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Show SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK Western Newspaper Union. Chinese Flee From Capital NANKING, capital of China, was abandoned as the seat of the government because of the rapid advances ad-vances westward of the Japanese Y being scattered in several cities, the central point being Hankow, on the Yangtse 300 miles west of Nanking. One army of the in-I in-I vaders was moving i from Shanghai on Nanking, and another anoth-er was about to at- tack Tsinan, capital Chiang of Shantung prov-Kai-Shek jnce in North China China, however, was far from giving up the fight. It was reported in Shanghai that Generalissimo Chiang Chi-ang Kai-Shek had resigned as president pres-ident of the executive council in order or-der to lead his troops in a final effort ef-fort to stop the Japanese and win the war. H. H. Kung, it was said, would succeed Chiang in the presidency. presi-dency. He is finance minister Thousands of civilians and foreigners for-eigners were fleeing from Nanking. But military authorities remained there and declared the city would not be surrendered to the Japanese without a desperate fight. If the Japanese penetrate the powerful pow-erful "Hindenburg line" anchored on Soochow, Changshu, and Kash-ing, Kash-ing, the Chinese were expected to fall back to new positions stretching from Kiangyin, on the Yangtse river, riv-er, to Wusih, 100 miles east of Nanking. Paris heard that Japan was threatening to establish a naval blockade of the Chinese coast if any nations attempted to send supplies to the Chinese armies. Britain Woos Hitler VISCOUNT HALIFAX, lord president presi-dent of the council in the British cabinet, was in Germany ostensibly for the purpose of visiting a hunting exhibition but actually to negotiate with Hitler and other Nazi chiefs for the establishment of more friendly friend-ly relations between Great Britain and Germany. Public belief was that he was authorized to hint to Hitler that there was hope Germany Ger-many might regain some of its lost colonies if Germany would abandon its economic isolation and co-operate with other European powers pow-ers in a revised League of Nations. The British want to detach Germany, Ger-many, and Italy, too, if possible, from their alliance with Japan. Halifax Hal-ifax was a fitting messenger to send to Berlin, for he is an outstanding friend of Germany among British officials. Leaving It Up to Uncle Sam I" TNLESS congress changes the neutrality act, it is probable the nations that signed and adhered to the nine-power Pacific treaty will take no positive action ac-tion against Japan for violating that pact The delegates to the Brussels conference, con-ference, with the exception ex-ception of Italy, voted vot-ed to censure the Japanese for making mak-ing war on China, and then adjourned to get further in- structions from their governments. N- H- Uavis Great Britain and France agreed to join in any effort "short of war" which the United States may decide de-cide should be made, this meaning economic sanctions against Japan. But the isolationist policy of this country would have to be abandoned if such sanctions were to be of any avail. A long document was submitted to the conference by China asking that the war be ended by the infliction inflic-tion of penalties against Japan. The memorandum gave statistical tables that showed economic sanctions could halt Japan because of that nation's na-tion's dependence on foreign markets mar-kets and foreign sources of supply. Norman H. Davis, chief American Ameri-can delegate, in addressing the conference, con-ference, was rather conciliatory toward to-ward Japan, but he said: "The question in its final analysis, is whether international relations shall be determined by arbitrary force or by law and respect for international in-ternational treaties. In fact, that seems to be the greatest issue facing fac-ing the world today." Airplane Crash Tragedy GRAND DUKE GEORGE OF HESSE, his wife, mother and two little sons and six other persons j were killed when a Belgian air liner crashed and burned near Os-tend. Os-tend. They were on their way to attend the wedding of the duke's brother Ludwig in London. Ludwig succeeded to the title and the marriage mar-riage ceremony was performed privately pri-vately with him and his bride, Margaret Mar-garet Campbell Geddes, daughter of Sir Auckland Geddes, in deep mourning. Ludwig was the third grand duke of his line within a week, for his father died only a few days before the airplane tragedy. Extra Session Opens WITH the evident intention of doing what it can to aid business, busi-ness, congress began its extraordinary extraordi-nary session. Its first business was to listen to a rather rath-er long message from Mr. Roosevelt in which the Chief Executive committed commit-ted himself to limited limit-ed tax law revision for the purpose of removing admitted injustices suffered especially by small business and non- t. .....jOMMUlv-, I speculative investors inves-tors President Mr.Roosevelt Rsevelt proposed tax "modifications adequate ade-quate to encourage productive enterprise," en-terprise," but explained that he sought primarily to aid at the expense ex-pense of individual or partnership undertaking. The .President said exercise of "ordinary prudence" would protect the nation against prolonged business busi-ness recession. He reiterated his intention to balance bal-ance the next fiscal year budget, and demanded that congress find and provide new revenue for any added expenditures authorized now. The President asked congress to provide: 1. Wages and hours legislation. 2. An "all-weather" crop control program. 3. Reorganization of executive departments. de-partments. 