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WashingtonThe WashingtonTate Washington -The The -Tate Tate - The Soviet govern govern- government government government - - ment Is confident that tllat despite the themllltmy themilltnty theinliitaly mllltmy milltnty coup by which the flropatIng firc fire ( > eat eating at ating ing ' faction f'lltlon flltlon of the Japanese Jnpane.se Jnpanese . militarycaste mlUtnry military mlUtnrycaste militarycaste caste lias hns has re regained 1lned ' control of or the theJ'1pnlwQe theJapanese theJapanese J'1pnlwQe J1pnlwQe Japanese ' gO\ gO government gOernment \ ernment after being reversed re- re reversed re reversed - - versed In the recent election , there thereIs thereis tliereIs Is no serious danger of war In theFar the theFar tlieFar Far East Enst EastOnly EnstOnl EastOnly Onlthe Only Onl- Onl ) - the po possibility lblIlty that th'lt thlt thit ' some ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the same SOl soit sat t of 'young young ' young ofhcers olrcers officers"may officersmay ( " m'lY mlY may ' piovoke provoke pi o\"oh.e ooh.e o "oh.e ohe \ " . an Incident Incldent on the border bor border border der really reaH refill , } ) thieatcns tiueitens tIu e\tens e tens ' \ that dangerJBu dnnger danger dnngerBut dangerBut But e even esen . en this dan dangei danger el , , . the SO\ SO Soviet SOlet Sosket \ let an au nu authontlcs nuthorities thontlcs thorities beIle\e beIle e believe \ , Is remote , and for t\\ t two t0 ' \ 0 reasons re'lson relson ' < : . . . One Is that the young yoong officers so somuch somuch somuch much talked taUed , about are now just justruslung justrushing justrushing ruslung rushing Into situations sltU'ltIons sltUltIons sltuitions ' without the theappro theapproi theapproval appro\ appro approi approal \ al nl of very much more Impor Impor- Important Important Important - tant heads This Is at least the thethird thethird thethird third time tills this 501 sot soit t of thing has oc occurred occurred occurred curred though the piesent plesent present is themost the themost themost most fl't flt flagrant ' rant because becnuse It denies the theright theright theright right of ot the Japanese J'lp'lnese Jlplnese ' ' votcis votels voters to dictite die dic diet'lte dietate t'lte tlte tite ' the policies poUcles of ot their government govern government government ment . : Each r'lcb rlcb Cich ' time the action of ot the ' ' } ! . oun oung dung ' " officers " has had h'ld hld hid ' the sameobjectivecomplete same sameobject sameobjective object objective-complete objective complete ve-complcte ve complcte - - complete control of the thego.ernment thegovernment thegovernment go.ernment goernment government . by the most feiventsaber fel fervent ferventsober vent ventsuer s\uer s uer sober ' \ rattlers In the military mlIlt'lry mlIltlry mtutory ' estab est'1b- est'1b est1b estab- est'1bIIshment establishment establishment ' - lishment IIshment . . lishmentThe The lIo Moscow cow government go\"ernment go "ernment ernment \ " , , accord accordIng accordlag accordIng Ing lag to reliable relhble rellibie private prlate prisate prl\ prl \ ate advices advlces reach re'lch relch reicl- reicl reaching reicling ' ] . - ing the State tate department dep'lrtment deplrtment deportment ' , , does not notbelle notbellese notbelieve belle\ belle bellee bellese \ e that the "old old "oJd oJd " heads " among amongthe amongthe amongthe the saber s'1ber s1ber sober ' rattlers-the rattlers the rattlers - the high ranking rankingarm rankingarmy rankingarm army arm ; and navy na\y na y nary \ officerh officer officers really Incommand in incommand Incommand command of the situation Sltu'ttlon Sltuttlon ' , , and who whoreally \ whoreally ho hore'llly re'llly rellly really ' Inspire these killings klIHngs occa occaslon'lIIy occaslonilly occasionally slon'lIIy slonlIIy slonilly ' by the apparently apP'lrentIv