In the Past Ten Years All But Two Kidnapmgs Out of a Total of 1 87 Attempts Have Been Solved by the G-Men, Aided by Other Law Enforcement Officers?
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the axis power or not? Follow de
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state and local itows 111 the NEWS"
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IT may be because of sympathy,
which results in DESIRE. TO
BELIEVE, but of all tin- censored
war reporlH this writer putH the
most confidence in the Hritish.
The Italian reports are utterly
unreliable, except in broad out
line over it period of time. Tlit
Cerman are, no heller unless one
is careful to pick only the official
communiques from the high com
mand, and then reads between the
lines.
"piIE purpose of t ho Italians and
the (ic minus, of course, is to
impress their own people, wlio are
kept, utterly In the dark except for
what they are permitted to hear
from their own (.overnment (one
man.) The theory, apparently. Is
lo kid I hem along and keep them
reeling Rood.
The Ilrillsh seem to have real
ized that it is better for them to
lell the people the stark truth
.bout what has happened and is
happening. Instead of risking dis
illusionment by painting too rosy
n picture.
ALL governments, even the. dic
tatorships, are A Kit A ID OP
THE PEOPLE, (lovomments have
been afraid of tlio people ever
since- the French revolution.
Being afraid of the people, gov
ernments try to keep them happy
by telling them only what Is pleas
ant for them lo hear.
In doing Ibat. they run a great
risk, (lovernmenls pose, as ALL
WISE. When the confidence of
the people in that pose Is shaken,
trouble follows.
Trouble always follows disillu
sionment. It was disillusionment
as to loyalty that brought on the
French revolution.
IN tbese days of reckless spend-
ing. this is worth remember
ing: The real seed of the French re
volution (which was a turning
point in the history of govern
inont) was sown by Louis XIV.
v, Louis the Magnificent, the Louis
who said cynically: "L'etat. e'est
mol." ("The state T HAT'S
JIK!")
Louis XIV beyond all doubt look
ed upon himself as I he indispens
able man.
The fourteenth Louis was the
world's greatest spender up to his
time and while lie was living ami
spending his magnificence (includ
ing the palace of Versailles) was
admired even by the people who
knew they would some day have
to pay for it.
THE world loves a spender. It
is the PAYING that hurts.
The paying for Louis XIV's spend
ing began lo come due in earnest
in the reign of taiils XVI. ami the
disillusioned people of France cut
off the sixteenth Ionis' bead.
(Continued on page 4)
Flashes
Ilv the Associated Press
Proof by Verse
CHARLOTTE. N. C Israel Pet
erson, charged with drunken driv
ing, contended he had been to
church. The prosecutor asked
what the preacher talked about.
"He took his text from the first
chnpter of Nahum. third verse." re
plied Peterson. And he gave it in
full.
The jury acquitted him.
South of Border
LONG BEACH. X. Y. Jack
Kfftrns. 20-year-old necro. walked
Into the local post office nnd an
nounced that he wanted to register
a? an alien.
"In what country were you
born?" usktfd Postmaster Fannie
Ft. J FELT FOR SAFETY OF
Police Are
Withdrawn;
Family Acts
Parents of Marc De Tristan,
Snatched Yesterday, Will
Endeavor to Contact
Kidnapper.
HILLSBOROUGH. Calif..
Rent. ?1.(AP) Delivery of
S100.000 ransom to the kidnan
fr of three vear old Marc tie
Tristan, Jr., today awaited only
a contact between the abductor
and Count Marc de Tristan,
Hillf borough socialite
Ai. the remiest of ihn count mid
countess, pollro withdrew from tin
ruse vfiiinlny. five noma alter lit
ill' Marc was snatched from his
nurse.
Tin Km and local and counlv nf
filers withdrew from the do Tris
tan escito at tlm pica of the- iai
onls who insisted Hint the life and
safety of I he curly-haired young
ster was all that mattered and thai
they tnust-enmnly with Ihe kid
napers' instruct inns to avoid "po
lice interference" in the case.
The Sinn.ouo was ready, it ap
nea red. should the abductor take
the next step in negotiations.
Sheriff James .1. MeCIrath said
today "we are absolutely abiding
hy our promise to the family and
we have withdrawn completely
from the case."
Friends said the young countess
had steeled herself and was bear
ing up ri'markablv well under the
trafic strain. - After the first
shock, they said, she had not wept.
