Perhaps It's Just as Well That Japan and China are Foes. If They Ever United and Got Growing Pains, the Imaginary "Yellow Peril" Would Became Factual.
THE WEATHER
Humuiily 6 p. m. yesterday c.Zt
Highest tenioerntu:.. yerfienbtj. ..So
I -a west temperature last night. ...;
Precipitation for 24 hourit ..ul
Prcip. since first of month u7
Precip. from Sept. 3. ll'Sti 2h.2S
Iieficiency" since Spt. I, lSKItf ...-I.2H
Unsettled
WAR
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niul Spain through the news dis
patches in the KEWS-UEVIEW.
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the nilmtte. entailing daily service.
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NO. 307 OF THE EVENING NEWS
ROSEBURG. OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1937.
VOL. XXVI NO. 77 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
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WAR qUESlHM
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DQPJALD BAJfl ORD
RDSLBUiiG BOY
MEETS DEATH
I E
Allen Cordon, Attempting
Rescue at Rocky Point,
Barely Saved After
Hard Struggle.
Ponuld Bash ford, 1 l-venr-old son
of Air. nnd Mrs. Al Hashford of
Iloselmrg, was drowned in tho
South I'mpqua rivi;r near Uocky
Point on the Melrose road .Monday
afternoon. Allen Cordon, 17, son
of Attorney and Mrs. (inv O. Cor-
don, w l'o was Hnshford's swim
ming companion, narrowly escnp
ed death and was taken to Mercy
'hospital in an exhausted nnd semi
conscious condition resulting from
hlH el forts to rescue Hushlord. Cor
don was reported recovering sat
isfactorily at the hospital today, al
though still suffering from shock
mi exhnustiou.
The tragedy was witnessed by
Mis. V. M. Hodges, her two daugh
ters. Helen and Dorothy White,
liillv Clark nnd Wally Green, who
with Cordon and Hashford com
posed the swimming parly.
Hashford. .U was related, was
endeavoring to ferry eight-year-old
Wally Green to a rock island
where other members of the party,
except Mrs. Hodges, had gathered.
He .became exhausted but after a
desperate struggle"'- succeeded in
pushing the younger hid against
the rock and then slipped off Into
deep water.
Cordon Tries Rescue
Cordon went to hts rescue hut
was overcome by exhaustion and
was neuring the point of drown
ing when he was dragged from the
(Continued on page 6
MKX1CO CITY, July 27. AP)
Workmen today picked through
piles of debris that once were
homes and public , buildings in
Vera Cruz and Puebla states to
reckon the cost of Sunday night's
earthquake. At least 'Mt bodies had
been recovered.
Stricken telephone und tele
graph lines still rendered u com
plete survey impossible. Piece
meal reports indicated, however,
that MaUrata, Vera Cruz, was
hardest hit with 16 dead nnd more
than 7u injured counted up to last
night. Many were still missing.
Half the "buildings of that town
or S.uuti were reported leveled.
Scores perhaps h u n d reds of
residents hi the area most sev
erely affected by the tremor were
in hospitals or hastily Improvised
first aid stations.
The shocks began at ft : 40 p. m.,
and lasted as long us two and a
half minutes in some places.
Orizuha reported five dead and
major property damage. Ksper
ui7 Pnohlii hud five dead. Two
were killed in Vera Cruz City and
two In Cindad Serdau. Puebla.
Kogales lost its ancient paro
chial church. Cordoba's main
street was clogged with wreckage
from the ZevalloH hoiel ami the
facade of a bank biiihlinK.
MEXICAN QUAKE :
DEALS DEATH. RUIN
Editorials on the Day's News
fly Kit AN K JKNKINS
YlToUKMKN were painting a bur
" ricsde around a new building
the other, day. They put in "wet
paint" signs to warn the public.
Of the first ten people to pass
the spot after the signs were put
up. KIlWT tested the paint with
their fingers to see If it really was
wet.
There's human nature for you.
IIOW do the townsites nnd sid-
lugs along the railroads get
their nameT You've probably ask
ed yourself that question a dozen
times.