apPlrentIv apporently ' irrespon irresponsibJe irresponsable Irresponsible sibJe sable young officers-want officers want officers - - want wai wm wan with withthe \ withthe \ Ith Iththe the Sot So Soviet , let right now . Tlie The ' answer 1nswer Is that the Japanesearmy Japanese Japanesearmy Japanesearmy army and navy officers omcers know lnow , per perfectly perfectly perfcctly perfcctlywell fectly -well well - , the SO\ SO Soviet SOlet Soslet \ let go\crnment go crnment government gocrnmentbelle.es governmentbelieves governmentbelieves \ belle.es bellees believes . they would be biting bltmg off offmore offmore offmore more possible pocslbly po slbl , } than tl11D thin they could chewAt chew chewAt chewAt At the time tlie the Rus&o Ruso llu.o lluo Russo " & : . Japanese vv w \ 'lr lr or 'lrbrol.e orbroke ' orbroke brol.e brole broke . out In the old days da s It ispoint ispointed Isr IS ' point pointed pointcdjout ed out , , Russii-old Russii old llus Russia < : I'l-old I'l Il old ' - old Impel Impell'll Impellll Impetiol lal ' RussiaIt nu Russio < : sh , , It W'lS WlS was wvis ' then-h'ld then h'ld hld then-hid hid then - had ' onl onb only , } 40,000 40000 , , men ID in IDthe inthe intlie the Far rar Ca.t Cat Last Eas ! : . > t And they were r'lther rlther rather r'ltherpoorly ratherpoorly ratherpoorly ' poorly equipped eqmpped In fact , , there were werequite \ werequite \ ere ereQUite QUite a few fe " scandals sC'lnd'11s sClnd11s ' ' about that elernent elemcnt ele element ment rnent literRussia's later hter liter laterRussia's Russia's Russias ' ' Great ArmyRussia Army ArmyRussia Russia nussia Is not telling tellln ; how manymen many manymen manymen me-n me n men - she has h'ts hts his ' in the Far rar : East I'lst Ilst L'ost Lost ' ' now nowbut , . but repol ropoits reports ts fiom flom from flomIoscow \ Moscow \Ioscow Ioscow are that thatSo thatSns thatSoviet So\ So Sns Solet \ let olliciais olllcI'tls olllcItls oiiieiils ' are rather r'lther rlther ' cOlUIIla comply cOlUIIlacent complycent coiuplacent cent ' \ when hen the subject is mentioned mentioned.It mentionedIt . . . It Isell Is \ well \\ell ell known hno\\n hno n \ that th'lt thlt thit ' the llussl'ln llusslln Russlan llussl'lnfit Russlanaims Russianaim ' fit aims m now has considerably consulcrabh considerable In ex es escess excess excess cess of a million mllllon men , and that the\ the tries theare triesare theyare \ are excellently equipped with allthe all allthe allthe the most modern \ war wir 1r ' materials m'lterlals mlterlals ' , , e"C eC ex e"Cpenshe expensise expensive " penshe pensise as they the , } may 01'1Y 011Y moy ' be It Is freely freelyadmitted ( frecliadmitted reel admitted that C\ C Cel eveiy esety \ el y sacrifice s'lcrifice slcrifice ' neces necessary necessary neccssary sary was WrlS made m'lde mlde mode ' to attain 'ltt'lm lttlm ottain ' ' this ob oh objectl ohjectise objective objectiveIsow jectl jectise \ e er.ow jectiserow Isow r-.ow r.ow r .ow ow row - . also , , it Is pointed out in inMosco InMoscow inMoscow Mosco\ Mosco Moscow Moscothe \ . , , . the trans Siberian Siberl'ln Siberlln ' rallroad railroad rallroadhas railroadhas railroadhas has been double tracked tr'lc1.ed trlc1.ed trlc1ed tricked ' . all the way waythrough waythrough waythrough through to VIadivostock Vl'ldh Vlldh Vlidls ' ostoc1 ostock . Near thelatter the thelatter thelatter latter Clt citi city there are forces of bomb bombing bombing bombIng ing and fighting planes calculated calcul'lted calcullted calculited ' to tog1 togise togive g1\ g1 g1e gise \ e the J'lpane Jlpane Japanese ' < : ; e consllerable considerable considerablepause consllerablepa considerablepause ] pa pause use . . . . Moreover .Moreover , . the Russians nusslans merely merelysmile merel merelysmile , } smile when asked about that north northard northward northward \\ard ard ward \ \ push of the Japanese , appar apparently