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THE WEST NEWS
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Washington Bicentennial Opened by President Hoover—
Stimson's Stern Warning to Japan—Chinese
Pushed Rack in Terrific Battle.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
C'VKRY city, town anil hamlet lit Ihe
*-* United States and must of the cap
‘tats of the world paid tribute to the
Hiaracter and achievements of George
Washington on Mon
day. the two hun-
dredth anniversary of
Ills birth. The eele
brat ions, fostered h.v
Congressman Sol
Bloom's commission,
will continue in this
country through most
of the year In one
form or another. Of
filially, the blrenten
nial doing* were
opened In Washing
toa when President
Hoover delivered an
address before a Joint session of con
gross which was attended by all high
officials of the government, the mem
hers of ttie Supreme court and the dip-
lomatic ceps.
Standing before the brilliant gather
tnje. Mr. Hoover called on tlie Amerl
•'an people to rededlcate themselves to
those principles belli tltur a free peo
pie of which Washinglop was a living
ex port mm t. “We have neiut again." he
aald. "to bring forth the pioture of the
glorie* and the valor of l.extngton and
Concord and Bunker Hill, the suffering
and fortitude of Valley forge, the vic-
tory of York town. We have need to
revive the meaning and Hie sneer mor-
al courage of the IXsdaration of Inde
pendente, the atrugglea of the coni I
nentnl congress, the forming of tlje
Constitution."
Na pnrt of th'ese great events, the
President reminded those who packed
the galleries, 'can be separated from
the name and the dominant leadership
of George Washington."
There were many Oliver ceremonies
la and near Washington. The I’resl
dent laid a wreath on Washington's
tomb at Mount Vernon; the Itichmond
Light Infantry Blues and the Rich
nvond Grays marched In a colorful pa
rude through Alexandria : the National
Education association In convention
were addressed by Mr. Hoover; amt
la the evening there was a grand co-
lonial hall In Washington and a “hlrtle
night had" at Gudshy's tavern In Alex
_...!. 1m «•.,»!. *.ii.g as far as possiI,li-
the last hlrthnlgld hall Washington
attended there. In 17518.
'T'H ROUGH the medium of a letter
* to Senator Borah. Secretary of
State Stlmson served notice on Japtti
and the world at large Hint the United
States still stands by the open door
policy enunciated by John Hav In 18th
recognised hy the Washington confer
em-e of Util 22 and Implicit In the
nine-power treaty and other agree-
ments concerning the Pacific. These
pacts he declared to he Imerdci-end
ent, and the malntenanee of ttle In-
tegrity of China necessary for the wel-
fare not only of China hut of the whole
wortd. In effect Mr Stlniaon's stale
merit Is a threat h.v the udminlatrntlon
that the United States will abrogate
the Washington treaty limiting the
capital ship strength of the nnvnl pow
ers and restrlrtlng American defenses
In the western 1‘nelfic If Japan per
slats '• oiareqnrding the nlnepower
treaty guaranteeing the territorial In
terrify of China. He sold If the Pa-
rifle treaties had hern faithfully oh
served aueh a situation as now exists
could not have arisen.
T. V. Soong
poAOlF.n hv skilful German sol
' dlers. the Chinese troop* In the
Shanghai battle area auci-essfnUy with
stood a territlc attack by the Japanese
that lasted three days
and cost ancoarned
lives. The Invaders
shelled * the positions
held hy the Chinese
along the line lo (he
Woosting forts almost
continuously and re-
peated attempt* to ad
vance the Infantry
were made. Irjt at
Hie eh*e of the oper-
ations the Chinese,
badly battered, were
•till there. Two days
later the Japanese airmen made a fu
yWvus attack on K long wan. showering
down huge bomba on the defender*
and then the ln«i|» again attempted
lo rush the Ctilnene pnsCUms wlth-.nl
liny success. Reinfori-enienls were
called for and the Tokyo go\ ernmeo'.
whlcti had Just won a victory In the
elertlona. derided to aend two none
army divisions, and a full general to
anperseile I .lent. Gen. Kvrklehl Uyeil i
The Chinese government eneonr
aged and determined lo reolst to the
last, was hurrying m.o-e Irnoti* to
Shanghai and the energeth T. V
Room? wo* tnoklng nan bed prutre**
tiis great task of ruining money to
•p up Hie Baht Large eontrlbn
.ms Were received not ontv from at!
arts of Chinn bat fftwn Chinese In
Sonny other talols.
As the week beared
the Japanese. enraged bp
m&r - *"
the dose
the maint-
« net*
to lr.. dri,
Thii
was the Woodiest battle so far In the
Shanghai conflict. Japanese planes
dropped cans of gasoline on Klangwan
and Mluohnngehen. bombs Ignited the
explosive and conflagrations resulted.
