The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, June 16, 1939, Page 1, Image 1

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EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, Junt 16, 1939
Price 3c; Newsstands 5e
No. 70?
Japanese
liffigMAg
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Befemse Opens
Of Auditor of.
Attemp
Made
To Snow
Funds
Covered Check
Keech Indicates Stand
to Be Richardson , ,
X ook no lYiunejr
Second of . Major , Delays
in lrial wrought on
by
Checks
The .theory of the defense to
be made ' on ' behalf of ; W. ,T.
York", Richardaon wai bared
by bis attorney. Edwin Keech,
late yesterday afternoon as the
trial of the 75-year old former
deputy Marion county treasurer
on a chars of larceny of public
money progressed throurb. its
fourth day. .
Beginning ; his cross-examina
tion of Floyd K. Bowe s, state
auditor who had been on Jhe
stand most of the time since
Tuesday afternoon. Keech sought
to show that Richardson had re
peatedly maintained that every
time he issued a check on tbe
county bank account for his per
sonal business he put - money rn
the treasurer's till to eorerf tbe
sum checked out. tar-
Keech Indicated his rrinclpal
contentions would be that Rich
ardson had thereby actually tak
en no county money and that
others than Richardson had
checked .out large sums that
might aeeount for the It.iieui
sum with whose larceny Rich
ards.oJV.And Measurer IX" O; UWrt!
ger are charged . by grand Jury
indictment - -rif-. -i z:i:. .
The defense lawyer's initial ef-.
forts to work out his contentions
by the Bowers cross-examination
brought on the second of two
major delays the triil encoun
tered during the day. .
The first delay arose at the
forenoon session when Keech ob
jected to an attempt by Francis E.
Harsh,, assistant attorney gener
al and - prosecutor, to introduce
: Richardson's own personal papers,
canceled checks, check stubs and
other private - records, found in
the treasurer's vault, to substan
tiate Auditor Bowers' computa
tions of yearly personal expendi
tures allegedly made by the form
er deputy. - '
The Richardson Tecords were
admitted at the afternoon ses
sion, however, and the trial pro
ceeded until Keech began cross
questioning Bowers and Inquiring
as to county checks Issued by
Treasurer Drager. '
Producing a handful of Marlon
county bank checks from among
the state's many documentary
items, Keech questioned:
"Did Mr. Drager issue some of
these checks!"
Yes."
Marsh broke in to state be
wanted "the record to show that,
as to these checks we are. handing
counsel, we ' cant vouch that all
are personal business." .
Asked if Records '
Rrannnl ah Checks '
"Did yon cheek county records
; as to. whether or not any of these
check, were used for couhty busi
ness?" Keech then asked the aud
itors v;.--- : &
Again rising. Marsh suggested
"In fairness to Mr. Drager, who is
not'on trial here, that he. is the
man who is supposed to testify
, . . regarding the Drager checks
. . unless the witness knows of
his own personal knowledge.
- The 11.60 check in question was
not Issued for county business.
Bowers replied. . -o
The auditor then identified as
"personal business" a, $15 county
check apparently issued to Charles
R. Archard over the Drager iigna-l
tnre March t, lf.
This check and . two others to
Archerd. for $10 each; dated: la
March and April, " 1915. were
admitted into, evidence . but . de
' tense questions bout , the next
check, one . tor 170 made pay
able to J. R. Barnes ant dated
April 11, 135. precipiUted the
argument that, brought, the early
adjournment tor the day, at 1:45
p.m. . .ftf; t vs $
"From what source do you get
. that information V Marsh, ln-
oulred when Bowers testified the
Barnes check was also a matter
of Drager s personal business.
From Mr, Drager," the aud
itor replied. . ;
"As I understand, that's hear
1 anri, declared.- 4 "'
Going into a huddle b eham-
berm with Judge I u. MCManan
the two attorneys vers unable
Immediately to agree on. whether
not the Drazer eneegs coma
be admitted at the Richardson
trui and property Identified by
the cross-examination route as
having to do with county or per
sonal business. .
trmtt declared he could and
wouM bring P the matter a. -
Automobile Is ioo Dangerous- . Mnrnli v I Traps
But Airplanes Ate Fine TMnglUayyTb,
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Dick James, 16-year old sob of Denver an to dealer, arrived fa CbJ
' cago yesterday after a leisurely flight from Denver. ' Bis parents
didn't want him to drive a ear on the trip, because it was "too dan
gerous," so he Hew, which was okeh with them.
