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News Review of Current Events the World Over Washington Bicentennial Opened by President Hoover Stimson's Stern Warning to Japan ? rChinese Pushed Back in Terrific Battle. 15 v EDWARD W. PICKARD EVERY cTfr. town and hamlet in the Unlled States and most of the cap itals of the world paid tribute to the character ajid achievements of George Washington on Mon day. the two hun dredth anniversary of his birth. The cele brations. fostered by Congressman Sol Bloom's commission, will continue In this country through most of the year in one form <>r another, of ficially. the bicenten nial doings were opened In Washing ton when President Iloover delivered an address before a joint session of con gress which was attended hv all high officials of the government, the mem bers of the Supreme court and the dij> lomatlc corps. Standing before the brilliant gather ing. Mr. Hoover called cn the Ameri can people to rededicate themselves to those principles befitting a free peo pie of which Washington was a living exponent. "We have need again." he *yid. "to bring forth the picture of the glories and the valor of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill, the suffering and fortitude of Valley Forge, the vic tory of Yorktown. We have need to revive the meaning and 'he sneer mor al courage of the Declaration of Inde pendence. the struggles of the conti nental congress, the forming of the Constitution." No part of these great events, the I'resident reminded those who packed the galleries, "tan be separated from the name and the dominant leadership of George Washington.*' There were many other ceremonies In and near Washington. The Presi dent laid a wreath on Washington's Jotnb at Mount Vernon ; the Richmond Light Infantry Hlues and the Rich mond Grays marched in a colorful pa rade through Alexandria ; the National Education association in convention were addressed by Mr. Hoover; and In the evening there was a grand co lonial ball in Washington and a "birth night ball" at Gndsby's tavern In Alex andria duplicating as far as possible the last hirthnight hall Washington attended there, in 1708. President Hoover HP H ROUGH the medium of a letter * to Senator Borah, Secretary of State Stlmson served notice on Japan and the world at large that the United States still stands by the open door policy enunciated by John Hay In 1SJW. recognized hy the Washington confer ?nce of 1021-22 and Implicit In the nine-power treaty and other agree ments concerning the Pacific. These pacts he declared to he Interdepend ent. and the maintenance of the in tegrity of China necessary for the wel fare not only of China but of the whole world. In effect Mr. Stimson's state ment Is a threat by the administration that the United States will abrogate the Washington treaty limiting the capital ship strength of the naval pow ers and restricting American defenses in the western Par-Mr if Japan per sists in disregarding the nine-power treaty guaranteeing the territorial in tegrity of China. He said If the Pa cific treaties had been faithfully ob served such a situation as now exists could not have arisen. COACHED by skilful German sol diers. the Chinese troops in the Shanghai battle area successfully with stood a terrific attack by the Japanese that lasted three days and cost uncounted lives. The Invaders shelled the positions held by the Chinese along the line to the Woosung forts almost continuously and re peated attempts to ad vance the Infantry were made, but at the close of the oper ations the Chinese. bnrtly battered, were T v s still there. Two days later the Japanese airmen made a fu rious attack on Kiangwan. showering down huge bombs on the defenders and then the troops again attempts to rush the Chinese positions, withoui any success. Reinforcements were called for and the Tokyo government, which had Just won a victory In the elections, decided to send two more array divisions, and a full general to supersede Lieut. Gen. KcnkichI Uyeda. The Chinese government, encour feced and determined to resist to the last, was hurrying more troops to Shanghai am! the energetic T. V. Soong was making marked progress In his gre:it task of raising money to keep up the fiuht. Large contribu tions were received not only from all parts of China but from Chinese in many other lands. As the week n eared the close the Japanese, enraged by the resist ance they had met, launched a new offensive that was reported to be driv ing the Chinese back in disorder. This was the bloodiest battle so far in the Shanghai conflict. Japanese planes dropped cans of gasoline on Kiangwan and Miaohungchen. bombs ignited the explosive and conflagrations resulted. JAPAN'S reply to the latest admoni tion of the League of Nations coun cil was received In Geneva and was found to be a stiffly worded and re sentful retort. The Japanese govern ment. 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." for Japan entertains no territorial or po litical ambitions in China. Japan, said the note, cannot consider China as an "organized people" in the sense used by the league covenant, and declares it Is impossible to treat the chaos in China as if It were order. Altogether, the reply from Tokyo was little less than a slap in the face for the league council. ONE seeming result of the war in the Orient was the approval by the senate naval alTr.irs committee of the Hale bill aufhori/.ing the expendi ture of $773,000,000 lot the building of our navy up to tonnage parity with Great Britain and to the treaty ratio wiib Japan. Reversing its attitude of several weeks ago, the committee voted unanimously to report the measnre to fbe senate with a recommendation that it be passed at once. A similar bill is still stuck in the house naval affairs committee. BEFORE getting too far away from China, the latest developments in Manchuria must be recorded. With the assistance of friendly Chinese, in cluding General Ma, who formerly fought them, the Japanese have carried out their plan to make Man churia a state inde pendent of China. 