Neighbors and other residents of
the exclusive community anticipat
ed the desire of the family nnd
there were no visitors todav. The
only police in the neighborhood
were at a distance Irom the estate,
stationed at road entrances to keep
stranger anil sightseers ol I the
grounds.
In a Hurt-word, typewritten note
ilropued where the boy was seized
iust before noon yesterday, the de
Tristans were directed to get in
touch with the kidnancr through
an advertisement inserted in a San
Francisco paper. This was done,
and the ad appeared in the paper's
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Advisory Group
Will Be Named
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (AP)
A civilian advisory committee
designed to represent the views of
non-milltary interests in organizing
and administering the draft is ex
pected to be named soon by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Probably consisting of six mem
bers, it will include, informed offi
cials said today, four experts on va
rious phases of conscription who al
ready are working with the army
and navv selective service commit
tee on the gigantic task of drawing
thousands of men from civilian life
into the army.
These four are Frederick Os
borne, an expert on statistics, chair
man of the group; l,nl. William
Ih-aper. an army reserve officer and
former member of the New York in
vest merit house of billon. Head &
Co.: Joseph IV Harris, professor of
political science at the 1 Diversity
oT California, nnd an expert on
elections; and Dr. Floyd W. Reeves,
lireclor of the American youth com
mission. From Life
Schwartz.
"Alabama," said Kearns.
That's That!
KANSAS CITY "Say." exclaim
ed Jimmy Henderson. 4. 'Miit you
hear what Caroline did to I ho base
mont steps?"
Caroline Mltlelt. 21. had crashed
down the concrete steps on nor tri
cycle, .-evcrely irasliine her chin.
"No. what. .Timtnv?"
"She ruins 'em, t hat. what!"
Signs Language
KANSAS TtTV Possibly the
fnrt most nf the switching is done
at noon accounts for this sign In
the central industrial district:
No parking on railroad tracks
especially between 11 a. m. and 1
p. m.
New Speaker
.9 . -
Pictured as his colleagues in
the house of representatives so
often saw him, working In shirt
sleeves, is Rep. Sam Rayburn of
Texas, majority leader elected
speaker of the house to succeed
the late William B. Bankhead.
Fifty-eight years old, the new
speaker is serving his 28th con
secutive year in the house.
City Officers To
Be Chosen Nov. 5
Present Administration to Seek
Re-Election; 5 New
Candidates File.
Voters of the city or TtosoburK
will elect a complete ticket of city
officials at. the nnernl election to
he held November fi and all present
officer, with but one exception,
will be candidates, pliiH five
aspirants for Heats on the city
council, A. ,1. (leddes, city recorder,
announced today.
The time for filing nominating
petitions expired last nlnht.
.Mayor A. .7. Yoiiiik. Itecorder
C.eddes and Treasurer T. J. lirown
have filed for reelection nnd no
petitions have been filed to contest
any of these offices.
With two councilmen to lie elect
ed from each of the four wards, pe
titions have placed three candi
dates up for election in three
wards.
Councilman t'orey Croft, nnd C,
V. Wharton seek re-election in
Ward No. 1. with Leroy K. Sullivan
filing also as a candidate.
In Ward No. 2, Councilman C. E.
Manning failed to file his petition,
but Councilman Ira It. Riddle is
seeking re-election. Kred 1 iargis
and John It. Kelly also are candi
dates. In Ward No. 3. Councilmen C. P.
Snoddy ami (i. M. Krell are nomi
nated for re-election and Or. H. B.
Scofield has filed as the third can
didate. Mr. Krell recently was ap
pointed to fill the vacancy created
by the resignation of (). C. John.
Ward No. 1 is the only ward in
whirh there are but two candidates.
V. K. Harris, president of the coun
cil, is up for re election. O. J. Feld
kamp is a candidate for the second
spot. The ward has been represent
ed by only one member on the city
council since the recent rescnnltoti
tit K. It. Melzger. no appoint, m nl
h iviiu been m;:de to till Uk; va
cancy. Murder and Suicide
End Lives of Two
rn:ni,o. coio.. sept. 21. cad
Mrs. Sarah l. (iobattt, an attrac
tive Pueblo matron, and Hobart. C.
huvis, 4:!, Pueblo manager for the
Western I'nion Telegraph com
pany, were found shot to death last
night in Pueblo's city park.
