The Alamance gleaner i ,1 YQT T VIT ' ? ? ' > . GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1932. NO. 53. ?m ? - ~ ' ~ " 1 ?-? .INews Keview of Current Events the World Over Japan's Military Seizure of Shanghai Creates Dangerous Situation?China Demands Forcible Steps by League of Nations. By EDWARD W. PICKARD MORE trouble for the world devel ops In the Orient. Japan, push ing her campaign to put an end to the anti-Japanese boycott in China and _______ with the added orovo cation of riotous dem onstrations against her N a ti o n a 1 s in Shanghai, assembled 24 warships at that great port, and the military occupation of the city was begun by a force of about 3.(X>0 marines. To protect the foreign settlement, four regiments of American marines and several battalions of British troops were standing by, and warships of those nations were hurry ing to the scene. Meanwhile, before the council of the League of Nations in Geneva Dr. W. W. Yen. the Chinese minister to the United States, set forth his country's side of the controversy and demanded that the council enforce the league covenant without delay. In Washing ton President Hoover and Secretary of State Stimson were considering what America might do in the crisis. They proposed to Great Britain that the two nations apply economic embargoes or boycotts to trade with Japan, but the MacDonald government seemed re luctant to do anything more than to dispatch warships for the protection of the international settlement. The mayor of Shanghai had yielded to the Japanese demands, but new de mands were put forward and imme diately thereafter the Japanese ma rines were landed and proceeded to ) seize Chapei, the Chinese quarter. As they swept through the district they encountered the desperate resistance of several thousands Chinese troops, whreupon planes were brought into action and Chapei was thoroughly bombed. Conflagrations nearly de stroyed the densely populated quarter and the fatalities were undoubtedly heavy. The bloody battle continued for hours and at one time the Chinese de fenders had recaptured the important north railroad station. The Japanese had previously made their way across the Whangpoo river to Pootung, site of big Japanese cotton mills, and evi dently intended to advance further into Chinese territory. Also they had shelled and occupied Woosung, the fort at the mouth of the Whangpoo. Their warships at the same time had gone up the Yangtse and three cruisers were lying off Nanking ready to sh^ll that capital city. The Chinese Na tionalist government was busily mobilizing all its strength and calling on the League of Nations for help. Chiang Kai-shek, former president", was made premier and apparently was virtually the dictator. WHAT course the United States government would fonow was un certain, but the stiffening of its policy i toward Japanese encroachments was indicated by the sending of four more warships to Chinese waters from Ma nila. They were destroyers and their presence was requested by Rear Ad miral Y. S. Williams, commander of j the Yangtse patrol. Secretary Stimson cable tir Tokyo j asking the Intentions of" Japan and received what was called a reassuring reply, but it was stated in Washing ton that President Hoover was pro- ( ceeding on the theory that Japan would be violating International law If she landed troops on Chinese soil ? for any purpose but the protection of Japanese Nationals and their property. | Russia came into the picture again I when Japan asked permission to use i the Chinese Eastern railway In Man churia to transport troops to Harbin. 1 where Chinese soldiers were maraud- i In- Russia flatly refused the request. 1 stating It intended to observe neu- i trnl.lty. , WHEN the league council had i heard both Pr. W. W Ten and I Naotnke Sato, the Japanese delegates Joseph Paul-Boncoor. who replaced Brland as chairman, warned Japan to go easy at Shanghai. He admitted J that the aitnntion was grave, fen no onlv relies on thd nine power treaty and j the Kellogg pact, but he also Invoke Article XV of the league covenant, which Is followed by Article XVI. and the latter Is the one i that provides for sanctions against na tions that resort to war. furthermore, -war" might well he made to cover such operations ss those of 'he -Jap- J anese against .be so-celled Chinese bandits. Some of the nations In the league are mighty timid In the matter of sanctions. Yen in his talk took n stronger position than the Chinese have previously taken before the coun cil and his characterization of the acts of Japan was forcible and uncom promising. He complained, too. about 1 the slowness in the formation of the league's commission of inquiry and in , its getting to Manchuria, where it will not arrive until April. ONE notable result of the whole Manchurian affair is the., an nounced determination of Sir ? Eric Drummond to relinquish, early next year, his position as ^ | general or , the League of Na- | tions. He has held?