4. National planning for better use of natural resources. It appeared certain that a vigorous vig-orous opposition to all or part of this program would arise, but nearly near-ly everybody seemed in favor of tax law revision. Plot to Kill Stalin? FROM foreign diplomats stationed in Moscow came reports that a plot by German agents to assassinate assassi-nate Dictator Stalin of Russia had been uncovered, and that it might compromise Maxim Litvinov, foreign for-eign commissar, who left the Brussels Brus-sels conference suddenly and apparently ap-parently seriously worried. Investigations Investi-gations by the G. P. U. already have resulted in the recall or disappearance dis-appearance of many leading Russian Rus-sian diplomats. The German consul con-sul general in Leningrad was ordered or-dered to leave the country immediately. imme-diately. It is believed two German agents arrested some weeks ago confessed the conspiracy to murder Stalin and involve the country in a civil war. "Fireside Chat CALLING on the nation for full cooperation co-operation in the taking of the voluntary census of the unemployed, taken by the Post Office department. depart-ment. President Roosevelt in a "fireside chat" by radio said that permanent cure of the unemployment unemploy-ment problem lies in finding jobs in industry and agriculture. Nevertheless, Neverthe-less, he said, it is still the policy of the administration that no one shall starve through lack of government aid. He gave assurance that the government gov-ernment will try to stimulate private pri-vate industry enough to enable it to re-absorb the jobless; and after the results of the census are tabulated, a long-range program will be launched. This program, he said, will apply to employers as well as to workers, and in this was perceived per-ceived a note of encouragement to business. - The President said prosperity of the' nation depended upon national purchasing power, and added: "Our far-sighted industrial leaders lead-ers now recognize that a very substantial sub-stantial share of corporate earnings must be paid out in wages, or the soil from which these industries grow will soon become impoverished. impov-erished. Our farmers recognize that their largest customers are the workers for wages, and that farm markets cannot be maintained except ex-cept through widespread purchasing power." Mr. Roosevelt emphasized that America will not try to solve the employment problem by a huge armament program, as other nations na-tions are doing. ' Thalberg's Millions AN INVENTORY filed in probate court at Los Angeles placed a gross value of $4,469,013 on the estate es-tate of Irving G. Thalberg, motion picture producer. The net estate will amount to about $2,244,000. After several cash bequests to members of the family the remainder remain-der will be divided into three trust funds of about $629,000 each. The income from one of those will go to Norma Shearer, his widow, for the remainder of her life. Their two children are to receive the income from the remaining two funds until they are thirty-five years old, then the principal. -K Lewis Back from Europe OENATOR LEWIS of Illinois re- turned from a tour of Germany in which he sought to arrange for payments to American holders of German municipal bonds. The group of which he was a member has submitted sub-mitted a report to Secretary of State Hull. In France, England, and Germany, Germa-ny, the senator said he found a strong increase in American exports to the three countries but expressed himself at a loss to see how the nations na-tions could pay for their purchases, because they are all in debt as a result of feverish preparations for or against war. Row in Coal Bureau GEORGE E. ACRET, acting director di-rector of the division of examiners exam-iners of the bituminous coal commission, com-mission, resigned and suggested a congressional investigation of the agency. He says it has almost completely com-pletely broken down, and for this he blames Senators McAdoo of California Califor-nia and McGuffey of Pennsylvania. Acret revealed that there has been a row in the commission for several months over patronage, which he alleges has been "hogged" by the senators; and that another cause of dissension has been the fact that the commission has been seeking to grant railroads below-cost fuel at the expense of general consumers. Here's Wallace's Program CECRETARY WALLACE offered a program which he said would "promote security for both farmers and cdnsumers" in his annual report re-port to the President. To finance it he recommended a moderate processing proc-essing tax on cotton only. Crop control con-trol when necessary, and the "ever normal granary" are parts of his plan. These are the six points of the program which Wallace said would harmonize with the general welfare: 1. Farmers should have a share in the national income to re-establish the prewar ratio of the average farmer's purchasing power to that of the average non-farmer. 2. The people who live on the land must have security of tenure, either as owners of land or renters on a long-time basis. 3. The soil must be used properly and conserved for future farmers and future city dwellers. 4. Farmers through sound co-operatives must come into control of those marketing, processing, purchasing pur-chasing and service functions which they can manage efficiently. 5. Family sized farms should be favored by federal programs, benefit bene-fit payments and other such aids to rural income. 6. Federal and state funds should continue to be spent to promote agricultural ag-ricultural research and farm efficiency. effi-ciency. Death of Atlee Pomerene p NEUMONIA put an end to the 1 career of Atlee Pomerene, former for-mer senator from Ohio. He died in Cleveland at the age of seventy-three seventy-three years. Pomerene gained fame as a special prosecutor in the Teapot Tea-pot Dome oil inquiry, and President Presi-dent Hoover made him chairman of the Reconstruction Finance corporation. |