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"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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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Democratic
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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.
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list, but those
show the
hey presen
nonunderstandable
ble hauling and
breathing hot
change of face
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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.
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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. In 1836 California ranked first
in sales ta ollections, with a
total 000 ( Illinois
was second with receipts of ower
$61,000,00( third
4h
with
the
LICH 2 ce
©cuis XIV and
mmerce divi-
of Com-
7.8 per cent of
iT *
merce savs
all retail sales a
counter or cash
Electrocuting
The method
whales an electri
The current goes by wire the
head of the spreads
through th the ani-
mal and ret h the water
to the n itl
of the ship
the circuit
electrocution. —C
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