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Evening star., 1927-05-30

Assembling at 1 o'clock within the
white marble pillars of the amphi-
theater.. dedicated to the defenders
and preservers of the Union. the hun
dreds of disabled veterans of all wars
lent a character to the services
symbolic of the spirit of America on
Memorial day.
The white haired veterans Of the
G. A. r., mingled with the gold
braid diplomats and the brilliant uni
forms of the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps, bringing to mind the deeds of
heroism written on a thousand battle
fields. Veterans of Manassas, Get
tysburg, the Wilderness, frontiers
men of the Indian campaigns. the
younger soldiers who wrote history
at Manila and Santiago. Chateau
Continued on Page 4, Column 81
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WOLL u .GEs u. s. ACTION.
Holds Reds Ar Given Freedom to
Fight America.

NEW YORK, May so Cp.--As the
result of the discontinuance of Ger.
tain investigating machinery of the
Department of Justice in 1924, knowl-
edge of violent Communist activities"
in this country comes to America only
t. ough British sources. declared Mat
thew Woll, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, in a
statement issued yesterday.
Mr.. Woll, speaking as acting presi-
dent of the National Civic Federation.
declared that the British raid on
ARGOS, Soviet trading organization in
London, revealed that agencies were
seeking to destroy the existing order
in the United States by unconstitu-
tional methods - -.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
CITIZENS OF CAPITAL HONOR
NATIONS DEAD AT ARLINGTON
c. A. R. Constitutes Guard for Annual
Pilgrimage to Shrines-Graves of =
Veterans Strewn With Flowers.

Led by former drummer boy of
Shiloh, the surviving few of the once
mighty hosts of the G. A. r. consti-
tuted guard of honor today as the
citizens of the National Capital made
their annual pilgrimage across the
historic Potomac to pay humble devo-
ton to the thousands of the Nations
dead who rest along the shaded ridges
of Arlington Cemetery.
Throughout a Republic that no
longer recognizes sectional lines, crate
full millions upon whom peace and it's
consequent prosperity has descended
were heard by radio or read the
printed words of the President of the
United States who sounded the key.
note of the National Memorial day.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
BRITISH WARSHIPS
ON WAY TO EGYPT
Relations Strained by Refusal of
Funds for Commander of
Native Army.
News. COpYrighi. 1927

By Cable to The, Star. and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1927.
LONDON, May 30.-The sailing of
three British battleships Sunday night
for an unknown destination reused
comment in London, especially since
the admiralty declined to confirm OK
deny the story. 1t was learned from
a reliable source, however, that the
battleships will be followed by a des-
troyer squadron. and that their destin-
alton is Alexandria and Port Said.
Anglo-Egyptian relations have been
strained for the last few days, owing
to the refusal of the Egyptian budget
commission to vote the usual allow
ance for the Sirdar, or commander in
chief of the Egyptian army, who is
British major general.
The Egyptian budget commission,
with the consent of the Prime Minis.
ter, has decided to abolish British con-
troll of the army by refusing to ,allot
sec, 900 for the generals salary and
special allowances, and to devote the
sum TO more urgent needs of the ma
tional army.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
CHILEAN RED ARRESTED.
Proof of ArcOs Influence Said to Be
Found i'm Santiago.

SANTIAGO, Chile, May 80 (R.-
Proof that Communists in Chile
worked under orders of ARGOS House,
London, is alleged by the police to
have been discovered in letters found
in the quarters of Maclovio Galdames,
alias Teodoro Toro, Communist news
paper man, who was arrested yes
terday.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
WATCHMAN SLAIN
NEAR DISTRICT LINE
Victim CIubbed and Shack
Set Afire-POIiCe to
Search Capital.

