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Chamberlain Sends

‘Final’ Peace Plan TOTUNEINTALK

To Hitle

Parliament Is Convoked; Shipping Warned by Admiralty.

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done and are doing their very ut-

most to secure peacefu solution of Minister for Defense Co-ordination, on application of technical plans iit

the present difficulties and they will relax no efforts so ong as there remain any prospects of achieving that object,” Mr. Chamberlain said. “The Presidents words can but encourage all those who sincerely desire to co-operate in this endeavor.” Earlier, France sent Mr. Roosevelt

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Premiar Daladier a similar message before returning Paris after the momentous weekend discussions here. Gen. Marie Gustave Gamelin, Chief of Staff of the French fighting forces, followed him across the channel a few hours later. Gen. Gamelin and his staff officers carried with them a complete French-British plan for joint action in war, Britain started machinery which may end in general mobilization if the storm breaks

Air Units Called Out

The order to the troops inc calling out the ntiaireraft coastal defense un the Territorial Army - to the American National Guard) The Air Minist) Force leave, called force attached to the instituted an air svstem. rice-fixing of essential foods was ordered. Under an agreement with provision markets all over the country, the price of bacon, ham, butter, cheese, lard, cooking fat and margarine was pegged at the present level for 14 days European democracies appeared to be heartened by the moral force of Mr. Roosevelt's stand and made a last supreme to induce Herr Hitler to moderate his attitude Memorandum Rejected

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1celed all Air the observer air force and raid warning

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his country and Minister ChamberHorace Wilson by aw to Berlin with a message. He informed Herr Hitler, it understood, that his memorandum to Czechoslovaki is not an acceptable basis for negotiation and that the responsibility for peace ot war now rests on Germany. The world waited tensely for Herr Hitler's reply. ready for war, were almost certain that the answer would come in Herr Hitler's Britain

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address. ummoned Parliament into session for Wednesday. Joint preparations wit France for war were completed. The Cabinet was in almost continuous session. Clement Atlee, Labor Px: er, and Winston Churchil Conservative, ment to many.

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Premier Minister after underical and milit: course of action. As he entered the plane, M. Daladier said There is no change of position It is bette: little now. We still must hope.” Other than defense preparations the British awaited Herr Hitle: speech before making further decisions. Thev had to see whether Mr Chamberlain's final message could

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Precedes Hitler Speech

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Shipping Is Warned

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Shipping was warned to ‘enter Firth of Forth. the great bay on the east coast of Scotland off which the British Home Fleet has been maneuve only with pilots. was warned to course Spithead, coast of England the entrance to the and Southamp-

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on the which guards solent, Portsmouttl ton The Admiralty declined to reveal the reasons for the warning spokesman said the supposi the Firth of Forth ang had been mined “is not necessarily correct.” The warming was sent out by the British Broadcasting Company on request of the Admiralty. Lloyd's announced new wal rates on shipping today, In cases double last week's Rates vovages to the Sea were withdrawn The British North Sea Fleet was at battle stations and the Mediterranean Fleet at Alexandria had decks cleared for action The High Commissioners of Can-

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ada, Australia, South Africa and Eire (Ireland) conferred with Prime Minister Chamberlain. Gen. Gamelin arrived by airplane from Paris to join in BritishFrench consultations on immediate war preparations.

He conferred first with the Brit-|

lish-French leaders, then separately with Sir Thomas Inskip, British

joint action. Points under discussion were understood to include: (1) The total of British forces to be sent to France; the disposition of British forces when they arrived in France; and (3) the total of British forces which would be available if mobilization machinery went into operation. All over the world, British soldiers and British warships were ready for war. From little sloops to the great battleships, the Fleet was ready for action. As far away as Shanghai British troops were preparing to move, “Terms (o Vanquished”

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| The situation, briefly was as fol(lows: 1. Germany had @lelivered an ultimatum laying down her requirements in the Czechoslovak dispute —"like a victorious nation dictating to a vanquished enemy,” as one French authority put it. 2. Mr. Chamberlain had com{but without a recommendation for jacceptance—in other words he had {implied his disapproval. He had secretly advised the Czechoslovak Government that he could no longer take the responsibility of advising them not to mobilize. 3. Mr. Chamberlain had M. Daladier and French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet to London and they had arrived vesterday after an emergency meeting in Paris at which ministers unani{mously agreed on a “stand fast policy” against Germany. 4. The British Cabinet had met three times Sunday, the last time while the French leaders were with Mr. Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax, at 10 Downing Street 5. Fuehrer Hitler, reported to be enraged at the reaction to his ultimatum, had announced that he