According to G. M. Taylor, as
sistant division engineer of tho
SouthQti Pacific company at
Weed, tho responsibility for pick
ing the names rests on the engi
GOV
- 1RTIN JOINS ANVIL
? S AGAINST ROSS, WHO
MAY DIRECT BONNEVILLE
CH
H.-W.KM. .July 27. AP Gover
nor Murtiu said today he hoped
the attack of Mayor Joseph ( arson
of Portland on J. I). Horn, head of
Seattle city light and mentioned as
the proposed administrator of
Itoliueville power, would prevent
Oregon "from being sold down the
river."
Mayor Carson charged that lioss
said three ycurs ago in a report to
the Seattle city council that tin;
city must unite in opposition to
federal power to safeguard Seattle
power.
"Mayor Carson," the governor
said, "hit the nail on the head
when he demanded Itoss stale his
position as to v bother the Port
land and Seal t le rates ehotild he
uniform.
"If tho rates are uniform, as
Itoss probably will propose, we
wili have postage stamp rales n ml i
our industrial development will he
stopped. Thus Oregon v. ill lose its
natural advantages.
"When the projoet was first con
sidered. 1 told President Roosevelt
the development was another
U'v.ls ami Clark expedition to re
Order of Cancellation Is
Revoked, Gov. Martin
Told by McNary.
SALEM, .Inly 27. (AIM Gov
ernor Martin received today a tele
gram from Sen. Charles MrNary
indicating the agricultural adjust
ment administration would revoke
its order cancelling the $7.50 per
ton flax subsidy.
The AAA previously announced
it would not pay the subsidy next
year.
The telegram collows:
"This morning held extended
conference with AAA authorities
and urged continuation of flax
benefit payments for and rea
sonable time thereafter.
"As result of the conference
Mr. George K. Karrell, director of
the western division of the agri
cultural adjustment ml ministra
tion, will come to Oregon and make
a personal investigation of the
fibre flux situation.
'.'tie expressed u desire to cor.ie
after I have returned home so that
1 might accompany him In his In
vestigation and study. I expect to
return not later than the middle
of August and shortly thereafter
arrangements will be made for the
visit of Mr. Farrell.
"Mr. Karrell is much interested
iu the industry and in obtaining
for the growers the benefit pay
ments of lint; and HKtT and I feel
greatly encouraged that benefit
payments will be extended."
Karrell will stop nl Salt Iake
City August 3 for a conference.
Governor Martin will spend George
W. Potts, Jefferson Max grower, to
jibis meeting.
Th Rovi'rmir whh upthni.Mlc to
day rHgarrlhiK the flux tiituullim,
iiHKtrtlnK Ihp Ktilisiriy was iicw
sary lo Have Hip iixluxlry on On-
Koti. only plarn in the I ulteii
Staled where fibre flux i urown.
neering offices. In this division,
the job is his.
Hi divide.; the responsibility (or
parses the buck, whichever way
you choo.ie to look vt It i by dis
cast-dug the subject of names with
the traffic department ( which
here is represent v by Willard
narrl. lint the engineer Is the court
of last resort.
OOM1CTI.MKS funny mimes are
picked.
The Khlfng of Leaf, for exrmplc.
Pl-iuy of ppoplp liavo wnn.lpr.-d
bow on earth it was ever named
When you stop to think that It Ik
located on a UltANCH line, the
problem seems a little le.s compli
cated. (Mr. Taylor didn't name that
(Continued on page 4)
DROWNS IN SO.
discover the Columbia liver region.
"Now it begins to look like
Lewis and ('lark ure camping up in
Seattle.
"We must have fcw itch board
rates to safe,-4u:i-d our God-si ven
rights.
"What I can't understand is why
the grange Is sponsoring the ap
pointment of Itoss, who is known
to opi-OHH government -ownership
when it conflicts with t he Inter-e.st.-i
of his own Seattle city light."
F.CGKNF.. July 27. (AP) .1. R
Hosh counted i he support of Pn
Oregon com inon wealth federation
as administrator of (he Honm-viHo
project today. bile opponents
here ami iu Wa-hinglon contended
his record an manager of city light
of Seattle made him an undesir
able candidate for the post.