Working without a single promising
clue, members of the Montgomery
County police, assisted by Baltimore
detectives. today are bending every
effort to fix the identity of the slayer
of William Ross. SO years.. Ills Fifth
street, who was clubbed to death
early yesterday in a small tool shack
off Wisconsin avenue just across the
District line. After welding a
hatchet on Ross head, the slayer
fired the shack in an effort to cover
up the crime. Robbery is conceded
to be the motive, inasmuch as Ross
pay envelope with $14. his pocketbook
and gold watch were missing. The
pocketbook was located about two
blocks from the murder scene.
Feeling they had exhausted all possi-
bilities of investigation about the
scene of the brutal murder after "a
hours. the authorities declared they
would transfer their search TO Wash
ington this afternoon.
Charred Body Found.
Answering the fire alarm sounded
after flames from the shack attracted
the crew of a passing street car. men,
bers of the Bethesda Fire Department
found the charred body of Ross as
well as the blood-stained hatchet used
TO beat him to death.
1t is thought probable by the
authorities that Ross either was
beaten to death while he slept in the
shack, which stands in a secluded
spot some distance from the nearest
dwelling, or that he put up fight
when confronted by his slayer and
proved unequal to the task of defend
ing himself.
An autopsy was performed on the
body in Rockville by DIR. William Il.
Pratt and DR.. George E. Lewis. who
declared the wounds on Ross head
had caused his death.
Ross was employed as night
watchman for the NJ. Cain Construc-
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
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Sailing Sea of Doubt"

In consequence Of the discontinuance
"of necessary investigating activities
and machinery" through the influence
Of "ultra-radical" organizations, the
government is sailing upon sea of
doubt" he declared.
To-day anarchists and Communists
may freely and fully practice their
violent methods of propaganda with
out let or hindrance," he asserted.
Through Soviet trade agencies, news
and telegraph agencies and cultural
and educational agencies and the like.
Under the guise Of freedom of speech
and freedom of the press, violent
Communist activities are engaged in
without check or restraint"
Evening star., 1927-05-30
four ARMY FLYERS
PERISH IN FLAMES
Hundreds at Augusta See
Giant Bombing Plane
Crash to Earth.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AUGUSTA, Ga, May 3O.-A mass
OF wilted flowers, draped with four
American flags and fastened to a
broken propeller, marks the spot
where four Army aviators lost their
llVes yesterday in the crash of a giant
bombing plane.
Several hundred persons, gathered
to watch the departure of IA planes
en- route from maneuvers at San An
tonic to Langley Field, Va, paused in
surprise when one of four that took
OH together careened suddenly at a
height OF 500 feet, banked sharply
and dipped. Two hundred feet above
ground the plane went into a nose
ave, tore through electric wires and
crashed in flames.
-Four Are Burned. 's
Before man could get through the
names the planes four occupants were
burned beyond recognition. The dead,
Identified by their service tags, were:
Lieut.. Dan +. Voorhees,, Onarga, ILL.,,
pilot.
Sergt. Clifford Glenn, Akron. Ohio.
Sergt. James Reid, Pittsburgh.
Corp. Melvin Andrews, whose record
gives sister, Mrs. Bruce Pace. of
Raleigh. n. c., as next of kin.
In command of Capt Charles r.
Rust the air squadron had been here
since Friday.
Suppose Return Attempted.
A supposition is that a motor of the
destroyed plane went dead and that
Lieut.. voorhees, tried to make a land.
ing. The three planes tt took off
with the ill-fated ship returned soon
after the crash. Six others which had
gone ahead encountered storms over
South Carolina and returned.
Nine of the ships, all of which are
Martin bombers. planned to resume
their flight today. but Capt. Rust de-
cided to keep his plane and three
others here until the bodies are sent
to their homes.
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individuals Held to Blame.

The Times said that the plot to ex-
piode the Navy's ammunition supply
at Cavite had been favorably consid-
cred at meeting of the Manila I.e-
gionnaires. Officials say that charges
will not be made against the organi-
zation
Scribed as a pseudo Masonic organiZa.
ton composed chiefly of the poorer
class Of laboreEs. III has no connec.
ton with the regular Masonic order.
Legionnaires We're once accused of
plotting to kidnap Gen. Emelio AGui.
naldo, who disapproves of the organi-
zation. The alleged plot was investi.
gated, but no arrests were made.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
COMMUNIST PLOT
IN THE PHILIPPINES
HELD ASTONISHING
Admiral KitteIIe Says Dis
closures Show Reds Active
Against United States.
LABOR ORGANIZATION
DENIES BEING TOOL
Plan to Destroy Naval Ammuni-
tion Dump Could Not Be Carried
Out, Officer Holds.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MANILA, May 30.--Warned by dis
covery Of plot to destroy the Naval
ammunition dump at Cavite, 6 miles
across the bay from here. Govern
investigation of negotiations between
Communist leaders in China and ma
tive labor groups.
Although Rear Admiral Sumner f.
w. Kittelle, commandant of the six
teenth naval district, said he did not
believe the plot could have been car
ried out, he declared recent disclosures
Of Communist activities, particularly
as shown by documents found in the
Soviet embassy at Peking, were
astonishing"
Cites Propaganda Move.
Admiral Kittelle said that naval au.
thorities had been aware for some
time that emiSsaries of the Soviet
government had attempted to spread
their doctrines among the F'ilipinos.
in an effort to weaken the sovereignty
of the United States in the islands.
Announcement that the Government
had been informed of Communist ne
gotiations followed a dispatch in the
Manila Timess aging that Shanghai
Communists had urged destruction of
the Cavite dump in a communica-
ton to the Legionaires del Tabajo. the
Philippine labor union.
Despite denial by officers of the
Legionaires that the order had any
connection with the plot. members
We're kept under surveillance. Several
of the 1900 F'ilipinos employed at the
Cavite Navy Yard We're dismissed re-
Gently because they were alleged to
be Legionaires.
Evening star., 1927-05-30