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would speak to the German nation|

at 1 p. m, (Indianapolis Time). 6 Premier Mussolini, after a warlike speech Sunday, said today that Italy would not hesitate for a moment to enter a war if one came. Five days remained until the expiration of Herr Hitler's demand for evacuation of the Sudeten areas

France and Britain, Which, under a British-French plan, ' lem is that

were to be ceded to Germany.

CZECHS DEMAND FURTHER TALKS

Govern- |

Arrest Kundt. Leader of | Sudetens; Charge Secret Radio Operated.

jters presented Herr Hitler's new demands, the Government stations said, “they stated thev couldn't accept the responsibility of advising {us against mobilization. That means the great powers have recognized that the new conditions couldn't be regarded as a basis for further negotiations.” Foreign Soil Not Violated

Mr. Chamberlain, the station said, {after he had received the new demands,” seem to have recognized immediately that neither France nor Great Britain could further press Czechoslovakia to accept the new proposals and that it was necessary for us to prepare for emergencies.” “We ve now manned our frontiers and given strict order to our soldiers not to fire a single shot. We can state before all the world that | not one Czechoslovak soldier stands fon foreign territorv. There was no other way open to us but mobilization because we're clearly told that if we didn’t do so, the respofisibility for open conflict might one day rst on us. The Sudeten region is in full control of the Czechs. Soldiers blew up SIX bridges near Eger as a precaution

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could not give up my right and duty to help nee cemns” 1 Duce Says yy y Italy Won't Be Neutral

| Benes, declaring that he invented at ROME, Sept. 26 (U. P).—

| Versailles the lie that there was | isuch a thing as a Czechoslovak na- | tion. Premier Mussolini definitely committed Italy to participation in any European war today and was understood to be speeding back to Rome to take charge of Italian mobilization at the zero hour. Addressing 100,000 cheering Fascists massed in Verona's main square, Sig. Mussolini thundered: “If war comes, Italy will not hesitate for one minute to participate in it.” Fascists studying President Roosevelt's appeal to Fuehrer Hitler and President Benes,

NAZIS ORDERED

| —— jE Angry at | . S. ‘Interference’ bh { BERLIN, Sept. 26 (U. P.).—GerOfficials Angry at U. S. man quarters were angry at Amer- | i ys ican “interference” in European ‘Interference’ in affairs by President Roosevelt's FDR Cable.

cable, sent to Fuehrer Hitler and President Benes of Czechoslovakia, (Continued from Page One)

appealing for peace. “It was sent to the wrong address. longer a Fuehrer and a man, but the German nation is speaking

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Praha is the proper address. It is {up to Praha to decide whether there will be peace & war. Germany is now merely demanding the realization of what for a long time has been admitted hers as a moral right.”

Reealls Schuschnigg

Fuehrer Hitler opened by de- As the statement was made, Amerclaring that he pronounced his ican Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson

FRANCE LAUDS PEACE APPEAL BY ROOSEVELT

Called Particularly ‘Timely’; Americans Advised to Leave Europe.

Text of Roosevelt Plea For ‘Sake of Humanity’

(Editorial, Page 12)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (U. P.).—Text of President Roosevelt's peace plea to Fuehrer Hitler and President Benes:

“The fabric of peace on the continent of Europe, if not throughout the rest of the world, is in immediate danger. The consequences of its rupture are incalculable. Should hostilities break out the lives of millions of men, women and children in every country involved will most certainly be lost under circumstances of unspeakable horror. “The economic system of every country involved is certain to be

tries have today available for such peaceful solution of difficulties which may arise, treaties of arbitration and conciliation to which they are parties.