A .XS calibre revolver was clutch
ed In Davis' right hand and K. A.
Morse, district attorney's Investi
gator, said the preliminary investi
gation indicated Davis shot himself
after killing Mrs. fiobatti.
Medford Man Shoots
Deer From Back Porch
MFnmna sept. 21. fAP
Rpn K. Harder, retired banker,
doesn't sep the point to scrambling
through hill and dale in quest of
the wiley deer.
He shot a five-point buck Friday
from the back porch of his home on
the old stage road.
I McNarySays
Farmers Not
YetHelped
New Deal Policies Have Failed,
Oregon Senator Declares
In Campaign Speech
In Farm Belt.
ACROHA. 111., Sept. 21. (API
Senator CharleB U McNary, In bin
iii st. major campaign addresR.
charged today that tho new deal
found "agriculture ill of a function
al disorder" and "made the dis
order chronic."
The Oregon senator and republi
can nominee for vice-president spoke
to a parly rally in exposition park
on the outskirts of Aurora nnd to
a national radio audience.
Announcing ho was speaking as
a farmer who worked since child
hood on the land his grandfather
homcstended almost a century ngo.
McNarv declared that tho farmer
had been frozen into a dependence
on the government, and added:
"The new deal, it is true, has
kept the rami population off the
breadlines. That is not my idea of
success. In the seven new deal
years, average farm income per
farm has been only $1,124 includ
ing benefit payments; in tho seven
preceding years, it was SI .4:12-
"In its futile attempt to Increase
prices hy withholding crops from
the market, tho new deal now has
on hand in government ownership
and control 10 million hales of cot
ton, 500 million bushels of corn and
loo niillion hUHhcIn of wheat. - do
not rega rd that as successful, es
peclally as farm commodity prices
on August 1, HMO, were in npproxi
uiatelv the samo range as on Au
gust 1. l!i:i:i.
Farm Problem Not Solved
"Actually, tho basic farm pro
blem is no nearer solution today
than it was on March 4, The
new deal has reached none of its
fundamental objectives. Its farm
program is a thing of shreds and
patches; settling nothing; merely
j putting off the day of reckoning."
McNary said the new cleat was
satisfied with its farm program and
saw the aggregate improvement it.
had accomplished for the farmer a
maximum aim. He said he saw it
as a "minimum" and continued;
"I accept that program only as
a stopgap substitute for something
better until something better can
(Continued on papre 6)
Hunter Who Shot
Woodcutter Held
Harold LcFcver, of Glendale,
was taken into custody last night
and held on a charge of hunting
In a game reservn while the con
dition of Win. Flfiebl, (M-yearfOld
McCulley creek woodcutter, alleg
edly shot Thursday night by T-o-Kever,
is watched by authorities.
Fltield, shot through the forearm
with a soft-nosed shell, van report
ed today to be In a critical con
dition as the result of shock and
loss of blood, It v;as first believ
ed officers said, that, tho Injury
was not serious, but the complica
tions brought alKtiit 'iy shock have
resulted in a critical turn, it was
stated.
Le Fever, according to Sergeant
Paul Morgan of the stale police,
has signed a statement admit I ing
the shooting, slating that he had
seen two deer and was following
I hem when he saw Fifbdd moving
through tho brush nnd mistook
him for one of the deer he had
been following. Fifield, il was re
ported, was wearing a gray sweat
er. The elderly man was engag
ed in woodcutting at the time of
the accident.
Army Driver Draws Prison
Term for Sutherlin Wreck
William Perekely, the colored
driver of an army truck, who was
cnurtmartialled by an army hoard
following an automobile accident
near Sutherlin causing the death of
Hilly Wi teller, Sutherlin youth, n
few weeks ago, was dishonorably
discharged from the V. S. army
and was sentenced to IS months'
imprisonment. District Attorney J.
V. reported he was Informed
today by armv officials. Berekely
was released hy the civil authori
ties here to the army officers fol
lowing the accident in which the
transport truck collided at the
sharp turn south of Sutherlin with
a logging truck on which Witcher
was riding.
KIDNAPPED CALIFORNIA BOY
Officers For
State Nurses
Units Named
Elections Held by Three of Four
Groups Meeting Here in
. State Convention; Banquet
L Tonight is Final Event.
