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Show NEWS REVIEW OF GURRENTEVENTS Powers Confer on Policy in China While Their Nationals Na-tionals Are Fleeing. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. WHAT to do in, or to, China was the serious problem discussed last week by the governments of the United States, Great Britain and Japan Ja-pan In an exchange of notes. The situation sit-uation In Shanghai and along the Tangtse river, though no less dangerous danger-ous than in the previous week, was not so replete with Incidents of violence. Evacuation of Americans, British and Japanese from Hankow and towns beyond be-yond was carried on rapidly, and in some instances the escaping foreigners foreign-ers were stoned and otherwise attacked at-tacked by Chinese. Near Nanking a steamer carrying refugees was fired on by Chinese troops and the American Ameri-can destroyer Paul Jones replied vigorously vig-orously with machine guns and two-pounders. two-pounders. The United States Is closing clos-ing all its consulates in Szechwan and Hunan provinces and its gunboats will be withdrawn from the upper Yangtse as soon as the evacuation of Americans Ameri-cans is completed. Host of the latter lat-ter are missionaries, and a few of them have refused to leave their posts. At the request of Rear Admiral Ad-miral Williams, commander of the Asiatic fleet, 1,500 American marines were started on the way to China. The force includes an artillery detachment detach-ment and an aviation unit. The ar rival of these marines at Shanghai will bring the American landing forces there up to 4,750 men, and the authorities au-thorities at' Washington said the army forces probably would not be sent at this lime for fear that such a move might be interpreted as meaning that the United States intended to occupy Chinese territory. The marines for the new expedition were taken from Eastern stations and were called the Sixth regiment after the unit that won fame in the World war. It was said In Loudon that the attitude atti-tude of America and Japan would decide de-cide the question whether the powers should withdraw entirely from China and let the factions light it out or should hold on to their concessions by force. The British government is represented rep-resented as willing to adopt either course, but will not undertake alone to maintain the latter policy. Japan's cabinet decided to co-operate with America and Great Britain, and possibly pos-sibly France, in investigation of the Nanking outrage, and probably will work with fhem in the defense of lives and property ; but both Washington Washing-ton and Tnkio Indicate that they are averse to anything like active Intervention Inter-vention in the Chinese civil war. President Pres-ident Cooliclge, furthermore, said the United States would not Join the British Brit-ish In punitive measures because of the Nanking incident. This was approved ap-proved by the conservative members of the Nationalist government, but It was reported in Shanghai that the American civil oilicials there were greatly displeased by Mr. Coolidge's policy, one of them e!"clnring: "Unless "Un-less the powers take action now we are lost. I believe cmpl'nticn'ly that n determine.! show of fore., now would put the Chinese conservatives in pwer." Pr. C. C. Wu. one "f the conservatives, conserva-tives, s.-:d coercive measures tending to, intervention in the Chinese situation situa-tion would have the effect of throwing throw-ing all China to the radicals and into the arms of sovift Russia, which is aw.iiiing an opporlnnity to oommunlze all .ia. AriericMi naval tnd marine ma-rine officers there also seem a.-ainst any poiicy of Intervention. Sir .::sten Chainherla'n. Briiis'i foreign secretary, intimated to ptirlia-menr ptirlia-menr that la-' I'riti a government would not lei the Nanking e!ta- k go crinitii.-hi-d miie-s the Cantonese r-:!de ftil .::. logv and paH r-oia'.lete iral-aan'ty. It w:. s::H the pani-M-met:t niigh- take t!. f..-ni of a block- I eV "f the ;-, ;lt,.f,, Iiir, V:ll:g-o alio; ., s': l:ia'i. A s was cv- J ;o:.'.l. th,. nii:,; r tl r Ktiom'n- : talc- have s .ii:.t to r present The ' .V:!:!.ai aft'.,:r as an ...ullage agail.M J the Chinese, and Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, Kai-shek, Cantonese commander, said he would make a strong protest concerning concern-ing the bombardment by American and British warships. Gen. Chiang Kai-shek states that he will soon announce the beginning of a great campaign against Marshal Chang Tso-lin in the North. He plans to send three armies against Peking. The first army will proceed northward along the Shanghai-Peking railway from Kiangsu province ; the second army will advance north along the Peking-Hankow line through Honan province and the third army, commanded com-manded by the Christian general, Feng l'u-hsiang, will advance on Peking Pe-king from the north by the Peking-Suiyan Peking-Suiyan railway from Kalgan. General Chiang declared the nationalists expect ex-pect to obtain military domination of all the Chinese territories before next Christmas. Chang, for his part, has virtually asked the help of the foreiga powers in combating the Cantonese, appealing appeal-ing especially to Japan because, he says, the full victory of the Nationalists National-ists would be followed by an attempt of the Russian Bolshevists to start a Red revolution in Japan, which nation the Russians still consider their enemy. pv ISPATCHES from Mexico City say President Calles and his cabinet, cab-inet, under pressure frtom Genera Obregon, have accepted lite oil and land law understandings arrived at four years ago by the Joint commission commis-sion on which Charles Beecher Warren War-ren and John Barton Tayne represented represent-ed the United States. These provided that Article 27 of the Mexican constitution consti-tution of 1017 could not be given a retroactive effect Calles insisted these understandings were not binding on his administration, and this was especially es-pecially the contention of Luis Moro-nes, Moro-nes, minister of industry and commerce com-merce and labor. But the United States maintained the contrary, and its position was supported by Obregon Obre-gon and finally was accepted by the cabinet Obregon's victory over Mo-rones Mo-rones may bring the latter into the open as a