“Whatever may be the differences in the controversies at issue and however difficult of pacific settlement they may be, I am persuaded that there is no problem so difficult or so pressing for solution that it cannot be justly solved by the

PARIS, Sept. 26 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt's appeal to Fuehrer Hitler and President Benes of! Czechoslovakia was “an extremely | important contribution to peace,” an! official spokesman for the Foreign Office said today.

German racial demands before the Visited dhe Foti Othe for what Reichstag in February and that the ea pi gino A : ® 2 generat eGerman people understood him, but ~~

5 tiy crisis. Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg of ; Austria did not. { Immediate German reaction to

|" “He has been removed and my the President's cablegram seemed promise has been fulfilled,” Herr to be shown plainly in an article in

wondered today if it was intended to mean that the United States would be obliged to participate in a long drawn-out European war, The Fascists were struck by

gold. | Two great banners hung from [the gallery of the hall, proclaiming

“Our Holy Nation Is Germany” and

“Everyone Knows Problem”

Hitler said. [the DO sche Ra Mr. Roosevelt's statement Herr Hitler spoke in front of a P73 PRE 8 BC Mou that no nation could escape background of white-covered wall 4P HE ie HEE the consequences of a Buroagainst which two red columns hore] LS me ne BD a de pean war. [the insignia of the Nazi Party in ; ® Ser | — he ansignia of real duties more and permitted themselves to be led less by ego- | F tistical instincts, particularly as that is in opposition to the welfare | ‘ ions.” |“The Sudeten Germans are neither of sil Natith it was the oe defenseless ior geserees : he ake tionally-elected President of the 8 cguolation Irom err T'S United States who in the World speech at Nuremberg. War proclaimed the right of self renee oak Thousands Crowded Out determination of peoples. as iammed And against the specific argu- | Texas Tavern Owner Takes The Sports Palace was jammed nents of his representative Lansing | : to capacity. The doors were opened at the peace conference this prin- | Own Life After Questhree hours early and the crowd ciple of self-determination was | fait poured in, first come, frst served. flagrantly broken as concerned the tioning. | omy wine mas. CZech frontiers. Ene |The thousands who were disap-| | : | “If American newspapers and | : {pointed packed surrounding streets radio now oppose the realization of | ELMENDORF, Tex, Sept. 26 (U.| {and heard the speech over loud- what American policy with its P.).—Officers were certain today rE WOHE GAVE 56 AGE that ‘honor once supported, that scarcely that Joe Ball, 46, had used his it is not oie Fueher one man who | ows high gree o political hatchet to kill perhaps a hali|speaks here, but the German peo- | : dozen more women as ruthlessly as ple.” Herr Hitler declared. . Press Motives Rapped he did Hazel Brown, pretty young 6 German Fhen fe hig ar i "Because the German demand on hostess at Ball's roadside taven. pega orl re 4 It i ie 1 3 to | Praha is nothing more than a final, At least six women were known voiced our unalterable claim to) to have had “affairs” with Ball and . 3 T! tion realization of the right of self de- : : the German Reichstag. e na | 'then to have disappeared. just as listened and understood me. One termination it must therefore be Miss Brown did. Yesterday Miss Jiatesman aia lesan o>. assumed that behind such Ameri- Brown's body was taken from = e was Tey : yO can press campaigns against Ger- shallow grave along the banks of | pained yr 4 the na. many and for Czechoslovakia some- the San Antonio River. almost the en AR a 5? thing else must lie. [24 hours after Ball had taken his TON STAIR UnWERSto a0: “If the United States demands own life by putting a bullet into that America be left alone by other his heart. i : ._ countries in settling her internal, Police took into custody Clifford io ie: A |affairs, then it becomes the right| Wheeler, 32, who startled two depu“1 Row sveivoneé of a people of of Buropean nations to determine ties yesterday by calmly relating] millions agrees with mv words and what powers stand behind the news- how he had assisted Ball in dis-| | confirms Hy vow Mav ‘other papers which distinguish themselves | membering the body of Miss Brown | statesmen $66 whether it the Particularly in a campaign of hate and burying the parts. same with them. |e) ding the affairs of the Old Hired Many “Everyone knows what the prob-| ~~. < , da mn f preoccupies us. The Many the American press| Ball hired many young women, so much Cgzecho- articles in question are clearly most of them transients, as host-| slovakia. but rather Mr. Benes Pointed at an outbreak of war. If | esses to entertain guests at his] | (President Benes of Czechoslo- one thinks of the lessons of the/tavern, which is 15 miles south] | vakia). | Great War, then one must remem- of San Antonio and drew many of | | “I will outline the essence and | Der in the first instance that there its patrons from there. aims of German foreign policy, |3re today as then in America| About 16 months ago he was | which is based upon the doctrine of circles with great material interest Known to have been particularly aiming to assure the existence of In a war far from their own coun- friendly with Minnie Hermedy, also the German people.” try.” | known as Minnie Gehardt. She dis- “ rey ti “ “Apart from such circles, there appeared one day without telling | Result Was Versailles |are also others which want indeed any of the other hostesses where “You know the German nation to see the Monroe Doctrine observed She was a dba once was filled with faith in foreign for their own land, but by no Not long after that there was a help under the motto of self-deter- means desire to give up their mixing blond woman known only as Estelle mination. You know that this faith |in other continents. A a job. She too | was iv result was | : ; ; Veraies You | refembis nis Inperislic Minted Then last Tuesday | frightful treaty. You know how| “Germany has long followed with Brown disappeared. The circum-| our arms were stolen and our de- regret this development which goes hig were the same. There had fenseless people maltreated {in America under the anti-Fascist | Eo a indication that she was “Although we are now free by our banner but which actually seeks caving or that she feared for her) own strength. we do not hate other nothing other than to establish im- | oe ‘ Ball killed himself Saturday people. We know it is only a small | perialistically to its own taste, the NI8ht after being questioned by clique which baits people to fight | authority of the United States—or | Officers about the disappearance. each other and promote its own in- indeed, in case of conflict between! a