■ A PAN'S reply m the latest admonl
•* lion of the l.ca cue of Nations coun-
cil was received In Geneva and was
found to be a stiffly worded and re-
seotful retort. The Japanese govern-
ment. It said, could not understand
why the appeal of the twelve powers
wns made to Japan. Instead of to
China, the real aggressor. The league
part. It added, does not exclude self-
defense. nor does It leave Chinn free
to nttack everybody In algid. Tokyo
told the lengne Hint Its ohservatione
are "obscure' and "«u|iertluoua.'' for
Japan entertains no territorial or po-
litical ambitions lu China. Jaitati. wild
the note, cannot consider China as an
"organlred people" In tlte sense used
hy the league covenant, and declares
It Is linimssihle to treat the chaos In
China as If II were order Altogether,
the reply from Tokyo was little less
than a slap in the face for the league
council.
/"V NE seeming result of the war In
live Orient was the approval by
the senate naval affairs committee of
the Hale hill authorizing the expendi-
ture of gTT.Ajllltl.UUO lot the building of
our tmvy up to tonnage parity with
Great Britain and to the treaty ratio
with Japan. Reversing Its altitude of.
several weeks ago, the cmnmlilee voted
unanimously to reimrt the measure to
the senate with a recommendation
that It he passed at once. A similar
bill Is still stuck in the house naval
affairs committee.
I) KUO HE getting too far away from
D China, the latest developments In
Manehuriu must be reeorded. With
the assistance of friendly Chinese. In-
cluding General Ms,
who formerly fonght
them, the Japanese
have carried out their
plan to make Man-
churia a stale Inde
pendent of China.
They created a new
state of Ankuo—whlcti
means “land of peace"
—and It was an
nouui-ed that It would
be ruled by Henry I'u
Henry Pu-YI Yl- ,h* J'ounK
who for a time wns
the “boy emperor" of China. Chang-
chun was selected as the capital of
Ankuo and public building* there were
being prepared for Henry'* Installa-
tion w’hleb was set for March 1. It
was believed he would be declared
president or dictator for life. Of
course the government of Ankuo will
be quite subservient to Japan.
Till* new state will not be permit-
ted to exist unchallenged, however. Al-
ready rebellions forces have I wen cel
lected and are reported to lie mov-
ing against list Hslu, governor of
Kirin province, and one of the lead-
ers who organised Ankuo. Their at-
tack was directed primarily at Imieni-
po. Ml tulles from Ifurbin.
pvKI.EGATES to the disarmament
t-r conference In Geneva will jual
talk until the Easter recess, whlrh will
begin March III ami last probably two
week*. Then the suhoonimlsidnn* will
get busy with nil the pro|w>sul* for
armament reduction that have been
made by the various nations. .Mean-
while the delegates ran mull over
these thirty live plans and the draft
convention offered hy the |vrepnrntory
commission. Such was the decision of
the steering committee, which appar
ently thought the delay would give
tilings a chance tn fnrn for the better.
Ambassador Hugh Gibson and his col-
league* “f the American delegation
didn't tike this arrangement at all and
said so. hut they were overruled for
France. Germany and Grem Britain
were In no harry to bring mutters lo a
decision.
|7RANGE'S new premier la Andre
r Tnritleu. and his ministry and pol-
icies have been promptly given s vote
of ronfldenre by (mriiament. Tardleo
will make no change In the French
disarmament and reparatbing policies,
he told the deputies. The government,
he said, will participate In negotiations
with a view tn adjusting the reparu
rlons schedule, hot It will not permit
repudiation of existing agreements.
In the field of disarmament the new
ministry agree* with the ln*t that *e
euritv I* a prerequisite lo reduction
of arm*.
One change mnde hy Tardleo. how-
ever. wa* the subject of hot debate.
He ha* united the army navy and avia
tlon ministries Into a single ministry
of defense, the portfolio being given
to Francois (’letft. The premier <te
fended the plan warmly, pofotln# not
that the unified mitif*fry gave France
a tremendous advantage over other
couni rles In disrumrttig any scheme of
dim.etnametit and would enable Hie mi
tlon fo make rtntaHc cut*, both
budgetary and direct,
ft OV. WILLIAM II. MURRAY «f
VJ Oklahoma la now a full-Hedged
candidate for the Democratic Presi-
dential nomination. Calling tha news-
paper men to the ex-
ecutive mansion In
Oklahoma City, "Al-
falfa BUI" handed out
n statement to that
effect, lu It he de-
clared he would "make
no trade*, form no
combination nor com-
promise on any prin-
elple" for delegates or
for the nomination.
"If successful Dll
hand* will be free of „ ..
baneful Influences," Gov' Murray
he *old "I feel reasonably certain
of the election If nominated."
