— v ickarnd "Black Death’ in Shanghai S IF there were not horror enough in Shanghai, the ill- fated city found itself face to face with a new peril—bubonic plague. The outbreak of the disease, first discovered in the French conces- sion, where most of the American population lives, was traced in large ‘part to the sanitary difficulties in removing the bodies of Hongkew ci- vilians killed by bombings, artillery shelling and machine-gun fire. Sanitary officers in the conces- sion and the international settle- ment fought frantically to check the spread of the dread cholera. They were hampered by Japanese mili- tary forces which insisted upon keeping closed areas where there still remained bodies to be buried. Admiral Harry Yarnell, com- mander of the United States Asi- atic fleet, canceled all shore leaves for sailors and ordered Chinese hands off American ships. With the port of Shanghai closed to Ameri- can shipping other than warships, because of the ever-increasing dan- ger of bombs and artillery fire, 500 Americans whp had intended to leave on the néxt liners out of port were stranded, making a total of 2,000 American inhabitants who re- mained exposed to the double dan- gers of warfare and cholera. Announcement by the Japanese that they had perfected a plan for bombing every air base in China was regarded as a warning to for- eign nationals throughout the 3,000,- 000 square miles of Chinese terri- tory that they had better evacuate if they were to be safe. Evacuation of Americans from Shanghai was difficult with the ban on shipping. Warships appeared the logical means of rescue, but there were few in the Shanghai area capable of taking aboard large loads of passengers. Accordingly, a cruiser squadron of six ships was being prepared to leave the United States, steam to Shanghai and re- move those stranded there. The Japanese embassy warned foreign nations that they had bet- ter advise the Japanese navy of movements of ships into the vast blockaded area, lest these be mis- taken for Chinese supply ships. The embassy intimated that cargoes of ammunition and military supplies might be denied admittance and ad- vised foreign ships that it might be a good idea to permit Japanese au- thorities to inspect their cargoes before entering the blockade. ne International Crises O NE grave international crisis followed another in the new Sino-Japanese war. Britain was still awaiting reply to her protest over the wounding of His Majesty's am- bassador to China by a Japanese airman when four airplanes, identi- fied as Chinese, swooped down upon the American liner, President Hoov- er, flagship of the Dollar line, drop- ping bombs which killed one per- son aboard and wounded eight. The President Hoover, having de- posited a load of refugees in Ma- nila, was nearing Shanghai to pick up another load when the bombs struck, tearing 25 holes in the ship above the water line. The ship im- mediately notified Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, commander of the Ameri- can fleet, who took command of all American shipping in the emergen- cy. He ordered the President Hoov- er to continue to Japan, and radioed other vessels that they must not enter “hostile” waters off the Woo- sung and Yangtze lightships. It was only a few days before the Presi- dent Lincoln, another Dollar liner, had had to run a gauntlet of artil- lery fire to get 160 American refu- gees on their way to Manila, China's ambassador in Washing- ton, Chenting T. Wang, lost no time in making complete apology for his government in the Dollar liner inci- dent to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. He said the President Hoover had been mistaken for a Japanese transport by a Chinese aviator. He offered to make full financial re- dress immediately. It was indicat- ed that a court martial was in store for the erring airman. More spectacular, but only be- cause of the importance of the per- son it involved, was the shooting of Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatch- bull-Hugessen, British ambassador to China. Britain's note to Tokyo was couched in stringent terms. It said, in part: “The plea, should it be advanced, that the flags carried on the cars were too small to be visible is ir- relevant. There would have been no justification for the attack even had the cars carried no flags at all, “The foreign and even the diplo- matic status of the occupants is also irrelevant. The real issue is that they were noncombatants . . “Such events are inseparable from the practice as illegal as it is inhuman of failing to draw that clear distinction between combat- ants and noncombatants in the con- duct of hostilities which internation- Wounded by Japanese airmen, Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull- Hugessen