terests.” (others, to create for this nation a 3000 TOWNSEND CLUB MEMBERS AT RALLY

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As in all his speeches, Herr Hitler decisive role. stressed the strength of the Ger-| “Whatever one may think of this) ‘man Armv. {Initiative, it does wot contribute to] [| “We have created an Army of Justice, satisfaction or America's] | I which the nation can be proud and reputation.” ROCHESTER. Ind. Sept. 26 (U.| {which the world will respect if it! I Te { P.).—More than 3000 Townsend Club ever goes into action,” he said. “We i & fi ; : 10] : member: 'n India - have the best antiaircraft and anti- 3 HURT IN CRASH OF en te : gs : tank defenses in the world.” yesterday 4 Re Germany, he declared. has accom- | 10-YEAR-OLD PLANE Manitou, near here. i plished rearmament such as the er A fall campaign was planned world has never seen. PORTSMOUTH, O. Sept. 26 (u.|Wherein efforts would be made to “I have spent billions in the last P) Three men were in critica] obtain the views of candidates for five years and the people must how condition today of injuries received S'ate and national offices on the know what I have spent them for,” when a 10-year-old biplane crashed Townsend plan of old-age assist- | Herr Hitler went on. I have creat-! from an altitude of 100 feet near | ance. Delegations came from South 1€d an Army with the most modern Raven Rock Airport here. Bend, Logansport, Gary, Hammond, arms known to mankind. Itold my| The pilot and owner was William Perl. Kokomo, Marion, Huntington, against any enemy.” IN. Y., three weeks ago when he flew FLOYD COUNTY PROBE ments and general disarmament “to! Riding with him when the plane 200.000, he said: proposed limitation both of Por:smouth. {age in Floyd County public funds [were rejected or “not even dis-| : > > tec | cussed {next day and flew back to Ports-| william B. Cosgrove, State AcBURIAL TOMORR Wo Board examiners entered the determined that the German nation I b k have egun work in auditing

Force which will protect Germany was ordered grounded in Buffalo, ! NE ee had proposed limitation of arma- without lights. that Germany reduce her Army to derson, 21, and Curtis Morris, 45 | Investigation of an alleged short[bombing from the air but that all ” : Buffalo, young Brand took off the ctatement is made on the findings, | “I Know Terrors of War” the ship in New York for $100. dav. discard arms.” Herr Hitler said, I deputy County treasurer. They I used billions. . . .

friend Goering to create an Air Brand, 20, of Friendship. O. who! L2 Porte and Ft. Wayne. Fuehrer Hitler recalled that he into the Buffalo Airport at night |the last machine gun.” He proposed crashed last night were Carl Anof air armaments and abolition of| Despite orders grounding him in will require six weeks before any : mouth in two days. He purchased counts Board head, announced to“Since the vorld did not want to case recently after the death of a must carry arms. For this purpose, | F « Bb. | OR Z B CAMPBEL County records. Mr. Cosgrove said.