Uosh htid an admirable record
as head of the Seattle city light
nnd power," S. Stephenson South,
president of I he commonwealth
group, said al Kurene.
"He has a genuine social out-
(Continued on page (i)
iT
A. F. L. Members, In Feud
WilCi C. I. O., Appeal to
Governor Martin.
SA1.KM. July 27. (AP) -Km-
ploycs affiliated with the Amuri-
can Federation or Labor at the
Stimsnu Lumber Co., at Cast on
near Forest (irove, appealed to
Covernor Martin today for police
protection so they may go ha.-k
to work next week at the mill,
closed for nine weeks.
Jack Mllard, president of the
dnston local of the i'i rot her hood of
Carpenters and Joiners, an A. F.
I,, affiliate, and Sam Smith, local
secretary, said after a conference
with the governor that he would
provide protection for the work
ers. l.ilhird said the majority of the
mill employes belong to the A.
K. L. union, hut that the commit
tee for industrial organization in
ternational wooii workers union
threatened "a bloody affair" if tie
men go back to work.
l.illard and Smith will confer in
Portland with C. 11. Cram, state
labor commissioner, w ho w ill act
in an advisory capacity for the
governor.
The mill was closed nine weeks
ago when the (ilenwood local of the
A. K. !.. formed a picket line
around the mill to force the inde
pendent employes Into the A. I'.
I,., Smith charged.
Since then, however, the A. R
I, union went C. I. i)., and the in
dependent employes signed tip
with the "A. K. I... forming the
Caston local. There Were ".no em
ployes at the mill when It closl.
"There no use joining the C.
I. O.. which is a communist move
ment." Smith said.
"If we join the C. I. O., the car
penters won't handle our products,
lust as they refused to do in Ta
i coma today."
Smith scored the recent federa
tion of woodworkers convention in
Tacoma for gohiK C. I. .. chaur
ing that only ltl.uiui workers of the
A. K. I, bodv's Inii.iniu mcnihi-is
made tho decision.
Coventor Martin mad" no com
ment on wh'it n'tion he', would
take. The mill often has ben the
scene of labor disturbances.
BOY SHOOTS SELF
IN RIFLE MISHAP
I'l.AMVTM KHJ.S, .llilv 27.
MIM CtM'lllfl St'-viMiRfill. 14, hod
I ' "r ),rs '-'enson
in MflMJI. WHS IMHIII-JH HI ll l in-
"Hal here thi mot nln, Fiiffp:n7
fmm n severe run shot wound in
th"1 "innwh nnd l'vr.
Te run discharged nccide;itri!y
as the bov was carrying it on bis
way to drive in the cows at the
Stevenson farm, on the California
Oregon state line. The weapon
was a .2Ii calibre rifle.
REGEiVERSHlP
- BILL HEADED
FOR SENATE
Measure Also Deals With
Bankruptcy Fees; New
Court Bill Assured
Of Enactment.
WASHINGTON. July 27 (AIM
- The senate judiciary committee
interrupted its consideration of a
new court bill today to approve
unanimously a b'll hy Senator lior
ah lo regulate rercivcrships and
hunkruptcy fees.
The Itornh measure would pro
hibit interested parlies iu receiver-!
ship, liitnkruptcy or reorganization
pioi eedings from agreeing upon
tees, and would forbid judges to
approve fees result ing from such
riLTeement.
Violators would be subject to a
fine of SlU.Uiit) or five years In
jail, or both.
Chairman Ashur.'t said the com
mhiee was making rapid progress
with the new- court bill and could
omplete approval of the measure
later todav.
Adjournment Desired
Talk of adjournment, meanwhile,
increased. Few senators forecast
an adtournnient date further awav
bun .Aug. 14. Hut Democratic Lead
er IJarkley of Kentucky said he
fTill was not ready -to" talk defi
nitely of the legislative program
for closing weeks or of adjourn
ment plans.
Some senators appiuired hopeful
enactment of the court bill would
bring the session to a close.
A resolution providing for ad
journment on Saturday, July :tl.
was offered during the day b
Itepresentative Gray I lPa.)