is center of strained in- ternational relations. al law no less than the conscience of mankind has always enjoined. ‘“His majesty’s government must therefore request: “FIRST—A formal apology to be conveyed by the Japanese govern- ment to his majesty’s government; “SECOND—Suitable punishment for those responsible for the attack: “THIRD—An assurance by the Japanese authorities that necessary measures will be taken to prevent recurrence of events of such a char- acter.” Tokyo's reply was temporarily withheld, pending a complete in- vestigation. ne Trouble Ahead for Ford OHN L. LEWIS’ magic touch ef. fected a compromise between warring factions of the United Auto- mobile Workers of America suffi- cient to permit the election of offi- cers, but that failed to cover up the flerce dissension in the C. I. O. af- filiate's Milwaukee convention. Several times only a fortunately- timed adjournment saved a day's meeting from breaking up in a riot. The clashes were between the “pro- gressive’ faction of the union, head- ed by President Homer Martin, and the “unity” faction, containing most of the “left” members, who op- posed Martin's program. In the end, the Lewis compromise forced Martin to retain several unity group officers he had apparently been anx- ious to depose. New officers added were, however, chiefly adherents of tion still held control of the execu- tive board. Of chief importance in the conven- tion was the decision to go ahead with the campaign to organize the employees of the Ford Motor com- ber, which would bring in a net of something like $400,000, was voted for the purpose. Lewis predicted, “Some day Henry Ford is going to be so very tired he will be willing to accord to his employees the rights that are due them.” — War May Soon Be Luxury O NE good argument for peace is that the rising costs of raw ma- terials are making war more ex- pensive than ever. This was dem- onstrated when London financial cir- cles revealed that parliament will be asked to vote supplementary funds to carry out Great Britain's armament program for the present year. In February experts figured the cost of armaments at $7,500,000.000 over a five-year period. Now it is apparent that many more millions will be required. The cost of anti- mony has increased from $385 to $465 a ton, copper from $265 to $275, heavy scrap steel from $18.75 to zinc from $105 to $115. plates a year ago cost $46.75 a ton; now they are $57. ws We Jersey Kids Picket Mayor will be picketing their cradles quent accounts of industrial strike of disgruntled politicians—several hundred boys between the ages of seven and thirteen years rose in re- volt against the city fathers of Jer- sey City, N. J. up traffic with their parade. dug up cobblestones streets, with broken glass, built barricades of boxes and stones which made driving hazardous for automobilists. The boys directed their campaign against Mayor Frank Hague and United States Senator A. Harry Moore, upbraiding them with plac- ard mottoes condemning their al leged failure to provide sufficient playgrounds for the safety of chil dren. Police dispersed them gently at first, but when they reorganized and resumed the picketing, the offi- cers were forced to seize 15, YOU Figure It Outl the seventy-fifth congress appro- but just how much? upon your point of view, the current fiscal year. He more than $40,000,000,000, He presented a series of Then, just to sharpen the wits of laymen who sought the answer to cften differed from the administra- tion on points of expenditures, of- had been appropriated. He added that the national debt is really clos- er to 40 billions than the 37 billions reported by the treasury. ln V HEN Mussolini captured Ethi- opia (or did he?) it was fre- quently said that he would never be able to control it, much less develop it, for the Ethiopian tribes are wild and terrible. Apparently he is now coming to the same conclusion and is about to turn for help to—of all people!—the former emperor, Haile Selassie. It is known that the Italian gov- ernment has made certain overtures to Great Britain to determine how she feels about the “Conquering Lion of Judah" ascending his throne once more, but strictly as a puppet for whom II Duce would pull the strings. Britain is said to be willing because of the ever-present Italian threat along her Mediterranean life- line. France, too, has been approached on the matter. Frenchmen own the important railroad from Addis Aba- ba to Djibuti, but one of the prin- cipal stockholders in the French cor- poration is Haile Selassie, and the Italians refuse to recognize his hold- ings. It is believed that if the French agree to the puppet mon- archy the validity of the emperor's shares will not be questioned. Then France will be able