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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
little CONGRESS-"
TO MEET ON FEB. 7
Employees and Aides Of Legislative
Body to Admit Women
to Banquet.

Congressmen-and women-of the
future are to dine and dance and
brush dull legislative cares away when
they make merry with Congressman
of the present at their 18th annual
banquet in the Rose room Of the Wash
ington Hotel, Saturday evening, Feb
ruary Z.
The Little Congress" composed of
secretaries to members, committee
clerks and other employees of the leg
islative body, has capitulated after q
10-year flght-for the first time in its
history-the women are to be admit
ted to the banquet. The women, in
celebration, promise to contribute
something historic to the frivolities
OF the occasion.
Representative Fritz Lanham of Texas,
whose father was a member of the
House, and who later won fame as a
vaudeville star before his fellow citi-
zens sent him to Congress, will be
master of ceremonies.
Representative William p. Connery
OF Massachusetts, also a former vaude-
vile headliner and nationally known
as a story teller per excellence, has a
fund of new anecdotes and remi-
niscences with which to regale the
banqueters.
George Harvey of Missouri Is Speaker
of the Little Congress, Kenneth
Romney is in charge of the banquet
and entertainment, assisted by Maj.
Sims, George Stewart, Jack Nethery
and Howard SedgWick.
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HOOVER RECEIVES
FILM CELEBRITIES
Estelle Taylor Dempsey and Rich
ard Dix Guests Of Oklahoma
Congressman.

Estelle Taylor Dempsey. wife OF Jack
Dempsey, and Richard Dix, both screen
celebrities, were received by President
Hoover at the White House today, few
hours before a preview showing Is to
be twice given tonight Of the motion
picture, "Cimarron," In which both
Miss Taylor and Mr.. Dix appear. The
two showings tonight will be at R-k-O
Keith's Theater and at the National
Press Club.
After they were received by the Presi-
dent early this afternoon, the two screen
stars were the guests Of the Oklahoma
delegation In Congress at luncheon IN
the private dining room Of the Speaker
of the House and later in the day were
to receive Washington corresponds nts
at the Mayfiower Hotel and attend q
dinner rendered by the board of gov
errors of the National Press Club. The
preview of the motion picture in which
they appear is to be attended tonight
by q distinguished group of Govern
ment officials and diplomats.
Mrs. Dempsey denied reports that
the illness OF her husband is serious
Dempsey Is suffering from a carbuncle
on one of his hands which has caused
the hand and wrist to swell consider
ably. She said she had talked with him
over the telephone this morning and
declared he had Laughed 1t on"
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MAN IN GREEN HAT
CALLED FOR Jury
George Cassidy, Convicted
on Liquor Charge-AppeaI
Is Pending.

George L. CasSiday, convicted OF
transporting liquor and widely known
as 1.-The man in the green hat" has
been summoned for jury service in the
District Supreme Court in February.
Cassiday was arrested near the House
Office Building october 81, 1929. He
was sentenced to 18 months in the PEN
itentiary, but later filed an appeal,
which is still pending.
The summons to act as a juryman
was served on Cassiday at his home, at
303 Seventeenth street southeast, by
Deputy Marshal Sinclair.
1t is not unusual for persons con-
victed of crime to be summoned If their
names have been in the jury box for
any length of time, according to court
officials.
Prospective jurors always are asked
If they have ever been convicted of any
crime or miSdemeanor involving moral
turpitude, and are excused If the answer
is in the affirmative, it was explained.
The name then is withdrawn from the
box, 1t was added.
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ANTI-CRIME LEAGUE
OPENS OFFICE HERE
Nationwide Cleanup Intended by
Organized Citizens Com
mittees.
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCIATED FTeSb.
The Anti-Crime League of America
has come to Washington, with its
avowed intention Of cleaning up the
Nation.
Headquarters of the organization, in
corporated recently in West Virginia
are to be maintained here during the
crusade it expects to be permanent
j. j. Moore and p. E. Gentry, two Of
the five Huntington, w. Va, residents
who formed the league, announced its
program today.
Observance and enforcement OF exist
ing laws, rather than more statutes, was
given as the primary purpose of the
campaign, which Moore said he would
attempt to put before President Hoover.
The general plan, Moore said, was to
organize committees in each city and
town to direct the work.
A squadron Of planes would be estab-
lished, he added, to carry trained in
vestigators into crime centers, where
they would collect facts for submission
to the citizens committees.
The committees then would be ex-
pected to put the facts before the
proper authorities, who will see to it
that the laws are enforced" explained
Moore.
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SAILOR GIVES CLUE
IN LIMERICK CASE
Says Man Abused Girl at
Dance Night Before She
Was Murdered.

