Show news review of current events the world over washington bicentennial opened by president hoodei r stimsons sons stern warning to japan chinese pushed back in terrific battle battie by EDWARD W V PICKARD EVERY VERY city town nod and hamlet in the united states and most of 0 the capitals of the world paid tribute to the character and achievements of george washington on monday the two hundredth anniversary of tits ills birth the celebrations ak brat ions fostered by congressman sol so ag dooms blooms commission will continue in this country through most of the year in one form or another officially fici ally tally the bicentennial doings were president opened in washing hoover ton when president hoover delivered an address before a joint session of congress which was attended by all high officials of the government the members of the supreme court and the diplomatic corps standing before the file brilliant gathering in mr hoover called on the american people to rededicate themselves to those principles befitting a free people of which washington was a living exponent we have bare need again he be said to bring forth the picture of the glories and the valor of lexington and concord and bunker fiill the suffering and fortitude of valley forge the victory of yorktown we have need to revive the meaning and the sheer moral courage of the declaration of independence pen dence the struggles of the continental congress the forming of the constitution no part of these great great events the president reminded those who packed the galleries can be separated from the name and the dominant leadership of george washington there were many other ceremonies in and near bear washington the president laid a wreath on tomb at mount vernon the richmond light infantry blues and the richmond grays marched in a colorful parade through alexandria the national education association in convention were addressed by mr hoover and in the evening there was a grand colonial ball in washington and a ball at Gads bys tavern to in alexandria duplicating as far as possible the last ball washington attended there in 1798 1708 T the medium of a letter to senator borah secretary of state stimson served notice on japan and the world at large that the united states still stands by the open door policy enunciated by john elay day in 1899 recognized by the washington conference of 1921 1021 22 and implicit in the nine power treaty and other agreements concerning the pacific these pacts he declared to be interdependent and the maintenance of the integrity of china necessary for the welfare not only of china but of the whole world in effect mr stimsons sons statement Is a threat by the administration that the united states will abrogate the washington treaty limiting the capital ship strength of the naval powers and restricting american defenses in the western pacific if japan persists in disregarding the nine power treaty guaranteeing the territorial integrity of china ue lie said it if the pacific trestles treaties had bad been faithfully observed such a situation as now dow exists could not have lave arisen COACHED by skilful german soldiers the chinese troops in the shanghai battle area successfully withstood a terrific attack by the japanese that lasted three days and cost uncounted lives the invaders shelled belled the positions S held by the chinese along the line to the woosung forts almost continuously and repeated attempts to adv a n c e the infantry were made but at A the close of the oper A 1 allons the chinese badly battered were T r V soong still there two days lat later er the japanese airmen made a furious attack on Klan gwan bho showering down huge bombs on the defenders and then the troops again attempted to rush the chinese positions without any success reinforcements were calle for and the tokyo government V bk had just won a victory in the elections decided to send two moye moie army divisions and a till full general to supersede gen the chinese government encouraged and determined to resist to the last was hurrying more troops to Shang shanghai bal and the energetic T V soong was making marked progress in his great task ot of raising money to keep up the fight large contributions were received not only from all parts of china but from chinese in many other lands As the week neared the close the japanese enraged by the resistance they had bad met launched a new offensive that was reported to be driving the chinese back to in disorder this was the bloodiest battle so BO far in the shanghai conflict japanese planes dropped cans calls of gasoline on KIan Klan gwan and bombs ignited the explosive and conflagrations resulted JAPANS reply to the latest admont admonition of the league of nations counell council was received lo in geneva and was found to be a stiffly worded and resentful retort the japanese government it said could not understand why the appeal of the twelve powers was made to japan instead of to china the real aggressor the league pact it added does not exclude self defense nor does it leave china free to attack everybody in sight tokyo told the league that its observations are obscure and superfluous tor for japan entertains no territorial or political ambitions in china japan said the note cannot consider china as an organized people in the sense used by the 04 league covenant and declares it Is impossible to treat the chaos in china as if it were acre order altogether the reply from tokyo was little less than a slap in the face tor for the league council 0 ONE NE seeming result of the war in the orient was the approval by the senate naval affairs committee of the hale bill authorizing the expenditure of 0 for or the building of our navy up to tonnage parity with great britain and to the treaty ratio with japan reversing its attitude of several weeks ago the committee voted unanimously to report the measure to the senate with a recommendation that it be passed at once A similar bill Is still stuck in the house naval affairs committee B BEFORE getting too tar far away from china the latest developments in manchuria must be recorded with he assistance of friendly chinese including general ma who formerly fought P them the japanese 1 have carried out their 1 plan to make M manchuria an a state independent of china they created a new state of anelio which means land of fit peace 3 w ff and it was an bounced that it would be ruled by henry denry pu henry pu yi the ae young S man an who for a time was the boy emperor of china changchun was selected as the capital of anauo and public buildings there were being prepared for henrys installation which was set for march 1 it was believed he would be declared president or dictator for life of course the government of anauo will be quite subservient to japan this new state will not be permitted to exist unchallenged however already rebellious forces have been collected and are