewalks in front
of their property and who will
furnish funds for sidewalks will
make a report to him, efforts will
be made to obtain them.
The WPA will furnish the ce
ment and labor for the sidewalks,
the property owners the sand and
stone and any technical labor
such as laying out. the lines and
! any surveying necessary.
Mayor Edwards has estimated
that the cost to the property own
ers will be approximately 40 to
(>0 cents per square yard for this
service. Complete figures as to
the cost will be made if any ap
' plications for sidewalks are re
ceived.
i George W.,Tidd, city lighting
inspector, is available for any «ur-•
vcying work and the city will co
operate in hauling sand and stone
in order to reduce the costs to a ,
minimum. „
"Of course," said Mr. Edwards,
it will be impossible to lay side
' walks only in front of individual
dwellings, but if the owners of
j property in a block needing side
walks will get together and agree
' to furnish the 40 or GO cents per
square yard, we will be in a po
1 sition to go ahead and work out
the details with the WPA.
"We want to get this work done
as soon as possible and WPA of
ficials have assured me that they
are ready to begin immediately.
"Suggestions as to this work
and any help which the citizens
of Hendersonville may give will
be welcomed by the city officials
and those inteiested are asked to
get in touch with us as soon as
possible."
'HEX'KILLER
CONVICTED ON i
MURDER COUNT!
Cabarrus Farmer Is Held i
Guilty in Death of His
Sister-in-Law
CONCORD, Aug. 27. (IIP)— «
A Cabarrus county jury late last I
night found Baxter Parnell, 32- 4
year-old powerfully-built fanner 1
of the Rocky River section guilty >
of murdering Janie Fink, his sis- i
ter-in-law, after a negro witch
doctor gave him nine kinds of
magic herbs to bring him luck.
Judge Frank Armstrong sen-'
tenced the ruddy-complexioncd
farmer to die in the gas chamber
at Raleigh on October 28, after
the jury found the farmer guilty
of. first degree murder.
The girl, 19, was stabbed lo
death with an ice pick near the '
Fink pig pen last July 3. Parnell
denied knowledge of the murder'
and said he did not remember be-1
ing taken to the county jail after,
the slaying. His mother testified j
he had been addle-brained since
he suffered a head injury while
a child.
Parnell's attorneys told the jury
the farmer was temporarily in
sane when he stabbed his sister
in-law, and Jeannie Morris, a wiz- j
I ened old negro woman, regarded <
with awe by many because of her ]
knowledge of herbs and potions, ;
, testified Parnell had taken some ;
1 " 'tattle tongue root' " before the
| stabbing. <
[ "I fust started him with my
I nine good luck treatments the
Sunday befoah the stabbin'," the i
: "with doctor" said. "He was tak
j in' my dust treatment because his
i luck had been runnin' bad." She ! i
i refused to tell the ingredients of
! the potions, widely sold to cred
ulous natives.
"I gave him some tattle tongue
root and tole him to chaw hit and |
(Continued on page three)
SMITH STATES
ffAGE CANNARD
MISERABLE LIE
Staije Set (or South Caro
lina Vote; Maryland
Invasion Nears
U'.ASHIXGTOX. Auj;. 27. (UP)
Dress rehearsals fo. the first test
ot the effectiveness of presiden
tial intervention in state Demo
rratic primaries ended in South
(arolina last night amid indica
tions that Mr. Roosevelt will in
vade Maryland, probably on La
"i 'Jay, to reiterate his demand
tor the political life of conserva
tive Senator Millard E". Tvdings.
South Carolinians last night
heard the final oratorical blasts of
its three Democratic candidates
for the U. S. senatorial nomina
tion I uesday they go to the polls
to decide vhether to retire anti
new deal Senator Ellison D (Cot
ton Ed) Smith to private life, in
accordance with Mr. Roosevelt's
wishes, or s^nd him back to Wash
ington and thus deal a crushing
blow to the president's prestige.
Almost overshadpwing the South
Carolina event were reports from
the summer white house at Hyde
Park, N. Y.. that the presidentand
James A. Farley, postmaster gen
eral and chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee, virtual
ly vr* conc'UfIpfl plans providing
tor Mr. Roosevelt's appearance in
Baltimore to ask Maryland voters
to repudiate Tydings,' whose bat
ting average on important new
ieal legislation stands at .292.
Whatever the outcome of the
^outh Carolina race, in which Sen
J>mith is opposed by Gov. Olin D.
Johnston, new deal favorite, the
tate senator, Edgar Rrown, it is 1
Jxpect.ed to be a fairly accurate
jauge of what the president can
inticipate in other states where
has asked for the political ex
termination of conservative Dem
ocrats in his struggle for liberal;
control of the national party.
Senator Smith, marked for de-1
feat by the national administra
tion. lasf night fought off the dou
ilo-barreled attack of his two op
lonents and new deal advocates
n a political meeting in Columbia.