Court Bill O. K. Certain
Judiciary committeemen fore
cast (piick passage of the measure
which would step up (he machin
ery In lower federal courls. The
bill was drafted by n sub-committee
to replace the Hoosevelt court
reorganization plan and all con
troversial features have been
eliminated. Some adjournment -bent
senators said once that measure
was out of the wa nothing could
hold congress long iu session.
liarkley would not discuss the
situation beyond the wage-hour
bill, which he called up for de-
(Continued on page 6)
LA GlIANliK, (he.. .Inly 27.
1 AIM A revere elect riral storm,
accompanied by a filth of tui inch
of rain, swept the Grande Itonde
valley last evening. Minor damage,
including interruption of pow el
service, levelling of t l ees, and
blowing down of a few telephone
pities, was reported today. Grain
crops withstood the storm, growers
reported.
I'I:NHLFT0. July 27. (AIM-
I'orcHi lues dotted niue mountain
iimii.T looay. loiiowing set ere elec
trical storms which f I a s h e d
(hrouL'hout tiie Heppner, I'klah
and Meacham districts last night.
The files were slowed, however,
hy rain. t
At I'khih. where a new ranger
station is now being liuilt, the elec-
1 1 leal storm was reported one of
Hie worst in history.
Other electrical siorms have hit
the same urea during recent davs.
On Smidav. 2:t fires were renorted
.n tin ('mat ilia forest region.
LIQUOR STORES'
REPORTS DROPPED
WASHINGTON. July 27 (AIM
The house today approved a
bill bv Itepiesentative Unbind (H
Pi nn. dfsoetislng with a federal
l eiiiill'CTiient that sl'ite-owned li
quor stores file monthly report h
H h the internal revenue bureau.
Th ni"asnre goe to th senate
The bnrenu tn'd 1 r sinte would
be affected. They include Oregon
BALI OT BAN HITS
N. Y. COMMUNISTS
AIHAVY. N, Y.. July 27-1-f AIM
New York's court of appeals to
day barred the communist party
from the official Male ballot as a
recognized polltlra'i organiiation,
UMPQUA
HEGUfflD
BUTTLE ONE
Renublic Steel Corp. Asks
Protection After Night
of Riot That Sends
60 to Hospitals.
CUOVKLAXI), July, 27 (AIM
Tour hundred policemen stood
guard today in Cleveland's steel
k in ue riot area to bring peace
temnorarily, at least after one
of i he worst nights of violence in
Ihfs city's history.
Itepiihtic Steel Corn. workers
clashed with strikers and sympa
thizers near Republic's Corrigau-
McKinney plant where one man
was killed yesterday.
( bibs, pick axes, iron pipes and
other weapons came crashing
down unon the heads of workers
and pickets alike. '
A union headquarters was wreck
ed. (Mass crashed in dozens of mo
toi cars.
A wave of vandalism, spasmod
ic for several weeks, swelled over
oilier sections of the city. Newly
painted houses, finished without
union labor, were sprayed with
slain.
Windows were smashed .in
homes of steel workers and ope
ratives of knit mills where CIO
und A. F. L. unions are engaged iu
a jurisdictional fight.
Police forced a crowd at the k
v i M 1 1 mi 1 1-iM i iv 1 1 1 1 ii' y meet nun imctt
two blocks from one of its main
entrances, and the morning change
of shifts took place with little
violefice exeunt one or I wo cases
of stone tossing.
60 Sent To Hospitals
For several hours last night
rioting near the plant sent more
t han tiU persons to hospitals and
doctors to obtain treatment for
head wounds and other injuries.
The night-lime rioting was the
third outhreak in 21 hours. Two
score persons were Injured in
clashes at two changes of shifts
yesterday.
A CIO delegation protested to
Mayor Harold H Hurton that po
lice made no effort to protect the
CIO union headquarters which was
wrecked.
"When your men throw rocks,
that's going to '"'." Mayor Ihtr-
(Continued on page (I)
LIGHTNING. FIRE
RAZE iCE PLANT
HAKF.lt. Ore.. July 27. (AP)
The Pacific Fruit Kxpress com
pany fee plant at North Powder.