“So we built up an army of which |the German nation may be proud {and which the world will respect! | whenever it puts in its appearance. | “Our antiair defenses are the best oe TI tHE Wor. WE WOrEEH 65Y SNM equivalent of $63 15-16. off 4 3-16 night. I practiced a policy of peace. points from the New York close However, I tackled seemingly im- | Saturday. U. S. Steel dropped 3 3-22 possible problems and determined

points to $31 13-32. General Motors to solve them peacefully if possible,

Exchange's History.

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Timer Special POLAND. Ind. Sept. 26--%. RB Campbell. who lived near here, will be buried tomorrow at Jordan, Ind. following services at 10 a. m. at the Jordan Presbyterian Church. He was 82, Mr. Campbell died Saturday night. He is survived by five children, Or-

STATE ELKS RULERS

Frenchmen generally placed the (greatest hope in Mr. Roosevelt's [last-minute intervention. Foreign

Office officials were greatly pleased. “France understands that the United States’ neutrality stand prevents her from taking sides,” the spokesman said, “but Mr. Roosevelt's demarche was particularly timely, a few hours before the Hitler speech.” | News of Mr. Roosevelt's appeal arrived jin Paris as the United! States Embassy advised American tourists and American residents to leave France at the earliest possible moment. About 85.000 Americans are in Europe, 20,000 of them tour- | ists. American dollar bills premium. American banks were selling dol- | lars in limited quantities to persons furnishing proof of their needs. There were no restrictions placed! on Americans who desired to transfer accounts to American banks in the United States. i There were, however, categorical refusals to sell dollars to foreigners on the advice of the French Gov-| ernment. Frenchmen were seen attempting to buy as large as $10,000 blocks in American currency. They were refused.

shattered. The social structure of every country involved may well be completely wrecked. “The United States has no political entanglements. It is caught in no such mesh of hatred. Elements of all Europe have formed its civilization. “The supreme desire of the American people is to live in peace. But in the event of a general war they face the fact that no nation can escape some measure of the consequences of such a world catastrophe. “The traditional policy of the United States has been the furtherance of the settlement of international disputes by pacific means. It is my conviction that all people under the threat of war today pray that peace may be made before, rather than after, war. “It is imperative that peoples everywhere vecall that every civilized nation of the world voluntarily assumed the solemn obligation of the Kellogg-Briand pact of 1928 to solve controversies only by pacific methods. “In addition, most nations are parties to other binding treaties obligating them to preserve peace. Futhermore, all coun-

Roosevelt Calls Cabinet: Cups Ear for Reaction

(Continued from Page One)

resort to reason rather than by the resort to force. “During the present crisis the people of the United States and their Government have earnestly hoped that the negotiations for the adjustment of the controversy which has now arisen in Europe might reach a successful conclusion. “So long as these negotiations continue so long will there remain the hope that reason and the spirit of equity may prevail and that the world may thereby escape the madness of a new resort to war. “On behalf of the 130 millions of people of the United States of America and for the sake of humanity everywhere I most earnestly appeal to you not to break off negotiations looking to a peaceful, fair and constructive settlement of the questions at issue. “I earnestly repeat that so long as negotiations continue, differences may be reconciled. Once they are broken off reason is banished and force asserts itself. “And force produces no solution for the future good of humanity.”

