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shamberlain Calls Time Unpropitious For Arms Parley
SITUATION
BERLIN—Nazi and Fascist newspapers flay Roosevelt. LONDON—Chamberlain says all agree on rearmament. NEWCASTLE, Eng.—King launches huge new warship. ROME—British envoy asks about call for reserves.
'PARIS—Road to Franco recognition smoothed.
papers of Germany and Italy today opened a co-ordinated attack on President. Roosevelt, American foreign policy and Jewry. - Newspapers of both nations de-
torials to charges that the President | seeks to provpke war, that he leads world Jewry and is pursing a “policy of insanity.” : | Attacks on the President were | coupled with accounts of the Ger- | man-American Bund meeting in New York and the antitotalitarian speech of Senator Pittman which | was termed {unparalleled impudence.” Disorders at the bund meeting were described as grave incidents comparable to the assassinations of Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss German Nazi leader, and Ernst vom ' Roth, German Tmbassy secretary in Paris. | Typical of the editorial comment | was an article in the Zwoelf Uhr- | Blatt, titled “Warship of the 20th Century,” which said “what Roosevelt is doing is nothing but a policy | of insanity.”
“War Psychosis” Alleged.
| The Giornale d'Italia, edited by virginio Gayda, called the Presi- | dent’s remark that ominous develop- ' ments in Europe might force him to | curtail his cruise as “impudent provocation.” La Stampa of Turin said it was a “new demagogic gesture to | provoke a war psychosis. | The Zwoelf Uhr-Blatt. said there ' was a sharp distinction between the American people and American leaders. . | “Hoover warned the President in | the name of the American people,” | the newspaper said. “Men like Hearst, Borah, Col. Roosevelt, Coughlin and Nye have stood up in the name of the American people in an attempt to halt political insanity before it became real insanity.”
“Roosevelt Wants War”
The Italian Regima Fascista, published by Roberto Farinacci, anti-Jewish editor, accused the | President outright of desiring to provoke war. ‘It said: «Israel, under the leadership of the supreme head of Jewry—the great Democrat—is preparing - for war in order to become the ruler of the world,” the newspaper said. “Roosevelt wants war in order to remain in power, in order to make Americans forget the disas“trous results of the New Deal, in order to make America leader of the Democratic world, in order to crumble the British empire and become hereditary successor to the . dominions and clear unquestioned
| feadership in international finance ' and finally in order to give a big
boost to cannon merchants.” All the Italian newspapers joined in the attacks either with headlines
Britain Asks Italy
About Reserves Called
ROME, Feb. 21 (U.P) ~—Evidence of increased British anxiety over Italy’s reported military activities
caused reports to spread in wellinformed quarters today that additional contingents of Army technicians were still being called to the colors. The Earl of Perth, British Ampassader, saw Count Galeazzo Ciano, Foreign Minister, last night for the third time in two weeks. He was said to have been particularly interested in the visit to Libya of Marshal Pietro Badoglio, chief of staff of the Italian Army. Count
" Ciano was said to have repeated
assurances that Italy was doing nothing beyond taking purely defensive measures. Official confirmation was lacking for reports but usually well-in-formed sources said that the first group of Army specialists of the 1902 class had been ordered to report to barracks before this weekend. It was reported that the number 6f men involved approximated 60,oo. the same as those technicians of the 1901 class called up last month, According to some quarters, the progressive calling up of contingents is part of a plan under which a total of one million men, including
the usual class doing normal mili--
tary training, would be under arms by summer.
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HONGKONG—Japanese bomb British SHANGHAI—Another Japanese sympathizer slain.
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- WASHINGTON—Naval games may affect U. S. policy.
: (Pegler, Fiynn and Mrs. Ferguson, Page 14) BERLIN, Feb. 21 (U. P.).—News-
LONDON, Feb. 21 (U. P.) —Prime Minister
vast burden of rearmament myst go
on because lack of “international confidence” bars an early disarmament conference. : “Our armaments are for defense alone,” the Prime Minister declared
on Britain’s défense loan at almost the same hour King George VI was launching the first of five new British battleships at Newcastle.
are all pursuing.”
would be effective. “But,” he added,
none.” :
ticable at present.
united in supporting the
tion. Preventive War Pooh-Poohed
No. 1—even would think of starting a preventive war if they had charge
try. “It would not be a bad thing if we showed more confidence and refused to “believe every -tale of aggressive intentions that comes to us.” Mr. Chamberlin did not make any specfiic reference to alarmist reports and threw no light on the reason for President Roosevelt’s remark in Florida last Saturday that he might have to curtail his Southern cruise because of ominous reports from abroad.