Investigators today were running down
the report that Beulah Limerick, Sky
High Whoopee Club secretary, was
abused by an unidentified man at q
dance on the night preceding the
staying.
Lieut.. Edward J. Kelly, assistant chief
Of detectives. said today that the homi-
eide squad had learned the identity of
several sailors who attended the dance
where the arguments Is said to have
occurred.
Sailor 70 Give Information.
Information in connection with the
argument at the Sky High Whoopee
Club dance was turned over to 'Iolice
by a sailor detailed as an orderly at
the Naval Hospital, at Twenty-third and
e streets.
Kelly said the orderly reported that
during the course of the dance q man
made an effort to stop Beulah Limerick
from dancing with a sailor.
Investigators said that this man Is
the one they are particularly interested
in questioning.
Conference Is Planned.
After the grilling of the sailors is
completed, conference between inVes-
tigating police and Julian Richards,
assistant District attorney, who will
present the case against the four sus-
poets held to the grand jury, will be
held at the attorneys Office
Kelly announced that although they
had discredited the story told by
Donald Boyer, the milkman, who said
he heard two shots fired on the morning
Of the girls death, investigators are
still working on the Tip" that Boyer
saw blue roadster leave the Limerick
home the same NIGHT
More than 10 persons owning blue
roadsters have been questioned by
police. None Of them knew anything
about the staying.
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RYE WHISKY SEIZED
IN VACANT HOUSE
Suspicious Sag of Auto Springs
Starts Chase and Capture of
Liquor as Driver Flees.

Search Of vacant house in the 900
block of Twenty-f1fth street yesterday
resulted in seizure by police of 100 gall
Ions OF alleged rye whisky. No ar
rests were made
The investigation came about as a
result Of "tip" that liquor was being
unloaded in the rear of the premises.
The contraband was discovered hidden
under a pile of carpets and straw.
Sergt. w. o. Holmes and r. A. williams
OF the vice squad made the seizure.
His suspicious aroused by sapging
springs, Sergt. G. E. Perry of No. IL
precinct pursued and seized a rum car.
after short chase, near Eighteenth
street and Rhode Island avenue north
east last night. Ninety-six one-half-
gallon jars of alleged liquor were found
In the tonneau of the machine. The
driver, an unidentified colored man,
drove the machine into a field and
escaped on foot.
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CASH BONUS PAYMENT
APPROVED BY legion
District Department Executive
Committee Endorses Spirit of
March on Capitol.

The District Department, American
Legion, last night took a stand in favor
OF cash payment in full of adjusted
service compensation certificates. At a
meeting of the Executive Committee,
Capt John Lewis Smith. national
executive committeeman from the Dis
trict, was instructed to vote to en-
deavor to secure the cash payment when
he attends the meeting of the National
Legion Council at Indianapolis, Ind,
Sunday.
The stand Of the committee was
taken after several department officers
had spoken, urging that the payment of
the ex-soldiers in cash be recon-
minded.
BY separate ballots, the Executive
Committee Endorsed the spirit of the
parade from the District Building to
the Capitol Wednesday, sponsored by
Victory Post, No. 4, and voted to with
draw its recommendation Of the Fish
bill now before Congress.
Fred Fraser. first vice commander Of
the department, presided.
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SHOOTING SUSPECT
IS UNDER ARREST
Huckster Identifies Former EN-
ploye, Whom He Says He
Reprimanded.

Frank Jones, %, colored, of Capt.,
Heights. is held at the sixth precinct
police station today on a charge of as
sault with deadly weapon in connec-
ton with the shooting of Thomas c
Callas, huckSter He was arrested
last night by Detective Sergt. J. F.
Flaherty.
Callas, who is 80. was wounded about
am, July Is. when he went to the
garage in the rear of his home, at AIS
Third street, to get his truck.
He was attacked by three men, one
OF whom fired bullet into his chest.
Callas. according to police, identified
Jones today as the man who did the
shooting. The colored man had been
employed by Callas, the latter said, add
ing that few days before the shoot
ing ne had reprimanded him for steal
ing produce from his truck.
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against McAllister's wall, trying to
warm himself.
This woke McAllister, who, putting
on a bath robe, hurried down to in
vestigate. Harry was warmly dressed
in a leather jacket, thick cap and
gloves.
Suffers No Ill Effects.
This, coupled with the fact that the
wall was warm from the furnace in
side. must have saved the child from
freezing to death. He suffered no Ill
effects from the exposure.
Harry seemed to enjoy the warmth
when McAllister hustled him inside. al
most as much as the steaming meal
which the bluecoatS provided at the
station house. But still he wanted to
be allowed to make his own way home.
It's just, as Harry's father explained,
that he likes bright lights, crowds, adj
venture and excitement. Harry's pas
sion is and 10 cent stores at the rush
hour or busy street corners when the
traffic roars loudest and sidewalks are
thronged.
Harry was safely tucked in bed to-
day, under the eye of his mother. He
said he wanted to get out as soon as
possible-so he could return to school.
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FLAMING OIL is SPOUTED
INTO AIR BY EXPLOSION
Welder Narrowly Escapes Injury
in Blast Blamed on Sparks From
Acetylene Torch.

