Show news as review of current v i events the world over japans japan s military seizure of alia shanghai n creates dangerous sit situation ua tion china ahina Demands Fore orcille si steps t cp by v league of nations by EDWARD W PICKARD I 1 M ORE trouble for the world devel lv ops aps antho in the orient japan pushing bo her r campaign to put an end to the anti japanese boycott in china and with the added provocation of riotous dem a against 9 i a i n s t 1 I her nationals in Shang shanghai bal assembled 4 warships at that great port and the military occupation of the city was begun by a force of about marines to protect the foreign settlement A bobr regiments regiment s of marines and dr W W yen american several battalions of british troops were standing by and warships of those nations were hurry in DP to the scene before the council coanell of the league langu 0 of nations in geneva dr iva W W yen the chinese minister to the united states set forth foith count rys s aide ide of the controversy controvert ly andleman and deman demanded tied that bat the council conf enforce orre the league covenant without delay in washington president hoover ind sa secretary tary of state stimson were f considering what america might do tn in the c crisis rr I 1 they wo proposed posed to great lie at britain that ibe two nations apply acono economic m lc embargoes or boycotts to trade with japan but the Ha cDonald iq government seemed reluctant to do anything more than to dispatch warships for the pro protection of the international settlement the mayoros mayor mayo of shanghai had bad yielded to io the japanese demands but nt now new demands were put fo forwar dand immediately thereafter t the 3 Japanese marines were landed proceeded to sele chapel the chinese quarters quarter As aliey th ey swept through the district they encountered the desperate resistance of several thousands chinese troops whereupon whre upon planes were brought into action band and chapel was thoroughly bombed conflagrations nearly destroyed the densely populated qua quarter 1 atef and the fatalities were undoubtedly heavy the bloody battle continued for hours and at one time the chinese defenders fenders had bad recaptured the important north railroad station the abo japanese s had previously made their way across the Whang poo river to Po plotting otting site of big japanese cotton mills and evidently intended to a advance further into chinese territory also they had shelled and occupied woosung Wo the fort it at the mouth of the Whang poo their warships at the same time had gone up the yingtse and three cruisers were lying off re ready to shell that capital city the chinese nationalist tion alist klist government wis was busily mobilizing all its strength and calling on the league of nations for i help cheang kal kai shek former pr president was made premier and apparently was virtually the dictator HAT course the united states wa WHAT government would follow was uncertain but the stiffening of its policy toward Japan japanese epe encroachments encroach ments was indicated by the sending of four more warships to chinese waters from manila they were destroyers and their presence was requested by rear admiral Y S williams commander of the yingtse patrol ct ary stimson cable to tokyo asking the intentions of japan and roc received elved what was called a reassuring reply but it was stated in washington that president hoover was proceeding on the theory that japan would be violating international law ij if she landed troops on chinese soll soli for any purpose but the protection of japanese nationals and their property russia came bame into the picture again when jo japan pan asked permission silon to u use sq the chinese eastern railway in manchuria ch uria to transport t troops to harbin where chinese soldiers were maraud ing russia flatly refused the requests request stating it intended to observe neutrality tra lity the league council had heard beard both dr W W yen and sato the Japa japanese delegates joseph paul who replaced briand as chairman warned japan to iro TO easy at shanghai lie he admitted that thai the situation was grave yen not only relies on the nine power treaty and the kellogg pacts pact but lie he also threatened to invoke article XV of the beag league alp ilp c covenant i ove nant which to la followed by 1 article XVI and the latter Is the one Z that thai provides for against nations t that hat resort to war furthermore w war ar might well be mada to cover uch each operations op erat lons as those of the japanese against the so called chinese bandits some of the nations in the eagus are mighty in the mat matter ter of f sanctions yen in his talk took a stronger iro 9 I 1 1 r posIt position IoA than the chinese ii have to P previously r e busly taken before the coun