Sir John Pleases House
This was the second day of a twoday full dress debate on rearmament. Fireworks had been expzcted in the first day’s debate. But at the outset Sir John Simon, ‘Chancellor of the Exchequer, so pleased and astonished the House with his disclosures of Government arms financing plans that opposition members had little to say. Britain in the financial year which starts April:l is to spend $2,720,000,000 on armaments. People had been anxious lest the Government announce another increase in income tax. But Sir John said that only $1,078,700,000 would be spent out of revenue and: that the remaining $1,641,500,000 would be borrowed. | This means that in terms of expenditures from revenue, the Government will divert $206,360,000 less next fiscal year for armaments than it has done in the current year, and make up the difference with bor= rowed money. The sum .to be borrowed for armaments is the largest ever borrowed by the Government under peace condition in one year except for debt conversions. It equals more than half of Britain’s national debt at the outbreak of the World War.
King George Launches Huge New Warship
NEWCASTLE, England, Feb. 21 (U. P.).—King George VI today launched the 35,000-ton battleship King George V with a prayer for God’s blessing “on those who serve in her.” Symbol of Britain’s mighty rearmament campaign, the battleship was launched under heavy police guard because of fears that Irish Republican extremists might attempt a hostile demonstration. ‘The King George V is the first of five similar giant warcraft which Britain expects to launch in 1939.
SAN FRANCISCO FAIR TOPS CHICAGO RECORD
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21 (U. P.). —Officials of the San Francisco World’s Fair announced today that attendance figures for the fairs opening two days topped those of the Chicago World’s Fair by 50,200 paid admissions.
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Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that the
in opening the second day of debate
“It is the duty of the Governmerit to watch for every opportunity || to. try to persuade other governments of the folly of the course we
Mr. Chamberlain said ‘he would not hesitate to call a disarmament conference if he could believe it
“a3, conference that failed would be worse than
He said that international confidence was not yet sufficiently established to make a conference prac-
“But he emphasized, all Britain is rearmament campaign of the Govern- || ment as an unfortunate necessity in view of the international situa-
“I think that all parties are being forced by the facts to something like agreement on the necessity for rearmament,” the Prime Minister said. “Neither the opposition nor Mr. Churchill (Winston Churchill, Conservative insurgent)—who is bogey.
"Rebel Slain.
An officer's bullet made short: work of the attempt by Gen. Antonio Rodriguez, above, to seize ‘control of Peru's government. Rodriguez was slain in the palace of President Benavides.
2 MEN, WOMAN * TRIED AS SPIES
Charged With Stealing Data Of Navy on Japanese Munitions.
10S ANGELES, Feb. 21 (U. PJ). —Two men and a pretty, blond Russian woman went on trial before Federal Judge Ralph Jenney today in the Government's second major spy prosecution. They were accused of stealing the Navy’s secrets for the use of Soviet Russia. The defendants, facing possible 42-year sentences if convicted, are Mikhail Nicholas Gorin, Pacific Coast manager of the Soviet. travel agency Intourist, Inc.; his wife, Natasha, and Hafis Salich, who worked in the Navy Intelligence Bureau here. a ; The Gorins are Russian citizens and the Soviet Government has interested itself in their behalf. Salich is ‘a naturalized American. Unlike the Nazi spy case in New York last year, the Russians’ alleged espionage was directed against Japan rather . than, the United States. They allegedly stole secret data that the American naval secret operatives had collected on Japanese Navy and Japanese munitions purchases.
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JAPANESE BOMB BRITISH AREA; : SEVEN | KILLED
Paper Calls Attack ‘Deliberate.’
HONGKONG, Feb. 31 (U. P)—!
British officials protested to Japan today. against Japanese aerial bombardment of British territory that
killed seven persons and wounded A full report of the
Canton-Hongkong railroad was forwarded to London.
Officers of the Royal Scots Regi- |.
ment which manned machineguns near Lowu during the raid esti-
The China Mail described the in-
cident as “a deliberate flaunting of | &
British rights.” A There were unconfirmed reports that about 20 persons, including policemen, ' were wounded inside British territory and that a British train was hit. : Borders of Chinese .and British territory were closed as a result of the raid. : ‘Nine Japanese bombing planes conducted the raid. They dropped bombs first on Shumchun, on the other side of the Hongking Crown Colony, which includes the island of Hongkong and the ceded terri-
England to Protest Hongkong Bombing
LONDON, Feb. 21 (U. P.). — Sir Robert Craigie, Ambassador at Tokyo, has b instructed to protest to the ‘Japanese Government against the bombing of British territory at Hongkong by Japanese airplanes, it was said authoritatively today.
Another Japanese
Sympathizer Slain SHANGHAI, Feb. 21 (U.P).— Marquis Li Kuo-chieh, unofficially associated with the Japanese-spon-sored “reformed” government of Nanking, was shot dead today in a street of the International Settlement. Chen Lo, foreign minister of the
same government, was assaulted|.