2u miles northwest of here was de
stroyed hy Tire Monday night aft
er it had been slruck hy lightning
during u severe electrical storm
(hat swept ISaker and Ciilou
counties.
The loss, estimated at $;tr.u0u,
was parllv covered bv Insurance.
The building. 1 10 feet wide 140
feet long and
4M feet high.
was
tilled whh 11. tons of ice. Her
man While, manager of the plant,
estimated that the company will
save at least fjonn tons of the ice.
That will he sufficient to carry
the concern through the heavy lev
ing season.
After the lightning struck al !l
o'clock. Ho flames spread rapidly,
as Hie building was old and the
doiihle Hides and celling were fill
ed with hair fell ItiHiihiMoii
With the assistance of a r li if t
In the wind, the North Powder und
Haker firemen paved White's retd
deuce and other buildings In the
vicinity.
The find coni'iany official lo ar
rive In North Powder a nnon m
that th" plant will he rebuilt.
GOOD SEASON FOR
FARM HANDS LOOMS
POtTLAN: July 27.- (AIM
An iininove.l c-op outlook ami in
cretmd pay will make Hie year a
profitable one for seasonal 'u-iicnl-lurnl
v ft; kers. John K. Cooler,
hi ale placement director, raid -U.a,v,
,
- tfeMtreeri workers to reeiMter im
mediately for the bean, pickle und
: hop harvest where the demand
for --tabor is brisk. The peak In
tho farm labor sear-on will u'Ttve
by mid-August a n d contlnu"
through Heptemher.
IN CLEVELAND
Deadline For Withdrawal Of
Chinese Troops Expires today
U. S. Marines Fortify
Legation Gates at
Peiping; Aliens
Seek Safety.
PL'IPING. July 27 (AP)
United States marines prepared
sandhag fortifications for the gates
of the International legation quar
ter this afternoon after a Japanese
ultimatum for evacuation of Chin
ese troons from the tense region
west of Peiping had expired In an
atmosphere of strict Japanese mil
itary secrecy.
The American contingent was1
assigned to guard lour gates of ;
the legation quarter against nny ,
hostilities that might break out if.
( hina laih-d lo comply with Ja
pan's demands.
Foreign circles seemed alarmed!
over to impending deadline of a
second Japanese ultimatum tomor-!
row noon, demanding evacuation I
of China's :i7th division troops'
from I'eiping itself, . ;
Safety Promised I
ll w as rumored Japanese . ntiti-1
tary leaders had threatened to 1
bomb this ancient capital if China j
failed to comply, but other reports j
declared Japan had given foreign
pow ers assurances I he city, with
a heavy international population,
would he spared kucIi action.
(This dispatch from the Asso
ciated Press correspondent in
I'eiping, sent soon utter the first
noon deadline expired, was delay
ed lo i hours in reaching New
York.)
Japanese authorities piled sand-1
bag fortifications around windows
and doors of the Yokohama Specie
hank's offices and nil police forces
of the foreign quarter were stand-
mr by for instant action.
The strictest secrecy also Veil
ed the actions of Chinese military
forces, and authorities declined In
disclose whether soldiers of the
I'.Tih division hail quit the area
west of I'eiping us Japan demand
ed. I I'nconflrined reports al Nan
king Kaid China had rejected the
Japanese demands).
i I'eiping dispatches gave no
con llrmat Ion of Japanese reports
that Sun Chinese had been "vir
tually annihilated" by Japanese
homhing planes and Infantry In
a clash 12 miles east of the en
clenl capital.)
Precautions Taken
A slate of semi-emergency exist
ed in the Pelptug legation quarter
as thousamlH of Japanese nation
als ordered to concentration points
by their embassy, poured into the
crow tied section after being sub
jected to stern scrutiny.
The Hi iHsh embassy advised an
Hrltish women and children to
take refuge In the quarter against
(Continued on page 0)
NI-:W YOU K, July 27.-- (AIM
hl.arre story of "murder hy re
quest" was unfolded lo police to
day by Stanley A. Smith Jr., an
unemployed automobile sulesman,
who told of strangling tils attrac
tive woman com pun Ion bectuse
"she didn't wunl to live any
longer."