Radio Programs-Page 29
Evening star., 1927-05-30

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed
Evening star., 1927-05-30
WEATHER.

~. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.I
Showers and thunderstorms tonight
and tomorrow: not much change in
temperature
Temperature-1igh 50. at Ais
pm. yesterday; lowest. 60, at am.
today. Full report on page Q.
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Continued on Page 8, Column ~
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Saturdays Circulation, 100. 500
Sundays Circulation, 1859
Evening star., 1927-04-03
OFFERS PRESIDENT HOME
FOR SUMMER IN WYOMING |
Richard v. Dennison Invites Ac-
ceptance of Ranch so Miles
From Yellowstone Park.

President Coolidge was invited yes.
terday by Richard " DennLson to
make the Dennison ranch of $4,000
acres, on Bear Creek. tributary of
Big Wind River, of fremont County,
of Wyoming the Summer White
House. This ranch is so miles south
east of Yellowstone Park. and there
is no habitation between the ranch
and the park, the land being in the
WashaN Forest Reserve. The alti-
tude of the ranch house is slightly
more than 1000 feet above sea level.
and the property is surrounded by
mountains Of great height. those on
the south side being of the Shoshone
Range The Shoshone Indian Reser-
walton is not far distant. The near
est railroad point is Lander, Wyo.
The Dennison ranch has a master
Evening star., 1927-04-03
CHINA DISTRUSTFUL,
SPEAKER DECLARES
Boyd Carpenter Deprecates Antag-
cnistic Foreign Propaganda, in
Address to Washington Study.

The Chinese have become utterly
diStrustful of all foreigners. Boyd
Carpenter, scholar and traveller. yes
terday told members of Washington
Study at Rauscher's in discussing the
trend of Oriental thought and action.
Chinese today hate the Caucasians
because the actions of the latter belle
their words, Mr.. Carpenter said. He
deprecated the policy of the State
Department and the antagonistic edu-
cational propaganda of foreign mis-
sionary aects in China. He criticized
starvation" wages of American diplo-
matte representatives and asserted
that there is at present In China only
one American diplomat who can speak
the Chinese language fiuently.
Borodine is responsible for the So
Wet political ideals of the Cantonese
general, Chang, according to Mr.. Car
penter, who traced the present tur-
moil In China from the opium war S5
years ago through the TAPPING and
Mohammedan rebellions. He said the
Chinese have kept their empire intact
during that period despite the on
slaught of foreign concessions and the
loss of control of national revenues.
Although IS per cent of the Chinese
are agriculturiSts, the country is al
ways on the verge of famine. said Mr..
Carpenter. and riots are the natural
result of famines, which will continue
until the century-old engineering oh
stacles of the Yangtze gorges are
overcome. The family system of
China. moreover, has been disrupted
by the spread of industrialism in such
areas as Shanghai where 81 cotton
mills draw native labor from remote
provinces and antipodotal factions, he
said. He added that the intolerance
of Occidental concepts clashes with
Chinese moral philosophy, because the
creeds of the ultimate" and the uni
versal' of Confucius and Budha have
never been disputed in their own land.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

house upon 1t more than so feet in
length finished in natural logs. with
central fireplace In the living room
reputed to be the largest of its kind
in the United States. About the walls
of the living room are mounted heads
of deer. bear and other animals, in the
collection of which Mr.. Dennison has
taken great pride.
Fred ID. Mcpherson and F. A. Han
son of Santa Cruz, Calf. during
chat with the President today, asked
him TO consider spending his vacation
this Summer in California. and in
formally invited him 10 visit Santa
Cruz.
Representative Newton of Mime
sofa was at the White House again
today. lauding the merits of his State
and the place for the establishment
Of the Summer White House.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
'D|SARMED WORLD
IS FAR IN future
Causes of War Remain, Al
towing No Nation to Trust
Others Too Far.
BY WILLIAM BIRD.