apparently apparently ently aimed at cutting the trans Slberian SI SIberl'1n Siberlin berl'1n berl1n berlin ' railroad There arc are plentv plenty plentyof plentyof ' of fortifications , , and plenty orell of or \\ell ell sell sellequipped \ wellequipped equipped soldieis soldlels soldiers to resist any Jap Japanece Japanese Japanese anece anese ; attempt to leach the railroadThere rallro'ld rallrold rallroid rallro'ldThere rallroidThere ' There have h'1ve h1ve hove ' been one or t\\ t two t0 \ 0 hruslH's hruslHs Iirusht's Iirushts brushesthey ' ' , , they mention gnmb grlml grimly , } , and ) the tw T'lp Tlp Top T'lpanese Topanese Tapnnese ' anese are not unaware unaW'lre unaWlre unaivore ' of the llus Rus lluss1an Russlan RusElan s1an slan strengthAlso strengthAlso strength strengthAlso Also , , the llu Russians Russlons shns have calcul'lt calcullt calculit calcul'lted calculited calculated ' ed on the possibility that a bombing bombingsquadron bombingsquadron bombingsquadron squadron puslinto pushinto or a quick successful push into one salient s'tllent stllent silent ' might cut the trans transSlberi.lD transSiberian transSiberian Slberi.lD SlberilD Siberian . . line hne ' ' 'lheyhave 'theyhave temporarily 'lhey lhey 'they they 'ibe ibe ; have thingth'lt eserythinthit built up stocks stochs of e\ e eer eserythin everthlnfthat \ er } thing g th'lt thlt thit ' might be needed at strategic strategicpoints strategicpoints strateglfpoints points Near VIadivostock Vl'ldlvostock Vlldlvostock Vlidlvostock ' they not notonly no noonly noonly t only have 11a\e 11a e base \ munitions plants , bubhip but butbhlp bu bubhip t bhlp bhip building bUlldlng iards yards ards , which hn base havebcelvery : e beenvery been beenvery very successful In constructing submurIDes submarines sub murIDes marines Altogether they are more concerned con concerned concerned cerned about Germany than aboutJapon about aboutJap'ln aboutJapan aboutJapanCase Jap'ln Japln Japon ' JaponCase Case of West VirginiaHoping Virginia VirginiaHoping Hoping that he has settled the thefactional thefactional thefactional factional : row In Maine0 Maine , , - ' 10 -0 0 io menac menacIng menaclag raenacIng Ing lag to encouraging encouraJlng returns from the thePine thePine thePine Pine Tree ' ' state In September's Septembers Septeruber's Septerubers congresslonal con congresslonal congrcsslonal gresslonal election , President lloose loose loosewelt Roosevelt Westc NestC .clt clt welt . now turns his attention to West Nest WestVirginia c . C , Virginia , , . where the situation sltu'ltlon sltultlon ' Is esen esenmore e evenmore . en enmorc morc more difficult . Maine's Maines ' moral ef- ef effect ef .f f < . effect . - fect on Democratic workers worl.ers worlers . In therest the therest therest ' rest of the country may be tremen tremendous tremendons trcmcndous optimlstic optimistic dous dons , , but not e even . en the IDO most t optimls optimis optlmistic tic New Dealer thinks an ani , } elector'll electorll electoral electoralvotes elector'llvotE electoralvotes ' votE votes ' ' are Involved insotsed 1m 01\ 01 01ed \ ed there WhereasWest Whert'lS WhertlS Whereis Whert'lSWect WhereisWert ! ' Wect Wert ; Virginia's Virginias Vlrrs1nln's Vlrrs1nlns ' ' eight electoral votes votesmlgh votesmigh votesmight mlgh migh . , easily Fnslly decide d'clde dclde ( ' who Is to bePres1 be bePresiJ bePrcsljznt . PresiJ Pres1 1 , nt for the four Cour , } cars ears begm begin beginning begmDIng beginning .1 1 DIng ning next Jnnuda-Y Jnnuda Y Januiy Janu i.y iy , . - , . All AU the New Deal hopes hOPlS bopcs for In InMaine inMaine lrMaine i Maine , really reaIIy , , . is H to tu save llepresenta Representa llepresentathe Representatine Representatlve the tine : Edward rd\\.rd rd.rd rd .rd Cdward \ \ . . C U Moran No one f.l fl fa familiar f.lmtJIar famlllar . mtJIar miliar with svith the Maine situationhopes situation