"She asked me to kill her,
Martin sobbed when he appeared
In the police llne-np. "She handed
me the leather bell from her dress
ami I strangled her whh ll.
A slight rignie, weighing about
I :tf pounds and standing five feet
six inches, Martin appeared dazed
when he was quo,si loneil.
When asked If II had been a sui
cide pad, he answered dully:
"Yes, that's what it was sup
posed to be."
The slaying, police hald he told
them, climaxed an illicit loe af
fair which had become "hopetesH"
because both wen married.
The victim. Mrs. Florence Jack
son
of Jack-on Heights, moth-
er of two children, aged six and
two. was found dead in a car driv
en by Martin w hen the alleged
sler stopped a radio police car
and asked for medicul aid for Mrs.
Jackson.
COOS LOGGERS SIGN
WAUL-HUUR PAt-I
MAHSHFIKI.H. Julv 27. (AIM
The Corn vomit y loggers signal a
working agreement with opera
be today railing for a to hour
week ami a warn scale runt-mil'
from fr. cents nn hour to 1 IS.
The loggers, h ff I Hate, the
Lumber und Sawmill Workers' un
ion, agreed not to call a strike un
less arbitration fulled.
U. S. HOPES THAT
WAR WILL NOT
TOUCH PEIPING
WASHINGTON, July 27.
(AIM Secretary Hull said to
day Hit American uinbastadors
In Tokyo and I'eiping had been
instrucied lo express the hope
o the Japanese ami Chinese
governments that hostilities
.ould be avoided in I'eipiu.
The secretary's statement wus
made 'u answer to questions
based on announcement In Lon
don that the Hritish ambassu'
dors were Inking similar action.
Tito French a in ha sudors to
both countries are under: lood
lo be making r.lmllur observa
tions. It Is understood, officials said,
that Hull Issued the instruction
iu view of the fait that approxi
mately l,:tuu Americans, includ
ing the marine guard at the
Amei lean rm hussy, ure in
peiping and presumably would
he endangered hy any fighting
within the wailed city of the uii
.leiil capital.
BY JAPS. REPORT
"Severe Engagement" Now
in Progress, Nanking is
'...Officially Advaied.,..---
NANKING," Chlmi. j'ily 2K
(AP) (Wednesday) Chinese
military headquarters slated rarly
today that Japanese forces had at- I
tacked I'eiping shortly before mid
night. The headquarters stated thai
its information was contained in
official Polplng dispatches.
A spokesman said the dispatches
reported "a severe engagement Is
in progress. Tho rattle of rifles,
machine guns and . artillery . bus
broken out nil around I'eiping."
(Peiping advices to Shanghai,
both Japanese and Chinese, indi
cated the battle might be u con
tinuation d one started curlier
Tuesday nl Nanyuan, south of
Peiping, where the ground and air
base of tho 2!Mh Chinese army Is
located. It was said to involve
Japanese in comhat at Lungfanga
Monday.
(Other hostilities were reported
continuing at Tungchuw, VI miles
east of Peiping. where Japanese
said they had kilted 5)) Chinese
soldiers Tuesday).
flic new battle reports followed
swiftly upon Isstinnce hy the Chi
nese central government of a sharp
statement which was interpreted
as rejection of Japan's two ulti
matums demanding Chinese troop
withdrawals from the Peiping
area.
LABOR LEAGUE TO
CONTINUE POLICY
WASHINGTON, July 27 (AIM
Officials of lahnr's non-partisan
league, which supported President
Itoosevelt lor a second term, said
today the organization would con
tinue lis operations straight
through to the POO general eh-c
j Hon.
I The
league was organized to
support actively candidates for of
fice considered by Its membership
to be favorable to lubor.
Cold, Hunger End Convict's Strike
Atop San Quentin Prison's Tower
SAN !( F AIM
Calif., July 27
( AP) Cohl ami hungry, Meyer
i !.. .a '! I n Anifi.li.M lillllfllir
.imI.m' sit lnvin strike lodav alter
I clinging for 111 hours to a brilliant-
ij iMemiiiiiu-ii n.j'nuii uiw'-i
San (Jucnlln prison.