reported to be moving against aist lisla governor of kirin province and one of the leaders who organized anauo their attack was directed primarily at imlej po 00 90 miles from harbin 0 to the disarmament DELEGATES conference to in geneva will just talk until the easter recess which will be begin in march 19 and last probably two weeks then the 8 w will 1 11 get busy with all the proposals for armament reduction that have been made by the various nations meanwhile the delegates can mull over these thirty five plans and the draft convention offered by the preparatory commission such was the decision of the steering committee which apparently thought the delay would give things a chance to turn tor for the better ambassador hugh gibson and his colleagues of the american delegation like this arrangement at all and said r so 0 but they were overruled tor for france germany and great britain were in no hurry to bring matters to a decision RANCES new dew premier Is andre F FRANCES tardley Tard leu anil and tits his ministry and policies have been promptly given a vote of confidence by parliament tardieu will wake make no do change in the french disarmament and reparations policies he be told the deputies the government he be said will participate in negotiations with a view to adjusting the reparations schedule but it will not permit repudiation of existing agreements in the field of disarmament the new ministry agrees with the last that security Is a prerequisite to reduction of arms one change made by tardieu however was the subject of hot debate he has as united the army navy and aviation ministries into a single ministry of defense the portfolio being given to francois the premier defended the plan warmly pointing out that the unified ministry gave france a tremendous advantage over other countries in discussing any scheme of dig disarmament armament and would enable the nation to make drastic cuts both budgetary and direct in certain branches of armament without sacrificing defensive strength I 1 OV WILLIAM WILLIA IM 11 MURRAY ol of GOkl oklahoma 1 Is now a full fledged candidate for the democratic presidential nomination calling the newspaper men to the ex mansion in Okla oklahoma boma city alfalfa bill handed banded out a statement to that effect in it he be declared he be would make no trades form no combination nor compromise on any principle for delegates or tor for the nomination if successful my hands will be free of gov murray baneful influences influence he said 1 I feel reasonably certain of the election if nominated thereupon this spectacular gentleman departed for indiana where he made a number of addresses calculated to further his bis ambition senator burton K wheeler of montana wrote to governor murray asking ills his opinion of the senators bill to establish a bimetallic currency and the governors reply shows he thinks as did william jennings bryan there can be no dispute about both gold and silver representing value even without reference to value as money he wrote since a sound currency should represent a limited proportion of value plus a reserve of actual money and since there Is not sufficient gold to do this without a diminution of the money la in circulation it would seem essential that silver should be added as was intended by the constitution the government should coin a sufficient amount of money gold and silver to take care of normal business and in addition a sufficient per cent to become the basis for token money through bank currency the world will suffer until that Is done GARNERS plan for an S SPEAKER economy committee to survey the possibilities of a reorganization of the government and reduction reductio lo n of federal expenditures was accepted by the house the resolution being adopted by a surprisingly large bipartisan majority the committee which Is to report by april 15 was named and began its work by asking president hoover for his detailed views on reorganization and economies drafting of the revenue bill increasing taxes to meet the deficit was started by the house bouse ways and means committee the measure will include a manufactures sales tax that I 1 Is s expected to bring in GOO secretary y of the treasury mills told the committee that he vi holly approve of this feature but that the treasury would prepare a workable plan for assessment and collection of such an impost it Is proposed to apply the tax las at the point of final processing before the article goes to the wholesaler the same tax Is to be levied on imported articles in addition to the tariff representative beck of pennsylvania made an eloquent a appeal to the house to refuse the appropriation of asked by the appropriation committee tor for the enforcement of prohibition during the fiscal year 1933 the house applauded him generously and then voted to sustain the appropriation AMON DE VALERAS flanna fianna fall EAMON sparty party won the elections in ireland and he be is almost certain to be the next nest president of the free state with seven districts yet to elect he and his bis labor allies have 77 seats in the new dew dall dail elbrann to ga tor for the government party V and its independent 1 N supporters president 4 cosgrave said he and his bis party had decided to go into opposition and not to seek any alliance to keep the eamon do de flanna fianna tail fall out of valera power the irish labor party according to its leader thomas johnson will go along with de valera in his program of economic reconstruction but it stands by the treaty with england and it if de valera tries to abrogate this the laborites labovites Lab orites will turn his party out of office they can do this holding the balance of I 1 power in dublin it Is believed the life of the new government will be short candidates will oppose paul avon THREE von hindenburg nin denburg for the presidency of germany the nomination of adolt adolf hitler leader of the fascists or national socialists was formally made as was that of theodore duesterberg head of the steel helmet organization he be being the nationalist candidate the communist nominee la Is ernt eras t Tha elmann the entry of duesterberg and hitler indicated that their attempt to unite on a candidate to run against von had broken down headquarters recently had denied he was seeking the presidency ROOSEVELT of new G GOVERNOR york took the bull by the horns borns defied tammany and ousted orsted from office sheriff thomas D farley of new nev york city the governor said he be was not satisfied with Far parleys leys explanation of his income as reve revealed nied by the legislative IS isla a tive investigation committee farley has said lie he would give his support to Roosevel ts candidacy for the presidential nomination regard loss less of what action the governor might take in his case politicians did not agree on the possible effect of the governors action to 1932 western newspaper caloa |