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16-Year-Old Riot
pletes Flight
Boy Whose Parents Hold
'' Antos too Dangerous '
Lands in Chicago
CHICAGO, Jnne 16-()-Dick
James, a 16-year-, .d high school
Junior with a wide grin, a taste
for flying and a record of only
48 hours in the air alone, com
pleted a' leisurely solo flight from
Denver today.
The touele-headed lad landed
his tiny blue monoplane at the
municipal airport, hopped out,
and reported his first long cross
country flight approximately
930 miles was. so uneventful
that he tuned ia radio programs
for amusement. .
James left Denver at dawn
Wednesday, dropped in on North
Platte, and Grand Island, Neb.,
briefly, lunched in Omaha, and
spent the night t in ' Des Moines.
He departed from Des Moines
this morning, refueled and dined
In Moline, 111, and proceeded to
Chicago.
:- The boy's father, L e o a a r d
James, Denver automobile deal
er,, gave him the plane last Ap
ril Z8 the 16th tiniversary of
bis birth.
,"I- started flying lessons on
my birthday and got in 49 hours
solo by Msy IS. when I got my
solo license," young James re
lated.
The assembled reporters were
interested when he expressed the
- Ste 5.e,.?!ld J5L- "I?
XMrs this summer. But they were
amazed when - be volunteered
. ,"Ive been driving automobiles.
with my dad, since I was seven.
but my parents' think' that's too
dangerous.- They approve of my
uying, though."
No Third Term "
MARSHFIELD. Ore.. June IS
Howard v F. Latourette,
Portland, Oregon Democratic na
tional chairman, told Coos coun
ty - young democratic club mem
bers last night he did not be
lieve President Roosevelt would
seek a third term.
Com
School Candidates Bachera
Bring Campaigns Into Open
ft Vli, tJ, 3
Campaigns to .elect the two
pairs of candidates for the Salem
school directorships at nexi Mon
day's elecUon came out in the
open l yesterday as supporters of
each set began distributing cam
paign cards. 4 h tfI -iVk V".' v
Backers of Chairman W. F.
Neptune and E. A. Bradfield were
handing out small campaign cards
urging the voters to "support our
schools" by reelecting tbe two in
cumbent directors and . to "con
tinue their constructive program
of eeonomyr-efficiency and better
schools." The cards bore no signs-
Friends t Roy Harland, write-
in campaign runnerup to Director
Percy A. Cupper last year,-ana
Donald A. Young were signing and
mailing postcards declaring "Sa
lem school board needs young ana
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Oregon toed Dies,
4 Hnrt in Crash
Girl's Sedan Is Struck
by Ambulance Bearing
Injured Man
PORTLAND, Ore., June lS.-
-A University of Oregon co-ed
was killed and four men were in
jured tonight when an ambulance I
carrying a patient to a hospital
and a sedan collided at an east
side intersection.
Miss Barbara McMlcken. 22,
Portland, student at the univer
sity, was killed outright, and a se
vere head Injury suffered by vic
tor Blewett, Portland, prior to the
crash, was dangerously aggrava
ted. Police Sgt. S. P. Ingles said.
Clark Ewlng, driver, and Walter
Dunkusky, of the ambulance crew.
were cut and bruised.
r State Trooper William Lewis
saxa auinomies. were nunung
Stanley Litxenberg, Portland, who
struck Blewett with a beer bottle
during an altercation in a garage
office. The ambulance, carrying
Blewett to a hospital, entered the
Intersection, - Its siren sounding.
against the. red traffic light and
was struck by the car driven by
Miss McMlcken, who was alone.
Ingles reported. '
Maneuvers;
Slated by Nazis
vpiNvmni rf-M ttttb ma rN
Germany.' Jnne lt.-UPW( Friday)
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The Frankfurter zeitung said to -
Am-m tliif m-rMMtwm. .ran MtnMl.
vers were scheduled to begin In
"the near fntnra" within the area
of the German western fortifies-
Uons. I ' -
The newsnaner anotinr armv
district headquarters, said the ex-1
erclses would be of long duration
and would be conducted at all
the Western harder far nnrnoaea
of "training the troops in tight
Inr and ta Uvinc in the fortiflca -
A series of radio announce -
ments on behalf of Neptune and
Bradfield also was started yester -
day. .
,The Intensity of the quietly eon -
dncted eamnalsns-on both sides.
heightened by recent superinten -
dency and policy Issues, was
bringing forth predictions t a a 1
this years school elecUon would I
nnii m. new record hlrh vote. The!