Nv Cable 10 The star.
&. GENEVA. April 2.--There isn't go
ing to be any disarmament in the
sense understood by the pacifists
There isn't going to be much in the
sense understood by economists, either
The pacifist idea of disarmament is
that man with a loaded gun IN MS
hand is likely to be tempted to settle
arguments by shooting. a man VINO
has no gun is apt to listen to reason
Therefore, IL nations stop totlhS gun
they will be less likely to so to war.
Conscription Is Factor
The economic argument against
ornaments is that they cost a lot OF
money and generally so out OF date
before the war begins. You spend
millions equipping youfsei with
dreadnaughts and subma a~inoS and
heavy artillery. Then war breaks out
and within q few weeks the weapons
YOU had all prepared and ready are
found to be useless against poison gas
and submarine chaserS and aircraft.
You have to do your fighting with
improvised material. Therefore. why
prepare-why not agree to abolish
certain kinds of preparations, at least
those that have been demonstrated 10
be useless?
Neither of these arguments is quite
convincing. And that is because there
are several kinds of nations in the
world. and each relies for its defense
on certain definite kinds of war prep
arations.
The pacifist argument doesn't hold
because there are some nations that
have conscription and some that
haven't.
Trained Men Count
Take away all the guns. all the ex
plosives and all the poison gases.
Which nation will win? The one
that at least has trained it's men to
fall into line and to obey commands.
America. England, Germany have
no conscription. They. therefore,
won't agree to stop manufacturing
war material.
The French come back with a
counter-proposal. They suggest that
instead of counting the number of
men In the army, the number of ships
in the fleet, the number of shells in
reserve, let there be a limitation of
armaments based on the total budget
expenditures for war purposes.
The rich countries object. Amer
ica's little professional army costs as
much as the Frennh army, through
which every F'renchman at one time
in his life passes. The French sol
der draws a penny a day and little
tobacco--the American gets nearly a
dollar. 1t wouldn't be fair.
Two Sides to Question.
The rich countries say: Limit the
number of battleships, limit the num-
ber of cruisers. destroyers, subma-
rines. These things cost lot of
money and soon go out of date. We
can save millions by agreeing not to
compete.
Very good. answer the poor coun-
tries, but what are you going to do
with the savings? Are you going to
build aircraft and endow chemical
laboratories and subsidize industries
60 that they can be transformed over
night from the manufacture of safety
pins into the fabrication of the latest
death-dealing device that your mill
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tary engineers can invent? What
good will that do?
These are not general considerations.
phllosophically drawn out of thin air.
They are the practical realities under.
lying the confabs between the states
men of the world They don't often
get down to language as plain as that,
but that Is what they mean
Causes of Wars Remain.
There isn't going to be any d,sarma-
ment, because nothing yet has been
done to remove the causes of war
between nations. A preteXt for fight
ing may come at any moment and
when il comes no nation wants to be
licked. The United States is no reader
to take a chance on the benevolence
of its neighbors than any other
country.
When the excuses for war are done
away with, there will no longer be any
need for armaments and therefore
there will be no need for disarmament
conferences. There is no sign as yet
that such day is approaching.
Medieval barons lived in walled
castles because other medieval barons
might otherwise walk in and snatch
the SILVER LNEnludiiS TIC hlDSS OFSi :
lorded the barons. instituted laws and
national police and the danger of such
burglary was lessened and the walls
were allowed to decay.
Some day higher law and an inter
national police may do away with the
need for walls and defenses between
nations. Such law and police do not
exist, however. and neither Chamber
lain nor BRAND nor Stresemann--not
even Kellogg-is thinking of leaving
the door unlocked at night
Evening star., 1927-04-03

Col George b. Pond, United States
Infantry, at Fort Slocum. n. Y. has
been ordered to this city for treat.
ment at Walter Reed General Hos.
nital
Evening star., 1927-04-03