With a blast that frightened persons
a block away, accumulated gases in the
pipe of a fuel oil tank at the rear OF
the Shoreham Building exploded late
yesterday afternoon and sent flaming
oil spouting high into the air.
Police reserves, Fire Rescue Squad
No. /, and fire apparatus soon placed
the slight fire under control.
Sparks from an aceptylene torch with
which G. NJ Burgess welder, was
working on the pipe are believed to
have set of the gases. Burgess mar
rowly escaped injury when the steel
cap was hurled into the air and the
oil thrown out.
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INJUNCTION ASKED
Fireman Contests Rule Barring
Work in Leisure Time.

Justice Jennings Bailey Of the Dis
trict Supreme Court today took under
advisement a motion of the District
Commissioners to dismiss a suit for an
injunction brought by John r. Ihrie,
a District fireman, who sought to pre-
vent the carrying out of regulation
forbidding members of the Fire Depart
ment from engaging In private employ
ment in their leisure hours.
Ihrie, through Attorney George G.
Gertman, attacked the validity of the
regulation as an attempt to tell the
men what they should do after their
work for the department had been per-
formed. Through Assistant Corporation
Counsel Francis H. Stephens, the Com
missioners asserted they have the right
to make the regulation and that it is
reasonable and that there Is no equity
in the complaint Of the fireman.
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RELIEF FOR D. C.. UNEMPLOYED
SEEN IN WOODWORKING PLAN
Trees Cut Down in Arlington Cemetery Provide Work
for Numerous Men.

unemployed" were hired to cut the
wood In salable sizes. They were
paid with part Of the gate receipts
Of the Marine Coast Guard foot ball
game, held here In December.
The men have been working for
nearly two weeks and approximately
100 cords Of wood have been cut.
The committee wants to sell the wood
to some local dealer for q fair price
and TO use the proceeds to purchase
more "unchopped'' wood to keep the
men employed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23

The District Of Columbia Committee on
Employment has plan which it is
hoped will provide an endless chain"
Of employment for at least one type
Of workman, the wood-chopper.
Two weeks ago the committee pur-
chased from the Government for 81
q large number Of trees which had
been felled in Arlington Cemetery to
make way for the new road esem Sheri-
dan gate TO Arlington HOUSE.
Eighteen members Of the army Of
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VICE SQUAD USES RUSE
Pose as Customers to Make Ares
on Liquor Charge.

Posing as customers, members of In
spector T. r. Beans special vice squad
visited Vernon Brownell, %, of 1921
Rittenhouse street, In an apartment
house In the $500 block Of Fourteenth
street and arrested him on charges Of
illegal possession of whisky.
Police reported they telephoned
Brownell an order for whisky and paid
him for it when he delivered the liquor
to them q few mortknts later. Twelve
pints Of whisky and seven bottles Of
champagne were seized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
SUES TAXI ASSOCIATION
Man Claims $50, 900 Damages for
Alleged Injuries by Cab.

Charles Teufel, BOT H street, has
filed suit to recover $4,000 damages
from the Independent Taxi Owners
Association for alleged personal injuries
He says he was crossing the intersec-
ton of Eleventh and H streets on March
Is, 1929, when he was struck by a
Diamond cab, the driver of which was
member Of the association. The
driver, Robert N. Legg, it is charged,
failed to exercise reasonable care and
was negligent in the operation Of the
cab. Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer ap-
pears for the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Box Party at Forestville.

FORESTVILLE, Va, January %
Especially The young people Of Arnon
Southern Methodist Church viii give
a box party tomorrow night In the
school house ct O'Clock.
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Stolen Car Abandoned.