Miss l.etha Humphrey of Port
land was elected president of the
Oregon State Nurse association as
the four-day convention of that or
ganization nea red a close hero to
day. Miss Helen Pruyne of Ku
geno was named first vice-president;
Miss Selma Hllnier. of
Salem, second vlce-presidctll ;
Mrs. Aura Johnson N e e I y.
Portland, secretary; Miss Fmma
Mutlen, La (iraude. and Misn Grace
Phelps, Portland, directors.
In Ihe Slate Private Duty section.
Mrs. Florence Allen of Ilend was
named chairman; Miss Mary Hunt
ington, Astoria, first vice-chairman;
Miss Alice Harry, Corvallls,
second vice-chairman, and Miss
Marcella Williams, Portland secre
tary. The oiricers elected by the Ore
gon State League of Nursing Filu
catlon were Miss Mabel Alexander,
Portland, president: Miss Linda
Kickman. Portland, treasurer; Kno
la Miller, Portland, director. The
holdover officers of thai group are
Mies F.sther Scott. Oregon City,
vice-president; Miss Maisie Wetzel.
Portland, secretary; Miss Helen
MacKrill, Portland, director.
Officers Chosen
iOffit-Pia of the Oregon Stato Or
(Continued on page C)
Willkie Says Will
Not Pull Punches
Nominee Campaigning Through
California Will Reach
Oregon Tomorrow.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.
(AP) Wendell Willkio told a San
Francisco crowd today that If he
were- elected- president, no citizen
would be taken off the relief rolls
until he had a job,
"The difference between the
new deal view and mine," said tho
republican nominee, "is IhaL they
want to keep the people perinan-
joiitly on relief. I want to put
mem to woik hi hoimi mi kith hi
American industry."
"If you watch the relief rolls."
he told a crowd in Jefferson
suuare. as he toured the city, "you
will see (hat they have always
gone up in election years. I see
Ihe process already commencing.
"I see this powerful government
bringing pressure on those below
as to how they should vote,"
He observed that President
Roosevelt quoted yesterday from
Thomas Jefferson, but, Willkie
marked. Jefferson opposed a third
term.
Willkie told a crowd at city hall
that he first came to San Fran
cisco thirty years ago in a. box car.
as a youth from the San Joaquin
valley harvest fields.
"There was no speech by the
mayor then," he said, "in fact I
wasn't very enthusiastic about, see
ing any officials."
T h e republican presidential
nominee, a white carnation in his
buttonhole, arrived last night alt
er receiving cheers and some heck
ling In talks through the Sacra
mento and San Joaquin valleys.
It was in the hitler's sunny fields
that he worked at the age of IK.
Wlllkle's final speech Friday,
before a tralnside audience at Sac
ramento, brought a declaration
that friends had been saying.
"Wendell, you should pull your
punches."
"I don't know how to fight that
way." Willkie added. "If this ad
ministration thinks it can get
away with the record of the road
to bankruptcy, with the road of
unemployment, with the centrali
zation of power in Was Ii ing ton
that it has attempted to accom
plish and not have me tell the
American peopb about it, it Is
mistaken.
"And if any of the timid pussy
footers who am afraid to strike
want to pursue that policy, I don't
want them to talk to me.
"A spade is a spade in Sacra
mento and also a spade in Wash
ington. I say it to you with nil
calmness and with all deliberation
that in my solemn Judgment, if
this administration Is not removed
from power, then the country is on
the road to bankruptcy, and that
road leads t" tho loss of liberty,"
Canyonville
Si-,
Beryl Loffer of Canyonville yesterday became the first feminine
member of the Umpqua Flying club to make a solo flight following
exclusively club training. One othei feminine member, Mrs. Ernest
Sink, wife of the club Instructor; has soloed, but had received Instruc
tion prior to coming to Roseburg. Miss Loffer, who operates a beauty
parlor at Canyonville, has been a member of the Umpqua Flying club
for two and one-half months and has had only 8 hours and 15 minutes
of Instruction.
"Were you afraid?" she was asked as she returned from her first
trip alone into the air.
"No, I wasn't afraid," she replied, "but It seemed like the motor
made a lot more noise."
Flight School To
Start Here Soon
Federally Sponsored Course to
Be Made Available to
Group of Fifty Students.
UPKlslnitlonH now urn bcliiR no
iM'iilcil for lln fpilnrally-Bponsored
ground and NIkIiI training com'Rp to
Im stalled In HosoIiiiib within the
next SO to so ilayn, Krtienl "Hod"
Sink. Instructor, announced today.