to buy them. The fly in the ointment is that Haile Selassie will have none of this He will rest his fate entirely with the League of Nations, of which Ethiopia is still a member. Meanwhile the continual raids by native tribessnen, still faithful to their emperor, leave no Italian life safe in the African country, and are making Il Duce's “colonization” a joke. fn Dictator Visits Dictator B ERLIN was preparing a hero's welcome for Benito Mussolini Italian dictator due to visit the Ger- man capital during September's closing days. Throughout the city Il Duce's obvious popularity was a realistic reminder of the friendly al- liance which has developed between the two Fascist nations. Unter den Linden and the Wil helmstrasse were being decorated with bunting, colored lights and huge German and Italian flags. Va- rious tours and military ma- neuvers were planned for Il Duce's visit. He was to arrive in a private airplane, his own hands at the con- trols. During his stay he was to be the guest of Adolf Hitler in the presidential palace. Plans called for his appointment as honorary leader of der Fuehrer’'s private guard and as colonel-in-chief of a Nazi cavalry regiment. Pn J Japs Eye Sino-Russ Pact IN TOKYO it was widely believed that the non-aggression pact signed by the Russian and Chinese governments was accompanied by a secret military agreement which would ally the two enemies of Ja- pan to the extent that Soviet muni- tions, military advisers ahd avia- tors would be dispatched to China. The charges were that by the terms of the secret agreement Chi- na fully recognizes Soviet activities we Won Mediterranean Menace EGARDED as a renewal of at- tacks on shipping in the Medi- terranean due to the Spanish civil war was the submarine attack upon the Russian freighter Timiryazev off When the ship sank after tain and the crew of 29 were picked Algiers, None of the crew the attacker, although all reported they had seen a submarine’s peri- scope just before the blast, a Louis Retains Championship Tommy FARR, the Welsh fighter a" r'’ the sur- prise of his life in New York, when he stayed 15 rounds. Louis got the ao pesision, bat Tommy was a whe the final bell rang. " Washington. — Political and observers in Washington find themselves Has ’Em Guessing administration because of a series of late developments. Frankly, most their inability to fathom the various developments of recent weeks or to measure their significance, I have written, heretofore, about tial moves to heal that split but, instead of the new developments be- ing of a kind designed to heal least to be doing directly the oppo- site thing. ability to understand the political strategy, if there be strategy, let me merely call attention to such things as: Per thorou tor Guffey, crat, which the party Wheeler of read out of en as 1a, Burke of ska and O'Mahoney able 2 Mor i such tors Nebr ming. The speech Postmaster Gen- eral Farley before the Y« ung Demo- crats at their Indiana meeting, ing that aga of 11s have parts of Deal program. rh 1 Democratic : y ton hotel senators at a W election of ¢ + of Kentucky as Dem leader of the senate. and the f Presi Rox iiter the ient seveit 1 Pn sante * vob speech Nas ) New York claring without equiv- cation ths he Cor Senator Guffey in Irganizati headed by Lewis, provide a or an American Labor par- This party should have bjectives the political ( one who fails to carry Deal any the New policies program designed to the the or SCS a President. ~. list, but those show the hey presen nonunderstandable ble hauling and breathing hot change of face » * * in this serve prevails wholly enu “n confusion that me a and un- to ly political Guffey Causes Stir nature create quite so much of a stir in radio the speech those who opposed the President's plan to reorganize the Supreme to it own choosing. that Senator Guffey Senators Wheeler, Burke and O'Mahoney for destruction. He did this because these three senators led the fight against the President's plan to pack the Supreme court the senate; Senator O'Mahoney wrote the devastating report by which the senate judiciary commit- tee advised the senate to kill the court packing bill, Senator Guffey's speech made at night. When the senate convened at noon the following day, Senator Wheeler took the floor and delivered one of the most vicious speeches of which he is known to be capable. It was excelled in bit- terness only by the attack which came from Senator Burke. Senator O'Mahoney likewise made sure that ing of those who were convinced the President had made a vital mis- take in proposing the court reor- ganization. » * » I have heard these questions asked many times: What can the President gain by What'sthe making Senator Answer? Guffey or any man of his type a spokesman