LYNCHBURG. Va, Janua1V % (Spe-
cial) Some one stole q car belonging
to the Associated Charities Ia Tenth
street, drove 1t 100 miles and abandoned
IL at Thirteenth and Main sstreets,
where police found 1t Thursday meaning.
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Lecture, DR.. r. H. Sargent, Takoma
Park Trinity Episcopal Church, Piney
Branch road and Dahlia street, 8 pm.
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Supper. Incarnation Brotherhood,
Fourteenth and Gallatin streets, S to
8 pm.
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Meeting, Women's Alliance, All Souls
Unitarian Church, Pierce Hail. Fiji
tenth and Harvard street, 8 PM.
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Meeting. Daughters of Union Vet
Grams. 808 I street, 8 pm.
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Meeting. Women's City Club, 1856
Jackson place, $3.50 pm.
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Meeting, American War Mothers,
Hamilton Hotel, 7:30 pm.
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Card party, Bethany Chapter, No.
"a, o. E. s., Ways and Means Commit
tee, Hay-Adams House, Sixteenth and
H streets, $3.50 pm.
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Lecture, Paul Edward CARRIER, chemi-
cal laboratory, Catholic University, S:15
pm.
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Dance, Columbia Lodge, No. 484,
Elks' Hall, 919 H street, 8 pm.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

Dance. Virginia State Society, Will
lard Hotel. 8 pm.
Dance, Illinois State Society, Willard
Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Card party, Bethany Chapter, No
"a, o. E. s. Ways and Means Commit
tee, Hay-AdamS House, Sixteenth and
H streets, $50 pm.
Supper. Incarnation Brotherhood,
Fourteenth and Gallatin streets, to
8 pm.
Lecture, DIR. r. H. Sargent, Takoma
Park Trinity Episcopal Church, Piney
Branch road and Dahlia street, pm.
Meeting. Daughters of Union Vet
Grams. So8 I street, 8 pm.
Meeting, Women's Alliance, All Souls
Unitarian Church, Pierce Hall, Fiji
tenth and Harvard street, pm.
Meeting, American War Mothers,
Hamilton Hotel, 1880 pm.
Dance, Columbia Lodge, No. 4s4,
Elks' Hall, 9l9 H street, 8 pm.
Meeting. women's City Club, 1856
Jackson place, $3.50 pm.
Lecture, Paul Edward CARRIER, chemi-
cal laboratory, Catholic University, S:15
pm.
Lecture, Oscar Leonard, Temple,
Fourteenth and Emerson streets, 3 pm.
Play, 1.-THE Queens Husband" Com
munity Drama Guild, Mckinley Audi
torium, First and I streets, northeast,
Sis pm.
Meeting, State Committee on Sons
and Daughters Of the Republic, y. A.
r., Mount Pleasant Library. 1850 pm.
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Dance, Virginia State Society, Will
lard Hotel. 8 pm.
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Lecture, Oscar Leonard, Temple,
and Emerson streets, 3 pm.
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Dance, Illinois State Society, Willard
Hotel, $3.50 pm.
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Play, 1.-THE Queens Husband" Com
munity Drama Guild, Mckinley Audi
torium, First and I streets, northeast,
Sis pm.
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and DAUGHTERS Of the Republic, u A.
r., Mount Pleasant Library. 1880 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1931-09-26
AMERICAN LEGION T0 ASK FOR REPEAL
 OF PR0HI LAWS
NEW RADIO SERVICE
 SOON FOR ALASk \

SEATTLE, Sept. 25. (AP)- Tie signal corps expects to have its new radio service in Alaska in full operasian at the end of Octo- ber this year, which is expected to expedite message to and from Alaska.
 Lieut.. Colonel Dawson Olmstead ena1 corps officer in charge of the system here, said. that Seat tie will maintain direct communi- e, ,on with Anchorage, Alaska. where all traffic to Nome will be direct, eliminating at least two re- lays heretofore required by the cable operations.
 AS result of the new radio in stallation, the cableship Delwood, is scheduled to be placed in the reserve status October 31st.
The Nome nugget., 1931-09-26
SAYS STEEL INDUSTRY
 BROKE TWO YEAR PLEDGE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. (AP) The charge of bad faith and uIsound policy is raised against taa wage cutting of the steel cor porations by organized labor, while Hoover and his advisers remained silent but seriously intent Will jam Greene president of the Am erican Federation of Labor took the inivtiative. asserting that the steel industry had broken the two year old pledge of the White House. The labor leader quoted the statement made by Julius Klein, the assistant Commerce secretary who said ''there will be hell to pay throughout the United States in the event of general wage reduction Greene said this sounds logical, and in con t.usion said mo greater blow was ever struck against the forces which have been working for q return of prosperity
The Nome nugget., 1931-09-26
LEGION ASSUME
 LEADERSHIP FOR REPEAL
 PROHIBITION LAWS