| that office since the. days of the peace conference and has been a most Impor tant figure In the or ganization. Several governments sharply criticize^ the secre tariat because of the extreme position taken by the league at the beginning of the Manchurian embrbglio, and some diplomats accused Sir Eric of trying to force the powers into committing themselves^to action in defense of the covenant which might have led to war with Jnpa/r. Sir Eric was evidently* disgusted with" what he considered the weak action of the league council, especial ly at the Paris session, and felt that the league bad suffered great loss of prestige. SEVERE loss was sustained by both the business and the sporting world in the death of William Wrig ley, Jr.. which occurred at his winter home in Phoenix, Ariz. The Chicago capitalist, known universally as the magnate of chewing gum and the own er of the Chicago Cubs of the Nation al 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, he ran away at the age of eleven and started business in New York as a newsboy. In 1891 he went to Chicago and formed his own company, which' soon began the manufacture of chew ing gum and was vastly successful. All his varied enterprises resulted in bringing Mr. Wrigley a great for tune. Estimates by. his associates ranged anywhere from $30,000,000 to $100,000,000. He was the majority stockholder in the $63,000,000 William Wrigley Jr. company, whose earnings in 1930 exceeded $12,000,000. WHATEVER may be the final out come, Lieut. Thomas II. Massie of the American navy, his mother-in law, Mrs. Granville Fortescue, and E. J. Lord and Albert O. Jones,k will not have to pay the death pen alty for the killing of Joseph Kahahawai In Honolulu, SLspected attacker of Mrs. Mas ale. The four defend ants In the sensation al case were indicted by the grand Jury In Honolulu, but the charge is second de gree murder, the pen alty for which is 20 years to life Iraprls I '' ! A transcript Of proceedings of tha ?rand Jury indicated that bpy statutes, not as defined by Individ uals. Cristy repeatedly told the grand Inrors that whether the accused four minished for killing *'"* ' la.i a question for the trial lury to decide. The defense attacked he indictment .on, the ground that iie .grand Jyry, was coerced by the lu4se-.^;.o CUlkk'M financial affairs were aired heftrfe the senate finance commlt ee and It was revealed that a son-in aw of President Machado had a part n a loan of f.WOrtO.OOO mfcde by the ?hase National hank to that country. Carl .7 Schmidlapp. a vice president if the bank, said *.V)0.000 had gone to rose Obregon as an official of the ?hase company's Cuban branch for llatributloo to the banka that took ? part In the loans. He said the rein- I tlvt of the Cuban president had only I n minor part in negotiating the loan i and denied he was employed for that ! purpose. Herbert D. Brown, chief of the ! United States bureau of efficiency, tes J tiffed that a report he had made of conditions in Panama bad bee 1 changed by officials of the National City bank. He said his report had pointed out a way by which the conn try could- avoid borrowing, but that the bank went ahead and loaned it $4,000,000. LXOEY LONG of Louisiana finally 1 * abandoned the governor's chair and went to Washington with his pink pajamas and took the oath of senator. Correspondents and visitors to the National Capital anticipate that hi* ' presence in tlie upper chamber will provide many Interesting incidents. Before being sworn in Senator Long fold Interviewers that the Democratic party was sure to lose if It nominat ed Franklin Roosevelt for President, but could not be beaten If Its choice was either Pat Harrison. Robinson or Garner. His fourth choice, he said, was A1 Smith, He asserted that pro- j hibition is not a party Issue and J shotold have no place in a platform. Rear admiral mofeett, ciiRi j .of the naval bureau of aeronau tics,, told the bouse naval committee I tnat the airship Akron was far supt- ' j rior to any other airship ever built; and immediately 'afterward E. C. Da- I vldson, general