candidate for the presidency presi-dency in opposition to the general. "VJ EARLY all mines In the central competitive field, comprising western Pennsylvania, Ohio", Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, closed down at midnight mid-night Thursday because of the failure fail-ure to agree on a wage scale, and approximately ap-proximately 150,000 miners were thrown out of employment. Officials of the miners' union said temporary agreements had been made with a large number of plants, but the spokesmen for the operators said the union claims were exaggerated and that the mines involved were small. Dispatches from Washington indicated tltat at least for the present the government gov-ernment would take no hand In the controversy. Government surveys indicated in-dicated that nonunion and union mines unaffected by the shutdown have a potential output rate able to supply the country for several months. The figures showed that upward of 0.O00,-000 0.O00,-000 tons of soft coal per week would continue to be produced and that, with the large stocks on hand, there would be no shortage for many weeks. BECAUSE the Armour Grain company com-pany Is accused of delivering r,.0t)(j bushels of "screenings" for No. 2 rve, the Department of Agriculture Is currying cur-rying on an Investigation that In a way involves the Chicago board of trade; Iowa has officially demanded that the grain company be suspended by the board from all trading privileges, privi-leges, timl resolut Ions were introduced in the Illinois senate calling for the same action and for a study to e If it is possible to cancel or am. nd the charier of the board of trade. The rye transaction took place nearly a year ago. Secretary of Agriculture Janiit.e cite, the grain company and the latter asked the Supreme court for n resTralnitig in lunr-tton. Mr .Tar-dii.e .Tar-dii.e say the board of trade refused the government access to records In "the one, but President Bunnell le-n;e le-n;e thK U7IIAT we 5 believed t" be n d-ii'i-vrate airempt to assj-ssinat" Henry Ford ua- revealed when It became be-came known tint (he automobile man-'.faerurer man-'.faerurer v us In a hospital rceo ver-from ver-from painful injuries. Mr. Kurd was driving alone at night from the Dearborn engineering laboratories to his home when a large closed car containing con-taining two men crashed into his coupe, forced it over a 15-foot embankment em-bankment and drove on rapidly. Mr. Ford was rendered unconscious, but recovered and made his way to n gateway gate-way of his estate where help was obtained. ob-tained. He was taken to the hospital suffering from contusions and slight hemorrhages, but within a few days was said to be on the road to complete com-plete recovery. Department of Justice Jus-tice agents took hold of the case and a number of suspects were arrested. This supposed attempt on the billionaire's billion-aire's life came in the midst of the trial of Adam Sapiro's million-dollar libel suit against him, and also at a time when he Is said to have aroused considerable 111 feeling among merchants mer-chants because he opened cut-rate retail re-tail stores. AMERICA, France and England were all threatened In the tragedy trag-edy In the Gare du Nord, Paris, when Countess de Janze, estranged wife of a Frenchman, shot Raymond V. di Tratt'ord. scion of a prominent British family, and then put a bullet through her own body. The countess was Alice Silverthorne of Chicago, cousin of J. Ogden Armour nnd well-known in American social circles. Her relations rela-tions with De i'rauord recently led her husband to file suit for divorce. For several days after the shooting It was believed both tie countess and Do Trafford would die. but latest reports are that they tire out of danger. WHILE Mrs. Coolidge was trying to learn from White House aides where the President Intended to spend his summer vacation, news came down from Wisconsin that the. Chief Executive had selected that state nnd would spend the hot months up among the muskie lakes and I rout streams. The exact location of the summer capital was said to lie undetermined, unde-termined, but the G. B. Helnontann estate on Trout lake was reported to be favorably considered. It Is about seventy-five miles from Lake Superior and is a pretentions establishment in tine natural surroundings, with a score of small lakes nearby. It was stated In Washington that the President Presi-dent would not go to (he Far West for his vacation because the situations In foreign lands and other matters might make It advisable for him to return to Washington hurriedly. CVVE well-known Americans were appointed hy President Coolidge to represent the United States at the international economic conference In Geneva They are: Henry M. Itob-Inson Itob-Inson of Los Angeles, one of the f minors of the Dawes plan; Norman H. Douglas, New York financier ; John W. O'Leary of Chicago, president of the National Chamber of Commerce; Prof. Alonzo E. Taylor of Stanford university, nnd Dr. Julius Klein, director di-rector of the federal bureau of foreign for-eign and domestic commerce. TLT A KItY F. SINCLAIR, oil mag-i mag-i 1 nate. seemingly must go to Jail for contempt of the senate. Justice Hit-, of the District of Columbia Supreme Su-preme court denied him a new trial, and jhen heard arguments as to whether the verdict of guilty returned by the trial Jury "ta.uld earn- punNl -meat for one offense or for four, on for each count ill the in. i -t ,,.,, , f t ) a jail sentence anil u fine are maada lory. Imprisonment being for not 1c- than one month nor more more ihan twelve. T'.VO well-known cili.ms were c'l the death list of the wed;. Win II. Dilg. founder and former president of the Izaal; Walton League of Amer. lea, passe, away In Washington where he took up his residence a year ago. perry S. Heath, known a II, "rather" of the rural free deliver, service, also die. In Washington I-sidos I-sidos Ills work in the I'o-t office department de-partment he was prominent as :i newspaper publisher, ami was Identified Identi-fied with Hie framing of the conslliu-tiotis conslliu-tiotis of North and South Dakota. MA.!. H. O. SllCllAYE. englishman, english-man, established a world recor I at Daytonn Beach. Ila.. when he il-ove his racing car Sunbeam ever the sand course at the leriillc sjua-d of 20.1.70 mills an hour. |