Mr. Sink hna been granted a con
tract to train NIovh under tho CAA
training program. Classes will
slarl as soon as a ground Rcliool
instructor can be chosen and quali
fied. In order to Blurt (he course, Mr.
Sink stales, II will be necessary to
enroll 50 students. Approximately
:i.r prospective studentH alreudy
have registered.
Age limits are from IS to 2fi years
inclusive. I-'lve girls can lie ac
cepted, as 10 per cent feminine
students will lie accepted in holli
the ground anil flight training
courses.
Work first will start In ground
Instruction, Mr. Sink reports.
I'Voin among the students show
ing the greatest, aptitude nnd best
grades in the ground courso, lfi will
Im chosen for flight instruction.
II Is planned to conduct three
classes each year, Willi the course,
extending over a period of four
lllllllt lis.
Kach student must procure n
physical examination which costs
$H. There are no other costs to
those ncccptcfl lor training. It. Is
iludestood, Mr. Sing stales, that the
Sli examination fee will he repaid
to those accepted for flight train
ing.
All persons Interested In joining
the first or future? classes are Invit
ed hy Mr. Sink to contact him at.
the Itnsehmg airport for any desir
ed Information.'
High Army Officers in
Plane Reported Overdue
FAYKTTEVIM.E. N. C Sept. 21.
(AI1) An airplane In which
Iti-lgadler (leneral Francis W.
Iloneycutt, commander of Fort
Ilragg near here, wns a passenger
has been missing since 7:S I p. ni..
last night when It. was reported
over Savannah. f!a., en roule to
Jacksonville, Kla.
Log Raft Fire at Sea
Quenched; Loss Heavy
RAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20
TAP) The fire which partially
wretked a huge log raft being tow
ed nt sea ) miles south of Mon
terey was extinguished last night
j.fter ahout half of the logs had
burned or been set ndnft.
Girl Flies Solo
NnwH-tli'V'li'W rhuto iiml KitKnivinif
National Guard
, Members Honored
Banquet and Reception Are
Given as Official Tribute
To City's Military Unit.
Members of tho Itoseliiii'K na
tional guard company tiiadn final
prcparallmiH today for entraining
early Monday morning for a year's
training service, following a break
In Iho week'B scliedule. Tho rou
tine was interrupted last night as
tho nienibei'H wero entertained nt a
banquet and reception arranged In
their honor by the city of Itoseburg.
A banquet was presented lit, the
First Chrlsllnn church at fl:M p.
in., Willi the cninpllmenls of the
Hoseliurg city council. Victor J.
Mlcelll presided as toasliuaster.
Mayor A. J. Young, absent from the
city, was represented by Cily Attor
ney II. I,. Kildy. who niiido an offi
cial expression of appreciation to
tho guardsmen. Other speakers
were James i oung, new comman
der of rmpqiia post of tho Ameri
can Legion, representing veterans
organization; County Judge Morris
llowker, Tom Parkinson, president
of the chamber of commerce; Har
ris Kiixworlli, ml f tor of tho Nows
Kevlew; Councilman Percy Croft
and Captain It. L. Irving. Tho rtosiv
liurg high school pep orchestra fur
nished music.
The banquet wns followed by a
public, reception at the armory,
where a largo audience enjoyed a
most delightful program prepared
and presented under tin; sponsor-
snip ol (tie llusiness nnd Profes
sional Women's club. Tho diversi
fied program proved highly enter
taining.
The festivities concluded Willi n
dance sponsored by the local chap
ter ol the reserve olllcei-H associa
lion.
Body of Man Sought in
Slaying Found in Tank
PITTSFIMl.l), Mass.. Sept. 21.
(AP) The body or Sylvester 1M
lear. 51. sought since yesterday In
connection with the slaying of Miss
Madeline Clark. -1 1-year-old I.enox
choir singer, was found today in
.'he same reservoir where her body
was recovered.
John (iilmati. Turner Falls diver,
made the discovery In .15 feet of
water after n half-hour's search.
Miss Clark's body was found
floating In the reservoir yesterday
Just a month prior to her sched
uled marriage to anolher man.
Two Japanese Held for
Having Camera at Canal
riAI.nOA. Canal Zone. Sept. 21.