secretary of the Inter- I national Association of Machinists, re- I lated to the committee the story of how ] un investigation of the materials used I in the Akron which two men charged ! were faulty led to the dismissal of j the men by the Goodyear company. Many defects were left in the airship, according to the two men, 11. C. Mc Donald, an inspector, and W. B. Un derwood, a workman. TWICE In two days the advocates of a large navy were badly Jolted. First the house naval committee agreed to shelve the Vinson ten-year warship authorization bill, though giv ing the measure its approval. Then the naval committee of the senate in definitely postponed action on the Hale bill authorizing all warships needed to bring the navy up to the tonnage limits allowed by the London treaty. CHARLES G. DAWES, president of the Reconstruction Finance corpo ration, and Eugene Meyer, chairman of the board, were busy getting ready to start the machinery of the huge concern, and the senate com mittee on banking had before it- the names of two Democrats ap pointed members .of the board by Presi dent Hoover. They were Harvey C. Couch of Arkansas and Jesse H. Jones of Texas. Final approval of the $500,000,000 treas ury investment In tne reconstruction ; corporation was given in both ! branches of congress to a report re- j conciling the different profusions of. the senate and house. Both political parties were support ing the next Item on the President's I program, which was to give aid to depositors In closed banks through ! a corporation to make loans on sound j but 'nnliquid assets in those Institu tions. Two nbills were under cons id ; era Hon, ohe drafted by Republicans and providing merely for the es'.ilih- j lishment of this corporation, and tlie other introduced by Senator Glass di- ' rected mainly at overhauling the ? country's banking system. WHAT was denominated a Cora- j munist -uprising troubled the gov- ' ernment of Salvador, but martial law was pr< -' timed and the revolt, was i qtjickly. suppressed. On the other side of the world, in Kashmir, thousands of Moslems wer?* j reported to be looting and burning the homes of Hindus, and the maharajuh i appealed to the British for help. Disturbances continued in Spain, i where the government was confronted with an attempt to set up a proletarian i dictatorship. The decree disbanding the Jesuits of Spain was put Into offert 1 and the property of the order confis cated. DARTMOOR penitentiary, the hi* toric English prison near I'ly mouth, was the scene of a wolfrit mu tiny in which more than .'ytfrWinvirr* fought desperately all nn? day wit!, the guards and police. The rioters, who were enraged because no sug; r was served with their porridge, horned the principal buildings before tbe.v , were subdued. There were no fatali ties, but 95 of the prisoners were wounded. FIFTTY-SIX men perished when tin British submarine M-2 went down near Portland and failed to rome t?p I again. It was reported that the vc* ' sel exploded. (?. \iii. w??tern Kswtpape? I'a'.oxt | i Dr. W. W. Yen ' -Sir Eric Drummond Mrs. Granville Fortescue Eugene Meyer Another Santa Maria Is Coming to America /"V NCE more the Santa Maria is coming across the Atlantic to the'New world. ^ Tlie caravel here pictured, a replica of the one In which Christopher Columbns sailed, was built as a feature of the Seville exposition. Now it has been equipped and with Don Julio Guillen, shown herewith, as -aptafn, it will follow Columbus' route, touch I ng? every port at which the (treat discoverer stopped on his first voyage to America. \ . OUR BEDTIME STORY By THORNTON W. BURGESS PETER IS IN DESPAIR1 "^JEVER lind Peter Rabbit felt great er despair In his heart than when he found who was following his tracks through the Clreon Forest. He didn't know where to go or' what to do. If only it were anyone but Shadow the Weasel! From Reddy Fox or Old Man Coyote or I loot y the Owl he could find safety in a bramble-tangle or a hollow log. But there was nowhere that he could go that Shadow the Weasel could not follow. When the ground was not frozen he had fooled Shadow by running in wet places where the After a Little He Saw a SJim White Form Go Bounding Past. ground v^as swampy and the water destroyed his scent, but now these places were frozen hard. Kven the Laughing i J rook was frozen ever. "Oh, dear!" sobbed I'eter. "Hell got me this ti^no. He surely will, I might Just as well give up r:iht now. It isn't the least u

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