Itulph New, acting warden, an
nounced the felon agreed If cone
down from his precarious
after exacting a promise he would
not he idaced In solitary confine-
j ""(
New told Golas he would be
pl ed in u hospital and not a
. 'I'I"' convict wii shivering
! I'ro: "lulu In the open made un-
t comfortable by a cold wind, tie
(apparently was pleated his Ot th-
ipuncy of the narrow platform atop
the tower was ended,
GoIah climbed the pole at 1:10
p. m., yf.iterday during the lunch
period, and from his perch stated
Advices From Trouble
Zone Indicate War
Will be Answer '
to Tokyo.
Hy JAM F.S A. MILLS
TOKYO. July 27.-- (AIM- Japan
put the question of pence or war
iu the orient squarely up to China
today us an ultimatum demanding
expulsion of Chinese troops from
tho lone of hostilities west of
Peiping expired.
Foreign Minister Hlrotn told a
joint session of both houses of par
liament, that China holds the key.
to settlement, of tho crisis caused
hy the two powers' conflicting
economic interests In tho north
China provinces of Hoped and Cha
bar. "I confidently hope Nanking will
take such efrecllvo and opproprlnto
measures as accord with our do
tire for peace." liirola said, "and
bring about an early and umienbln,
settlement of the crisis."
Prince Kouoye. answering a
question that followed his maiden
speech as head of the government.
Insisted Japan had no territorial
ambitions In China and Haiti:
"What Japan wnntn from China Is
not territory, hut cooperation."-
lie said ho still had faith that
China would fulfill her promises
t Janan. but. if she fnlled finally,
the Japanese must tako "decisive
tuensures" to remove the difficul
ties. It is Japan's mission to keep
east Asia peaceful, (he premier in
sisted. Japan must keep commun
ism from entering north China
from outer Mongolia, he added.
Chinese Prepare for War
The newspnner Nichl N lent' re
norted In a dispatch from Shnng
hal that Gen. Seng Cheh-Yunn,
commander of Chinese forces In
the two provinces had decided to
resist (he evacuation demand nnd
h;d sent an urgent reqiter.t to tho
(Continued on page 6
(Hy 4he Associated Press) .
Government commanders assert
ed tonight the insurgents' fierce
three-day coimter-nttnck on the
Urunete front weyt of Madrid had
They said the attack was dimin
ishing In force nnd expressed con
fidence Generalissimo Franco n
troops would he unable to sus
tain It much longer.
The battle raged with seeming'
ly continued intensity, however,
particularly in volume of urtillery
fire.
Hut government officers assert
ed their retreat from Hrunete. fur
(heresl lip of their wedge In tho
insurgent Madrid siege lines, de
finitely was stopped.
With powerful contingents of re
inforcements rushed to General
Miaja's sagging line, government
olticers claimed al least twice as
many men in reserve as the in
surgents possess.
Insurgent dispatches from the
Madrid front said General Franco's
legions had slashed their way to
the outskirts of Vtllantieve de la
Canada after the virtual destruc
tion or two of the government's
finest brigades.
(The Associated Press corre
spondent in Madrid denied the two
units had keen wiped out und said
by telephone that they "are still
functioning.") .
'he would remain on his sit-down
strike until prison nuiiiuruie
promised to send him to the "Is
lands.'' Prison officials said they
the ' Islands."
New decided against plans to
bring down the convict by physi
cal force because Golas was In a
xiuhlfiii uhti'h u-milil iiinkn Inn
'"""'( ff cut such an endeavor, in-
, R)f.H(1( N(.w y.,,,, ho would ,orVe
.. , ..., a ,.,...
btuaiion of hunger nnd cohl serv-
, mo purpose.
Thn porV(.rse prisoner, one-time
i AllK,.iea butcher, sat down on
a 2.inch catwalk, clicked his
; dniiiclInK heels, and threatened ta
bring them down on anyone wha
cumu ufter him.
A guard watchfd him climb the)
pole Uiir.klng ho hud been nsstgu
ed to replace globes atop tu$
VoU .