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Claim U, S. Support

France considered Mr. Roosevelt's appeal as definitely favorable to the French-British cause. It was said that his gesture showed that Britain and France had the moral support of the United States. In London Premier Daladier replied today to President Roosevelt's plea for peace. His message was telephoned to President Roosevelt | by Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy. 'qjis Mr. Daladier said:

Time) but did not come im-| House Committee investigating un3 y mediately to his desk in the exe-|American activities, warned that the “Your moving appeal reached me cutive office. Secretary of State Hull | “greatest care and caution should be at the very moment when, In close hurried into his own office at 8:15 observed to maintain a strictly neu= co-operation with the British Gov- a. m. to confer immediately with tral attitude.” ernment, France is making & SU- his advisers on Europe. Other reactions: breme effort with a view to safe-| He was understood to have had| Chairman Sheppard (D. Tex.) of guarding all possibilities of an |irans.Atlantic telephoning conver-|the Senate Military Affairs. Come amicable settlement of the conflict sations with American diplomats | mittee—"“T am thoroughly in symeWHER iS iresieRing Deace” ‘near the burning fuse. pathy with the President in the Premier Daladier was expected t0| He said President Roosevelt's ap-| matter and I thoroughly indorse fight any move by Britain to obtain peal was also sent to American en- | what he said.” : further concessions from Czechoslo- voys at Warsaw and Budapest for| Senator McAdoo (D. Cal)—“Tt's vakia, even to save European peace.|the information of Poland and an admirable statement and I hope With the unanimous support of Hungary. it may produce the desired effect.” his cabinet, M. Daladier and For-| here was little to do but wait.| Rep. Sam D. McRevnolds (D eign Minister Georges Bonnet met yy,” Roosevelt's plea—first Word | Tenn) chairman of the House Foragain with British Prime Minister from him in the current crisis—sped (eign Affairs Committee—' Tt is

Ohiamberiain ng viscount HalfaX eastward as the British Cabinet meb| oper fo rest. meat to the British Foreign Secretary, in and Herr Hitler prepared to again | intercede ie. ah effort 0. save the London in an 1lth-hour attempt to to address his N : : :

azi legions. 1d find a last minute compromise be-| 2 | peace of the world.

; It was timed to reach leaders on ev —————————s asim —— tween Czechoslovakia and Germany both sides before they could make and prevent what was believed more , tile BRITAIN AND RUSSIA

and more to be an inevitable out- piplic say incesirgversilie commit: League Delegates Call FDR

predic in hostilities {ments which might drench the Plea Rebuke to Nazis.

| | i : ; ‘ .__ world in blood. France maintained an lg To President Benes and Fuehrer firm front in the face of Herr Hit-|yitier, the President addressed him- | ler's “final demands

for a peace-| 3 meer. | SEM personaily. ful settlement of the minorities Mr. Roosevelt warned:

problem in Czechoslovakia before “The Uni : : nited States has no politOct. 1 and waited calmly for Herr ; ., entanglements.”

Hitler s speech. The President said ne nation Publication of Der Fuehrer’s de- |. 4 escape some measure of the mands which he put before MT. | consequences of general war. He Chamberlain at Godesberg last| oad that negotiations for peace be week, brought unanimous French | continued hh ¢ reaction that no further canes. | oF i>: Solution’ Britain and Soviet Russia were sions could be asked of the Czecho- ores No Solution working today toward an underslovak Government. “On behalf of the 130,000,000 of standing in event of a new world people of the United States of Amer-| War. ica,” he said, “and for the sake of| Their respective delegations to the humanity everywhere, I most ear-| League of Nations were conferring. nestly appeal to you (Chancellor A British-Russian understanding, if Hitler and President Benes) not to reached, could mean only that Adolf BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 26 preak off negotiations looking to a Hitler would be faced by a powerful (U. P.).—The Cabinet, summoned | peaceful, fair and constructive coalition of the allied powers of hurriedly, decided today to recall settlement of the questions at issue.| Britain, France, the Soviet Union from leave all officers and men| «I earnestly repeat that so long and their satellites. France is bound of certain army units, including the|ag negotiations continue, differences | PY treaty to defend Czechoslovakia Ardennes Chausseurs, motorized may be reconciled. Once they are 3nd Russia is bound to if France cavalry and fortress garrisons. broken off reason is banished and 90€s: FREE Es force asserts itself. Both British and Soviet sources

“And force produces no solution denied that Maxim Litvinov, the for the future good of humanity.” Soviet Foreign Commissar, had conIn support of his peace plea. Mr. ferred with R. A. Butler, the acting Roosevelt recalled to Fuehrer Hitler head of the British delegation, but 4 J and President Benes: they admitted that other Soviet delFIRM S 1. That every civilized nation is 8ates had been in touch with the a signatory to the 1928 Kellogg- | British representatives. Welcomes Roosevelt Plea But Believes It Has ‘ ’ Come ‘Too Late.