(AP) The captain and a stew
ard of the Japanese motorshlp Ar
gentina Main were fined n total of
PI2.1 late yesterday for having a
camera aboard while tho vessel
weal through Ihe Panama, caiial,
Bad Weather
Helpful: RAF
Hits Barges
Italians Report Mass Air Raid
On British in Egypt;
Fires on Coast Indicatt
Success of Attacks.
LONDON, Sept. 21. (AP)
Official sources disclosed to-)
night that royal air force bomb,
ers In three great waves had
dumped tons of bombs on Gar.
man "invasion fleets" of ships
and barges, lying In clusters 50
strong in the French harbor of
Dunkerque, and had left a rib
bon of fire in other ports all
along the German-held channel
coast.
lly tho Associated Press
Nazi air raiders, opening their
third week nf mass nttacks on tlm
llrltlsh capital, swarmed across tho
Kngllsh channel in mist nnd rain
today, hut reports from Britain In
dicated they met Willi little sue
cpsh.
London had mm brief alarm as a
formation of Ocrnian planes Bwept
over tho city. Aiitl-nlrcmft gunn
tired. Along tho Kentish const, re
ports said, Ilrltiali ground guna
turned tho raiders back.
Tho Italians reported a destruo
live mass nlr raid on Matruli,
r.gypt, whom Ilrltiali were bring
ing up supplies for ft further east
ward advance towards Alexandrlu.
Britons credited stormy weather
anil a stout defense, today with tak
ing tho edge off tho I4tb consecu
tivo diisk-lo-dnwp German bomb at
tack on Kngland, hut looked for a,
quirk renowul of fiercer nlr war
with the fast clearing skies.
But even the clouda nnd storm
failed to halt Uin rnidcrs of either
side.
Nazi bombs thundered dowrt. nt
Intervals during the night oi( cen
tral and southern London. Tighten
ing British censorship held up men
tion or the exact tlmo nnd length of
the nttacks.
Tho British said, liotrnyor, that
casualties appeared fewer than on.
previous nights, nnd watchers along1
England's southeast const took
grim satisfaction In tho red glow
of fires their own filers started In
(ierman-helil ports on tho French
side of tho chnnnel.
Tho rires, the flash of rockets,
and the roar of explosions Indldatcrl
a concentrated attack on tho Tiazl'
bases from Calais to Boulogne.
Tho (lermnns termed their nt
tacks on nnd near London "suc
cessful" despite weather which
they said gave tliem more trouble,
than Ihe British defense. The (Ier
nian news agency, IiNB, Raid the
llrlllsb also tried a strong nlr at
tack aimed at llerlln. but Hint, the)
raiders were, turned hnck.
One wnve of British planes .was
said to have attacked hy way" of
Hamburg, and another across tho
(Continued on pngo 6)
Indo-China Crisis
Over for Present
(Ttv tlm Assoc... tort Prosn)
HANOI. Kroncli Inrto-Cliinn, Sopt.
21. An IiniHMKline crisis over Ja
paiioso th'iminrlfl for nillitury fnrill
tlrn In ImlivChina nppnnMiUy wna
avcrtcil tmlnv ns Frunch and Ja
panese nfflcl.nH resumed conversa
t ions.
The French rolnntal government
announced the .Tapanese had "modi
fled Ihe ranKo" of demands which
caused the collapse of ncentfnltontt
yesterday In the wnkn of a 72-houi
ultimatum submitted hy Japan.
'1t is believed llese conversa
tions will terminate In an aKreoment
lakltiff account of the Interests of
hoth sides." the French comtmint
mie said. "It is emphasized that
iliirinff these negotiation Indo
Phina'fl territorial IntoKrity and
French floverelgnly over the coun
try were never open to question."
Tho announcement came only a
short time after Major (Jencral Is
saku Nlshlhara, head of the Japan
esp mission, had said ho was leav
iiiK for homo and that his depnrtnrn
could he interpreted ns horahlltiff a
"crisis." Nlshlhara remained hero
with some of hia staff.
(HIkIiIv connected Japanese quar
ters in IfoimUonff said Japan wan
ready for notion nlnied nt the seiz
ure of the entire French colony
should tho rooue.it for passaco of
an ununited number of ja panes a
troops ho denied. These sources
said Rear Admiral Jean Recoux,
Governor neneral of Indo-Chlnn,
was Insisting; on restrletini; tho
number of troops passing through
tho colony.)