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Army
present record of 22U otes wash . The resolution charged Ashurst
established last June, I with exceeding , his authority in
Two polling places will be open
from 2 to 7 n. m. next Monday,
hours differing from state election
hours. Residents north of State
street will vote at the school ad -
mtnistratlon hnfldlnK. 424 North
tilth street, and those south of
State street will cast their ballots led to recent anti-gambling activt
at the WCTU halL southwest cor-1 ties of the judge, Andy Fields, a
ner of Ferry and . Commercial
streets. ' ; "
iToll Should
Be Cut Billion
I Attorney General Urges
Drastic Slashing in
Public Hiring
Calls for an End of old
Practice of Passing
out Plum Jobs
ASBURY PARK, N. J., June 15.
-JD-A billion dollar "operation
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than one million employes from
national, state and local rolls was
advocated tonight by Attorney
General Murphy.
In a broadcast (NBC) to the
eastern regional conference of the
civil service assembly of the
United States and Canada, Murphy
declared that four million govern
ment employes annually received
nearly six billion dollars in sal
aries, making the cost to the av
erage family f 200 a year, or over
It per cent of Its total income.
'I am sure you will agree with
me that IS per cent of a fam
ily's annual income tor the public
payroll is too much. Either fam
ily income should be increased or
the public payroll should be re
duced. And at this moment the
most immediately promising step
seems to be an operation on the
public payroll," Murphy observed.
The attorney senert
sgsssSSSi
The attorney general aaaea a
, however? t
sarins that our public pay
rolls should be reduced h am aot
pro poster drastic curtailment or
governmental functions ana ac
tivities. On the contrary, 1 am
strongly of the opinion that every
rovernmental function national.
state and local which is clearly
necessary to protect the physical
and mental security of our people
should be continued.
"I do maintain that instead of
four million employes, less than
three million should be plenty;
and instead of a payroll of six
billion dollars per year, less than
five billion should suffice."
The attorney general then
called for an end ' to the ancient
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Germans Are Held
Guilty of , Blasts
Commission 'Decides That
Saboteurs Cause of
"War Explosions
WASHINGTON, June 15W5V
Amerlcan claims that German
saboteurs were responsible tor the
Black Tom and Kingsland, N. J.,
explosions in 1916 and 1117 were
upheld by an international com
mission today,' but whether the
claimants ever could -collect the
major part of the-$50,000,000
damages appeared doubtl uu
Before - the 15-mlnute session
of the German-American mixed
claims commission which rendered
the decision, the releh embassy
I had Questioned the authority oz
i the commission and had served
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1 nouce mh. wrmmuj wvi ?
I Bm" IttT dsdlira. : '
I - Consequently, there se e m e d
I little Prospect that the American
claimants might receive more than
I the $20,000,000 which Germany
I already had v oepositea in ui
United SUtei treasury A b out
I $500,000,000 of bondsissuea
I wnen uermany was a repaouo
I Were deposited With the treasury
I in connectioa.with the long-pehd-
1 , ixurn to page a, was
iAsluirst's Ouster
AsIicdbyGtizcns
KLAMATH FALLS. Jnne 15-
1 tFV-Reslgnatloa of Circuit Judge
dward B. Asnurst was aemanaeo
t today in a resolution signed by
1 100 Langell valley farm commun-
1 ity resiaenta. ? -' !V"
I Actions ef the jurist, a brother
lot an? Arizona senator, were de-
j nouneed as "un-American,, and
1 he was called upon te yield office
so mat we may nave peace ana
harmony .- -t:vv
I ofiice and being "unable to give
I competent satisfaction to the cl
I tizens of Klamath county . . . ne-
I eeasitaung cne cauing in ok u-
1 other Judge to carry out hia duuea
at great expense i.
I The action was entirely vnreiat-
l sponsor t ue resoiuuon, e-
icured-
Japanese Holding:
Coast Cameraman
i
It
Erie May ell, San Francisco news-
red cameraman, was "arrested
ta Tientsin by Japanese while
photographing Japanese bar
ricades from an international
settlement bridge. klayeU was
one of the cameramen who
photographed the sinking of
tbe VS8 Pmnay ta December,
1887.