GENEVA, Sept. 26 (U. P.). —Great

Belgian Army Leaves Canceled

Briand pact to outlaw war. League delegates declared that de= 2. That most nations are bound by Spite its cautious phraseology, Presother treaties obligating preserva- ident Roosevelt's plea for peace was tion of peace. really a warning to Germany. 3. That all nations have available| The delegates believed Adolf Hit~ treaties of arbitration and concilia-| Eh aie Jowijve ete tion for peaceful solution of dis | weigh carefully the effect of une

Meanwhile, prospects of another favorable American reaction, MOSCOW, Sept. 26 (U. P).—ldraft of much more than one bil-| Czech circles expressed satisfacSoviet leaders today were represent- lion dollars upon taxpayers to tion with the appeal. A spokesman ed today to feel that a general maintain the pace of United States’ Sald: European war may be averted ®e- national defense armament was Czechoslovakia has already cause of “preventive measures.” arising today toward certainty as shown its good will by accepting the Crzechoslovakia’'s mobilization and| Washington followed the ominous! Franco-British plan which called the increasingly firm stand taken news from Europe. | for heavy sacrifices. Little Czecho-

putes.

MEET HERE SATURDAY

Exalted rulers and seeretaries of | the 63 Indiana Lodges of the ‘Benevolent and Protective Order

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was off 2 25-32 at $40 7-32, Interna- Ven at the price of sacrifices. As and New 2 war veteran, I know how terrible

tional Nickel 21 at $443¢, York Central 1 13-16 at $13 15-16 Losses in gilt-edged British Gov-

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ernment loans, rated near the top Would not have succeeded in solv- | of world investments, ranged to 9 Ing the Polish problem “if so-called |

points. Holders of Czechoslovak Government bonds found no buvers

issues were offered at prices down bloodthirsty to 327% points from Friday's ler declared. He said he hoped the

121% close.

A The British pound sterling, bul- Would be everlasting. atjwark of old world currencies, Lik ° S \ to $4735. the lowest sterling quo- Inviolability of their territory and

tation since March 21, 1935. The increased gold price was a sharp reversal of the recent trend. It reflected the growing fear among

market traders that war could not C'2r€d it is time. ‘Yes, we may go to

be averted As a result of the sterling and gold movements, the American dollar shot up to more than a full cent

fell |

democracy ruled in Poland.” | “The democracies pretend to oe]

The peaceful but in fact are the most

monsters,” Herr Hit-

German-Polish pact of friendship “I offered the Western powers the

[this was my sacred wish,” he said. “I do not want anything from them. What do they want from me? “I never want war, but others dewar,’ is the cry.” Mussolini Praised Fuehrer Hitler reiterated his!

premium. It stood today at, $1011, Nuremberg pledge. “We do not want | against $1.0008 Saturday and $10078 anything from France.” Referring

a week ago. \

NEW BRIDGE PUSHED

Louis Brandt, Works Board presi- leader.”

dent, today delivered petition blanks

for construction of a new W. New deten

York St to Mrs. David Keilsch of 1339 WwW New York St. Mrs. Kelsch,

bridge over White River significantly:

(to German-Italian relations he said: | “The solution was only partly my | { work, and partly that of the great] man Italy is happy to have ac | In stating his claim to the Su-| territory, Herr Hitler said

“If France could go to war over

with the inhabitants of Alsace-Liorraine,!

several neighbors, has urged con- then we have a right to claim these struction of the bridge for the last fellow Germans.”

[two years.

“There is a limit to everything. I

(ven, Claude and Ira Campbell of | Indianapolis, and Paul Campbell and vention

lof Elks will hold their annual cone Sunday at the Hotel

Mrs. enna Stevens of Jordan.