DETROIT. Sept 18th, CAP)- The American ..egicn will ask Congress to submit to repeal or modification the probitiou laws to States, with the request that each State submit the issue to it's vot- CTS. The ballot on the resolution was 1908 to 394. and came up after debate by advocates. The resolution denounced conditions resulting from prohibition and asked that the Legion assume leadership and fight to seek a change thru a referendum. The opposition argues that the Legion should not take a stand and Com mander O'Neill expressed grave doubt as to the desirability of taking up the subject.
The Nome nugget., 1931-09-26
AM. LEGION ADVOCATES FOR REPEAL
HUNGRY CHINESE SURROUND LInDYS
HUNGRY MEN SURROUND
 IINDYS' PLANE IN CHINA

RANKING, China, sept 2G,lAPl Starving thrOngs surrounded the Lindtergh plane wien it landed on the flood waters near Hinghwa. Northern kiangsu Province. and for d time it was feared the plano would ne seriously damaged. and even its occupants harmed.
 Coming in sanpans, tubs and anything floatable. thl' ngs sureed around the plane suatehins at pac- kages it contained. The hungry members of the group wanted food and they were bitterly disappoint ed when they learned that the plane brought only medical sup plies and Mrs. Lia1bergh was not long in getting that view of the situation when the plane took off and returned to Ranking after maneuverins the plane to clear ed space
 Many of the natives had never seen an airplane closely before, and thought it some kind of mir acle that had taken place. Lindy rece yed China's aviation medal for flood services from President Ching Kaishek. The medal is of silver and about three inches in diameter, the design is blue with white colors of the Nationalist government and shows a blue air plane in the background with d white star.
The Nome nugget., 1931-09-26
WANT TO TEAR DOWN
 STATUE OF "BALTO"

NEW YORK, Sept, 26, (AP)-- The Central Park dog smarted from a kick in the ribs by the Vaccination Research Association. which asked Mayor Walker to tear down the statue of "Balto. claiming he is not the dog hero as painted so far as the associa tion can learn
 Balto, they say was just an or dinary dog.and has no sensa of perpetuating his memory. Balto was the dog credited in the spec tacular dash to Nome several I years ago. carrying the much need ed antitoxin. The Association says 1t is starry "hoax. pure and sim pie"
The Nome nugget., 1931-09-26
MD1 lE AND ALLEN
 LAND AT FAIRBANKS

FAIRBANKS. Sept, 25 2s, lAP) A flight of 1890 miles to Ia e9'&a faced Mo.ie an3r .t.at.. wlo are expected to leave here this morning for Tacoma. They were unable to take on enough gasoline from the Solomon beach. and took of with only five hundred gallons instead of eight hundred gallons due to a cross wind.
 The first four hundred miles of flight Was good weather then in countered cloud banks. and freaz- ing weather. Ice began to form on the wings when they ran into rain and decided to come down here. They made the flight from Nome to Fairbanks in five hours and twenty minutes.
The Nome nugget., 1931-09-26
NEW GOLD RUSH
 TO BRITISH COLUMBIA

FORT ST. JAMES. B. C.. CAP) Modes statement that gold seek CTS springing up on Rainbow Creek is the scene of British Col umbias latest gold strike. The objective of the new rush is to Omineca country. where there is now semblance of village where few weeks ago was little more than a wilderness of pine trees.
 The paystreak is in gravel tormation and consists of fairly coarse gold. Black sand as5ays are shown to contain values in fine gold. platinum and iridium. A man with pick and shovel will obably wash six cubic yards of gravel daily, taking as production an ounce of gold valued at sixteen dollars. assuming that it is pro- duced from six yards gravel, this would give return of about two dollars and sixty-tive cents Dar yard.
The Nome nugget., 1931-09-26
U. s. ASKED CESSATION
 CHINESE-JAPANES

Washington. Sept. 25, (AP)- The weight of the American gov e~nment, was thrown against fur ther hostilities in China, when Secretary Stimson urged the ces- sation of fighting between the Chinese and Japanese, and asked the withdrawal of troops from the present situation and danger"
 The governments action was made known in a note to the Lea sue of Nations. expressing sym pathy in its stand of the Manchu- rian situation.