Royal Pair Leave
On Journey Home
Crowd of 150,000 Waves
Farewell to Royalty
at Halifax
HALIFAX, N. 8., June 16.-(ff)
With King George saluting from
the bridge and Queen Elizabeth
standing on a stool and waving
in excitement to a crowd of 160,-
000 which cheered a farewell, the
brilliantly white Empress of
Britain sailed for England to
night, bringing to an end the
epochal tour of the first British
sovereign to visit America,
Not tall enough tor much of
her figure to show above the rail
ing. Queen Elisabeth yielded to
cries from the crowds to stand up
higher, as the majestic steamer
was about to sail, and mounted a
stool brought by an officer. ...
i She ttas . "stole the show" of
the last moments of their stay In
Canada, as she had attracted at
tention throughout their 0.000-
mile railway and motor tour o
the Pacific and to the United
States.
The king stood erect at her side,
bis face alternately serious and
wreathed in smiles, as the crowd
cheered and sang such songs as
Auld Lang Syne," "God Save the
King," and "Tlpperary."
Earlier he and the queen had
broadcast to the British empire
and to the United States a fare
well message expressing their
comfort and Inspiration" at the
peace In this part of the world
and their gratitude for their re
ception throughout the tour.-
The final hours of their 80-day
stay In America were spent in
touring this ancient gateway to
Canada and in witnessing a page
ant showing the bestowal of a roy
al charter on Nova Scotia 114
years ago.
Except for a stop of a few
hours at St. John's, Newfoundland,
on Saturday, the king and queen
will sail straight for home and a
welcome In London on June 22
which England will try to make
bigger and better than anything
witnessed in Canada or the United
States. '
Jbbless Help Is
Demanded by CIO
Lewis ' - Says Candidates
in 1940, Must Offer
Solution
WASHINGTON, June lS-tfV
John L. Lewis tossed out to poli
tical hopefuls -today a declaration
that the candidate who wants CIO
backing in 1140 rm hare to be
qualified to offer a program" that
will end thetnnemployment problem.-
- , -
ri know of no budding states
man aspirins to preeminence in
American i politics , who has any
suggestions on this question," he
told a press conference.
Lewis talked, with newsmen af
ter an address to tbe CIO exe
cutive board in whica he pounded
ea the theme that unemployment
was the paramount question con
fronting labor and the country. '
: The CIO leader's tilrtz closed
a board session ma's momentous
by decisions that r : aes : negotia
tions with the rival AFL were "im
possible,", and that CIO should
undertake with renewed vigoriaa
expansion of Its organization. V
' The details and direction of
the 'organising .campaign, how
ever, were kept secret
s The-board turned over, to the
executive officers a proposal by
Harry Bridges, V west coast' CIO
director, that the CIO support an
Inquiry into a "turn monopoly re
ported to have been undertaken
by the justice department.
Mining Decree Celebrated
LAPAZ. Bolivia. Jane .-P-The
Bolivian government declared
a holiday throughout the capital
today Jn celebration of a recent
decree by President German Busch
limiting the right of foreign min
ing concerns to send funds
abroad. ' - st y
Ask Increases
In Relief Bill
Before House
Objections Are Raised
to - Limitations on
WPA Projects
Farm Bloc Seeks Greater
Funds for FSA; Ickes
Attacks Bill
WASHINGTON, June IS-P)-Strenuous
efforts were in progress
today to increase the relief appro
priation provided in the new $1,
716,000,000 bill and to relax some
of the rigid restrictions It imposes
upon the expenditure of the
money.
While house debate wore word
ily on, with few listening and
many waiting to speak, some 40
members from the more populous
states met In the office of Chair
man Sabath (D-Ill) of the rules
committee to organize their oppo
sition to specific provisions of the
measure.
In particular they objected to a
limitation of 125,000 on WPA
building construction projects, and
to a proposal that $125,000,000 of
the appropriation be transferred
from WPA to the Public Works
Administration. In addition, they
prepared to seek an increase in
the appropriation for the National
Youth Administration. The bill
contains $81,000,000 for this pur
pose, although the administration
asked $123,000,000.
Farm Security
Increase Bought
Thirty farm-bloc members of
the house organized for an effort
to raise the proposed $121,000,000
outlay for the farm security ad
ministration to at least $150,000,
000. This group, in addition, de
cided to request funds for a 'con
tinuation of the dust bowl shelter
belt, a gigantio tree-planting pro
ject, for which congress has twice
refused to appropriate.
- Downtown, meanwhile, WPA
Administrator " F. C. Harrington
declared, that the bill's provision
to set up a three-man board to
administer WPA waa a "mistake."
"Ton can get better results with
one man," he told reporters. "It
this man does not make proper
decisions he should be kicked out
and someone else given the job."