Upper; James Beckert. .Ir., ll-year,
old cello SOI0iSt, and IOwerl, Paul
Beckert. baritone, who will take part
in All entertainment at the MayfIower
Hotel tomorrow night under auspices
o. ~ -' ID for the benefit of
Casualty Hospital.
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| Moreover, in any consideration oil
trade relations between France and
| the United States it is necessary to
bear in mind the very large invisible
exports of France by reason of eXpen-
dftures of American tourists, amount
ing to we'll over $500, 100000 annually.
1.-THE American Government points
out that it is entirely impracticable
for countries to apply to each others
trade exactly or even approximately
the same average rates of duty, which
appears to be the logical conclusion
of the French contention, in view of
the varying commodities entering into
international trade. as well as the
differences in price levels, purchasing
power and other conditions of the re-
spective countries. In the trade be.
tween the United States and Brazil
the position of the United States is
the reverse of that existing with
France. About 95 per cent of the i'm
ports into the United States from
Brazil are entirely free of duty. while
a large proportion of all American ex-
ports to Brazil are dutiable. Yet the
American Government does not, for
this reason. contend that 95 per cent
of the goods from the United States
which are imported into Brazil should
be admitted free of duty. On the con-
trary, the Government of the United
States cannot object to whatever duty
may be levied by France or Brazil,
or any other nation, when there is no
discrimination as between the United
States and other countries. Absence
of discrimination is q cardinal prin-
ciple of clean-cut and friendly trade
relations.
1.-The policy of the American tariff
law makes no discrimination whatso-
ever between articles imported from
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ing with the United States in the

| ing with the United States in tn,
French market.
while the rates of duty Of the
American tariff rest upon the same
theory of protection as do the mini
mum rates of the French tariff. II
may be pointed out that the so-called
general or maximum rates OF the
French tariff, in the words OF the re
port of French commission on tariffs
and commercial conventions, sub.
mitted to the Chamber Of Deputies on
March 25. 1927 Document No. 422W,
are devised in order to leave to the
negotiators of commercial agreements
the margin between the duties in the
two columns as the essential counter
part which they may give in ex-
change for the advantages which they
wish to procure The existing rates
Of the American tariff. it should be
noted, embody no such margin for
bargaining.
1.-The French Government appears
to entertain the view that France is
justified in discriminating against
American trade because it considers
that the average rate of duty imposed
by the United States on imports from
France is higher than the average
rate imposed by France on imports
from the United States. But this is
not discrimination. Our rates are uni
form on these imports; they are the
same for others as for France. This
argument moreover. is not admitted
by the Government of the United
States. which, as stated above. con-
siders tariff rates a domestic matter
and at the same time considers all
Discrimination to be unjustified.
IF the rates Of duty on articles i'm
ported into the United States from
France are proportionally higher than
on those exported from the United
States to France. the reason is merely
that large part of American imports
consist of manufactured articles and
luxuries, whereas an equally large
proportion of French imports from
America are raw materials. Further
more. the higher duties in the present
tariff law charged in the United
States on the imports from France
have not decreased the flow of French
goods, as is evidenced by the fact
that in 1921 imports from France
to Sal .SS5, 900. whereas in
1926 they amounted to $152 900, 900.
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different countries. Furthermore. dis
elimination in world trade against the
United States has practically ceased.
1t is France alone at the present time
which seriously discriminates against
American products. Article 317 of the
present American tariff law gives the
Executive the right to impose addi-
tional duties on goods coming from a
country which discriminates in its
tariff against the trade of the United
States. The American Government is
very loath to increase it's tariff on
articles imported from France, which
is clearly at the present time practic-
ing serious discrimination as con-
trasted with it's treatment of similar
goods imported from other nations
which are competitors of the United
States. 1t has so far refrained from
doing so. since 1t believes that upon
reconsideration the French govern
ment will realize the essential justice
of the American principle already, as
noted above, Endorsed by representa-.
tivcs of the other nations of the world
assembled in conference at Geneva,
that 1t will hesitate to discriminate
against n nation which has always
maintained an intimate friendship
with France, and will therefore see its
way clear both to the negotiation Of
treaty guaranteeing general most.fa-
vored nation treatment and to sue
pending in the interim it's manifest
discrimination against American
products"