1 They created a new state of Ankuo? which means "land of peace" ? and it was an nounced that it would be ruled by Henry l?u Henry Pu-Yl Yl* the y?unS ma*? who for a time was the '"boy emperor" of China. Chang chun was selected as the capital of Ankuo and public buildings there were being prepared for Henry's installa tion which was set for March 1. It was believed he would be declared president or dictator for life. Of course the government of Ankuo will be quite subservient to Japan. This new state will not be permit ted to exist unchallenged, however. Al ready rebellious forces have been col lected and are reported to be mov ing against llsi Hsia, governor of Kirin province, and one of the lead ers who organized Ankuo. Their at tack was directed primarily at Imiem po, 'JO miles from Harbin. FRANCE'S new premier Is Andre Tardieu, and his ministry and pol icies have been promptly Riven a vote of confidence by parliament. Tardieu will make no change in the French disarmament and reparations policies, he told the deputies. The government, he said, will participate in negotiations with a view to adjusting the repara Hons schedule, but It will not permit repudiation of existing agreements In the field of disarmament the new ministry agrees with the last that se ciirity is a prerequisite to reduction of arms. One change made by Tardieu, how ever. was the subject of hot debate He has united the army, navy and avia tion ministries Into a single ministry of defense, the portfolio being given to Francois Pletrl. The premier de fended the plan warmly, pointing out that the unified ministry gave France a tremendous advantage over other countries in discussing any scheme of disarmament and would enable the na tion to make drastic cuts, both . budgetary and direct, in certain j branches of arciament without sacri ficing defensive strength. GOV. WILLIAM O. MURRAY of Oklahoma Is now a full-Hedged | candidate for the Democratic PresI* j dentia! nomination. Calling the news- | paper men to the ex ecutive mansion Sn Oklahoma City. "Al falfa Bill" handed out a statement to that effect. In it he de clared he would "make no trades, form r.o combination nor com promise on any prin ciple" for delegates or for the nomination. "If successful my hands will be free of baneful Influences, " Gov. Murray , he said. "I feel reasonably certain j of the election if nominated." Thereupon this spectacular gentle man departed for Indiana whore he j made a number of addresses calculat- ! ed to further his ambition. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon- j tana wrote to Governor Murray ask- 1 ing his opinion of the senator's bill j to establish a bimetallic currency, and ; the governor's reply shows he think* ' as did William Jennings Bryan. SPEAKER GARNER'S plan for an economy committee to survey the possibilities of a reorganization of the government and reduction of fed eral expenditures was accepted by the house, the resolution being adopted by a surprisingly large bipartisan majority. The committee, which Is to report by April l."?. was named and be gan Its work by asking President Hoover for his detailed views on re organization and economies. Drafting of the revenue bill Increas ing taxes to meet the deficit was start ed by the house ways and means com mittee. The measure will include a manufactures sales tax that is expect ed to bring in SOtKMXMl.tHX). Secretary of the Treasury .Mills fold the com mittee that he didn't wholly approvs 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 at the point of final processing before the article goes to the whole saler The same tax Is to be levied on imported articles in addition to the tariff. Representative Beck of Pennsyl vania made an eloquent appeal to the house to refuse the appropriation of $11.:{GU,5(J0 uskeu by the appropria tion committee for the enforcement of prohibition during the fiscal year P.&3. The house applauded him gen erously and then voted to sustain the appropriation. EAMON DE VALERA/S fianna fail party won the elections In Ire land and he is almost certain to be the next president of The Free Stale. With seven districts yet to elect, he and his labor allies have 77 seats in the new dail eirann, to 68 for the government party and its independent supporters. President Cosgrave said iie and his party had decided to go into opposition and not to seek any alliance to keep the fianna fall out of power. The Irish Labor party, according to its leader, Thom as Johnson, will go along with De Va lera in his program of economic re construction. but It stands by the treaty with England. and if Pe Valera tries to abrogate this, the I-aborites will turn his party out of oflice. They can do this, holding the balance of power. TI1UEE candidates will oppose Paul von Hindenburg for the presidency of Germany. The nomination of Adolf Hitler, leader of the Fascists or Na tional Socialists, was formally made. | as was that of Theodore Duesterberg. head of the steel helmet organization, he being the Nationalist candidate. The Communist nominee is Ernst Thaelmann. The entry of Duesterberg and Hitler indicated that their attempt to unite on a candidate to run against Von Hindenburg had broken down. Hitler's headquarters recently had de nied he was seeking the presidency. Governor roosevelt of New York took the bull by the horns defied Tammany and ocsted from of flee Sheriff Thomas D. Farley of Nea York city. The governor said he w? not satisfied with Farley's explanation of his income as reveaied by the leg ; Islntlve investigation committee. Farley has said he would give lib support to Roosevelt's candidacy ,foi the Presidential nomination, regard less of what action the governor migm take io his case. Politicians did noi agree on the possible effect of the gov ernor's action. <6. 