Both Harrington and Secretary
Ickes, head of the public works
administration, spoke out against
some of the 'bill's restrictive pro
visions, provisions which Repre
sentative W o o d r u m (D-Va.) ,
speaking for the appropriations
committee, told the house would
"dress up and clean up" the ad
ministration of relief.
Ickes objected particularly to
a clause which would forbid any
future use of PWA funds to build
industrial plants in competition
with existing private enterprises.
This section, he asserted, strikes
directly at the PWA power de
velopment program. Under that
program, $253,000,000 of power
plants have been constructed since
1933. Applications tor additional
building totalling $50,000,000 are
pending.
Ickes Holds Bill
Dictates to Cities
Ickes said the restriction "dic
tates to municipalities what they
should and should not apply for
and, in that, it distinctly traverses
the democratic principles of gov
ernment" Harrington said some provi
sions of the bill were "going to
be awfully tough to administer."
He called upon President Roose
velt, accompanied by Aubrey Wil
liams, administrator of the na
tional youth administration, to ex
press concern, it was reported, at
the near exhaustion of funds, and
to urge speed in congressional
action on the bOL
"Hoknm," Says Ickes
WASHINGTON. June 15-UPr-
Secretary Ickes said today that
those who oppose a third term tor
President Roosevelt were Indulg
ing in "political hokum."
They "didn't howl when some
arrested m. third term for Calvin
Coolidge," the interior secretary
told reporters. '
Aid for English Bombings
Asked, by Irish Army Head
NEW -TORK; Jane 18-(ff)- Sean
Russell, commander-in-chief of
the Irish republican army, called
upon Americans of Irish descent
tonight to lend their moral and
financial support to the army's
"organized will-o'-the-wisp bomb
ings" of English dtlea.
. Asserting his group of bombers
were well-trained, he . said "We
are not asking our men to carry
any of the things to identify him
as a soldier, we're asking him to
come off the land and carry a lit
tle parcel, . . . leave It where he's
told, go home to his English land
lady and let her show him the pa
per about it the next morning.",
- Eoin UeKiernan, public rela
tions officer of Clan Na Gael, said
the - army had perpetrated 110
bombings In London, Liverpool,
Birmingham' and 'Manchester in
Patrol Withdrawals
Lessens A nxiety of
Foreis
C7
Japanese Adamant in Face of British
Insistence That Search of
Nationals End
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England's Whole China Policy Rests
on Outcome of Conflict of
Interests in City
By J. D. WHITE
TIENTSIN, June 16. (Friday) (AP) Japanese and
British officials exchanged
crisis here into a conflict of interests involving Britain
whole policy in China as Japanese today tightened their
blockade of Tientsin's British and French concessions.
Britain insisted last night
and searching British subjects
that their "strong attitude will be continued until British
authorities completely change
attitude
The exchange came after
O
Parleys Unlikely,
Declare
Jap
anese
Key Cabinet Heads Meet
Today to Talk Over
Tientsin Affair
TOKYO, June 10-(ff)-The for
eign office spokesman declared to
day that no further negotiations
with the British were likely over
the dispute la Tientsin which has
evolved into a broader dispute
over prestige in the orient.
"For the time being were is
nothing to do but await develop-,
ments," the spokesman said.
"What military authorities are de
termined to get now is a guaran
tee in terms of Britain's readiness
to cooperate in the future."
Five key ministers of the cab
inet arranged a meeting tor today
to discuss action in Tientsin,
where a blockade of British and
French foreign concessions was
started Wednesday.
An authoritative source Indi
cated that Japanese demands now
are: Reorganization of foreign
concession administration to give
Chinese of the Japanese-sponsored
Tientsin government greater au
thority; a financial policy by
which British banks would facili
tate circulation of Japanese fed
eral reserve notes; immediate de
livery of the fonr Chinese prison
ers Japanese suspect of murdening
a Tientsin official; "pledges of fu
ture cooperation."
Nazis Fire Away
At Great Britain
Campaign Begun to Hit
"Foreign lies" of
Democracies
BERLIN, June IS () Nasi
officials, irritated by reports
abroad of German troop move
ments allegedly aimed at the par
tition of Slovakia, began a coun
ter campaign today against what
they termed "foreign lies." They
centered fire on Great Britain. -
Holding the British responsible
tor "a deliberate campaign of
lies," they declared Britain's ob
ject was "to bolster up the en
circlement negotiations (with so
viet Russia) which have not been
going well."
They said they took the view
that "Britain aad France must
create an atmosphere of danger.
first to convince their own people
of the necessity of collaborating
with soviet Russia and secondly
to Impress Russia so that the so-
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the past five months.' .