xiam at ell and his characterization of the aati 4 of japan was forcible and buncom i promising g ile he complained too about the slowness in the formation of th the e leagues 1 ague q commission of inquiry and in alts fl getting to manchuria ilan churla where it will ariot arroyo until april abandoned ened the reparations A A af jn J conference in lausanne fri france P jw great r eat BrIta britain lh are still trying to it solve le je problem without the aid of v VE rep y I 1 j t the united states premier laval in conversation with lord tyrrell british ambassador suggested a temporary plan calling for a moratorium on reparations lafter the Anic rIcan elections the moratorium would expire before december 15 when the next french payment to tho the united states Is due aue 4 afier the french Irren cli elections in may and before expiration of the new moratorium a conference would be called at lausanne or elsewhere to negotiate a permanent agreement such a plan would be in line with the american attitude that germanys germanas Germ anys reparations creditors agree among themselves before the question of ad war debts Is broached NE notable result of the whole 0 ONE manchurian Manc hurlan affair Is the announced determination of sir eric drummond to relinquish early next year his position ng as secretary general of the league of nations ile he has held i 4 that office since the days of the pence conference and h has as been a most important figure in the organization severn several governments sharply criticized tho the secretariat because of tho the extreme position sir g E gg no taken by the league drummond ummond nr Drum mona at the beginning of the manchurian Manc hurlan and some so me diplomats accused sir eric of trying to force the powers into committing themselves to action in defense of odthe the covenant which might have let led I 1 to war with japan sir eric was evidently dlug disgusted with what he considered the weak action of the league council especially at the carls session and felt that the league had suffered great loss of prestige gb the other league officials officials do not wish to lose his ier services vIces and it was considered possible they might prevail on him io change his mind about resigning this however seemed likely only if the council would take a sterner ster er attitude toward japan SEVERE loss was sustained by both the business buil ness and the sp sporting world in the death of william wrigley jr which occurred at his winter home in phoenix arts ariz the chicago capitalist known universally as the magnate of chewing gum and the owner of the chicago cubs of the national baseball league had many other and vast interests including banks mines real estate projects and the moving picture industry born in germantown pa 70 years ago ho he ran away at the age of eleven and started business in new york as aa a newsboy in 1891 lie he went vent to chicago and formed his own company which soon began the manufacture of chewing gum and was vastly successful all his varied enterprises resulted in bringing mr wrigley a great fortune estimates by his associates ranged anywhere from to he was the majority stockholder in the william wrigley tr jr company whose earnings in 1030 exceeded I 1 ma may be the final outcome W WHATEVER thomas 11 massie of the american navy hla his mother in law mrs granville F Fortes or tescue cuc and E J lord and alberto albert 0 jones will not have to pay tho the death penalty tor for the killing of joseph Talia hawal in an r 1 honolulu suspected 11 I 1 na fat jf attacker of mrs mas f V ble the four defendants in the sensational case were indicted by the pie grand jury in honolulu but the W charge Is second de gree murder the pen mrs mr graville granville alty y for which Is g 20 fortescue ys years to life imprisonment A transcript of proceedings of the grand jury indicated that body attempted tempted to make a report earlier and that circuit judge cristy refused it tho the transcript revealed he pleaded with them to lay aside race prejudice 1 to consider crimes as aa defined by statutes not as defined by individuals repeatedly told the grand jurors that whether tie the accused four should bo be punished for killing the hawaiian was a question for the trial jury to decide the defense attacked the indictment on the ground that the grand jury was coerced by the judge artmoor penitentiary the historic DARTMOOR english prison near plymouth was the scene of a violent mu tiny in which more than SOO SM convicts fought desperately all one day with the guards nod and police the rioters who were enraged because no sugar was served with their porridge burned the principal cipal buildings before they were subdued there were were oo 00 ma ra mafali fali ties b haf ul 95 05 of the lie prison prisoners erk were wounded |