Thereupon tills spectacular gentle-
man departed for Indiana where ha
made a number of addresses calculat-
ed to further bis ambition.
Senator Burton K Wheeler of Mon-
tana wrote to Governor Murray ask-
ing his opinion of the senator's bill
to eHlubllsh a bimetallic currency, aud
the governor’s reply shows he thinks
as did William Jennings Bryan.
"There can he no dispute about
b«th gold and silver representing
value, even without reference lo
value as money," he wrote. "Since a
sound currency should represent a
limited proportion of value, plus a re
serve «f actual money, mm since there
Is not siitflcleiif gold to do tills with-
out a diminution of the money In
circulation. It would si-em essential
that sliver should he added, as was j
Intended hy the Constitution.
"The government should coin s suf-
ficient amount of money, gold and Sil-
ver. to take care of normal bualneaa,
and. tn addition, a sufficient per cent
to become the basis for 'token' money,
through honk currency. The world
will Buffer until 'hat Is done."
QI’EAh'KR GARNER'S plan for an
if economy committee lo survey the
possibilities of s reorganization of
the government and reduction of fed-
eral expenditure* was accepted by tbs
house, the resolution being adopted
hy a turprlslaitty large bipartisan
majority The committee, which la to
retxirl by April 15. was named and be-
gun Its work by asking President
Hoover for hi* detailed view* on re-
organization and economies
Drafting of the revenue bill Inereaa-
log-lave* to meet the dellclt was start-
ed by the house ways and means com-
mittee. The meusure will Include a
manufactures sales tax that I* expect-
ed to tiring In *fltKM*ltl.OOO. Secretary
of the Treasury Mills told the com-
mittee that he diiln't wholly approvs
of this feature but that the treasury
would prepare s workable plan for
assessment and collection of such an
Impost. It Is pro)toned to a|q>ly the
tux at the point of Hnul processing
before Hie article goes to the whole-
saler The same tax Is to tie levied
•m lni|Mirted articles In sddltkm to
the tnrllT.
Representative Beck of Pennsyl-
vania made an eloquent appeul la
the house to refuse the appropriation
of fil L.W.5UU asked by the appropria-
tion committee for the enforcement
of prohibition during the fiscal year
1H3.T. The house applauded him gen-
erously and then voted to sustain the
appropriation.
DAMON DK VALERA'S fianna fall
*-» party won the election* In Ire-
land and he la almost certain to he
the next president of rlie Free Stale,
With seven district*
yet to elect, he and
Ids labor allies have
T7 seats in the , new
dall elranu, to 68 for
the government party
and Its independent
supporters. President
Cosgrove mild he and
his party hud decided
to go into opposition
and not to seek any
alliance to keep the
flanrm fail out of
power.
The Irish Labor
party, according to It* leader, Thom-
as Johnson, will go along with He Vi
lera In hi* program of eennomir re-
construction. hut It stands by the
treaty with Knglund. nod If l>e Valera
tries to abrogate this, the Lnbortle*
will turn his party out of office. They
can do this, holding the hulsnre of
power. In Dublin It la believed the
life of the new government will be
short.
THE FEATHERHEADS
fitr STILL. MM -
jLv e got a cigar
FOR YOU HERE
SOMEUOHERE' —
Proof Enough
TMIKHK candidate* will oppose Paul
* von lllndenbora for the DtwN
von lltndenburg for the presidency
of Germany. The tvomlna/lon of Adolf
Hitler, leader of the Fascists or Na
lionni Soclallats. wa* formally made,
as was that of Theodore Dues!erticrg.
Itend of the steel helmet organlnitlnu,
he being ttie Nationalist rnndldnte.
The Communist nominee ts Ernst
Thnelnvsnn. The entry of Duesterberg
and Hitler Indicated that their attempt
tn unite on a candidate to run against
Von Hlndenborg had broken down.
Hitler’s headquarters recently had de
nled he wa* seeking the presidency
p GVKIINOM ROOHKVELT of New
N-J York took tit# bull by the horn*,
deficit Tammany and misted from of
flee Sheriff Tlmma* D Earley of Neo
York city. The governor aald he was
not sutislted with Farley's exploitation
of hi* income a* revea.ed by the leg
Itlattvr Investigation committee.
Farley ha* aald be would give lit*
support t» Roosevelt * candidacy for
the I'residential nomination, regard
hws of wlmt action the goveroo- might
take in hi* c»*c. i’«miHai„« did uol
ugi ve i*0 the (am*ihie effect of Kie gov
ernor's acllop ^
FINNEY OF THE FORCE
Tb SWITCH THE CABO Of BEWTAmW
GREEKS ON That LITTLE VASE WtTU
.THE OME ON THE SILVER. SET I 77
THINK 01 AM!* OIT
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