Smith, a colorful campaigner of
JO years congressional experience, '
iccused Johnston at the Columbia
neeting of boarding a special
rain parrying President Roosevelt
hrough South Carolina recently j
ind persuading the chief execu
te "to give color to a miserable
le.
The "miserable lie" to which '
Smith referred was an inference
>.V Mr. Roosevelt that Smith had
>nce said a man and his familv
ouId exist on "fifty cents a day."
Smith denied ever making such
i flat statement, but Johnston
ind Rrown both heaped criticism
»n the "conservative" incumbent,
irown threatened to retire Smith
and send him hack to the farm
vhere he hasn't been for the last
10 years. ' Then Brown ripped
nto Johnston for his "record of
(Continued on page three.)
HULL REMINDS
POWERS SWORN
TO KEEP PEACE
Solemn Call Is Made to1
Those Signing the
Kellogg Treaty
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. (UP)
secretary of State Hull today sol- '
>mnly reminded signatories of the
(ellogg-Briand treaty of their ob
jurations under the anti-war pact
n a move to maintain peace in
;he face of the grave European
:risis.
Calling names of nations in
volved directly or indirectly in the
:risis developing from the Ger
nan-CzechosIovak situation, Hull '
.varned each that modern experi
ence has demonstrated that not
jven the victor can gain from
-var.
He used the tenth anniversary
)f the signing of the anti-war pact,
is the time for his statement on |
the European situation.
BRITISH WARN
GERMANY NOT
TO CAUSE WAR
Significant Action Comes
as Bar Let Down for
Nazi Violence
42 BATTLE SHIPS TO
TAKE BATTLE POSTS
LONDON, Aug. 27. (UP) Th
British government today d«'lib>-i
atcly and reluctantly prepared
for a European crisis of Mir lii f
rank, and it was disclosed fha' I '
warships of the home fl«'»'t had
been ordered to proceed to ih«<
North Sea battle station of thr
British navy, coincident with ♦ !.<
meeting of the German Nazi p;u
ty at Nuremberg during the u< "i;
«»f September 5.
A few hours later a most on
usual official statement was i.. >•
ed praising the conciliatory alii
tude of the Czechoslovakia .
ernment in the present phase <>(
minority negotiations and deploi
ing the proclamation by the Sij
deten German party removing
from its members an admonition
against retaliatoin to attacks on
them.
Great Britain, as her fleH pr#>
pared for maneuvers in the North
Sea, called pointedly on Germany
today to avoid violence in Czecho
slovakia which might precipitate
a general war in which Great Bri
tain would have to join.
Sir John Simon, chancellor «>f
the exchequer, in a speech at Lan
ark, Scotland, laid down th<> prin
ciples of British policy—Britain is
determined to make every effort
for peace, but she might be forced
to fight.
Sir John called on European
nations to reflect on the con*"
quences of war and expressed hi-,
conviction that it can be avoided
if the nations co-operate.
"I repudiate altogether the out
look which is tempted to say »ha»
war is inevitable," he declared
Sir John significantly warned of
the personal responsibility of any
leader who provoked war. H"
said:
"Great, indeed, is the responsi
bility that would rest upon anyone
who by his action brought upon
humanity '.ne evils known t«> ar
company war."
Britain's general policy, Sir
John said, is "a positive policy of
peace.
"(Jur rearmament raises n<» 01
trust in other nations," he said,
"because all the world knows our
arms will never be used for any
aggressive purposes and Britain i*
making herself strong in order
that she may herself be safe and
may thus be a safe and effective
friend of peace."
Just before he spoke, the gov
ernment showed the lengths to
which it is prepared to go when a
semi-official statement was issued
deploring the decision of Sudeten
German leaders in Czechoslovakia
to release their followers from
fighting back if attacked.
The statement was regarded a ;
of great significance, inasmuch fl
it is rare for a government such
as Britain to address an admoni
tion to one political faction in an
other country.
Prime Minister Neville ('h-im
berlain, after consulting Foreign
Secretary Viscount Halifax, oru
inally decided Simon's speech
would be an "epochal declaration
of policy" containing a forthright
warning that Britain probably
would be drawn into any wa?
arising from the Czechoslovak
crisis.
SUDETEN'S DECREE
IS LAW VIOLATION
PRAGUE, Aug. 27. (UP)—Th*
Sudeten German party last night
rescinded its no-violence order 'o
its 3,500,000 followers and an
nounced that they will be permit
ted to "fight back" within legal
limits in defense of their lives,
liberties and properties.
Minister of Interior Sharpls im
mediately described the announce
ment as a violation of the law and
warned the Sudetens that the po
lice would deal energetically with
any attempts to "misuse the proc
lamation as a motive to endanger
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GERMANSH0LD
CZECH PRESS
IS OFFENSIVE
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. Aug
27. (UP).—The German legation
protested strongly to Foreign
Minister Kamil Krofta today
against an "affront to the Ger
man army and the German peo
ple" contained in a newspaper
article about the military parade
held in Berlin in honor of Ad
miral Nicholas Horthy, Hungarian
regent