Sunday as he took part in a gay
New Year party.
She reigns in'merriment and mirth! Debutante Charlotte Hardie,
daughier of an old Louisiana
tamil
y, is Queen of the Carnival of
Mardi Gras at New Orleans. Her subjects: Thousands of revelers.
Negotiations
of France
With Franco Near End
PARIS, Feb. 21 (U. P.).—Negotiations between France and Gen-
eralissimo Franco for recognition of Rebel Spain will be concluded tomor-.
row, French official circles said. today. These circles said a final meeting bétween Gen. Franco and Senator Leon Berard, special French envoy, would be held at Burgos “under good
conditions.” : Other informed quarters expected France and Britain to grant recognition by this week-end without obtaining written guarantees covering
| withdrawal of Italian and German
Joon and clemency for the Loyalts. They believed - that Gen. Franco
had decided to stand solidly with his’
allies, Fuehrer Hitler and Premier Mussolini, and to resist the temptation of financial credits reported to have been offered by Lozndon. These quarters expected that Gen. Franco would continue his trend toward the Berlin-Rome axis. : The French Cabinet postponed a meeting set for today, until Senator Berard could return to Burgos and
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Two-Week Belgian
Cabinet Crisis Ends
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 21 (U. P.) —Hubert Pierlot, member of the Catholic party in Parliament, formed a Socialist-Catholic Cabinet today to succeed the Government of Paul Henri Spaak which resigned two weeks ago. The general impression was that the new Cabinet was somewhat weak due to mistrust between certain important groups, especially the Socialists and Liberals.
Roosevelt Cruise
May. Mean Aid to Latin Americans
Vulnerability of Panama
Canal May Put Teeth in 3
~~ Good Neighbor Policy, Diplomats in Washington Declare Privately.
_ (Copyright, 1939, by United Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—President Roosevelt’s presence at naval maneuvers in the Carribean may result in a more realistic and active
‘| good neighbor policy, it was believed
today.
His 12-day cruise wita the fleet, which is engaged in annual war games, was expected to hasten official decisions on problems of interAmerican defense and, indirectly, on financial and commercial policies.
‘ Major interest in the President’s first-hand observations, LatinAmérican diplomats believed, will be revelations concerning the theo-
retical vulnerability of the Panama
Canal and the east coast of South America to attack from a European power. The tactical problem the fleet is attempting to solve is predicated on a theoretical attack on the canal. If the maneuvers prove the Scuth America coast to be “wide open,” the security of the Unitea States and the safety of the continent will become of transcending importance in Mr. Roosevelt’s Latin-American program. . Experienced diplomats believed that the United States may have
‘to stiffen the South Amertican de-
fensive frontier by affording southern republics new opportunities for industrial and commercial progress and, perhaps, rather liberal credit assistance.
Defense, Trade Correlated
Brazilian Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha is now engaged in
conferences with officials here. Somewhere on his “grand circuit” among economists of the State, Treasury and Commerce Departments, the Reconstruction Finance Corp., and the Export-Import Bank are the technical memoranda which will determine the nature and extent of additional commercial and financial co-operation with’ Brazil. Defense questions are correlated with the economic since any relaxation of the Brazilian exchange position or extension of her industrialization undoubtedly would lead to various Brazilian measures for national defense—already facilitated by many United States military and naval experts loaned to Brazil. If this country renders effective financial or commercial aid to Brazil, then the same logic of continental clefense probably will exert an
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influence on relations with Colome bia and Venezuela, which also have long Atlantic coast-lines. ; Colombia’s economy, like Brazil, is based on coffee. She recently demonstrated her friendly attitude toward the United States by engaging a naval air mission. United States and Venezuela recently raised their legations to the status of embassy, a diplomatic barometer : of rising cordiality.
Argentina Is Problem
Argentina’s former favorable mere chandise balance with the United States has reversed, however. The Finance Ministry has pointed - to the need of reducing United States imports to solve an exchange probe lem already acute. € Argentina has sought in -vain since the reciprocity program began to negotiate a new commercial treaty with the United States. Her efforts have been frustrated—partly because of U. S. Senate refusal. to ratify a sanitary convention designed to relax, for noninfected areas, an embargo against Argentine chilled and frozen meats, and partly because of steady opposition of United States farm organizations to imports of agricultural and livestock products.
Bill for Loan of
Experts Recommended
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, (U. P.), —The House Military Affairs Come mittee today reported favorably, without a dissenting vote, a bill to facilitate President Roosevelt’s good neighbor policy by lending of U. 8. Government experts to South and Central American countries. The bill, in effect, establishes a revolving fund to facilitate ‘the lending of experts. he
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