1MJ. Western N?wsp*p?r UtUoa.) Eamon de Valera G. W. BICENTENNIAL OPENED BY HOOVER President Addresses Joint Session of Congress. Washington. ? fimrsf Washington contributed more than any ^'her one man to founding one of the fv*w human institutions that has endured from the days of the tallow dip to the incan descent Iteht era. President Hoover said in addressing a joint session of congress. The President formally Inaugurated the bicentennial celebration of Wash ington's birth. The observance is to continue nine months. Mr. Hoover, while paying high trib ute to "the father of his country.** de clared that Washing'on needed no can onization** and made it clear that he did not sympathize with efforts of those who "undertake the irrational humanizing of Washington.** In commenting on the situation to day. 2(H) years after the birth of Wash ington. the President, in the presence ?>f the justices of the Supreme court, nf members of congress and of the diplomatic corps, said: "Proudly we report to our forefa thers that the Republic is more secure, more constant, more powerful, more truly great than at any other time in Its history." "What we have need of today in this celebration." said Mr. Hoover, "is to renew in our people the inspiration that comes from George Wiishington ns a founder of human liberty, as the father of a system of government, ns the builder of a system of life." Washington, which was named for iiini ; Alexandria, which knew him ns n neighbor; Mount Vernon, where he lived, and now lies buried, were the triple shrines for people from all parts of the country who came to honor Ueorge Washington on the two hun dredth anniversary of his birth. The President of the United States laid a wreath on tho first President's ivy-grown tomb on the banks of the Potomac. The famous Richmond l.ight Infantry P.lues nnd the famous Rich mond Gra.xs marched in a parade of memories down the streets of Alex nndrla. And in the capital rn??re than 7.r?.0<>0 visitors came to attend the open ing of the bicentennial. In the evening many ladies In lace gowns were bowing low a. Gadsby's tavern In Alexandria, where the "birth night ball" duplicated ns far as pos sible the last hirthnight ball Washing ton attended there, in 170S. Back In Washington, too. dancing closed the birthday. Fragi'e costumes from grandmother's trunk, fresh cos tumes from a clever dressmaker, min gled together ns it suddenly grew fashionable to he white haired, and statesmen put on brocaded breeches to do their bit for the bicentennial. News dispatches told of celebrations of the day in every American city and In the capitals nnd the cities of nearly every nation on the globe. Valley Forge, Pa.? Gen. John J. Pershing, on the historic camp ground of Gen. George Washington nnd his continentals, paid tribute to the first President as "the Ideal American citizen." i To 0.000 Roy Scouts and more than that number of other persons at the Washington Memorial chapel, the gen eral also extolled the military genius of Washington by describing him as "the great commander.** Outlaw Moros Run Amuck, Killing Ten With Knives j Manila. P. I. ? Running amuck with i native knives, outlaw Moros killed ten j men. Including Soliman Peralta, vice president of Malta, in the province of Davao. the Philippine constabulary was advised. The Moro outlaws fled from Mnlita Into the mountains pursued by 22 con stabulary men. Father of "Train Baby" Seized on Robbery Charge Gait, Ont. ? The father of a child born on a train as It traveled through Nevada was held on a bank robbery charge. He Is Harry G. Blundell. Mrs. j Blundell became a mother as she and her husband were traveling eastward j from the Pacific coast. When h#? | stepped from the train here. Blundell | was arrested. Harvard Lecturer Give# 11,000 Art Objects Away Boston. ? Dr. Denman W. Ross, tec turer at Harvard university on tho theory of design, has given a total of 11.000 art objects to the Boston Mu seum of Fine Arts. He has special ized In collecting textiles, having gafb ered some 4.000 from Europe, the Orl ent and America. Murder and Suicide San Francisco. ? In an argumer '?ver $21 Khrl Kassow shot and kllle ?John Evans, manager of a msoc'h club/* and committed suicide. Need's Mother Has Right Idea Within a tew months there will be no more feverish, bil ious, headachy, coo. st i pa ted, pale and puny children. That prophecy would sure ly come true if every mother could see for herself how quickly, easily, and harm, iessly the bowels of babies and chil dren -are cleansed, regulated. Riven tone and strength by a product which has proved its merit and reliability to do what is claimed for it to mil lions of mothers in over fifty yeai? of steadily Increasing use. As mothers find out from using it how children respond to the gentle influence of California Fig Syrup by growing stronger, sturdier and more active daily they simply have to tell other mothers about it. That's one of the reasons for its overwhelming sales of over four million bottles a year. A Western mother, Mrs. Neal M. Todd, 1701 West 27tli St., Oklahoma City, Okla., says: "When my son, Neal, was three years old he began having constipation. I decided to give him California Fig Syrup and in a few days he was all right and looked fine again. This pleased me so much that I have used Fig Syrup ever since for all his colds or little upset spells. It always stops his trouble quick, strengthens him, makes him eat." Always aslc for California Fig Syrup by the full name and see that the carton bears the word "Califor nia." Then you'll get the genuine. Harvard's Great Libraries There is plenty of reading mate rial in Harvard libraries. 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