for the administration? politically to strike at the very heart of the Democratic party by permit- ting even secretly the political de- struction of such brilliant men as Wheeler, Burke and O'Mahoney? The answer to those questions, as far as I can see it, or as far as have been able to gather opinions on the point, must inevitably lead in the direction of a party purge. By that I mean, the President and his closest New Deal advisers must be seeking to drive out of the Demo- cratic party, the machinery of hundred per cent for the theories of economics and social reform which the New Dealers nance. create a class party, a radical party ing, the communists and half-baked ciple of individual employment, the accumulation of personal belongings On the other hand I cannot con- vince myself that Mr. Roosevelt this gravity. For it would be a mis- t is th ke the w tion so difficult to understand. It may be that result will Ww ler or Senator Senator Whe lf in a politi- e situa- one find him: be forced to seek the Demo- 19040. It the is quite apparent now that going to osion in the next onvention. It may breath th pit in the party is lodged u spreads to the rank and ocrats oughout the country Bs # 4 the cratic rule ote of two-thirds before nominates a candi- delegates With further reference to Senator Senator Ba 'y told the viol Wheeler. Burke-O'Mahoney attack that Sena- tor Guffey had dered his resig- nation of the Demo- cratic senatorial committee a week Senator Barkley's state. not accepted it did not have the ring convincing, nor did it a8 chairman ment, however, generally; make it was fo empt by Senator Barkley to save - . * It may well be that the rupture in will turn out be a great is- May Be sue as early as Big Issue the 1938 congres- sional and sena- There are a num- rs who opposed the court packing bill and, therefore, fall within Guffey castigation, year. If the Guffey attack is fol- lowed up at all in the state organi- zations, those Democrats who op- posed the President's will necessar- ily must defend themselves. The only way they can defend their course of action is by a counter at- tack on the President and those policies of his which the candidate for the senate opposed. I predi- cate my prediction of continuation of the row in 1938 on the statement made by Senator O'Mahoney in an- swer to the Guffey radio tirade. In that statement of position, Senator O'Mahoney stated, to quote a single paragraph: “lI would rather walk out of the turn, than to surrender any honest convictions I have. I say to you, senators of the United States, so long as 1 am in this body I shall raise my voice and cast my vote as my conscience dictates and nobody, whether he comes from Pennsyl- vania or from New York or any other state, can tell me or the peo- ple of my state what I should or should not do.” Contrast that statement with the following declaration by Senator Guffey in his radio speech: “l was elected to the United States senate in 1934 because I as- sured the voters of Pennsylvania that it was my intention to support loyally and without wavering the program of the Chief Executive.” And in calling attention to that statement of subservience, Senator Burke of Nebraska declared: “Pennsylvania may want that kind of representation in the senate, and, if they do, God bless them, let them have it; but to me it would seem that if the senate is to have that kind of representation, it might as well have a parrot in a cage in the secretary's office and bring it in when the senator's name is called and have him say, ‘Yes, Mr. Roose- velt, count me for that, too." That is not my idea of what a senator should do.” © Western Newspaper Union. | wwe Ask Me Another oS A General Quiz BLISS IM 1. What is the cost of the paper used in printing United States cur- rency? 2. In baseball what do the fol lowing letters stand for: AB, R, H, O, A, E, and BB? 3. How much is a skein of wool- en yarn? 4. What is the significance of edelweiss? 5. How is the air in Carlsbad caverns kept fresh? 68. What was the boudoir parlia- ment? 7. What state collects the most money in sales taxes? 8. How much of the retail busi. ness of the United States is done on a cash basis? Ansviers 1. The distinctive paper used in making United States currency costs the government 37 cents a pound. It is estimated 1,742 236 pounds will be used in 19327. 2. At bat, runs, hits, outs sists, errors and base on 3. It is equivalent to 256 4. The flower is an emblem of purity in literature and painting. 5. No arti al ans is neces- sary. liscovered natural process he air fresh and pure. remains about 56 degrees Fahrenheit at all times. 6. Thiz is a reference to great mfluence w ; Y Maintenon hac his advisers. 7. 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