Police Fail Miss Perkins In Car Quest

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (U. P.).—The Washington police radio vainly broadcast calls for Frances Perkins’ chauffeur last night because the Secretary of Labor changed her mind. Police said Miss yesterday instructed her chauffeur, William Delaney, to drive her automobile to New York. But, apparently a few minutes after he departed. she changed her mind, they said. She asked police radio to broadcast a call to him to turn back. and police cruisers were asked to halt him. They missed him. . Mr. Delaney probably arrived in New York this morning.

Antlers. |

Dr. Edward James McCormick, Toledo, Grand Exalted Ruler, is to speak. Addresses of various grand and state officers will follow a 1] p. m. luncheon. i All members have been invited to attend.

FOUR CHILDREN DIE IN FARM HOME FIRE

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Sept. 26 (U. P.) —Four children were burned to death early today when trapped in their beds by a fire that destroyed their farm home. The children were put to bed while their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Hazelton, attended a party in a neighbor's home. A motorist discovered the fire and found the ‘hildren dead in their beds.

Perkins

GOLF PRO GETS POST

Russell Stonehouse, 56 N. Belle Vieu Place, Riverside Golf Course professional, was appointed a Deputy County Clerk for Criminal Court by County Clerk Glenn B. Ralston today. He replaces Francis

‘take a position on the police force.

Riemer, who resigned last week to|be interpreted only as “unprovoked” |lar declarations.

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by Russia, Britain and France| War and Navy Department offi- | slovakia menaces nobody. It is now against unrestrained partition of cials for some time have been pre-| time for the other side to show good the Czech republic. |paring estimates for next year's na- | Will.” Officials said that Foreign Minis-|fional defense budget. High as they | League officials saw Mr. Rooseaer Maxim Litvinov's declaration in have been in the past five years, velt’s message as an important step Geneva that Russia will aid Czech- those figures may go even higher. in a mobolization of world public oslovakia against Germany if | In his July 13 budget summation, | opinion against,war in the present France takes the lead, the Soviet| Mr. Roosevelt estimated national crisis, They believed that it would note to Poland warning that coun-| defense spending for the Ha two immediate effects: Showtry that Russia will denounce the fiscal year at $1.050,000.000. ing that the United States would Russo-Polish nonaggression treaty Congressmen and peace leaders not be indifferent to the outbreak if Poland attacks Czechoslovakia, Viewed the President's appeal for of war in Europe; warning any naand reports that Rumania and Peace hopefully, but tempered their tion resorting to war that it would Jugoslavia are ready to honor their, comment with demands for main- forfeit the sympathy of the United pacts with the Czechs, all are com- tenance of strict neutrality. | States. bining to restrain Chancellor Hit-| The President's message to Euroler’s warlike ardor. {pean leaders took the capital by President Roosevelt's appeal for surprise. Aside from trusted peace was believed to be too late wo White House and State Department be effective. |aids, official Washington apparently Soviet quarters welcomed the Was without knowledge of Mr. ‘message. They regarded it as sup-| Roosevelt's plans until his appeal porting the Soviet stand for inter- appeared in morning newspapers.

national order and adherence of all Hopes It's Successful

{nations to treaty obligations. Re nH. ok : p. Ludlow (D. Ind.), who un The Soviets were understood to], cessfully sponsored a resolution {have expressed full approval of the, the last Congress to require a message as they did previously pub-| referendum before the

i : ‘ national lished sentiments regarding the fu- py;,jieq States could enter a foreign [tility of yielding to aggressors.

Newspapers publish PIOMIMENtLY | Yelt's appeal 0 reports that Hitler will not move Rep. Fish (R. N. Y.), while indi- | before Oct. 1 and interpreted this cating hope that the President's [to mean that “Herr Hitler is back- s.tion may produce a salutary (Ing down to gain time. effect, said he believed it was too | Gratification was expressed at the

late. Rep. Fish is ranking Repub- | partial mobilization of the French lican member of the House Foreign [Army and Premier Daladier’s state-

Affairs Committee. ment that France will aid Czecho-| Dr. Frederick J. Libby, executive | slovakia if that country is a victim 'gsecretary and spokesman for the Na{of “unprovoked aggression.” [tional Council for Prevention of Officials said that, in the Soviet |War, terming the appeal a wise and view, any German military action helpful statement, suggested that {against Czechosolovakia now could [other American republics make simi-

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