situationhopes situatloihopes hopes to elect eIe .t t < . a Democrat from tinPortland the thePort1.md thePortland e Port1.md Port1md Portland . district dihtilct ibtl Ict , , wheie wliete whcI e Represen Representatise nepl Repiesentatlve esen esentath tath tatise e Simon M Hamlln llamUn Hamlin ' was 'yes yes swept swept1n < ; swepIn \ \ ept eptIn t In 1n on the lDJ 1931 1031 1 Democra Democratic tit high hlgb tideTile tideThe tide tideThe ' . The Tile Brann Moran row ro\\ ro rotbl \ \ tin tbl threatens threatensescn eatencvtn e'llen ellen ' C\ C Cl.n escn \ l.n ln . this much salvne salvae sal vaoC " , It promisea promisesa promises s a solid soUI1 Republican Hepuhlllun itepublican f : > slate s > latc from Mainein Maine Mainein MainIn in September Sepllmuer , , \ with Ith Its rC'3uItlng rC3uItlng resulting resultinwoi resultingwot ' 'OJ OJ wot " ' I 1 \ to tu tlw the lh rest rlst of the lhe country that thn Lt . - the New Den Deal I has hRS slipped sUpped With Withthe Withthe Withthe the full realisation renll.mtlon renllmtlon reali&ation realiation . & of how much nt at nttention nttention atteutloa tention teutloa Is paid to Maine's Maines ' ' Scptemher September Scptemherelections Septemberelections Septemberelections elections , despite the cold fact tnct thatas that thatas thatas as a barometer Maine Malnc has bas oftc often oftenbeen oftenbeen . > n nbeen been wrong , , . James A . Parley Farley h'ts hts his h'tsbeen hisbeen hasbeen ' been holding conference after con conterence conference conference terence ference In tlie'hope tliehope tl1e the ' hope of ot placatingLouis placatingLouis placating placatingLouis Louis J . . Brann , , whose re election as asgovcrnor asgovernor nsgovernor govcrnor governor In 1934 1034 proved his popu popularlty popularity popularity larlty larity . , . but who has been very muchoff much muchofT 011 off ' the reservation reservntlon reservatlon since the ap- ap appointment appointment ap appointment - - pointment of or Professor Professor ' Abrahamson Abrahamsonof Abrahamsonor or of BowdoinPlacating Bovvdoln Bowdoin Placating BrannSo Brann BrannSo So Brann was ivas summoned to WashIngton Wash Nash Washi NashIngton i Ington , . talked at length with Farley Parleyand , , and was wao ; taken tnken to the White House Houseto Houseto Houseto to see If It the Roosevelt personal personality personalitywould personalitywould ! ty would ' \ ould do the trick It was W'19 W19 w'is wis ' ' rum01 rumored rumoredlater cd cdlatcr later latcr that th'1t th1t thit ' he could have hae base ha\ ha \ e the 'lssist lssist isslst 'lssistant isslstant ' ant secretl1r secretaryship secretaryslilp shlp of ot tlie U1C the navy If Ifhe ifbe Ifhe he be wanted it The trouble about aboutplacating aboutplacating aboutplacating placating Brann Is that he lie would wouldh'le wouldhose wouldhave h'l\e h'l hl e hose ' \ to be given ghen gisen some signal sign'll signll signil ' honoroutside honor honoroutslcIp honoroutside outslcIp outside the state Am Anything Ansthing thing Inside Insidethe insidethe Insidethe the state st'1te st1te ' would more than runle ruflle runlellepresent ruflleRepresentative ruflleRepresentative llepresent Representative 1tl\"c 1tl "c c < \ " Moian MOlan Moran . . MoreoerMoran MoreoverMoran Moreover Moreo\er Moreo er Moreoverloran \ Moran loran Jigs h'lO hlO his ' ; sold the White House Honse Honseand Houseand and WPA Dictator Harry L Hop kins klns pretty thoroughly on the l Idea Ideathit Ideathat < , a ath'lt th'lt thlt thit ' Brann's Branns ' friends just "on on won " wont t doIn do doIn In West Virginia the situation iseven Is Iseven Iseven even more dl1f difficult cult . The t\\ t two t0 \ 0 strong strongfigures strongfigures strongfigures figures of the Democratic Democr'1t1c Democr1t1c ' party , , who whoIJappen whohappen whohappen IJappen happen to be the two tuo senators sen'ltors senltors senitors ' , . are areat areat |