. James Brisbane, Clan Na Gael
member, terming the - bombers
"our expeditionary force in Eng
land." predicted the Engllsb
would be so terrified within the
next ten months that the kingdom
would grant all Irish demands. '
t. Russell, who 'was arrested In
Detroit June S, the day before
King George and Queen Elizabeth
arrived at Windsor, OnL, across
the border, thanked !your great
president tor his prompt and gen
erousactlon to one of our men ia
difficulties a few days ago." - .
v He refused to discuss his ar
rest further, promising: a full
statement before he returns to Ire
land ta a few days. He waa re
leased Jane S after a 15,000 bond
was approved by the US labor de
partment.' - -
ners in Area
demands which extended the?
that Japanese cease halting
and ships. Japanese reiterated
their pro-Chiang Kai-Shek
forces of both nations had?
withdrawn from patrols along op
posite sides of sandbag barricades,
on the British concession's border.
The end of the episode, in wtiksV
British with machine-guns and1
Japanese with tanks were sepa
rated by only a few feet, some
what relieved the anxiety of 5,0
foreigners hemmed within the
concessions by Japanese blockade-
since early Wednesday.
(Japanese also Imposed a navaT
blockade on Kulangsu, Interna
tional settlement at Amoy, lndK
eating that what had been a pure
ly local incident was widening into
a major dispute, between Japan's
"new. order in east, Asia" an
foreign interests. f .'r.- r!r ;.
(If essages . la Shanghai from-
foreign sources said Japanese also
had blockaded properties ef a
large British shipping firm, Bnt
terfield and Swire, la Hankow.
Britain Prepares
Economic afove
(In London, Britain was be
lieved ready to take direct econ
omic action against Japan's blocav
ade of the three Chinese ports aneT
British Prime Minister Chamber--
lain indicated to the house of con
mons r the possibility of seekfnsr
Joint action of Britain. France and'
the United States.) ,.
London t attitude and the reit
eration by Japanese officials ef
their "determination" to reject
British overtures for settlement
"as mere temporary expedients to
tally unacceptable to Japan" cre
ated belief here that the erisia
would become a direct issue be
tween London and Tokyo. 1 ;-
began as a purely local dtejsr
pute between British and JapaoV
ese officials here when the British
rejected Japanese demands that
four Chinese, accused of terror
ism, be turned over to them from
the British concession.
The British protest here was
lodged by the British Consul-General
Edgar G. Jamieson. with the
Japanese consul-general. ' '
The note accused Japanese ef
discriminating against the Brit
ish from among the foreign eem
munlty of Tientsin" and requested
that f Immediate steps be taken te
insure no repetition thereof in the
future." - , ;
Britons Baerched V
By Japanese .
Jamieson cited cases of Britons
subjected to Japanese search, in
cluding two uniformed British
soldiers concerning whom he par
ticularly protested, and also of mo
lestation of British shipping sna
the Hal river, Tientsin's outlet t
the sea. .-.
. He specified two instances
where Japanese military and Chi
nese police "stopped, boarded an
searched" British craft, declarinff
that "nobody but duly authorize
customs officials have the right te
board British ships."
The British consul-general re
quested an "immediate reply .
for the information of my govern
ment to whom these facts already
have been transmitted." -
Early release of Erie afsyeU.
British subject - aad cameraman
for Fox Movietone Newtreel was)
was arrested tor photographing"
the Japanese barricades, was con
sidered unlikely. v . -
, - The v Japanese , consul-general
said .he had hoped to release the
cameraman Thursday night, ."eel
In Tier of his attitude that is ao
very difficult-" Hi said Mayell law
sUted he had the right "to t holo
graph any Japanese object -
;. Japanese, dispuUng this; . re
fused to allow interviewers to see) -
if avail .' Jl i;"'.- ,"-. ' " .y - '
T Under,, the -Japanese blockade
the concessions' business yester- r
day was ata standstills None wag.
conducted outside .the barriers. '
i Whereas , yesterday v Chinese
were permitted through the bar-
rier at a rate of about one a
minute. The average dropped to
day to about tour an hour under
increasingly strict examinations s"
by Japanese officers." . ; ; , ? v
.- Long lines of Chinee , never
tesless, stood patiently for hours
under a sun that kept tempera
tures close to 100 degrees fahr- :
enhelt In the shade waiting an
epportnnityVto enter tbe!-foreigc&
areas, ?cvtJT ".i-rv vi: " :',
progressive men."
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